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Treat your shelf - Reading, viewing, and listening recommendations
  • Fiction
    • Storybook Ending
    • The Miniaturist
    • Half in Love with Artful Death
    • The Masterpiece
    • An Art Lover's Guide to Paris and Murder
    • At Summer's End
    • A House Among the Trees
    • The Blue Hour
    • Lorna Mott Comes Home
    • Woman Eating
    • Portrait of a Thief
    • The Art of Falling
    • You Know What You Did
    • My Name is Asher Lev
    • Flowers of Darkness
    • The Art Forger
    • The Art of the Theft
    • Still Life
    • Carry My Bones
    • You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
    • These Tangled Threads
    • One Wrong Move
    • One Wrong Move
    • Shy Creatures
    • Just Like Home
    • The Painter's Daughters
    • Picasso's Lovers
    • The Stolen Lady
    • The Lost Van Gogh
    • The Rembrandt Affair
    • Wound
  • Non-Fiction
    • Babe in the Woods: or, the Art of Getting Lost
    • Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
    • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
    • The Art Spirit: Notes, Articles, Fragments of Letters and Talks to Students, Bearing on the Concept and Technique of Picture Making, the Study of Art Generally, and on Appreciation
    • The New Color Mixing Companion: Explore and Create Fresh and Vibrant Color Palettes with Paint, Collage, and Mixed Media
    • The Art Book
    • The Colored Pencil Manual: Step-by-Step Demonstrations for Essential Techniques
    • Art on the Rocks: More Than 35 Colorful and Contemporary Rock Painting Projects, Tips, and Techniques to Inspire Your Creativity
    • Complete Color Mixing Guide for Acrylics, Oils, and Watercolors: 2,400 Color Cominations for Each
    • Dramatic Color in the Landscape: Painting Land and Light in Oil and Pastel
    • Watercolor is for Everyone: Simple Lessons to Make Your Creative Practice a Daily Habit
    • Beatrix Potter's Art: Paintings and Drawings
    • The Last Leonardo: The Secret Lives of the World's Most Expensive Painting
    • Fundamentals of Photography: The Essential Handbook for Both Digital and Film Cameras
    • Learning to See Creatively: Design, Color, and Composition in Photography
    • Albert and the Whale: Albrecht Durer and How Art Imagines Our World
    • Fresh Paint: Discover Your Unique Creative Style Through 100 Small Mixed-Media Paintings
    • Playing with Paints Acrylics: 100 Prompts, Projects, and Playful Activities
    • Blackwork Embroidery in Colour: A Colourful Modern Twist on a Traditional Technique
    • Intuitive Color and Design: Adventures in Art Quilting
    • Playing with Books: The Art of Upcycling, Deconstructing, and Reimagining the Book
    • Simple Color Knitting: A Complete How-to-Knit-with-Color Workshop with 20 Projects
    • Daily Rituals: How Artists Work
    • Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art
    • Andy Warhol, 365 Takes: The Andy Warhol Museum Collection
    • Monet's House: An Impressionist Interior
    • Ceramics: The Indispensable Guide
    • The Art of Drawing People
    • Modern Art: The Groundbreaking Moments
    • Color Harmony for Artists: How to Transform Inspiration into Beautiful Watercolor Palettes and Paintings
  • Beach Reads
    • The List
    • Rush
    • How to Save a Life
    • Her Majesty's Royal Coven
    • A Brush with Love
    • Brother, Sister, Mother, Explorer
    • Baby Proof
    • The Christie Affair
    • The Lifestyle
    • On Earth As it is On Television
    • The Last Train to Key West
    • Love and Other Words
    • The Sister Effect
    • A Deadly Education
    • The Rachel Incident
    • Tom Lake
    • Such a Fun Age
    • Where'd You Go, Bernadette
    • The Lightness
    • Board Stiff
    • The Final Revival of Opal and Nev
    • Summer Days
    • The American Roommate Experiment
    • Gilt
    • My Summer Darlings
    • A Twisted Love Story
    • One Two Three
    • Olga Dies Dreaming
    • Firefly Lane
    • Yours Truly
    • My Not So Perfect Life
    • Too Good to Be True
    • Once There Were Wolves
    • Everything I Never Told You
    • The Thursday Murder Club
    • Wicked Beauty
What's Cooking?
  • Cookbooks
    • Salt and Shore: Recipes from the Coastal South
    • The Curious Kitchen Gardener: Uncommon Plants and How to Eat Them
    • Dinner at Our Place: Recipes for Gathering
    • The Weeknight Mediterranean Kitchen: 80 Authentic, Healthy Recipes Made Quick and Easy for Everyday Cooking
    • Ikaria: Lessons on Food, Life, and Longevity from the Greek Island Where People Forget to Die
    • Turnip Greens and Tortillas: A Mexican Chef Spices Up the Southern Kitchen
    • Does This Taste Funny?: Recipes Our Family Loves
    • Egg Rolls & Sweet Tea: Asian Inspired, Southern Style
    • Smoke and Pickles: Recipes and Stories from a New Southern Kitchen
    • Danni's Juke Joint Comfort Food Cookbook: Modern-Day Recipes, Ole Skool Flavas
    • Hot Diggity Dog: 65 Great Recipes Using Brats, Hot Dogs, and Sausages
    • The Catch: Sea-to-Table Recipes, Stories and Secrets
    • Ed Mitchell's Barbeque
    • Fire and Smoke: A Pitmaster's Secrets
    • Big Dip Energy: 88 Parties in a Bowl for Snacking, Dinner, Dessert, and Beyond!
    • Pie Squared: Irresistibly Easy Sweet and Savory Slab Pies
    • Tacos: Recipes and Provocations
    • The Book on Pie: Everything You Need to Know to Bake Perfect Pies
    • Good Lookin' Cookin'
    • Flavor Kitchen: Vibrant Recipes with Creative Twists
    • Gas Fire Heat: Essential Recipes and Secrets for Cooking Outdoors
    • The Golden Girls Cookbook: Cheesecakes and Cocktails! Desserts and Drinks to Enjoy on the Lanai with Blanche, Rose, Dorothy, and Sophia
    • Koshersoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew
    • Simply Jamie: Fast & Simple Food
    • Noon: Simple Recipes for Scrumptious Midday Meals and More
    • Girl Dinner: 85 Snack Plates & Hassle-Free Meals
    • Chia, Quinoa, Kale, Oh My!: Recipes for 40+ Delicious, Super-Nutritious Superfoods
    • Plant Over Processed: 75 Simple and Delicious Plant-Based Recipes for Nourishing Your Body and Eating from the Earth
    • Modern Flexitarian: Plant-Inspired Recipes You Can Flex to Add Fish, Meat, or Dairy
    • Vegan at Times: 120+ Recipes for Every Day or Every So Often
    • Cuisine for Whole Health: Recipes for a Sustainable Life
    • The Official Stardew Valley Cookbook
    • Portico: Cooking and Feasting in Rome's Jewish Kitchen
    • South of Somewhere: Recipes and Stories from My Life in South Africa, South Koresa & the American South
    • Dine in Palestine: An Authentic Taste of Palestine in 60 Recipes from My Family to Your Table
    • The Twisted Soul Cookbook: Modern Soul Food with Global Flavors
Get your hands dirty
  • Gardening
    • The Garden in Winter: Plant for Beauty and Interest in the Quiet Season
    • Garden Wonderland: Create Life-Changing Outdoor Spaces for Beauty, Harvest, Meaning, and Joy
    • Winter-Flowering Shrubs
    • The Food Forward Garden: A Complete Guide to Designing and Growing Edible Landscapes
    • The Garlic Companion: Recipes, Crafts, Preservation Techniques, and Simple Ways to Grow Your Own
    • Vertical Gardening: Green Ideas for Small Gardens, Balconies and Patios
    • Good Nature: Why Seeing, Smelling, Hearing, and Touching Plants is Good for Our Health
    • Kitchen Gardening for Beginners
    • The Beautiful Edible Garden: Design a Stylish Outdoor Space Using Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs
    • Gardening for Everyone: Growing Vegetables, Herbs, and More at Home
    • Gardening with Native Plants of the South
    • Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening: How I Learned the Unexpected Joy of a Green Thumb and an Open Heart
    • Kiss My Aster: A Graphic Guide to Creating a Fantastic Yard Totally Tailored to You
    • The First-Time Gardener: Growing Vegetables
    • The Vegetable Gardener's Bible: Discover Ed's High-Yield W-O-R-D System for All North American Gardening Regions
    • How to Attract Birds to Your Garden
    • The Regenerative Garden: 80 Practical Projects for Creating a Self-Sustaining Garden Ecosystem
    • Carrots Love Tomatoes: Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening
    • The Modern Homestead Garden: Growing Self-Sufficiency in Any Size Backyard
    • Starter Vegetable Gardens: 24 No-Fail Plans for Small Organic Gardens
    • The Organic Book of Compost: Easy and Natural Techniques to Feed Your Garden
    • Planting: A New Perspective on Combining Plants Using Design and Ecological Principles
    • How to Get Started in Southern Gardening
    • The New Heirloom Garden: Designs, Recipes, and Heirloom Plants for Cooks Who Love to Garden
    • The Water Saving Garden: How to Grow a Gorgeous Garden with a Lot Less Water
    • The Successful Herb Gardener: Growing and Using Herbs--Quickly and Easily
    • The Creative Vegetable Gardener: 60 Ways to Cultivate Joy, Playfulness, and Beauty Along with a Bounty of Food
    • Antique Roses for the South
    • Tough-As-Nails Flowers for the South
    • Best Roses, Herbs, and Edible Flowers: Easy Plants for More Beautiful Gardens
    • The Green Witch's Garden: Your Complete Guide to Creating and Cultivating a Magical Garden Space
    • Native Plants of the Southeast: A Comprehensive Guide to the Best 460 Species for the Garden
    • Countertop Gardens: Easily Grow Kitchen Edibles Indoors for Year-Round Enjoyment
    • Lazy-Ass Gardening: Maximize Your Soil, Minimize Your Toil
    • Southern Gardening: An Environmentally Sensitive Approach
    • Alabama Gardener's Guide: The What, Where, When, How and Why of Gardening in Alabama
once up a crime
  • True Crime
    • Raised by a Serial Killer: Discovering the Truth About My Father
    • Trial by Ambush: Murder, Injustice, and the Truth About the Case of Barbara Graham
    • When We Sold God's Eye: Diamonds, Murder, and a Clash of Worlds in the Amazon
    • The Last Kilo: Willy Falcon and the Cocaine Empire That Seduced America
    • Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions
    • Fentanyl Nation: Toxic Politics and America's Failed War on Drugs
    • Children of Darkness and Light: Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell--A Story of Murderous Faith
    • McMillions: The Absolutely True Story of How an Unlikely Pair of FBI Agents Brought Down the Most Supersized Fraud in Fast Food History
    • Postmortem: What Survives the John Wayne Gacy Murders
    • A Father's Fight: Taking on Alex Jones and Reclaiming the Truth About Sandy Hook
    • Scotland Yard: A History of the London Police Force's Most Infamous Murder Cases
    • The Girl on the Velvet Swing: Sex, Murder, and Madness at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century
    • Without Mercy: The Stunning True Story of Race, Crime, and Corruption in the Deep South
    • Genealogy of a Murder: Four Generations, Three Families, One Fateful Night
    • Gentleman Bandit: The True Story of Black Bart, the Old West's Most Infamous Stagecoach Robber
    • Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath
    • The Central Park Five
    • Who Killed Jane Stanford?: A Gilded Age Tale of Murder, Deceit, Spirits, and the Birth of a University
    • Confident Women: Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion
    • Erased: Missing Women, Murdered Wives
    • No Right to Remain Silent: The Tragedy at Virginia Tech
    • Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country
    • The Angel Makers: Arsenic, a Midwife, and Modern History's Most Astonishing Murder Ring
    • Ghosts of the Orphanage: A Story of Mysterious Deaths, a Conspiracy of Silence, and a Search for Justice
    • Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
    • The Man from the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery
    • Murder by the Book: The Crime That Shocked Dicken's London
    • Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York
    • The Doomsday Mother: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and the End of an American Family
    • By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow's Legal Executioners
    • Fire on the Levee: The Murder of Henry Glover and the Search for Justice After Hurricane Katrina
    • The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer
    • Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America
    • My Friend Anna: The True Story of the Fake Heiress Who Conned Me and Half of New York City
    • The Family Next Door: The Heartbreaking Imprisonment of the Thirteen Turpin Siblings and Their Extraordinary Rescue
    • The Con Queen of Hollywood: The Hunt for an Evil Genius
Bingeable TV Series
  • TV Series
    • Reacher. Season two
    • Evil. Season one.
    • The walking dead. The ones who live. Season 1
    • House of the dragon. The complete second season.
    • The Marlow Murder Club. Season one
    • Orphan black. Echoes
    • Sancturary, a witch's tale. Season 1.
    • Severance. Season one
    • South Park. The end of obesity.
    • The walking dead. Daryl Dixon. Season 2
    • Doctor Who. 60th anniversary specials
    • A brief history of the future : what comes next is up to us.
    • All creatures great and small. Season 1
    • Broadchurch. The complete second season
    • Chernobyl : a 5-part miniseries
    • Dexter. The third season
    • Extras. The complete second season
    • Fleabag. Season 2.
    • Game of thrones. The complete fourth season
    • Homeland. The complete second season
    • I am the night
    • John Adams
    • Luther. 2
    • Miss Fisher's murder mysteries. Series 1
    • Orange is the new black. Season four
    • Poirot. Fan favorites collection
    • Sherlock. Season four.
    • The handmaid's tale. Season four
    • The killing. The complete second season
    • The office. Season three
    • The Tudors. The complete second season
    • The wonder years. Season one.
    • True blood. The complete second season
    • Vice principals. The complete first season
    • WKRP in Cincinnati. Season one
    • United States of Tara. The first season