Henrietta Lacks: The Untold Story
By: Ron Lacks
3.55
Format: 110 pages, Kindle Edition
Henrietta Lacks was an African American woman whose cells were the first human cells to grow in cul…
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1. The Long Earth (The Long Earth, #1)
By: Terry Pratchett , Stephen Baxter
3.91
Format: 337 pages, Hardcover
From the back jacket: NORMALLY, WHEN THERE WAS NOTHING TO DO, HE LISTENED TO THE SILENCE. The Silen… read more
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2. Son of Hamas
By: Mosab Hassan Yousef , Ron Brackin , مصعب حسن يوسف
4.11
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Since he was a small boy, Mosab Hassan Yousef has had an inside view of the deadly terrorist group … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
3. Rubyfruit Jungle
By: Rita Mae Brown
3.68
Format: 191 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Bawdy and moving, the ultimate word-of-mouth bestseller, Rubyfruit Jungle is about growing up a les… read more
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4. The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #3)
By: Dorothy Gilman
4.20
Format: 208 pages, Mass Market Paperback
While waiting for a view of her night-blooming cereus, the mild-seeming Mrs. Pollifax received urge… read more
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"the problems changed, but people were the same"-Dorothy Gilman, The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #3)
"I've have grown a night-blooming cereus on my fire escape," she added almost shyly. He said quietly, "This is important. Why?" She hesitated. "Because lately I've had the feeling we rush toward somet…"-Dorothy Gilman, The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #3)
5. Fifteen Dogs
By: André Alexis
3.56
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
" I wonder", said Hermes, "what it would be like if animals had human intelligence." " I'll wager a… read more
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6. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
By: Rebecca Skloot
4.65
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Intimate in feeling, astonishing in scope, and impossible to put down, The Immortal Life of Henriet… read more
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7. The Changeling
By: Victor LaValle
3.69
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
One man's thrilling journey through an enchanted world to find his wife, who has disappeared after … read more
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8. Ghost Summer
By: Tananarive Due
4.20
Format: 335 pages, Paperback
Whether weaving family life and history into dark fiction or writing speculative Afrofuturism, Amer… read more
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"Letitia knew words were only part of who people were, and usually the least important part."-Tananarive Due, Ghost Summer
"She had learned long ago that the truth made people angry, and to speak of it was considered evil."-Tananarive Due, Ghost Summer
"In a cold place, there's no such thing as today, just tomorrow. Will it snow tomorrow? Will it be sunny tomorrow?"-Tananarive Due, Ghost Summer
"...you know everybody has a turn, and you just try to find something interesting every day to make you glad it hasn't happened yet."-Tananarive Due, Ghost Summer
9. A Litter of Bones (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, #1)
By: J.D. Kirk
4.29
Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition
Was the biggest case of his career the worst mistake he ever made? Ten years ago, DCI Jack Logan… read more
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10. Gender Queer
By: Maia Kobabe
4.28
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
"I don't"-Maia Kobabe, Gender Queer
"My deepest emotional relationships have always been with women. Did that mean I was a lesbian? But my sexual fantasies involved two male partners. Was I a gay boy tapped in a girl's body? The knowled…"-Maia Kobabe, Gender Queer
"Some people are born in the mountains, while others are born by the sea. Some people are happy to live in the place they were born, while others must make a journey to reach the climate in which they…"-Maia Kobabe, Gender Queer
"As I pondered a pronoun change, I began to think of gender less as a scale and more as a landscape. Some people are born in the mountains, while others are born by the sea. Some people are happy to l…"-Maia Kobabe, Gender Queer
11. Love, Honor, Betray (Lexington, Alabama #3)
By: Mary Monroe
4.14
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe delivers the latest thrillingly scandal… read more
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12. Among the Bros: A Fraternity Crime Story
By: Max Marshall
3.50
Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition
A brilliant young investigative journalist traces a murder and a multi-million-dollar drug ring, le… read more
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- nonfiction
13. Agent 355
By: Marie Benedict
3.73
Format: 84 pages, Kindle Edition
A novella A fictional portrayal of a real-life Revolutionary spy and her daring deeds, from the … read more
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14. Learned by Heart
By: Emma Donoghue
3.51
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Eliza and Lister have never been this wide-awake in their lives, and the Slope, with its curtains d… read more
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15. Worthy
By: Jada Pinkett Smith
3.64
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A gripping, painfully honest, and ultimately inspirational memoir from global superstar and creator… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
16. Thicker than Water: A Memoir
By: Kerry Washington
3.87
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning actor, director, producer, and activist Kerry Washington shares the "exquisitely movi… read more
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- biography
17. My Government Means to Kill Me
By: Rasheed Newson
4.25
Format: 276 pages, Hardcover
A fierce and riveting queer coming-of-age story following the personal and political awakening of a… read more
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"So I loved my sister, but held that love loosely in my arms, anticipating its death and mourning it as it lived"-Rasheed Newson, My Government Means to Kill Me
"...Generations of black men had been frequenting Mt. Morris since the Harlem Renaissance. Rumor had it that Countee Cullen ditched his wife after he and Harold Jackman made Mt. Morris their regular r…"-Rasheed Newson, My Government Means to Kill Me
"Zee had only grinned at me when I was valuable to her. I'd go on to tangle with other bosses and authority figures, and that dynamic never changed. Affection never outlasted need. This was the first …"-Rasheed Newson, My Government Means to Kill Me
"The theory goes that governmental agencies don't accidentally make accessing information or resources difficult. They do this shit on purpose. The forms are confusing, and the record keeping is ass-b…"-Rasheed Newson, My Government Means to Kill Me
18. The Lindbergh Nanny
By: Mariah Fredericks
3.78
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
Mariah Fredericks's The Lindbergh Nanny is powerful, propulsive novel about America’s most notoriou… read more
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19. Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me
By: Whoopi Goldberg
4.33
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From multi-award winner Whoopi Goldberg comes a new and unique memoir of her family and their influ… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
"Listen. The confines of this neighbourhood do not represent the confines of your life. You can go and do and be whatever you want. But, whatever you choose, be yourself."-Whoopi Goldberg, Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me
20. Nobody Ever Talks About Anything But the End: A Memoir
By: Liz Levine
4.19
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A genuinely moving, funny, and inventive account of loss and grief, mental illness and suicide, fro… read more
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21. VenCo
By: Cherie Dimaline
3.79
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Lucky St. James, a Métis millennial living with her cantankerous but loving grandmother Stella, is … read more
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"It felt like the drunken part of falling in love, the erratic and uncompromising compulsion that made you do dumb shit and your best shit at the same time. She had to stop herself from running. She h…"-Cherie Dimaline, VenCo
"Throughout history, witches have been the stand-ins for all people who have felt 'outside' or 'different.' I say, fuck it -- go outside, be different, be so different they have to loosen their grip o…"-Cherie Dimaline, VenCo
"She wondered if every place in New Orleans had a secret garden, if every place was so witchy and beautiful. And for the first time, she was filled with an enormous pride for who she was-- what she wa…"-Cherie Dimaline, VenCo
22. Summer on the Bluffs (Oak Bluffs #1)
By: Sunny Hostin
3.81
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
View cohost Sunny Hostin makes her literary debut with this dazzling novel about a life-changing su… read more
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23. Nana
By: Brandon Massey
3.69
Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition
Missing for her daughter's entire life, Grace now wants to be called "Nana." And that's not all she… read more
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24. Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)
By: Natasha Bowen
3.79
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
A way to survive.A way to serve.A way to save. Simi prayed to the gods, once. Now she serves the… read more
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"Do not be ashamed of who you are."-Natasha Bowen, Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)
"When you pull back the skin of the sea, you never know what you will find."-Natasha Bowen, Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)
"Simidele. Listen to me. I know you will make things right. What is done is done. We cannot change the past, only learn from it. What happens next is up to you."-Natasha Bowen, Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)
25. Black Girls Must Have It All (Black Girls Must Die Exhausted, #3)
By: Jayne Allen
3.75
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
In this final installment in the acclaimed Black Girls Must Die Exhausted trilogy, Tabitha is jugg… read more
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26. Have You Seen Her
By: Catherine McKenzie
3.59
Format: 327 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling and timely novel about three women with dark secrets whose lives intersect in the pictu… read more
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27. What Have You Done (Adler and Dwyer, #0.5)
By: Matthew Farrell
3.91
Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition
Family is not what it seems in this raw, edgy thriller that New York Times bestselling author Lisa … read more
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28. No Reservations: A Novel of Friendship
By: Sheryl Lister
3.87
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Four friends, three struggling relationships, and one final wish: find your happiness. Both heartwa… read more
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"Hell, there are real sisters out there who aren't as close as we are. [...] I know life has thrown us more curveballs than we can catch, but as long as you have each other, you can win this game call…"-Sheryl Lister, No Reservations: A Novel of Friendship
"Over 15 years ago we pledged our Sisterhood. And promised we would always be there for each other. Today, we renew that commitment. Diane continued. To accept each other with all our flaws. Give enco…"-Sheryl Lister, No Reservations: A Novel of Friendship
29. Women Rowing North: Navigating Life’s Currents and Flourishing As We Age
By: Mary Pipher
3.68
Format: 262 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Bestseller The New York Times bestseller from the author of Reviving Ophelia--a… read more
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"Working on my book about refugees, I learned a great deal about trauma and recover, and with the help of the people I spoke with developed what I called "a healing package of treatments." These treat…"-Mary Pipher, Women Rowing North: Navigating Life’s Currents and Flourishing As We Age
30. An Amerikan Family: The Shakurs and the Nation They Created
By: Santi Elijah Holley
4.29
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An enlightening history of the rise and lasting impact of Black liberation groups in America, as se… read more
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- biography
31. Henrietta Lacks: The Untold Story
By: Ron Lacks
3.55
Format: 110 pages, Kindle Edition
Henrietta Lacks was an African American woman whose cells were the first human cells to grow in cul… read more
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