Setting the World on Fire: The Brief, Astonishing Life of St. Catherine of Siena

10 best books like Setting the World on Fire: The Brief, Astonishing Life of St. Catherine of Siena (Shelley Emling): Heat and Dust, The Kindly Ones, Frankissstein: A Love Story, Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos, World's End, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, Marvel 1602, I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver, Bitch Planet, Vol. 2: President Bitch

Heat and Dust

Author	Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
ISBN	1582430152

Set in colonial India during the 1920s, Heat and Dust tells the story of Olivia, a beautiful woman suffocated by the propriety and social constraints of her position as the wife of an important English civil servant. Longing for passion and independence, Olivia is drawn into the spell of the Nawab, a...

The Kindly Ones

Author	Neil Gaiman
ISBN	1563892049

The Penultimate volume to the phenomenal Sandman series: distraught by the kidnapping and presumed death of her son, and believing Morpheus to be responsible, Lyta Hall calls the ancient wrath of the Furies down upon him. A former superheroine blames Morpheus for the death of her child and summons...

Frankissstein: A Love Story

Author	Jeanette Winterson
ISBN	1473563259

From 'one of the most gifted writers working today' (New York Times) comes an audacious new novel about the bodies we live in and the bodies we desire

In Brexit Britain, a young transgender doctor called Ry is falling in love – against their better judgement – with Victor Stein, a celebrated...

Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos

Author

Lucy Knisley

If you work hard enough, if you want it enough, if you’re smart and talented and “good enough,” you can do anything.

Except get pregnant.

Her whole life, Lucy Knisley wanted to be a mother. But when it was finally the perfect time, conceiving turned out to be harder than anything...

World's End

Author	Neil Gaiman
ISBN	1563891700

A reality storm is coming! Look for some safe place!


Creative Team:

Writer: Neil Gaiman

Illustrators: Mike Allred, Gary Amano, John Watkiss, Mark Buckingham, Shea Anton Pensa, Tony Harris, Vince Locke, Steve Leialoha, Dick Giordano, Michael Zulli, Alec Stevens...

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

Author

Elizabeth Taylor

On a rainy Sunday in January, the recently widowed Mrs. Palfrey arrives at the Claremont Hotel where she will spend her remaining days. Her fellow residents are magnificently eccentric and endlessly curious, living off crumbs of affection and snippets of gossip. Together, upper lips stiffened,...

Marvel 1602

Author	Neil Gaiman
ISBN	0785123113

In Marvel 1602, award-winning writer Neil Gaiman presents a unique vision of the Marvel Universe set four hundred years in the past. Classic Marvel icons such as the X-Men, Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and Daredevil appear in this intriguing world of 17th-century science and sorcery, instantly...

I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir

Author	Malaka Gharib
ISBN	0525575111

One part Mari Andrew, one part Marjane Satrapi, I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir is a triumphant tale of self-discovery, a celebration of a family's rich heritage, and a love letter to American immigrant freedom. Malaka Gharib's illustrations come alive with teenage antics and earnest...

Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

Author	Mary Oliver
ISBN	0399563245

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver presents a personal selection of her best work in this definitive collection spanning more than five decades of her esteemed literary career.
Throughout her celebrated career, Mary Oliver has touched countless readers with her brilliantly crafted...

Bitch Planet, Vol. 2: President Bitch

Author	Kelly Sue DeConnick
ISBN	1632157179

Eisner Award-nominated writer KELLY SUE DeCONNICK (PRETTY DEADLY, Captain Marvel) and VALENTINE DE LANDRO (X-Factor) follow up on the success of EXTRAORDINARY MACHINE with the second installment of their highly acclaimed and fiercely unapologetic BITCH PLANET. A few years down the road in the...

Something New: Tales from a Makeshift Bride

Author	Lucy Knisley
ISBN	1626722498

My reviews of Lucy Knisley’s previous works have revealed some ambivalence on my part: She’s great when writing about travel or food, but at a certain point a little more emotional investment is required, by both the writer/artist and the reader. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t need to know every...

Banished: Surviving My Years in the Westboro Baptist Church

Author	Lauren Drain
ISBN	1455512427

NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER You've likely heard of the Westboro Baptist Church. Perhaps you've seen their pickets on the news, the members holding signs with messages that are too offensive to copy here, protesting at events such as the funerals of soldiers, the 9-year old victim of the recent Tucson...

Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss

Author	Margaret Renkl
ISBN	1571313788

An Indie Next Selection for July 2019
An Indies Introduce Selection for Summer/Fall 2019

From New York Times opinion writer Margaret Renkl comes an unusual, captivating portrait of a family--and of the cycles of joy and grief that inscribe human lives within the natural world.

Growing...

Lopotti

Author	Tommi Kinnunen
ISBN	9510415340

"Älä koskaan ala joksikin vain siksi että joku toinen niin tahtoo."

Selkosten kylän Helena on vasta yhdeksän, kun hänet temmataan juuriltaan ja lähetetään yksin sokeainkouluun viisikymmenluvun Helsinkiin. Vähitellen hän opettelee ison kaupungin tuoksut, äänet, askelmäärät....

The Light of the World

Author	Elizabeth Alexander
ISBN	1455599875

In The Light of the World, Elizabeth Alexander finds herself at an existential crossroads after the sudden death of her husband. Channeling her poetic sensibilities into a rich, lucid prose, Alexander tells a love story that is, itself, a story of loss. As she reflects on the beauty of her married life,...

BTTM FDRS

Author	Ezra Claytan Daniels
ISBN	1683962060

Once a thriving working class neighborhood on Chicago’s south side, the “Bottomyards” is now the definition of urban blight. When an aspiring fashion designer named Darla and her image-obsessed friend, Cynthia, descend upon the neighborhood in search of cheap rent, they soon discover something...

Short & Skinny

Author	Mark Tatulli
ISBN	0316440515

New from syndicated comic strip artist Mark Tatulli comes a full-color middle grade graphic novel that centers on Mark's own experience in the summer after seventh grade.

As a middle schooler, Mark finds himself on the smaller side of the physical spectrum--being short AND skinny has really...