The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History
By: Karen Valby
4.31
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas and their fifty-year sisterhood,…
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1. Last House
By: Jessica Shattuck
3.64
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
"An ambitious historical epic that doubles as an intimate family saga. Jessica Shattuck captures an… read more
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2. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
By: Amy Tan
4.14
Format: 320 pages, Flexibound
A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight. … read more
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- audiobook
"If there is anything I have learned these past six years, it is this: Each bird is surprising and thrilling in its own way. But the most special is the bird that pauses when it is eating, looks and a…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"The (Anna's Hummingbird) males are deadbeat dads that contribute nothing to making the nest, or to feeding either the female or the nestlings. They are off to find other females they can impress with…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"During daylight hours, they (Anna's Hummingbirds) feed every 15 minutes, be it tiny insects or nectar from flowers or feeders. If they don't consume food often enough, they can die during the day. If…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"I asked Bernd Heinrich if he knew why feeder birds, like finches, discard so many seeds. It turns out he and other scientiests did research on this back in the 1990s - of course, he did -measuring di…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
3. Miss Morgan's Book Brigade
By: Janet Skeslien Charles
4.02
Format: 318 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times and internationally bestselling author of the “captivating, richly drawn” (Woman… read more
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4. Real Americans
By: Rachel Khong
4.04
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of Goodbye, Vitamin: How far would you go to shape your own destiny?… read more
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"She wasn't normal and so I wasn't either. I resented that part the most."-Rachel Khong, Real Americans
"It was a habit, with my parents: omitting information, not wanting to worry them unnecessarily. Though they’d raised me so American, I could never manage the sorts of American relationships my friend…"-Rachel Khong, Real Americans
"With each other they spoke loudly: Their voices periodically rose to excited shouts, and they laughed raucously. In English they were milder mannered, polite. My mother had always spoken English to m…"-Rachel Khong, Real Americans
5. The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History
By: Karen Valby
4.31
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas and their fifty-year sisterhood,… read more
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- new york
- art
- race
- history
- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- african american
- audiobook
6. The Cemetery of Untold Stories
By: Julia Alvarez
3.68
Format: 243 pages, Hardcover
Literary icon Julia Alvarez returns with an inventive and emotional novel about storytelling itself… read more
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7. Swift River
By: Essie J. Chambers
3.54
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
10 hours, 30 minutes A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK | A Most Anticipated Book from… read more
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- african american
- audiobook
"Your hometown makes you and breaks you and makes you again."-Essie J. Chambers, Swift River
8. Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius
By: Carrie Courogen
3.92
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
"A deeply researched, psychologically astute new biography of May by Carrie Courogen...The book is … read more
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- audiobook
9. They Came for the Schools: One Town's Fight Over Race and Identity, and the New War for America's Classrooms
By: Mike Hixenbaugh
4.48
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The urgent, revelatory story of how a school board win for the conservative right in one Texas subu… read more
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- nonfiction
- race
- history
- audiobook
10. Shakespeare's Sisters: How Women Wrote the Renaissance
By: Ramie Targoff
3.91
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
This remarkable work about women writers in the English Renaissance explodes our notion of the Shak… read more
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- biography
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- audiobook
11. Reboot
By: Justin Taylor
3.06
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A raucous and wickedly smart satire of Hollywood, toxic fandom, and our chronically online culture,… read more
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12. The Band
By: Christine Ma-Kellams
3.11
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Whip-smart, darkly funny, and biting debut follows a psychologist with a savior complex who offers … read more
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13. When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion
By: Julie Satow
4.06
Format: 295 pages, Hardcover
A glittering, glamorous portrait of the golden age of American department stores and of three visio… read more
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- audiobook
14. A Body Made of Glass: A Cultural History of Hypochondria
By: Caroline Crampton
3.87
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Part cultural history, part literary criticism, and part memoir, A Body Made of Glass is a definit… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"If I have to inhabit a fragile meat vessel that could disintegrate at any moment, at least don't make me think about it all the time."-Caroline Crampton, A Body Made of Glass: A Cultural History of Hypochondria
"I wonder if the hypochondriac him or herself is a metaphor, a condensed node of ideas about illness crushed together into one individual. I am pressed between these layers of meaning like a flower pr…"-Caroline Crampton, A Body Made of Glass: A Cultural History of Hypochondria
"Fairy tales and folklore are full of this moment: a potion to be swallowed that will transform or destroy a life....When life is especially difficult or hard, the notion that just a single action cou…"-Caroline Crampton, A Body Made of Glass: A Cultural History of Hypochondria
"Illness is a story we tell about ourselves. The narrative is the connective tissue that joins together the symptoms and perceptions and makes sense of them. It's how impenetrable concepts like death …"-Caroline Crampton, A Body Made of Glass: A Cultural History of Hypochondria
15. Undue Burden: Life and Death Decisions in Post-Roe America
By: Shefali Luthra
4.40
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An urgent, intimate investigation into the experience of seeking an abortion after the fall of Roe … read more
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16. The Volcano Daughters
By: Gina María Balibrera
3.66
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A saucy, searingly original debut about two sisters raised in the shadow of El Salvador’s brutal di… read more
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17. Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp
By: Michelle Moran
4.30
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
Maria von Trapp. You know the name and the iconic songs, but do you know her real story? This dram… read more
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18. Women in the Valley of the Kings: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age
By: Kathleen Sheppard
3.65
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The never-before-told story of the women Egyptologists who paved the way of exploration in Egypt an… read more
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19. Night Flyer: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free People
By: Tiya Miles
4.10
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the National Book Award–winning author of All That She Carried, an intimate and revelatory rec… read more
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20. Shades of Mercy (Porter Beck, #2)
By: Bruce Borgos
4.30
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In the usually quiet high desert of Nevada, Sheriff Porter Beck faces one of his greatest challenge… read more
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21. The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia
By: Juliet Grames
3.67
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
One unidentified skeleton. Three missing men. A village full of secrets. The bestselling author of … read more
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