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ericka

From ericka's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

Unknown Author Why ericka loves this book

I liked the questions it purposed and the way the plot unfolded. I was curious about how the characters would handle the situations they were in. I also liked seeing the parallels of this in the world we live in today

By Nikki Erlick ,

Why should I read it?

7 authors picked The Measure as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

'GRIPPING AND POIGNANT' RUTH HOGAN, bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Things

'CLEVER AND ENTERTAINING' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

'A THOUGHT-PROVOKING READ' PRIMA

Eight ordinary people. One extraordinary choice.

It seems like just another morning.

You make a cup of tea. Check the news. Open the front door.

On your doorstep is a box.

Inside the box is the exact number of years you have left to live.

The same box appears on every doorstep across the world.

Do you open yours?

THE MEASURE

IT'S THE DECISION OF A LIFETIME.

'EXAMINES THE BIG LIFE AND DEATH QUESTIONS IN A CLEVER AND,…


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The High House by James Stoddard,

The Victorian mansion, Evenmere, is the mechanism that runs the universe.

The lamps must be lit, or the stars die. The clocks must be wound, or Time ceases. The Balance between Order and Chaos must be preserved, or Existence crumbles.

Appointed the Steward of Evenmere, Carter Anderson must learn the…

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Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew Author Of Writing the Sacred Journey

From Elizabeth's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew Why Elizabeth loves this book

In a busy park, the animal population has a lively society governed by bison and patrolled by our protagonist, who may or may not be a dog. Their collective adventures are fresh, fun, and full of surprise. I'm amazed at how Dave Eggers managed to reimagine an old kids' literature standby, talking animals, in such a respectful way. They even have theological conversations! And hats off to him for not dumbing down his vocabulary for younger readers. The language throughout is marvelous. This is one of the best kids' books I've read in ages.

By Dave Eggers , Shawn Harris (illustrator) ,

Why should I read it?

6 authors picked The Eyes and the Impossible as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it. This book is for kids age 8, 9, 10, and 11.

What is this book about?

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the award-winning author of The Every and the illustrator behind the beloved picture book Her Right Foot comes an endearing and beautifully illustrated story of a dog who unwittingly becomes a hero to a park full of animals.

Johannes, a free dog, lives in an urban park by the sea. His job is to be the Eyes—to see everything that happens within the park and report back to the park’s elders, three ancient Bison. His friends—a seagull, a raccoon, a squirrel, and a pelican—work with him as the Assistant Eyes, observing the humans and…


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Jacinta Halloran Author Of Dissection

From Jacinta's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Jacinta Halloran Why Jacinta loves this book

Hilarious, far fetched, outrageous and yet so wise and completely relatable. The most original exploration of female desire that you’ll ever find.

By Miranda July ,

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32 authors picked All Fours as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

The New York Times bestselling author returns with an irreverently sexy, tender, hilarious and surprising novel about a woman upending her life

“A frank novel about a midlife awakening, which is funnier and more boldly human than you ever quite expect….the bravery of All Fours is nothing short of riveting.”—Vogue

“A novel that presses into that tender bruise about the anxiety of aging, of what it means to have a female body that is aging, and wanting the freedom to live a fuller life…Deeply funny and achingly true.” —LA Times
 
“All Fours possessed me.…


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December on 5C4 by Adam Strassberg,

Magical realism meets the magic of Christmas in this mix of Jewish, New Testament, and Santa stories–all reenacted in an urban psychiatric hospital!

On locked ward 5C4, Josh, a patient with many similarities to Jesus, is hospitalized concurrently with Nick, a patient with many similarities to Santa. The two argue…

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Yvonne Osborne Author Of Let Evening Come

From Yvonne's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Author Organic Gardener Environmentalist Reader Traveler Birder

Yvonne's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Yvonne Osborne Why Yvonne loves this book

I loved the inside look at what park rangers are up against in performing their jobs, protecting the parks and the animals therein as well as people/tourists who endanger themselves and the enviornment by their misguided and dangerous behavior.

By Peter Heller ,

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3 authors picked The Last Ranger as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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The best-selling author of The River returns with a vibrant, lyrical novel about an enforcement ranger in Yellowstone National Park who likes wolves better than most people. When a clandestine range war threatens his closest friend, he must shake off his own losses and act swiftly to discover the truth and stay alive.

“A good story that’s intertwined like leaves afloat in a river with the current of Heller’s descriptive powers… Filled with Heller’s lush writing… Powerful.” –Denver Post

Officer Ren Hopper is an enforcement ranger with the National Park Service, tasked with duties both mundane and thrilling: Breaking up…


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John Sloan

From John's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

Unknown Author Why John loves this book

Great story that it was very easy to relate to, possibly Rooney's best work yet.

By Sally Rooney ,

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11 authors picked Intermezzo as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | A National Indie Bestseller

An exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family―but especially love―from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney.

Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have little in common.

Peter is a Dublin lawyer in his thirties―successful, competent, and apparently unassailable. But in the wake of their father’s death, he’s medicating himself to sleep and struggling to manage his relationships with two very different women―his enduring first love, Sylvia, and Naomi, a college student for whom life is one long joke.

Ivan is a…


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Jill Fordyce Author Of Belonging

From Jill's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

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Jill Fordyce Why Jill loves this book

Griffin Dunne is an excellent storyteller and he has many stories to tell. His family has been touched by so much tragedy, but the through line of this book is humor, forgiveness, redemption, and love. It was a thoroughly entertaining read - and the Audible has the bonus of being narrated by Mr. Dunne, which lends a real intimacy to the storytelling.

By Griffin Dunne ,

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3 authors picked The Friday Afternoon Club as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

The instant New York Times bestseller! 

“Warm and perceptive.” —New York Times

“Griffin Dunne knows how to tell a story." —Washington Post

"Dunne is a prospector for the incandescent detail.”  —Los Angeles Times

“What a remarkable and moving story filled with twists and turns, the most famous of faces, and a complex family revealed with loving candor. I was blown away by Griffin Dunne’s life and his ability to capture so much of it in these beautifully written pages.” —Anderson Cooper

Griffin Dunne’s memoir of growing up among larger-than-life characters in Hollywood and Manhattan finds wicked humor and glimmers of…


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Trusting Her Duke by Arietta Richmond,

A Duke with rigid opinions, a Lady whose beliefs conflict with his, a long disputed parcel of land, a conniving neighbour, a desperate collaboration, a failure of trust, a love found despite it all.

Alexander Cavendish, Duke of Ravensworth, returned from war to find that his father and brother had…

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Anna Blake Author Of Undomesticated Women

From Anna's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

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Anna Blake Why Anna loves this book

Just had never read anything like it. It wasn't derivative.

By Crissi McDonald ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked North to Home as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Kirkus reviewer says: "Rich scenery buoys this unusual tale." Winner of the Five Star Reader's Favorite award!
When Nolee Burnett leaves her native home of Texas for an island in the Pacific Northwest, her life changes. So does her reality.

After her divorce, Nolee Burnett leaves the dusty plains of west Texas for an island cabin nestled in spruce trees on Camas Island, determined to craft a new life for herself. Next door is her mysterious neighbor Keet Noland, who owns and is the Captain of a sailboat charter company. Weary of his own unhappiness, Keet plans to leave the…


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Caroline Ebinger

From Caroline's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Unknown Author Why Caroline loves this book

Covers both climate and biodiversity loss masterfully. A beautiful, devastating, relatable book.

By Charlotte McConaghy ,

Why should I read it?

11 authors picked Wild Dark Shore as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

A family on a remote island. A mysterious woman washed ashore. A rising storm on the horizon.

Dominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of Shearwater, a tiny island not far from Antarctica. Home to the world's largest seed bank, Shearwater was once full of researchers. But with sea levels rising, the Salts are now its final inhabitants, packing up the seeds before they are transported to safer ground. Despite the wild beauty, isolation has taken its toll on the Salts. Raff, eighteen and suffering his first heartbreak, can only find relief at his punching bag; Fen, seventeen, has…


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Stephen L. Pevar Author Of The Rights of Indians and Tribes

From my list on rights of Indian tribes and their members.

Why am I passionate about this?

In 1971, when I graduated from law school, I received a fellowship to help staff a Legal Aid office on the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota. I lived there for nearly four years, representing tribal members in tribal, state, and federal courts. I then worked for 45 years on the National Legal Staff of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). One of my major responsibilities was helping Indian tribes and their members protect and enforce their rights, and I filed numerous cases on their behalf. During that time, I taught Federal Indian Law for more than 20 years and also published The Rights of Indians and Tribes. 

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Stephen L. Pevar Why Stephen loves this book

This novel won the National Book Award and it’s easy to see why. Written by a Native author about reservation life, it discusses a crime that occurred that—like many reservation crimes—went unsolved for a long time.

The book is informative and compelling, and it weaves Native practices and culture into the story. I found it particularly interesting because it includes characters and themes that resonated with my experiences.

By Louise Erdrich ,

Why should I read it?

6 authors picked The Round House as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Winner of the National Book Award • Washington Post Best Book of the Year • A New York Times Notable Book

From one of the most revered novelists of our time, an exquisitely told story of a boy on the cusp of manhood who seeks justice and understanding in the wake of a terrible crime that upends and forever transforms his family.

One Sunday in the spring of 1988, a woman living on a reservation in North Dakota is attacked. The details of the crime are slow to surface because Geraldine Coutts is traumatized and reluctant to relive or reveal…


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Aggressor by FX Holden,

It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…

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Judith Teitelman Author Of Guesthouse for Ganesha

From Judith's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Author Traveler Seeker Educator Insightful

Judith's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Judith Teitelman Why Judith loves this book

Decades had passed since I last read Beloved and I felt compelled to revisit this rich, powerful, provocative masterpiece. Morrison's writing is exquisite.

By Toni Morrison ,

Why should I read it?

41 authors picked Beloved as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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'Toni Morrison was a giant of her times and ours... Beloved is a heart-breaking testimony to the ongoing ravages of slavery, and should be read by all' Margaret Atwood, New York Times

Discover this beautiful gift edition of Toni Morrison's prize-winning contemporary classic Beloved

It is the mid-1800s and as slavery looks to be coming to an end, Sethe is haunted by the violent trauma it wrought on her former enslaved life at Sweet Home, Kentucky. Her dead baby daughter, whose tombstone bears the single word, Beloved, returns as a spectre to punish her mother, but also to elicit her…


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