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The Girl on the Velvet Swing: Sex, Murder, and Madness at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century

The Girl on the Velvet Swing: Sex, Murder, and Madness at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century
BySimon Baatz
    The Road

    The Road
    ByCormac McCarthy
      A False Report

      A False Report
      ByT. Christian Miller,Ken Armstrong
        The Sympathizer

        #1 of 2 in The Sympathizer

        The Sympathizer
        ByViet Thanh Nguyen
          Modern Romance

          Modern Romance
          ByAziz Ansari,Eric Klinenberg
            Kitchen Confidential : Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

            Kitchen Confidential
            ByAnthony Bourdain
              Best. Movie. Year. Ever.

              Best. Movie. Year. Ever.
              ByBrian Raftery
                The Giver

                #1 of 4 in The Giver

                The Giver
                ByLois Lowry
                  The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo

                  The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo
                  ByAmy Schumer
                    The night stalker

                    The Night Stalker
                    ByPhilip Carlo
                      Murder on the Orient Express

                      #11 of 46 in Hercule Poirot

                      Crima din Orient Express
                      ByAgatha Christie
                        Sharp Objects

                        Sharp Objects
                        ByGillian Flynn
                          Girl, interrupted

                          Girl, interrupted
                          BySusanna Kaysen
                            She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement

                            She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement
                            ByJodi Kantor
                              A Visit from the Goon Squad

                              #1 of 3 in Goon Squad

                              A Visit from the Goon Squad
                              ByJennifer Egan
                                Where the Crawdads Sing

                                Where the Crawdads Sing
                                ByDelia Owens
                                  Duped

                                  Duped
                                  ByAbby Ellin
                                    Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

                                    Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
                                    BySteve Martin
                                      Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking

                                      Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
                                      BySamin Nosrat
                                        Ghost World

                                        28 Love and Rockets

                                        Ghost World
                                        ByDaniel Clowes
                                          Less

                                          #1 of 2 in Arthur Less

                                          Less
                                          ByAndrew Sean Greer,Elena Dal Pra(Translator)
                                            Member of the Family: My Story of Charles Manson, Life Inside His Cult, and the Darkness That Ended the Sixties

                                            Member of the Family: My Story of Charles Manson, Life Inside His Cult, and the Darkness That Ended the Sixties
                                            ByDianne Lake,Deborah Herman
                                              Never Let Me Go

                                              Never Let Me Go
                                              ByKazuo Ishiguro
                                                Manson

                                                Manson
                                                ByJeff Guinn
                                                  God Save Texas: A Journey Into the Soul of the Lone Star State

                                                  God Save Texas: A Journey Into the Soul of the Lone Star State
                                                  ByLawrence Wright
                                                    Remembering Satan

                                                    Remembering Satan
                                                    ByLawrence Wright
                                                      Fahrenheit 451

                                                      Fahrenheit 451
                                                      ByRay Bradbury
                                                        Slaughterhouse 5

                                                        Critical Insights

                                                        Slaughterhouse-Five: A Duty Dance with Death
                                                        ByKurt Vonnegut
                                                          To Kill a Mockingbird

                                                          #1 of 2 in To Kill a Mockingbird

                                                          To Kill a Mockingbird
                                                          ByHarper Lee
                                                            The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South

                                                            Cadaver King and the Country Dentist
                                                            ByRadley Balko,Tucker Carrington
                                                              Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide

                                                              Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide
                                                              ByKaren Kilgariff,Georgia Hardstark
                                                                The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher

                                                                The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher
                                                                ByKate Summerscale
                                                                  Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith

                                                                  Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
                                                                  ByJon Krakauer
                                                                    The Kitchen House

                                                                    The Kitchen House
                                                                    ByKathleen Grissom
                                                                      The Secret History

                                                                      The Secret History
                                                                      ByDonna Tartt
                                                                        SPIDER & FLY

                                                                        SPIDER & FLY
                                                                        ByClaudia Rowe
                                                                          Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us

                                                                          Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
                                                                          ByMichael Moss
                                                                            Mortal Engines

                                                                            #1 of 4 in Mortal Engines Quartet

                                                                            Mortal Engines
                                                                            ByPhilip Reeve
                                                                              The midnight assassin

                                                                              The Midnight Assassin
                                                                              BySkip Hollandsworth
                                                                                The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11

                                                                                The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
                                                                                ByLawrence Wright
                                                                                  Cover 2

                                                                                  Kid Gloves

                                                                                  Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos
                                                                                  ByLucy Knisley
                                                                                    I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

                                                                                    I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
                                                                                    ByMichelle McNamara
                                                                                      The Color Purple

                                                                                      #1 of 2 in The Color Purple Collection

                                                                                      The Color Purple
                                                                                      ByAlice Walker
                                                                                        The Omnivore's Dilemma

                                                                                        The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
                                                                                        ByMichael Pollan
                                                                                          Butter

                                                                                          Butter
                                                                                          ByElaine Khosrova
                                                                                            Going Clear

                                                                                            Going Clear
                                                                                            ByLawrence Wright
                                                                                              Manhattan Beach

                                                                                              Manhattan Beach
                                                                                              ByJennifer Egan
                                                                                                The Road to Jonestown

                                                                                                The Road to Jonestown
                                                                                                ByJeff Guinn
                                                                                                  Hannibal Rising

                                                                                                  #4 of 3 in Hannibal Lecter

                                                                                                  Hannibal Rising
                                                                                                  ByThomas Harris
                                                                                                    The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride

                                                                                                    The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride
                                                                                                    ByDaniel James Brown
                                                                                                      Cover 3

                                                                                                      How the Grinch stole Christmas! And other stories

                                                                                                      How the Grinch stole Christmas! And other stories
                                                                                                      ByDr. Seuss
                                                                                                        Asterios Polyp

                                                                                                        Asterios Polyp
                                                                                                        ByDavid Mazzucchelli
                                                                                                          Wuthering Heights

                                                                                                          Wuthering Heights
                                                                                                          ByEmily Brontë,Alison Booth
                                                                                                            Jane Eyre

                                                                                                            Jane Eyre
                                                                                                            ByCharlotte Brontë
                                                                                                              Romeo and Juliet

                                                                                                              Romeo and Juliet
                                                                                                              ByWilliam Shakespeare
                                                                                                                The Catcher in the Rye

                                                                                                                The Catcher in the Rye
                                                                                                                ByJ. D. Salinger
                                                                                                                  1984

                                                                                                                  1984
                                                                                                                  ByGeorge Orwell
                                                                                                                    The Lord of the Rings

                                                                                                                    #1-3 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings

                                                                                                                    The Lord of the Rings
                                                                                                                    ByJ.R.R. Tolkien
                                                                                                                      The Handmaid's Tale

                                                                                                                      #1 of 2 in The Handmaid's Tale

                                                                                                                      The Handmaid's Tale
                                                                                                                      ByMargaret Atwood
                                                                                                                        The Great Gatsby

                                                                                                                        The Great Gatsby
                                                                                                                        ByF. Scott Fitzgerald
                                                                                                                          The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

                                                                                                                          #1 of 4 in Adventures of Tom and Huck

                                                                                                                          The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
                                                                                                                          ByMark Twain
                                                                                                                            Lord of the Flies

                                                                                                                            Lord of the Flies
                                                                                                                            ByWilliam Golding
                                                                                                                              Brave New World

                                                                                                                              Brave New World
                                                                                                                              ByAldous Huxley
                                                                                                                                The Da Vinci Code

                                                                                                                                #2 of 5 in Robert Langdon

                                                                                                                                The Da Vinci Code
                                                                                                                                ByDan Brown
                                                                                                                                  Animal farm

                                                                                                                                  Animal farm
                                                                                                                                  ByGeorge Orwell
                                                                                                                                    Oedipus Rex

                                                                                                                                    #1 of 3 in The Theban Plays

                                                                                                                                    Oedipus Rex
                                                                                                                                    BySophocles,J.E. Thomas(Translator),+1 more
                                                                                                                                      Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

                                                                                                                                      #1 of 8 in Harry Potter

                                                                                                                                      Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
                                                                                                                                      ByJ. K. Rowling
                                                                                                                                        The Lovely Bones

                                                                                                                                        The Lovely Bones
                                                                                                                                        ByAlice Sebold
                                                                                                                                          Bossypants

                                                                                                                                          Bossypants
                                                                                                                                          ByTina Fey
                                                                                                                                            Relish

                                                                                                                                            Relish
                                                                                                                                            ByLucy Knisley
                                                                                                                                              The Awakening

                                                                                                                                              The Awakening
                                                                                                                                              ByKate Chopin
                                                                                                                                                Yes Please

                                                                                                                                                Yes Please
                                                                                                                                                ByAmy Poehler
                                                                                                                                                  Animal Farm / 1984

                                                                                                                                                  Animal Farm / 1984
                                                                                                                                                  ByGeorge Orwell
                                                                                                                                                    Hamlet: Screenplay, Introduction And Film Diary

                                                                                                                                                    Hamlet: Screenplay, Introduction And Film Diary
                                                                                                                                                    ByWilliam Shakespeare
                                                                                                                                                      Displacement

                                                                                                                                                      Displacement
                                                                                                                                                      ByLucy Knisley
                                                                                                                                                        Ender's Game

                                                                                                                                                        #1 of 6 in Ender's Saga

                                                                                                                                                        Ender's Game
                                                                                                                                                        ByOrson Scott Card
                                                                                                                                                          Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia

                                                                                                                                                          Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
                                                                                                                                                          ByElizabeth Gilbert
                                                                                                                                                            French Milk

                                                                                                                                                            French Milk
                                                                                                                                                            ByLucy Knisley
                                                                                                                                                              The Hunger Games

                                                                                                                                                              #1 of 3 in The Hunger Games

                                                                                                                                                              The Hunger Games
                                                                                                                                                              BySuzanne Collins
                                                                                                                                                                The Kite Runner

                                                                                                                                                                The Kite Runner
                                                                                                                                                                ByKhaled Hosseini
                                                                                                                                                                  Brave New World / Brave New World Revisited

                                                                                                                                                                  Brave New World / Brave New World Revisited
                                                                                                                                                                  ByAldous Huxley
                                                                                                                                                                    Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

                                                                                                                                                                    #0 in Oprah's

                                                                                                                                                                    Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
                                                                                                                                                                    ByCheryl Strayed
                                                                                                                                                                      Breakfast at Tiffany's

                                                                                                                                                                      Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories
                                                                                                                                                                      ByTruman Capote
                                                                                                                                                                        William Shakespeare's: A Midsummer Night's Dream

                                                                                                                                                                        William Shakespeare's: A Midsummer Night's Dream
                                                                                                                                                                        ByBruce Coville(Adaptor),Dennis Nolan(Illustrator)
                                                                                                                                                                          Something New: Tales from a Makeshift Bride

                                                                                                                                                                          Something New: Tales from a Makeshift Bride
                                                                                                                                                                          ByLucy Knisley
                                                                                                                                                                            The good nurse

                                                                                                                                                                            The Good Nurse
                                                                                                                                                                            ByCharles Graeber
                                                                                                                                                                              Middlesex

                                                                                                                                                                              Middlesex
                                                                                                                                                                              ByJeffrey Eugenides
                                                                                                                                                                                Hannibal

                                                                                                                                                                                Hannibal
                                                                                                                                                                                ByThomas Harris
                                                                                                                                                                                  The Silence of the Lambs

                                                                                                                                                                                  #2 of 3 in Hannibal Lecter

                                                                                                                                                                                  The Silence of the Lambs
                                                                                                                                                                                  ByThomas Harris
                                                                                                                                                                                    Hell's princess

                                                                                                                                                                                    Hell's Princess
                                                                                                                                                                                    ByHarold Schechter
                                                                                                                                                                                      The Shell Collector

                                                                                                                                                                                      The Shell Collector
                                                                                                                                                                                      ByAnthony Doerr
                                                                                                                                                                                        Red Dragon

                                                                                                                                                                                        Red Dragon
                                                                                                                                                                                        ByThomas Harris
                                                                                                                                                                                          Tinkers

                                                                                                                                                                                          Tinkers
                                                                                                                                                                                          ByPaul Harding
                                                                                                                                                                                            The Orphan Master's Son

                                                                                                                                                                                            The Orphan Master's Son
                                                                                                                                                                                            ByAdam Johnson
                                                                                                                                                                                              American Fire

                                                                                                                                                                                              American Fire
                                                                                                                                                                                              ByMonica Hesse
                                                                                                                                                                                                The Diet Fix

                                                                                                                                                                                                The Diet Fix
                                                                                                                                                                                                ByYoni Freedhoff
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Station Eleven

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Station Eleven
                                                                                                                                                                                                  ByEmily St. John Mandel
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Black Dahlia, Red Rose

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Black Dahlia, Red Rose
                                                                                                                                                                                                    ByPiu Marie Eatwell
                                                                                                                                                                                                      In Order to Live

                                                                                                                                                                                                      In Order to Live
                                                                                                                                                                                                      ByYeonmi Park,Maryanne Vollers
                                                                                                                                                                                                        The Underground Railroad

                                                                                                                                                                                                        The underground railroad
                                                                                                                                                                                                        ByColson Whitehead