My Reading Life
By: Pat Conroy
3.50
Format: None pages,
Bestselling author Pat Conroy acknowledges the books that have shaped him and celebrates the profou…
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1. Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict (Jane Austen Addict, #1)
By: Laurie Viera Rigler
3.18
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In this Jane Austen inspired comedy, love story, and exploration of identity and destiny, a modern … read more
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"Only a fool would wish to go back who he was."-Laurie Viera Rigler, Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict (Jane Austen Addict, #1)
"Our heart chooses for us, or a tiny whisper inside that is too faint for us to hear."-Laurie Viera Rigler, Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict (Jane Austen Addict, #1)
"...and I decide to stop inwardly composing the feminist world court's prosecutorial summation to the jury."-Laurie Viera Rigler, Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict (Jane Austen Addict, #1)
"You know, it is a little known fact that thinking is entirely overrated. The world would be a much better place if we all did a lot less of it."-Laurie Viera Rigler, Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict (Jane Austen Addict, #1)
2. Mao: A Life
By: Philip Short
3.98
Format: 824 pages, Paperback
When the Nationalists routed a ragtag Red Army on the Xiang River during the Long March, an earthy … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
3. A Natural Woman: A Memoir
By: Carole King
4.09
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
Carole King takes us from her early beginnings in Brooklyn, to her remarkable success as one of the… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
4. My Reading Life
By: Pat Conroy
3.50
Format: None pages,
Bestselling author Pat Conroy acknowledges the books that have shaped him and celebrates the profou… read more
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- nonfiction
- writing
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- audiobook
5. Dancing at the Rascal Fair
By: Ivan Doig
3.65
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
The central volume in Ivan Doig's acclaimed Montana trilogy, Dancing at the Rascal Fairis an authen… read more
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6. Look Homeward, Angel
By: Thomas Wolfe
3.75
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
The stunning, classic coming-of-age novel written by one of America's foremost Southern writers A l… read more
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7. The Worst Journey in the World
By: Apsley Cherry-Garrard , Caroline Alexander
4.38
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
The Worst Journey in the Worldrecounts Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole… read more
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8. Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, a Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship
By: Michelle Kuo
4.40
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A memoir of race, inequality, and the power of literature told through the life-changing friendship… read more
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9. One Writer's Beginnings
By: Eudora Welty
4.07
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Now available as an audio CD, in Eudora Welty's own voice, or as a book. Eudora Welty was born i… read more
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- writing
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"She read Dickens in the same spirit she would have eloped with him."-Eudora Welty, One Writer's Beginnings
"Through travel I first became aware of the outside world; it was through travel that I found my own introspective way into becoming a part of it."-Eudora Welty, One Writer's Beginnings
"Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. Listening for them is something more acute than listening to them. I suppose it’s an early form of participation in what goes on. Listening childr…"-Eudora Welty, One Writer's Beginnings
"Barefooted on the slick brick walk I rushed to where I could breathe in the cool breath from the interior of the springhouse. On a cold bubbling spring, covered dishes and crocks and pitchers of milk…"-Eudora Welty, One Writer's Beginnings
10. Babette's Feast
By: Isak Dinesen , Karen Blixen
3.48
Format: 241 pages, Paperback
With the mysterious arrival of Babette, a refugee from France's civil war, life for two pious siste… read more
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11. This is the Story of a Happy Marriage
By: Ann Patchett
4.14
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
Blending literature and memoir, Ann Patchett, author of State of Wonder, Run,and Bel Canto,examines… read more
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12. A Prayer Journal
By: Flannery O'Connor , None
3.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"I would like to write a beautiful prayer," writes the young Flannery O'Connor in this deeply spiri… read more
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13. Damascus
By: Joshua Mohr
3.20
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Damascussucceeds in conveying a big-hearted vision." --The Wall Street Journal "At once gripping, … read more
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14. The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
By: Margalit Fox
3.97
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Simon Winchester and Dava Sobel, The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crac… read more
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15. Sofie Metropolis (Sofie Metropolis, #1)
By: Tori Carrington
4.07
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Since canceling her wedding, Sofie Metropolis has a new career tracking down lost pets and cheating… read more
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16. Where the Past Begins: A Writer's Memoir
By: Amy Tan
4.15
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In Where the Past Begins, bestselling author of The Joy Luck Cluband The Valley of AmazementAmy Tan… read more
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17. How Reading Changed My Life
By: Anna Quindlen
4.67
Format: 523 pages, Paperback
A recurring theme throughout Anna Quindlen's How Reading Changed My Life is the comforting premise … read more
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18. Flimsy Little Plastic Miracles
By: Ron Currie Jr.
3.26
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In this tour de force of imagination, Ron Currie asks why literal veracity means more to us than de… read more
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19. The Caretaker
By: Ron Rash
4.20
Format: 252 pages, Hardcover
Told against the backdrop of the Korean War as a small Appalachian town sends its sons to battle, T… read more
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- audiobook
20. My Name Is Barbra
By: Barbra Streisand
4.20
Format: 1040 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television. Barbra St… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Fame is a hollow trophy. No matter who you are, you can only eat one pastrami sandwich at a time."-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra
"Once again I was struck by the power of music. Somehow, it can be the connective tissue between souls."-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra
"There are some things I hope we can all agree upon: The antidote to lies is truth, the remedy to war is peace, and the solution to hate is love."-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra
"Language gives us an insight into the way women are viewed in a male-dominated society . . . A man is commanding—a woman is demanding. A man is forceful—a woman is pushy. A man is uncompromising—a wo…"-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra
21. Tell Me A Story: My Life with Pat Conroy
By: Cassandra King Conroy
4.35
Format: 400 pages, ebook
“Tell Me A Story is breathtakingly tender, heartbreakingly true...The best memoir I’ve read.” — M… read more
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- nonfiction
- books about books
- audiobook
22. In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
By: Sebastian Junger
3.92
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by t… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- audiobook
"Everyone has a relationship with death whether they want one or not; refusing to think about death is its own kind of relationship. When we hear about another person's death, we are hearing a version…"-Sebastian Junger, In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
23. Where I Come From: Stories from the Deep South
By: Rick Bragg
4.21
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of All Over but the Shoutin' and The Best Cook… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Tupperware is the Wedgewood of the South."-Rick Bragg, Where I Come From: Stories from the Deep South
"Mostly I love Halloween because it is the orange-and-black beginning of a season that tumbles into Thanksgiving, which tumbles into Christmas. And Zombies just seem a little out of place in that. Tha…"-Rick Bragg, Where I Come From: Stories from the Deep South
24. The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club
By: Helen Simonson
3.96
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A timeless comedy of manners—refreshing as a summer breeze and bracing as the British seaside—about… read more
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25. George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle
By: Philip Norman
3.91
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
From the premiere Beatles biographer—author of the New York Times bestseller John The Life and the… read more
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- biography memoir
- biography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
26. Kitchen Yarns: Notes on Life, Love, and Food
By: Ann Hood
3.81
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
From her Italian-American childhood, through raising and feeding a growing family and cooking with … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- audiobook
27. Dear Bob and Sue: Season 2
By: Matt Smith
4.29
Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition
In this second book of the series, follow Matt and Karen as they work their way around the western … read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
28. My Exaggerated Life: Pat Conroy
By: Katherine Clark
4.42
Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition
An oral biography that reveals the Southern author's true voice Pat Conroy's memoirs and autobiogr… read more
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- biography
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- books about books
29. Book Girl: A Journey through the Treasures and Transforming Power of a Reading Life
By: Sarah Clarkson
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
When you hear a riveting story, does it thrill your heart and stir your soul? Do you hunger for tru… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- books about books
- audiobook
"To know yourself as an agent in the story of the world, one able to bring light and goodness in the midst of suffering, is a profoundly empowering knowledge, one that I believe comes to every woman w…"-Sarah Clarkson, Book Girl: A Journey through the Treasures and Transforming Power of a Reading Life
"A woman who reads is a woman who knows she must act: in courage, in creativity, in kindness, and often in defiance of the darkness around her. She understands that life itself is a story and that she…"-Sarah Clarkson, Book Girl: A Journey through the Treasures and Transforming Power of a Reading Life
30. Mr. Jimmy From Around the Way
By: Jeffrey Blount
4.22
Format: 350 pages, Hardcover
James Henry Ferguson doesn’t belong here. After a highly publicized fall from grace, James attempts… read more
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31. Death Watch
By: Stona Fitch
3.48
Format: 249 pages, Paperback
Coe Vessel, son of a legendary adman, has selling in his blood and lands the much-anticipated campa… read more
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