Lisa Francine

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120 books

Series

The Dry

Warcross

Nigerians in Space

Color of Earth

The Crooked Staircase

Sunny

Them Bones

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1 book

Short

A Calm & Normal Heart: Stories

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32 books

Short Stories

Children of the New World

If You See Me, Don't Say Hi

What to Read and Why

Journeys: An American Story

Sweet and Low: Stories

How to Love a Jamaican

Days of Awe: Stories

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1 book

Skimmed

Gut Feelings: The Microbiome and Our Health

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1 book

So

Rest in Power

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279 books

Social Justice

Notes from no man's land : American essays

Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights

Brown

The Zookeeper's Wife

Sons and Soldiers: The Untold Story of the Jews Who Escaped the Nazis and Returned with the U.S. Army to Fight Hitler

Acts of Faith

A Cup of Water Under My Bed: A Memoir

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17 books

Sociology

So You Want to Talk about Race

The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power

Caste

Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration

Slavery by Another Name

The Inner Work of Racial Justice

Antisemitism

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3 books

Southern

Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America

Take My Hand

The Girls in the Stilt House

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11 books

Space Opera

The Last Watch

Leviathan Wakes

Caliban's War

Cibola Burn

Nemesis Games

Of Kings, Queens and Colonies

August Kitko and the Mechas from Space

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6 books

Speculative Fiction

Axiom's End

The Arrest

Rosewater

Riot Baby

Light from Uncommon Stars

The Ninth Metal

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8 books

Sports

Cover 4

Fast Girls

Dragon Hoops

Before the Ever After

Forward : A Memoir

The Big Three: Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, and the Rebirth of the Boston Celtics

Wish It Lasted Forever: Life with the Larry Bird Celtics

This Is Our City: Four Teams, Twelve Championships, and How Boston Became the Most Dominant Sports City in the World

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10 books

Staff Picks

Salt to the Sea

Illegal: A Graphic Novel

Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks

Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life

Far from the Tree

Overground Railroad

Refugee

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1 book

Start Staff Picks

Eleanor & Park

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20 books

Storytime

Off-Limits

The Panda Problem

When You Need Wings

No Room for a Pup!

Frank and Bean

Camilla, Cartographer

My Mommy, My Mama, My Brother, and Me

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16 books

Story Time Tv

Windows

Chicken Soup with Rice

Winter Is Coming

Sheep take a hike

I Want That Nut!

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat

Goodnight, goodnight, construction site

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2 books

Suspense

The Night Swim

When No One is Watching

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13 books

Sustainability

The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here

The resilient farm and homestead

Building Reuse: Sustainability, Preservation, and the Value of Design

Good Energy: Renewable Power and the Design of Everyday Life

Simply Sustainable: Moving Toward Plastic-Free, Low-Waste Living

The Northeast Native Plant Primer: 235 Plants for an Earth-Friendly Garden

100 Plants to Feed the Monarch: Create a Healthy Habitat to Sustain North America's Most Beloved Butterfly

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2 books

Technology

The DevOps Handbook

Road to Nowhere

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2 books

Time Travel

Kindred

One Last Stop

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6 books

Tiny House

150 Best Cottage and Cabin Ideas

Tiny House: Live Small, Dream Big

Tiny House Designing, Building, & Living

Country Living Tiny Homes: Living Big in Small Spaces

Small Space Living: Expert Tips and Techniques on Using Closets, Corners, and Every Other Space in Your Home

Pretty Small: Grand Living with Limited Space

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1 book

To Be Published

A River of Stars

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2 books

Travel

100 Parks, 5,000 Ideas: Where to Go, When to Go, What to See, What to Do

Escape: One Day We Had to Run . . .

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4 books

True Adventure

Row for Freedom: Crossing an Ocean in Search of Hope

Spare Parts

In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette

Trespassing Across America

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11 books

True Crime

Conan Doyle for the Defense

Adnan's Story: The Search for Truth and Justice After Serial

The Less People Know About Us

The Blood of Emmett Till

Lost Girls

We Keep the Dead Close

Notes on a Silencing

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1 book

Vacation

Walt Disney World Hacks, 2nd Edition: 350+ Park Secrets for Making the Most of Your Walt Disney World Vacation

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