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Just a list of books that have changed my life and made me think about things. Maybe you should try one.


Let's Pretend This Never Happened

Let's Pretend This Never Happened

Jenny Lawson

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Even when I was funny, I wasn't this funny.' Augusten Burroughs, author of Running With Scissors...

Long Way Down

Long Way Down

Jason Reynolds

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An ode to Put the Damn Guns Down, this is National Book Award Finalist and New York Times bestseller...


young adult thriller
The Five People You Meet in Heaven

The Five People You Meet in Heaven

Mitch Albom

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THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN is a wonderfully moving fable that addresses the meaning of life,...

The First Phone Call from Heaven

The First Phone Call from Heaven

Mitch Albom

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One morning in the small town of Coldwater, Michigan, the phones start ringing. The voices say they...

Room

Room

Emma Donoghue

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Jack is five. He lives with his Ma. They live in a single, locked room. They don't have the key....

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The books I read, that deserve all the stars. :)


The Majesties

The Majesties

Tiffany Tsao

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Gwendolyn and Estella are as close as sisters can be. But now Gwendolyn is lying in a coma, the sole...

Q: The Novel

Q: The Novel

Christina Dalcher

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Elena Fairchild is a teacher at one of the state’s new elite schools. Her daughters are exactly...

Because of you

Because of you

Dawn French

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Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock . . . midnight. The old millennium turns into the new. In the...

Playing Nice

Playing Nice

J.P. Delaney

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Pete Riley answers the door one morning to a parent's worst nightmare. On his doorstep is Miles...

The Other People

The Other People

C.J. Tudor

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Driving home one night, Gabe sees the face of a little girl he knows in the rear window of the car...

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If the 21st-century world order has you longing for the comparatively clear politics of the Cold War or you’re focused on the future, this is your lucky week.


Grace

Grace

Paul Lynch

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GRACE is a sweeping, Dickensian story of a young girl on a life-changing journey across...


Literary Fiction Historical Fiction
Sargent's Women: Four Lives Behind the Canvas

Sargent's Women: Four Lives Behind the Canvas

Donna M. Lucey

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With unprecedented access to newly discovered sources, Donna M. Lucey illuminates the lives of four...

Glass Houses

Glass Houses

Louise Penny

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When a mysterious figure appears in Three Pines one cold November day, Armand Gamache and the rest...


Crime
The Woman Who Had Two Navels and Tales of the Tropical

The Woman Who Had Two Navels and Tales of the Tropical

Nick Joaquin

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Nick Joaquin is widely considered one of the greatest Filipino writers, but he has remained...


Fiction
Made For Love

Made For Love

Alissa Nutting

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Hazel has just moved into a trailer park of senior citizens, with her father and Diane—his...

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Autumn is in the air, which means it's time for a change - at least according to the authors in this month's crop of new releases.


The River of Consciousness

The River of Consciousness

Oliver Sacks

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In his previous books, Oliver Sacks had addressed questions of the brain and mind through the lens...

It Devours!: A Night Vale Novel

It Devours!: A Night Vale Novel

Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor

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A new page-turning mystery about science, faith, love and belonging, set in a friendly desert...


Fiction
The Collected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick

The Collected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick

Elizabeth Hardwick

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The first-ever collection of essays from across Elizabeth Hardwick’s illustrious writing career,...


Poetry essays
Where the Past Begins: A Writer's Memoir

Where the Past Begins: A Writer's Memoir

Amy Tan

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From New York Times bestselling author Amy Tan, a memoir on her life as a writer, her childhood and...

Turtles All The Way Down

Turtles All The Way Down

John Green

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It all begins with a fugitive billionaire and the promise of a cash reward. Turtles All the Way...


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Every year, new dystopian books warn us with terrifying visions. Check out these exciting new releases picked by BookBub:


The Adjustment

The Adjustment

Suzanne Young

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How do you go back to a life you can’t remember? Find out in this follow up to the New York Times...


Science fiction
Perfect

Perfect

Cecelia Ahern

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Celestine North lives in a society that demands perfection. After she was branded Flawed by a...


Science fiction fantasy
The First City

The First City

Joe Hart

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In the thrilling conclusion to Joe Hart’s Dominion trilogy, Zoey discovers who she truly is —...

Alone: Generations Trilogy

Alone: Generations Trilogy

Scott Sigler

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In the final installment of an exhilarating sci-fi adventure trilogy in the vein of The Hunger...


Science fiction
The Book of Etta

The Book of Etta

Meg Elison

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In the gripping sequel to the Philip K. Dick Award-winning novel The Book of the Unnamed Midwife,...

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This is a list of my current favourite books. This is of course subject to change, but I hope you like it.


Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights

Lucasta Miller, Emily Brontë and Pauline Nestor

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Emily Bronte's only novel, a work of tremendous and far-reaching influence, the Penguin Classics...

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins

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First in the ground-breaking HUNGER GAMES trilogy. Set in a dark vision of the near future, a...

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams

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A special edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams reissued with a bright...


Meaning of life
The God of Small Things

The God of Small Things

Arundhati Roy

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'They all broke the rules. They all crossed into forbidden territory. They all tampered with the...

Animal Farm

Animal Farm

George Orwell

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Renowned urban artist Shepard Fairey's new look for Orwell's timeless satire 'All animals are equal....

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