Spinning Straw into Gold: What Fairy Tales Reveal About the Transformations in a Woman's Life
By: Joan Gould
3.39
Format: 414 pages, Paperback
What's your favorite fairy tale? Whether it's "Cinderella," "Beauty and the Beast," "Hansel and Gre…
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1. This Book Is Gay
By: None , Juno Dawson
3.77
Format: 273 pages, Paperback
Lesbian. Bisexual. Queer. Transgender. Straight. Curious. This book is for everyone, regardless of … read more
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- nonfiction
"Living with stress and secrets is both stressful and secretive."-None, This Book Is Gay
"Who do you want to be? There's only one rule: Always be true to yourself."-None, This Book Is Gay
"Your sexuality or gender is as natural as your eye color, and you should never be ashamed of it."-None, This Book Is Gay
"Let me tell you something, boys and girls, you can "straight act" all you want, but if you're sleeping with your own sex, to the rest of the world, you're as gay as John Waters living in a pink tent …"-None, This Book Is Gay
2. The Witch of Blackbird Pond
By: Elizabeth George Speare
4.02
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Newbery Medal Winner (1959) Orphaned Kit Tyler knows, as she gazes for the first time at the col… read more
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"People are afraid of things they don’t understand."-Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond
"Hannah's magic cure for every ill," he teased. "Blueberry cake and a kitten."-Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond
"She snatched at the dream that had comforted her for so long. It was faded and thin, like a letter too often read."-Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond
"She and Prudence sat on a cool grassy carpet. A pale green curtain of branches just brushed the grasses and threw a filigree of shadows, as delicate as the wrought silver, on the child’s face."-Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond
3. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
By: Matthew Desmond
3.37
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From Harvard sociologist and MacArthur "Genius" Matthew Desmond, a landmark work of scholarship and… read more
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- nonfiction
4. The Illustrated Man
By: Ray Bradbury
4.13
Format: 186 pages, Paperback
That The Illustrated Man has remained in print since being published in 1951 is fair testimony to … read more
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"Oh, death in space was most humorous."-Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man
"I shall remain on Mars and read a book."-Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man
"Did all dying people feel this way, as if they had never lived?"-Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man
"Nothing ever likes to die--not even a room. (p.23 --> The Veldt)"-Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man
5. Black Boy
By: Richard Wright , Jerry W. Ward Jr.
3.91
Format: 340 pages, Paperback
Black Boyis a classic of American autobiography, a subtly crafted narrative of Richard Wright's jou… read more
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- nonfiction
6. The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King #1-4)
By: T.H. White
4.67
Format: 48 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Once upon a time, a young boy called "Wart" was tutored by a magician named Merlyn in preparation f… read more
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- mythology
7. Jane Austen at Home
By: Lucy Worsley
3.16
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
On the eve of the two hundredth anniversary of Jane Austen's death, take a trip back to her world a… read more
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- nonfiction
8. Spinning Straw into Gold: What Fairy Tales Reveal About the Transformations in a Woman's Life
By: Joan Gould
3.39
Format: 414 pages, Paperback
What's your favorite fairy tale? Whether it's "Cinderella," "Beauty and the Beast," "Hansel and Gre… read more
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- fairy tales
- feminism
- psychology
- folklore
- nonfiction
- womens
- mythology
9. Into the Land of the Unicorns (Unicorn Chronicles, #1)
By: Bruce Coville
3.04
Format: 40 pages, Paperback
One unicorn dwells on Earth. Hundreds fight in Luster. Their legends are recorded in THE UNICORN CH… read more
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10. Jacob Have I Loved
By: Katherine Paterson
3.69
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
Esau have I hated . . . Sara Louise Bradshaw is sick and tired of her beautiful twin Caroline. Ever… read more
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"Thinking about myself as a crazy, independent old woman made me feel almost happy."-Katherine Paterson, Jacob Have I Loved
"Crazy people who are judged to be harmless are allowed an enormous amount of freedom ordinary people are denied"-Katherine Paterson, Jacob Have I Loved
"In February the weather sometimes gave us a vacation, in August, never. We just got up earlier every morning until finally we met ourselves going to bed."-Katherine Paterson, Jacob Have I Loved
"Don't tell me no one ever gave you a chance. You don't need anything given to you. You can make your own chances. But first you have to know what you're after, my dear."-Katherine Paterson, Jacob Have I Loved
11. Song of the Wanderer (Unicorn Chronicles, #2)
By: Bruce Coville
3.28
Format: 5 pages, Paperback
One unicorn dwells on Earth. Hundreds fight in Luster. Their legends are recorded in The Unicorn Ch… read more
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12. The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
By: Barack Obama
3.68
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
The Audacity of Hopeis Barack Obama's call for a new kind of politics--a politics that builds upon … read more
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13. Dark Whispers (Unicorn Chronicles, #3)
By: Bruce Coville
4.25
Format: 179 pages, Paperback
In the much-anticipated third volume of the Unicorn Chronicles, Cara Diana Hunter journeys to the V… read more
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14. 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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15. The Last Hunt (Unicorn Chronicles, #4)
By: Bruce Coville
3.82
Format: 148 pages, Hardcover
Readers will be on the edge of their seats with this concluding episode of the riveting best-sellin… read more
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16. River Woman, River Demon
By: Jennifer Givhan
3.60
Format: 330 pages, Hardcover
When Eva's husband is arrested for the murder of a friend, she must confront her murky past and emb… read more
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"Santa Muerte, the bitchest boss of them all—keeper of death, prostitutes, drug addicts, the disenfranchised."-Jennifer Givhan, River Woman, River Demon
"Shadow can protect us. Darkness, too, has its blessings. Brujas know this. Mama knew this. Energy is energy. And brujas also know not to stay in one without the other for too long. Balance. An ourobo…"-Jennifer Givhan, River Woman, River Demon
"As we wind through the graves, I’m reminded of growing up down the road from the town dump to the north and the cemetery to the south, my own house haunting the center, equal radius to either destina…"-Jennifer Givhan, River Woman, River Demon
17. The Me You Love in the Dark: Books 1-5
By: Skottie Young
3.70
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
An artist named Ro retreats from the grind of the city to an old house in a small town. She hopes … read more
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18. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
By: Rick Rubin
4.04
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their… read more
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- nonfiction
- psychology
"Find the sustainable rituals that best support your work."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
"In terms of priority, inspiration comes first. You come next. The audience comes last."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
"When it comes to the creative process, patience is accepting that the majority of the work we do is out of our control."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
"Turning something from an idea into a reality can make it seem smaller. It changes from unearthly to earthly. The imagination has no limits. The physical world does. The work exists in both."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
19. The Many Deaths of Laila Starr
By: Ram V.
4.30
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Humanity is on the verge of discovering immortality, which means the avatar of Death is out of a jo… read more
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- mythology
"Perhaps it is enough to remember at story's end the miracle that it was simply to have lived."-Ram V., The Many Deaths of Laila Starr
"If life's an exercise in making memories...no one really goes away as long as they are remembered."-Ram V., The Many Deaths of Laila Starr
"It’s what happens when things die. They go away, but you don’t realize all the parts of you that they were holding up until after."-Ram V., The Many Deaths of Laila Starr
"And in the days that follow, the possibilities of what could've been begin to fall away. Leaving you with less, each time-- more precious, to be savored. Like a cigarette. The point of life, my frien…"-Ram V., The Many Deaths of Laila Starr
20. Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative
By: Melissa Febos
4.24
Format: 171 pages, Paperback
Memoir meets craft masterclass in this “daring, honest, psychologically insightful” exploration of … read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
"Writing is a form of freedom more accessible than many"-Melissa Febos, Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative
"...The more we believe we ought to be something that we are not, the more money we will spend in that mission."-Melissa Febos, Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative
"Every single thing I have created worth a damn has been a practice of love, healing, and redemption. I know this process to be divine."-Melissa Febos, Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative
"I have found that a fulfilling writing life is one in which the creative process merges with the other necessary processes of good living, which only the individual can define."-Melissa Febos, Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative
21. Before the Ever After
By: Jacqueline Woodson
4.18
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Jacqueline Woodson's novel-in-verse explores how a family moves forward when their glory days have … read more
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22. Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
By: Rachel Aviv
4.12
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In Strangers to Ourselves, a powerful and gripping debut, Rachel Aviv raises fundamental questions … read more
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- nonfiction
- psychology
"It's startling to realize how narrowly we avoid, or miss, living radically different lives."-Rachel Aviv, Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
"For a child, solipsistic by nature, there are limits to the ways that despair can be communicated. Culture shapes the scripts that expressions of distress will follow. In both anorexia and resignatio…"-Rachel Aviv, Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
23. Mamo
By: Sas Milledge
4.36
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Family matters aren’t just hocus-pocus for this young witch!Cartoonist Sas Milledge makes her aston… read more
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24. Portable Magic: A History of Books and Their Readers
By: Emma Smith
3.80
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Most of what we say about books is really about the words inside the rosy nostalgic glow for child… read more
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- nonfiction
25. Saga, Compendium One
By: Brian K. Vaughan
4.71
Format: 1328 pages, Paperback
THE ULTIMATE BINGE-READ Collecting the first nine volumes of the critically acclaimed, New York … read more
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26. The Committed (The Sympathizer, #2)
By: Viet Thanh Nguyen
3.96
Format: 345 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited new novel from one of America’s most highly regarded contemporary writers, The Com… read more
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"Imagine always having to live with a hyphen dividing you!"-Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Committed (The Sympathizer, #2)
"[B]ooks mean something different when return to them later, leavened with age."-Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Committed (The Sympathizer, #2)
"[B]ooks meant something different when we returned to them later, leavened by life."-Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Committed (The Sympathizer, #2)
"We were the unwanted, the unneeded, and the unseen, invisible to all but ourselves. And you are so happy you don’t know whether to laugh or cry."-Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Committed (The Sympathizer, #2)
27. Moon Knight by Lemire & Smallwood
By: Jeff Lemire
4.33
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Marc Spector (A.K.A. Moon Knight/Jake Lockley/Steven Grant) has been fighting criminals and keeping… read more
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28. Birds of Prey: Mystery & Murder
By: Gail Simone
4.02
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Just in time for the release of Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn… read more
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29. Motherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself
By: Lisa Marchiano
4.53
Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition
Join a respected Jungian analyst for a deep dive into the emotional and symbolic journey of motherh… read more
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- womens
- nonfiction
- mythology
- psychology
"It is a balm to our worried heart to know that whatever struggle we are engaged in is part of the universal human story."-Lisa Marchiano, Motherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself
30. Eve
By: Victor LaValle
3.91
Format: 132 pages, Paperback
A young girl, Eve, raised in a virtual reality embarks on a deadly cross-country quest to save her … read more
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31. Praying with Jane Eyre: Reflections on Reading as a Sacred Practice
By: Vanessa Zoltan
4.16
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
"In these soaring, open-hearted essays, Vanessa Zoltan writes with fierce brilliance about sufferin… read more
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- nonfiction
"A willingness to survive is about believing in the possibility of a better future. Survival is about hope, and hope in moments of despair is virtuous."-Vanessa Zoltan, Praying with Jane Eyre: Reflections on Reading as a Sacred Practice
