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How to Read a Book

by Mortimer J. Adler • 1940

Immersive

How to Read a Book

by Mortimer J. Adler 1940 450 pages

The Book Club for Troublesome Women

by Marie Bostwick • 2025

The Book Club for Troublesome Women

by Marie Bostwick 2025 372 pages

by Monica Wood • 2024

by Monica Wood 2024 280 pages

The Secret Book Society

by Madeline Martin • 2025

The Secret Book Society

by Madeline Martin 2025 336 pages

by Kate Quinn • 2026

by Kate Quinn 2026 304 pages

by Alyson Richman • 2025

by Alyson Richman 2025 416 pages

This Book Made Me Think of You

by Libby Page • 2026

This Book Made Me Think of You

by Libby Page 2026 407 pages

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

by Satoshi Yagisawa • 2010

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

by Satoshi Yagisawa 2010 150 pages

Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books

by Kirsten Miller • 2024

Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books

by Kirsten Miller 2024 298 pages

by Gareth Brown • 2024

by Gareth Brown 2024 418 pages

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

by Gabrielle Zevin • 2014

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

by Gabrielle Zevin 2014 260 pages

The Storytelling Animal

by Jonathan Gottschall • 2012

How Stories Make Us Human

The Storytelling Animal

How Stories Make Us Human

by Jonathan Gottschall 2012 248 pages

by James Wood • 2008

by James Wood 2008 265 pages

The Shadow of the Wind

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón • 2001

The Shadow of the Wind

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 2001 487 pages

The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club

by Martha Hall Kelly • 2025

The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club

by Martha Hall Kelly 2025 336 pages

The Secret Book of Flora Lea

by Patti Callahan Henry • 2023

The Secret Book of Flora Lea

by Patti Callahan Henry 2023 355 pages

What You Are Looking for Is in the Library

by Michiko Aoyama • 2020

What You Are Looking for Is in the Library

by Michiko Aoyama 2020 304 pages

by Diane Setterfield • 2006

by Diane Setterfield 2006 406 pages

The Echo of Old Books

by Barbara Davis • 2023

The Echo of Old Books

by Barbara Davis 2023 413 pages

by E.M. Forster • 1927

by E.M. Forster 1927 192 pages

The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy

by Gregory Bassham • 2003

One Book to Rule Them All

The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy

One Book to Rule Them All

by Gregory Bassham 2003 163 pages

More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

by Satoshi Yagisawa • 2011

More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

by Satoshi Yagisawa 2011 176 pages

Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop

by Hwang Bo-Reum • 2022

Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop

by Hwang Bo-Reum 2022 307 pages

by Jodie Archer • 2016

Anatomy of a Blockbuster Novel

Anatomy of a Blockbuster Novel

by Jodie Archer 2016 242 pages

Reading Like a Writer

by Francine Prose • 2006

Reading Like a Writer

by Francine Prose 2006 320 pages

by John Grisham • 2017

by John Grisham 2017 290 pages

The Anatomy of Genres

by John Truby • 2022

How Story Forms Explain the Way the World Works

The Anatomy of Genres

How Story Forms Explain the Way the World Works

by John Truby 2022 722 pages

How to Read Nonfiction Like a Professor

by Thomas C. Foster • 2020

Critical Thinking in the Age of Bias, Contested Truth, and Disinformation

How to Read Nonfiction Like a Professor

Critical Thinking in the Age of Bias, Contested Truth, and Disinformation

by Thomas C. Foster 2020 336 pages

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

by Kim Michele Richardson • 2019

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

by Kim Michele Richardson 2019 309 pages

by Ursula K. Le Guin • 1998

A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story

A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story

by Ursula K. Le Guin 1998 160 pages

Discovering the Hidden Wisdom of the Little Prince

by Pierre Lassus • 2014

In Search of Saint-Exupéry's Lost Child

Discovering the Hidden Wisdom of the Little Prince

In Search of Saint-Exupéry's Lost Child

by Pierre Lassus 2014 227 pages

The Little Paris Bookshop

by Nina George • 2013

The Little Paris Bookshop

by Nina George 2013 392 pages

How to Read Literature Like a Professor

by Thomas C. Foster • 2003

A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines

How to Read Literature Like a Professor

A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines

by Thomas C. Foster 2003 314 pages

by Donalyn Miller • 2013

The Book Whisperer's Keys to Cultivating Lifelong Reading Habits

4.45

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Education

Professional Development

Teaching

Reading in the Wild

The Book Whisperer's Keys to Cultivating Lifelong Reading Habits

by Donalyn Miller 2013 304 pages

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5k+ ratings

Education

Professional Development

Teaching

The Book Whisperer

by Donalyn Miller • 2009

Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child

Professional Development

The Book Whisperer

Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child

by Donalyn Miller 2009 240 pages

Professional Development

The Book That Wouldn’t Burn

by Mark Lawrence • 2023

The Book That Wouldn’t Burn

by Mark Lawrence 2023 559 pages

50 Philosophy Classics

by Tom Butler-Bowdon • 2013

Thinking, Being, Acting Seeing - Profound Insights and Powerful Thinking from Fifty Key Books

50 Philosophy Classics

Thinking, Being, Acting Seeing - Profound Insights and Powerful Thinking from Fifty Key Books

by Tom Butler-Bowdon 2013 336 pages

by Jorge Luis Borges • 1941

by Jorge Luis Borges 1941 36 pages

The Book Woman's Daughter

by Kim Michele Richardson • 2022

The Book Woman's Daughter

by Kim Michele Richardson 2022 336 pages

The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction

by Alan Jacobs • 2011

The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction

by Alan Jacobs 2011 162 pages

by Stephen King • 1981

by Stephen King 1981 400 pages

The Personal Librarian

by Marie Benedict • 2021

The Personal Librarian

by Marie Benedict 2021 341 pages

by Glory Edim • 2018

Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves

Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves

by Glory Edim 2018 201 pages

by Azar Nafisi • 2022

The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times

The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times

by Azar Nafisi 2022 225 pages

How to Live Like the Little Prince

by Stéphane Garnier • 2021

A Grown-Up's Guide to Rediscovering Imagination, Adventure, and Awe

How to Live Like the Little Prince

A Grown-Up's Guide to Rediscovering Imagination, Adventure, and Awe

by Stéphane Garnier 2021 128 pages

Tolstoy and the Purple Chair

by Nina Sankovitch • 2011

My Year of Magical Reading

Tolstoy and the Purple Chair

My Year of Magical Reading

by Nina Sankovitch 2011 241 pages

by Ursula K. Le Guin • 2018

Conversations on Writing

Conversations on Writing

by Ursula K. Le Guin 2018 138 pages

by Bohumil Hrabal • 1976

by Bohumil Hrabal 1976 112 pages

The Science of Harry Potter

by Roger Highfield • 2002

How Magic Really Works

The Science of Harry Potter

How Magic Really Works

by Roger Highfield 2002 322 pages

The Midnight Bookshop

by Amanda James • 2025

The Midnight Bookshop

by Amanda James 2025 385 pages

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