The Burden of Exile: A Banned Journalist's Flight from Dictatorship
By: Aaron Berhane
4.31
Format: 328 pages, ebook
In the strict dictatorship of Eritrea, a young reporter co-founds the first independent newspaper, …
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1. The Berry Pickers
By: Amanda Peters
4.14
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mys… read more
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2. The Librarianist
By: Patrick deWitt
3.41
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling and award-winning author Patrick deWitt comes the story of Bob Comet, a man who ha… read more
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3. Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
By: Sarah Polley
4.32
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Oscar-nominated screenwriter, director, and actor Sarah Polley's Run Towards the Danger explores me… read more
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"His love was all around the edges, but sometimes it was hard for both of us to see, I think."-Sarah Polley, Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
"The past was affecting how I moved through the world, while present life was affecting how the past moved through me."-Sarah Polley, Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
"The past and present, I have come to realize, are in constant dialogue, acting upon one another in a kind of reciprocal pressure dance."-Sarah Polley, Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
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4. Silver Nitrate
By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
3.61
Format: 323 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Daughter of Doctor Moreau and Mexican Gothic come… read more
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5. Simon Sort of Says
By: Erin Bow
4.31
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a ho… read more
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"Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!"-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says
"In the tabernacle did the [squirrel]--" "Eat the Host?" says Dad. "Yes he did." "And was it--" "Consecrated?" says Dad. "Yes it was." ... "What, uh, happened to the squirrel?" "That squirrel is now 3…"-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says
"The dog- Todd?- looks up from its leaking beer, puffs a sigh, then crosses the room to head-butt the fridge door closed. "Ummm" I manage "Did you see he got a--" "It's okay," she says. "He only has o…"-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says
6. Shut Up You're Pretty
By: Téa Mutonji
3.57
Format: 135 pages, Paperback
In Téa Mutonji's disarming debut story collection, a woman contemplates her Congolese traditions du… read more
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"Her sadness was overwhelming. Her sadness was an illusion. She'd pretend to be fine but then wash the same dish for twenty minutes"-Téa Mutonji, Shut Up You're Pretty
7. Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World
By: John Vaillant
4.35
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A stunning account of a colossal wildfire that collided with a city and a panoramic exploration of … read more
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8. The Road Years: A Memoir, Continued . . .
By: Rick Mercer
4.45
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Rick Mercer is back—again!—with the eagerly awaited sequel to his bestselling memoir At the end … read more
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9. Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart
By: Jen Sookfong Lee
3.91
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
A sharply observed memoir in pieces that uses one woman's life-long love affair with pop culture as… read more
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10. The Future
By: Catherine Leroux
3.32
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
In an alternate history in which the French never surrendered Detroit, children protect their own k… read more
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"It'll come back," Ulysses says again. "This place isn't made for disappearing, it's a place for resurrection."-Catherine Leroux, The Future
"The exact opposite of the huge car factories she imagines as the city's womb, a uterus that makes automobiles the way others make promises, or laws."-Catherine Leroux, The Future
11. Hotline
By: Dimitri Nasrallah
4.15
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
A vivid love letter to the 1980s and one woman’s struggle to overcome the challenges of immigration… read more
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"Here i am on my own, because of him, maybe free from a life that was turning into a prison, but cast away like a bad-luck omen too. Now I must give myself to others to survive. The world has judged t…"-Dimitri Nasrallah, Hotline
12. To Kill a Mockingbird: A Graphic Novel
By: Fred Fordham
4.40
Format: 279 pages, Hardcover
‘Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird… read more
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"He staked me out, marked as his property, said I was the only girl he would ever love, then he neglected me."-Fred Fordham, To Kill a Mockingbird: A Graphic Novel
13. Adrift
By: Lisa Brideau
3.56
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
For fans of The Last Thing He Told Me comes a page-turning thriller about hidden identities and the… read more
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14. The Bittlemores
By: Jann Arden
3.87
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A heartfelt, comic, and deeply satisfying debut novel from the #1 bestselling author, singer-songwr… read more
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15. The Keeper of Hidden Books
By: Madeline Martin
4.13
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
A heartwarming story about the power of books to bring us together, inspired by the true story of t… read more
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16. Bad Cree
By: Jessica Johns
3.92
Format: 259 pages, Hardcover
In this gripping debut tinged with supernatural horror, a young Cree woman's dreams lead her on a p… read more
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"On cloudless days I swear the prairies are closer to the sun than anywhere else in the world. Not because of the heat. It's the size of the floating orb when nothing else is around it. Beating like a…"-Jessica Johns, Bad Cree
17. Denison Avenue
By: Christina Wong
4.17
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
A moving story told in visual art and fiction about gentrification, aging in place, grief, and vuln… read more
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18. The Story of Us
By: Catherine Hernandez
4.19
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
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19. That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America
By: Amanda Jones
4.14
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Part memoir, part manifesto, the inspiring story of a Louisiana librarian advocating for inclusivit… read more
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20. Girlfriend on Mars
By: Deborah Willis
3.42
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Amber Kivinen is moving to Mars. Or at least, she will be if she wins a chance to join MarsNow. She… read more
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21. Sunshine Nails
By: Mai Nguyen
3.53
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A tender, humorous, and page-turning debut about a Vietnamese Canadian family in Toronto who will d… read more
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22. Far Cry
By: Alissa York
4.01
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
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23. A Man Downstairs
By: Nicole Lundrigan
3.65
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
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24. Known to the Victim
By: K.L. Armstrong
4.05
Format: 335 pages, Paperback
From nationally bestselling author K.L. Armstrong comes a new heartstopping, propulsive, race-again… read more
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25. Mad Honey
By: Katie Welch
3.74
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
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26. The Blue Hour
By: Paula Hawkins
3.56
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The spellbinding new novel from the internationally bestselling author of The Girl on the Train. … read more
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27. We Rip the World Apart
By: Charlene Carr
4.26
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of Hold My Girl comes a sweeping multi-generational story about motherhoo… read more
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28. The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley
By: Shelley Wood
3.97
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
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29. The Burden of Exile: A Banned Journalist's Flight from Dictatorship
By: Aaron Berhane
4.31
Format: 328 pages, ebook
In the strict dictatorship of Eritrea, a young reporter co-founds the first independent newspaper, … read more
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30. Dancing in Small Spaces: One Couple’s Journey with Parkinson’s Disease and Lewy Body Dementia
By: Leslie A. Davidson
4.54
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
An unstintingly honest and surprisingly humorous memoir that charts a couple’s parallel diagnoses o… read more
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31. The Grey Wolf (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #19)
By: Louise Penny
4.44
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The 19th mystery in the #1 New York Times-bestselling Armand Gamache series. Relentless phone ca… read more
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