 | Shanghai Girls: A Novel by Lisa See
Buy new: $14.62 / Used from: $12.09 Great story about sisters and all the hardships they endured together. Wish there was a sequel.5 stars
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 | The Girl by Meridel Le Sueur
Buy new: $13.95 / Used from: $9.79 Sad tale of some women during the depression. Can still feel empathy with characters even though different times. 5 stars
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 | Ines of My Soul: A Novel by Isabel Allende
Buy new: $10.76 / Used from: $0.30 Tragic sad love story in the middle of horrible battles with natives americans over land. 4 stars
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 | Seize the Day (Penguin Classics) by Saul Bellow
Buy new: $9.89 / Used from: $2.68 Painful to read at times, the character is just pitiful and sympathetic. 5 stars
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 | Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $1.00 Intertwined short stories, all different and the same at the same time. 5 stars
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 | The Giver by Lois Lowry
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.75 Great futuristic book for youth and adults, kind of spooky. 5 stars
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 | The Russian Concubine by Kate Furnivall
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.10 Wonderfull love story that crosses all boundaries. 5 stars
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 | Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $0.28 Story about a family who is connected with each other, whether they like it or not, through many miles and even death. 5 stars
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 | The Known World by Edward P. Jones
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $2.82 Many entertwined stories about slavery on plantation owned by ex-slaves. 4 stars
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 | The Rest of Her Life by Laura Moriarty
Buy new: $11.96 / Used from: $0.01 Good story, 4 stars
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 | Talk Talk by T.C. Boyle
Buy new: $11.20 / Used from: $0.01 Good story,4 stars
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 | Candide and Other Stories (Oxford World's Classics) by Voltaire
Buy new: $7.95 / Used from: $3.95 Great stories, funny and makes you think also. 5 stars
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 | The Garden Next Door: A Novel by Jose Donoso
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.82 Seems a little tedious at time but pulls together, a little surprised with ending, was not sure how I felt about book but did enjoy in the end 4 stars
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 | The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $1.43 Great historical. 5 stars
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 | The Other Boleyn Girl (Movie Tie-In) by Philippa Gregory
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $0.08 Great historical fiction.5 stars
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 | The Monk (Penguin Classics) by Matthew Lewis
Buy new: $7.91 / Used from: $3.99 Disturbing tales, great gothic tales, still scary and creepy even though written over 200 years ago. 5 stars
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 | The Kite Runner Illustrated Edition by Khaled Hosseini
Buy new: $18.87 / Used from: $9.98 Great story,damaged character with a chance at redemtion. 5 stars
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 | Sickened: The True Story of a Lost Childhood by Julie Gregory
Buy new: $9.89 / Used from: $5.99 Sickening account of one of the worst stories about child abuse. MBP is a serious abuse. 4 stars
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 | Oedipus Rex - Literary Touchstone Edition by Sophocles
Buy new: $3.99 / Used from: $2.50 Tragedy at its worst. 5stars
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 | Beastly by Alex Flinn
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.71 Great modern version of Beauty and the Beast. 5 stars
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 | The Feast of the Goat: A Novel by Mario Vargas Llosa
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $1.95 Horrific accounts of the Trujillo regime and the fall of it. 5 stars
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 | Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $2.99 Amazing , you feel like you are there. Seeing lead character as he begins to see through different eyes. 5 stars
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 | Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $6.94 Detailed personal account of the auther account of her culture and religion and the difficulties she had to endure. Very surprising account. 5 stars
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 | A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Buy new: $9.36 / Used from: $2.37 Very enlighting story of 2 different women who meet in the middle and are changed forever, heartbreaking at times and with sweet moments. 5 stars
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 | Slumdog Millionaire: A Novel by Vikas Swarup
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.75 Fast paced, with unexpected surprises, heart wrenching situations at each turn of events. Excellent 5 stars
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 | Songs Without Words (Vintage Contemporaries) by Ann Packer
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.01 Book about freindship and familis and the complications of it and joys of it.4stars
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 | Geographies of Home by Loida Maritza Perez
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.86 Intense family drama, many kids with many difficult situation 4stars
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 | Salsa and Chips by Daniel Reveles
Buy used from: $2.08 Great continuation to his earlier book (Enchiladas,Rice and Beans). Wonderful short stories. 5 stars
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 | Enchiladas, Rice, and Beans (One World) by Daniel Reveles
Buy new: $19.00 / Used from: $0.01 Excellent short stories with vivid descriptions of the characters. Funny and fantasic. 5 stars
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 | The Slave Ship: A Human History by Marcus Rediker
Buy used from: $13.39 Almost like a history book, very detailed accounts of horrific conditions. Great book with stories from all accounts. 4 stars
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 | 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill
Buy new: $11.92 / Used from: $1.92 Great set of short stories, some not scary but creepy and some a little funny in a sick way, and some just plain scary. 5 stars
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 | The War of the Saints by Jorge Amado
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $0.43 Many stories all into one, good book but it gets a little distracting at the very end. 4 stars
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 | Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands by Jorge Amado
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $5.00 Great characters even the evil ones, great story looking at all sides and reasons of actions. 5stars
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 | Power: A Novel by Linda Hogan
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $1.95 Teen perspective of living between two world , modern american and ancient tribal. 4 stars
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 | Away: A Novel by Amy Bloom
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $0.01 Flawed,maternal mother determined to go back to Russia to find her lost daughter, many different adventures that affected peoples live permanently. 4 stars
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 | Fifteen Candles: 15 Tales of Taffeta, Hairspray, Drunk Uncles, and other Quinceanera Stories by Adriana Lopez
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.18 Funny stories, sad stories and ridiculous stories 4 stars
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 | Sights Unseen: A Novel (P.S.) by Kaye Gibbons
Buy new: $11.86 / Used from: $0.01 Intense story of mental illness,realistic. 4 stars
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 | In the Country of Last Things by Paul Auster
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $2.59 Very dark,a little depressing,and a bit scary. Good read. 5 stars
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 | Mexico: A Traveler's Literary Companion
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $3.77 Good,funny,sad, and some were a little boring but overall a good selections of short stories. 4 stars
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 | Cane River by Lalita Tademy
Buy used from: $0.01 Very good book with each generation giving part of story, wish it went on even longer. 5 stars
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