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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
ByMichelle Alexander

    2010 • 390 Readers • 4.5

    Bedelia

    Bedelia
    ByVera Caspary

      2 Readers • 4

      Laura

      Laura
      ByVera Caspary
        Cover 5

        Lady In Peril

        Lady In Peril
        ByBen Ames Williams
          Pick-Up

          Pick-Up
          ByCharles Willeford
            Leave Her to Heaven

            Leave Her to Heaven
            ByBen Ames Williams
              Cover 4

              Dramatica

              Dramatica: A New Theory of Story
              ByMelanie Anne Phillips,Chris Huntley

                1993 • 425 pages

                Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

                #1 of 2 in Lorelei Lee

                Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
                ByAnita Loos

                  1925 • 23 Readers • 113 pages • 4

                  Th Writer's Digest Handbook of Short Story Writing Volume 2

                  Th Writer's Digest Handbook of Short Story Writing Volume 2
                  ByJean M. Fredette(Editor)

                    1988 • 1 Reader

                    Metropolis

                    Metropolis
                    ByPhilip Kerr
                      The Red Spider

                      The Red Spider
                      ByDelphi Fabrice,Brian M. Stableford(Translator)
                        The Talented Mr. Ripley / Ripley Under Ground / Ripley's Game

                        #1 of 5 in Ripley

                        The Talented Mr Ripley
                        ByPatricia Highsmith
                          Narrative Design: Working with Imagination, Craft, and Form

                          Narrative Design: Working with Imagination, Craft, and Form
                          ByMadison Smartt Bell
                            The Plot Thickens: 8 Ways to Bring Fiction to Life

                            The Plot Thickens: 8 Ways to Bring Fiction to Life
                            ByNoah Lukeman
                              Suicide Century: Literature and Suicide from James Joyce to David Foster Wallace

                              Suicide Century: Literature and Suicide from James Joyce to David Foster Wallace
                              ByAndrew Bennett
                                Revision & Self-Editing: Techniques for Transforming Your First Draft Into a Finished Novel

                                1 Write Great Fiction

                                Revision & Self-Editing: Techniques for Transforming Your First Draft Into a Finished Novel
                                ByJames Scott Bell

                                  2008 • 1 Reader • 268 pages

                                  The Nine Tailors

                                  #9 of 12 in Lord Peter Wimsey

                                  The Nine Tailors
                                  ByDorothy L. Sayers

                                    1989 • 36 Readers • 4 pages • 4

                                    Have His Carcase

                                    #7 of 12 in Lord Peter Wimsey

                                    ByDorothy L. Sayers

                                      1932 • 21 Readers • 499 pages • 3.9

                                      Black Coffee

                                      #7 of 46 in Hercule Poirot

                                      Black Coffee
                                      ByAgatha Christie

                                        1930 • 63 Readers • 142 pages • 3.3

                                        Developmental Editing: A Handbook for Freelancers, Authors, and Publishers

                                        Developmental Editing: A Handbook for Freelancers, Authors, and Publishers
                                        ByScott Norton
                                          The Unexpected Guest: A Play In Two Acts

                                          The Unexpected Guest: A Play In Two Acts
                                          ByAgatha Christie

                                            1958 • 11 Readers • 100 pages • 3.3

                                            This Year You Write Your Novel

                                            This Year You Write Your Novel
                                            ByWalter Mosley

                                              2007 • 16 Readers • 111 pages • 3.2

                                              Tough Without a Gun

                                              Tough Without a Gun
                                              ByStefan Kanfer
                                                Grammar 101: From Split Infinitives to Dangling Participles, an Essential Guide to Understanding Grammar

                                                Adams 101

                                                Grammar 101: From Split Infinitives to Dangling Participles, an Essential Guide to Understanding Grammar
                                                ByKathleen Sears

                                                  2017 • 3 Readers

                                                  The Copyeditor's Handbook

                                                  The Copyeditor's Handbook
                                                  ByAmy Einsohn

                                                    2000 • 5 Readers • 560 pages • 5

                                                    Architecture of the Novel: A Writer's Handbook

                                                    Architecture of the Novel: A Writer's Handbook
                                                    ByJane Vandenburgh
                                                      Holy Anorexia

                                                      Holy Anorexia
                                                      ByRudolph M. Bell
                                                        Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy

                                                        Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy
                                                        ByJessica Fern(Narrator),Eve Rickert(Narrator)
                                                          Strong Poison

                                                          #5 of 12 in Lord Peter Wimsey

                                                          Strong Poison
                                                          ByDorothy L. Sayers

                                                            1930 • 48 Readers • 252 pages • 4

                                                            The Well of Loneliness

                                                            The Well of Loneliness
                                                            ByRadclyffe Hall
                                                              Woyzeck

                                                              Woyzeck
                                                              ByGeorg Büchner,Johannes Diekhans
                                                                Cover 8

                                                                Hello Cruel World

                                                                Hello Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks, and Other Outlaws
                                                                ByKate Bornstein
                                                                  Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories Volume 1 - American Stories

                                                                  Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories Volume 1 - American Stories
                                                                  ByF. Marion Crawford,Mary E. Wilkins Freeman,+5 more
                                                                    Cover 0

                                                                    The Tenth Clew and Other Cases for the Continental Op (Annotated and Illustrated)

                                                                    3 The Continental Op

                                                                    The Tenth Clew and Other Cases for the Continental Op (Annotated and Illustrated): Four Novelettes and Five Stories
                                                                    ByDashiell Hammett
                                                                      The Dedalus Book of French Horror: The 19th Century

                                                                      The Dedalus Book of French Horror: The 19th Century
                                                                      ByLiz Heron(Translator)
                                                                        The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation: An Easy-to-Use Guide with Clear Rules, Real-World Examples, and Reproducible Quizzes

                                                                        The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation: An Easy-to-Use Guide with Clear Rules, Real-World Examples, and Reproducible Quizzes
                                                                        ByJane Straus,Lester Kaufman,+1 more
                                                                          Cover 3

                                                                          Dangerous Curves atop Hollywood Heels

                                                                          Dangerous Curves atop Hollywood Heels: The Lives, Careers, and Misfortunes of 14 Hard-Luck Girls of the Silver Screen
                                                                          ByMichael G. Ankerich
                                                                            The Case of Charles Dexter Ward

                                                                            The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
                                                                            ByH.P. Lovecraft

                                                                              1941 • 49 Readers • 175 pages • 4.1

                                                                              The Whisperer in Darkness

                                                                              The Whisperer in Darkness
                                                                              ByH.P. Lovecraft

                                                                                1931 • 9 Readers • 136 pages • 3.2

                                                                                Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration

                                                                                Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration
                                                                                ByDavid Wojnarowicz
                                                                                  The Marquise de Sade

                                                                                  The Marquise de Sade
                                                                                  ByRachilde,Liz Heron
                                                                                    The Chicago Manual of Style

                                                                                    The Chicago Manual of Style
                                                                                    ByUniversity of Chicago Press
                                                                                      Solomon's Vineyard

                                                                                      Solomon's Vineyard
                                                                                      ByJonathan Latimer
                                                                                        The Juggler

                                                                                        The Juggler
                                                                                        ByRachilde,Melanie C. Hawthorne(Translator)
                                                                                          Dreyer’s English

                                                                                          Dreyer’s English
                                                                                          ByBenjamin Dreyer
                                                                                            Little Birds

                                                                                            Little Birds
                                                                                            ByAnaïs Nin

                                                                                              1979 • 23 Readers • 117 pages • 3.6

                                                                                              The Dain Curse

                                                                                              #2 of 3 in The Continental Op

                                                                                              The Dain Curse
                                                                                              ByDashiell Hammett

                                                                                                1929 • 16 Readers • 3.3

                                                                                                Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

                                                                                                Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
                                                                                                ByAudre Lorde

                                                                                                  1984 • 151 Readers • 208 pages • 4.5

                                                                                                  Red Harvest

                                                                                                  #1 of 3 in The Continental Op

                                                                                                  Red Harvest
                                                                                                  ByDashiell Hammett

                                                                                                    1929 • 89 Readers • 224 pages • 3.9

                                                                                                    Veronica: The Autobiography of Veronica Lake

                                                                                                    Veronica: The Autobiography of Veronica Lake
                                                                                                    ByRobert Taber
                                                                                                      Dead Souls

                                                                                                      Dead Souls
                                                                                                      ByNikolai Gogol,Bernard Guilbert Guerney(Translator)
                                                                                                        Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving

                                                                                                        Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving
                                                                                                        ByPete Walker
                                                                                                          Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood

                                                                                                          Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood
                                                                                                          ByMick LaSalle
                                                                                                            A Woman's View

                                                                                                            A Woman's View
                                                                                                            ByJeanine Basinger
                                                                                                              Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad

                                                                                                              Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad
                                                                                                              ByAustin Kleon
                                                                                                                I Do and I Don't: A History of Marriage in the Movies

                                                                                                                I Do and I Don't: A History of Marriage in the Movies
                                                                                                                ByJeanine Basinger
                                                                                                                  Voluptuous Panic: The Erotic World of Weimar Berlin

                                                                                                                  Voluptuous Panic: The Erotic World of Weimar Berlin
                                                                                                                  ByMel Gordon
                                                                                                                    Myra Breckinridge

                                                                                                                    Myra Breckinridge
                                                                                                                    ByGore Vidal
                                                                                                                      Cover 6

                                                                                                                      The Bacheloress

                                                                                                                      The Bacheloress
                                                                                                                      ByVictor Margueritte,Brian M. Stableford(Translator)
                                                                                                                        Cover 5

                                                                                                                        When in Rome / Opening Night

                                                                                                                        When in Rome / Opening Night
                                                                                                                        ByNgaio Marsh

                                                                                                                          1 Reader • 2 pages

                                                                                                                          A Christmas Revelation

                                                                                                                          A Christmas Revelation
                                                                                                                          ByAnne Perry,Rosalyn Landor

                                                                                                                            2018 • 1 Reader

                                                                                                                            Tied Up in Tinsel

                                                                                                                            #27 of 25 in Roderick Alleyn

                                                                                                                            Tied Up in Tinsel
                                                                                                                            ByNgaio Marsh

                                                                                                                              1972 • 1 Reader

                                                                                                                              The Art and Etiquette of Polyamory: A Hands-on Guide to Open Sexual Relationships

                                                                                                                              The Art and Etiquette of Polyamory: A Hands-on Guide to Open Sexual Relationships
                                                                                                                              ByFrançoise Simpère
                                                                                                                                Nonconformity: Writing on Writing

                                                                                                                                Nonconformity: Writing on Writing
                                                                                                                                ByNelson Algren
                                                                                                                                  Memoirs of a Professional Cad

                                                                                                                                  Memoirs of a Professional Cad
                                                                                                                                  ByGeorge Sanders
                                                                                                                                    Cover 3

                                                                                                                                    Polyamory in the 21st Century

                                                                                                                                    Polyamory in the 21st Century: Love and Intimacy with Multiple Partners
                                                                                                                                    ByDeborah Anapol
                                                                                                                                      Many Love: A Memoir of Polyamory and Finding Love

                                                                                                                                      Many Love: A Memoir of Polyamory and Finding Love
                                                                                                                                      BySophie Lucido Johnson
                                                                                                                                        Stories to Read by Candlelight

                                                                                                                                        Stories to Read by Candlelight
                                                                                                                                        ByJean Lorrain,Patricia Worth(Translator)

                                                                                                                                          2019 • 1 Reader • 47 pages

                                                                                                                                          A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II

                                                                                                                                          A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
                                                                                                                                          BySonia Purnell
                                                                                                                                            Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive

                                                                                                                                            Witches, Sluts, Feminists
                                                                                                                                            ByKristen J. Sollee
                                                                                                                                              The Girl Who Loved Camellias: The Life and Legend of Marie Duplessis

                                                                                                                                              The Girl Who Loved Camellias: The Life and Legend of Marie Duplessis
                                                                                                                                              ByJulie Kavanagh
                                                                                                                                                Cover 4

                                                                                                                                                Murder Never Knocks

                                                                                                                                                Murder Never Knocks

                                                                                                                                                  Patricia Highsmith: Selected Novels and Short Stories (Part 2 of 2) Library Edition

                                                                                                                                                  Patricia Highsmith: Selected Novels and Short Stories (Part 2 of 2) Library Edition
                                                                                                                                                  ByPatricia Highsmith
                                                                                                                                                    The Mysterious Affair at Styles

                                                                                                                                                    #1 of 46 in Hercule Poirot

                                                                                                                                                    The Mysterious Affair at Styles
                                                                                                                                                    ByAgatha Christie
                                                                                                                                                      Decadence: A Very Short Introduction

                                                                                                                                                      #567 of 226 in Very Short Introductions

                                                                                                                                                      Decadence: A Very Short Introduction
                                                                                                                                                      ByDavid Weir
                                                                                                                                                        Strangers on a Train

                                                                                                                                                        Strangers on a Train
                                                                                                                                                        ByPatricia Highsmith
                                                                                                                                                          The Idiot

                                                                                                                                                          The Idiot
                                                                                                                                                          ByFyodor Dostoevsky
                                                                                                                                                            The Brothers Karamazov

                                                                                                                                                            The Brothers Karamazov
                                                                                                                                                            ByFyodor Dostoevsky,Andrew H. MacAndrew(Translator)
                                                                                                                                                              The Maltese Falcon

                                                                                                                                                              The Maltese Falcon
                                                                                                                                                              ByDashiell Hammett
                                                                                                                                                                The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone

                                                                                                                                                                The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
                                                                                                                                                                ByOlivia Laing
                                                                                                                                                                  Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood

                                                                                                                                                                  Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood
                                                                                                                                                                  ByKarina Longworth(Author, Narrator)
                                                                                                                                                                    Return of the Thin Man

                                                                                                                                                                    Return of the Thin Man
                                                                                                                                                                    ByDashiell Hammett

                                                                                                                                                                      2012 • 2 Readers • 435 pages • 5

                                                                                                                                                                      The Clown

                                                                                                                                                                      The Clown
                                                                                                                                                                      ByHeinrich Böll,Leila Vennewitz(Translator)

                                                                                                                                                                        1963 • 17 Readers • 258 pages • 4

                                                                                                                                                                        The Lady of the Camellias

                                                                                                                                                                        The Lady of the Camellias
                                                                                                                                                                        ByAlexandre Dumas (Fils)
                                                                                                                                                                          Cover 0

                                                                                                                                                                          Droll Stories - Complete Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine

                                                                                                                                                                          Les Contes Drolatiques, or Droll Stories

                                                                                                                                                                          Droll Stories - Complete Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine
                                                                                                                                                                          ByHonoré de Balzac

                                                                                                                                                                            1831 • 1 Reader

                                                                                                                                                                            This is Not a Novel and Other Novels

                                                                                                                                                                            This is Not a Novel and Other Novels
                                                                                                                                                                            ByDavid Markson

                                                                                                                                                                              2016 • 1 Reader • 431 pages

                                                                                                                                                                              Night Has a Thousand Eyes

                                                                                                                                                                              Night Has a Thousand Eyes
                                                                                                                                                                              ByGeorge Hopley
                                                                                                                                                                                The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities

                                                                                                                                                                                The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities
                                                                                                                                                                                ByDossie Easton,Catherine A. Liszt
                                                                                                                                                                                  Eugene Onegin

                                                                                                                                                                                  Eugene Onegin
                                                                                                                                                                                  ByAlexander Pushkin
                                                                                                                                                                                    The Great Fire of Rome: The Fall of the Emperor Nero and His City

                                                                                                                                                                                    The Great Fire of Rome: The Fall of the Emperor Nero and His City
                                                                                                                                                                                    ByStephen Dando-Collins
                                                                                                                                                                                      Cover 6

                                                                                                                                                                                      From Where You Dream

                                                                                                                                                                                      From Where You Dream: The Process of Writing Fiction
                                                                                                                                                                                      ByRobert Olen Butler
                                                                                                                                                                                        A Dangerous Mourning

                                                                                                                                                                                        #2 of 19 in William Monk

                                                                                                                                                                                        A Dangerous Mourning
                                                                                                                                                                                        ByAnne Perry
                                                                                                                                                                                          Cover 4

                                                                                                                                                                                          Defend and Betray

                                                                                                                                                                                          #3 of 19 in William Monk

                                                                                                                                                                                          Defend and Betray
                                                                                                                                                                                          ByAnne Perry

                                                                                                                                                                                            1992 • 5 Readers • 439 pages • 3.5

                                                                                                                                                                                            The Cater Street Hangman

                                                                                                                                                                                            #1 of 18 in Charlotte & Thomas Pitt

                                                                                                                                                                                            The Cater Street Hangman
                                                                                                                                                                                            ByAnne Perry

                                                                                                                                                                                              1979 • 19 Readers • 288 pages • 3

                                                                                                                                                                                              The Twisted Root

                                                                                                                                                                                              #10 of 19 in William Monk

                                                                                                                                                                                              The Twisted Root
                                                                                                                                                                                              ByAnne Perry

                                                                                                                                                                                                1998 • 1 Reader • 354 pages

                                                                                                                                                                                                Why Did I Ever

                                                                                                                                                                                                Why Did I Ever
                                                                                                                                                                                                ByMary Robison
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Bethlehem Road

                                                                                                                                                                                                  #10 of 18 in Charlotte & Thomas Pitt

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Bethlehem Road
                                                                                                                                                                                                  ByAnne Perry

                                                                                                                                                                                                    1990 • 2 Readers • 313 pages • 3

                                                                                                                                                                                                    This is not a novel

                                                                                                                                                                                                    1 Notecard Quartet

                                                                                                                                                                                                    This is not a novel
                                                                                                                                                                                                    ByDavid Markson
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Bluegate Fields

                                                                                                                                                                                                      #6 of 18 in Charlotte & Thomas Pitt

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Bluegate Fields
                                                                                                                                                                                                      ByAnne Perry

                                                                                                                                                                                                        1984 • 4 Readers • 3

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Trouble Is My Business

                                                                                                                                                                                                        #8 of 8 in Philip Marlowe

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Trouble is My Business
                                                                                                                                                                                                        ByRaymond Chandler

                                                                                                                                                                                                          1939 • 17 Readers • 214 pages • 4.3