Walking with Sam: A Father, a Son, and Five Hundred Miles Across Spain
By: Andrew McCarthy
4.03
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An intimate, funny, and poignant travel memoir following New York Times bestselling author and ac…
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1. Off the Road: A Modern-Day Walk Down the Pilgrim's Route into Spain
By: Jack Hitt
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
When Jack Hitt set out to walk the 500 miles from France to Santiago de Compostela, Spain, he submi… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- travel
- spain
- nonfiction
2. The Women
By: Kristin Hannah
4.64
Format: 471 pages, Hardcover
Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more
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- audiobook
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."-Kristin Hannah, The Women
"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"-Kristin Hannah, The Women
"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."-Kristin Hannah, The Women
3. After Annie
By: Anna Quindlen
4.03
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
When Annie Brown dies suddenly, her husband, her four young children and her closest friend are lef… read more
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- audiobook
4. The Berry Pickers
By: Amanda Peters
4.14
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mys… read more
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- audiobook
5. The Frozen River
By: Ariel Lawhon
4.43
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more
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- audiobook
6. Tom Lake
By: Ann Patchett
3.99
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again prov… read more
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- audiobook
"You can’t pretend this [Covid] isn’t happening,"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"In the summer the pear trees were fine. In the summer, all that is hideous about a pear tree is hidden by leaves and pears. But once those disguises were removed they were nothing but acres of murder…"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"Hazel, listen to me. I'm going to tell you something important, you need to be brave.' I then explained to the dog how I have told myself for so many years that my career fell apart because I wasn't …"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"It's as if someone bought all the diamonds at Tiffany's, and crushed them into dust, then spread that dust across the water so that it sifts down evenly, filtering through the shards of light that cu…"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
7. The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man
By: David von Drehle
4.00
Format: 194 pages, Hardcover
One of our nation’s most prominent writers finds the truth about how to live a long and happy life … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
8. Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
By: Andrea Lankford
3.76
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From a former law enforcement park ranger and investigator, this female-driven true crime adventure… read more
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- memoir
- adventure
- travel
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"A solo woman is more likely to survive a perilous incident in the outdoors than a solo man. Yet, the average female hiker fears for her safety more than the average guy does. Ironically, this phenome…"-Andrea Lankford, Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
9. The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening
By: Ari Shapiro
4.05
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved host of NPR's All Things Considered, a stirring memoir-in-essays that is also a lo… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- travel
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"We'd drive west to the fog of the coast. In Oregon, nobody calls it the beach, maybe to discourage false hopes of warm and sun."-Ari Shapiro, The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening
10. The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece
By: Tom Hanks
3.70
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
From the Academy Award-winning actor and best-selling author: a novel about the making of a star-st… read more
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- audiobook
"Are you a clairvoyant?"-Tom Hanks, The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece
11. How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told
By: Harrison Scott Key
4.07
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From Harrison Scott Key, winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, How to Stay Married tells … read more
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- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"He was "as deep as bro country and possessed all the charm of an unsalted potato."-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told
"I play the drums, an instrument that has caused more divorces than any other musical instrument in history, after the banjo."-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told
"The memories do not dissolve. They cohere into captivating art films that play endlessly in the International Infidelity Film Festival of my mind."-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told
"Coco will be gone in less than two years and Pippi and Ginsburg not long after, and then it'll just be the two of us again and this weird-ass marriage."-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told
12. James
By: Percival Everett
4.54
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , both harrowing and f… read more
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- audiobook
13. Somehow: Thoughts on Love
By: Anne Lamott
3.95
Format: 204 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Help, Thanks, Wow , a joyful celebration of lo… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
"I don’t know"-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
"…nobody in isolation becomes who they were designed to be."-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
"Sometimes it all just sucks, as Jesus says somewhere in the Gospels (although off the top of my head I can’t recall chapter and verse."-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
"When I first got sober, a man told me that upon waking every morning, instead of reciting the standard flowery recovery prayer, he said, “Whatever,“ and at night when he turned off his lights to go t…"-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
14. It. Goes. So. Fast.: The Year of No Do-Overs
By: Mary Louise Kelly
3.86
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Operating Instructions meets Glennon Doyle in this new book by famed NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly… read more
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- parenting
- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"In his book "Being Mortal", the surgeon Atul Gawande accurately describes the joy that flows from being good at your work. 'You become a doctor for what you imagine to be the satisfaction of the work…"-Mary Louise Kelly, It. Goes. So. Fast.: The Year of No Do-Overs
15. 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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- 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
16. Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond
By: Henry Winkler
4.14
Format: 246 pages, Hardcover
From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply tho… read more
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- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"It’s so funny about time - you get into these nice little grooves with people you love, and you think it’ll go on forever. But time goes so fast, and nothing goes on forever."-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond
"If you don't nail your feet to the ground, you can just believe - and you want to believe. It's so enticing. It felt so good. You could just become a gigantic balloon in the Thanksgiving Day parade a…"-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond
17. 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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- audiobook
18. Long Island (Eilis Lacey, #2)
By: Colm Tóibín
3.82
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved, critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author comes a spectacularly movi… read more
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19. Walking with Sam: A Father, a Son, and Five Hundred Miles Across Spain
By: Andrew McCarthy
4.03
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An intimate, funny, and poignant travel memoir following New York Times bestselling author and ac… read more
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- parenting
- biography
- memoir
- adventure
- travel
- spain
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- walking
- audiobook
20. The Paris Novel
By: Ruth Reichl
3.84
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling author Ruth Reichl takes readers on an adventure of food, art, and fashion in 1980s Par… read more
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- travel
- audiobook
"That is the most expensive spice in the world. It comes from the Valley of Flowers, where everyone's hands are red from separating the saffron from the blossoms. Each flower has just three strands, s…"-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel
"The fat was bubbling in a pot on the stove. The potatoes went in, were snatched out, then plunged back in. They emerged crisp and golden; Richard sprinkled them with salt and piled them on a platter,…"-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel
"The oysters arrived on a deep bed of ice. She had never eaten an oyster, and she stared down at the platter. A ruffle of black encircled each opalescent heart; she thought of orchids. Triangles of le…"-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel
"A waiter set a small tart of caramelized pears before each of them and added a dab of licorice ice cream. Next came bananas topped with passion fruit and black pepper, little pirouettes of pleasure. …"-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel
21. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
By: Michael Finkel
3.97
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
One of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first century: the story of the worl… read more
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- biography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Museums are secular churches . . . and to steal there is blasphemous."-Michael Finkel, The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
22. No Two Persons
By: Erica Bauermeister
4.09
Format: 314 pages, Hardcover
One book. Nine readers. Ten changed lives. New York Times bestselling author Erica Bauermeister’s N… read more
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- audiobook
"All that matters is that we try. pg. 79"-Erica Bauermeister, No Two Persons
"Guilt is easier to drown in than any sorrow. pg. 245"-Erica Bauermeister, No Two Persons
"Always start with words. Words last. Tell me a secret from your day."-Erica Bauermeister, No Two Persons
"Did you know that otters sleep holding hands? All night long, so they don't lose each other."-Erica Bauermeister, No Two Persons
23. Honey, Baby, Mine: A Mother and Daughter Talk Life, Death, Love (and Banana Pudding)
By: Laura Dern
3.92
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “As actors, Dern and Ladd have spent decades peeling back layers to re… read more
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- parenting
- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
24. If You Would Have Told Me
By: John Stamos
3.81
Format: 333 pages, Hardcover
If you would have told a young John Stamos flipping burgers at his dad’s fast-food joint that one d… read more
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- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
25. You Could Make This Place Beautiful
By: Maggie Smith
4.08
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In her memoir You Could Make This Place Beautiful, poet Maggie Smith explores the disintegration of… read more
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- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"At our wedding, our college creative writing professor read a poem—John Ciardi’s “Most Like an Arch This Marriage."-Maggie Smith, You Could Make This Place Beautiful
"How I picture it: We are all nesting dolls, carrying the earlier iterations of ourselves inside. We carry the past inside us. We take ourselves–all of our selves–wherever we go. Inside forty-somethin…"-Maggie Smith, You Could Make This Place Beautiful
26. Sandwich
By: Catherine Newman
3.75
Format: 229 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved author of We All Want Impossible Things, a moving, hilarious story of a family sum… read more
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- audiobook
"What does loss look like, in your body? Where is it? It feels like an air bubble stuck in your psyche. It feels like peering down into a deep hole. The vertigo of that. The potential for obliteration…"-Catherine Newman, Sandwich
"We're just ruined by sex, women---our bodies, our psyches. We're sexually assaulted every five minutes. We're infected with everything. Traumatized by conceiving, by not conceiving. But let's keep at…"-Catherine Newman, Sandwich
27. Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
By: Anderson Cooper
3.77
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting histor… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
28. Look for Me There: Grieving My Father, Finding Myself
By: Luke Russert
3.85
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In Look for Me There , Luke Russert traverses terrain both physical and deeply personal. On his jou… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- travel
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"We work our way back through the crowd. A few steps behind, holding Dad’s hand, I keep my eyes affixed to the back of his white polo shirt. The outline of his wallet is visible through his back pants…"-Luke Russert, Look for Me There: Grieving My Father, Finding Myself
29. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
By: Griffin Dunne
4.19
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
At nine, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin,… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"At the moment when Mrs. Griffin had been notified of her husband’s death, she was in bed with her lover at the Hotel del Coronado in California, and took the news that she was a widow rather well. Sh…"-Griffin Dunne, The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
30. The Guncle Abroad (The Guncle, #2)
By: Steven Rowley
3.98
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
Patrick O'Hara is called back to his guncle duties . . . This time for a big family wedding in Ita… read more
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- travel
- audiobook
31. Congratulations, the Best is Over!
By: R. Eric Thomas
4.07
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The beloved bestselling author of Here for It presents a collection of heartening, thoughtful, and … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"If I'm not heading toward a place where I can feel joy, then hope in the present has nothing to hold on to."-R. Eric Thomas, Congratulations, the Best is Over!
