Stacking the Shelves #1

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted over at Tynga's Reviews. This meme is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in a physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks.

Bought:

Title: Emma
Author: Jane Austen
Series: Standalone
Publisher: Penguin Threads
First Publication: 1815
Genre: Classical romance
Synopsis: Emma Woodhouse is content with her being single. Interfering in the romantic lives of others is her number one delight. But when she attempts to arrange a suitable match for protegee Harriet Smith, everything unravels and her plans have consequences that she never saw coming.
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Title: Max Havelaar
Author: Multatuli
Series: Standalone
Publisher: Penguin Classics
First Publication: 1860
Genre: Classic
Synopsis: A protest against the abuse of the cultivation system, against socage, and against delinquency by Dutch officials in Dutch East Indies.
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Title: The Nomad: The Diaries of Isabelle Eberhardt
Author: Isabelle Eberhardt
Series: Standalone
Publisher: Interlink Books
First Publication: 1987
Genre: Non-fiction
Synopsis: Eberhardt's journal chronicles the daring adventures of a late 19th- century European woman who traveled the Sahara desert disguised as an Arab man and adopted Islam.
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Title: American Psycho
Author: Bret Easton Ellis
Series: Standalone
Publisher: Picador
First Publication: 1991
Genre: Horror
Synopsis: Patrick Bateman is twenty-six and works on Wall Street; he is handsome, sophisticated, charming and intelligent. He is also a psychopath. American Psycho is a bleak, bitter, black comedy about a world we all recognize but do not wish to face and it takes us on a head-on collision with America's greatest dream - and its worst nightmare.
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Title: The Existentialist's Guide to Death, the Universe and Nothingness
Author: Gary Cox
Series: Standalone
Publisher: Continuum
First Publication: 2011
Genre: Philosophy
Synopsis: An entertaining philosophical guide to life, death, everything and nothing. (Ha ha, Amazon)
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Title: Elizabeth the Queen
Author: Sally Bedell Smith
Series: Standalone
Publisher: Penguin Books
First Publication: 2012
Genre: Biographical non-fiction
Synopsis: Here we see Queen Elizabeth going about her daily duties, preparing for formal occasions, playing with her children at the Palace, crawling on her stomach to stalk deer, donning yellow Marigolds to wash up after Balmoral cookouts, and even changing a car tyre. 
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Title: Manual of the Warrior of Light
Author: Paulo Coelho 
Series: Standalone
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
First Publication: 1997
Genre: Philosophy
Synopsis: Manual of the Warrior of Light invites us to live out our dreams to embrace the uncertainty of life, and to rise to our own unique destiny.
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Title: Romeo and Juliet
Author: William Shakespeare
Series: Standalone
Publisher: Dover Publications
First Publication: 1597
Genre: Classical romance
Synopsis: Romeo and Juliet tells the story of two star-crossed lovers and the unhappy fate that befell them as a result of a long and bitter feud between their families.
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Title: Oliver Twist (Simplified Edition)
Author: Charles Dickens
Series: Standalone
Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
First Publication: 1838
Genre: Classic
Synopsis: A small boy becomes involved with a villain and his gang of childthieves.
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Library:

Title: The Secret History
Author: Donna Tartt
Series: Standalone
Publisher: Penguin Books
First Publication: 1992
Genre: Contemporary thriller
Synopsis: A group of eccentric misfits at an elite New England college go beyond the boundary of normal morality and at last slip - inexorably - into evil.
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Title: The Bell Jar
Author: Sylvia Plath
Series: Standalone
Publisher: Faber and Faber
First Publication: 1963
Genre: Classic
Synopsis: Esther Greenwood is brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under—maybe for the last time.
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Title: Special Topics in Calamity Physics
Author: Marisha Pessl
Series: Standalone
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
First Publication: 2006
Genre: Mystery
Synopsis:  Upon entering the elite St. Gallway School, Blue van Meer finds some friends--a clique of eccentrics known as the Bluebloods. One drowning and one hanging later, Blue finds herself puzzling out a byzantine murder mystery.
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Review copies:

Title: Days Like This
Author: Danielle Ellison
Series: Standalone 
Publisher: Bookish Group Press
First Publication: June 2nd 2015 (yet to be released as of this post)
Genre: New adult romance
Synopsis: Cassie Harlen leaves her hometown and longtime lover Graham Tucker in an attempt to escape her mother's disorder. When Cassie's mom nearly burns her house down, she's forced to return.
Goodreads | Amazon

Title: Those Girls (Review)
Author: Lauren Saft
Series: Standalone (for now)
Publisher: Poppy
First Publication: June 9th 2015 (yet to be released as of this post)
Genre: Young adult contemporary
Synopsis: Alex, Mollie and Veronica are best friends and the party girls of the school. Alex joins a band without telling anyone, Mollie has an unstable relationship and Veronica longs for some real love. Will this be the year that bonds them forever... or tears them apart for good? 
Goodreads | Amazon

Title: The October Faction: Volume 1 (Review)
Author: Steve Niles
Illustrator: Damien Worm
Series: #1 (The October Faction)
Publisher: IDW Publishing
First Publication: 2014
Genre: Horror comic
Synopsis: The ongoing adventures of retired monster-hunter Fredrick Allan and his family… which include a thrill-killer, a witch, and a warlock. Because sometimes crazy is the glue that binds a family together.
Goodreads | Amazon

 Title: Hooked (Review)
 Author: Allen Wolf
 Series: Standalone
 Publisher: Morning Star Publishing
 First Publication: February 10th 2015
 Genre: Humour contemporary
 Synopsis: Desperate to find a soulmate in New York City, autistic Shawn experiences one awkward date after another until he encounters the alluring Violet.
Goodreads | Amazon

Title: Bomb
Author: Sarah Mussi
Series: Standalone
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
First Publication: May 7th 2015
Genre: Young adult thriller
Synopsis: When Genesis goes on a blind internet date, she just wants to get over her ex-boyfriend Naz. But when Genesis wakes up the morning after the date, she can't remember a thing. To her horror Genesis has become an agent of mass destruction, a walking weapon in the hands of a terrorist cell.
Goodreads | Amazon 

Whew, a lot of books for a first time meme. Personally I'm most excited for Special Topics In Calamity Physics, because it is Marisha Pessl's debut and I absolutely adored her second book Night Film (which you should check out, it's amazing!). 

What books did you obtain in the past week?