The Climb from Salt Lick: A Memoir of Appalachia
By: Nancy L. Abrams
4.00
Format: 276 pages, Paperback
In the mid-1970s, Nancy L. Abrams, a young photojournalist from the Midwest, plunges into life as a…
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1. Turn of Mind
By: Alice LaPlante
4.30
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A stunning first novel, both literary and thriller, about a retired surgeon with dementia who cling… read more
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2. Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology
By: Rebecca Paley , Leah Remini
4.06
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The outspoken actress, talk show host, and reality television star offers up a no-holds-barred memo… read more
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"By their actions, they will show you who they are."-Rebecca Paley, Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology
"Belief and faith are great, but very few people have been led astray by thinking for themselves."-Rebecca Paley, Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology
"He wasn't attached to Scientology like I was. For him it was simply a tool to better your life. Then, if it wasn't doing that, it was time to leave the church."-Rebecca Paley, Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology
"I hate when people say 'Enjoy it' when you're complaining or something. I am enjoying it. But I also enjoy complaining about it. It's one of my favorite pastimes."-Rebecca Paley, Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology
3. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
By: Sherman Alexie , Ellen Forney
3.70
Format: 186 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the… read more
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4. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
By: Judy Blume
4.05
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
Margaret Simon, almost twelve, likes long hair, tuna fish, the smell of rain, and things that are p… read more
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5. Dolores Claiborne
By: Stephen King
3.00
Format: None pages, ebook
Suspected of killing Vera Donovan, her wealthy employer, Dolores Claiborne tells police the story o… read more
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6. Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail
By: Ben Montgomery
4.42
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2014 National Outdoor Book Awards for History/Biography Emma Gatewood told her family… read more
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7. The Girl in the Leaves
By: Robert Scott , Sarah Maynard
3.00
Format: None pages, ebook
THE STORY OF ONE OF THE MOST BIZARRE MASS MURDERS EVER RECORDED. AND THE GIRL WHO ESCAPED WITH HER … read more
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8. The Girl Who Lived Twice (Millennium, #6)
By: David Lagercrantz
3.76
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The sixth in the Millennium series featuring THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO "What will you do n… read more
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9. The Girl in His Shadow (Nora Beady, #1)
By: Audrey Blake
4.16
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
The story of one woman who believed in scientific medicine before the world believed in her Rais… read more
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10. These Precious Days: Essays
By: Ann Patchett
4.43
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The beloved New York Times bestselling author reflects on home, family, friendships and writing in … read more
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"It is possible to love someone with all your heart and still know your union would never have survived having children together."-Ann Patchett, These Precious Days: Essays
"The future is not one thing. So many possibilities can arise as a result of intelligence, education, curiosity, and hard work. No one ever told me that, and I'm sorry it took this long for me to figu…"-Ann Patchett, These Precious Days: Essays
"People want you to want what they want. If you want the same things they want, then their want is validated. If you don’t want the same things, your lack of wanting can, to certain people, come acros…"-Ann Patchett, These Precious Days: Essays
"Without ever meaning to, my father taught me at a very early age to give up on the idea of approval. I wish I could bottle that freedom now and give it to every young writer I meet, with an extra bot…"-Ann Patchett, These Precious Days: Essays
11. The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)
By: Tana French
4.12
Format: 467 pages, Hardcover
It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is… read more
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"She'll bake bread and make jam, because she likes those made her way, but she says she cooked a good meal from scratch every night of her marriage, and now if she wants to live mainly off toasted san…"-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)
"Trey has a bone-deep mistrust of marriage or anything resembling it. She knows that Lena sometimes stays the night at Cal's place, but Lena also has a place of her own, which she can go back to whene…"-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)
12. Interior Chinatown
By: Charles Yu
3.97
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A deeply personal novel about race, pop culture, immigration, assimilation, and escaping the roles … read more
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"LOVE STORY FOR A GENERIC ASIAN MAN???"-Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown
"As everyone knows, water hates poor people."-Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown
"If she could move freely between worlds, why can't you?"-Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown
"IDK, I never represented someone for self-imprisonment before."-Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown
13. Hello, Molly!: A Memoir
By: Molly Shannon
4.13
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
A candid, compulsively readable, hilarious, and heartbreaking memoir of resilience and redemption b… read more
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"But I thought, I can do whatever I want. I can be friends with whoever I want. I'm going to be friends with the freaks and the geeks and I don't have to fit into any clique. And I'm Free! And I like …"-Molly Shannon, Hello, Molly!: A Memoir
14. Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics
By: Dolly Parton
4.03
Format: 380 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestseller Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics is a landmark celebration of … read more
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"My coat of many colors that my mama made for me, Made only from rags, but I wore it so proudly. Now I know we had no money, but I was rich as I could be. In my coat of many colors my mama made for me…"-Dolly Parton, Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics
15. I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood
By: Jessi Klein
3.90
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The eagerly anticipated second essay collection from Jessi Klein, author of the acclaimed New York … read more
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"A mother's heroic journey is not about how she leaves, but how she stays."-Jessi Klein, I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood
"But becoming a mother alters every ince of your body, your routine, your soul, your heart."-Jessi Klein, I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood
"Motherhood leaves you inevitably and profoundly changed; you can be similar to who you were - maybe? - but you'll never be the same."-Jessi Klein, I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood
"Because now I know that everything bad can happen, and I am responsible for it not. Because sometimes I feel like keeping us from dying will kill me. Because I am on board, and I'm exhausted. Because…"-Jessi Klein, I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood
16. The Vaster Wilds
By: Lauren Groff
3.77
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A taut and electrifying novel from celebrated bestselling author Lauren Groff, about one spirited g… read more
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"For what is a girl but a vessel made to hold the desires of men."-Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds
"O put the memory away, girl, she told herself sternly. For the sorrow could eat you entire."-Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds
"And humans were not made to be always alone; humans survive only in the company of other humans."-Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds
"Against the resistance of other minds, one's thoughts are pulled out of their comfortable shapes, and true thinking begins."-Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds
17. The Last Watchman of Old Cairo
By: Michael David Lukas
3.75
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In this spellbinding novel, a young man journeys from California to Cairo to unravel centuries-old … read more
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"When God first created the universe," he said, "it was a universe built on the idea of infinite justice. Each act of dishonesty or violence was accorded an equal punishment. A man stole his neighbor'…"-Michael David Lukas, The Last Watchman of Old Cairo
18. The Gown
By: Jennifer Robson
4.14
Format: 371 pages, Paperback
“Millions will welcome this joyous event as a flash of color on the long road we have to travel.”—S… read more
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19. The Light Pirate
By: Lily Brooks-Dalton
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Set in the near future, this hopeful story of survival and resilience follows Wanda—a luminous chil… read more
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"Someone will be left behind; this is what love costs."-Lily Brooks-Dalton, The Light Pirate
"These women haven't shared their genes, but they have given freely of their memories. Their ideas. Their skills. There is more than one kind of legacy."-Lily Brooks-Dalton, The Light Pirate
"After all this time, the aches have grown softer but also deeper. They both know the looping shape of pain--it changes and quiets but never ends. There is a strange comfort in its constancy. Memories…"-Lily Brooks-Dalton, The Light Pirate
20. The Last Book Party
By: Karen Dukess
3.28
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A propulsive tale of ambition and romance, set in the publishing world of 1980’s New York and the t… read more
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"I loved how kindly the weather changed on mornings like this, as if sparing you the shock of awakening into a bright, clear day and instead taking your hand and gently guiding you from the cloud of s…"-Karen Dukess, The Last Book Party
21. When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky
By: Margaret Verble
3.61
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Louise Erdrich meets Karen Russell in this deliciously strange and daringly original novel from Pul… read more
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22. Saving Meghan
By: D.J. Palmer
3.84
Format: 384 pages, ebook
Can you love someone to death? Some would say Becky Gerard is a devoted mother and would do any… read more
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23. The Climb from Salt Lick: A Memoir of Appalachia
By: Nancy L. Abrams
4.00
Format: 276 pages, Paperback
In the mid-1970s, Nancy L. Abrams, a young photojournalist from the Midwest, plunges into life as a… read more
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