14,424
14K
2007
2007
by
Aciman, André
texts
eye 14,424
favorite 73
comment 0
Topics: Teenage boys, Gay teenagers, Authors
6,360
6.4K
2006
2006
by
Byrne, Rhonda
texts
eye 6,360
favorite 35
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
3,812
3.8K
1984
1984
by
Schwartz, Alvin
texts
eye 3,812
favorite 15
comment 0
Topics: Ghost stories, American, Tales -- United States, Ghosts -- Folklore, Horror stories, Folklore --...
3,077
3.1K
1999
1999
by
Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-; Myers, Christopher, ill
texts
eye 3,077
favorite 19
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,...
2,795
2.8K
2012
2012
by
Benjamin Alire Sáenz
texts
eye 2,795
favorite 22
comment 0
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 10,...
2,782
2.8K
1993
1993
by
Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-
texts
eye 2,782
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
2,444
2.4K
1987
1987
by
Schwartz, David Joseph
texts
eye 2,444
favorite 53
comment 0
"A Fireside book."
Topic: Success
2,394
2.4K
2012
2012
by
Madeline Miller
texts
eye 2,394
favorite 20
comment 1
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Trojan War, Greeks, Fiction, Achilles (Greek mythology), History
2,254
2.3K
2004
2004
by
Tartt, Donna
texts
eye 2,254
favorite 10
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,...
2,228
2.2K
texts
eye 2,228
favorite 15
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
2,004
2.0K
1958
1958
by
Uris, Leon, 1924-2003
texts
eye 2,004
favorite 3
comment 0
A novel of Israel
Topics: Exodus 1947 (Ship), Jews, Holocaust survivors, Jewish refugees, Juifs
1,920
1.9K
1978
1978
by
Deveraux, Jude
texts
eye 1,920
favorite 3
comment 0
1,907
1.9K
Sep 6, 2005
09/05
by
Neil Strauss
texts
eye 1,907
favorite 8
comment 0
1,741
1.7K
2011
2011
by
Isaacson, Walter
texts
eye 1,741
favorite 20
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: Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12
1,684
1.7K
2018
2018
by
Lee, Kai-Fu, author
texts
eye 1,684
favorite 9
comment 0
xi, 253 pages ; 24 cm
Topics: Artificial intelligence -- Economic aspects -- China, Artificial intelligence -- Economic aspects...
1,602
1.6K
2010
2010
by
Byrne, Rhonda
texts
eye 1,602
favorite 12
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)
1,592
1.6K
2008
2008
by
Kinney, Jeff
texts
eye 1,592
favorite 35
comment 14
A Junior Library Guild selection
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 14 reviews )
Topics: Middle schools, Schools, Families, Diaries, Middle schools, Schools, Family life, Diaries, Humorous...
1,560
1.6K
texts
eye 1,560
favorite 12
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
1,518
1.5K
texts
eye 1,518
favorite 17
comment 0
Originally published: Australia : Writer's Coffee Shop Publishing House, 2011
Topics: Man-woman relationships, Dominance (Psychology), Man-woman relationships, FICTION / Contemporary...
1,487
1.5K
2000
2000
by
Ryan, Pam Muñoz
texts
eye 1,487
favorite 5
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: Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 10,...
1,480
1.5K
texts
eye 1,480
favorite 10
comment 0
Topics: Humorous stories, Middle schools, Diaries, JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories, Family life,...
1,471
1.5K
2012
2012
by
Jamie McGuire
texts
eye 1,471
favorite 13
comment 1
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Man-woman relationships, Fiction
1,373
1.4K
texts
eye 1,373
favorite 6
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
1,369
1.4K
1996
1996
by
Nicholas Sparks
texts
eye 1,369
favorite 7
comment 0
Topics: Oral reading -- Fiction, Older people -- Fiction, North Carolina -- Fiction
1,318
1.3K
2009
2009
by
Kinney, Jeff; Kinney, Jeff, book designer, cover designer; Beckerman, Chad, cover designer; Amulet Books, publisher
texts
eye 1,318
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...
1,306
1.3K
2011
2011
by
Kinney, Jeff
texts
eye 1,306
favorite 7
comment 3
"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"--
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topics: Blizzards, Diary fiction, Families, Humorous stories, Middle schools, Schools, Diaries, Behavior,...
1,302
1.3K
2011
2011
by
Ellen DeGeneres
texts
eye 1,302
favorite 5
comment 0
Topics: Television personalities, Comedians, Biography
1,282
1.3K
2008
2008
by
Adiga, Aravind
texts
eye 1,282
favorite 3
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
1,280
1.3K
2009
2009
by
Kinney, Jeff
texts
eye 1,280
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,...
1,274
1.3K
1993
1993
by
James Baldwin
texts
eye 1,274
favorite 8
comment 0
Topic: Reading Level-Adult
1,248
1.2K
1998
1998
by
Cunningham, Michael, 1952-
texts
eye 1,248
favorite 8
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
1,247
1.2K
2011
2011
by
Rainbow Rowell
texts
eye 1,247
favorite 20
comment 0
1,233
1.2K
2000
2000
by
Murphy, Raymond; Smalzer, William R
texts
eye 1,233
favorite 6
comment 0
"Self-study reference and practice for students of English, with answers"--T.p
Topics: English language, English language, English language
1,224
1.2K
2009
2009
by
Cullen, David, 1961-
texts
eye 1,224
favorite 14
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-403) and index
Topics: Columbine High School (Littleton, Colo.), Littleton (Colo.), Columbine High School Massacre,...
1,222
1.2K
2011
2011
by
King, Stephen, 1947-
texts
eye 1,222
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: Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 10,...
1,213
1.2K
2007
2007
by
Krakauer, Jon
texts
eye 1,213
favorite 9
comment 0
Originally published: New York : Villard, c1996
Topics: Discovery And Exploration (General), Outdoor Life, Travel, Biography / Autobiography, Travel -...
1,206
1.2K
2004
2004
by
Emoto, Masaru, 1943-
texts
eye 1,206
favorite 8
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
1,181
1.2K
1995
1995
by
Matheson, Richard
texts
eye 1,181
favorite 14
comment 0
"The complete novel, plus several more unforgettable tales by Richard Matheson"--Page 4 of cover
Topics: Vampire fiction, Thriller Fiction
1,162
1.2K
2009
2009
by
Grossman, Lev
texts
eye 1,162
favorite 13
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 &...
1,152
1.2K
texts
eye 1,152
favorite 11
comment 0
Originally published: Australia : The Writer's Coffee Shop Publishing House, 2011
Topic: Sexual dominance and submission
1,151
1.2K
2002
2002
by
Gawande, Atul
texts
eye 1,151
favorite 9
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
1,144
1.1K
2008
2008
by
Kinney, Jeff
texts
eye 1,144
favorite 5
comment 0
A Junior Library Guild selection
Topics: Middle schools, Schools, Families, Diaries, Humorous stories, Children's stories, Middle schools,...
1,140
1.1K
2006
2006
by
Snicket, Lemony; Helquist, Brett, ill
texts
eye 1,140
favorite 4
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
1,137
1.1K
2010
2010
by
John Green (1977- )
texts
eye 1,137
favorite 11
comment 0
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12
1,134
1.1K
2009
2009
by
Pink, Daniel H
texts
eye 1,134
favorite 16
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-229) and index
Topic: Motivation (Psychology)
1,126
1.1K
2010
2010
by
Perkins, Stephanie
texts
eye 1,126
favorite 5
comment 0
Anna is happy in Atlanta. She has a loyal best friend and a crush on her coworker at the movie theater who is just starting to return her affection. So she's less than thrilled when her father decides to send her to a boarding school in Paris for her senior year. But despite not speaking a word of French and feeling like an outcast, Anna meets some interesting new people and begins to be charmed by Paris, including the handsome Étienne St. Clair, who quickly becomes her best friend, even if...
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 10,...
1,115
1.1K
texts
eye 1,115
favorite 14
comment 0
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 11,...
1,106
1.1K
2007
2007
by
Mead, Richelle
texts
eye 1,106
favorite 16
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...
1,101
1.1K
2001
2001
by
Strauss, Neil; Mötley Crüe (Musical group); Mick Mars; Nikki Sixx; Neil Strauss
texts
eye 1,101
favorite 13
comment 0
Tommy Lee ; Mick Mars ; Vince Neil ; Nikki Sixx
Topics: Biography: film, television & music, Rock & pop, Rock musicians, Composers & Musicians...
1,093
1.1K
1995
1995
by
Guterson, David
texts
eye 1,093
favorite 15
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
1,092
1.1K
2001
2001
by
Nasar, Sylvia
texts
eye 1,092
favorite 13
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
1,080
1.1K
2011
2011
by
Higashino, Keigo, 1958-; Smith, Alexander O
texts
eye 1,080
favorite 10
comment 1
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topic: Fiction
1,072
1.1K
1999
1999
by
Stephen Chbosky
texts
eye 1,072
favorite 8
comment 0
Topics: High school students -- Social conditions -- Juvenile fiction, Epistolary fiction, Diary fiction,...
1,070
1.1K
2000
2000
by
Snicket, Lemony; Helquist, Brett, ill
texts
eye 1,070
favorite 13
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
1,036
1.0K
1983
1983
by
King, Stephen, 1947-
texts
eye 1,036
favorite 5
comment 0
"A Signet book."
Topics: Horror stories, Horror tales, Triangles (Interpersonal relations), Teenagers
1,017
1.0K
2011
2011
by
Brosgol, Vera
texts
eye 1,017
favorite 17
comment 0
Anya, embarrassed by her Russian immigrant family and self-conscious about her body, has given up on fitting in at school but falling down a well and making friends with the ghost there just may be worse
Topics: Graphic novels, Interpersonal relations, Self-esteem, Ghosts, Schools, Russian Americans
1,005
1.0K
2002
2002
by
Indu Sundaresan
texts
eye 1,005
favorite 3
comment 0
Topics: Nūr Jahān, -- Empress, consort of Jahangir, Emperor of Hindustan, -- d. 1645 -- Fiction,...
1,003
1.0K
1986
1986
by
Green, Barry, 1945-; Gallwey, W. Timothy
texts
eye 1,003
favorite 6
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
1,000
1,000
2000
2000
by
Zander, Rosamund Stone, 1942-; Zander, Benjamin, 1939-
texts
eye 1,000
favorite 11
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references
Topics: Possibility, Achievement, Personal Satisfaction, Self Concept, Possibilité
997
997
1994
1994
by
Young, Jeffrey E., 1950-; Klosko, Janet S
texts
eye 997
favorite 7
comment 0
Originally published : New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Dutton, 1993
Topics: Self-defeating behavior, Self-management (Psychology)
984
984
2010
2010
by
David Malouf
texts
eye 984
favorite 1
comment 0
Topics: Achilles (Greek mythology) -- Fiction, Priam (Greek mythology) -- Fiction, Loss (Psychology) --...
979
979
2014
2014
by
Han, Jenny, author
texts
eye 979
favorite 11
comment 0
355 pages ; 22 cm
Topics: {u'11': u'Korean American teenagers', u'13': u'Infatuation', u'12': u'Dating (Social customs)',...
976
976
1999
1999
by
George R. R. Martin
texts
eye 976
favorite 1
comment 0
961
961
2008
2008
by
Byrne, Lorna
texts
eye 961
favorite 6
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
960
960
2009
2009
by
Kinney, Jeff
texts
eye 960
favorite 4
comment 0
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
Topics: Middle schools, Schools, Family life, Diaries, Humorous stories, Middle schools, Schools, Families,...
957
957
2012
2012
by
Bagshawe, Tilly; Sheldon, Sidney
texts
eye 957
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
951
951
1998
1998
by
Roberts, Nora. aut
texts
eye 951
favorite 6
comment 0
Topics: Bays, Boatbuilding x Fiction, Brothers
938
938
2008
2008
by
Johanna Lindsey
texts
eye 938
favorite 4
comment 0
Topics: Aristocracy (Social class) -- Fiction, Kidnapping -- Fiction, Americans -- England -- Fiction
929
929
Jan 10, 2008
01/08
by
John J. Ratey
texts
eye 929
favorite 12
comment 0
Topics: Exercise, General, Health & Fitness / Exercise, Health & Fitness, Consumer Health, Mind and...
927
927
2010
2010
by
Hinds, Gareth, 1971-; Homer. Odyssey
texts
eye 927
favorite 4
comment 0
Retells, in graphic novel format, Homer's epic tale of Odysseus, the ancient Greek hero who encounters witches and other obstacles on his journey home after fighting in the Trojan War
Topics: Children's Books -- Literature -- Classics by Age, Children's Books -- Literature -- Science...
920
920
texts
eye 920
favorite 3
comment 0
Topics: United States. -- National Security Agency -- Fiction, Intelligence officers -- Fiction, Computer...
919
919
texts
eye 919
favorite 8
comment 0
Lowry's unforgettable tale introduces 12-year-old Jonas, who is singled out by the Community to be trained by The Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories of true pain and pleasure. Now it's time for Jonas to receiver the truth
Topic: Science fiction
915
915
2006
2006
by
Kurt Vonnegut
texts
eye 915
favorite 11
comment 1
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
914
914
2010
2010
by
Nelson, Jandy
texts
eye 914
favorite 5
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
911
911
2010
2010
by
Kinney, Jeff
texts
eye 911
favorite 6
comment 0
Gift of William A. Gosling
Topics: Maturation (Psychology), Families, Friendship, Diaries, Humorous stories, Maturation (Psychology),...
