The Drowning Boy's Guide to Water
By: Cameron Barnett
4.49
Format: 95 pages, Paperback
Winner of the Rising Writer Contest (2017) Cameron Barnett's poetry collection, The Drowning Boy…
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1. Chronicle of a Death Foretold
By: Gabriel García Márquez , Gregory Rabassa
3.97
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
A man returns to the town where a baffling murder took place twenty-seven years earlier, determined… read more
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"الشرف هو الحب" , هكذا كنت أسمع أمي تقول"-Gabriel García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold
"Ningún lugar de la vida es más triste que una cama vacía"-Gabriel García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold
"...ningún lugar de la vida es más triste que una cama vacía."-Gabriel García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold
"He always considered death an unavoidable professional hazard."-Gabriel García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold
2. Citizen: An American Lyric
By: Claudia Rankine
4.27
Format: 169 pages, Paperback
A provocative meditation on race, Claudia Rankine's long-awaited follow up to her groundbreaking bo… read more
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"You can't drive yourself sane."-Claudia Rankine, Citizen: An American Lyric
"Memory is a tough place. You were there."-Claudia Rankine, Citizen: An American Lyric
"That's the bruise the ice in the heart was meant to ice."-Claudia Rankine, Citizen: An American Lyric
"The past is a life sentence, a blunt instrument aimed at tomorrow."-Claudia Rankine, Citizen: An American Lyric
3. Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
By: Art Spiegelman
4.42
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Acclaimed as a quiet triumph and a brutally moving work of art, the first volume of Art Spieglman's… read more
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"But here God didn't come. We were all on our own."-Art Spiegelman, Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
"No matter what I accomplish, it doesn't seem like much compared to surviving Auschwitz."-Art Spiegelman, Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
"Samuel Beckett já disse: "Toda palavra é uma mancha desnecessária no silêncio e no vazio". Por outro lado, ele DISSE isso."-Art Spiegelman, Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
"Anja? What is to tell? Everywhere I look I'm seeing Anja... From my good eye, from my glass eye, if they're open or they're close, always I'm thinking on Anja."-Art Spiegelman, Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
4. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
By: E.L. Konigsburg
3.76
Format: None pages,
When suburban Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, she knows she doesn't just want to run from some… read more
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5. Till We Have Faces
By: C.S. Lewis
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
In this timeless tale of two mortal princesses- one beautiful and one unattractive- C.S. Lewis rewo… read more
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6. The Piano Lesson
By: August Wilson
3.09
Format: None pages, Paperback
August Wilson has already given the American theater such spell-binding plays about the black exper… read more
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7. The Robber Bride
By: Margaret Atwood
2.74
Format: None pages, Paperback
Margaret Atwood's The Robber Brideis inspired by "The Robber Bridegroom," a wonderfully grisly tale… read more
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8. Dictee
By: Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
4.57
Format: None pages, Paperback
Dictee is the best-known work of the versatile and important Korean American artist Theresa Hak Kyu… read more
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9. Beloved
By: Toni Morrison
4.24
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a … read more
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10. The Four Loves
By: C.S. Lewis
4.17
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
A repackaged edition of the revered author's classic work that examines the four types of human lov… read more
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"All that is not eternal is eternally out of date."-C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
"To know that one is dreaming is to be no longer perfectly asleep."-C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
"El amor empieza a ser un demonio desde el momento en que comienza a ser un dios."-C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
"People who bore one another should meet seldom; people who interest one another, often."-C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
11. The Morning You Saw a Train of Stars Streaking Across the Sky
By: CooXooEii Black
4.40
Format: 34 pages, Paperback
2022 Rattle Chapbook Prize Winner If history leaves an impression, then to be born in an Indigen… read more
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12. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
By: George Saunders
4.54
Format: 403 pages, Kindle Edition
For the last twenty years, George Saunders has been teaching a class on the Russian short story to … read more
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"Then do that again, over and over, until I'm pleased."-George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
"What transforms an anecdote into a story is escalation. Or, we might say: when escalation is suddenly felt to be occurring, it is a sign that our anecdote is transforming into a story."-George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
"There’s a vast underground network for goodness at work in this world—a web of people who’ve put reading at the center of their lives because they know from experience that reading makes them more ex…"-George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
"We tend, in discussion, to reduce stories to plot (what happens). We feel, correctly, that something of their meaning resides there. But stories also mean through their internal dynamics—the manner i…"-George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
13. The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
By: Deesha Philyaw
4.17
Format: 179 pages, Paperback
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies explores the raw and tender places where Black women and girls da… read more
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"Careful you go looking for something, you just might find it."-Deesha Philyaw, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
"The Bible is the inerrant word of God,' Eula whispers, as defiantly as a whisper can be. 'And you only believe that because of how another group of men interpret the first group of men. People say yo…"-Deesha Philyaw, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
"You chide yourself for walking too far ahead, for regressing into 80s song lyrics territory so soon. But then he says, "The supermassive black hole at the center of the milky way recently sparked 75 …"-Deesha Philyaw, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
14. How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
By: Jenny Odell
3.68
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
When the technologies we use every day collapse our experiences into 24/7 availability, platforms f… read more
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15. Modern Poetry: Poems
By: Diane Seuss
4.53
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
Diane Seuss’s signature voice―audacious in its honesty, virtuosic in its artistry, outsider in its … read more
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16. The Renunciations: Poems
By: Donika Kelly
4.29
Format: 94 pages, Paperback
An extraordinary collection of endurance and transformation by the award-winning author of Bestiary… read more
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17. SPY×FAMILY 10
By: Tatsuya Endo
4.48
Format: 194 pages, Paperback
" Spy X Family 10 ■ Publish Date : 2022-12-20 ■ Page & Size : 194p | 5.0 x 7.4 in ■ ISBN : 9791168… read more
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"Never forget that lives may hinge... on any little scrap of information."-Tatsuya Endo, SPY×FAMILY 10
"The whole world is one giant onion. Big and round, with one false layer after another. And if you cut through those layers of lies... there are gonna be tears."-Tatsuya Endo, SPY×FAMILY 10
"I hated the enemy without knowing why. i picked up a gun without knowing why. I obeyed my country without knowing why. Ignorance isn't bliss. Ignorance is weakness. Ignorance is a sin."-Tatsuya Endo, SPY×FAMILY 10
18. Meltwater: Poems
By: Claire Wahmanholm
4.45
Format: None pages, Unknown Binding
A haunting collection that inhabits a disquieting future where fear is the governing body, “the org… read more
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19. Ghost Of
By: Diana Khoi Nguyen
4.36
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
Ghost Of elegizes a brother lost via suicide, is a mourning song for the idea of family, a family h… read more
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20. Passing for Human: A Graphic Memoir
By: Liana Finck
3.77
Format: 240 pages, None
A visually arresting graphic memoir about a young artist struggling against what’s expected of her … read more
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"A draw-er doesn't draw because she loves to draw. She doesn't draw because she draws well. She draws because once she lost something. And by drawing--she will find it again."-Liana Finck, Passing for Human: A Graphic Memoir
"From a distance, every relationship is similar—an old story with a new face. But if you know how to really look at things—you’ll see that every man is the first man—and every place is Eden."-Liana Finck, Passing for Human: A Graphic Memoir
"In her heart, the devil said, "No! No!" But from her mouth came the words "Yes, you may." And from then on, everything the devil said was the opposite of what she meant. And everything she did, she d…"-Liana Finck, Passing for Human: A Graphic Memoir
21. Vapor: Poems
By: Sara Eliza Johnson
4.40
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Sara Eliza Johnson’s much-anticipated second collection traces human emotion and experience across … read more
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22. After the Lights Go Out
By: John Vercher
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A harrowing and spellbinding story about family, the complications of mixed-race relationships, mis… read more
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23. All the Names They Used for God
By: Anjali Sachdeva
4.04
Format: 259 pages, Hardcover
A haunting, diverse debut story collection that explores the isolation we experience in the face of… read more
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24. Tamp
By: Denton Loving
4.97
Format: 70 pages, Paperback
"East Tennessee poet Denton Loving's second collection centers on the bond that endures between fat… read more
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25. Flash Fiction America: 73 Very Short Stories
By: James Thomas
4.02
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A spectacular new anthology of the best short-short fiction from across the United States. It has b… read more
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26. Eleutheria
By: Allegra Hyde
3.70
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
A story of idealism, activism, and systemic corruption, centered on a naïve young woman’s quest for… read more
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27. The Drowning Boy's Guide to Water
By: Cameron Barnett
4.49
Format: 95 pages, Paperback
Winner of the Rising Writer Contest (2017) Cameron Barnett's poetry collection, The Drowning Boy… read more
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28. Lifeaholics Anonymous
By: Neil Carpathios
4.75
Format: 84 pages, Paperback
Neil Carpathios is a force to be reckoned with. Perceptive, clear-eyed, and compassionate, the poem… read more
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29. As Is: Poems (Pitt Poetry Series)
By: Julia Spicher Kasdorf
4.13
Format: 100 pages, Paperback
As Is gathers everyday poems written over time and mostly at the poet’s home in the Ridge and Valle… read more
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30. Millions of Suns: On Writing and Life (Writers On Writing)
By: Sharon Fagan McDermott
4.64
Format: 190 pages, Paperback
Millions of Suns is an open invitation for all writers to create something new. Each chapter featur… read more
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31. Bittering the Wound
By: Jacqui Germain
4.59
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
A firsthand account of the 2014 Ferguson uprising that challenges how we document and report on pol… read more
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