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Best American Essays 2018

av Hilton Als • 2018

The essay as weapon and refuge: twenty-seven writers on race, memory, and a nation on edge.

3.53

350

✍️ The Essay Form 🖋️ Personal Essays 💬 Cultural Criticism 🖤 Race In America 📰 Literary Journalism

Best American Essays 2018

The essay as weapon and refuge: twenty-seven writers on race, memory, and a nation on edge.

av Hilton Als 2018 336 sider

3.53

350 vurderinger

✍️ The Essay Form 🖋️ Personal Essays 💬 Cultural Criticism 🖤 Race In America 📰 Literary Journalism

Bedtime Stories for Kids

av Uncle Amon • 2015

Before sleep: a leap among stars, a pirate stowaway, a magic gem, and a cardboard moon rocket.

3.82

22 000+

🛏️ Bedtime Stories 🎨 Imaginative Play 🌙 Dream Adventures ✨ Magical Companions 🐸 Talking Animals

Bedtime Stories for Kids

Before sleep: a leap among stars, a pirate stowaway, a magic gem, and a cardboard moon rocket.

av Uncle Amon 2015 25 sider

3.82

22 000+ vurderinger

🛏️ Bedtime Stories 🎨 Imaginative Play 🌙 Dream Adventures ✨ Magical Companions 🐸 Talking Animals

The Mammoth Book of True Hauntings

av Peter Haining • 2008

Ghosts don't only haunt crumbling castles: true accounts place them in flats, pubs, and jumbo jets.

3.55

329

👻 Ghost Stories 🔬 Paranormal Investigation 📍 Haunted Locations 📚 Psychical Research 💥 Poltergeist Phenomena

The Mammoth Book of True Hauntings

Ghosts don't only haunt crumbling castles: true accounts place them in flats, pubs, and jumbo jets.

av Peter Haining 2008 512 sider

3.55

329 vurderinger

👻 Ghost Stories 🔬 Paranormal Investigation 📍 Haunted Locations 📚 Psychical Research 💥 Poltergeist Phenomena

Chicken Soup for the Soul

av Jack Canfield • 2009

The recession took their jobs, homes, and savings. 101 people share how they rebuilt anyway.

3.90

160

🏠 Uplifting Anthologies 💪 Overcoming Adversity 📖 Resilience Stories ☀️ Positive Thinking 🙏 Faith And Hope

Chicken Soup for the Soul

The recession took their jobs, homes, and savings. 101 people share how they rebuilt anyway.

av Jack Canfield 2009 414 sider

3.90

160 vurderinger

🏠 Uplifting Anthologies 💪 Overcoming Adversity 📖 Resilience Stories ☀️ Positive Thinking 🙏 Faith And Hope

The Stone Reader

av Peter Catapano • 2015

From the New York Times: 133 philosophers debate mind, morals, God, and the good life.

3.83

453

🌍 Public Philosophy 🔬 Philosophy Of Science ⚖️ Moral Philosophy 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🧬 Evolutionary Ethics

The Stone Reader

From the New York Times: 133 philosophers debate mind, morals, God, and the good life.

av Peter Catapano 2015 816 sider

3.83

453 vurderinger

🌍 Public Philosophy 🔬 Philosophy Of Science ⚖️ Moral Philosophy 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🧬 Evolutionary Ethics

The New York Times Book of Mathematics

av Gina Kolata • 2013

Seven riffle shuffles, three hundred years, and one question: is math discovered or invented?

3.62

159

🏛️ History Of Mathematics 📝 Scientific Essays 🤔 Philosophy Of Math 👤 Mathematicians 🏠 Everyday Math

The New York Times Book of Mathematics

Seven riffle shuffles, three hundred years, and one question: is math discovered or invented?

av Gina Kolata 2013 498 sider

3.62

159 vurderinger

🏛️ History Of Mathematics 📝 Scientific Essays 🤔 Philosophy Of Math 👤 Mathematicians 🏠 Everyday Math

The Tangleroot Palace

av Marjorie M. Liu • 2021

A princess flees a warlord into a cursed forest where a sleeping queen deals in dreams.

3.96

2 000+

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 👑 Reluctant Princess 🎭 Disguised Identity 🌳 Enchanted Forest 🫂 Found Family

The Tangleroot Palace

A princess flees a warlord into a cursed forest where a sleeping queen deals in dreams.

av Marjorie M. Liu 2021 239 sider

3.96

2 000+ vurderinger

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 👑 Reluctant Princess 🎭 Disguised Identity 🌳 Enchanted Forest 🫂 Found Family

The Beast You Are

av Paul Tremblay • 2023

An animal village sacrifices a child each generation. Two survivors plot to stop the beast.

3.33

3 000+

🖋️ Literary Horror 🌾 Folk Horror 🌌 Cosmic Dread 🐾 Dark Fable 🗡️ Ritual Sacrifice

The Beast You Are

An animal village sacrifices a child each generation. Two survivors plot to stop the beast.

av Paul Tremblay 2023 352 sider

3.33

3 000+ vurderinger

🖋️ Literary Horror 🌾 Folk Horror 🌌 Cosmic Dread 🐾 Dark Fable 🗡️ Ritual Sacrifice

Buried Deep and Other Stories

av Naomi Novik • 2024

Exiled to the colonies, a defiant heiress dons a magical disguise and joins her pirate captors.

4.02

7 000+

🏰 Regency Fantasy 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Adventure 🎭 Gender Disguise 🤝 Reluctant Allies 👥 Found Family

Buried Deep and Other Stories

Exiled to the colonies, a defiant heiress dons a magical disguise and joins her pirate captors.

av Naomi Novik 2024 430 sider

4.02

7 000+ vurderinger

🏰 Regency Fantasy 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Adventure 🎭 Gender Disguise 🤝 Reluctant Allies 👥 Found Family

Happily Ever After

av Kiera Cass • 2015

Untold stories from the contest: a forbidden romance, a queen's secret, and the guard's sacrifice.

4.03

81 000+

🌆 Dystopian Romance 👑 Royal Courtship 🤒 Hidden Illness 💔 Forbidden Love 🌹 Courtship Competition

Happily Ever After

Untold stories from the contest: a forbidden romance, a queen's secret, and the guard's sacrifice.

av Kiera Cass 2015 416 sider

4.03

81 000+ vurderinger

🌆 Dystopian Romance 👑 Royal Courtship 🤒 Hidden Illness 💔 Forbidden Love 🌹 Courtship Competition

This I Believe

av Dan Gediman • 2011

When his daughter called him a geek and a loser, one father heard something else entirely.

4.14

👨‍👧 Fatherhood 📖 Parenting Memoirs 🕊️ Family Forgiveness 💪 Resilience 🧭 Values-Based Parenting

This I Believe

When his daughter called him a geek and a loser, one father heard something else entirely.

av Dan Gediman 2011 208 sider

4.14

51 vurderinger

👨‍👧 Fatherhood 📖 Parenting Memoirs 🕊️ Family Forgiveness 💪 Resilience 🧭 Values-Based Parenting

Broken Throne

av Victoria Aveyard • 2019

The Silver crown shattered. Diaries and letters trace the fragile peace built from its wreckage.

3.79

49 000+

🏚️ Dystopian Fantasy 📖 Short Story Collection ✊ Revolution 👑 Reluctant Royalty 💫 Cross-Class Romance

Broken Throne

The Silver crown shattered. Diaries and letters trace the fragile peace built from its wreckage.

av Victoria Aveyard 2019 479 sider

3.79

49 000+ vurderinger

🏚️ Dystopian Fantasy 📖 Short Story Collection ✊ Revolution 👑 Reluctant Royalty 💫 Cross-Class Romance

From a Certain Point of View

av Elizabeth Schaefer • 2023

The Empire's fall, told by the droids, slaves, and schemers who lived it.

3.90

2 000+

🌌 Star Wars Anthology 🧩 Mosaic Narrative 🔥 Redemption Arc 👪 Found Family 🤖 Droid Sentience

From a Certain Point of View

The Empire's fall, told by the droids, slaves, and schemers who lived it.

av Elizabeth Schaefer 2023 573 sider

3.90

2 000+ vurderinger

🌌 Star Wars Anthology 🧩 Mosaic Narrative 🔥 Redemption Arc 👪 Found Family 🤖 Droid Sentience

Tales of the Greatcoats Vol. 1

av Sebastien de Castell • 2021

A dead king's magistrates wander a broken kingdom, fighting duels to keep justice alive.

4.27

500+

⚔️ Swashbuckling Adventure ⚖️ Legal Fantasy 🛡️ Trial By Combat 🕊️ Redemption Arc 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Tales of the Greatcoats Vol. 1

A dead king's magistrates wander a broken kingdom, fighting duels to keep justice alive.

av Sebastien de Castell 2021 304 sider

4.27

500+ vurderinger

⚔️ Swashbuckling Adventure ⚖️ Legal Fantasy 🛡️ Trial By Combat 🕊️ Redemption Arc 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Best American Short Stories 2024

av Lauren Groff • 2024

Lauren Groff gathers twenty stories of the year: surreal, tender, and unafraid of the dark.

3.77

500+

🗣️ Diverse American Voices 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Literary Fiction ✨ Magical Realism 🌍 Immigrant Experience 🔄 Experimental Narrative

The Best American Short Stories 2024

Lauren Groff gathers twenty stories of the year: surreal, tender, and unafraid of the dark.

av Lauren Groff 2024 400 sider

3.77

500+ vurderinger

🗣️ Diverse American Voices 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Literary Fiction ✨ Magical Realism 🌍 Immigrant Experience 🔄 Experimental Narrative

Forward

av Blake Crouch • 2019

Six celebrated authors, one question: when technology overtakes us, what remains worth saving?

3.74

1 000+

📚 Speculative Anthology 🤖 Ai Consciousness ⚡ Creator Versus Creation 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🧫 Cloning Ethics

Forward

Six celebrated authors, one question: when technology overtakes us, what remains worth saving?

av Blake Crouch 2019 309 sider

3.74

1 000+ vurderinger

📚 Speculative Anthology 🤖 Ai Consciousness ⚡ Creator Versus Creation 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🧫 Cloning Ethics

Star Wars

av Kevin J. Anderson • 1996

Jabba the Hutt's underlings scheme for escape while a Jedi approaches to bring the palace down.

3.68

6 000+

🔫 Criminal Underworld 📚 Shared World Anthology 🎭 Minor Characters 👑 Palace Intrigue ⛓️ Enslaved Characters

Star Wars

Jabba the Hutt's underlings scheme for escape while a Jedi approaches to bring the palace down.

av Kevin J. Anderson 1996 448 sider

3.68

6 000+ vurderinger

🔫 Criminal Underworld 📚 Shared World Anthology 🎭 Minor Characters 👑 Palace Intrigue ⛓️ Enslaved Characters

The Traveler's Gate Chronicles

av Will Wight • 2015

Three Territories. One rule: master yourself or the realm will destroy you.

4.32

500+

🎭 Emotional Suppression 📚 Series Companion 👴 Mentor And Apprentice 🏹 Monster Hunting 🤔 Philosophical Fantasy

The Traveler's Gate Chronicles

Three Territories. One rule: master yourself or the realm will destroy you.

av Will Wight 2015 262 sider

4.32

500+ vurderinger

🎭 Emotional Suppression 📚 Series Companion 👴 Mentor And Apprentice 🏹 Monster Hunting 🤔 Philosophical Fantasy

Dawn of Mist

av Helen Scheuerer • 2020

Found family, forbidden love, deadly coming-of-age: before a mist that devours magic wakes.

4.26

356

🖤 Found Family 👯‍♀️ Sibling Rivalry 💕 Secret Romance 🎩 Class Divide ✨ Magic As Burden

Dawn of Mist

Found family, forbidden love, deadly coming-of-age: before a mist that devours magic wakes.

av Helen Scheuerer 2020 350 sider

4.26

356 vurderinger

🖤 Found Family 👯‍♀️ Sibling Rivalry 💕 Secret Romance 🎩 Class Divide ✨ Magic As Burden

The Top of the Volcano

av Harlan Ellison • 2014

Eighteen stories where the rebels lose, the machines hate, and mercy is the end of everything.

4.12

268

🌀 New Wave Sf 📚 Literary Sf 🏚️ Apocalyptic Survival ✊ Dystopian Rebellion 🗣️ Fiercely Moral

The Top of the Volcano

Eighteen stories where the rebels lose, the machines hate, and mercy is the end of everything.

av Harlan Ellison 2014 536 sider

4.12

268 vurderinger

🌀 New Wave Sf 📚 Literary Sf 🏚️ Apocalyptic Survival ✊ Dystopian Rebellion 🗣️ Fiercely Moral

Colección integral de Jane Austen

av Jane Austen • 1981

Seven women, one Regency world: love, pride, and the winding road to knowing your own heart.

4.57

34 000+

🏛️ Regency Romance 🎭 Comedy Of Manners 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 💌 Second Chance Romance

Colección integral de Jane Austen

Seven women, one Regency world: love, pride, and the winding road to knowing your own heart.

av Jane Austen 1981 2561 sider

4.57

34 000+ vurderinger

🏛️ Regency Romance 🎭 Comedy Of Manners 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 💌 Second Chance Romance

Revelations in Black

av Carl Jacobi • 1947

A book bound in black, a carved cane: Jacobi's antiques carry horrors that won't stay buried.

3.78

129

🌀 Weird Fiction 🏺 Cursed Objects 📚 Forbidden Knowledge 🕯️ Ancestral Curses 🌫️ Atmospheric Horror

Revelations in Black

A book bound in black, a carved cane: Jacobi's antiques carry horrors that won't stay buried.

av Carl Jacobi 1947 272 sider

3.78

129 vurderinger

🌀 Weird Fiction 🏺 Cursed Objects 📚 Forbidden Knowledge 🕯️ Ancestral Curses 🌫️ Atmospheric Horror

Weird Black Girls

av Elwin Cotman • 2024

Being Black in America is already a horror story. These tales just make the subtext literal.

3.05

408

✨ Magical Realism 👁️ Surreal Horror 🔗 Generational Trauma 🌈 Queer Intimacy 🤝 Cross-Racial Dynamics

Weird Black Girls

Being Black in America is already a horror story. These tales just make the subtext literal.

av Elwin Cotman 2024 320 sider

3.05

408 vurderinger

✨ Magical Realism 👁️ Surreal Horror 🔗 Generational Trauma 🌈 Queer Intimacy 🤝 Cross-Racial Dynamics

Erotic Fantasies

av Suzy Ayers • 2014

An explicit anthology: wives, best friends, and strangers cross every line without apology.

3.46

2 000+

📚 Erotic Anthology ⛓️ Bdsm Dynamics 🧡 Friends To Lovers 🌸 Sexual Awakening 🔥 Forbidden Desire

Erotic Fantasies

An explicit anthology: wives, best friends, and strangers cross every line without apology.

av Suzy Ayers 2014 169 sider

3.46

2 000+ vurderinger

📚 Erotic Anthology ⛓️ Bdsm Dynamics 🧡 Friends To Lovers 🌸 Sexual Awakening 🔥 Forbidden Desire

The Black Woman

av Toni Cade Bambara • 1970

The 1970 anthology that told white feminists they were bourgeois and Black Power it was sexist.

4.48

415

✊🏾 Black Feminism 🎯 Intersectional Feminism 🧨 Black Power 🩺 Reproductive Justice ⛓️ Anti-Capitalist Feminism

The Black Woman

The 1970 anthology that told white feminists they were bourgeois and Black Power it was sexist.

av Toni Cade Bambara 1970 352 sider

4.48

415 vurderinger

✊🏾 Black Feminism 🎯 Intersectional Feminism 🧨 Black Power 🩺 Reproductive Justice ⛓️ Anti-Capitalist Feminism

If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light

av Kim Cho-yeop • 2019

Alien symbionts live in infant brains, teach empathy, then vanish. The homesickness is permanent.

4.05

1 000+

🇰🇷 Korean Science Fiction 📖 Speculative Short Fiction 🔧 Technological Alienation 🧬 Posthuman Identity 🌐 Utopian Critique

If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light

Alien symbionts live in infant brains, teach empathy, then vanish. The homesickness is permanent.

av Kim Cho-yeop 2019 192 sider

4.05

1 000+ vurderinger

🇰🇷 Korean Science Fiction 📖 Speculative Short Fiction 🔧 Technological Alienation 🧬 Posthuman Identity 🌐 Utopian Critique

The William Hope Hodgson Megapack

av William Hope Hodgson • 2014

Before Lovecraft, one writer filled the sea with cosmic terrors and the dark with ritual wards.

4.18

🌌 Cosmic Horror 🌊 Maritime Horror 👁️ Weird Fiction 🌀 Dimensional Rifts 🧫 Biological Horror

The William Hope Hodgson Megapack

Before Lovecraft, one writer filled the sea with cosmic terrors and the dark with ritual wards.

av William Hope Hodgson 2014 917 sider

4.18

72 vurderinger

🌌 Cosmic Horror 🌊 Maritime Horror 👁️ Weird Fiction 🌀 Dimensional Rifts 🧫 Biological Horror

The Best of Robert E. Howard Volume 1 by Howard, Robert E.. (Del Rey,2007) [Paperback]

av Robert E. Howard • 2007

Cimmerian steel, cosmic dread, and frontier comedy: the essential Howard collected in one volume.

4.23

500+

🗡️ Sword And Sorcery 🌌 Cosmic Horror 🐙 Lovecraftian 📖 Pulp Adventure 👻 Ancient Evils

The Best of Robert E. Howard Volume 1 by Howard, Robert E.. (Del Rey,2007) [Paperback]

Cimmerian steel, cosmic dread, and frontier comedy: the essential Howard collected in one volume.

av Robert E. Howard 2007

4.23

500+ vurderinger

🗡️ Sword And Sorcery 🌌 Cosmic Horror 🐙 Lovecraftian 📖 Pulp Adventure 👻 Ancient Evils

Tailored Realities

av Brandon Sanderson • 2025

From designer brains to body-jumping immortals, ten stories that ask what reality is worth.

4.04

6 000+

🚀 Speculative Fiction 📚 Short Story Collection 🖥️ Simulated Realities 🧬 Engineered Minds ♾️ Immortality And Empathy

Tailored Realities

From designer brains to body-jumping immortals, ten stories that ask what reality is worth.

av Brandon Sanderson 2025 428 sider

4.04

6 000+ vurderinger

🚀 Speculative Fiction 📚 Short Story Collection 🖥️ Simulated Realities 🧬 Engineered Minds ♾️ Immortality And Empathy

Strange Worlds of Lunacy

av Lyndon Perry • 2008

When laughter breaks magic curses and bureaucracy conquers aliens, fairy tales don't stand a chance.

4.67

🃏 Comic Fantasy 🧚 Fairy Tale Parody 🤪 Absurdist Fiction 📖 Meta Fiction ⏳ Time Travel Paradoxes

Strange Worlds of Lunacy

When laughter breaks magic curses and bureaucracy conquers aliens, fairy tales don't stand a chance.

av Lyndon Perry 2008 224 sider

4.67

9 vurderinger

🃏 Comic Fantasy 🧚 Fairy Tale Parody 🤪 Absurdist Fiction 📖 Meta Fiction ⏳ Time Travel Paradoxes

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