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Cover of Naked

Naked

David Sedaris

4.1

1997

Cover of A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again:  Essays and Arguments

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

David Foster Wallace

4.3

1996

Cover of Brain Droppings

Brain Droppings

George Carlin

4.1

1997

Cover of Take the Cannoli

Take the Cannoli

Sarah Vowell

3.9

2000

Cover of Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha

Arthur Golden

4.1

1997

Cover of Where the Sidewalk Ends

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Shel Silverstein

4.3

1974

Cover of The Giving Tree

The Giving Tree

Shel Silverstein

4.4

1964

Cover of Bossypants

Bossypants

Tina Fey

3.9

2011

Cover of Me Talk Pretty One Day

Me Talk Pretty One Day

David Sedaris

4.0

2000

Cover of Girl with a Pearl Earring

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Tracy Chevalier

3.9

1999

Cover of Emma

Emma

Jane Austen, Fiona Stafford

4.0

1815

Cover of One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, #1)

One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, #1)

Janet Evanovich

4.0

1994

Cover of The Color Purple

The Color Purple

Alice Walker

4.2

1982

Cover of World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

Max Brooks

4.0

2006

Cover of The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

Erik Larson, Tony Goldwyn

4.0

2003

Cover of A Light in the Attic

A Light in the Attic

Shel Silverstein

4.3

1981

Cover of Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy, Louise Maude, Leo Tolstoj, Aylmer Maude

4.0

1877

Cover of Running with Scissors

Running with Scissors

Augusten Burroughs

3.7

2002

Cover of Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)

Mindy Kaling

3.8

2011

Cover of Under the Tuscan Sun

Under the Tuscan Sun

Frances Mayes

3.7

1996

Cover of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou

4.2

1969

Cover of James and the Giant Peach

James and the Giant Peach

Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake

4.0

1961

Cover of Like Water for Chocolate

Like Water for Chocolate

Laura Esquivel, Thomas Christensen, Carol Christensen

3.9

1989

Cover of The BFG

The BFG

Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake

4.2

1982

Cover of A Little Princess

A Little Princess

Frances Hodgson Burnett, Nancy Bond

4.2

1905

Cover of Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #2)

Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #2)

Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams

4.2

1935

Cover of Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

David Sedaris

4.1

2004

Cover of A Short History of Nearly Everything

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

4.2

2003

Cover of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

John Berendt

3.9

1994

Cover of The Prince of Tides

The Prince of Tides

Pat Conroy

4.2

1986

Cover of The Brothers Karamazov

The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky

4.3

1880

Cover of Candide

Candide

Voltaire

3.8

1759

Cover of When You Are Engulfed in Flames

When You Are Engulfed in Flames

David Sedaris

4.0

2008

Cover of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Judith Viorst, Ray Cruz

4.2

1972

Cover of On Dublin Street (On Dublin Street, #1)

On Dublin Street (On Dublin Street, #1)

Samantha Young

4.2

2012

Cover of The Master and Margarita

The Master and Margarita

Mikhail Bulgakov, Katherine Tiernan O'Connor, Diana Burgin, Ellendea Proffer

4.3

1967

Cover of Breakfast at Tiffany's

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Truman Capote

3.9

1958

Cover of Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened

Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened

Allie Brosh

4.2

2013

Cover of Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir

Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir

Jenny Lawson

3.9

2012

Cover of The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing

The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing

Melissa Bank

3.3

1998

Cover of Interpreter of Maladies

Interpreter of Maladies

Jhumpa Lahiri

4.1

1999

Cover of Half Broke Horses

Half Broke Horses

Jeannette Walls

4.0

2008

Cover of The Witch of Blackbird Pond

The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Elizabeth George Speare

4.0

1958

Cover of Nine Stories

Nine Stories

J.D. Salinger

4.2

1953

Cover of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, #1)

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, #1)

Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen

3.3

2009

Cover of Sh*t My Dad Says

Sh*t My Dad Says

Justin Halpern

4.0

2010

Cover of Modern Romance

Modern Romance

Aziz Ansari, Eric Klinenberg

3.9

2015

Cover of The Woman in White

The Woman in White

Wilkie Collins, Matthew Sweet

4.0

1859

Cover of Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character

Richard Feynman

4.3

1984

Cover of Daughter of Fortune

Daughter of Fortune

Isabel Allende, Margaret Sayers Peden

3.9

1998

Cover of My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands

My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands

Chelsea Handler

3.8

2004

Cover of To the Lighthouse

To the Lighthouse

Virginia Woolf

3.8

1927

Cover of Holidays on Ice

Holidays on Ice

David Sedaris

4.0

1997

Cover of The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead

The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead

Max Brooks

3.9

2004

Cover of Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

David Sedaris

3.8

2013

Cover of Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation

Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation

Lynne Truss

3.9

2003

Cover of Prodigal Summer

Prodigal Summer

Barbara Kingsolver

4.0

2000

Cover of The Idiot

The Idiot

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Constance Garnett, Alan Myers, Joseph Frank, Anna Brailovsky

4.2

1868

Cover of America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction

America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction

Jon Stewart, Ben Karlin, David Javerbaum, Rich Bloomquist, Steve Bodow, Tim Carvell, Eric Drysdale, J.R. Havlan, Scott Jacobson, Tom Johnson, Rob Kutner, Chris Regan, Jason Reich, Jason Ross, Stephen Colbert, Samantha Bee, Rob Corddry, Brendan Hay, Ed Helms

4.0

2004

Cover of Seriously... I'm Kidding

Seriously... I'm Kidding

Ellen DeGeneres

3.7

2011

Cover of Why Not Me?

Why Not Me?

Mindy Kaling

3.9

2015

Cover of I Am America (And So Can You!)

I Am America (And So Can You!)

Stephen Colbert, Richard Dahm, Paul Dinello, Allison Silverman, Michael Brumm, Eric Drydale, Rob Dubbin, Glenn Eichler, Peter Grosz, Peter Gwinn, Jay Katsir, Laura Krafft, Frank Lesser, Tom Purcell

3.9

2007

Cover of Dry

Dry

Augusten Burroughs

4.0

2003

Cover of How to Be a Woman

How to Be a Woman

Caitlin Moran

3.7

2011

Cover of A Moveable Feast

A Moveable Feast

Ernest Hemingway

4.0

1964

Cover of The House at Riverton

The House at Riverton

Kate Morton

3.9

2006

Cover of Death Comes to Pemberley

Death Comes to Pemberley

P.D. James

3.2

2012

Cover of Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead

Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Andrew R. MacAndrew, Ben Marcus

4.2

1864

Cover of What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures

What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures

Malcolm Gladwell

3.8

2009

Cover of Hearts in Atlantis

Hearts in Atlantis

Stephen King

3.8

1999

Cover of Sputnik Sweetheart

Sputnik Sweetheart

Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel

3.8

1999

Cover of The House of Mirth

The House of Mirth

Edith Wharton, Nina Bawden

3.9

1905

Cover of Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things

Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things

Jenny Lawson

3.9

2015

Cover of Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

Mo Willems

4.3

2003

Cover of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Anne Brontë, Stevie Davies

3.9

1848

Cover of In a Sunburned Country

In a Sunburned Country

Bill Bryson

4.0

2000

Cover of Night World, No. 3 (Night World, #7-9)

Night World, No. 3 (Night World, #7-9)

L.J. Smith

4.2

2009

Cover of Revolutionary Road

Revolutionary Road

Richard Yates

3.9

1961

Cover of Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Colm Tóibín

3.6

2009

Cover of Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang

Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang

Chelsea Handler

3.8

2010

Cover of The Portrait of a Lady

The Portrait of a Lady

Henry James, Patricia Crick

3.8

1881

Cover of Night World, No. 1 (Night World, #1-3)

Night World, No. 1 (Night World, #1-3)

L.J. Smith

4.0

2008

Cover of The Long Winter (Little House, #6)

The Long Winter (Little House, #6)

Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams

4.2

1940

Cover of Saving CeeCee Honeycutt

Saving CeeCee Honeycutt

Beth Hoffman, Jenna Lamia

3.9

2010

Cover of Night World, No. 2 (Night World, #4-6)

Night World, No. 2 (Night World, #4-6)

L.J. Smith

4.2

2008

Cover of The Bonfire of the Vanities

The Bonfire of the Vanities

Tom Wolfe

3.8

1987

Cover of Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister

Gregory Maguire

3.5

1999

Cover of The Moonstone

The Moonstone

Wilkie Collins, Carolyn G. Heilbrun

3.9

1868

Cover of A Christmas Carol, The Chimes and The Cricket on the Hearth

A Christmas Carol, The Chimes and The Cricket on the Hearth

Charles Dickens, Katharine Kroeber Wiley

4.1

1843

Cover of Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary

Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary

David Sedaris, Ian Falconer

3.3

2010

Cover of A Year in Provence

A Year in Provence

Peter Mayle

3.9

1989

Cover of Tropic of Cancer

Tropic of Cancer

Henry Miller

3.7

1934

Cover of The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea

The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea

Sebastian Junger

4.1

1997

Cover of The Liars' Club

The Liars' Club

Mary Karr

3.9

1995

Cover of Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays

Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays

David Sedaris

3.8

1994

Cover of I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America after Twenty Years Away

I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America after Twenty Years Away

Bill Bryson

3.9

1998

Cover of Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

4.5

2016

Cover of An Object of Beauty

An Object of Beauty

Steve Martin

3.6

2010

Cover of Gap Creek

Gap Creek

Robert Morgan

3.7

1999

Cover of The Chaperone

The Chaperone

Laura Moriarty

3.8

2012

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