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Why be Happy when You Could be Normal?

Why be Happy when You Could be Normal?
ByJeanette Winterson

    2011 • 50 Readers • 230 pages • 4.8

    All My Goodbyes

    All My Goodbyes
    ByMariana Dimópulos,Alice Whitmore(Translator)

      2010 • 5 Readers • 143 pages • 4

      The Casket of Time

      The Casket of Time
      ByAndri Snær Magnason,Andrew Cauthery(Translator),+1 more

        2013 • 2 Readers • 259 pages • 5

        Tentacle

        Tentacle
        ByRita Indiana,Achy Obejas(Translator)

          2015 • 24 Readers • 132 pages • 3

          Finding Our Place in the Universe: How We Discovered Laniakea—the Milky Way's Home

          Finding Our Place in the Universe: How We Discovered Laniakea—the Milky Way's Home
          ByHélène Courtois,Nikki Kopelman(Translator)

            2016 • 1 Reader • 181 pages • 4

            Messing with the Enemy: Surviving in a Social Media World of Hackers, Terrorists, Russians, and Fake News

            Messing with the Enemy: Surviving in a Social Media World of Hackers, Terrorists, Russians, and Fake News
            ByClint Watts

              2018 • 2 Readers • 336 pages

              Lives Other than My Own: A Memoir

              Lives Other than My Own: A Memoir
              ByLinda Coverdale,Emmanuel Carrère

                2009 • 5 Readers • 256 pages

                All the Land

                All the Land
                ByJo Lendle,Katy Derbyshire(Translator)

                  2011 • 1 Reader • 264 pages

                  Wave

                  Wave
                  BySonali Deraniyagala

                    2013 • 33 Readers • 208 pages • 4.3

                    Hit Refresh: The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft's Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone

                    Hit Refresh: The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft's Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone
                    BySatya Nadella,Greg Shaw,+1 more

                      2017 • 58 Readers • 176 pages • 3.1

                      A Cry in the Snow: And Other Poems

                      A Cry in the Snow: And Other Poems
                      ByStella Vinitchi Radulescu,Luke Hankins(Translator)

                        2019 • 1 Reader • 120 pages

                        Bottle of Lies

                        Bottle of Lies
                        ByKatherine Eban

                          2019 • 25 Readers • 512 pages • 4.7

                          How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States

                          How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
                          ByDaniel Immerwahr

                            2019 • 145 Readers • 513 pages • 4.4

                            The British Are Coming

                            #1 of 1 in The Revolution Trilogy

                            The British Are Coming
                            ByRick Atkinson

                              2019 • 27 Readers • 776 pages • 4

                              Range

                              Range
                              ByDavid Epstein

                                2019 • 3 Readers • 354 pages • 4

                                The Golden Passport: Harvard Business School, the Limits of Capitalism, and the Moral Failure of the MBA Elite

                                The Golden Passport: Harvard Business School, the Limits of Capitalism, and the Moral Failure of the MBA Elite
                                ByDuff McDonald

                                  2017 • 2 Readers

                                  How to Win in a Winner-Take-All World: The Definitive Guide to Adapting and Succeeding in High-Performance Careers

                                  How to Win in a Winner-Take-All World: The Definitive Guide to Adapting and Succeeding in High-Performance Careers
                                  ByNeil Irwin

                                    2019 • 2 Readers • 304 pages • 5

                                    The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator

                                    The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator
                                    ByTimothy C. Winegard

                                      2019 • 38 Readers • 496 pages • 3.4

                                      The Capital

                                      #1 of 2 in Die Hauptstadt

                                      The Capital
                                      ByRobert Menasse

                                        2017 • 7 Readers • 368 pages • 2

                                        Birds by the Shore: Observing the Natural Life of the Atlantic Coast

                                        Birds by the Shore: Observing the Natural Life of the Atlantic Coast
                                        ByJennifer Ackerman

                                          2019 • 5 Readers • 224 pages

                                          This Life

                                          This Life
                                          ByMartin Hägglund

                                            2019 • 10 Readers • 464 pages • 4.7

                                            Pressure Cooker

                                            Pressure Cooker
                                            BySarah Bowen,Joslyn Brenton,+1 more

                                              2019 • 6 Readers • 352 pages • 4

                                              The Way We Eat Now: Strategies for Eating in a World of Change

                                              The Way We Eat Now: Strategies for Eating in a World of Change
                                              ByBee Wilson

                                                2019 • 400 pages

                                                A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers

                                                A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers
                                                ByCharlie Jane Anders,A. Merc Rustad,+23 more

                                                  2019 • 42 Readers • 434 pages • 4

                                                  The City-State of Boston

                                                  The City-State of Boston
                                                  ByMark Peterson

                                                    2019 • 4 Readers • 784 pages • 4

                                                    Waiting For The Barbarians

                                                    Waiting for the Barbarians
                                                    ByJ.M. Coetzee

                                                      1980 • 57 Readers • 165 pages • 3.7

                                                      Lost and Wanted

                                                      Lost and Wanted
                                                      ByNell Freudenberger

                                                        2019 • 27 Readers • 336 pages • 3.1

                                                        The Nudist on the Late Shift: And Other True Tales of Silicon Valley

                                                        The Nudist on the Late Shift: And Other True Tales of Silicon Valley
                                                        ByPo Bronson

                                                          1999 • 5 Readers • 252 pages • 2.5

                                                          Nervous States

                                                          Nervous States
                                                          ByWilliam Davies

                                                            2018 • 2 Readers • 272 pages

                                                            The Longest Line on the Map: The United States, the Pan-American Highway, and the Quest to Link the Americas

                                                            The Longest Line on the Map: The United States, the Pan-American Highway, and the Quest to Link the Americas
                                                            ByEric Rutkow

                                                              2019 • 1 Reader

                                                              Landfall

                                                              Landfall
                                                              ByThomas Mallon

                                                                2019 • 1 Reader • 497 pages

                                                                The Unwinding of the Miracle

                                                                The Unwinding of the Miracle
                                                                ByJulie Yip-Williams

                                                                  2019 • 25 Readers • 315 pages • 4.8

                                                                  Arabia Felix: The Danish Expedition of 1761-1767

                                                                  Arabia Felix: The Danish Expedition of 1761-1767
                                                                  ByThorkild Hansen,James McFarlane(Translator),+1 more

                                                                    1962 • 2 Readers • 392 pages

                                                                    The Plotters

                                                                    The Plotters
                                                                    ByKim Un-su,Sora Kim-Russell(Translator)

                                                                      2010 • 56 Readers • 304 pages • 3.3

                                                                      The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires

                                                                      The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
                                                                      ByTim Wu

                                                                        2010 • 41 Readers • 384 pages • 3.6

                                                                        Thinking, Fast and Slow

                                                                        Thinking, Fast and Slow
                                                                        ByDaniel Kahneman

                                                                          2011 • 1,033 Readers • 499 pages • 4.1

                                                                          High Output Management

                                                                          High Output Management
                                                                          ByAndrew S. Grove

                                                                            1995 • 112 Readers • 243 pages • 4.2

                                                                            Radical candor : be a kick-ass boss without losing your humanity

                                                                            Radical candor : be a kick-ass boss without losing your humanity
                                                                            ByKim Malone Scott

                                                                              211 Readers • 3.9

                                                                              The Essential Drucker

                                                                              The Essential Drucker
                                                                              ByPeter F. Drucker

                                                                                2000 • 13 Readers • 237 pages • 3

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                                                                                Crucial Conversations

                                                                                Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High

                                                                                  Reasons to Stay Alive

                                                                                  Reasons to Stay Alive
                                                                                  ByMatt Haig

                                                                                    2015 • 214 Readers • 272 pages • 4

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                                                                                    The Intimate thoughts of John Baxter, Bookseller

                                                                                    The Intimate thoughts of John Baxter, Bookseller

                                                                                      The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

                                                                                      The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
                                                                                      ByShoshana Zuboff

                                                                                        188 Readers • 4

                                                                                        Duped Double Lives, False Identities, and the con Man I Almost Married

                                                                                        Duped Double Lives, False Identities, and the con Man I Almost Married
                                                                                        ByAbby Ellin

                                                                                          2019 • 3 Readers • 271 pages

                                                                                          The Fishermen

                                                                                          The Fishermen
                                                                                          ByChigozie Obioma

                                                                                            2015 • 62 Readers • 297 pages • 4

                                                                                            The Locals

                                                                                            The Locals
                                                                                            ByJonathan Dee

                                                                                              2017 • 5 Readers • 416 pages • 3.5

                                                                                              The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old Man

                                                                                              #2 of 2 in The Hundred-Year-Old Man

                                                                                              The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old Man
                                                                                              ByJonas Jonasson,Rachel Willson-Broyles

                                                                                                2018 • 16 Readers • 448 pages • 4

                                                                                                Season of the Shadow

                                                                                                Season of the Shadow
                                                                                                ByLéonora Miano

                                                                                                  2013 • 2 Readers • 248 pages

                                                                                                  Lament from Epirus: An Odyssey into Europe's Oldest Surviving Folk Music

                                                                                                  Lament from Epirus: An Odyssey into Europe's Oldest Surviving Folk Music
                                                                                                  ByChristopher C. King

                                                                                                    2018 • 2 Readers

                                                                                                    Patriot Number One: American Dreams in Chinatown

                                                                                                    Patriot Number One: American Dreams in Chinatown
                                                                                                    ByLauren Hilgers

                                                                                                      2018 • 1 Reader • 337 pages

                                                                                                      The True Deceiver

                                                                                                      The True Deceiver
                                                                                                      ByTove Jansson,Thomas Teal(Translator)

                                                                                                        1982 • 20 Readers • 181 pages • 3.6

                                                                                                        Transit

                                                                                                        #2 of 3 in Outline

                                                                                                        Transit
                                                                                                        ByRachel Cusk

                                                                                                          2016 • 59 Readers • 260 pages • 4.2

                                                                                                          Bring the War Home

                                                                                                          Bring the War Home
                                                                                                          ByKathleen Belew

                                                                                                            2019 • 13 Readers • 339 pages • 5

                                                                                                            Kids These Days: The Making of Millennials

                                                                                                            Kids These Days: The Making of Millennials
                                                                                                            ByMalcolm Harris

                                                                                                              2017 • 1 Reader • 272 pages

                                                                                                              Kudos

                                                                                                              #3 of 3 in Outline

                                                                                                              Kudos
                                                                                                              ByRachel Cusk

                                                                                                                2018 • 44 Readers • 195 pages • 4

                                                                                                                A Carnival of Losses: Notes Nearing Ninety

                                                                                                                A Carnival of Losses: Notes Nearing Ninety
                                                                                                                ByDonald Hall

                                                                                                                  2018 • 2 Readers • 224 pages • 4

                                                                                                                  A Naturalist at Large

                                                                                                                  A Naturalist at Large
                                                                                                                  ByBernd Heinrich

                                                                                                                    2018 • 1 Reader • 304 pages

                                                                                                                    Faithful Place

                                                                                                                    #3 of 6 in Dublin Murder Squad

                                                                                                                    Faithful Place
                                                                                                                    ByTana French

                                                                                                                      2010 • 105 Readers • 448 pages • 3.8

                                                                                                                      White Teeth

                                                                                                                      White Teeth
                                                                                                                      ByZadie Smith

                                                                                                                        276 Readers • 3.9

                                                                                                                        You May Also Like: Taste in an Age of Endless Choice

                                                                                                                        You May Also Like: Taste in an Age of Endless Choice
                                                                                                                        ByTom Vanderbilt

                                                                                                                          2016 • 8 Readers • 320 pages • 4.3

                                                                                                                          The Intuitionist

                                                                                                                          The Intuitionist
                                                                                                                          ByColson Whitehead

                                                                                                                            1999 • 62 Readers • 273 pages • 3.2

                                                                                                                            The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels

                                                                                                                            The soul of America the battle for our better angels
                                                                                                                            ByJon Meacham

                                                                                                                              2018 • 23 Readers • 402 pages • 4

                                                                                                                              Frederick Douglass Prophet of Freedom

                                                                                                                              Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
                                                                                                                              ByDavid W. Blight

                                                                                                                                2018 • 52 Readers • 912 pages • 3.7

                                                                                                                                Small Fry: A Memoir

                                                                                                                                Small Fry: A Memoir
                                                                                                                                ByLisa Brennan-Jobs

                                                                                                                                  2018 • 49 Readers • 416 pages • 3.8

                                                                                                                                  Reagan: An American Journey

                                                                                                                                  Reagan: An American Journey
                                                                                                                                  ByBob Spitz

                                                                                                                                    2 Readers

                                                                                                                                    The Kingdom

                                                                                                                                    The Kingdom
                                                                                                                                    ByEmmanuel Carrère

                                                                                                                                      2014 • 10 Readers • 416 pages • 4

                                                                                                                                      Breaking News: The Remaking of Journalism and Why It Matters Now

                                                                                                                                      Breaking News: The Remaking of Journalism and Why It Matters Now
                                                                                                                                      ByAlan Rusbridger

                                                                                                                                        2018 • 2 Readers • 464 pages

                                                                                                                                        American Prison

                                                                                                                                        American Prison
                                                                                                                                        ByShane Bauer

                                                                                                                                          2018 • 42 Readers • 351 pages • 3.9

                                                                                                                                          The Poison Squad

                                                                                                                                          The Poison Squad: One Chemist's Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
                                                                                                                                          ByDeborah Blum

                                                                                                                                            2018 • 16 Readers • 352 pages • 4

                                                                                                                                            A Princess in Theory

                                                                                                                                            #1 of 3 in Reluctant Royals

                                                                                                                                            A Princess in Theory
                                                                                                                                            ByAlyssa Cole

                                                                                                                                              2018 • 46 Readers • 360 pages • 3.5

                                                                                                                                              Freshwater

                                                                                                                                              Freshwater
                                                                                                                                              ByAkwaeke Emezi

                                                                                                                                                2018 • 133 Readers • 229 pages • 3.9

                                                                                                                                                Your Duck Is My Duck: Stories

                                                                                                                                                Your Duck Is My Duck: Stories
                                                                                                                                                ByDeborah Eisenberg(Author, Narrator),Wallace Shawn(Narrator)

                                                                                                                                                  2013 • 3 Readers • 2

                                                                                                                                                  Macbeth

                                                                                                                                                  Hogarth Shakespeare

                                                                                                                                                  Macbeth
                                                                                                                                                  ByJo Nesbø

                                                                                                                                                    2018 • 49 Readers • 573 pages • 3.1

                                                                                                                                                    American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic

                                                                                                                                                    American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic
                                                                                                                                                    ByVictoria Johnson

                                                                                                                                                      2018 • 6 Readers • 485 pages • 3

                                                                                                                                                      Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management

                                                                                                                                                      Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management
                                                                                                                                                      ByCaitlin Rosenthal

                                                                                                                                                        2018 • 6 Readers • 313 pages

                                                                                                                                                        American Amnesia: How the War on Government Led Us to Forget What Made America Prosper

                                                                                                                                                        American Amnesia: How the War on Government Led Us to Forget What Made America Prosper
                                                                                                                                                        ByJacob S. Hacker,Paul Pierson

                                                                                                                                                          2016 • 1 Reader • 464 pages

                                                                                                                                                          Evening in Paradise More Stories

                                                                                                                                                          Evening in Paradise: More Stories
                                                                                                                                                          ByLucia Berlin

                                                                                                                                                            1981 • 14 Readers • 352 pages • 4

                                                                                                                                                            Welcome home

                                                                                                                                                            Welcome home
                                                                                                                                                            ByLucia Berlin

                                                                                                                                                              1 Reader

                                                                                                                                                              How Do We Look

                                                                                                                                                              Civilizations

                                                                                                                                                              How Do We Look
                                                                                                                                                              ByMary Beard

                                                                                                                                                                2018 • 6 Readers • 240 pages • 3

                                                                                                                                                                Killing Commendatore

                                                                                                                                                                #1 of 2 in 騎士団長殺し [Kishidancho Goroshi]

                                                                                                                                                                Killing Commendatore
                                                                                                                                                                ByHaruki Murakami

                                                                                                                                                                  2017 • 175 Readers • 704 pages • 3.9

                                                                                                                                                                  My Year of Rest and Relaxation

                                                                                                                                                                  My Year of Rest and Relaxation
                                                                                                                                                                  ByOttessa Moshfegh

                                                                                                                                                                    2018 • 762 Readers • 306 pages • 3.8

                                                                                                                                                                    Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

                                                                                                                                                                    Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
                                                                                                                                                                    ByJohn Carreyrou

                                                                                                                                                                      2018 • 537 Readers • 339 pages • 4.4

                                                                                                                                                                      Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

                                                                                                                                                                      Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
                                                                                                                                                                      ByFrans de Waal

                                                                                                                                                                        2016 • 104 Readers • 340 pages • 3.8

                                                                                                                                                                        Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World

                                                                                                                                                                        Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
                                                                                                                                                                        ByMark Kurlansky

                                                                                                                                                                          1997 • 58 Readers • 294 pages • 4.1

                                                                                                                                                                          Not All Dead White Men: Classics and Misogyny in the Digital Age

                                                                                                                                                                          Not All Dead White Men: Classics and Misogyny in the Digital Age
                                                                                                                                                                          ByDonna Zuckerberg

                                                                                                                                                                            2018 • 13 Readers • 288 pages • 3

                                                                                                                                                                            The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

                                                                                                                                                                            The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
                                                                                                                                                                            ByStuart Turton

                                                                                                                                                                              2018 • 1,000 Readers • 529 pages • 3.9

                                                                                                                                                                              The Library Book

                                                                                                                                                                              The Library Book
                                                                                                                                                                              BySusan Orlean

                                                                                                                                                                                2018 • 262 Readers • 4

                                                                                                                                                                                Godsend

                                                                                                                                                                                Godsend
                                                                                                                                                                                ByJohn Wray

                                                                                                                                                                                  2018 • 4 Readers • 240 pages

                                                                                                                                                                                  The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century

                                                                                                                                                                                  The Feather Thief
                                                                                                                                                                                  ByKirk Wallace Johnson,Kirk W. Johnson

                                                                                                                                                                                    2018 • 68 Readers • 320 pages • 3.9

                                                                                                                                                                                    Circe

                                                                                                                                                                                    Circe
                                                                                                                                                                                    ByMadeline Miller

                                                                                                                                                                                      2018 • 2,193 Readers • 409 pages • 4.3

                                                                                                                                                                                      Walkable City

                                                                                                                                                                                      Walkable City
                                                                                                                                                                                      ByJeff Speck

                                                                                                                                                                                        2012 • 62 Readers • 312 pages • 4.1

                                                                                                                                                                                        In Vino Duplicitas: The Rise and Fall of a Wine Forger Extraordinaire

                                                                                                                                                                                        In Vino Duplicitas: The Rise and Fall of a Wine Forger Extraordinaire
                                                                                                                                                                                        ByPeter Hellman

                                                                                                                                                                                          2017 • 1 Reader

                                                                                                                                                                                          Citymakers: The Culture and Craft of Practical Urbanism

                                                                                                                                                                                          Citymakers: The Culture and Craft of Practical Urbanism
                                                                                                                                                                                          ByCassim Shepard

                                                                                                                                                                                            2017 • 1 Reader • 283 pages

                                                                                                                                                                                            Walkable City Rules

                                                                                                                                                                                            Walkable City Rules
                                                                                                                                                                                            ByJeff Speck

                                                                                                                                                                                              2018 • 8 Readers • 314 pages • 3.5

                                                                                                                                                                                              How Democracies Die

                                                                                                                                                                                              How Democracies Die
                                                                                                                                                                                              BySteven Levitsky,Daniel Ziblatt

                                                                                                                                                                                                2018 • 102 Readers • 320 pages • 4.2

                                                                                                                                                                                                Sight

                                                                                                                                                                                                Sight
                                                                                                                                                                                                ByJessie Greengrass

                                                                                                                                                                                                  2018 • 5 Readers • 208 pages • 4

                                                                                                                                                                                                  The Broken Ladder

                                                                                                                                                                                                  The Broken Ladder
                                                                                                                                                                                                  ByKeith Payne (Social scientist)

                                                                                                                                                                                                    2017 • 15 Readers • 246 pages • 4.3

                                                                                                                                                                                                    My Brilliant Friend

                                                                                                                                                                                                    #1 of 4 in L'amica geniale

                                                                                                                                                                                                    My Brilliant Friend
                                                                                                                                                                                                    ByElena Ferrante,Ann Goldstein(Translator)

                                                                                                                                                                                                      2011 • 497 Readers • 331 pages • 4.1

                                                                                                                                                                                                      The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories

                                                                                                                                                                                                      The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories
                                                                                                                                                                                                      ByJay Rubin

                                                                                                                                                                                                        2018 • 37 Readers • 3.7

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Melmoth

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Melmoth
                                                                                                                                                                                                        BySarah Perry

                                                                                                                                                                                                          2018 • 58 Readers • 288 pages • 3.4