Down the Steep
By: A.D. Nauman
4.56
Format: 326 pages, Paperback
"An engaging novel and a beautiful coming-of-age story." ~ Rebecca Makkai, author of Pulitzer-final…
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1. The Summer Before the War
By: Helen Simonson
3.78
Format: 481 pages, Hardcover
The bestselling author of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand returns with a breathtaking novel of love an… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
"Smile,"-Helen Simonson, The Summer Before the War
"War does have a way of interfering with one's most closely held desires."-Helen Simonson, The Summer Before the War
"They sat a moment in embrace of silent mutual comfort, which was, she often thought, the reward of those long married."-Helen Simonson, The Summer Before the War
"Most of all I remember that what begins with drums and fife, flags and bunting, becomes too swiftly a long and grey winter of the spirit."-Helen Simonson, The Summer Before the War
2. I Was Told There'd Be Cake
By: Sloane Crosley
3.87
Format: 172 pages,
From the author of the novel, The Clasp, hailed by Michael Chabon, Heidi Julavits, and J. Courtney … read more
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3. The Corrections
By: Jonathan Franzen
3.84
Format: 653 pages, Paperback
"The Corrections" is a grandly entertaining novel for the new century - a comic, tragic masterpiece… read more
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- fiction
"To be so vigorous and healthy and yet so nothing. "-Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections
"Brooklyn was like Philadelphia made better by its proximity to Manhattan."-Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections
"His problem consisted of a burning wish not to have done the things he'd done."-Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections
"Fiction is a solution, the best solution, to the problem of existential solitude."-Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections
4. Run
By: Ann Patchett
3.63
Format: 143 pages, Hardcover
Set over a period of twenty-four hours, Run shows us how worlds of privilege and poverty can coexis… read more
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- fiction
5. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates
By: Tavis Smiley , Wes Moore
4.26
Format: 91 pages, Hardcover
Two kids with the same name lived in the same decaying city. One went on to be a Rhodes Scholar, de… read more
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6. The Horse Whisperer
By: Nicholas Evans
3.57
Format: 256 pages,
His name is Tom Booker. His voice can calm wild horses, his touch can heal broken spirits. And Anni… read more
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7. A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
By: Timothy Egan
4.38
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author that tells the rivetin… read more
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"When hate was on the ballot, especially in the guise of virtue, a majority of voters knew exactly what to do."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"Stephenson had succeeded with an unusual formula for a mass movement: men were the muscle, women spread the poison, and ministers sanctified it all."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"The governor of Georgia, Clifford Walker, told a Klan rally in 1924 that the United States should 'build a wall of steel, a wall as high as heaven' against immigrants."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"There are millions who have never joined, but who think and feel and, when called on, will fight with us," Evans wrote. "This is our real strength, and no one who ignores it can hope to understand Am…"-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
8. The Peacock and the Sparrow
By: I.S. Berry
3.81
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL • A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • AN NPR BEST B… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
"Jimmy dealt in one of two limitless departments within the CIA - money and suspicion."-I.S. Berry, The Peacock and the Sparrow
"I was free from the tangle of mistakes, promises, and defeats that grips a man's heels, taunts him with flashes of its sinewy strength."-I.S. Berry, The Peacock and the Sparrow
"Nobody in espionage could justify sympathy. Right and wrong existed on paper, but in reality all that existed were the amorphous masses of in-between."-I.S. Berry, The Peacock and the Sparrow
"At the end of the road, I've learned, espionage turns into a profession of ghosts. The culmination of actions taken or not taken, ends swallowed by means. A place where, even after you disappear, you…"-I.S. Berry, The Peacock and the Sparrow
9. Night Watch
By: Jayne Anne Phillips
3.79
Format: 276 pages, Hardcover
In 1874, in the wake of the War, erasure, trauma, and namelessness haunt civilians and veterans, re… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
10. Fortune
By: Ellen Won Steil
3.69
Format: 345 pages, Kindle Edition
In this explosive novel about a decades-old mystery, shocking revelations of the past and the secre… read more
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- fiction
11. Leaving
By: Roxana Robinson
3.87
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
What risks would you be willing to take to fall in love again? “I never thought I’d see you her… read more
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- fiction
"Being a mother is paying it forward, sending that energy and feeling to someone who needed it at first to survive, but who, the older she becomes, needs you less. The older you become, the more irrel…"-Roxana Robinson, Leaving
"The justification for leaving a marriage was that you were increasing the sum of happiness in the world. You were ending your own unhappiness, and your spouse’s (if you weren’t happy, your spouse cou…"-Roxana Robinson, Leaving
12. Lone Women
By: Victor LaValle
3.72
Format: 285 pages, Hardcover
Blue skies, empty land—and enough wide-open space to hide a horrifying secret. A woman with a past,… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
"A home is never finished, it’s only saved from decay."-Victor LaValle, Lone Women
"History is simple, but the past is complicated. I, for one, embrace the complications."-Victor LaValle, Lone Women
"As vast as the land could seem, it shrank in comparison to all that he—that anyone—kept within."-Victor LaValle, Lone Women
"Better to have a human cause for this horror. Something that could be understood by all, explained easily, brought to justice."-Victor LaValle, Lone Women
13. If I Survive You
By: Jonathan Escoffery
3.69
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
In the 1970s, Topper and Sanya flee to Miami as political violence consumes their native Kingston. … read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
"What does Whiteness feel like?... I imagine it's like walking barefoot…"-Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You
"Why don't stars make any sounds in the winter? What sounds? Ethan said."-Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You
"Every boy deserves to believe him father is good, but if each father were good, we’d be living in a different kind of world."-Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You
"I imagined I could have begged an old girlfriend from college to send money; enough of them had expressed ambivalence about their trust funds that this seemed a plausible path down which I might drag…"-Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You
14. The Underground Library
By: Jennifer Ryan
4.14
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
When the Blitz imperils the heart of a London neighborhood, three young women must use their fighti… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
15. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
By: James McBride
4.00
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new housing de… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
16. Table for Two
By: Amor Towles
4.26
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility, a… read more
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- historical fiction
"And though she couldn’t remember the exact reference and whether it was from mythology or the Bible, she knew instinctively as they approached the pier’s limit she mustn’t look back."-Amor Towles, Table for Two
"It is a funny aspect of life, thought Charlie, how a group of grown people can convince themselves to do something that none of them really want to do. They start by talking an idea into existence. O…"-Amor Towles, Table for Two
17. The Wives: A Memoir
By: Simone Gorrindo
3.79
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A captivating memoir that tells the story of one woman’s experience of joining a community of army … read more
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18. I Have Some Questions for You
By: Rebecca Makkai
3.61
Format: 438 pages, Hardcover
A successful film professor and podcaster, Bodie Kane is content to forget her past—the family trag… read more
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- fiction
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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"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. After the Funeral and Other Stories
By: Tessa Hadley
3.81
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A masterful collection of stories that plumb the depths of everyday life to reveal the shifting tid… read more
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- fiction
21. How to Read a Book
By: Monica Wood
4.29
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A charming, deeply moving novel about second chances, unlikely friendships, and the life-changing p… read more
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- fiction
"Perhaps it's an oddity of human nature to judge women more harshly, or maybe we expect so little of men their transgressions don't register the same."-Monica Wood, How to Read a Book
22. Deacon King Kong
By: James McBride
4.17
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
The funny, sharp, and surprising story of the shooting of a Brooklyn drug dealer and the people who… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
"You’ve got to be strong to get old."-James McBride, Deacon King Kong
"Friendship was trouble in business."-James McBride, Deacon King Kong
"A man ain’t got to stand in church every Sunday to do God’s work."-James McBride, Deacon King Kong
"Is your cheese this good? This wasn’t plain old housing projects “cheese food"-James McBride, Deacon King Kong
23. Mercury
By: Amy Jo Burns
3.83
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A roofing family’s bonds of loyalty are tested when they uncover a long-hidden secret at the heart … read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
24. Hot Springs Drive
By: Lindsay Hunter
3.52
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
Jackie loved her best friend Theresa from the moment they met nearly fifteen years ago. Now, Theres… read more
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- fiction
25. Bear
By: Julia Phillips
3.38
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A mesmerising novel of two sisters on a Pacific Northwest island whose lives are upended by an unex… read more
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- fiction
"There'd been only three hundred students in the whole school, which made it a tiny, gossipy hellhole, a bucket of crabs snapping at each other and falling over themselves."-Julia Phillips, Bear
"What was Sam afraid of? Withering away here. Dreaming of chances she'd never be able to take, and shriveling up from that denial, getting poorer and put under more pressure and pushed farther from th…"-Julia Phillips, Bear
26. Fear Is Just a Word: A Missing Daughter, a Violent Cartel, and a Mother's Quest for Vengeance
By: Azam Ahmed
3.95
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A riveting true story of a mother who fought back against the drug cartels in Mexico, pursuing her … read more
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27. Sea Wife
By: Amity Gaige
3.65
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
For readers of Meg Wolitzer, Lionel Shriver, Kate Atkinson, and Jennifer EganFrom the highly acclai… read more
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- fiction
"Where does a mistake begin?"-Amity Gaige, Sea Wife
"Everyone is hard to love, if you do it for long enough."-Amity Gaige, Sea Wife
"Because love is tidal; it goes out, it comes in, it goes out."-Amity Gaige, Sea Wife
"You think this will solve all our problems. It’s magical thinking, Michael. It’s the way a child thinks."-Amity Gaige, Sea Wife
28. My Nemesis
By: Charmaine Craig
3.38
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of Miss Burma, longlisted for the National Book Award and the Women’s Pri… read more
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- fiction
29. Eddie Winston Is Looking for Love
By: Marianne Cronin
4.62
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
The author of the beloved international hit The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot returns with … read more
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- fiction
30. Down the Steep
By: A.D. Nauman
4.56
Format: 326 pages, Paperback
"An engaging novel and a beautiful coming-of-age story." ~ Rebecca Makkai, author of Pulitzer-final… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
31. The Mighty Red
By: Louise Erdrich
4.01
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
In this stunning novel, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award–winning author Louise Erdrich tells … read more
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- historical fiction
