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Becoming Nicole is a non-fiction book written by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Amy Ellis Nutt published in October 2015. The book is about the transgender girl Nicole Maines and tackles the subject of gender identity and the LGBTQ community.

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A Beautiful Mind: A Biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr. is the biographical account of the Nobel Prize-winning economist upon which the Oscar-winning film directed by Ron Howard was based. The book was written by Sylvia Nasar, a journalism...

Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction is a memoir written by David Sheff about his family’s journey through their son’s methamphetamine addiction, published in 2008. It was based on The New York Times Magazine article “My...

“Beartown” is a first novel in the series written by a famous Swedish author, Fredrik Backman. Beartown is a translation of the Swedish name of the small town, Bjornstad, where the novel is set. The novel centers around the town’s tradition in ice...

The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time is a non-fiction book that explores the theory of evolution written by Jonathan Weiner. It was published in 1994 and won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction the following year.

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"When there are many worlds you can choose the one you walk into each day." – Jacqueline Woodson

About the AuthorJacqueline Woodson, a celebrated voice in contemporary American literature, is renowned for her lyrical prose and profound exploration...

American Street is a young adult fictional novel by Ibi Zoboi. Published in 2017 by Balzer & Bray, the novel tells a powerful and evoking story about an immigrant family finding their way in the USA after leaving Haiti, only to stumble upon...

“1914” is a war poem, written by famed poet and author, Wilfred Owen, who also served as a soldier during World War I. The poem was published posthumously as Owen died in action in 1918.

This poem uses the seasons to describe the reckoning effects...

“The Misunderstanding” is a short play that contains a deep message of human hopelessness and the author’s philosophical idea of the absurd state of the human experience. It is a play that shows a tragic hero falling under ridiculous...

“The Forever War” is a science fiction novel set in the futuristic 20th century when humans have advanced the space travel technology, and the chosen ones get to explore the space, but also prepare for military conflicts with alien life.

The novel...

“Bright Star” is a romantic movie based on the life of the famous poet John Keats and his lover Fanny Brawne. It was directed by the Academy Award-winning director Jane Campion and stars prolific names from the acting world.

Fanny is an outspoken...

“What have I done to deserve this” is a translated title of the Spanish movie “Que he hecho yo para merecer esto” by one of the most prolific Spanish director. The movie falls into the genre of black comedy, meaning that it portrays some serious...

The Journey of Ibn Fattouma is a provocative fable written by the Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz, which was first published in Arabic in 1983. It was later translated into English from Arabic by Denys Johnson-Davies in 1992....

The Witness for the Defence is a crime and mystery novel written by English author and politician A.E.W. Mason, which was published in 1913. Despite Mason being an upper-class politician, the novel still manages to capture a depth of emotion and...

Batman: The Killing Joke is a 1988 graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Brian Bolland which was conceived as a standalone origin story for the longtime hero/villain relationship between Batman and the Joker. Two different...

Being and Nothingness: A Phenomenological Essay on Ontology is a book written by French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, published in 1943. As an existentialist philosopher, Sartre explores the ontological concepts of being from Martin Heidegger’s ...

Conjectures and Refutations by Karl Popper is based on his understanding of philosophy and reflection of thoughts. Popper applies his understanding of politics, science, and history to argue how people’s insights and objectives develop through a...

A Place in the Sun is a 1951 movie based on Theodore Dreiser’s novel, An American Tragedy. The film was directed by George Stevens and involves issues of sexual desires and class division. The story is based on a real incident where Chester...

Christopher Paolini blossomed in the already fertile world of fantasy fiction in 2003 with his novel Eragon. That book would kick off what would come to be known as The Inheritance Cycle which, as of 2021, stood at four novels in total. In 2020,...

Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher is a book that tells a story of an empire that for years has been fighting against hostile races that live in the world. The narrative is an epic fantasy genre and the author uses an imaginative world to explore...

Storm Front (The Dresden Files Book 1) is a fantasy book written by American author Jim Butcher, and was first published Penguin Putnam on April 1, 2000.

The plot follows a missing person investigation, led by the protagonist, a wizard known as...

Ruin and Rising is a fantasy action book written by Leigh Bardugo, and was first published by Macmillan on June 17, 2014. The book is the third and final installment in the Grisha trilogy and was preceded by Siege and Storm.

The book follows the...

Published in the summer of 2013, Siege and Storm is the Leigh Bardugo’s follow-up to Shadow and Bone and the middle bridge of the trilogy linking the novel to its sequel, Ruin and Rising. The Grisha Trilogy established Bardugo as a new force to be...

“Shadow and Bone” is the first book in the Grisha Trilogy, a fantasy series set in a fictional universe that brings science and magic into connection. The novel follows the main protagonist Alina as she accidentally discovers that she holds more...