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Cover of The Color Purple

The Color Purple

Alice Walker

4.2

1982

Cover of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou

4.2

1969

Cover of Black Boy

Black Boy

Richard Wright, Jerry W. Ward Jr.

4.0

1945

Cover of The Heart of a Woman

The Heart of a Woman

Maya Angelou

4.2

1981

Cover of Citizen: An American Lyric

Citizen: An American Lyric

Claudia Rankine

4.3

2014

Cover of The Collected Poems

The Collected Poems

Langston Hughes

4.3

1994

Cover of Letter to My Daughter

Letter to My Daughter

Maya Angelou

4.1

2008

Cover of Zami: A New Spelling of My Name

Zami: A New Spelling of My Name

Audre Lorde

4.2

1982

Cover of Great Expectations

Great Expectations

Charles Dickens

3.8

1860

Cover of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

Cheryl Strayed

4.0

2012

Cover of Running with Scissors

Running with Scissors

Augusten Burroughs

3.7

2002

Cover of 'Salem's Lot

'Salem's Lot

Stephen King

4.0

1975

Cover of The Paris Wife

The Paris Wife

Paula McLain

3.8

2011

Cover of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

Dave Eggers

3.7

2000

Cover of Bag of Bones

Bag of Bones

Stephen King

3.9

1998

Cover of Invisible Man

Invisible Man

Ralph Ellison

3.8

1952

Cover of Roots: The Saga of an American Family

Roots: The Saga of an American Family

Alex Haley

4.4

1976

Cover of The History of Love

The History of Love

Nicole Krauss

3.9

2005

Cover of The Dark Half

The Dark Half

Stephen King

3.7

1989

Cover of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

James Joyce, Seamus Deane

3.6

1916

Cover of 'Salem's Lot

'Salem's Lot

Stephen King, Jerry N. Uelsmann

4.3

2005

Cover of The Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad

Colson Whitehead

4.0

2016

Cover of A Moveable Feast

A Moveable Feast

Ernest Hemingway

4.0

1964

Cover of Notes from a Small Island

Notes from a Small Island

Bill Bryson

3.9

1995

Cover of Ham on Rye

Ham on Rye

Charles Bukowski

4.2

1982

Cover of Lisey's Story

Lisey's Story

Stephen King

3.6

2006

Cover of Travels with Charley: In Search of America

Travels with Charley: In Search of America

John Steinbeck

4.1

1962

Cover of Magical Thinking: True Stories

Magical Thinking: True Stories

Augusten Burroughs

4.0

2004

Cover of Kindred

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

4.2

1979

Cover of Homegoing

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

4.4

2016

Cover of Possible Side Effects

Possible Side Effects

Augusten Burroughs

4.0

2006

Cover of Boy: Tales of Childhood

Boy: Tales of Childhood

Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake

4.1

1984

Cover of Brown Girl Dreaming

Brown Girl Dreaming

Jacqueline Woodson

4.1

2014

Cover of Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life

Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life

C.S. Lewis

4.1

1955

Cover of Sweet Tooth

Sweet Tooth

Ian McEwan

3.4

2012

Cover of The Dante Club

The Dante Club

Matthew Pearl

3.4

2003

Cover of Wishful Drinking

Wishful Drinking

Carrie Fisher

3.7

2008

Cover of A Man Without a Country

A Man Without a Country

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

4.1

2005

Cover of A Girl Named Zippy

A Girl Named Zippy

Haven Kimmel

3.8

2001

Cover of Desert Solitaire

Desert Solitaire

Edward Abbey

4.2

1968

Cover of Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl's Guide to Why It Often Sucks in the City, or Who Are These Idiots and Why Do They All Live Next Door to Me?

Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl's Guide to Why It Often Sucks in the City, or Who Are These Idiots and Why Do They All Live Next Door to Me?

Jen Lancaster

4.1

2007

Cover of Walden & Civil Disobedience

Walden & Civil Disobedience

Henry David Thoreau, W.S. Merwin

4.0

1854

Cover of The Charm School

The Charm School

Nelson DeMille

4.3

1988

Cover of Letters to a Young Poet

Letters to a Young Poet

Rainer Maria Rilke, Reginald Snell, Franz Xaver Kappus

4.3

1929

Cover of Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest to Discover If Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, or Why Pie Is Not the Answer

Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest to Discover If Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, or Why Pie Is Not the Answer

Jen Lancaster

4.1

2008

Cover of Wonder Boys

Wonder Boys

Michael Chabon, Hans Hermann

3.9

1995

Cover of Timequake

Timequake

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

3.7

1997

Cover of Not a Fan: Becoming a Completely Committed Follower of Jesus

Not a Fan: Becoming a Completely Committed Follower of Jesus

Kyle Idleman

4.2

2011

Cover of Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?

Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?

Roz Chast

4.1

2014

Cover of The Woman Warrior

The Woman Warrior

Maxine Hong Kingston

3.7

1975

Cover of Stitches

Stitches

David Small

4.0

2009

Cover of Beatrice and Virgil

Beatrice and Virgil

Yann Martel

3.1

2010

Cover of Pretty in Plaid

Pretty in Plaid

Jen Lancaster

3.9

2009

Cover of The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris

The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris

David McCullough

3.9

2011

Cover of Fire Star (The Last Dragon Chronicles, #3)

Fire Star (The Last Dragon Chronicles, #3)

Chris d'Lacey

3.9

2005

Cover of Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness

Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness

William Styron

4.0

1990

Cover of The Art of Travel

The Art of Travel

Alain de Botton

3.8

2002

Cover of Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake

Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake

Anna Quindlen

3.7

2012

Cover of Hitch-22: A Memoir

Hitch-22: A Memoir

Christopher Hitchens

4.0

2010

Cover of Civil Disobedience and Other Essays

Civil Disobedience and Other Essays

Henry David Thoreau

4.1

1995

Cover of The Wall

The Wall

Jean-Paul Sartre

4.1

1939

Cover of Essays and Poems

Essays and Poems

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Peter Norberg

4.0

1856

Cover of My Fair Lazy: One Reality Television Addict's Attempt to Discover If Not Being A Dumb Ass Is the New Black, or, a Culture-Up Manifesto

My Fair Lazy: One Reality Television Addict's Attempt to Discover If Not Being A Dumb Ass Is the New Black, or, a Culture-Up Manifesto

Jen Lancaster

3.9

2010

Cover of Henderson the Rain King

Henderson the Rain King

Saul Bellow, Luciano Bianciardi

3.8

1959

Cover of Stone Mattress: Nine Tales

Stone Mattress: Nine Tales

Margaret Atwood

3.9

2014

Cover of Call Me by Your Name

Call Me by Your Name

André Aciman

4.1

2007

Cover of Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson

Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson

Jann S. Wenner, Corey Seymour

4.1

2007

Cover of Keep the Aspidistra Flying

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

George Orwell

3.9

1936

Cover of Be Frank With Me

Be Frank With Me

Julia Claiborne Johnson

3.9

2016

Cover of Desolation Angels

Desolation Angels

Jack Kerouac, Joyce Johnson

3.9

1958

Cover of The Snow Leopard

The Snow Leopard

Peter Matthiessen

4.1

1978

Cover of The Bridge Across Forever: A True Love Story

The Bridge Across Forever: A True Love Story

Richard Bach

3.9

1982

Cover of Season of Migration to the North

Season of Migration to the North

Tayeb Salih, Denys Johnson-Davies

3.7

1966

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