Fencing with the King
By: Diana Abu-Jaber
3.69
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A mesmerizing breakthrough novel of family myths and inheritances by the award-winning author of Cr…
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1. What Comes Next and How to Like It
By: Abigail Thomas
3.33
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of A Three Dog Life, which "shines with honest intelligence" (Elizabeth… read more
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- audiobook
2. A Royal Experiment: The Private Life of King George III
By: Janice Hadlow
4.00
Format: 222 pages, Hardcover
The surprising, deliciously dramatic, and ultimately heartbreaking story of King George III's radic… read more
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- historical
3. The Elephant Whisperer (Young Readers Adaptation): My Life with the Herd in the African Wild
By: Thea Feldman , None , Graham Spence
3.97
Format: 12 pages, Hardcover
When Lawrence Anthony was asked to accept a rogue herd of elephants in his reserve in South Africa,… read more
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4. From the Kitchen of Half Truth
By: Maria Goodin
3.69
Format: None pages, Paperback
Meg May's mother has created a life out of stories. Outlandish stories that can't possibly be true.… read more
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5. Fencing with the King
By: Diana Abu-Jaber
3.69
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A mesmerizing breakthrough novel of family myths and inheritances by the award-winning author of Cr… read more
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- audiobook
- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- historical fiction
- novels
- drama
6. Dinosaurs
By: Lydia Millet
3.88
Format: 230 pages, Hardcover
A man named Gil walks from New York to Arizona to recover from a failed love. After he arrives, new… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- audiobook
"They say those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones, but don’t we all?"-Lydia Millet, Dinosaurs
"You gotta be a generalist, in the new climate. But that’s not enough either. If there’s too much poison around. We’re talking pesticides, mostly. Agrochemicals everywhere. Take the sparrows. So anywa…"-Lydia Millet, Dinosaurs
"Good news. Maybe the insects would handle it. Since the dinosaurs didn’t have it in them. The insects might be naturals at revolution, with their hive minds. Their brainless, decentralized intelligen…"-Lydia Millet, Dinosaurs
"And freedom, that sacred cow that was always invoked as an excuse for bad behavior, all manner of atrocity—what was it, even? They told you to love it, in the schools and the songs, but never said wh…"-Lydia Millet, Dinosaurs
7. Horse
By: Geraldine Brooks
4.27
Format: 401 pages, Hardcover
A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"I don't rightly know who was my great-grandfather, much less his father. How come you know that about a horse?"-Geraldine Brooks, Horse
"She felt a little clandestine, as if she were ten years old again, sneaking a dead rat past her mother so she could articulate a Rattus norvegicus domestica for her bedroom display."-Geraldine Brooks, Horse
"You have to know that bigots are unwittingly handing you an edge. By thinking you're lesser than they are, they underestimate you. Lean on that. Learn to use it, and you'll get the upper hand."-Geraldine Brooks, Horse
8. Absolution
By: Alice McDermott
3.81
Format: 324 pages, Hardcover
A riveting account of women’s lives on the margins of the Vietnam War. In Saigon in 1963, two yo… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- novels
- audiobook
9. The Lioness
By: Chris Bohjalian
3.72
Format: 313 pages, Hardcover
A luxurious African safari turns deadly for a Hollywood starlet and her entourage in this riveting … read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- audiobook
"We all look forward, but how we see tomorrow is grounded so deeply in what we lived through just yesterday."-Chris Bohjalian, The Lioness
"Too often you couldn't mine the recollections that might keep you sane, but instead held close the memories that someday would kill you."-Chris Bohjalian, The Lioness
"We all look forward- at least, I suppose, until you get to be my age - but how we see tomorrow is grounded so deeply in what we lived through just yesterday. And it was only yesterday, wasn't it? Was…"-Chris Bohjalian, The Lioness
10. Hard by a Great Forest
By: Leo Vardiashvili
3.90
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Amid rubble and rebuilding in a former Soviet land, one family must rescue one another and put the … read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- historical fiction
- audiobook
11. Kantika
By: Elizabeth Graver
4.08
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling Sephardic multigenerational saga that moves from Istanbul to Barcelona, Havana, and New … read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"Ken sos tu? I am Rebecca (Rivka, Rebekah) from my mother’s mother and the wife of Isaac in the Bible. The name means “to tie firmly"-Elizabeth Graver, Kantika
"Where are you going, where have you been? Do you have children? How was the voyage? What is the news of the world? What can I do for you? Please, sit. Eat. She’ll give them the name of Villa Erna, th…"-Elizabeth Graver, Kantika
12. The Hebrew Teacher
By: Maya Arad
4.04
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Three Israeli women, their lives altered by immigration to the United States, seek to overcome cris… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
"״ילד לא צריך בכלל מסיבה גדולה עד גיל ארבע,״ פוסקת רוית. ״מה, בארץ עושים רק עם הסבתות, הדודים...״ ״אבל זו הבעיה, אין פה סבתות,״ היא מחווה את דעתה. ״איי,״ מלכה מסכימה, ״זאת בדיוק הבעיה. אין פה סבתות.״"-Maya Arad, The Hebrew Teacher
"יועד לוגם מהכוס ומעווה את פניו. ״חרא קפה.״ ״בפעם הבאה תלך לקפה מול הספרייה,״ היא מציעה לו טיפ של מקומיים. רק לפני שנה פתחו אותו, וכל הקמפוס מדבר עליו: כמו בניו יורק, כמו בסן פרנסיסקו, בסיאטל: קלייה ע…"-Maya Arad, The Hebrew Teacher
13. Four Treasures of the Sky
By: Jenny Tinghui Zhang
4.08
Format: 326 pages, Hardcover
Daiyu never wanted to be like the tragic heroine for whom she was named, revered for her beauty and… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"In calligraphy, as in life, we do not retouch strokes, Master Wang often said. We must accept that what is done is done."-Jenny Tinghui Zhang, Four Treasures of the Sky
"An entire year has passed. Time is important. This I know now. As in, how much time has to pass for a forgetting to occur."-Jenny Tinghui Zhang, Four Treasures of the Sky
"My life was written for me from the moment the name was given to me. Or it was not. That is the true beauty. That is the intent. We can practice all we want, telling and retelling the same story, but…"-Jenny Tinghui Zhang, Four Treasures of the Sky
"At my most alone, I trace English letters in the dirt floor. Next to them, I write the Chinese characters that match their sounds. The one that puzzles me most is the English letter I, companion soun…"-Jenny Tinghui Zhang, Four Treasures of the Sky
14. The Sun Walks Down
By: Fiona McFarlane
3.74
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In September 1883, the South Australian town of Fairly huddles under strange, vivid sunsets. Six-ye… read more
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- novels
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- contemporary
- audiobook
15. Worm: A Cuban American Odyssey
By: Edel Rodriguez
4.53
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From “America’s illustrator in chief” ( Fast Company ), a graphic memoir of a childhood in Cuba, co… read more
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- historical
16. The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)
By: John Shen Yen Nee
3.62
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films, this stunning, swashbuckling series opener by a po… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- audiobook
"The British are oddly vulnerable to charm. I've found that in England it's often the easiest path to one's objective. And hurts none along the way."-John Shen Yen Nee, The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)
17. The Family Chao
By: Lan Samantha Chang
3.35
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
The residents of Haven, Wisconsin, have dined on the Fine Chao Restaurant’s delicious Americanized … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- audiobook
"Our inner selves exist. They're unique, and they're meaningful and mysterious, even if they are secret sometimes even from ourselves."-Lan Samantha Chang, The Family Chao
"After emotions are felt, expressed, where do they go? Is there a place where spent passion collects? Surely it can't simply vaporize, disappear like smoke. There must be a secret hiding place. For ev…"-Lan Samantha Chang, The Family Chao
"In Alf's close-up, he's less than a year old, almost unrecognizably puppyish. He gazes directly at James, head slightly cocked, bat ears unfolded in typical, unceasing alertness. His small black nose…"-Lan Samantha Chang, The Family Chao
"The half-dozen temple dogs circle him and Alf in a delirium of barking, clicking paws, and waving tails. They're mixed breeds, smooth-haired, ears neither floppy nor exactly pointed, and a few with t…"-Lan Samantha Chang, The Family Chao
18. Mercury Pictures Presents
By: Anthony Marra
3.67
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The epic tale of a brilliant woman who must reinvent herself to survive, moving from Mussolini's It… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- novels
- audiobook
"Being broken delicately is what I call being whole."-Anthony Marra, Mercury Pictures Presents
"Your father is the worst thing that's ever happened to me," her mother said. "He also happens to be the love of my life."-Anthony Marra, Mercury Pictures Presents
"Artie had named the canary Charles Lindbergh, on account of it being an excellent aviator but otherwise a real piece of work."-Anthony Marra, Mercury Pictures Presents
"Vincenzo told him he was naïve, but was it naïve to believe documentary photography could serve as an antidote to the propaganda poisoning the body politic?"-Anthony Marra, Mercury Pictures Presents
19. Cold Victory
By: Karl Marlantes
3.77
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Karl Marlantes comes a propulsive and sweeping novel in whic… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- novels
- audiobook
20. Behind You Is the Sea
By: Susan Muaddi Darraj
4.14
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An exciting debut novel that gives voice to the diverse residents of a Palestinian American communi… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- audiobook
21. The Master Craftsman
By: Kelli Stuart
4.05
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
In 1917, Alma Pihl, a master craftsman in The House of Fabergé, was charged to protect one of the g… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- contemporary
22. Lucky Turtle
By: Bill Roorbach
3.81
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
In this love story, a teenage girl with a checkered past finds instant chemistry with a mysterious … read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
23. Loot
By: Tania James
3.82
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A spellbinding historical novel set in the eighteenth century - a hero’s quest, a love story, the s… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"She is reading; he loves the lost expression on her face when she reads."-Tania James, Loot
24. Murder in Westminster (Lady Worthing Mysteries #1)
By: Vanessa Riley
3.37
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Perfect for readers looking for a darker twist on Bridgerton, this first story in a vibrant, inclus… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- audiobook
25. The Dead Cat Tail Assassins
By: P. Djèlí Clark
4.05
Format: 213 pages, Hardcover
The Dead Cat Tail Assassins are not cats. Nor do they have tails. But they are most assuredly… read more
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- mystery
- fiction
- audiobook
26. On a Night of a Thousand Stars
By: Andrea Yaryura Clark
3.94
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
New York, 1998. Santiago Larrea, a wealthy Argentine diplomat, is holding court alongside his wife,… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- novels
- audiobook
27. Bride of the Sea
By: Eman Quotah
3.59
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
During a snowy Cleveland February, newlywed university students Muneer and Saeedah are expecting th… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- audiobook
"The way she talks about family—the way everyone here does—is more foreign to Hannah than anything else. She has always had only Mama. To have dozens of people feels like a gift, a gift of love that s…"-Eman Quotah, Bride of the Sea
28. Neruda on the Park
By: Cleyvis Natera
3.68
Format: 325 pages, Hardcover
An exhilarating debut novel following members of a Dominican family in New York City who take radic… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
29. Poland, a Green Land
By: Aharon Appelfeld
3.84
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A Tel Aviv shopkeeper visits his parents’ Polish birthplace in an attempt to come to terms with the… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
30. Bingo Love Volume 1: Jackpot Edition
By: Tee Franklin
4.15
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
2019, Texas Library Association's Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List Amazon Book Review's Best Com… read more
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- historical fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
31. The Sense of Wonder
By: Matthew Salesses
3.64
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A look at the ways Asian Americans navigate the thorny worlds of sports and entertainment when ever… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- audiobook
