We Are the Culture: Black Chicago's Influence on Everything
By: Arionne Nettles
4.65
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Journalist Arionne Nettles believes it is time Black Chicagoans receive the acclaim, the honor, and…
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1. The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream
By: Patrick Radden Keefe
4.22
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A mesmerizing narrative about the rise and fall of an unlikely international crime boss In the 1980… read more
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- history
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2. Burn Book: A Tech Love Story
By: Kara Swisher
3.99
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning journalist Kara Swisher comes a witty, scathing, but fair accounting of the tech… read more
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3. A Woman's Story
By: Annie Ernaux
4.23
Format: 104 pages, Paperback
A Woman's Story is Annie Ernaux's "deeply affecting account of mothers and daughters, youth and age… read more
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"Until I was twenty, I thought I was responsible for her growing old."-Annie Ernaux, A Woman's Story
"With so much misery around, fighting for social advancement had lost all meaning."-Annie Ernaux, A Woman's Story
"I believe I am writing about my mother because it is my turn to bring her into the world."-Annie Ernaux, A Woman's Story
"Het beeld van haar wordt langzaam weer dat wat ik mij voorstel te hebben gehad van haar in mijn babytijd, een grote, blanke schaduw boven mij."-Annie Ernaux, A Woman's Story
4. Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
By: Naomi Klein
4.22
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
What if you woke up one morning and found you’d acquired another self―a double who was almost you a… read more
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"Our role here on earth is not simply to maximize the advantage in our lives. It’s to maximize (protect, regenerate) all of life. We are here not just to make sure we as individuals survive, but to ma…"-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
"A state of shock is what happens to us- individually or as a society- when we experience a sudden and unprecedented event for which we do not yet have adequate explanation. At its essence, a shock is…"-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
5. Simply the Best (Chicago Stars, #10)
By: Susan Elizabeth Phillips
4.04
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
#1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips returns with the next book in her Chi… read more
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"He was her kid, but she was flustered. When children were young, parents were in control, but when they grew up, the kids called the shots, and if she hovered, said the wrong thing, he might distance…"-Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Simply the Best (Chicago Stars, #10)
6. King: A Life
By: Jonathan Eig
4.67
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
The first full biography in decades, King mixes revelatory and exhaustive new research with brisk a… read more
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7. His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice
By: Robert Samuels
4.52
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A landmark biography by two prizewinning Washington Post reporters that reveals how systemic racism… read more
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8. Wandering Stars
By: Tommy Orange
3.89
Format: 315 pages, Hardcover
The eagerly awaited follow-up to Pulitzer Prize-finalist Tommy Orange’s breakout best seller There … read more
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"And in the year 1924 Indian citizenship will have been granted, even though they will mean to dissolve tribes by giving citizenship, dissolve being another word for disappearance, a kind of chemical …"-Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars
9. High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing
By: Ben Austen
4.33
Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition
Joining the ranks of Evicted, The Warmth of Other Sons, and classic works of literary non-fiction b… read more
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10. Biography of X
By: Catherine Lacey
3.85
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From one of our fiercest stylists, a roaring epic chronicling the life, times, and secrets of a not… read more
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"One of the armed guards smiled and said, “God bless,"-Catherine Lacey, Biography of X
"Who can say who I are, how many I are, which I is the most I of my I’s?"-Catherine Lacey, Biography of X
"She could not hurt me. I had no more space, at the time, to hold any new hurts."-Catherine Lacey, Biography of X
"She kept losing track of the people she loved, and losing track of herself along with them."-Catherine Lacey, Biography of X
11. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
By: Mary Beard
4.11
Format: 493 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more
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12. All Boys Aren’t Blue
By: George M. Johnson
4.20
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explor… read more
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"History has an interesting way of painting."-George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue
"The first person you are ever an activist for is yourself."-George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue
"We are not as different as you think, and all our stories deserve to be celebrated and told."-George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue
"When people ask me how I got into activism, I often say, “The first person you are ever an activist for is yourself."-George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue
13. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017
By: Rashid Khalidi
4.50
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US … read more
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- nonfiction
14. Crying in the Bathroom
By: Erika L. Sánchez
3.99
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, an utterly or… read more
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15. My Darling Girl
By: Jennifer McMahon
3.75
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A spine-tingling psychological thriller about a woman who, after taking in her dying, alcoholic mot… read more
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16. Cult Classic
By: Sloane Crosley
3.29
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Hilariously insightful and delightfully suspenseful, Cult Classic is an original: a masterfully cra… read more
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"You know who gets to drink coffee at fuck-you hours, I thought? The French."-Sloane Crosley, Cult Classic
17. There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
By: Hanif Abdurraqib
4.40
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, talent and allegiance, and of course, LeBron James—f… read more
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"Heartbreak itself is a primary color. Stagnant without a series of secondary colors to activate it. Longing is an activator."-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
"With enough repetition, anything can become a religion. It doesn’t matter if it works or not, it simply matters if a person returns."-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
"It is a strange miracle to be able to trace your own aging, your own mortality through someone who's living alongside you, someone who has survived eras at the same time as you have in some of the sa…"-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
18. She Is a Haunting
By: Trang Thanh Tran
3.39
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A house with a terrifying appetite haunts a broken family in this atmospheric horror, perfect for f… read more
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"Who am I but someone others define? It's easier to be a stereotype. It hurts when you are yourself."-Trang Thanh Tran, She Is a Haunting
"Revenge has always been easy to understand, but hunger implies that something can be filled. What is a ghost's limit when they have no real body?"-Trang Thanh Tran, She Is a Haunting
"Blood slides from the sill and onto the wall, where it inches toward the floor. I'll let it stain, because it's exactly what he wanted: a mark on Vietnam."-Trang Thanh Tran, She Is a Haunting
"My heart is here, the Lady of Many Tongues had said days before. Here, where I see how beautiful Đà Lạt is. I had thought the same of Saigon, despite the smoke and lights and buildings—how it could'v…"-Trang Thanh Tran, She Is a Haunting
19. The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
By: Kamala Harris
4.01
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
From one of America's most inspiring political leaders, a book about the core truths that unite us,… read more
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"When you break through a glass ceiling, you're going to get cut, and it's going to hurt."-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
"One of my mother’s favorite sayings was “Don’t let anybody tell you who you are. You tell them who you are."-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
"Politics is a realm where the grand pronouncement often takes the place of the painstaking and detail-oriented work of getting meaningful things done."-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
". . . Being a good person meant standing for something larger than yourself; that success is measured in part by what you help others achieve and accomplish."-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
20. Never a Lovely So Real: The Life and Work of Nelson Algren
By: Colin Asher
4.51
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
This definitive biography reclaims Nelson Algren as a towering literary figure and finally unravels… read more
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21. Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks
By: Chris Herring
4.30
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The definitive history of the 1990s New York Knicks, illustrat… read more
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22. Men Have Called Her Crazy: A Memoir
By: Anna Marie Tendler
3.65
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A powerful memoir that reckons with mental health as well as the insidious ways men impact the live… read more
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23. The City Is Up for Grabs: How Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Led and Lost a City in Crisis
By: Gregory Royal Pratt
4.13
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
Chicago is a world-class city, but it is also a city in crisis. Crime is up, schools have repeate… read more
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"Since my prior requests for office time are routinely ignored, I am now resorting to this: I need officetime everyday! I need officetime everyday! I need office time everyday! I need office time ever…"-Gregory Royal Pratt, The City Is Up for Grabs: How Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Led and Lost a City in Crisis
24. O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner"
By: Mark Clague
3.86
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Editors' Choice The fascinating story of America’s national anthem and an exami… read more
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25. Native Nations: A Millennium in North America
By: Kathleen DuVal
4.46
Format: 752 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping history of the power of Indigenous North America from ancient cities to fights for sover… read more
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26. Triumph of the Yuppies: America, the Eighties, and the Creation of an Unequal Nation
By: Tom McGrath
3.91
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In Triumph of the Yuppies, Tom McGrath presents the first-ever book-length history of the Yuppie ph… read more
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27. Spaced Out: How the NBA's Three-Point Revolution Changed Everything You Thought You Knew About Basketball
By: Mike Prada
4.28
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A hands-on, illuminating deconstruction of NBA basketball, tracing the tactical evolution of the mo… read more
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28. This Is My Jail: Local Politics and the Rise of Mass Incarceration (Politics and Culture in Modern America)
By: Melanie Newport
3.88
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
While state and federal prisons like Attica and Alcatraz occupy a central place in the national con… read more
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29. We Are the Culture: Black Chicago's Influence on Everything
By: Arionne Nettles
4.65
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Journalist Arionne Nettles believes it is time Black Chicagoans receive the acclaim, the honor, and… read more
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- nonfiction
- cultural studies
30. The Message
By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
4.58
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
Ta-Nehisi Coates originally set off to write a book about writing, in the tradition of Orwell’s cla… read more
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- nonfiction
"My sense is that if I spend more time talking to you than I spend complaining about you, then something wonderful often happens and the enlightenment is mutual. So I don't really worry about the youn…"-Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Message
31. The House That Madigan Built: The Record Run of Illinois' Velvet Hammer
By: Ray Long
4.06
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
Michael Madigan rose from the Chicago machine to hold unprecedented power as Speaker of the Illinoi… read more
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