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Authors leave their soul on the page, literally. 

Authors

A UCLA study asked an audience to recall a series of speeches. Only 5% remembered any individual statistic, while 63% remembered the stories presented in those speeches. Page turning authors create the essence of great keynote speeches, to be memorable, emotional, compelling. And that means storytelling.

Action & Adventure

Jon Kakauer, Cheryl Strayed, and David Grann constantly have us on the edge of your seat with excitement, as your fave main character repeatedly finds themselves in high stakes situations.

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Comic Books & Graphic Novels

With their intense visuals and focus on the plot and characters, Lucy Sullivan, Matthew Allison, and Gene Luen Yang's comic books fast-paced stories challenge how we move forward as a society.

Detective & Mystery

Elly Griffiths, Lucy Atkins, and Michael Robotham offer new mysteries from our favorite detectives, private investigators, or amateur sleuth down the twist and turns of crime solving.

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Fantasy

Magic, magical creatures and the supernatural are the true protagonist of Christopher Paolini, Elwin Cotman, and Ellen Datlow's imaginary worlds.

Horror

Stephen Graham Jones, Stephen King, and Daniel Krauss' scary stories create a sense of fear, panic, alarm, and dread for the reader through the portrayal of our worst fears and nightmares.

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Literary Fiction

J.K. Rowling, Toni Morrison, Gillian Flynn, & Anne Rice timeless stories stretch emotional intelligence, fires the imagination connecting you with great thinkers that push through cynicism and touches the heart.

Memoir

Michelle Obama, Rebecca Solnit, and Glennon Doyle grant us full access to the key moments that equally change the live's of both the author and reader. 

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Romance

There is a beautiful magic to the way happiness, loyalty, and love are represented in Amy Byler, Sally Thorne, and Jack Harber's novels, that no other genre depicts quite the same way.

Poetry

Sarah Crossnan, Elizabeth Acevedo, and Jasmin Kaur sound techniques, rhymes and rhythms offer vivid imagery within only a few lines creating a strong and lasting impact.

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Biographies &

Autobiographies

Everyone has a story with an audience eager to read, enjoy, and remember the details of each narrative. 

Civil Rights

The civil rights era comes alive in these excellent, informative books that show what life was like before civil rights, why individuals put their lives on the line for equal justice and opportunity, and how there's still more work to be done.

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Science Fiction

Laura Lam, Max Brooks, Christopher Paolini, and all sci-fi authors wrestle with ethical and philosophical issues of humanity's role and our survival.

LGBTQIA+

Jenn Shapland, Paul Lisicky, Cameron Esposito, and LGBTQIA stories educate and inform readers who do not identify as part of the LGBTQ community, they can also portray a path in life that LGBTQ readers may not have thought possible. 

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Suspense & Thrillers

Lucy Foley, Megan Miranda, and Scott Turow draw us in through empathy, concern, impending danger, and escalating tension hook the reader and keeping us flipping pages late into the night.

History

Marion Turner, John Barton, Hallie Rubenhold, and contemporary history writers chronicle a specific moment in time, to educate and inform the reader, looking at all parts of the world at any given moment.

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Short Stories

Edwidge Danticat, Etgar Keret, Ken Liu, are along the many short story authors that provide overriding themes, authentic characters and engrossing plots with tension and resolution. 

Historical Fiction

Daniel Kehlmann, Dan Vyleta, Jane Thynne, are among the many historical fiction writers who create characters that seamlessly thread time, events, and characters.

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