13,563
14K
2007
2007
by
Aciman, André
texts
eye 13,563
favorite 59
comment 0
Topics: Teenage boys, Gay teenagers, Authors
4,683
4.7K
2006
2006
by
Byrne, Rhonda
texts
eye 4,683
favorite 27
comment 0
The secret revealed -- The secret made simple -- How to use the secret -- Powerful processes -- The secret to money -- The secret to relationships -- The secret to health -- The secret to the world -- The secret to you -- The secret to life
Topic: New Thought
2,692
2.7K
1984
1984
by
Schwartz, Alvin
texts
eye 2,692
favorite 11
comment 0
Topics: Ghost stories, American, Tales -- United States, Ghosts -- Folklore, Horror stories, Folklore --...
2,297
2.3K
1987
1987
by
Schwartz, David Joseph
texts
eye 2,297
favorite 50
comment 0
"A Fireside book."
Topic: Success
2,039
2.0K
1993
1993
by
Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-
texts
eye 2,039
favorite 21
comment 1
In his first novel in ten years, Ernest Gaines, the highly acclaimed author of the best-selling The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, brings us a wrenching story of death and identity in a small Cajun Louisiana community in the late 1940s. A young black named Jefferson is a reluctant party in a shoot-out in a liquor store in which the three other men involved are all killed, including the white store owner. Jefferson, the only survivor, is accused of murder. At the trial, the essence of the...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: African American men, Death row inmates, Race relations, Friendship, Roman américain
1,935
1.9K
1999
1999
by
Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-; Myers, Christopher, ill
texts
eye 1,935
favorite 15
comment 0
While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken
Topics: Trials (Murder), Prisons, Self-perception, African Americans, Trials (Murder), Prisons,...
1,855
1.9K
2012
2012
by
Benjamin Alire Sáenz
texts
eye 1,855
favorite 14
comment 0
Topics: Mexican-Americans, Coming of age, Homosexuality, Families, Friendship, Fiction
1,837
1.8K
1958
1958
by
Uris, Leon, 1924-2003
texts
eye 1,837
favorite 2
comment 0
A novel of Israel
Topics: Exodus 1947 (Ship), Jews, Holocaust survivors, Jewish refugees, Juifs
1,827
1.8K
1978
1978
by
Deveraux, Jude
texts
eye 1,827
favorite 1
comment 0
1,641
1.6K
texts
eye 1,641
favorite 11
comment 0
"Book One of the After series--the Internet sensation with millions of readers. Tessa didn't plan on meeting H. during her freshman year of college. But now that she has, her life will never be the same"--
Topics: Man-woman relationships, FICTION, FICTION, Man-woman relationships
1,584
1.6K
2012
2012
by
Madeline Miller
texts
eye 1,584
favorite 15
comment 1
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Trojan War, Greeks, Fiction, Achilles (Greek mythology), History
1,533
1.5K
2004
2004
by
Tartt, Donna
texts
eye 1,533
favorite 7
comment 0
Richard Papen had never been to New England before his nineteenth year. Then he arrived at Hampeden College and quickly became seduced by the sweet, dark rhythms of campus life -- in particular by an elite group of five students, Greek scholars, worldly, self-assured, and at first glance, highly unapproachable
Topics: Teacher-student relationships, College students, Classicists, Murder, College stories, Papen,...
1,292
1.3K
2008
2008
by
Kinney, Jeff
texts
eye 1,292
favorite 34
comment 14
A Junior Library Guild selection
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 14 reviews )
Topics: Middle schools, Schools, Families, Diaries, Middle schools, Schools, Family life, Diaries, Humorous...
1,227
1.2K
Sep 6, 2005
09/05
by
Neil Strauss
texts
eye 1,227
favorite 6
comment 0
1,170
1.2K
texts
eye 1,170
favorite 9
comment 2
This novel is in the form of a letter, written by the widowed Ramatoulaye and describing her struggle for survival. It is the winner of the Noma Award
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: Women, Teachers, Women teachers, Bigamy, Nouvelles africaines de langue française
1,167
1.2K
texts
eye 1,167
favorite 12
comment 0
Originally published: Australia : Writer's Coffee Shop Publishing House, 2011
Topics: Man-woman relationships, Dominance (Psychology), Man-woman relationships, FICTION / Contemporary...
1,072
1.1K
2018
2018
by
Lee, Kai-Fu, author
texts
eye 1,072
favorite 7
comment 0
xi, 253 pages ; 24 cm
Topics: Artificial intelligence -- Economic aspects -- China, Artificial intelligence -- Economic aspects...
1,067
1.1K
texts
eye 1,067
favorite 10
comment 0
Topics: Humorous stories, Middle schools, Diaries, JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories, Family life,...
1,058
1.1K
2006
2006
by
Snicket, Lemony; Helquist, Brett, ill
texts
eye 1,058
favorite 3
comment 0
Lost at sea, the Baudelaire orphans, along with the evil Count Olaf, wash up on the shore of an island populated by an oddly placid group of inhabitants, and they try to decide whether or not they are truly safe
Topics: Orphans, Brothers and sisters, Islands, Humorous stories
1,056
1.1K
2000
2000
by
Ryan, Pam Muñoz
texts
eye 1,056
favorite 2
comment 0
Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.
Topics: Mexican Americans -- California -- Juvenile fiction, Mexican Americans -- California -- Fiction,...
1,051
1.1K
2010
2010
by
Byrne, Rhonda
texts
eye 1,051
favorite 9
comment 0
What is the power? -- The power of feelings -- Feeling frequencies -- The power and creation -- Feeling is creation -- Your life ? : your choice -- Keys to power -- The power to money -- The power to relationships -- The power to health -- The power and you -- The power to life
Topic: Control (Psychology)
1,045
1.0K
1995
1995
by
Matheson, Richard
texts
eye 1,045
favorite 9
comment 0
"The complete novel, plus several more unforgettable tales by Richard Matheson"--Page 4 of cover
Topics: Vampire fiction, Thriller Fiction
1,034
1.0K
2011
2011
by
Isaacson, Walter
texts
eye 1,034
favorite 13
comment 0
"FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING BIOGRAPHIES OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND ALBERT EINSTEIN, THIS IS THE EXCLUSIVE BIOGRAPHY OF STEVE JOBS. Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years--as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues--Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and...
Topics: Jobs, Steve, 1955-2011, Apple Computer, Inc, Computer engineers, Businesspeople, BIOGRAPHY &...
1,014
1.0K
2000
2000
by
Murphy, Raymond; Smalzer, William R
texts
eye 1,014
favorite 5
comment 0
"Self-study reference and practice for students of English, with answers"--T.p
Topics: English language, English language, English language
1,013
1.0K
1993
1993
by
James Baldwin
texts
eye 1,013
favorite 7
comment 0
Topics: African Americans, Black Muslims, United States -- Race relations
989
989
texts
eye 989
favorite 5
comment 0
Sixteen-year-old Miles' first year at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash
Topics: Interpersonal relations, Boarding schools, Schools, Death
985
985
2011
2011
by
Rainbow Rowell
texts
eye 985
favorite 16
comment 0
959
959
2010
2010
by
John Green (1977- )
texts
eye 959
favorite 8
comment 0
Topics: Interpersonal relations -- Fiction, Dating (Social customs) -- Fiction, Homosexuality -- Fiction,...
951
951
2009
2009
by
Pink, Daniel H
texts
eye 951
favorite 14
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-229) and index
Topic: Motivation (Psychology)
947
947
2001
2001
by
Nasar, Sylvia
texts
eye 947
favorite 12
comment 0
Reprint. Previously published: A beautiful mind : a biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., winner of the Nobel Prize in economics, 1994. 1st Touchstone ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, 1999
Topics: Nash, John F., 1928-, Mathematicians, Mentally ill, Schizophrenics, Schizophrenia, Mathematics
946
946
1998
1998
by
Cunningham, Michael, 1952-
texts
eye 946
favorite 5
comment 0
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Book Award (American Library Association), 1999
Topics: Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941, Women, Man-woman relationships, Psychological fiction, Domestic fiction
944
944
texts
eye 944
favorite 13
comment 0
943
943
texts
eye 943
favorite 9
comment 0
Originally published: Australia : The Writer's Coffee Shop Publishing House, 2011
Topic: Sexual dominance and submission
931
931
2000
2000
by
Snicket, Lemony; Helquist, Brett, ill
texts
eye 931
favorite 11
comment 1
After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children. They are charming, and resourceful, and have pleasant facial features. Unfortunately, they are exceptionally unlucky
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Orphans, Brothers and sisters, Humorous stories, Orphans, Brothers and sisters, Humorous stories
915
915
2011
2011
by
Higashino, Keigo, 1958-; Smith, Alexander O
texts
eye 915
favorite 8
comment 1
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topic: Fiction
910
910
2011
2011
by
Ellen DeGeneres
texts
eye 910
favorite 2
comment 0
Topics: Television personalities, Comedians, Biography
894
894
2002
2002
by
Indu Sundaresan
texts
eye 894
favorite 3
comment 0
Topics: Nūr Jahān, -- Empress, consort of Jahangir, Emperor of Hindustan, -- d. 1645 -- Fiction,...
893
893
1995
1995
by
Guterson, David
texts
eye 893
favorite 12
comment 0
Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award American Booksellers Association Book of the Year Award San Piedro Island, north of Puget Sound, is a place so isolated that no one who lives there can afford to make enemies. But in 1954 a local fisherman is found suspiciously drowned, and a Japanese American named Kabuo Miyamoto is charged with his murder. In the course of the ensuing trial, it becomes clear that what is at stake is more than a man's guilt. For on San Pedro, memory grows as thickly as cedar...
Topics: Japanese Americans, Trials (Murder), Journalists
877
877
2009
2009
by
Kinney, Jeff; Kinney, Jeff, book designer, cover designer; Beckerman, Chad, cover designer; Amulet Books, publisher
texts
eye 877
favorite 4
comment 0
"Book design by Jeff Kinney ; Cover design by Chad W. Beckerman and Jeff Kinney."--T.p. verso
Topics: Wit and humor, Juvenile, Humorous stories, Summer, Diaries, Vacations, Video games, Mothers and...
869
869
2002
2002
by
Gawande, Atul
texts
eye 869
favorite 6
comment 0
"Several of these pieces have appeared, in slightly different form, in the New Yorker and Slate"--T.p. verso
Topics: Gawande, Atul, Surgeons, Surgery, Chirurg, General Surgery, Medical Errors
821
821
2008
2008
by
Johanna Lindsey
texts
eye 821
favorite 3
comment 0
Topics: Aristocracy (Social class) -- Fiction, Kidnapping -- Fiction, Americans -- England -- Fiction
816
816
2008
2008
by
Adiga, Aravind
texts
eye 816
favorite 2
comment 0
Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Over the course of seven nights, by the scattered light of a preposterous chandelier, Balram tells the terrible and transfixing story of how he came to be a success in life--having nothing but his own wits to help him along
Topics: Chauffeurs, Poor, Ambition, Businesspeople
812
812
1999
1999
by
George R. R. Martin
texts
eye 812
favorite 1
comment 0
809
809
texts
eye 809
favorite 3
comment 0
Topics: United States. -- National Security Agency -- Fiction, Intelligence officers -- Fiction, Computer...
808
808
2001
2001
by
Strauss, Neil; Mötley Crüe (Musical group); Mick Mars; Nikki Sixx; Neil Strauss
texts
eye 808
favorite 10
comment 0
Tommy Lee ; Mick Mars ; Vince Neil ; Nikki Sixx
Topics: Biography: film, television & music, Rock & pop, Rock musicians, Composers & Musicians...
803
803
2007
2007
by
Mead, Richelle
texts
eye 803
favorite 13
comment 0
Two years after a horrible incident made them run away, vampire princess Lissa and her guardian-in-training Rose are found and returned to St. Vladimir's Academy, where one focuses on mastering magic, the other on physical training, while both try to avoid the perils of gossip, cliques, gruesome pranks, and sinister plots
Topics: Vampires, High schools, Magic, Social classes, Vampires, High schools, Schools, Magic, Social...
798
798
1999
1999
by
Stephen Chbosky
texts
eye 798
favorite 8
comment 0
Topics: High school students -- Social conditions -- Juvenile fiction, Epistolary fiction, Diary fiction,...
792
792
2009
2009
by
Grossman, Lev
texts
eye 792
favorite 7
comment 1
As a senior in high school Quentin Coldwater became preoccupied with a series of fantasy novels he read as a child, set in a magical land called Fillory. After graduating from college and being admitted into a highly exclusive, secret society of magic in upstate New York, he makes a stunning discovery: Fillory is real. But the land of Quentin's fantasies turns out to be much darker and more dangerous than he could have imagined for his childhood dream becomes a nightmare with a shocking truth...
favorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Literature & Fiction -- Literary, Science Fiction & Fantasy -- Fantasy -- Magic &...
776
776
1983
1983
by
King, Stephen, 1947-
texts
eye 776
favorite 5
comment 0
"A Signet book."
Topics: Horror stories, Horror tales, Triangles (Interpersonal relations), Teenagers
773
773
2008
2008
by
Kinney, Jeff
texts
eye 773
favorite 4
comment 0
A Junior Library Guild selection
Topics: Middle schools, Schools, Families, Diaries, Humorous stories, Children's stories, Middle schools,...
769
769
2012
2012
by
Jamie McGuire
texts
eye 769
favorite 9
comment 1
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Man-woman relationships, Fiction
762
762
1998
1998
by
García Márquez, Gabriel, 1928-; Rabassa, Gregory
texts
eye 762
favorite 14
comment 0
A hardcover edition of this book was published in 1970 by Harper & Row, Publishers
Topic: Macondo (Imaginary place)
760
760
2011
2011
by
Johanna Lindsey
texts
eye 760
favorite 3
comment 0
Topics: Mistaken identity, Fiction
757
757
2009
2009
by
Cullen, David, 1961-
texts
eye 757
favorite 11
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-403) and index
Topics: Columbine High School (Littleton, Colo.), Littleton (Colo.), Columbine High School Massacre,...
756
756
2010
2010
by
David Malouf
texts
eye 756
favorite 0
comment 0
Topics: Achilles (Greek mythology) -- Fiction, Priam (Greek mythology) -- Fiction, Loss (Psychology) --...
755
755
2011
2011
by
Kinney, Jeff
texts
eye 755
favorite 5
comment 0
"Greg struggles to stay on Santa's 'nice' list while snowed in with the rest of the Heffley family in the days leading up to Christmas"--
Topics: Blizzards, Diary fiction, Families, Humorous stories, Middle schools, Schools, Diaries, Behavior,...
755
755
2011
2011
by
King, Stephen, 1947-
texts
eye 755
favorite 3
comment 0
Watershed moment -- The janitor's father -- Living in the past -- Sadie and the general -- 11/22/63 -- The green card man
Topics: Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963, Time travel
752
752
2011
2011
by
Schwartz, Jeffrey, 1951-; Gladding, Rebecca
texts
eye 752
favorite 6
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references and index
Topics: Behavior modification, Habit breaking, Brain, Change (Psychology)
743
743
2011
2011
by
Souljah, Sister
texts
eye 743
favorite 4
comment 0
743
743
2001
2001
by
Lindsey, Johanna
texts
eye 743
favorite 0
comment 0
Follows the star-crossed romance of a strong-willed woman who vows that no man will ever capture her heart and the powerful warrior who is equally determined to fight for what he wants
Topics: Women construction workers, Love stories
741
741
2012
2012
by
Bagshawe, Tilly; Sheldon, Sidney
texts
eye 741
favorite 0
comment 0
"When elderly multimillionaire art dealer, Andrew Jakes, is found brutally murdered in his ransacked Hollywood home, his young wife raped and beaten, and his art and jewels stolen, the motive seems pretty clear. But when the investigation doesn't turn up a single, solid lead, the case is closed and his stunning young widow vanishes. A decade passes before Andrew Jakes' estranged son, Matt Daley, does a little digging of his own, only to find that three nearly identical killings have taken...
Topics: Women murderers, Serial murders, Rich people
741
741
1998
1998
by
Roberts, Nora. aut
texts
eye 741
favorite 4
comment 0
Topics: Bays, Boatbuilding x Fiction, Brothers
728
728
2008
2008
by
Byrne, Lorna
texts
eye 728
favorite 4
comment 1
Through different eyes -- The gatekeepers -- Stairway to heaven -- Why do you hide from me? -- Elijah -- Absorbing the pain of others -- A creature without a soul -- The intermediary -- The angel of death -- The bombers -- The angel of mother's love -- Country cottage -- Telling Joe -- I never knew I had a guardian angel -- The power of prayer -- The tunnel -- Three knocks on the window -- Isn't Lorna lucky-- -- "I'm here, I'm here--here I am!" -- The golden chain -- I need some...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Byrne, Lorna, Women mystics, Religious biography
714
714
1986
1986
by
Green, Barry, 1945-; Gallwey, W. Timothy
texts
eye 714
favorite 3
comment 0
Introduction / W. Timothy Gallwey -- The Mozart in us -- The inner game -- The inner game skills -- The power of awareness --The power of will -- The power of trust -- Letting go -- Coping with obstacles -- Improving the quality of musical experience --Teaching and learning -- The inner game listener -- Parent and coach -- Integration and balance -- Ensemble playing -- Improvisation, composition, and creativity
Topics: Music, Musique, Musique, Music, Musikpsychologie
705
705
2010
2010
by
Follett, Ken
texts
eye 705
favorite 3
comment 0
705
705
2006
2006
by
Kurt Vonnegut
texts
eye 705
favorite 9
comment 1
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
703
703
2011
2011
by
Deborah E. Harkness
texts
eye 703
favorite 10
comment 0
703
703
1993
1993
by
Yoshimoto, Banana, 1964-; Backus, Megan; Yoshimoto, Banana, 1964- Munraito shado. English
texts
eye 703
favorite 4
comment 0
699
699
2010
2010
by
Nelson, Jandy
texts
eye 699
favorite 3
comment 0
In the months after her sister dies, seventeen-year-old Lennie falls into a love triangle and discovers the strength to follow her dream of becoming a musician
Topics: Grief, Death, Sisters, Musicians
699
699
1997
1997
by
Oyono, Ferdinand, 1929-
texts
eye 699
favorite 2
comment 0
Topic: Cameroun -- Fiction
697
697
1996
1996
by
Nicholas Sparks
texts
eye 697
favorite 3
comment 0
Topics: Oral reading -- Fiction, Older people -- Fiction, North Carolina -- Fiction
692
692
2009
2009
by
Kinney, Jeff
texts
eye 692
favorite 6
comment 1
Middle-schooler Greg Heffley nimbly sidesteps his father's attempts to change Greg's wimpy ways until his father threatens to send him to military school
favorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Middle schools, Schools, Family life, Diaries, Humorous stories, Middle schools, Schools, Families,...
687
687
1994
1994
by
Young, Jeffrey E., 1950-; Klosko, Janet S
texts
eye 687
favorite 4
comment 0
Originally published : New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Dutton, 1993
Topics: Self-defeating behavior, Self-management (Psychology)
682
682
2004
2004
by
Emoto, Masaru, 1943-
texts
eye 682
favorite 6
comment 0
Using high-speed photography, Dr. Masaru Emoto demonstrates that crystals formed in frozen water reveal changes when specific, concentrated thoughts are directed toward them. Water that flows from clear springs or has been exposed to loving words shows brilliant, complex, and colorful snowflake patterns, while polluted water, or water exposed to negative thoughts, forms incomplete, asymmetrical, dull-colored patterns. Since humans and the earth are composed mostly of water, these findings have...
Topics: Water, Water quality, Anthroposophy
677
677
2005
2005
by
John Flanagan
texts
eye 677
favorite 6
comment 0
Topics: Heroes -- Fiction, Fantasy
