WSJ’s Top Book Recommendations-Cary Regional

Discover the best books of the year, handpicked by the editors of The Wall Street Journal. From thought-provoking nonfiction to engrossing fiction, our Top Book Recommendations offer a curated list of exceptional reads that will inform, inspire, and entertain. Featuring titles from acclaimed authors and emerging voices, our selection spans genres and subjects, ensuring there's something for every reader. Dive into the world of ideas, stories, and perspectives that will change the way you think, feel, and see the world.
 

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1. Jane Austen's bookshelf: a rare book collector's quest to find the women writers who shaped a legend

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Author:
Romney, Rebecca
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"From rare book dealer and guest star of the hit show Pawn Stars, a page-turning literary adventure that introduces readers to the women writers who inspired Jane Austen [Frances Burney, Ann Radcliffe, Charlotte Lennox, Charlotte Smith, Hannah More, Elizabeth Inchbald, Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi, and Maria Edgeworth]--and investigates why their books have disappeared from our shelves"--

2. Lollapalooza: the uncensored story of alternative rock's wildest festival

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Author:
Bienstock, Richard
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Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
781.66 BIENS
Middlecreek Community - Adult Non-Fiction
781.66 BIENS
Oberlin Regional - Adult Non-Fiction has 2
781.66 BIENS
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"Through hundreds of new interviews with artists, tour founders, festival organizers, promoters, publicists, sideshow freaks, stage crews, record label execs, reporters, roadies, and more, Lollapalooza chronicles the tour's pioneering 1991-1997 run, and, in the process, alternative rock's rise--as well as the reverberations that led to a massive shift in the music industry and the culture at large. [The book] features original interviews with some...

3. A swim in a pond in the rain: in which four Russians give a master class on writing, reading, and life

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Saunders, George, 1958-
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Cary Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
891.7 SAUND
Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
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North Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
891.7 SAUND
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"In A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, George Saunders guides the reader through seven classic Russian short stories he's been teaching for twenty years as a professor in the prestigious Syracuse University graduate MFA creative writing program. Paired with stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Gogol, these essays are intended for anyone interested in how fiction works and why it's more relevant than ever in these turbulent times. Saunders approaches...