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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
George Saunders
4.53 average rating, · 26.8k ratings
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Upstream: Selected Essays
Mary Oliver
4.16 average rating, · 26.7k ratings
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The Jolly Postman or Other People's Letters
Janet Ahlberg
4.50 average rating, · 12.8k ratings
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The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
Mark Forsyth
4.23 average rating, · 12.8k ratings
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Wreck This Journal
Keri Smith
4.10 average rating, · 15.1k ratings
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Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
Anne Fadiman
4.09 average rating, · 14.6k ratings
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Exercises in Style
Raymond Queneau
4.05 average rating, · 13.3k ratings
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J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator
Wayne G. Hammond
4.25 average rating, · 10.6k ratings
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The Mysteries of Harris Burdick
Chris Van Allsburg
4.49 average rating, · 7.2k ratings
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The Gardener
Sarah Stewart
4.34 average rating, · 7.2k ratings
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A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Non-Fiction
Terry Pratchett
4.24 average rating, · 6.1k ratings
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Exclamation Mark
Amy Krouse Rosenthal
4.26 average rating, · 5.9k ratings
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I Wanna Iguana
Karen Kaufman Orloff
4.21 average rating, · 6k ratings
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The Word Collector
Peter H. Reynolds
4.38 average rating, · 5.1k ratings
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Tolkien On Fairy-stories
J.R.R. Tolkien
4.32 average rating, · 5k ratings
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Too Much and Not the Mood: Essays
Durga Chew-Bose
4.01 average rating, · 5.7k ratings
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The Complete Tolkien Companion
J.E.A. Tyler
4.28 average rating, · 5.1k ratings
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Library Mouse
Daniel Kirk
4.22 average rating, · 4.4k ratings
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Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
Flannery O'Connor
4.27 average rating, · 4k ratings
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The Shawshank Redemption: The Shooting Script
Frank Darabont
4.64 average rating, · 3.2k ratings
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Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings
Shirley Jackson
4.05 average rating, · 4.1k ratings
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Artful
Ali Smith
4.04 average rating, · 4k ratings
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Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen King
Lisa Rogak
4.15 average rating, · 3.5k ratings
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Arthur Writes a Story
Marc Brown
4.15 average rating, · 3.5k ratings
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