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A Promised Land

A Promised Land

By  Barack Obama
Rage

Rage

By  Bob Woodward
My Own Words

My Own Words

By  Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Transcendent Kingdom: A novel

Transcendent Kingdom: A novel

By  Yaa Gyasi
The Lying Life of Adults

The Lying Life of Adults

By  Elena Ferrante
Anxious People: A Novel

Anxious People: A Novel

By  Fredrik Backman
The Dynasty

The Dynasty

By  Jeff Benedict
Piranesi

Piranesi

By  Susanna Clarke
Just Us: An American Conversation

Just Us: An American Conversation

By  Claudia Rankine
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars

By  Christopher Paolini
The Evening and the Morning (Kingsbridge #4)

The Evening and the Morning (Kingsbridge #4)

By  Ken Follett
Caste (Oprah's Book Club): The Origins of Our Discontents

Caste (Oprah's Book Club): The Origins of Our Discontents

By  Isabel Wilkerson
His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope

His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope

By  Jon Meacham
Vesper Flights

Vesper Flights

By  Helen MacDonald
Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man

Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man

By  Mary L. Trump, Ph.D.

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White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color

White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color

By  Ruby Hamad
Hurricane Season

Hurricane Season

By  Fernanda Melchor
Beowulf: A New Translation

Beowulf: A New Translation

By  Maria Dahvana Headley
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life

By  Jane Sherron de Hart
The Selected Works of Audre Lorde

The Selected Works of Audre Lorde

By  Audre Lorde
Greetings from Strange Planet (Strange Planet Series)

Greetings from Strange Planet (Strange Planet Series)

By  Nathan W. Pyle
Know My Name: A Memoir

Know My Name: A Memoir

By  Chanel Miller
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead: A Novel

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead: A Novel

By  Olga Tokarczuk
Frankissstein

Frankissstein

By  Jeanette Winterson
Sontag: Her Life and Work

Sontag: Her Life and Work

By  Benjamin Moser
The Undying: Pain, vulnerability, mortality, medicine, art, time, dreams, data, exhaustion, cancer, and care

The Undying: Pain, vulnerability, mortality, medicine, art, time, dreams, data, exhaustion, cancer, and care

By  Anne Boyer
Not a Novel: A Memoir in Pieces

Not a Novel: A Memoir in Pieces

By  Jenny Erpenbeck
The World That We Knew: A Novel

The World That We Knew: A Novel

By  Alice Hoffman
The Institute: A Novel

The Institute: A Novel

By  Stephen King
Monarchs of the Sea: The Extraordinary 500-Million-Year History of Cephalopods

Monarchs of the Sea: The Extraordinary 500-Million-Year History of Cephalopods

By  Danna Staaf

Early Reader

Learning to read is a Big Deal - here is a selection of engaging titles that we'd recommend for those just starting to read on their own. 

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ABCs of Kindness (Highlights Books of Kindness) Your Nose! (Boynton on Board) Love and the Rocking Chair Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation What Is Given from the Heart Don't Touch My Hair! Catch That Chicken! Desert Girl, Monsoon Boy Saturday What About Worms!? (Elephant & Piggie Like Reading!) Baloney and Friends (Baloney & Friends #1)

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