The Fish That Climbed a Tree
By: Kevin Ansbro
4.46
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
"They sat themselves calmly and comfortably at the large dining table as if they were invited guest…
Want to Read $ 6.49"The snow fell as softly as a poet’s tears."-Kevin Ansbro, The Fish That Climbed a Tree
"The train's doors closed with a matron's shush."-Kevin Ansbro, The Fish That Climbed a Tree
"The train’s doors closed with a matron’s shush."-Kevin Ansbro, The Fish That Climbed a Tree
"The Earth has music for those who listen." - Kevin Ansbro"-Kevin Ansbro, The Fish That Climbed a Tree
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1. The Seasons of Trouble: Life Amid the Ruins of Sri Lanka's Civil War
By: Rohini Mohan
4.39
Format: 368 pages, ebook
For three decades, Sri Lanka’s civil war tore communities apart. In 2009, the Sri Lankan army final… read more
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"Someone must have talked plenty, because on an afternoon in June 2008, Sarvannantha Pereira was detained by men who didn't say who whey were. They would call it an arrest. It felt more like an abduct…"-Rohini Mohan, The Seasons of Trouble: Life Amid the Ruins of Sri Lanka's Civil War
"Indra believed that the birth of each of her sons had been accompanied by a sign... With Sarva, overnight her cascading black hair showed a thick clutch of grey. He was the child she would struggle m…"-Rohini Mohan, The Seasons of Trouble: Life Amid the Ruins of Sri Lanka's Civil War
"The girls were screaming in Tamil, except for one, who was repeating the word "epa" like a loud and shrill chant. That was not how the Sinhala word was usually used, but it was an expression Mugil ha…"-Rohini Mohan, The Seasons of Trouble: Life Amid the Ruins of Sri Lanka's Civil War
2. The Stone Angel
By: Margaret Laurence , Adele Wiseman
3.77
Format: 316 pages, Paperback
The Stone Angel , The Diviners , and A Bird in the House are three of the five books in Margaret La… read more
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- fiction
"Privacy is a privilege not granted to the aged or the young."-Margaret Laurence, The Stone Angel
"Bless me or not, Lord, just as You please, for I'll not beg."-Margaret Laurence, The Stone Angel
"Too bad to deprive them, but if a person doesn't look after herself in this world, no one else is likely to."-Margaret Laurence, The Stone Angel
"I can't change what's happened to me in my life, or make what's not occurred take place. But I can't say I like it, or accept it, or believe it's for the best. I don't and never shall, not even if I'…"-Margaret Laurence, The Stone Angel
3. Himself
By: Jess Kidd
3.92
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Blending strange kindnesses, casual violence and buried secrets: an unforgettable debut from a dark… read more
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- mystery thriller
- magical realism
- fiction
- mystery
- fantasy
"It is the smell of a million mould-blossomed pages, of a thousand decaying bindings, of a universe of dead words."-Jess Kidd, Himself
"It’s the hottest April in living and dead memory. So hot that the crows are flying with their tongues hanging out of their heads."-Jess Kidd, Himself
"She's put him out like a cat a million times, but like a cat he has a habit of slinking back and curling up into the warm corners of her mind."-Jess Kidd, Himself
"And the trees still hold strong. Their canopies drinking every soft grey sky and their roots spreading down deep in the dark, nuzzling clutches of old bones and fingering lost coins. They throw their…"-Jess Kidd, Himself
4. Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
By: Elizabeth Taylor , Paul Bailey
4.00
Format: 206 pages, Paperback
Librarian Note: An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here On a rainy Sunday in Januar… read more
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- fiction
"Abrió el libro, pero ninguna página parecía ser lo bastante potente para borrar la soledad que sentía."-Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
"La catastrofe de la vejez residía en no atreverse a ir a cualquier parte, en resignarse a perder la libertad"-Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
"If you don't praise people just sometimes a little early on they die of despair, or turn into Hitlers, you know?"-Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
"...pensaba en el amor y en sus espantosas desigualdades. Siempre hay alguien que ofrece la mejilla y otro que la besa."-Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
5. The Hike
By: Drew Magary
4.14
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
From the author of The Postmortal, a fantasy saga unlike any you've read before, weaving elements o… read more
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- humor
- fantasy
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6. The Night Manager
By: John Le Carré
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
In the shadowy recesses of Whitehall and Washington an unholy alliance operates between the intelli… read more
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- mystery thriller
- fiction
- mystery
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7. The Story of an Hour
By: Kate Chopin
4.07
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
In these four stories, Kate Chopin subtly captures the intricate interior lives of a generation of … read more
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- fiction
"Spring days, and summer days, and all sorts of days that would be her own. She breathed a quick prayer that life might be long. It was only yesterday she had thought with a shudder that life might be…"-Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour
"there would be no powerful will binding hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow creature…And yet she had loved him- so…"-Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour
8. How Much Land Does a Man Need?
By: Leo Tolstoy , Boris Dralyuk
4.11
Format: 66 pages, Kindle Edition
The story of a greedy peasant named Pakhom. Although Pakhom enjoys health and family happiness, he … read more
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- fiction
"I understood that men only think that they live by caring only about themselves: in reality they live by love alone."-Leo Tolstoy, How Much Land Does a Man Need?
"Next morning, when Semyon woke up, the children were still asleep and his wife had gone over to the neighbour's to borrow some bread. Only the stranger was sitting on the bench, wearing the old trous…"-Leo Tolstoy, How Much Land Does a Man Need?
"An elder sister came from the town to visit her younger sister in the country. This elder sister was married to a merchant and the younger to a peasant in the village. The two sisters sat down for a …"-Leo Tolstoy, How Much Land Does a Man Need?
Similar categories in Anton Chekhov's The Bet book and Kevin Ansbro's The Fish That Climbed a Tree
- fiction
10. Death in Venice
By: Thomas Mann , Michael Cunningham , Michael Henry Heim
3.74
Format: 142 pages, Paperback
The world-famous masterpiece by Nobel laureate Thomas Mann -- here in a new translation by Michael … read more
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- fiction
"Nothing gladdens a writer more than a thought that can become pure feeling and a feeling that can become pure thought."-Thomas Mann, Death in Venice
"Forbearance in the face of fate, beauty constant under torture, are not merely passive. They are a positive achievement, an explicit triumph."-Thomas Mann, Death in Venice
"Denn der Mensch liebt und ehrt den Menschen , solange er ihn nicht zu beurteilen vermag, und die Sehnsucht ist ein Erzeunis mangelhafter Erkenntnis."-Thomas Mann, Death in Venice
"Solitude produces originality, bold and astonishing beauty, poetry. But solitude also produces perverseness, the disproportianate, the absurd and the forbidden."-Thomas Mann, Death in Venice
11. Provinces of Night
By: William Gay
3.64
Format: 221 pages, Paperback
The year is 1952, and E.F. Bloodworth has returned to his home - a forgotten corner of Tennessee - … read more
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- fiction
12. Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
By: Thérèse of Lisieux , John Clarke
4.42
Format: 306 pages, Paperback
This book, first published in 1898 in a highly edited version, quickly became a modern spiritual cl… read more
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"Love lives only by sacrifice"-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
"I have at last found my vocation; it is love!"-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
"Love will consume us only in the measure of our self-surrender."-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
"and I realized that real nobility is in the soul, not in a name."-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
13. Midnight’s Children
By: Salman Rushdie
3.98
Format: 647 pages, Paperback
An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. Saleem Sinai is born at the stroke… read more
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- magical realism
- fantasy
- fiction
"Life again refused to remain lifesized"-Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children
"What grows best in the heat: fantasy; unreason; lust."-Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children
"For every snake, there is a ladder; for every ladder,a snake"-Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children
"Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence."-Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children
14. The New York Stories of Edith Wharton
By: Edith Wharton
4.16
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
A New York Review Books Original Edith Wharton wrote about New York as only a native can. Her Manha… read more
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15. The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate
By: Ted Chiang
2.50
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
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16. The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
By: Angela Carter
3.92
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
From familiar fairy tales and legends - Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, Puss in Boots, Beauty and the B… read more
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- magical realism
- fantasy
- fiction
"Her hair falls down like tears"-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
"ordered me a sky from a florist"-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
"My spite was sharp as broken glass"-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
"My father lost me to the Beast at cards"-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
17. The King's General
By: Daphne du Maurier
3.55
Format: 112 pages, ebook
Honor Harris is only eighteen when she first meets Richard Grenvile, proud, reckless - and utterly … read more
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18. The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times
By: Jennifer Worth
3.78
Format: 472 pages,
An unforgettable story of the joy of motherhood, the bravery of a community, and the hope of one ex… read more
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19. The Monkey's Paw
By: W.W. Jacobs
3.84
Format: 32 pages, Library Binding
When the White family comes into the possession of a monkey’s paw that magically grant wishes, they… read more
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- thriller
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- fiction
"But the days passed, and expectations gave way to resignation—the hopeless resignation of the old, sometimes miscalled apathy."-W.W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw
"Without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of Laburnam Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly."-W.W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw
20. Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)
By: Nick Harkaway
4.03
Format: 236 pages, Hardcover
A virtuosic mashup of Philip K. Dick and Raymond Chandler by way of Marvel—the story of a detective… read more
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- mystery thriller
- fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- crime
- fantasy
"In her hands, a corpse is like one of those old Bibles chained up in a dusty room, not only the printed text and the rich colours of the pictures, but the records of marriages and births and deaths i…"-Nick Harkaway, Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)
21. Eversion
By: Alastair Reynolds
3.98
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
From the master of the space opera comes a dark, mind-bending adventure spread across time and spac… read more
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- mystery
- fantasy
- fiction
22. Too Much Lip
By: Melissa Lucashenko
4.06
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
A dark and funny new novel from the multi-award-winning author of Mullumbimby. Wise-cracking Ke… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
23. Limberlost
By: Robbie Arnott
4.25
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
In the heat of a long summer Ned hunts rabbits in a river valley, hoping the pelts will earn him en… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
"After an hour of sodden stomping they saw ghostly figures beckoning them through the dense cloud. Highland snow gums, colour-swirled and hardy, and alpine yellow gums, splashed with shades of lemon a…"-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost
"He told her the story of it, his words coming faster than with the others, without artifice or caution. Told her how he'd known there was something wonderful under the old paint from the moment he sa…"-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost
"He'd stare at that field of water until all the things he could not handle were rinsed out of him, and all that remained within him was the memory of that night: the whale, the warmth of the coat, hi…"-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost
"Three days after their wedding they were standing at the base of Liffey Falls, at the brisk death of winter, watching an airborne river thrash its way earthward. The water tumbled through high ridges…"-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost
24. False Value (Rivers of London, #8)
By: Ben Aaronovitch
4.10
Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition
Peter Grant is facing fatherhood, and an uncertain future, with equal amounts of panic and enthusia… read more
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- mystery
- crime
- fantasy
- fiction
"If there was ever a candidate to be patron saint of computers then it would be Alan Turing. Mathematician, war hero and tragic victim of homophobia."-Ben Aaronovitch, False Value (Rivers of London, #8)
"He'd obviously wanted to tell someone about it for a long time and I was a convenient ear. I get that a lot. Stephanopoulos calls it my secret weapon. "It's that vacant expression," she said, "people…"-Ben Aaronovitch, False Value (Rivers of London, #8)
25. Brotherless Night
By: V.V. Ganeshananthan
4.46
Format: 348 pages, Hardcover
In this searing novel, a courageous young woman tries to protect her dream of becoming a doctor as … read more
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- fiction
26. Beyond the Hallowed Sky (Lightspeed Trilogy, #1)
By: Ken MacLeod
3.82
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
'An exceptional blend of international politics, hard science, and first contact' Michael Mammay, a… read more
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- fiction
27. 2023 on Goodreads
By: Various
4.11
Format: None pages, None
Whether or not you've had time to write your own reviews, here's a chance to review your entire 202… read more
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- thriller
28. Beyond the Reach of Earth (Lightspeed Trilogy, #2)
By: Ken MacLeod
4.02
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
THE FERMI ARE AWAKE. With the invention of faster-than-light travel there is nowhere that humani… read more
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29. The Final Season (Planet Gallywood #1)
By: Andrew Gillsmith
4.39
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
It’s one thing to know that all life will end someday, quite another to know the exact date and tim… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
30. Lambs of Men
By: Charles Dodd White
4.40
Format: 226 pages, Paperback
Reeling from his memories from the battlefields of Europe in World War I, Marine Corps Sergeant Hir… read more
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- fiction
"Men were doomed to repeat the sins of not only their fathers, but all their ancient forbears on back to Cain. That was the true mark upon man, scripted in his very blood."-Charles Dodd White, Lambs of Men
31. The Fish That Climbed a Tree
By: Kevin Ansbro
4.46
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
"They sat themselves calmly and comfortably at the large dining table as if they were invited guest… read more
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- fantasy
"The snow fell as softly as a poet’s tears."-Kevin Ansbro, The Fish That Climbed a Tree
"The train’s doors closed with a matron’s shush."-Kevin Ansbro, The Fish That Climbed a Tree
"The train's doors closed with a matron's shush."-Kevin Ansbro, The Fish That Climbed a Tree
"The Earth has music for those who listen." - Kevin Ansbro"-Kevin Ansbro, The Fish That Climbed a Tree
