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Rachael
Honey and Sulphur
Joseph Bouthiette Jr.
Beautiful prose and poetry in (ir)reverence to The Garden of Earthly Delights. It's bizarre and gorgeous both inside and out. Anyone who loves weird or dark fiction should read this anthology.
- Rachael
Fiction
Amy
Kodi
Jared Cullum
The gorgeous story of two friends separated by everything in the world—except love. Readers and animal lovers of every age will want to relive this journey over and over again.
- Amy
Kids
Amy
Shuggie Bain: A Novel
Douglas Stuart
A heartbreaking story of addiction, sexuality, and love. This an epic portrayal of a working-class family that is rarely seen in fiction.
- Amy
Fiction
Alison
Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
Charlotte Brontë,
Follows the journey of a poor orphan girl who overcomes cruelty, loneliness, starvation and heartbreak on her quest for independence. Her romance forces her to choose between love and self-respect.
- Alison
Fiction
Laura
Unsheltered
Barbara Kingsolver
This novel interweaves past and present to explore the human capacity for resiliency and compassion in times of great upheaval.
- Laura
Fiction
Tracy
How to Break Up With Your Phone
Catherine Price
Packed with tested strategies and practical tips, this book is the essential, life-changing guide for everyone who owns a smartphone.
- Tracy
Non-Fiction
Matt
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Olga Tokarczuk
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature this is a provocative exploration of the murky borderland between sanity and madness, justice and tradition, autonomy and fate. A brilliant murder mystery.
- Matt
Fiction
Joanna
Mountain States Medicinal Plants: Identify, Harvest, and Use 100 Wild Herbs for Health and Wellness
Briana Wiles
A practical guide to using medicinal herbs as well as a powerful reminder of our reciprocal relationship with the natural world.
- Joanna
Non-Fiction
Joanna
Vesper Flights
Helen Mcdonald
This is a captivating and foundational book about observation, fascination, time, memory, love and loss and how we make sense of the world around us from one of our most insightful nature writers.
- Joanna
Non-Fiction
Joanna
A Diné History of Navajoland
Klara B. Kelley and Harris Francis
A sweeping history of the Diné that is foregrounded in oral tradition from pre-Columbian time to the present, using ethnographic interviews in which Navajo people reveal their history about key events
- Joanna
Non-Fiction
Andy
A Field Guide to Getting Lost
Rebecca Solnit
Autobiographical essays, key moments and relationships explore such issues as trust, loss, and desire, in a volume that focuses on a central theme of losing oneself in the pleasures of experiences
- Andy
Memoir
Andy
Stamped From the Beginning: the Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
Ibram X. Kendi
This book sheds much–needed light on the murky history of racist ideas, Stamped from the Beginning offers tools to expose them—and in the process, reason to hope.
- Andy
Non-Fiction
Andy
We Germans: A Novel
Alexander Starritt
A thrilling story of adventure and a questing rumination on the moral ambiguity of war. An exploration of the moral contradictions inherent in saving one's own life at the cost of the lives of others
- Andy
Historical Fiction
Andy
Then She Was Gone: A Novel
Lisa Jewell
Gripping psychological thriller. It’s more about the how and the why Ellie disappeared, as well as the after-effects of her disappearance on her family.
- Andy
Thriller
Andy
The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir
Michele Harper
She learns to understand the importance of allowing ourselves to make peace with the past as we draw support from the present in this hopeful, moving, and beautiful book.
- Andy
Memoir
Andy
Some of Your Blood
Theodore Sturgeon
With a masterful touch that earned him the Hugo and Nebula awards, Theodore Sturgeon creates a character capable both of unsettling violence and irresistible humanity.
- Andy
Horror
Andy
Christine Falls: a Novel
Benjamin Black
A thrilling, atmospheric crime story Quirke,the hero, is a fascinating and subtly drawn hero. This is a classic tale of suspense, and Benjamin Black's debut marks him as a true master of the form.
- Andy
Thriller
Rodd
The End of Everything: (astrophysically speaking)
Katie Mack
This book explores major concepts in quantum mechanics, cosmology, string theory, and much more, in a wildly fun, surprisingly upbeat ride to the farthest reaches of everything we know.
- Rodd
Non-Fiction
Laura
Why They Marched: Untold Stories of the Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote
Susan Ware
This book gives voice to the thousands of women and men from different backgrounds, races, and religions whose local passion and protest resounded throughout the land fighting for equal rights to vote
- Laura
Non-Fiction
Dennis
The Adventurer's Son: A Memoir
Roman Dial
Part detective story set in the most beautiful yet dangerous reaches of the planet, this book emerges as a far deeper tale of discovery—a journey to understand the truth about those we love.
- Dennis
Non-Fiction
Dennis
Color: a Natural History of the Palette
Victoria Finlay
Discover the tantalizing true stories behind your favorite colors. It is a very charming and anecdotal book, in which Victoria Finlay racks up the air-miles trying to research the history of colors.
- Dennis
Non-Fiction
Joanna
Travels With Charley: In Search of America
John Steinbeck
A timely read, a nostalgic reminder of a vintage America that struggled with its own political division & controversy. A warm ode to gentle curiosity & the worth of a journey.
- Joanna
Fiction
Jeanne
How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community
Mia Birdsong
What separates us isn't only the ever-present injustices built around race, class, gender, values, and beliefs, but also our denial of our interdependence and need for belonging.
- Jeanne
Non-Fiction
Jeanne
Erosion: Essays of Undoing
Terry Tempest Williams
This is a book for this moment, political and spiritual at once, written by one of our greatest naturalists, essayists, and defenders of the environment.
- Jeanne
Non-Fiction
Alice
All the Way to the Tiger
Marry Morris
All the Way to the Tigers offers an elegiac, wry, and wise look at a woman on the road and the glorious, elusive creature she seeks.
- Alice
Memoir
Alice
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Mark T Sullivan
Based on the true story of a forgotten hero, this is the triumphant, epic tale of one young man’s incredible courage and resilience during one of history’s darkest hours.
- Alice
Historical Fiction
Sarah
All the Devils Are Here
Louise Penny
A gruesome discovery in Stephen’s Paris apartment makes it clear the secrets are more rancid, the danger far greater and more imminent, than they realized.
- Sarah
Thriller
Sarah
Squeeze Me
Carl Hiaasen
Irreverent, ingenious, and highly entertaining, Squeeze Me perfectly captures the absurdity of our times.
- Sarah
Fiction
Amy
Want
Lynn Steger Strong
This explores the subtle violences enacted on a certain type of woman when she dares to want things―and all the various violences in which she implicates herself as she tries to survive.
- Amy
Fiction
Amy
Strange Planet
Nathan W. Pyle
This book offers a sweet and hilarious look at a distant world not all that unlike our own.
- Amy
Teen
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