She carefully moved a half-dozen panels one by one, making a new stack beside the first one until she uncovered the faded one the woman had tapped. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

She left us alone to roam the stacks. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

When I meet characters I can’t wait to get to know, I stack their stories in my arms, take my pile, and fall into one of the comfy chairs. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

She followed her mother into the stinky store crowded with stacked shelves of crooked stick and wire cages. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

As it did, the solar cells neatly stacked on the roof flew off and scattered like a dropped deck of cards. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put the box on the floor and flipped through the stack. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

It was like a library in there, tall stacks of rods, shirts, hats, pants, shoes and jackets, and tennis rackets and inflatable rafts lining the narrow aisles. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boxes with today’s excess are stacked neatly to one side, for later. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

When their children say, “You abandoned me,” they respond by hauling out tall stacks of money transfer receipts. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Our stacks of Cosmopolitan were topped with an unread issue of Boy's Life or Sports Illustrated, and our decoupage projects were concealed beneath the sporting equipment we never asked for but always received. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Remora steered a notepad and pencil around a stack of American Revolution-themed novels. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I tried to skim through Chiron’s stack of reports as we walked. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He brought out stacks of books, this time the heaviest ones he could find, and put them in the corners of the tent. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

At the apartment, Jule shoved the stack of mail upside down in a drawer and hid her wallet while Brooke wandered around. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He reaches toward the coffee table separating us and picks up a small black box resting on top of a stack of game magazines. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

On one of the desks, someone has stacked brochures for subdivisions into a singlestory house of cards. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The front rooms were filled with piles of blankets and bedding, a few stacked mattresses, and a number of unidentifiable gray plastic tubs. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Perspective drawing . . . algebraic equations . . . music theory . . .” Now giggling at the impossibility of keeping up, the children fetched books at random and stacked the volumes at their governess’s feet. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Printing out the list would make a big stack of paper—unless you know how to format, which I do. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman laid a stack of papers on the table. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Kat had put flowers from the garden in a glass vase in the middle and a wooden board with stacks of bread. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached into her bag, yanked out a stack of paper, and plopped it down on her desk. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

There’re stacks of stories where the glass spells out something like S-A-T-A-N-I-S-Y-O-U-R-M-A-S-T-E-R, shatters, then the kids have to call a vicar. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She moved the stacks of musty gazettes and books to make more room. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I constructed this stack last night—not just for Dr. Minerva, for anybody. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

But once a month he discarded a small stack of comic books, sometimes as many as fifteen and at times even twice that number. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I find him at one of the lab tables with Bilal, hunched over stacks of bubbled answer sheets, sorted by class hour. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

One wall was lined with bookshelves and bins stacked with old scrolls and parchments; another held racks of ointments, herbs, and potions. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Tyrone picked up a stack of napkins and a bunch of silverware. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I brought the stack of photos to school to show my friends. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Nailer’s ankle burned with pain as he tried to move and stack the junk into a semblance of a tower. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then he was out the other side of town, and there were piles of stacked Union muskets, blankets and canteens and wagons, the abandoned implements of war. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stacked them with the Poe collection of stories on top. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The horses hauled it up into the field where Pa and Uncle Henry and Grandpa and Mr. Peterson had stacked their wheat. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Workers labored, carrying bricks and wood beams from carts and stacking them on the site. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

That’s how I knew that there were four stacks of twenty-five in one hundred. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Shelves are mounted on every available surface, with books stacked up to the ceiling. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She had stacks of loaves of black bread, too. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t answer just giggled and took our clothes and stacked them on her rocking chair. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Aisles of metal shelves stretched out forever, stacked high with crates of merchandise. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I spent four hours stacking them this way and that. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The barge was stacked deep with crates from front to back, with only the middle open. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except for the stacks of crates and giant spools of rope, it was empty, cavernous, echoing. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The girl who was just so happy to come home from the library with a big stack of new stuff to read. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

At the minute mark, Oberman looked up from his stack of paperwork and pointed to the door. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He had a stack of newspapers with him and was going through them meticulously, occasionally marking things, and smiling mysteriously. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I kept the stories in a stack under my bed, keeping them just in case, though I doubted Baba would ever again ask me to read them to him. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dirty dishes were stacked in the sink, which wasn’t right. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Kate had moved down the table to rifle through a stack of pamphlets, shaking her head in disgust. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I poured a glass of the orange drink, grabbed a short stack of stale saltines from the pantry, and walked into the den. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Tally pinned herself against a building, trying to disappear next to a stack of firewood. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Mattresses were stacked, bunches of green bananas hung from the rafters, the gash where the machete had cut dripped white sticky ooze onto the floor. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

They have chips that are all the same shape and stack on top of each other in a tube. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Because no matter what, it would be twenty-five in the stack, every single time. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Even from a distance, Jesper could see the stacks of bills in palest Kerch purple, emblazoned with the three flying fish, row after row of them, bound in paper bands sealed with wax. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

With this class, though, she’s probably going to have a fatter stack of referrals. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He squared a small stack of notes he'd prepared and placed them neatly in front of him. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There you are!” exclaimed Madam Lockton, coming around the stack of crates. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She recognized his evening clothes from the stacks in the colored emporium, but he wore them with more confidence than other men his age who hailed from plantations. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I pushed back his stack of papers, his brain model, and the glass-encased fossils so I could work. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

As soon as she was gone I pushed a chair over to the stack of shelves, hopped up, and opened the jar. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first Ben was appalled by the lack of respect for the man and by the man’s ability to disregard the stockpiled vitriol stacked on him by his students. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They don’t burn fragrant sticks of incense or stacks of paper to send you on your way. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

One day Dad came home with two victrolas and two stacks of records. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Natalie has stacks of buttons in perfect lines all around it, like little soldiers guarding something precious. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He flipped past more pages stacked with strange letters until he found a drawing of one of these life stages. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

As I lay them out on the racks, I peel the top one off each stack. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I filed my stack of motions just to make sure that if they didn't dismiss the charges they knew we would fight them. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

They would come in in the morning and there would be a stack of reports in their in-boxes a foot high. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Dad sat at the dining room table, staring at his phone, and there was a stack of French toast and a pile of bacon awaiting my arrival. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

When he had filled his box, he carried it to the end of the row and set it down next to a stack of empty boxes. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Becky came out carrying a tarnished silver teapot and a stack of china cups and plates. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. McDowell clasped his hands and folded them on top of a stack of documents. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Every night when Bruce got off at his stop, he’d take his stack of cards home with him. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emily undid the latch and opened the lid to reveal a yellowed stack of papers sealed in a clear bag. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Whitewashed cement blocks carrying the dead are stacked on top of one another, building a graveyard city that’s bleached like bones in the sun. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Somehow they’ll find my parents, but if they don’t, they’ll bring out a stack of forms and calls will be made, and before you know it, I won’t be allowed to leave. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The guy holding the stack of frames looked at me like I was trying to take bread from his mouth. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Her library filled her bookshelves and then overflowed into waist-high stacks of books everywhere, piled haphazardly against the walls. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He kept bringing home gifts for my mother and stacking them in a pile in their bedroom. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

She took one from the stack, wiped her hands and tapped at her face as she had seen Mami do with the powder puff. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Grandma, who was at the sink rinsing dishes to stack in the dishwasher, stopped and looked at us. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

There’s no phone, but Scoob does make an unexpected discovery in the hidden space behind the kitchen TV: rubber-banded piles—four of them—of crudely stacked green paper rectangles. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Her brown shoes were worn out—there was even a hole in one of them—and she carried a stack of books the mean woman was piling onto her arms. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

She immediately thought of books, more books than she ever could have imagined existed, stacked one on top of another, and between their covers, millions upon millions of new words, new combinations. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She’d slip on a pair of dancing shoes, put a stack of records on the phonograph, and crank the volume way up. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The tall cabinet behind him is a landscape of color-coded stacks of files. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Above them I could see the stack of medevac choppers. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She brought the skillet over and stacked more johnnycakes and ham onto his empty plate, then went back to the stove. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Deep inside, she was still hoping to see Nin, or at least books and stacks of paper, but she wasn’t surprised when a battered-looking boy emerged from the shadows. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The boy whimpered, stacked dishes and baked goods onto a tray with a tremendous clatter, and hurried down the hall. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

In a far corner, I’d made a neat stack of Uncle Chester’s clothes. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Books were stacked in front of him, books made entirely of faces. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Books balanced precariously on top of shelves, and there was a tall stack with bright, frayed covers next to her desk. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I followed the stream of people already running in that direction, along the northern perimeter of the stacks. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Instead, I sat down on the sofa beside a stack of demonstration posters. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

In a related exercise, Democritus imagined calculating the volume of a cone or a pyramid by a very large number of extremely small stacked plates tapering in size from the base to the apex. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mouth began to water as she picked a plump chicken from the stacked crates. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The magician scans the office, a stack of letters in one hand, a black velvet cape lined with shockingly white silk cascading behind him, expecting a paper-wrapped box or crate. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I reached up and tapped the stack of textbooks on the locker’s top shelf and they vanished, then reappeared in my avatar’s item inventory. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

There’s a satchel around Dad’s torso filled with a stack of vinyl. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

In the next drawer was a stack of baby clothes, ironed and done up nice, like for the next birthing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I leave his room, pumped to go out and do this, when I see the stack of dishes in the sink. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Emily undid the latch and opened the lid to reveal a yellowed stack of papers sealed in a clear bag. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The proofreader ran her finger from edit mark to edit mark across the manuscript pages and then checked the other stack to make sure all the edits had been made in the almost-a-book version. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He handed the stack back to her, but she pushed it back. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Cabinets and trunks line the walls, boxes of files are stacked in tidy rows. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The bunks, stacked three high, hold at least one and sometimes two men, as do the spaces beneath them. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It was strange to think that one day I might have my own stack of yellowed photos to show skeptical grandchildren—and my own fantastic stories to share. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Now there are enough old issues of the Globe stacked in the corners of the apartment to wrap all their plates and glasses. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I usually take a stack of books to read while I wait for my “clients.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Half of her face is staring back at me from one of the stacks. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

A small stage at one end, folding chairs stacked along the walls. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The wood was damp but he shaved the dead bark off with his knife and he stacked brush and sticks all about to dry in the heat. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

It’s not that I expected a ton of Bibles stacked on the backseat, but I was surprised to see that, inside, it was like anybody else’s car. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I’d counted out three stacks—one, two, three—then I didn’t have to count the last one. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

There may well come a time when, like me, you’ll need to keep a stack handy wherever you go, but” — he gave a little chortle — “I don’t think you’re quite there yet.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

My man looked like a stack of money. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Against the other wall were shelves neatly stacked with jars of fruit preserves. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The two clutched stacks of pamphlets in their hands. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a long line of people holding stacks of the clothes they’ve chosen, waiting to have them bagged by a tall, salt-and-pepper-bearded black man standing behind a long table. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

An organ is pushed against the wall, and next to that are three snare drums stacked one on top of the other. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the club car he found a stack of paper plates and he blew the dust from them and put them inside his parka and that was all. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Piles of books and papers were stacked up wherever they would fit: on the desk, on the bookcases, in shoe boxes above the bookcases, on top of the TV, pouring out of the open closet. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Only Aliya makes a move and stacks the folded piles into a laundry basket. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

We’d stack our gifts—along with the sacks of flour and sugar, blankets, and trunks that other families were taking— on top of the bus in a great towering pile. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The sight of all the food stacked in those kitchens made me dizzy. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She picked up The Gold-Bug from the top of her stack of books, the word belief echoing in her head as she flipped to the copyright page. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He maneuvered around the moving boxes stacked along the banister. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He brought Howe a stack of documents—some written by Washington just for the deception. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother took sides against Father without saying so, in the noisy way she stacked the plates. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

T. “Look,” Thomas said, pointing down the line of stacks they’d formed, confused, but happy that the letters were so obvious. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The back of the truck is open, and a few other Amity sit among the stacks of crates. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Now the original home stood in the middle with various additions, rooms, and wings stacked and piled around it, like a merchant trying to carry too many bags at once. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Where the x lay, I began stacking wood. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she picks up a stack of papers and shakes them at me. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

One was selling broomsticks, and he shuffled over the muddy roads like a walking stack of kindling. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The only way to get all twenty-eight on the roof was to make stacks so high they'd fall off the first time I turned. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put her husband’s breakfast into the food container that she had bought in Chinatown, one dish in each tier of the stack. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Zinchenko placed a stack of red cards on her desk. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The dinner dishes are stacked in the sink, and the candle wax is dripping onto the Formica table, and the wineglasses only have the last puddles of red. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Our trailer was near the northern edge of the stacks, which ran up to a crumbling highway overpass. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Cardboard boxes and plastic storage bins are stacked everywhere in haphazard piles. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

On top of the oven was a stack of cookie sheets. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It's the life of the mind that matters, I told myself as I picked up The Catcher in the Rye off my bedside stack. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

When a worker at last called her name, Ann walked over to a large desk where a white woman hunched over a stack of papers. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He pointed to a bookshelf stacked to the top. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

They were stacked one on top of another: Book Bag Pocket Shoe 39. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

She is sitting up, her leg propped on a stack of pillows. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

You got all these people pushing big flatbeds around, and them things are hard to push as it is, and you gotta maneuver it while it’s stacked with stuff. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Each night, she added to her sack of dirty laundry at the hotel, refolding any clothes she could stand to wear another day in a stack on top of her open suitcase. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

We sat in his study on stuffed brown leather chairs, surrounded by stacks of dusty, incomprehensible books with huge formulas inset artistically on the page like poems. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

They probably still had agents lurking here in the stacks, checking to make sure I was dead. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Ivan flipped to the next page, where writing was stacked in neat lines along the paper. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Willie stacked some of the chairs up on the tables and mopped at the floor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The children played around our feet as we washed another stack of plates. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He was lifted and lowered, rolled and stacked, upended and righted and rolled again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When I leave, I stack up my orders in the car and have to run back in for a six-pack of Coke for the first stop. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

All the sounds build—Mom and Sue stacking plates in the kitchen, the scooting closer of chairs, the scrunching up of paper. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

There are two hundred perfectly good traps stacked on the dock right now, all licensed and tagged, not doing nothing since my dad quit fishing. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Canning jars, stacked three deep, gleamed like a rainbow of liquid jewels along the length of the shelf. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“This is where we keep the lunch-bunch mats,” she explained, pointing to a stack of rugs next to the checkout desk. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She put a stack of laundry on Chess’s dresser. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“The stack closest to the door, I believe.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

She gestures at the citizenship booklet, sitting on the stack of papers—right on top of all her bills. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

When everything is properly organized, he locates a set of suitcases in his adjoining rooms and fills them near to bursting, the large leather-bound book cushioned between stacks of paper. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

His side of my parents’ bedroom grew more cluttered with stacks of used and yellowed paperbacks of famous plays. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

My books are stacked by height and turned so that the titles can easily be seen. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He scribbled something on his clipboard, pulled out another stack of cards, then said, loudly, “I’m going to ask you some questions now, Melody. These might be hard, but do your best, okay?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

There were cages, hundreds of them, stacked like crates. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He stacks his books, lines up his pencils, shuffles his papers in order. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was apparently a big deal that we even got to perform; some committee had whittled down a stack of submissions and chosen, of the many, only ten acts to be onstage today. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The entire expanse of window was filled with books arranged by color and stacked atop one another like LEGOs to create the Bayside Press symbol. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The sun shone brightly on a stack of cauldrons outside the nearest shop. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Toby looked around at the boxes, stacked deep into the surprisingly large bathroom. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I noticed, when the woman paid, she took out a stack of fabric scraps and said, “For your collection.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

My heart gives a hopeful leap when I find a stack of pictures in the bottom bureau drawer, but they are all of Gram, Grandpa, and Dad right after he was born. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

There was wood everywhere: in fences; as cooking spits; laid down in walkways over muddy patches; and in big stacks by the fires. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She was carrying a thick stack of papers. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Some camps were orderly, with the tents arrayed around a fire pit in concentric circles, weapons and armor stacked around die inner ring, horse lines outside. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Underneath the jewels was a stack of papers that had once belonged to the first Stanley Yelnats. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

This is really what I was creating the stack for, I think; to show my parents. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then: I kneel beside the stack of clothes and lay my hand on them, as if by doing so I can learn where he is and how long ago he came. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He had the same resolved look on his face as the day he’d dropped the stack of food stamps on Mrs. Dobbins’s desk. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen bales were stacked by the door. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Davis brushed some cereal dust off the hundred-dollar bills, stacked them next to the sink, and then grabbed them. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Overjoyed, I quickly removed and stacked them in crude piles next to a ditch nearby. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a stack of coats and sweaters on the chairs and I recognize my cousin Heather’s bright orange down jacket. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

One was the room in Bitter’s eyes, with the deep tub against one wall, a stack of books lying next to it. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He looked into the little cabinet, and there he saw, neatly stacked, about ten packages wrapped in plain paper. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She placed her note on top of a stack of bills—nine hundred dollars of her saved-up wages. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I sorted through the thin stack of boards, trying to remember if I ever knew which one was her favorite, but I couldn’t think of it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Long, rectangular sheets made up the other stack. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I gobbled down half the sandwich and let my hand run over one stack of newspapers after another. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

There was a time when her feet fit neatly on the curve of the earth and her thoughts stacked evenly—one on top of the other—in the cupboards of her mind. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

When Chris was twelve, he printed up a stack of flyers and started a neighborhood copy business, Chris’s Fast Copies, offering free pickup and delivery. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go inside and Ma’s putting the dishes away in the kitchen, lifting them out of the drain rack and stacking the plates on the shelf. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grabbing the next yearbook off the stack, droopy-eyed Sheed leafed through a few pages, his head bobbing like he might doze off, before rocking forward on his knees, thrusting the yearbook at Otto. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I was out front by the time Jimmy held the door open for the delivery guy, who had a stack of sodas loaded onto a hand truck. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Mona opened the trunk, and inside there were dozens of little boxes and vials stacked one upon the other. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

By then they were in amongst the camp, riding past the ordered rows of tents, the blowing banners, and the stacks of shields and spears. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

At one o’clock in the morning, Manning left the apartment with six stacks of paper, tied together with string. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

There were only men and women with guns, hundreds of boxes of water and other supplies stacked in the hallways, and Zeitoun and his fellow prisoners. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

They were stacked with talent—big, tough players, like Jason Zundel and Dallas Miller, and they had in Reggie a tenacious defender and supporting player. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Two cardboard boxes of stuff are stacked by the kitchen, two mattresses lie on the ground by the window, and an ancient TV and old, mustard-yellow couch take up the rest of the space. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He picked up a stack of antiwar leaflets and held them out to people passing by. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He was pulling bag after bag of groceries out of the trunk and stacking them on the hood of the car. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She crossed the room again to straighten the stack of books on his lamp table, and was doing so when a pamphlet the size of a business envelope caught her eye. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Etta finished counting his money, set the stack of bills back on the table, and folded her arms across her chest again. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

We all talked nervously, not looking at the stack of silver caskets that were being loaded on. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mum noisily stacked the plates and took them to the kitchen hatch. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

When she finished the last page, he grabbed the small stack and ran down the hall to McNamara’s office. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She stood up then and started stacking the plates. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what arrested my attention were the stacks of comic books on the floor, and the shelves and shelves of books. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shuffles through a stack of papers on her desk and pulls out a lovely cream-colored vellum envelope. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The back is relatively tranquil, stacks of fedoras and berets arrayed on curved wooden shelves. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She motions me to the back of the room, where history books are stacked waist high and a bunch of kids are copying answers for last night’s homework. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were going to the next place where neighbors had stacked their wheat and wanted the machines to thresh it. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mate wound expertly through the stacks of foodstuffs and spare parts until he reached Jules. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The old farmhouse—the heart of the Cottages—had a number of fireplaces where we could burn the split logs stacked in the outer barns. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I close my eyes, I see the stack of books on Caleb’s desk, and his shaking hands sliding along his legs after the aptitude test. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

On a table beside the telescope were stacks of photos and papers relevant to his pursuits, and he showed me some of them now. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I shuffled through a stack of his CDs, some from Gran’s garage and a few I’d snuck from his collection at home. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Soon he had a whole stack of them. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Cook sends me into the city with a stack of letters for the courier without so much as a mention of the beating I took. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

When he left for the toilets I decided it would be best to take a stack of the passes for posterity. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Dad and I stack the bags of paper in the recycling area. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I pull off my shoes and coat and set my keys and phone beside the neat stack of Finch’s clothing. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

While he spoke the larger man stood and shot his cuffs, then calmly opened Fujiko’s glass case and picked up the stack of shakuhachi sheet music she kept on the bottom shelf. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Generose covered the coffee table with a piece of beige fabric and brought out a stack of small plates and a fistful of forks from the kitchen. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She looks surprised but hands me the whole stack. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the corner, a neat stack of American magazines features page after page of luridly sculpted men in contorted poses. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They chat pleasantly as he peels a few bills off his stack. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

A lesser mind would have accepted defeat, since the odds were stacked against me, but the best military leaders always find ways to eliminate obstacles. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first several images in the stack are landscapes—shots of the surrounding bush, the overgrown trail, distant mountains, the Sushana River. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many of them were nearly as tall as the stacks themselves. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She stacked up the playing cards and slipped them back into the box. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Soon a stack rose on each of our plates, and we ate. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She stacked the books, changed the candles, put the quills and inks and sealing wax in order. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

If they were all put into one stack, it would be about seventeen feet high. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

She plunks down the entire stack of plates and her eyes get wide. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Knives of all shapes and sizes were stacked haphazardly all the way to the top. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Since the Black Panther newspaper cost a quarter, I told myself Fd only skim the front and back pages as I stacked the papers. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rests his hand on a stack of papers. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he was rearranging the stacks, an old sheet of wide-lined tablet paper folded into an airplane fell out of one binder and glided to the floor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spoony dug in his bag and pulled out a stack of papers. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He put the coins back on the pile, took a basket from those stacked behind him. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

This particular summer afternoon, in a dusty geological library in Vienna, Sergeant Major von Rumpel follows an underweight secretary wearing brown shoes, brown stockings, a brown skirt, and a brown blouse through stacks of periodicals. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She suddenly struck Myron’s hand, which was in the act of picking off the top shuffleboard disc from the red stack. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

As he stacked the pale slices neatly next to the frying pan, he looked over at his son. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I squat down and reach for it, careful not to make a sound as I pull it out of the stack. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

When we were done, there were one hundred shoe boxes stacked in our living room, full of three hundred cards each. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned around and yelled to the back, but it looked like she was yelling at the chicken stacked up in that big metal bed thing it sits in. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

With the operation over, the exhausted men had put the unused mortar shells back into the cases, stacked them in the truck, and driven back to the base. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Right when she thought she needed to sit down, Ivy saw a nurse with bright red hair and a stack of pillows in her arms. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The walls of the throne room had been stripped bare, the hunting tapestries that King Robert loved taken down and stacked in the comer in an untidy heap. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Ms. Rochambeau picks up a stack of papers and starts passing them out to each table. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I’m sure no one else has spotted me until a head pops up from behind the stacks. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached behind a stack of bundled hay. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

As they neared the splintery gray ship that must have been the Tin Bucket, they ducked behind a stack of crates to survey the dock. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The bunks weren’t beds but shelves, stacked three tall on top of one another, and they stuffed us in again as they had on the trains. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The magician closes the door behind him, dropping the stack of letters on the desk next to the teacup as he looks at the girl. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was a large floor, and the closely set stacks gave it a mazelike appearance. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I believe so. Let me go check the stacks.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I grabbed a thin plastic case from the middle of the stack, the way Uncle had taught me to choose a card when presented with a fanned-out deck. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Cannonballs are stacked in pyramids, and there in the middle sits the cannon, impossibly heavy—the copper planks beneath it buckle from its weight. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

But as Baba wipes his plate, Mustafa jumps out of his seat, stacks the dirty dishes, and carries them over to the sink. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The comforter was mussed, the pillows stacked precariously. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I crashed on the floor at the end of one of the stacks and was just sitting there, balled up inside my hoodie, when Ms. Banks, the librarian, tripped over me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The other end of the room boasts the concessions: glass-paneled and red-topped popcorn machines, shelves stacked with boxes of candy, empty plastic cups piled between the cash registers and soda fountains. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled up straight, like a stack of stones, and her eyes rolled back in her head. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

What had been little more than stacks of rough stone moments before is now set and carved into ornate arches and pathways, covered in crawling vines and speckled with bright, tiny lanterns. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Don the faun popped up in a nurse’s hat, a stack of cookies in each hand. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Then she dried everything on another cloth and stacked it neatly on the drainboard. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The plastic molded chairs were stacked along the walls, and the carpet smelled like shampoo. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Matt saw the grand piano, stacks of music, and Maria’s black hat sitting on a table. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I searched cupboards for the stack of red plastic cups I knew we’d bought. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

When we are done, the great room is decorated with piggy banks and patchwork quilts, stacks of children’s books, a lamp shaped like an owl. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Two blue-striped armchairs flanked a stone fireplace, and a trunk stacked with books served as a table between them. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe a Chicago sewer grate where there should have been a window, or a ship’s steam stack in place of the carved Torah ark. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Kareem stands up and stacks the cups and plates to carry inside. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

A stack of his hummingbear puzzlers sat nearby in a large willow basket. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Inej kept her eyes averted, shuffling a stack of papers into a pile on the desk as Kaz stripped out of his vest and shirt. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I gathered them and carried them into Mom’s office, stacking them in front of the bookshelf. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Our mattresses had to be wrapped in plastic and stacked in the living room for the movers in the morning. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

You couldn't trust a patsy like that, especially in the marketplace, so, armed with a thick stack of coupons, our father did all the shopping himself. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was more like a stack of shelves stuffed full of pattern envelopes, some so old they’d yellowed along the edges. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The librarian pointed to a stack of mimeographed sheets at the end of the counter. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

And they did indeed seem very busy, tirelessly loading and stacking until it made your back hurt just to watch them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Finally done dealing, he picked up his stack and held it in his hand, face down. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The magazines were neatly stacked on shiny bookcases with metal lamps and colorful shades. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

At the produce market he stacked a pyramid of oranges on the top and kept two more sackfuls in the cabinet underneath. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Magazines and old newspapers were stacked in heaps everywhere. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

One million helices stacked side by side would fit in this letter: o. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He carries a stack of empty gold plates. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

A man in a down jacket is using the paper cutter near the door, trimming a stack of pale blue cards. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

When the elevator doors eventually open, he sees a cart stacked with breakfast trays, most of their contents hidden under domes, and tiny cartons of milk. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Stacks on the floor, stacks on the cabinets. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Izzi risks a glance in my direction while she folds a stack of towels. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

You can see a stack of ears next to the eggplants, onions, apples, bananas, and potatoes. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The stacks were so dense around the pile of crushed and charred trailers that it was too dangerous to try to clear them out with one of the old construction cranes. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It had been years, but I could picture the tin of dog treats on a shelf next to a stack of cookbooks. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I knew it,” Moss’s mama said, and she brought over a plate stacked high with chicken. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She spent her days embroidering infants’ dresses, knitting woolen booties, decorating little baskets, arranging the stacks of tiny blouses, bibs, and diapers, and ironing the sheets she had embroidered. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He brought out a stack of well-used, hopefully not lead-tainted, wood blocks, then leaned in so close to me, I could see the pores in his face. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

And then he clears the table and starts stacking the plates in the dishwasher. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leafed through a stack of old sheet music, keeping Henry in the corner of my eye. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was white and rundown with a weathered tin roof and wood stacked on the front porch. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

When he was done, he had compiled a six-pound stack of documents. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

As I look around the stacks of drinks, I find a single case of water that someone abandoned there maybe yesterday, when it wasn’t such a precious commodity. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

After that, Jinny stacked her cushions beneath the bed and, checking to be sure that Ess and Loo were still sleeping, tiptoed outside to stretch and see what was going on. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The parapet reached almost to my shoulders, so I dragged a folding chair from the stack against the wall, opened it, and climbed onto the precarious seat. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

As the stack of items in his arms grew, he got closer. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Shukumar stood up and stacked his plate on top of hers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I’ve forgotten about fainting and about the stacks of plates, and about falling into the creek and also about seeing the Virgin Mary. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They stack their oranges into careful pyramids, then squat on thin legs, resting their angular wrists between their knees. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His cars were probably also employed to bear massive stacks of army explosives, which were used to create firebreaks. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the dark cavern is an old pink hybrid wedged between stacks of boxes. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

In the corridor I passed a gaunt, sixtyish woman—print dress, harlequin glasses, sharp nasty face like a poodle—carrying a stack of folded towels. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I took a stack of plates out of her hands and set them on the kitchen table by a pile of papers that I recognized as copies of Loma’s Christmas play. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“No. I went upstairs around two. But there was a new stack of books on the librarian’s desk when I came down.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Just grabbed her stack of tiny books and flew. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

For the fifth game, some of the guys on the sidelines tried to stack the sides so we would have stiffer competition. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

To the left are stacked boxes labeled with a felt marker: Xmas Ornaments; several boxes with a big B for books. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He waved to the small stack of books he’d sorted from the original pile. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She pulls a stack of blank cards from her purse. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Books and magazines were stacked in a basket near her bed. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I knew that if and when I finally escaped from the stacks, I’d never look back. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Caroline stacked the cards and dropped them in one of the three large open boxes that were kept lined up behind her bed. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Constance and the beaver shared a stack of enemy spears. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Maxie handed me another stack, and we stopped talking to concentrate. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I stood at the window until the crowd was mostly gone and the trains had started moving, steam billowing up from their stacks. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

We have a stack of roti, dal, nuts, dried fruit, and a few bags of dried peas, lentils, and rice. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The forklift king actually showed up for work the previous weekend and had sailed the blades through a stack of Apple boxes. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Later that afternoon, Emily went to the U-Haul to grab her Book Scavenger notebook, but the empty cab reminded her that she’d already taken in her stack of books and papers. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He fanned the stack of bills in front of him. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She retrieved a book from a stack by the window. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Across the screen marched old photos of Nazi concentration camp victims, corpses stacked like cordwood, and dead-eyed survivors. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lizzie’s granddaddy took the bowls and stacked them in the sink—“Time enough for that later on”—and he pointed to a line of sepia photographs tacked to the doorway. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Back of the newsboy was a stack of papers piled high upon a newsstand. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The storage bins are stacked in small towers. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Behind the stage there's this narrow back room stacked with stacks of chairs. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He reached to help her stack the remaining books. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Eleanor stood away from the wall; her hands were cold and she wanted to cry, but she turned her back to the library door, which the doctor propped open with a stack of books. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Jon’s pictures hang in the white room or are stacked against the walls. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I climb in feetfirst, landing blindly onto what feels like a stack of papers. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was stacked with small mountains of pottery—not celadon work, but the very dark brown stoneware known as onggi, for storing food. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“It’s just like raising any other child, I should think,” she said stiffly, stacking the plates in the dishwasher. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Thomas reached in and pulled out a stack. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

We turned at the corner where a tall stack of rabbit hutches butted against a stack of dove cages. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Our trailer wasn’t as crowded as some of the other units in the stacks. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Nobody ever says what will happen if all of the stacks of plates fall down. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped pushing the Mason jars around and began dusting off the table where the old shopping bags were folded and stacked. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nearby, on a small table, was a stack of envelopes—his uncle’s uncashed paychecks, accumulating week by week. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I stacked a few plates and followed Mrs. Baxter into the wallpapered kitchen. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

She dug through a precariously stacked pile of documents on her desk till she found the ones she was looking for. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I carry the stack of books to a table at the very back of the room, and the librarian stares at me suspiciously from her desk. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Everything. Food, clothes, boxes, cans. Light bulbs, stacks of them. Everything. Piles and piles up to the ceiling.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The interior of the vault is enormous, and it contains a huge stack of gold bars, roughly the size of a large house. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

At his desk at home, he stacked the thousands of letters he’d received since his arrest. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Long planks of wood rest along the wall, bundled in tight stacks, a ton of them, sitting on top of each other. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

In one magnificent motion, Rooster Jim jerked the bicycle off course and careened—thunk—into the stacked bundles. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She straightens the already perfectly straight stack of drawings. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

On his desk, there are three stacks of papers. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They snail-mailed the actual diploma to my address in the stacks, which no longer existed, so I don’t know what became of it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The fortune-teller nods and stacks the three piles of cards back into one deck, leaving Bailey’s chosen cards on top. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

During one very hot summer the workmen’s huts caught fire and before it could be put out it had spread to the timber stacked nearby. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her dad rushed around from the backyard, where he was stacking his new firewood. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

We eat one-handed and read our way through the stack, and then we start reading aloud from Dr. Seuss—Oh, the Places You’ll Go! All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He saw a stack of what looked like postcards. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slid a stack of fish-sauce crates to the side, revealing a hidden passage. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I hunched down and thumbed through the stack of envelopes. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every morning when Ellsberg walked into his little office in the Pentagon, there were tall stacks of documents waiting on his desk. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The slaves had mounded the com up, higher, higher, higher, dark hands lifting the ears of corn, slight rustle from the ears, two or three hundred slaves moving around the great stack. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The place smells of wet newspaper, and the entrance is crowded with bags of dog and cat food, old blankets folded and stacked, and empty animal crates of different sizes. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

So nobody thought anything of it when the first sounds came from the hallway—like a stack of lunchroom trays falling to the ground. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It was a cruel kind of scorekeeping, stacking up human lives like chips in a poker game. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Alone in the stacks, I run my fingers across gleaming paperbacks and matte hardcovers. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“You look pale,” Soraya repeated, placing the stack of papers on the table. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The other day I discovered a stack of parking tickets in a comer behind a chair—there must have been forty or fifty of them. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was a stack of promotional cards from the mall that still smelled like expensive per-fumes. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He flicked through a sheaf of fifties, added a smaller stack of twenties, weighed them in his hand, then passed them over to Shadow. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She sets down a fresh stack of newspapers, scandal sheets, and tattlers, plus a shiny beauty-scope. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He kept the gambling sticks all stacked up ready for them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I moved Rondell’s head again, stuck the book back in his bag and pulled out the next one in my stack: The Catcher in the Rye. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Eventually she closed and stacked the books, then lugged them to the checkout counter. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I always ended up with four stacks of them. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“In twenty-five years,” said Sissy, “our family will have a stack of diplomas this high.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Empty plant seedling trays and irrigation tubes lie stacked on floating shelves. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Anderson’s Division, of Hill’s Corps, was stacking up on the road south of town, moving in behind Pender and Heth. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all dove into the huge stack of packages, grabbing anything with our names on it. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

In front of us, there was a pickup truck carrying stacks of folding chairs, the kind you put outside for a backyard barbecue on a sunny day, like this one. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mai turned to leave and that's when she noticed the top book on the tall stack of reading material sitting on Willow's night table. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I pass by the reading corner in the children’s section, where two brothers have pulled an entire stack of picture books from their shelves. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I stop to pull out a bent one and neatly stack the pages again to staple them just right. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I thumbed through the Reader’s Digests and found a stack of National Geographies from the 1960s, but the box was covered in so much dust that I knew Margo had never been inside it. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I walk down a stack of shelves away from Madge, looking for a fresh spine, a new title, a new world. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

We’d helped them clean up the mess in the yard, me stacking plates and cups and Zach folding up card tables. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wood was stacked as high as a man could reach, in orderly piles on either side of a central aisle. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“And I know from the condition of the room and my shrinking newspaper stacks that you’ve all been looking at a lot of other newspapers, too.” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

I look down at the fat stack of invitations in her hand. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I tried to run, because I thought he might wallop me for being in his room, but instead he took my hand and led me to the stack. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Gupta paid his workers stacks of rupees to threaten tenants who fell behind on their rent. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

I stepped forward and saw that the wrapping read “$10,000,” which seemed impossible, because the stack was so small—a quarter-inch high at the most. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The seats have been wrenched from the floor and they're piled in stacks. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The residents who lived in the nearby stacks knew that if the fire spread, they were in big trouble. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He stacked the packages back carefully, straightening the pile to its original symmetry. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother stepped over running shoes, more of Shoshana’s toys, Rich’s black loafers, my scarves, a stack of white shirts just back from the cleaner’s. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since I was now a member of the Arcanum, I was free to explore the stacks, something I’d been waiting my whole life to do. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Obediently the children stacked their mugs on the stainless-steel trolley before leaving in silence. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

We knew where the tests were: stacked up and ready to go in the supply room at the front of Mr. Thorp’s class. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Silently, they did as he asked, sorting through what they’d traced until eight low stacks of wax paper lined the table. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

We visited the biggest public library building I’d ever seen, where I got a new library card and a stack of books. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Piles and stacks and towers of books were everywhere. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“That’s Jew smoke! Learn to eat when it’s given to you, Jew, or you, too, go up that stack.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She set the stack on the floor and tugged Ivy’s pillow out. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I got really sleepy and warm, from the scotch I guess, and leaned against the album stack, just trying to rest my eyes for a minute. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Tam Lin built a fire and stacked dry wood nearby. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mom had a stack of phone messages they’d “look at later—when things settle down.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The huge crates were all stacked now, and tightly roped in. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Instead I stare into my lap and look at Mirjam's paper at the top of the stack. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Beyond him Lyra could see the other men around the table, with bags of gold stacked neatly, and papers and pens, and glasses and a crock of jenniver. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

During the day my mother stored our pots and pans beneath the bed, but at night she stacked them in the corner so Lois and George could sleep there. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He returns with his carefully written notes and a short stack of handwritten leaflets. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Miguel hit the bump and sent a stack of books tumbling off the cart’s slanted shelves. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Others had stacked their bills, creased them down the middle, and held the wad as though they were about to deal cards. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cars are stacked and waiting, their fuel tanks ruptured and drained. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I sat down on an upturned plastic pail next to a stack of empty boxes, cupping my chin with my hands, thinking hard. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

For ten hours a day, six days a week, they disassemble massive forging presses and stack the usable metal in crates to be loaded onto train cars. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I stacked a whole bunch of cardboard coffee sleeves too. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Each page was filled with rectangular boxes stacked on top of each other. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They gave us a sack with provisions: a dozen hard-boiled eggs, a hunk of goat cheese still in its thin cloth casing, a stack of flour tortillas, and water. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I seemed to be safe in my hideout for the moment, but I knew I couldn’t stay in the stacks much longer. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The onions must be harvested, packed into the rough sacks that Mercy had sewn, and stacked ready to be hauled into Hartford or bartered for goods when a sailing ship came up the river. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Heavy cans full of fuel for the planes were attached to her wings and stacked up in the rear cockpit, weighing down the little Po-2 so that skimming the treetops was even more hazardous. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

As far as he could see there was nothing but bundles and stacks and more bundles neatly placed like little abandoned shrines in the late day, in the warm-blowing wind. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned from the stack she was currently studying. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I waited, my arms outstretched at either side, until he turned again, and began to stack them, volume after volume, on my hands. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She’s sitting at the kitchen table with cardboard boxes all around her, folding a stack of letters and putting them in envelopes. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll see your three and raise you five,” he says, leaning forward and flinging a stack of chips into the kitty. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Even the golden stack of pork chops on my plate can’t erase the sick feeling in my middle. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He placed the stack before him on the desk and began to turn the cards over, two or three at a time. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I stare into the shed at all the stacks of wood I’ll need to move. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Hidden away in the maze of tunnels was a door that lead directly into the lowest level of the stacks. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She handed him her stack of question cards. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

She stood watching him as he finished lighting the candle stubs that stood on saucers around the room, perched precariously on stacks of books and on side tables crammed with cracked and moldy cups. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Liyana noticed another handsome young waiter watching her as he rolled silverware into white linen napkins and stacked them in a mound. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Chas began unpacking, stuffing his folded clothes into the cubbies stacked like a ladder along one side of our shared closet. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She picked up a stack of papers from her desk. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Then I hoisted the rucksack and walked out of the stacks for the last time. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Mr. Shephard grabs a stack of books from a table and takes them to a cart. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Dr. Van Dorn seems embarrassed, so he looks down at his precious stack of data. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eleanor tried to get everything into a neat stack, all the report cards and school pictures and letters from pen pals. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He and Joe ate stacks of pancakes big enough, as Mother said, to sink a ship. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Without sitting up, Eloise reached for a stack of ashtrays on the far side of the cigarette table. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Open boxes contain stacks of paper from old dot matrix printers, detailing the expenses and income of the Martin-Gale Mortgage Corp. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

This pile of paper doesn’t stack together very well—pages and pages of different widths and lengths and thicknesses. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

As I edged around the elaborate, china-cabinet-flanked dining room, I wondered where Celia’s parents were and if they knew exactly how many cans of beer were stacked on their polished mahogany dining table. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He collected everything and stacked it against the table. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

There were the stacks of books everywhere, and posters with words on them, and some plants. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s knocked over his stack of self-help books, and they lie like shallow steps between the couch and the radiator. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Wooden houses and small brick buildings lined the river and rose in uneven stacks on both hillsides. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He took two paperware bowls from a stack of them wrapped in plastic and set them out on the table. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Mom and I leave; I hug the stack of books against my chest as I follow her down the sidewalk. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“No,” Miss Trixie rasped, slapping her hand down on the stack of books, guarding them with her newly enameled nails. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ishmael watched a half-dozen navy corpsmen busily packing medical field kits and stacking ambulatory litters. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“But the fact is, take current immigration laws, adoption agency policies, and the political situation in Afghanistan, and the deck is stacked against you.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I brought the stack of cards to my lap, sifting through the images before deciding on a Japanese woodblock print with white foam like snow atop the blue ocean waves. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I read the letters stacked on one another like a word tower: Vincent van Gogh. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s been a few years since I heard that. Back when I worked as a scriv we’d trick the first-termers into giving us a penny to use the Archives. Called it a stack fee.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I was no longer hungry, thanks to the stack of pancakes I’d eaten at IHOP, so I headed straight to my tree. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He took out a stack of boxer shorts with red and blue anchors on them. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

I shut down my computer, unplug it, and bury it under a stack of books. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled the bottom drawer out and looked inside—another stack of papers. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Every time I come back to the store, Marie has a new stack of orders to go out. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Come on, Moose,” she says after I polish off a stack of cold pancakes from last night’s supper. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

A forest composed of stacks of used books loomed around him, the usual spicy-vanilla scent of pipe tobacco and old paperbacks wafting in the air. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I thumbed through a stack of papers and chose the only two I found from 1917. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Some of the stacks were over two feet tall. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

His chair screeched on its back legs as he stood, stuffing his stack of papers into a folder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Some prisoners used small axes to hack the branches off logged trees, while others stacked wood. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Before the books are stacked into boxes, I press Understanding Our Universe to my chest, as though it’s a best friend I’m leaving. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stack of clippings is thick with grainy photos of Mom in her crown and dress. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

At the end of the task, every number in the stack of papers she produced matched the computer’s output; the computer’s wit matched hers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I look at a stack of books on the table and try to think of something witty, but my mind is blank. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

A bottle of it is stacked next to the other chemical supplies right in front of me. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Notepads stacked to her right, a manila folder in front of her, and a calendar to her left. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

She was tucking folded letters into envelopes one after the other and stacking them. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

There are bales of hay lining the entire surface of the trailer, stacked up higher along the back, and red bandanas knotted together like streamers all around the border of the frame. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Manchee says, using his mouth to pull one about half the length of himself out from under what looks like a burned-up pile of stacked chairs. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He took out a stack of envelopes that was tied together neat with a blue ribbon. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

He picks up a stack of children’s books and hands me a couple. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

On one wall there was a huge stack of musty, dry straw bales. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Hyacinth thought about this while she watched Paganini nibble on a stack of books and George Washington groom his ears. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

We’d lived in a small RV in another part of the stacks. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She pulled a single hundred-dollar bill from one of the stacks and pocketed it. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I jumped, nearly tripping over a stack of packing boxes. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walks right in, puts his old briefcase on the dining room table, yanks it open, and pulls out a stack of wide greenbar computer paper. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are a hundred $100 notes in the stack, and the bills are brand new, they rustle on touch and stick to one another. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I approached from the stacks, sort of wandering out and casually bumping against the table to make it look like the whole encounter was completely random. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Grandma slides another stack of pancakes on my plate. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

She picks up a stack of flyers with one hand and registration forms with the other. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The white bookcase on top is stacked with books I always planned on reading. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The fuss seemed to be about a giant stack of wood. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

In the rear of the drawer there was a stack of old papers that he had not examined very thoroughly during his first search through the desk. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were diving headfirst down the sliding board—stacked, all three. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Stewart makes him a stack of corn cakes. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

In-stead, stacked neatly, were plastic containers, each with a note attached. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He’d just woken up, the first traces of dawn leaking through the cracks of the stacked logs that made up the wall of his small hut. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

They started out by pulling the rest of the dead weeds and stacking them in one corner of the yard. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got real good at this and, within the week, had a pile of stones ready to be stacked into a millhouse. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A Martha arrives, with a tray: a jug of fruit juice, the kind you make from powder, grape it looks like, and a stack of paper cups. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his not terribly clean uniform, wearing knee-high Cretan boots, Captain Kontoulis scrutinized running lights, stacked deck chairs, lifeboats. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When they got home from the grocery store, Gerald sat on the floor and watched Mama stack the boxes and cans on the shelf. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nice place,” she repeats, stacking one button on top of another. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

A raw dirt alley confronted me, heaped with stacks of slates and wooden boards like grave cairns. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She’s stacked her folders on the table, and now there’s no place for her cup of tea. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She emerged in a cavernous vaulted cellar, surrounded by casks of ale stacked twenty feet tall. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She picked up The Gold-Bug from the top of her stack of books, the word belief echoing in her head as she flipped to the copyright page. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I suppose so,” said Hermione, moving a great stack of parchment off a chair. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He is going over a stack of papers with several nervous assistants, his manicured hands following the words being read out to him. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went to his mailbox only about every three weeks so there was quite a stack waiting for him; he stood by the trash can, going through it indifferently, throwing half the envelopes away unopened. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The wasi was sturdy, built of tightly stacked stones with a thick thatched roof, but it could not protect us from the creeping fingers of the cold night air. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“So corny,” I say, spotting one of Guillermo’s notepads on a stack of mail. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I shoved aside a stack of books underneath my bed and pushed the box up against the wall, hidden from view. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

His phone buzzes under a stack of files on his desk. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Four large, round loaves were stacked on the table. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Levant led the way to the records room on the second floor, which was stacked floor to ceiling with wooden crates, file cabinets, and duffel bags. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I cleared away leaves and stacked some rocks to make a quick firepit. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was still looking through a stack of albums. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Games stacked on top of games were practically spilling over the sides. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He handed out stacks of chips and explained the blinds. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

In the boys’ room miniature bunk beds were stacked three high, while the girl twin and I shared a room with the biological daughter. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I pulled a sample cup out of the stack, filled it with a pump of Orange Blossom Awesome, and offered it to Trent, using my flat palm as a sort of saucer. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

How close did he seem to her now!—leaning over his stacks of paper with six candles burning brightly around the perimeter of his desk, scratching his knowledge into the rough, clean space. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Teddy stood over the two stacks of discs and looked down appraisingly at them. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I went back to the main room, pulled a chair over to the side of the bed, and stacked all my books on it. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Small tables dotted the room, with more books stacked on top of each one. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yeah? So what do you do for work with all those stacks in the bank?” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

S.Q. finished grading the quizzes and stacked the papers on the edge of his desk. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Michaels carried a stack of books and gave them to us. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Cord on cord of oak and ash were stacked to make tall, crooked walls between the trunks of trees. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Fermin slowly unties the red ribbon, lifting the folds of the heavy paper until they petal out to show the bright color of the neatly stacked money. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We joined other new officers in the mess hall, where I held a tray and Bella stacked it high with Styrofoam “clamshells” full of beef stew and rice. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, after what seems like half the class, Mr. Griffiths stops talking and hands out stacks of papers for us to pass around. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

When Elizebeth and her team stacked up the twenty-eight Enigma messages they had in December 1942, they discovered that the first column had far more O’s in it than anything else. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I picture Mirjam joyfully reuniting with her friend, carrying a stack of magazines, carrying weeks' worth of thoughts and feelings to share, having the reunion that Elsbeth and I will never get to have. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Francis is wide awake and wearing his favorite-slash-only bathrobe, like he’s some kingpin whose business makes him stacks on stacks of money instead of a technician spending the little he makes on us. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Three stones are stacked one on top of the other, the fourth, on the ground beside them, points the direction the person is taking. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took no interest in the stacks of books that Regina, an avid reader, always had in the house. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She stacks books in a box and looks up. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

There is a swell of voices, feet thumping, trays stacking, and trash tumbling as everyone heads outside to run around. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

It was a network of vaulted hallways, each lined with coffin-shaped sleeping capsules, row after row of them, stacked to the ceiling, ten high. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It was big enough to for six pillows, side by side and stacked three deep. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

In the next, casks of salt beef, salt pork, salt mutton, and salt cod were stacked ten feet high. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

By the end of February, Cole had finished the last book in the stack and asked Edwin for more. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Yes, they would have to be stacked neatly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The servants’ corridor swims in a half foot of rain, and Cook and I sweep out the water with rush brooms while Izzi tirelessly stacks sandbags. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

They were under the main prison now, five stories of cellblock, prisoners, and guards stacked on top of them. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The men spent that first day digging foxholes, filling and stacking sandbags to protect their positions. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The brilliant young attorney fumbled through a stack of papers, felt his pockets, and finally found the letter in his briefcase. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She motioned to the stacks of cards and flowers on the table by the window. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Kaz pulled out one of the stacks and let his gloved thumb skim over it, then dug down another layer to make sure Van Eck hadn’t tried to bunk them. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There’s not enough time for a nap, so I check out a stack of books to make the librarian happy. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her mom opened the closet and took out a stack of towels and a laundry basket full of socks. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She pulled a stack of envelopes from her purse. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The clown showed us to a table stacked with food—the same boiled nuts and roasted meats that had tempted us at the carnival. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Two sailors ran past us with a stack of blankets. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“There’s no such thing as a stack fee, is there?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Bulletproof vest. The fringe is not all that safe,” he says, and he reaches into a crate near the doors, sorting through a stack of thick black vests to find the right size. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The last book on the stack nearest to Taisin was the largest yet, and Taisin opened it expecting more of the same. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

There was a big stack of textbooks between them. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I kept trying to get her to order something else, but she kept asking for more bowls of the bisque,” Charlise says as she goes through a stack of paper menus. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She had been stacking pillows and blankets as they cleared the gym floor for the blood drive, right around the time Ivy had been looking for her notebook. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

There are fifteen or sixteen others with me, men and women looking as lost as I am, gathered around a desk with the inevitable German and the inevitable stack of folders and forms. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I piled a big stack at this point. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the kitchen is an immense fireplace with two ranges, pots, pans, and kettles—everything, even to a stack of small chopped wood in an outhouse—a regular cook’s paradise. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

For now, Mrs. Richardson stacked her notes in her folder, which she had discreetly labeled M.W. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I start to think maybe there’s more to her than a big stack of books. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here’s what I figured out about the coffee cups at the bodega downstairs that I stacked after school for free donuts while Calista was looking at art books with Hugo. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

In the stacks, it was best to avoid being heard or seen, whenever possible. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The room appeared to be in the process of being disassembled: Two long tables had been folded up and leaned vertically against one wall; several empty wooden crates were stacked against the other. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

An old handgun, a box of certificates, a stack of tarnished silver coins. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

A stack of dirty pots rises from a sink, and a kettle of water boils on the stove. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Pattie and I stand in the entry and stare at the stacks of newspapers, magazines, and mail surrounding the discount lawn furniture, which I decide is the exact color of a white rabbit's eyes. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I kept on stacking the hothouse tomatoes and Bose pears. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of autumn they had stacks of pinon higher than the house, and that was the only heat they used. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. V had prepared a new stack of word cards for me. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She goes through the book stacks, in the opposite direction from where we came. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Oliver pulled the correct encyclopedia from the stack and flipped through it. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It’s the kind of space where if you want to find anything–an extra chair, a coffee cup, a ringing telephone–you have to move stacks of documents around. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“A kidnapper wouldn’t bother to stack the screen against the wall,” I pointed out. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She had just begun washing the dishes that were stacked in the sink when there was a knock on the back door. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Books on shelves that rose to the high ceiling, books in stacks on the floor, books holding up a potted violet in desperate need of water. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Pulling from different shelves, I begin to assemble a stack of supplies to take out front. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I mean, shyness that bad isn’t just part of your personality, it’s like an illness, and I’ll bet on a stack of waffles that it hurts like one. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

When Miss Bell returned our compositions, I fixed my eyes on the stack of papers as she walked around the aisles passing them out, trying to spot mine. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Inside the second package: a fat stack of pages with Braille on the cover. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Once a program was ready, you walked over to whatever mainframe computer you had access to and gave the stack of cards to an operator. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

They probably had a stack of flat pennies somewhere in the company-store offices, collected over the decades. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at the stack of pages I had composed. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

After twiddling their thumbs a few minutes, the children stacked their suitcases and took turns standing on them to peek over the wall. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t let the stacks of paper bury you or anything.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

If they're not at home, you can bet on a stack of pancakes that they are within yoo-hooing distance of somebody who knows them. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

A rickety metal staircase was bolted to the side of the stack, but it shook and knocked against the scaffolding, so I couldn’t use it without announcing my presence. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She layered blue ticking triangles in a stack. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He hands me a small stack of cards. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Chocolate cookies and chocolate bars, stacks of them. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Then, the day of the deadline, Mr. DeVore delivered a new stack of envelopes. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

They jump from faded paint on the wall to frayed edges on the quilt cover to a David Letterman bobble-head on top of a stack of magazines, on top of an old record player. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It’s tidy, except for all the gear emptied from her bunk, which is now stacked around the bench seats. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Piles and stacks and towers of books were everywhere. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

We looked for treasures among the discarded stoves and refrigerators, the broken furniture and stacks of bald tires. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nibbling on a macaroon, she stacked the used coffee cups on a tray. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ducked inside, refastened the latch, and picked her way past the empty desks with their neat stacks of orders and tallies. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She reached over the edge of the chair and pawed at a stack of books, grabbing a thin, tattered paperback. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was still rows of narrow beds, but here they weren’t stacked two high. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

This was particularly true if they were helically stacked. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He gathered the papers he had been working on and tamped the bottom of the pile on his desk to neaten it, and then laid the stack down on the right side of the desk. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“This is all just junk,” Tucker grumbled, picking up a stack of blank printer paper. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

It is a disciplined man’s desk, everything in neat stacks, several phones lined up on one side beside a board with labeled buzzers. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She packs my lunch sack into my schoolbag and picks up a big stack of files. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I decided to wait until after my meeting before filing my stack of motions. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She even comes up to my room to give me a stack of pages torn out of a fashion magazine. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

We stacked the platters and rounded up the beer bottles for Grandma’s next batch. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Finally she stacks the croquettes on a large circular tray, a sheet of wax paper between each layer. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Someone came around with a stack of small jars and fastened one to my cage; a little pipe led through the bars like a sipping straw—drinking water. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Before he left, Clancy had made his bed, put away the stacks of paper and boxes, and, it appeared, dusted. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I was ’fraid he would jump out from behind the stacks of Cheerios and drag me outside. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She asked Fern and me to count the Black Panther weekly newspapers, stacking them crisscross every fifty copies. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had a stack of pretty sunset pictures, but no green flash. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He trailed through the bush after her mother as she searched for late mushrooms, then sat on the cabin steps and patted the dropped corn kernels as she shucked a stack of cobs. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though not as tall or physically commanding as Bull’s, Captain Brannon’s body was stacked together with the knotted muscles of a stevedore, and an implied menace shadowed his whole appearance. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sandbagging on the ground-floor windows was reinforced, and civilian contractors were on the roofs checking the firmness of the chimney stacks and the concreted skylights. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Tucked next to the Quran is a stack of postcards of the Wazir Khan Mosque. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“And I won’t have you disgrace the library, too. He’s the golden godson, not some thief in the stacks. He’ll return them when he’s done with them. Now be off with you.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It’s a stair-step bunch of cave homes stacked around each other. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Then we passed a coffin, grave- less, on the floor—then a whole stack of them, leaned against a wall like discarded moving boxes. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“It is winter. It is winter and I have forgotten to do a terribly important thing—stack up a big woodpile.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Micah and I saw a flickering light in the stacks and we went to see if someone was having trouble with their lamp. We found him near the southeast stairwell with this.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They are in the car—all thousand of them, stacked like paper. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Finally, Ocean sighed and stood up, stared at the stack of Tupperware containers set in front of him, and said he’d better call it a night. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

When Mr. Dimming hurries in carrying a stack of papers sealed in plastic, he scans the room to see who’s here. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

On her way out of his bedroom, she grabbed a stack of books off one of his shelves and put them into the empty moving box she had left in his room earlier that day. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I walked into the stacks, not really knowing what book I was looking for. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear liked arranging his wood neatly so the potters could take what they needed without the whole of the stack collapsing. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Just outside the window was a simpler verandah for the servants, with some threadbare charpais and stools stacked against a wall. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Liam let out a low whistle at the sight of the boxes of cereal stacked high over our heads. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But it is a place where bodies were stacked, and I don't want to make friends with trees that once hid the dead. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Reyna’s voice boomed as if projected from the statue itself, like the Athena Parthenos had become a stack of concert speakers. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I walk back toward the stack of mess pots waiting to be scrubbed. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Seven crates were stacked in two piles at one side of the tent. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He opens his backpack and begins stacking his books on his desk like a pyramid. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Others are filled with boxes, stacked six or seven deep. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The cavernous room was filled with golden cages, round and square and rectangular, some stacked on top of each other, others standing alone. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

On the table is a stack of paper, on top of which a thick and clumsy spiral has been drawn by a heavy hand. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Everything is clearly labeled by place and date with a black Sharpie and neatly stacked in chronological sequence under the eaves. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I walked to the front of my classroom with a stack of papers and several sheets of poster board. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Picking his way among stacks of magazines and a couple of book racks, he stood next to a bulletin board. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

My father stacked his two pails to the side, then righted Joseph’s pail underneath Rosie. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Gay fumbled in her purse and came up with a stack of pictures. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He picked up the stack of copies Maddie had turned in and dumped them and the torn pieces into his recycling bin. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Even minus the books she’d lost in the miniflood, I could have stayed up until morning reading through the haphazard stacks of titles. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

On our left side, there's a stack of empty milk crates on the sidewalk. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Joseph sat in front of the stack of papers. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I stacked them up on my locker and sat down on the bed with the pad and pencil. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Sheryl lifts one end of a stack and Gracie takes the other. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The sky was clear, except for way out there, where the clouds were stacking up. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother went straight to the library and checked out a big stack of history books for Natalie. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he began thinking things like that, he always jumped down from his perch by the vent and grabbed a book from one of the dusty stacks by the eaves. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Each schooner carried a bunch of wooden dories stacked on deck, and when they got to the fishing grounds the men got into the dories and rowed away, looking for cod and haddock. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Need to disappear, escape this bright office with its stacked trophy case and laminated Massachusetts map with a stenciled #7 above two crossed swords. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

In the back of the truck she was just sitting on is a stack of crates marked apples and flour and corn. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She beheld the billiards cues along the far wall, and the heavy colored balls stacked on the green felt table, and grinned. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

A whole row of unstrung bows in varying stages of repair or build rested on a worktable, and hundreds of bushels of arrows were stacked into pyramids on the floor beside them. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

They took the next hour to gather wood, stacking it until they had a large pile to the side of the camp, and Derek used the time to cut pine boughs for beds as well. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

His clothes, on the bank, folded neatly and stacked, collared shirt on top of jeans on top of leather jacket on top of black boots. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dimming taps the stack of papers for a moment, clears his throat, and addresses Catherine. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

We follow her into a sunny open kitchen with marble countertops, chrome appliances, and cheerfully stacked Fiestaware. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Neatly stacked piles of paper and pencils lay about the table s surface, one for each chair. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

“A stack of dirty dishes and a rag.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We didn’t get stacks of presents to unwrap at Christmas. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Noggle is flipping through a stack of thick, dusty books, probably trying to come up with a lesson that Cardan will like. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

June gathered up all her loose papers into a neat little stack and tucked them inside the journal while Ivy watched. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It’s full dark by the time I go back in the kitchen and make a stack of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and fill a jug of water. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

But I couldn’t stack them if he paid me money! Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Seven stacked her hand on Valley’s, and they stood there for just one more silent moment. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

"Right, sorry" I say as I straighten the newspaper on the stack. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The trunk was large enough that four stacks of Maps could fit, and all four reached the top. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I debate sidling up to the finished bioloaf stack and stealing more. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I find Henek and Danuta in a section of the barn that has been fitted with wooden beds stacked on top of one another, ladders going up their sides. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

As usual his mother cooks for days beforehand, cramming the refrigerator with stacks of foil-covered trays. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’d found more blankets upstairs and they dragged in great piles of wood and stacked the wood in the corner of the room to dry. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I had a hundred thousand of these lines, and in one day they were severed, leaving me with nothing but a stack of his medical bills and gambling debt. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Richard was in the forklift as I drove up the hill, moving a stack of purlins for the shop Dad was building in Franklin, near town. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Yord’s smile thinned as he reached into his shirt pocket, pulled out the stack of money, and placed it in Ampai’s hand. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

At Dad’s side was a stack of old photo albums, their black covers stained and faded with age. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

These led to observation decks and to adjoining refineries studded with less impressive stacks. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She hosting a luncheon tomorrow for her church and the dining room’s stacked up with party serving stuff. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Stacks and stacks of T-shirts and hats that say Maui, or Aloha, or some variation of that. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

As you went up, carved into the column itself, would be shelves, where books were stacked by the dynasty in which they were made. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Then he went around behind Joseph to pick up the pails he’d stacked. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

The thimble was a crucial part of architect Frank Burnham’s design, meant to shield the surrounding wooden walls from the superheated gases exiting the stack. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The day after the explosion in the stacks, there was a brief story about it on one of the local newsfeeds. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

At the moment it is mostly an arrangement of packed soil and stacks of stone forming tall but rudimentary walls. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There was a card called Tower of Hats that required you to take everyone else’s hats and wear them in a stack. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was probably as long as three fishermen stacked end to end, though it twisted as it was raised above the crowd, tied in three places. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

There are glowing neon signs, fresh-cut wildflowers, fruits and vegetables stacked in bright, shiny rows. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The hostess, a smaller blond woman, reached toward the stacks of menus next to her and asked if the boys wanted crayons. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The proofreader ran her finger from edit mark to edit mark across the manuscript pages and then checked the other stack to make sure all the edits had been made in the almost-a-book version. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Then the lovely Ms. Banks took her luscious self up the stacks and I opened the book. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Mary Poppins gave them their supper and cleared away the things, stacking them neatly and methodically. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

The city was stacked up in a hot, close grid, and the summer lay heavy over it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest was concealed by the other vehicles stacked on and around it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Mini had already pulled out two stools, stacked them one on top of the other, and climbed up to read the book spines. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

We stacked our suitcases and Jonas sat on top, holding the bundle from our cousin Regina. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

There were only two feed bins in the barn built to keep out mice and I’d already stacked one with potatoes and the other halfway with nuts and com and cabbages. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled out a stack of fives from the register, put mine on top, then went through the stack turning each bill the same way. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The voice came from behind the stack of books on the table. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Through the film of dirt, I could vaguely make out stacks of boxes and what looked like old props. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

UPS just delivered a stack of new boxes full of paper chain for me to check in. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

There were papers neatly arranged and ink bottles, pens, sand for blotting the ink, and a stack of maps. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I balance myself on the back step and place a stack of flat boxes in front of me, I notice the little logo on the back. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The long counter is stacked with plates of juicy hamburgers, old-fashioned milk shakes, and seven-layer cakes under glass domes. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He closed the books and stacked them carefully on top of each other before turning to Jam and holding her by the shoulders. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Fragments of burning debris had fallen into the space between the iron stack and the inner walls of the tower, made of smooth white pine. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

On the second day she was given a stack of old telegrams to copy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Newspapers, too, were stacked in front of the windows; recent ones were piled next to Mr. Larson’s chair. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

She read from a stack of yellow note cards. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

She dug around inside the bag and found a stack of pictures, which she handed to Finn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

We were so nervous that we worked like robots—she scrubbed, I dried and stacked. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

As soon as I let go, I’d feel my hips start to wobble and then I’d fall over—like a stack of books piled too high. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Emma asked, pointing at a stack of shoeboxes Finn hadn’t noticed. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then she rises up, placing a stack of three books on her desk. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

If big Daddy-O was going to blow his stack over a witch doctor, here’s one cat that wasn’t going to miss it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stroll over to Ms. Warner, who’s sitting on a stack of folded-up mats against the wall making notes on her clipboard. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She had watched them previously, and heard them, lifting and stacking and carrying and directing. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She bent forward and neatened a stack of papers on the desk. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He made speeches about the dishes stacked in the sink or about Gerald Ford or about the raspado vendor who’d gotten in his way. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Two pairs of pillow slips, still warm to the touch, were stacked on the table. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Messes” of loose paper, clothing, or toys are to be stacked into “neat messes.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

So on Wednesday I grabbed the stack that Hugo had set down when he started talking to Calista, and I started counting too. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

A woman spilled a stack of carnival masks. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Unopened boxes were stacked along one wall, and bolts of fabric lay piled in tall pyramids covering almost every inch of floor space. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

We take the rice and spices into the kitchen, where Mama and Salma Auntie are stacking storage containers in the cabinets. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Luke looked at the stack of thick books on the Talbots' kitchen counter. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

She motioned at a stack of dirty glasses and plates. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

On the corner of his desk were two stacks of papers that he still had to transcribe into his border control notebook before he could leave for the evening. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

His rosary beads hung from a corner of the shelf, and in between a pile of sweaters and a stack of spineless books was a framed plastic ID card. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I pulled the top plate from the stack. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The houses stacked on top of each other, higher and higher. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

It was a collection of over five hundred individual stacks, all connected to each other by a makeshift network of recycled pipes, girders, support beams, and footbridges. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She sprawled forward and surrounded the two stacks of shuffleboard discs with her arms to show off her accomplishment, to isolate it from whatever else was aboard ship. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The officers stacked it on the table in its own pile next to Nasser’s. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She set her phone down on a stack of papers and opened up the cupboard with the mugs. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

They had put a few pictures up too, and there was a stack of CDs on top of the credenza. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Mom waved back at him, but she was looking at the boxes stacked in the kitchen. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are two spacious rooms, flaking plaster walls, scuffed parquet floors, towering stacks of boxes he has not yet bothered to unpack. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Halliday leans against the stack of gold bars, and the camera pulls in tight on his face. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I fold the stack of pages inward from top to bottom three times, and then fold the result in half lengthwise twice more. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stacked more meat into his canoe and went in search of the other animals left behind. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

One long table was stacked with glass jars filled with pickled things—severed hairy claws, huge yellow eyes, various other parts of monsters. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

They may even stay to stack the chairs and clean the bowls. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Eventually they had a stack of shirts, jeans, a denim jacket lined with sheepskin, and a pair of boots. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

We stacked four of them in front of the pens and then he and I got to work catching chickens. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Whirled around on her heels—taking in the clean walls, the curtains, a beat-up sofa, a few stacks of books, and not much else—landed, and said, “Where’s the TV and everything?” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Hyde shuffled into class then, our final exams stacked underneath one arm. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Under the whistle was a thin stack of Xeroxes of Xeroxes. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

So on Wednesday when we were there, I started stacking cups. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Each night he washed the one plate he used and wiped it dry and set it back in its place on top of the stack of dishes Thula had left behind in a kitchen cabinet. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Herr Vinke picks up a stack of books and passes them out. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then I waded into the stream that comes from the spring and began to stack logs, stones, and mud where I had planned the dam the day our folks left. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked again around my office at the stacks of files. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Shields stacked ten deep formed columns jutting off the floor. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Here and there, the sultans’ tombs were stacked up like bright chips. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Surprisingly, there was already a decent amount of wood chopped and stacked. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Some are propped against the walls, some are hanging, and some are stacked up on a wide wooden table in the far corner of the basement. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He kicked the backs of his sneakers against the tall stack of ancient encyclopedias he was sitting on. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Around the far side of the prison, rows of windows were stacked three stories high in straight floors, forty-five cells to each side of a tier. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

There are shelves beneath the window with stacks of paper bags and small cardboard boxes. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A stack of mysterious books, in a Near Eastern language which looked like Arabic and bearing the stamp of the Williams College Library, materialized in the back seat of his car. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ms. Udell returned her attention to her class and waved a stack of colored index cards. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He removed the glasses first, then the stew-smeared bowls and the cutlery, and finally he stacked plate on top of plate. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Look here, though—a bunch of Hardy Boys books,” Tony exclaimed, pulling a stack out of the box. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The living room was empty except for a stack of boxes in one corner and a large red cushion in the center of the floor. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A faint yellow glow filtered through the stacks from some hidden lamp. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

From this vantage point, he saw Nina wedged into a space between two stacks of crates. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Two days later, when we were supposed to be picking out fabrics to dye, I was looking through a stack of dog books on her kitchen table. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Papers are stacked on the table where paratha and eggs usually wait for me. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The floor space was very restricted, because all round the walls were stacked innumerable dusty picture frames. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She sank down onto the bottom step of the staircase and was still sitting there a few minutes later when Gwen emerged from the dining room, a stack of clothes in her arms. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

On my way through the doors, I nearly collided with a newsboy carting a stack of newspapers practically as tall as he was. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

As I worked moving bolts of fabric from the back, I uncovered a dozen old sewing machines hidden by a stack of boxes. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Mr. Curtain’s desk, a dull-polished, Spartan metal affair, was carefully organized with file boxes and short stacks of paper. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, good. Sustenance,” he said, pushing aside a stack of newspapers to clear off the desk. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without anyone asking, Blake or Josh would saunter in, wash a stack, and then go back to playing bluegrass music or working in the shop. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Hugo said it was on him, I didn’t even have to stack cups for it. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

By mid-September, round bales of golden straw dot the yellow fields on my walk to the county road, arranged in geometric formations and stacked in pyramids and scattered in haphazard clumps. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

We take turns walking up to the cashier to pay, and then we stack our tips in a pile on the table. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

A collection of charred bodies had been stacked on a comer, not fully covered by a blanket. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abuela made coffee in the late afternoon, and we sat at the table with a stack of soda crackers. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The few cooking pots and bowls were stacked on a little shelf formed by the rocks, with chopsticks, a single spoon, and Crane-man’s knife in a neat row. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

We stacked the filled supers onto the truck like the cat had our tongues, and neither of us said a word till we were back in the honey truck passing the city- limits sign. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Remora steered a notepad and pencil around a stack of American Revolution-themed novels. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Once, while he was in the latrine, I sneaked into his spice-scented hideaway and rifled through a stack of Rosicrucian literature and a book by Nostradamus. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Mr. Curtain rolled into the room twenty seconds later carrying a tall stack of newspapers in his lap. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He carries a stack of the morning newspaper with him. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I had stacks of homework I had forgotten and drawings of my grandmother’s face on big locust bug bodies all taped to the floors as if she’d been squashed by a truck. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Americans were wheedled and teased over to those three stacks, which weren’t hay after all. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her thin brown arms were stacked with gold bracelets, a small red circle was painted on her forehead, and the edges of her feet were tinted with a decorative red dye. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The shelves in this room were stacked with cages containing live animals. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Albert drives them home in their little NSU Prinz 4, the clutch rattling, and Jutta takes a stack of end-of-term exams from her school bag and grades them at the kitchen table. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

A stack of wide, flat rocks had been built near the tree; a large stone bowl rested on top of it. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Molly wades through stacks of boxes sealed with shiny beige tape to get to the window, which she opens a crack. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

At my place around the seminar table I unpacked my notebook and every one of the required and recommended texts which I had already bought, stacking them in front of me like my credentials. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Once, Mother found a whole shelf of matchboxes in his closet, stacked by year. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Three trunks were stacked against the far wall; there was an old wheelbarrow, garden tools, a coil of rope. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I balanced the stack of blue life jackets and peeked out from the side. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Opening the cash register, Milton gave me a stack of quarters to use in the jukebox. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The overflow had been piled in stacks on the floor. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

There were boxes of soda crackers and stacked loaves of brown and black bread. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“Thanks, Mom,” I say sweetly, holding tighter to the stack of books—my books now—almost not believing my good luck. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He found them in a corner, neatly stacked, the Hessians’ caps nearby. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He could see through the kitchen door to the steak plates stacked high and the skillets deep in grease. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

From then on he worked slowly and methodically, stacking the wood in neat rows in the cart. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

They gathered driftwood and stacked it and covered it with the tarp and then set off down the beach. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

When they had finished eating, Shukumar was surprised to see that Shoba was stacking her plate on top of his, and then carrying them over to the sink. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

On a footstool, tattlers sit in piles like stacks of warm sugar crepes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

There was a neat stack of dark bags on the shelf. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I began sending her stacks of information I uncovered about her mother—scientific journal articles, photos of the cells, even an occasional novel, poem, or short story based on HeLa. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Lady Constance and Lord Fredrick had entered the library; Penelope could glimpse them through the stacks. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

There were mounds of cans, heaps of clothes, rows of jars and bottles, stacks of light-bulb packages. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When my alarm rang on Friday morning, the first thing I noticed was that on the end of my bed was a neat stack of clothes. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You have serious problems,” he said, perusing a stack of papers on the table. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile the check had been brought, and Dr. Fanning was reviewing the items, stacking bills on a little tray. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Only that Quietness and Emptiness fitted together like stacked spoons. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I forgot that I asked Madoc to teach me swordplay and strategy, but after dinner he gives me a stack of military history books from his personal library. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

This could only mean that the 3.4 A-thick purine and pyrimidine bases were stacked on top of each other in a direction perpendicular to the helical axis. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

But Law if I don’t keep glancing at that stack like a stain. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Humble reaches behind him to the one window in the dining room, which has board games stacked up under it. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Roz had spent the day collecting logs and branches and stacking them in a perfect, massive tower. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Banks of fluorescent lights hung down eighteen inches above the slanted, glass-topped desks where men wearing green eyeshades conferred over stacks of copy and photographs. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Diana took the copies and placed them on the back table in a neat stack under the sign that said take one. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The man set down the stack of papers and lowered his gaze to James. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

His garage was filled with shelves stacked with samples, and after each new season Glen's dad let him sell the samples to his friends. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Here, the rows of crates and cargo containers were stacked high on either side of her—three, sometimes four, on top of one another. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

After closing the front door, which was surprisingly heavy, Maniac found a stack of newspapers in a corner. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They have stacks of Bonnie’s books on ghost hunters, psychics, and dangerous angels. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“I think,” said the guy holding the stack of frames, “that if you’re going to put it over the bookcase there, you’ll want this mahogany frame to go with that wood.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Under the direction of our guard we carried and stacked sawn boards from the mill to a huge shed where lumber was stored through the winter. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The shed was full, the bags stacked to the ceiling. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

To the side of the bridge, a stack of dead trees rotted, branches hanging into the murky water. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

After cutting and stacking the wood for her, I went back and finished turning her new garden. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This drawer held Mom’s sweaters, neatly folded and stacked. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Whenever they transferred seedlings from table beds into small flowerpots, they always ran into a slew of black widows nesting in the little stacked flowerpots that were kept in a dark shed beside the greenhouse. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A slamming door sends a stack of trunks and cases tumbling in his dressing room, toppling a cage full of doves. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Hyacinth sifted through a stack of boxes Mama had deemed too small to be useful for the move. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

On the floor, Ray has some blocks stacked high. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

He grabbed a messy stack of papers on his desk until he found the yellow memo. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When I open my eyes next, he’s gone, but there’s a stack of clothes on the bed beside me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

High over this end of the island, the shattered rocks lifted up their stacks and chimneys. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“The dishes,” Mumtaz said, and pointed to a towering stack in the sink. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

All I know for sure is that several months ago, Mr. Kreuk came to me with a stack of cards and asked if I would do some shopping. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Life was a too-tall stack of books that had started to lean to one side, and each new day was another book on top. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I picked up the stack of CDs and read through the names. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

They are huge, stacked in rows of twenty and thirty along each block. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

In the far corner of the room, he saw stacks of cigarette boxes. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But he leaped down again and stacked a couple of crates. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Books were stacked on every available surface; the tables were cluttered with papers, ashtrays, bottles of whiskey, boxes of chocolates; umbrellas and galoshes made passage difficult in the narrow hall. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Shay and Tally lay on their stomachs on the top floor of the stacks, where the dusty old paper books were stored, peering through the guardrails down at the group. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

When we reach her office, she is sitting behind a desk with a stack of paper in front of her, chewing on a pencil eraser. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The coffee table was stacked with magazines, and a little kid’s winter coat was spread on the floor. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I stacked the plates in the sink and ran the hot water. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

My aunt’s trailer was the top unit in a “stack” twenty-two mobile homes high, making it a level or two taller than the majority of the stacks immediately surrounding it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Jones led the way to his office, and Ellsberg opened his briefcases and stacked the papers on the desk. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The shelled cobs could even be stacked by the outhouse and used as a rough substitute for toilet paper! The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She glimpsed an older woman standing beside a stack of tin panels. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Dad puts the stack back on the floor. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

When I looked at it more closely, I realized it wasn’t just a stack of letters—there were also photographs, an old CD, and blank stationery. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Dad says nothing for the next two blocks, but that’s because he’s leafing through Charlie’s stack of napkins and fingering the yellow envelope. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The woman pulled a plastic cup off a stack and held it up. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Then she saw her schoolbooks in their tidy stack on the counter by the kitchen door. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She’d just set a plate of pancakes in the middle of the table when Mrs. Baylor came back into the house with a stack of mail. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He had a stack of books on the floor beside his bed, with his reading glasses sitting on top. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Molly lifts a stack of ledgers out of the box and thumps it on the floor. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

On the third day when I went to him, he had a stack of books by his side. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Farther down the path several bodies had been stacked on top of each other. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Dad knew all about statistics, and he explained how the casinos stacked the odds against the slot players. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I pull a clean one from the neat stack, but I can’t remember how the Doctorita folded the diaper and pinned it on him. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They cheered and yipped and did a nutty dance before the stacked crates. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I take the stack, fold it into the tips pouch on my apron. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She dug around for a moment, looking behind and underbooks, and finally she pulled a necklace with a pendant from behind a stack of texts with flowers drawn onto their spines. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She held her wings to her body and stacked her tail feathers. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Along one wall were stacked hundreds of crates. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Minutes later they were in the hayloft, with Håkon blocked from the door by some hay bales stacked three high. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Other people might use these,” I snap, pointing at the stacks of books. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

In recent years, many of the stacks had grown to a height of twenty units or more. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He waved to the small stack of books he’d sorted from the original pile. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Our teacher perches on the edge of her desk in her bright batik pants, careful not to upset the stack of fantasy novels on the corner. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Then it was time to stack them on the rover. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stacked the other albums to one side so I could sit next to her. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Moss watched as he began to look through them, then pulled out a set of papers from the middle of the stack. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I opened a smaller drawer and saw his stacks of handkerchiefs. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

More than thirty envelopes in various shades of pink sat stacked in an old shoebox. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The blond guard, Kretzsky, was at the end of the line carrying a stack of papers. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The two of them went into the dusty little room and opened up all the boxes, grabbing a small stack of Maps from each one. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Bayona would ask his carefully worded question, and more than once a nurse appeared with a stack of patient folders. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dimming lifts the stack of test papers from his desk and holds them like a treasure. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The right side of the stuffy office was disorganized, with stacks of newspapers and boxes on a table. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of crates of misprinted dictionaries are stacked in the halls, and the girls burn them page by page in the potbelly stove. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But when I looked carefully, I saw the pagoda was really just a building topped with stacks of tile roofs, no walls, nothing else under its head. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, Charles suggested that they take all the wood left in the woodpile and stack it in front of the door. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He picks up a folder, taps it against the desk, sticks it on top of a short stack of files. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

When I am a father, I swear on a stack of pancakes I will never laugh at my children. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sandi and Mrs. Fanning found themselves in a pretty little parlor with a couch and lamps and a stack of perfumed towels. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Nurses had stacked sandbags all along his left side to prevent him from turning over on his broken chest. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leander nods to two stacks of armor and weaponry behind him. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He returned with a thick stack of paper with a black spiral binding. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

We sat at our table in the third floor of the library, surrounded by the mazelike stacks, and he told me what he had read during the past year and what he was reading now. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

That, in turn, meant that programmers didn’t have to physically hand their stacks of computer cards to the operator anymore. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The drovers had unloaded them, stacking their bales into a windbreak, though thus far the evening was still. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I gradually accumulated a larger and larger stack of coins. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

So I take them into Stephen’s room and slide them in among his own old comic books, which are still there, stacked up under his bed. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Through the windows, I see the dark outline of grape clusters of basketballs, stacks of pointed traffic cones, and a rack of hockey sticks. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afterwards, they walked to the Goodwill, and Eleanor found a stack of old Analog magazines and settled in on the least-disgusting couch in the furniture section. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Twenty minutes later, I’m in the backseat of Abby’s mom’s car with a stack of paperbacks under my feet. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Calder reached down and grabbed a danger: slippery when wet sign that had been left by the door and padded it with a stack of university newspapers. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

George stacked the scattered cards and began to lay out his solitaire hand. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

His right, pinching a cigarette, was stretched out for the knob on a radio, which the nurses had perched on a stack of magazines. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marigold grabbed for it, but knocked over a teetering stack of tissue paper instead. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Around him, the leather-bound tomes of the Temple of Lkossa’s library seemed to reach into the heavens, stacked so high that some shelves required ladders to reach. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Some carry books or satchels or have stacks of textbooks on the table beside them. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stacks it on top of her cart like a crown on top of her canned goods. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Some filled tubes, others inserted rubber stoppers, sealed tubes, or stacked them inside a walk-in incubator where they stayed until being packaged for shipping. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She did, however, manage to trip over his left knee and knock down a pile of comic books stacked by his desk. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She points to the stack of curly “papyrus,” markers, and colored pencils near her desk and hands us a copy of the codes to use like a Rosetta stone. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The Ghost goes over to a cabinet and takes out a half-empty bottle of a pale greenish liquid and a stack of polished acorn cups. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

By the time he finally moved on to the far side, so the legend goes, twenty- three cars, several bicycles, and a bus were stacked to a dead stop in both directions. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guy with the stack of frames put another one on the corner of the print. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was the time of adapting to unthinking obedience, of learning to carry bedpans in a stack, and remembering a fundamental rule: never walk up a ward without bringing something back. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She grabbed two menus from a stack and handed them to Sherm, winking at him. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Old crates were stacked on a loading dock. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She drew her two stacks of shuffleboard discs in closer to her. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I spotted a camp stove in the corner, and rows of cans neatly stacked along the wall. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

At the end of each day, we leave the tiles we have made stacked against each other, ready to bake in tomorrow’s sun. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bast cleared the wrecked furniture away, stacking it near the kitchen door to be used as firewood. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“There. If you can find your name on that list, you are welcome to peruse the stacks at your leisure.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The front half of the basement was stacked with crates. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The purple cooler was in the middle of the garage and two plastic chairs were stacked on top of it. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

He tosses the Kleenex ball into the trash, then yanks out another stack, wads those up, and slam-dunks those into the basket with the others. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

This stack was almost level with his desktop, and it made a convenient place to rest his coffee cup. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

She holds a stack of black clothes the size of her torso, which she offers to me with a proud look on her face. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

His bagel wrapper sticks, and he takes the time to peel it off before he adds his tray to the stack. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

A tall stack of logs blazed in the fire pit. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Connor rummaged through the junk while Zion and I tried to read some old documents we found stacked in a giant heap in one corner. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Fadi took in the desolate junction, trying to imagine bustling streets, shops overflowing with stacks of gleaming paper, customers haggling over prices. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

They went to a Brazilian restaurant by the lagoon, where the waiter brought skewer after skewer stacked with meat and seafood, until Ifemelu told him that she was about to be sick. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She makes a sharp left into a lab where her nanomaterial collection bags are already stacked on her lab table. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

One decided to barter a stack of her wedding bracelets and commissioned a white-washer to freshen the walls of the stairwell. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He pushed the stack of papers back at me and gave a nod toward the gangway. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Books were stacked three deep on the mantelpiece, books with titles like Charm Your Own Cheese, Enchantment in Baking, and One Minute Feasts — It’s Magic! Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He had a pile of cassette tapes, mostly hip- hop, but he had a much taller stack of books. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad was at the drafting table, working on some calculations, and Mom was going through her stacks of paintings. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He also took a stack of chapatis and a big bag of dry rice. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He looked down at the top paper of the stack in his hands. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After walking about half a mile, I reached a giant mound of old cars and trucks piled haphazardly along the stacks’ eastern perimeter. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Mom pulls open the drawer on the nightstand and begins to sort papers into different stacks. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

As soon as I pull the light cord, I see a stack of Mom’s nursing uniforms on a shelf, perfectly folded into neat Dad-squares, with one of her plastic name-tag pins resting on top. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I stack four pieces of bread next to the toaster. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“He starts off speaking reasonably about something and pretty soon he blows his stack and starts yelling. It’s hilarious.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Then she went toppling to the ground, like somebody tipped that stack of stones over. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I walked between the stacks to see if Miss Hill was putting books up. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I help her stack it back up into a pyramid. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

China was dusted and neatly stacked in a glass-fronted cabinet; the silverware was filed away in the kitchen drawers nearest the sink. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even though the deck is stacked against him, he fights to maintain his innocence. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“Since there is an equal chance of a marble bouncing left or right at each peg, the marble stacks in the bins below will, on average, form the classic bell-shaped curve of normal distribution.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

And I’m signing my name on the back of a stack of store-bought valentines with Ariel and Flounder on them. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

A stack of new floorboards was suspended between cinder blocks near the door. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I saw wheels of ribbon and wrapping paper, stacks of colored construction paper, cardboard boxes of newspaper clippings, watercolors and cans of paint, a yellow stack of phone books. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

A stack of impossibly thick yellow books, the edges curling up like fiddleheads, were piled on the floor, leaning up against the wall. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

We both turn to the table, where Helena is stacking the dishes to wash. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“If it gets too difficult, I’ll come back and we’ll think of something else. Stay close to the wall. Tuck it in close to the chimney stack. I’ll be as quick as I can.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Inside was a stack of index cards, scrawled with handwriting he’d already come to recognize. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But Mom said my idea was too time-consuming, so all we ended up doing was straightening piles of paper into stacks and stuffing dirty clothes into the chest of drawers. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The men spread the jam on the bread and drank their wine, discussing politics and war and armies over the stacks of money on my master’s desk. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

One half is clear for my mom’s car, but the other side is stacked with boxes of props from her shows over the years. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

The air was cool and the fire burned high, stacked with dry wood. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

George Washington was having a terrific time jumping up on the stacks and swiping his claws through the cardboard. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

When he was done painting for the day, Vincent would stack his canvases under the bed or put them in the cupboard. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

My mom takes the stack of ones out of her pocket and counts out five bucks for me. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Lorena takes the stack of cash from her purse and waves it at her. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I open my nightstand drawer and grab a stack of photographs, the Wohlfahrt etudes and the music for my debut and put them in Papa's viola case. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The views are dreary: a bare brown hill, a chain-link fence, searchlights stacked on a pole. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Piled in front of him were stacks of cash and tally sheets from the gambling boat. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

But it was also that the neat stacks of dishes on the high shelves and the smell of Pine-Sol made me feel weirdly safe, or warm, or just normal, I guess. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

He tried to ignore his thoughts by reading from a stack of books not part of his schoolwork. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The scrap lumber he sent me to look at behind his shop proved to be a stack of beautiful tongue-and-groove pine boards. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She squeezes between stacks of boxes and backs the car out, and I get in beside her. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I followed him into the long room where the lots of paint were stacked along the floor beneath numbered markers that hung from the ceiling. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bridge pointed at the two perfectly squared stacks of paper and the black-and-gold pen that lay between them. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Here, take a stack of these and drop them off as you go around town,” he told us, shoving a pile of brochures into my hand. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And she put a stack of clean laundry on the bed for you.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

His eyes blurred and there swam before him a vast array of red and blue and green and yellow cans stacked high upon shelves. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was cutting and bundling quilting squares into a dozen fat quarters, a-mix-and-matched stack of fabrics all measured and ready to sew. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Cartons and bags of rice were stacked against the wall near the door. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the time at home he spends poking through a huge stack of books and scientific journals. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the real answer is that the height of the stack would approximate the distance to the sun. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shop’s shelves were empty except for a few stacks of used paper. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He saw the corpses stacked and watched the blood run in little streams down Shiloh’s hill. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I would arrive in court, and there would always be a stack of cases, and clients with lawyers gathered in an overcrowded courtroom, all waiting to be heard at the time of our hearings. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

In one corner are bags of clay stacked on shelves. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“We stacked the bodies in thirty to thirty-five layers on top of each other.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Persians have adopted that method too, except most Persians use a large kettle and a smaller pot you can stack on top, like a double boiler. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

With a resounding smack, Zahra slaps a stack of magazines down on the West Wing briefing room table. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I know that sometimes math isn’t as terrible as you might think, especially if it has to do with cup stacking. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The server picked a blue enamel tin plate from a stack behind her and scooped out a bright yellow blob from the pot in front of her. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She began to rearrange the stack of books on the coffee table. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He helps me sit, and I’m on what feels like a stack of pillows. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She’s got a massive stack of accordion files, which means I’m in for a fun morning. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She moved her fingers quickly down the stack, stopping to tap a corner of tin about halfway up from the ground. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Splashing cold water on his face, the tonnage of missed sleep stacked on his brain lightened only slightly. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d stacked the dirty dishes and was filling the kitchen sink when I heard it—a shrill, strangled cry that began in one key and ended in another. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He was almost as tall as Ekon, built like a stack of boulders, but his long, narrow face had the twitchy likeness of a meerkat. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

There were huge stacks of wood, and some machines covered with green canvas to protect them from the dust. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A big stack of books was on the counter, and the men were looking at them. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take these down and dig through my desk until I come up with a stack of brightly colored Post- its. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When I was eight, Dad gave me a stack of fairy-tale books for Christmas. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

August and Zach had already extracted most of the honey from her bee yards, but there were still several stacks of supers on pallets sitting around. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tomorrow he would look over the stacks of them in the back room and see about changing the system of files. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She snaps an order at a servant, who produces a stack of newspapers. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The Grotes use gas lights and candles, and there’s a pump and an outhouse in the backyard, wood stacked on the porch. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I usually do about twenty-five cups in a stack,” he told me. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The shelves were jammed full of books and stacks of scrolls, but tidily—a neat kind of clutter. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She had a long stack and always puffed thick, blade smoke. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa comforted her as best he could by saying that it was only a few stacks of the Ladies’ Home Journal that had been lost. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed my worn-out pocket dictionary from the stack and set it next to it. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Peel a dollar from the stack that Jenkins gives each of us in the morning, the bill clipped to an envelope so they can send in their name and address and family and occupation. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We might as well learn not to expect nothing from Southern Justice. They’re going to stack the cards against us every time,” Sterling said. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can you stack these in order according to size?” he said loudly and slowly, as if I were hard of hearing and really stupid. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

But behind the mausoleum, in the dim light of the torch, he found a stack of old fence posts. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Each row of shelves held men—human beings—chained like animals and stacked like logs for the fire, row after row, shelf after shelf. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shut down the computer and hid the graph paper map in the bottom drawer of his desk under a stack of video game cheat guides. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The store would be filthy, there would be dozens of cartons and cans to stack. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And stacked or lying upside down, even put in backward, were books—hundreds of them. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The assistant director seems resigned to an impasse and pulls a thick perfect-bound stack of paper from a drawer and begins to read. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

All the buildings on this street had garages on the ground level and the houses stacked on top. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

There were stacks of used car batteries, a rotting bouquet of sympathy flowers with a card from somebody who’d seen his Barbara Walters interview. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I was sorting quickly through the boxes, making piles of people of my mother’s side of the family, then my father’s, and then one of faces I didn’t know, a growing stack of strangers. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's a little more dangerous; the stack might fall over. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

They looked like giant chocolate bars stacked on top of each other. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The paint was stacked in neatly pyramided lots along the concrete floor. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad plops into the desk chair and starts making neat little stacks out of them. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I reach into the desk for my stack of notepaper. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guy behind the counter glanced up from stacking lightbulbs. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was answered by another of the guardians, a heavy-set man at the end of the table who had several thick books and a stack of papers in front of him. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jake was still going to the bank in the afternoons, but Alfred couldn't get bothered about it, not when he felt his muscles flex every time he stacked the canned goods or lifted a box. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shelves were stacked with slabs of white meat, cans of oil, and sacks of meal. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Stack collapses weren’t that uncommon, and if the scaffold supports buckled at the wrong angle, the domino effect could bring down four or five of the neighboring stacks too. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I’d dreamed of escaping the stacks for as long as I could remember, and now it appeared that dream was about to come true. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t see her over the high stack I carried, but I knew she was in there. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He’s fumbling with a paper cup of coffee, a stack of folders, and a bright pink flower. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

For a few seconds, I’m disoriented by the businesses stacked high on top of each other with Korean signage until I remember that we’re in Koreatown. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

US from June’s abandoned stack of magazines, and the image dominating the cover is one of the shots from his and Henry’s portrait session. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

There were stacks of paper to dampen before printing, and printed proofs to examine. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In my closet, on the top shelf behind stacks of books and shirts, I find Dad’s dollhouse. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Inside, there’s a stack of documents held together by a paper clip. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

My job is to stack shelves and help with inventory. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Today we read a stack of N-words from the dictionary, one by one. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

When one enters his kitchen to find his mother, father, and best friend all seated in front of a stack of uneaten pancakes, he knows that something strange has happened. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I take the stack from beside me and pass it around. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Nathaniel asked, pointing to the edge of the clearing where a leafy stack of thin poles waited. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He folded his jeans neatly, stacked them on his chair, and then, dressed head to toe in black, walked over to Adrienne. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Aibileen smiles at the stack of pages on her kitchen table. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I can put two stacks of seven on the roof. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had no concept of how emphatically the conservancy laws were stacked against her people. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s made a kind of cave for himself, complete with guitar and computer and notebooks of staff paper, along with pens and stacks of Post-its. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Jake watched his wife slowly stack her papers at the reservations desk. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry Dobbins and Azar gave him a stack of comic books for hospital reading. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Long, rectangular sheets made up the other stack. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Military jeeps stack up along the street as they wait for approval to enter the underground parking lots. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The books in Mo and Meggie's house were stacked under tables, on chairs, in the corners of the rooms. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Hello,” she said, holding up a stack of toast, which she was carrying in a napkin. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Like, if I had a stack of pucks for every goal I scored.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Recovering himself in a minute he opened for us two hulking patent cabinets which held his massed suits and dressing-gowns and ties, and his shirts, piled like bricks in stacks a dozen high. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

We found him behind his church, pondering his little stack of tin. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was dominated by twelve narrow wood bunks stacked in tiers of three, each with a thin bare mattress and a grubby bare pillow lumpily filled with shreds of Styrofoam. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He shoves the stack of slides at me, like it’s my fault he broke the first one. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure the humor translated, because she kept organizing her stack of bilingual flashcards. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a corner, under a bougainvillea arbor, sat an enormous stack of presents. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stick grabbed a bowl from the stack and looked up. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Quietly, I slip to the back of the kitchen worktable to press the seemingly endless stack of the Commandant’s uniforms. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The floor was swept bare, with bags of seed and fertilizer stacked neatly by the door. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It’s their job to stack the bags on the float while Mr. Hannon goes to the office for the delivery dockets. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He plucks the top paper from the stack. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

She grabs a short stack of paper from behind the Van Helsing statue. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

On the shore was a canoe rental operation that was closed for the season, but I left a stack of golden drachmas on the counter and a note saying IOU two canoes. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Its hem was frayed from dragging up and down the rough stone steps of the stacks, and it was large, so the shape of him was quite lost within it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Hidden in a stack of props is the jar of Lady ’Stache Off and the flare gun, their twin hopes for making it out alive. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Oh, her? Free stack of chips and she was back at the blackjack table, happy as a clam,” Shelly reported. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

They flipped through Clarence’s thick stack of papers with serious expressions on their faces. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

She walked her stack of papers to the front of the class and handed them to Mr. Quisling. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

When you say Durham! the wheels begin to turn, the smoke rolls in massive clouds from every stack and the sweet assuring music of busy machinery is heard. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

A little after six thirty that evening, a copyboy walked in with a stack of papers. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And there were the stacked plastic chairs, four of them this time. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

In moonlight, neatly stacked, twelve wooden crates gleam. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“These all have information about dragons in them,” Ivan said, pulling a book from the stack and thumbing through it. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Which is why I spent all weekend clearing piles of clothes and papers out of the living room, piling everything into my closet in one giant, precarious stack. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

There were stacks of garments—folded tunics and pants, sleeping shifts and wraps for the occasional cool evenings—all of them cut from the same soft gray-green cloth. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But then she paused for a second, searching through all the teas in the cupboard—picking them up and then setting them down in different stacks. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The Baggage Room stacked to the ceiling with luggage. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Out the window, beyond the curtains, the flame atop the waste stack, high in the distance, flaps and shivers. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

A stack of books in a familiar maroon color stood out to Emily. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He takes a quick peek at my card and nearly drops the entire stack in surprise. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have any money, but I’ll stack lots of cups tomorrow. Three hundred. A thousand, even.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Huge stacks of newspapers rose up to the ceiling. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Stuart scrambled nimbly up to the top of the stack of books and jumped for the button on the bell. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

I stacked bigger and bigger branches on the flames as they grew, until a basketball-sized fire snapped and glowed on my little island. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The magazine on the top of the stack features a photo of Hideo at a banquet, seated beside a completely smitten blond woman who is whispering something intimately into his ear. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He saw a ten-foot high stack of crates in the middle of the room. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stack the leftover jars on the shelf behind the display. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

My grandfather, trying to be of help, drove off one day and returned with a stack of fifty plates. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I was jolted awake by the sound of gunfire in one of the neighboring stacks. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Brer shuffled a stack of his notes and cleared his throat. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I spread the paste onto thick slices of bread and cut the sandwiches in half on a diagonal and put a stack of them in a plastic bag. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then imagine getting six cans of soda and stacking them in two towers close to each other. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

We stacked the pots near the rest of the food, and then stood by the fire—Mrs. Sidman did not seem to mind me adding a few sticks to make it blaze up. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

A female officer was removing stacks of American money from the bag. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

There would be stacks of petri dishes next to the cottage cheese and butter. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

I walk up to the front desk, where a middle-aged man with a bald patch on the crown of his head sits, sorting through a stack of paper. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

When the laundry is dry, Dad sits next to me on the couch to fold, stacking everything on the coffee table in front of us. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Matty took the stack of message papers he would be delivering. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Gogol is sent off with a stack of plates, a bunch of forks and knives. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I-r0k turned and walked over to the long boxes of comic books stacked on the other side of the room, as if he’d lost interest in the discussion. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Two boys waited with their parents beside a stack of luggage. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“These are wonderful pictures,” Lelia said, shuffling a stack above her face as she lay on her back. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I was looking at, what had turned my strong, silent dad into a weepy mass of pudding, was a stack of bills. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man with a tray of round flat breads stacked sky-high grinned at Liyana through the car window when their eyes met. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She headed into the stacks, jingling her ear with her finger, tuning in her internal Dewey decimal system, another sign she was a born librarian. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Later, Mom stacked the dishes in the sink, turned the faucet on, and went to change her clothes. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“He knocked over that stack of comic books!” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

They stack up in her mind, soggily, arbitrarily, and she sorts through them like cherished belongings after a flood. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before Lurz left to make photocopies, with the bald man close behind, he handed me a stack of photos and documents to look at while he was gone. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She had found a stack of sticky notes and priced items anywhere from one cent to three hundred thousand dollars. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

For a few breathless moments Dustfinger ducked behind a stack of empty fruit crates, looking out for guards. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He stacked a high pile of wood outside the kitchen, where it could be reached quickly during the night. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take another run, and when I get back to the store and stack my empty hot bags under the stainless-steel counter, there is relative calm. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The supplies were stacked on large wooden pallets and stood as tall and wide as four homes in Kaunas. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Upstairs, Dad has me flatten a stack of empty boxes while he puts the books on the bookshelves. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They strip •out the backseats and stack the migrants like cordwood, one on top of the other. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I know someone with that ability. If she was carrying a huge stack of papers and tripped, they’d all land exactly like she had them before.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Emma came into the room with a stack of bowls, a half gallon of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream, and a scooper. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Winning the contest was my one chance of escaping the stacks. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The counters to the right of the sink were stacked high as the Gate of All Nations with pots and pans, plates and glasses, and teacups. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Hyacinth’s bleak mood was interrupted by Franz’s happy yowl, followed by the sound of the mail slot opening and a stack of envelopes and magazines dropping onto the floor. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

When I could see well enough, they brought me a DVD player and a stack of DVDs. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The breakfast dishes rattle when I stack them up. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

There were stacks of flat breads, mazers, bowls, and jars in abundance. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The whole street is stacked with buildings that have signs advertising famous singers and jazz bands like Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Cab Calloway, and Duke Ellington. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There was a stack of freight invoices that had piled up on my desk, and I had to go through them all. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He slammed a stone column out of his way like a stack of building blocks. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Used chess books were everywhere, hidden in every conceivable crevice, many stacked from floor to ceiling or on top of chairs, or weighing down and bending the shelves. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Pet started walking around and looking through the rest of Bitter’s work—piles of drawings stacked on every flat surface, canvases layered and leaning against the walls, shelves full of small sculptures. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

A stack of books was arranged near the simple cut-out window, and the few robes Brother Ugo owned were folded on his trunk. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Mr. Barone pushed his glasses up again and leaned over the stack of papers on his desk. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

After stacking them in a neat pile, he raised his head and looked straight at me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Since this is your first time in the Archives proper, you’ll have to pay the stack fee.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There are books stacked high around them—the way opportunity and possibility are stacked around them. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Now, you might object that the experimenters stacked the deck by writing a passage about a concrete physical activity in vague and abstract language. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

As he spoke, he noticed the plastic tarp had blown off his wood stack, so he walked over and tucked it back around the pile. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He got a thick stack of clippings from the file box of the most important client. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cassie is leaning against the stack of boxes. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

She saw the loathsome masks stacked in a heap against a wall. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Later that afternoon, Emily went to the U-Haul to grab her Book Scavenger notebook, but the empty cab reminded her that she’d already taken in her stack of books and papers. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They stacked boxes of records by the stereo, and hung photos from their travels on the walls. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

All her clothes wait patiently on hangers, organized by type—skirts together, pants hanging by their cuffs, her sweaters stacked in plastic bags on shelves. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

She rounded a corner, not ten stacks from the alcove, and came to a halt. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He saw a pile of old newspapers stacked carefully in a corner. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dirty plates and cutlery were stacked on a steel trolley. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Me too. Just give me one more second,” I say, grabbing a stack of beauty magazines from my nightstand. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

She thought of his great stack of light bulbs and shook her head in bewilderment. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I'd been browsing the stacks, when suddenly there were Jilly and Deidre following close behind me, talking loudly enough for me to hear, but not loudly enough to be shushed by the librarian. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

They squealed and played with their iPhones, and I snuck off into the stacks. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Soon, Speed stopped opening the letters and let them pile up in the backroom of her store until they stacked thirty envelopes high. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

In a different corner was another stack of clothes—silks of bright red and blue and purple and green. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He is holding a stack of dress shirts, some with stripes, some with checks, and some that are solid colors. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

In her palm, I stack up gauze drawn from the basket under the sink. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

We both had books shelved and stacked and boxed and crowding out the furniture. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

To decide what position a chord is in, move the notes to make a stack of thirds and identify the root. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

It had a storage room with stacks of long sheets of paper with numbers on the margins and boxes of pens, pencils, staples, and paper clips. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yeah, just look up at my window every couple of weeks. I’m stacking pucks, one for every—well, you know.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

A friend saw the Ellsbergs emerging from the station with a stack of papers. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

There they hung, three live men and one dead one, as the Lord of Light’s devout stacked split logs and broken branches under their feet, then doused the piles with lamp oil. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Someone had passed around a stack of promotional cards Miss Peregrine had used to advertise their act. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She sings as she puts away the dishes, stacks the pots and pans beneath the sink, polishes the furniture. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He knew where things were: socks in the top dresser drawers, toys in the bedroom closets, skates and bikes on the back porch, and pots and pans stacked neatly in the kitchen cabinet. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted more letters stacking up in Postal Box Number 898 that said, “Nothing is the same without you” and “Please come home soon.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I can feel all the list of things I’m going to get in trouble for, mounting and stacking up, right on top of my head. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The barrels of salted fish were in the pantry, and yellow cheeses were stacked on the pantry shelves. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stacked the four boxes in the back of the pickup. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Newspapers were stacked two and three feet tall. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He recognizes the stack of magazines in her lap as her weekly tabloid roundup, and he’s just decided he doesn’t want to know when she chucks one at him. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The very next day, my sister, in big sunglasses and a long white gauzy skirt, took a stack of her magazines and a glass of lemonade outside to the patio lounge. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Presents spilled off a three foot stack that surrounded the tree. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held on to the idea that Suzanne’s health would turn around, even as the evidence against it stacked up. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Luke struggled on through the closet, reaching a stack of blankets at the back. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

She pushes the little lever of the box for a straw, yanks a stack of napkins. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

And then I settled on the books, staring at them stacked on their sides, spines out, the haphazard collection of literature that was Alaska. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

They had set up a table on the corner of Grand and MacArthur and stacked it high with every Tupperware container they had between the four of them. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

These are yours, the stack seemed to say, these are you. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Shelves lined each wall, some bare, others stacked with Wonder Bread, rice, toilet paper, and pigs’ feet. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I set the bowls next to a stack of postcards inviting people to a three-year-anniversary party. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But God felt very far away, and I already had a stack of letters to God that I’d written ever since I was four years old. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He counted out four slender stacks of and handed one over to Jesper. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Uncle Holt was settled into the hickory rocker, a stack of newspapers on his lap. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Let’s see your tickets!” he said, and he was reaching for the stack in Horace’s hand when he noticed Bronwyn stuffing something into her coat. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

We were given notebooks, a training manual, and a tall stack of forms to fill out. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shook her head and flipped through the stack of photos. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I let the sentence drift off, then I march to my room and get my math books and stack them by the door. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luckily, Abel also had a stack of old number plates in the back of the garage. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

How tall do you think the final stack is going to be? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I lived frugally, I would have enough to move out of the stacks and rent a small efficiency apartment somewhere. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“The postmaster delivered the stack. He wasn’t sure what to do with them. They were all unsigned.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know you could stack Legos as quick as she was doing. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I explored my sitting room which had a writing desk and a good lamp, and was impressed by the vastness of the bathroom with its potpourri and stacks of towels on a heated rack. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Everything became soggy, and Cole was glad he had cut and stacked a huge woodpile. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

We’re in his classroom, and I watch as his strong, graceful hands sort stacks of papers, clipping them into groups as he thinks. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

On the next shelf are paint bottles and stacks of paper, everything from thick watercolor paper to filmy sheets of jewel-colored tissue paper. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Patricia carried stacks of papers to all-night copy shops near Harvard, different shops on different nights, always glancing nervously over her shoulder before entering. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Now there she was with a corpse, a stack of petri dishes, and the pathologist, Dr. Wilbur, who stood hunched over the autopsy table. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Cole asked, looking up toward tree line at the stack of building materials. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He nodded to us like we were old friends, then resumed stacking. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

When the woman returned half an hour later with a stack of books piled in her arms, Celaena laughed as she swiped the note that crowned the column of leather. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Your books are there,” she mumbled, pointing at a stack by her bed. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She stacks the rest of the cups on the tray, and heads for the kitchen as fast as she can. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Their rifles were off to the side, stacked in piles. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

On graduation day Dee-Dee and I opened up the store, set out the meats, stacked the fresh vegetables, and I worked behind the counter until it was time to go. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He realized that the base pairs could now easily be stacked atop each other, facing inward into the center of the helix. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Keep it down, Connor,” a librarian said as she walked by with a stack of books. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They can add more and more, stuff the pages of their scrapbooks with dining room suites, beds, stacks of towels, one set of dishes after another, and think nothing of it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Given my recent studdish streak between the book stacks, I was ready to take things up a notch and had been fantasizing about having Faith over while my parents were away. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Ancient-looking bronze and leather conveyor belts trundled along with stacks of weapons and armor, sort of like the Amazons’ warehouse in Seattle, except this place was obviously much older and not as well organized. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Isobel seems satisfied with the response, lifting a pile of fallen books from the floor and stacking them on the desk. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Ms. Wyman snaps, grabbing a stack of papers from her desk. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

There are three people in the tattoo place: the other tattoo artist, who is drawing a lion on another man’s arm, and Tori, who is sorting through a stack of paper on the counter. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It takes an untouched stack of pancakes for Momma to say, “All right, Munch. What’s up?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

But she has a real MD and PhD and she’s still stuck by a conveyor belt, cutting big stacks of cardboard. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Our desks and chairs were stacked in the back of an open truck, our textbooks smoldering in a heap. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The size of the room had not been lost in the clutter of boxes and trunks stacked almost to the ceiling beams. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then he folded the paper and put it back on the stack to be sold. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

With no windows to let in the sunlight, the stacks were utterly dark except for the gentle light of my candle. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Nor were they stacked the way the men were. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle yelled over the high whine stacked on deep bottom notes. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Wynn flipped another pancake and then set a steaming stack of them on the table. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The flaring light illuminated the books stacked around the trunk nearby, and as the shadows leapt over the bindings, she began to wonder what was in them. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Morrow’s games had transported me out of my grim surroundings as a lonely kid growing up in the stacks. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Yes, but how else are we going to open up and maintain all these extra rooms? We’ll need the space, we can’t go stacking family up three to a room like a tenement.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I wipe down the bedside table, stack the Look magazines on her side, the bridge book she ordered. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She pulled a stack of plates from the cabinet, then loaded each with baked chicken, mashed potatoes, and greens. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She looks down at the neat stack of towels. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She lets me break the eggs into the mix and we make a nice stack of pancakes. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Within a week the ship jumpers possessed mill jobs—stacking lumber, sweeping sawdust, hauling slab wood, oiling machines—worth eleven cents an hour. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

When he looked up, surprised, I put a stack of nonfiction down in front of him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair was stacked up in a pile that seemed to be more pins than hair, and the whole thing teetered forward over her thin pale face. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were crates and boxes stacked in one corner, and along the wall behind us hung rusted tools. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Marilyn came in today, armed with her usual stack of papers and folders, like a hurricane of white and yellow. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The comic books pile up under his bed, stacks and stacks of them, but he seldom reads them any more when the other boys aren’t around. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere in there was a stack of postcards from the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“To win this game, your team must be the first to complete four laps of the second-floor balcony without spilling any of the three dozen books stacked on your rolling shelves, no matter the obstacles.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The idea caught on in a big way, and trailer parks across the country had quickly evolved into “stacks” like this one—strange hybrids of shantytowns, squatter settlements, and refugee camps. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He handed Venkatesh a stack of well- worn spiral notebooks—blue and black, the gang’s colors. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I saw them stacked in front of machine guns in doorways and on roofs and at the ends of streets. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

They would all do better to put their faces on the curbs and wait for the boys who come through the city dragging sledges stacked with corpses. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

His shadowy form stands at the end of the stacks. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was at the bottom of the stack that had three in it. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The sinuous channels, stacked polar plates and other evidence suggest that Mars once had such a denser atmosphere. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took my other hand and placed it on top of hers, and she moved her free hand on top of it, so we had this black-and-white stack of hands resting upon my chest. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t seem to stack up to enough sustenance for the two dozen families in our village. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pointed to a stack of green papers on the counter. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He grabs his stack and walks me to the door. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Orange curtains framed windows that reached nearly to the ceiling, and piles of books were stacked around the room. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I sat on the lower bunk while Mom opened the trunk, grabbed a stack of the biographies my dad had agreed to part with, and placed them on the bookshelves. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then she glances at a stack of documents, back up at her screen, and starts typing again. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She picked up a split log and walked it over to the stacked wood. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Grigori’s words passed through my head: An eyesore of rotten wood, stacked haphazardly, without taste or culture. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He turned his back and resumed his stacking of wood. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When I passed Dad my stack of carefully wrapped boxes, he protested that he needed and wanted nothing. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When I went downstairs, Dad was in the kitchen, taking plates out of the dishwasher and stacking them in their right cabinets—cleaning up and erasing all the evidence of last night. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Puffs of dust shot between the hastily stacked and mortared logs. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Biddy’s voice sound like she was talking through a stack of pillows. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Rubio makes a loud snore just as Crick walks in carrying a stack of folded clothes. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The admissions people were friendly and gave me stacks of information, which I leafed through all night at work. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I had ordered the steak, which, bowing to the same minimalist fashion, is served without the bone, the thin slices of beef stacked to resemble a funeral pyre. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Four days later, I saw his naked body, eyes wide open, stacked in a heap of corpses. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He went to his car and returned with a stack of square plastic containers about the size of cigar boxes. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

It didn’t mean one card off the top of the stack for the white man and one off the bottom for the Negro, it—” “Let’s look at it this way,” said her father. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“He blows his stack at me sometimes, but I let it roll off like water on a duck’s back. Harsh words were never fatal to anyone.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had stacks and stacks of tapes, and Eleanor pulled a few out to look at them. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

A truck with an elevator platform lifted workmen to the top of the stack. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Upstairs, I sift through the stacks of Lucy’s records before placing one on the player. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

With a final glance, he picked up the stack of books and left the room. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He stacked cardboard boxes on top of it. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

At 3:30 that afternoon, they were sitting behind a stack of books in the library. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

She and her twin unrolled the bills, laying them in neat stacks over a flat rock a few feet away. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Oakes was busy in the old stone house, cleaning and polishing, while her husband stacked the wood cellar. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A stack of freckled heart shapes, a perfectly made Dairy Queen ice cream cone. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He owned the only boom box I had ever seen, and next to it he kept a tall stack of CDs with strange words on them, like “Mozart” and “Chopin.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I hunt through my stack of cards to find the word I want good luck for the most. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did he come upon the Archiv fur Elektrotechnik issue for December 19, 1928, in the Berkeley science stacks utterly by chance, or was the journal there because he himself had ordered the subscription? Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Edd cut three thick slices off a stale round of oat bread, stacked them on a wooden platter, covered them with bacon and bacon drippings, and filled a bowl with hard-cooked eggs. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Near morning, I print out what I have done in one long continuous sheet, the way he prefers to read the thick stack of names. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stack of adoption papers on the desk is only 4 sheets tall. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. That girl Marjory up in Michigan sure knows her way around the stacks.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

He sat in one of the pews next to a bank of vigil lights and decorated his hands, his packages stacked beside him. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen were squeezed in, trying to sleep, suitcases and luggage stacked to the ceiling. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Mama’s stacks of packaged food containers pop into my mind. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

My gaze landed briefly on the stack of clippings Mama kept atop Father’s file cabinet, then I returned my attention to the wall. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Their eyes flew over the broken birdbath, the Crumbling statue of Diana the Huntress, and the stack of fancy wooden porch pillars, and came to rest on something in the lean-to shack. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Watras lent me a pair of really expensive bongos to use at home, along with a huge stack of ancient Latin jazz records. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

By graduation, the stack of index cards was about two feet high and had to be carried in a special bag. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Several long boxes of comic books were stacked against the wall, each carefully labeled. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He made a stack of the bills, moved them toward her. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I face him, a shelf stacked with paper at my back. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I stack the remaining cans of corn and peas on the shelf in front of me, pick up the empty cardboard box, and stand up slowly, hoping to determine who it is without being seen. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The living room with its stacks of magazines, Sports Illustrated and the New Yorker and the Atlantic and something called Adbusters. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

In a nearby room lit by dim red lights, she had watched another gloved worker look through trays of stacked fertilized eggs. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I beat Sneaky to the kitchen, and when I get there, I see a stack of pancakes on the table—golden brown, not burnt and lumpy like the ones Mama makes at Smoky Inn. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

She motioned to a boy standing behind the counter with his arms folded, near the reams of tissue paper and stacks of cardboard boxes. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He frantically looked around for a hiding place and spotted an opening in a stack of wood. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

She wrested the heavy stack of pelts from Nin’s sturdy arms. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I stacked my deck of cards, put a rubber band around them, dropped them in my backpack, and said, “Way to go, man,” and wished I hadn’t. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rose asked, reading from a huge stack of three- by-five cards in her hand. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The room—the library, Nicodemus had called it—had, in addition to its shelves of books, several tables with benches beside them, and on these were stacked more books, some of them open. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

But most of the workers were used in the sorting sheds, stacking the clothing and suitcases and possessions stolen from the prisoners, dividing them into piles to be sent back to Germany. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, for about an hour we lounged on Constantin's balcony in two separate slingback chairs with the victrola playing and the balalaika records stacked between us. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He would’ve stacked boxes, books, and file folders to block it. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Then she took each long bone and stacked it on top of the dress. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

They remained in the main room of the library as she set off through the stacks, heading toward the musty, forgotten alcove where she’d found the majority of the books on the Wyrdmarks. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Danvers showed herself at last; quietly, calmly, she told the gardeners where to put the flowers, and she herself arranged them, stacking the vases with quick, deft fingers. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He stacks his books loudly and stalks to the door. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Dad helps me stack my science fair stuff onto a rickety rolling cart. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Except that here the cars were driving above and under each other as if they were on interchanges that were stacked ten storeys high. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

One at a time they carried the heavy cardboard boxes up to the shelter and stacked them inside the door. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Katherine organized herself immediately at her desk, growing phone- book-thick stacks of data sheets a number at a time, blocking out everything except the labyrinth of trajectory equations. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Inside the box was a stack of letters neatly tied together with string, a few pens, a watch that didn’t work, and a folded envelope. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I think one of the biggest things was when they made the high- rise homes in the neighborhood and stacked all of the people on top of each other. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He takes us through the living room, where there are books stacked high in several corners. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Connor and I looked around at the stacks of boxes, the piles of junk, the shelves stuffed with old books and papers and props. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Champagne bubbles over a tower of stacked glasses into a small golden well. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Mona left the bedside and went to the stack of books piled near the trunk. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I counted my stack of hard-saved money one more time, then slipped it back into my pocket. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

When Jay and I got outside, Doc was stacking heavy boxes of empty jam jars as well as the crates he and Mama would fill with fresh-picked vegetables and fruit in the morning. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The sheriff’s officers dragged the bodies to a car, Fannie by her feet and Joseph Starzeleski by his collar, and stacked them into the trunk to haul them away. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

He walked out of the closet carrying a stack of oversized books with thick leather spines and dark green cloth covers. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It's filthy, crowded; dead bodies lie stacked in horse-drawn carts in the street; people are shot or beaten for no reason—but inexplicably, there are concerts and plays. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In the floor of this room was a door or hatch and it was locked with a large padlock made of stacked steel plates. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Several cedar chests, so large that Molly wonders how they got up here in the first place, are lined up against a wall next to a stack of steamer trunks. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The smallest size, the ones that are only a couple of inches high, are the best; these are easiest to stack neatly in the back of the freezer. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

A butter churn stood watch over a neat stack of fresh-split wood. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pick through stacks of hardcovers and paperbacks, all of them well used and well read. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He wondered how Gene, as large a man as he was, could even fit himself in among the stacks of paper. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly they had built up the sketchy maps and notes now stacked in front of Hermione. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Reaching the cover of some stacked crates, I readied myself. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“That looks like a mighty thick stack of paper, Clarence.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Two days later, Laila woke up in the morning and found a stack of baby clothes, neatly folded, outside her bedroom door. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

My mom wordlessly kneels to gather scraps of drawings from our game of Honor Pictionary and stacks them into a neat pile. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It took me a week of long hours to develop all the X-rays and when I finished I had sorted the prisoners' shots in alphabetical order, and I did the same with the guards' stack. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

That night, I go to bed early and dream that Dr. Randolph has turned Mango into a stack of dusty building blocks. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Hymn books are stacked on the small wooden table. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

But today she hurried even when looking over the monkey cages stacked higher than her head. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Marshall stood guard halfway down the alley to see if anyone was coming, they shoved the whole stack out through the hole in the fence. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

James asks, taking a broom handle to the stack of ready boxes to straighten the tower we’ve made. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Gunfire wasn’t uncommon in the stacks, but it still shook me up. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The ladder led to a maintenance deck stacked with yellow lifeboats. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I could scream from all the frustration stacking up inside me. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Sometimes there were piles of them, built neatly in rows of four, one level turned this way, the next level turned that way, so they would stack evenly. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The bookshelves strained under boxes of ammo and stacks of Louis L’Amour paperbacks. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Using only my good arm is awkward, but I stack firewood on the sills of the two windows that are missing their panes. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

And if you folded it over one more time, the stack would be as high as the distance to the sun and back. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Towels floated through the air, folding and stacking into neat piles. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I have a second chair set up in front of me as an art desk, with stacks of board games on it and a chessboard on top. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

A string of especially perplexing breakdowns had bedeviled the lab that year, at a time when Lawrence was struggling to fill a mounting stack of orders for radioisotopes from all over the country. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He'd overslept, then forgotten to grab the stack of comics he set out for her the night before. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He pointed back to the stack of grain sacks. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

That night I couldn’t sleep, so I dug out a stack of old skateboarding magazines. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Whenever Dad starts telling that story, my mother goes out to stack the dishes or fold the laundry. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Older boys with colorful stacks of T-shirts collect and follow in a swarm like bottleflies. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It stands at least the height of three men and looks to be made of stacked mud bricks. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He reached inside and removed a large stack of papers, which he set on the table. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Another stack came out of the Cheerios box, and then another. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Absolutely. Now, look”—I gesture at my stack of work on the floor—“now I’ve got all this.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She bustled past, books stacked high in her arms. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

We’ve got to get back to the point where we don’t stack poor people on top of each other. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben yawned, stretched, and led the way through the shop to where huge coils of rope were stacked. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the exception of a few stacked newspapers and tied-off plastic grocery bags tucked under the rear seat, the inside of the minivan was pretty well kept. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“There were body bags, Alyssa. Some of them were already full, but there were stacks and stacks and stacks of empty ones.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

At home, my mother and I picked up nearly identical stacks of clothing every six months or so. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Behind them were shelves stacked with supplies and goods. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Three of the massive stones were stacked together to form a huge arch, like a massive doorway. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She kept them in a small velvet sling bag inside a locked box behind a stack of spell books under her bed. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Then he looked at all the supplies she’d stacked up—easily enough for two people for several days. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

There had been no boys to bring her flowers, only men with stacks of kruge and purses full of coin. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

On one of them he stacked some cups around a coffee pot. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The drawing was still there, propped up against her neat stack of books, one corner drooping from the weight of a paper clip. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Bubbles full of the hot air of American democracy, boiling up from the stacked vinyl platters inside. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The boys circled around to find blond and perky Anna Archie on one knee, aiming her price gun at a stack of electrical outlets sitting next to a box of massaging showerheads. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I see a folding table stacked with towers of small green cups and a water cooler that's nearly as tall as me. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mustafa stacks a few more and follows me into the kitchen. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The golden morning light enters the cottage through the crevices in the piles of wood I’d stacked on the window ledges. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

All the buildings on this street had garages on the ground level and the houses stacked on top. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Coach gathered us at the bleachers, and the fifteen of us stacked up side by side in the first three tiers, as if we were having our photo taken. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He returned regularly to feed wire behind the coins stacked up inside, hook the paper, and fill his palms with change. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

From the bed of the pickup he removed a small sledgehammer, a half dozen metal posts, and a stack of cardboard signs. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Now Sherm stacked sugar packets on the tabletop, carefully shaking each one first to make it lie flat. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He picked up the stack of copies Maddie had turned in and dumped them and the torn pieces into his recycling bin. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She pointed at a pair of boxes stacked on top of a dolly. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The sofa I sleep on, the books stacked on the floor, are mine. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Upon assuming the wardenship of Sing Sing, Lewis Lawes sat down with a stack of “musty reports and records that had not been looked at in decades.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled a faux leather bound album from a stack on the table and flipped to a sketched portrait of me. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Today, I stand before a stack of dark green guavas, each perfectly round and hard, each $1.59. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She stared blankly at the things that had once been her daily companions—the teacher’s desk, the stacks of paper, The Book of the City of Ember on its special shelf. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

On his far left, he stacked three road maps. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not know the answer, and so quickly pulled out the next photo from the stack. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

They went the wrong way first and took evasive action through a garage and around a stack of garbage pails. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I stack my fists into two potatoes on the desk in front of me. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

But underneath the stack, lying on the bottom of the drawer, was a framed picture. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I wondered if Mrs. Croft had ever seen a woman in a sari, with a dot painted on her forehead and bracelets stacked on her wrists. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Because his bed is stacked with clothes and books, he drags a comforter out of his closet and we lie on the floor, the blanket wrapped around us. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“The casements are in the alley behind the shop, stacked with regular tubing stock,” he said. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at me a long time, then walked over to the bushel baskets stacked at the back of the stand. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Various bottles line the counter, beside stacks of towels and bowls of mint candy. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s curved windows and most of the building looks like boxes stacked on top of each other. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He walked us over to a wall with stacked trays, all neatly organized, and pulled out two sheets of rough paper, handing them over to me. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I sat down at the keyboard and leafed through the stack of typewritten articles on the nearby tray. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I dropped to my knees, opened the cabinet doors, shoved the stacked toilet paper out of the way, and reached into the hole. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

While everyone considers the plan, Boggs flips through a stack of blueprints of the Nut and frowns. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I nearly fell over a pile of stacked stones, bruised my shin, and sat on them instead. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

More books were stacked under the tables and teetered on the fireplace mantel. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Too busy to notice my neat stack had grown into uneven bundles with either more than fifty or less than fifty newspapers. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But the deck is really stacked against us. You really think we can win against all of that?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The Greek historian Herodotus described it as a stack of eight stepped towers, with gates of solid brass and 120 lions in brightly colored, glazed tiles leading to it. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z

By the time she returned, Brandon had stacked his boy books on the coffee table. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She rummaged through a stack of lumber, brought several long, narrow pieces over to a pair of sawhorses, and began sawing them into paired lengths. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Long rows of reclaimed hardwoods and softwoods line the fence in short stacks, too many for me to name since there are more than one hundred thousand kinds. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Joseph’s cheeks tingled with pleasure as he stacked the logs. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She even sends us sometimes to bring back meat from the butcher marché, a place where Rachel will not set foot on account of the intestines and neatly stacked heads. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were two sets of double doors leading out of the antechamber, one marked stacks and the other tomes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At the corner the old man, wrapped in an army overcoat, his feet covered with gunny sacks, his head in a knitted cap, was puttering with a stack of paper bags. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Weasley took a piece of buttered toast from a stack on the kitchen table, put it into the fire tongs, and transferred it into Mr. Diggory’s mouth. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He had come to Hong Kong with a stack of flash drives containing classified NSA documents—documents that detailed a vast system of surveillance the American public had no idea existed. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I pull them down and stack them in the hallway. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

All around him were crates and trunks and bags neatly stacked on shelves and lined up on the floor. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t see the woman who checked us out the night I met Billy, but she suddenly appears from behind a huge stack of toilet paper. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Mama stacked the full boxes of jam jars by the front door. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Simply stacks of pedigree and so cheeky. Nipped a finger off the garden boy—and swallowed it.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was rising by the time he emerged from the stacks clutching the book, and he might have been tired from staying up all night, but energy thrummed through him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I remove a stack of plates and set them on the island counter that is in full view of the Netbook. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She blushed, she dropped the removed truss, she stepped back on a stack of irrigation basins—and her feet went out from under her. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Dr. Masuku had a stack of magazines, Sister Gladys carried a box of disposable syringes, and the staff cook had his arms full of sugar bags. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She takes a couple menus from a stack. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, I gave my mother the stack of photos to store with the rest of Caitlin's letters. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He looked at the stack of used cups in his hand and counted the rims. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

She brought in stacks of new books to read to us, as well as games and music and videos. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

But when she leaned over to grab her stack of books from the table, Jinny froze. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Teresa was leaning against a stack of shelves, reading a single sheet of paper. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He pointed to the other side of the room, where the aforementioned journals were still stacked, notably untouched. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He stacked up the gift cards and put them away in his pocket to pore over later. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He would need someone to place wooden blocks on the trailer so he could offload the stack. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Row upon row of identical tents, cook fires, tethered horses of officers, camp followers, stacked muskets, the quick, smart pacing of sentries. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon it’s time to stack up the hurdles and put them off to the side of the track, and all the relay girls are laughing and joking with each other. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The pigeon banana-peeling off the comic book stack in a clownish flop. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Salinger stood up, a stack of papers in her arms. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I chopped a large pile of wood and stacked it close to the kitchen door. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

What they had in common is what kept them apart Mr. Paul had told me to use my head, so I started stacking up the positives against the negatives. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I used to think Mom was old-fashioned for always printing pictures off her phone, but now I’m glad for the bazillion albums that were stacked up there. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He cleared his throat and began stacking papers on his desk. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The Governor sat at the center of a long table, a neat stack of papers near his elbow. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The next morning, when Eleanor got on the bus, there was a stack of comics on her seat. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She reached out and took his neat stack of bills, counted the money while she spoke. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

They peeled and sorted and bunched and sprayed and cleaned and stacked and shelved and swept; my father put them to anything for which they didn’t have to speak. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a hopeless task, given all the stacks of Mom’s junk and the hole in the ceiling and the disgusting yellow bucket in the kitchen. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dad had decided it was time to salvage the angle iron stacked all around the farm. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Gabe had tied stacks of boards together in order to drag them into place. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“And I mean it, too. I want you fellows—” he nodded at the two cops “—to put the word out, understand? Shorty, you too. You know how things stack up around here.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There, stacked from floor to ceiling, were thousands and thousands of boxes of canned goods. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stacked the cards and fastened them together with a rubber band and put them in my backpack. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I watched you stacking pieces of cardboard and humming joyfully, the realization stabbed me that even I expected too little of you. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He ordered two stacks of hotcakes, slathered them with butter, drowned them with syrup, and was just about to dig in when Al Ulbrickson entered the room. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Wigner pulled out a bottle of red wine and a stack of paper cups. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stacked several chicken crates in the corner by the killing cones. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The front rooms and hallway of the house were full of furniture, chairs and desks stacked on tables and couches. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I peer into his room and see an unmade bed and a stack of books on his desk. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

While Dell spent years piling up plastic plates, Pattie was stacking money. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

A fine green mold spread over the books and papers and paintings that were stacked so high and piled so deep you could hardly cross the room. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Two of the end tables had magazines, neady stacked so that the tides were clearly visible. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was stacked so full of leftovers, the light up top didn’t hit anything below the first shelf. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I have read this in a book, dug up from the depths of the stacks, in the library. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Behind them Sam came upon a small store of firewood neatly stacked. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Sunday, after I had cut all the weeds, I piled them up in a big stack in the gutter. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Namrata stacks them on the table, sinking into a conference chair. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He walked over, shined his light, then picked up a stack of three workpads that had been tied down with elastic straps. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Behind one stack he glimpsed three sailors throwing dice. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then she disappeared out the door, and Oliver could hear her weaving around the growing number of boxes stacked against the hallway wall. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Sawed circular tree trunks were stacked on their sides, creating a massive wall behind the chaha’oh. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She rose, holding the stack of papers to her chest. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Many of the buildings were made of stacked logs with cracks filled with mud—like Anya’s own home back in Zmeyreka. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Normally the Trazon got me through these annoying moments pretty easily, but for one reason or another—it might have been the chat in the stacks with Ms. Banks—I’d skipped my after-school meds. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

From there it swooped down to Palmer’s stack of comic books. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Pa and Uncle Henry, on top of the wheat stack, were pitching bundles down onto a board. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

As usual he walked the horse through the British encampment, through the idle men, stacked muskets, military stores, camp kitchens. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He returned to the counter carrying a fat stack of files in his arms. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let them all go up the stack,” he said. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to find the stack of newspapers she had made during fourth grade. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

We piled into my two-door Corolla, which was stacked with papers, trial transcripts, and court records. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Five to a stack. You! You idiot! Stop that! If you aren’t going to help, go someplace else!” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

He sat on two large cartons that he brought with him and stacked one on top of the other. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of days earlier, Michael and Sasha had digitally scanned the full stack of index cards for posterity. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“SmartMart coming. Dad wants to build up customer loyalty,” he said, and continued stacking boxes. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Adina stacked pieces of fish on her stick and twirled it over the fire to cook them, as she’d learned to do. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Out of the corner of her eye, Hyacinth spotted her mom leave the kitchen, disappear into the laundry room, then reappear lugging a stack of collapsed boxes that had been stored behind the washing machine. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The furrier, a plain woman with spindly arms, leaned over the counter, digging her hands into a stack of fox pelts. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I rise and go out to Smitty, who hands me a stack. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Grandpop fell right on his face,” Ma added, putting stacks of. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I let the door close behind me and quickly flipped through the stack. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I pull my stack of my brain maps out for Neil. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Drilling, shooting, marching over, they stacked them at their barracks and there was always at least a sergeant guarding these stacked guns. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cases of motor oil were stacked in front of the counter; the cans had a dull oil film on them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dad was in the forklift, scooping up a stack of corrugated tin. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

On the day that the display opened, C.P. and Butler sat defiantly at a table behind neat stacks of Klan literature while people walked around the room examining the exhibits. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I said I’m not going,” I repeated, casually going through the stack of newspapers and removing the comic sections. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bobbed her head up and down and nervously stacked and restacked her tail feathers. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I can see a stack of plates as it sways, begin to topple over, into a silent explosion of china shards. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The organist reaches for something above her and a whole stack of books falls to the floor, echoing across the marble like a gunshot. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Johnny never understood how the horse could run so fast without tripping over tent pegs, campfires, stacks of muskets, sheep bought for slaughtering. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around my room, growing stacks of paperback books reenforced my assurance. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stack a plate with some ribs, wings, and corn on the cob. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Some boxes were stacked in closets, others were hidden in the attic. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the handbag the captain removes an address book, a stack of letters, and a woman’s compact. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Valentine, in the class ahead of me, had a figure that was usually described by boys watching her sashay by as “stacked like a brick privy.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Coach Susan had spotted me in practice the day before, standing level with me on padded leather blocks stacked on one side of the foam pit. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I count at least three different hats stacked on top of his head, which he keeps tucked in close to his chest. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Just before the ship disappeared its stack blew reddish smoke. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two baseball caps are stacked on top of the toque, and the fedora wobbles at the top as Ambrose laughs. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure you all need your rest...but there are wedding presents stacked in my room that need sorting out and I was under the impression that you had agreed to help.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It was Pa who had got the other men to stack their wheat together and send for the threshing machine, and it was a wonderful machine. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put her hand on the stack of E. Nesbit books. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave the stack of cardboards a solid-sounding double tap on the desk surface, as one taps a deck of cards, then dropped the stack back into the bottom drawer and closed the drawer. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Mom made him eat an extra stack of pancakes. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Familiar hyena-like laughter reaches us from the bank of printers and photocopiers along the half wall separating the checkout area and the book stacks. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Making appropriate grunts and sighs, he grabbed a stack of newspaper scraps and dropped them into the open hole. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

There is plenty of junk and stacks of newspaper clippings about people and places I will never understand. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She sits on one bag to smash the shirts down so she can add another stack on top. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

An old woman who had been stacking the bread stood back when she saw them, her eyes fearful. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Taryn’s mom stuck a few candles into Ivy’s giant stack of pancakes, and they all sang “Happy Birthday.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I point at all the art books and magazines stacked on my desk. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

There's a wilder corner where broken slabs're stacked under corkscrewed holly. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

They passed doorway after doorway revealing grown-ups hunched in front of computers or talking on the phone, messy stacks of paper piled around them. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

From a table in the corner of the room he took a stack of folded papers. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

She spread the map on Mr. Turner’s desk, his neat stacks of documents tumbling into heaps. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Regardless, I had come here to see the stacks. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Inside the envelope were a stack of cards, a bunch of rubber stamps, an ink pad, and a sheet of three-ring-binder paper filled with a fifth grader’s sloppy handwriting. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He spent the morning stacking firewood in exchange for two slices of venison-pickle jelly. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Inside, huge wooden containers are stacked floor to ceiling. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

We leaned against each other like stacked chairs. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

There, in the corner, the barrels stacked up to the deck. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Two medium-sized brown boxes are stacked by the door. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Being surrounded by stacks of books every day, along with the upcoming tennis court dedication, caused Siobhan to think more about Reggie than she had in years. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

As she walks slowly through the rooms it irks her that there are dirty dishes stacked in the kitchen, that the bed has not been made. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I found myself cackling on the verge of hysteria when I was stacking bottles of no-name brands of dishwashing liquid. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The packets leaned against each other at angles and lay in untidy stacks. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I rounded up some cutlery and found the table, which had been buried under a stack of dime novels and Shakespeare’s plays. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The princess grabbed a dagger off a table and hurled it at a stack of shields. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

As Connie took the plates away, I noticed a stack of newspapers that had obviously been read before I got there. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Czerny was full of life there, unfazed by jaywalking pedestrians and the smell of urine and stacked garbage wafting from the curb. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Two men were working fast, trampling the straw and building it into a stack. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are three different stacks of orders and the oven is packed with more. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I'd caught glimpses of old poetry books stacked on his desk. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The stacks of Nahuatl manuscripts in Mexican archives depict the tlamatinime meeting to exchange ideas and gossip, as did the Vienna Circle and the French philosophes and the Taisho-period Kyoto school. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The thought of the big stack of bills on the kitchen table rises in my mind. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Mom took Emma and Chess and Finn to the library a lot, and Emma always checked out a huge stack of books. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

When my brother saw me struggling home with stacks of library books, he would laugh, shouting: ‘Hey, Four Eyes!’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the street, I see a fruit vendor stacking oranges and small plastic containers of strawberries on his cart. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

In an extended chord, all or some of the notes in the "stack of thirds" below the named note may also be added. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

My mother stacked the pages, folded them in thirds, business style, and slipped them back into the envelope. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Her mom’s car is kind of old, and the trunk is filled with books and stacks of papers. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

In the distance, beyond another long row of barracks, Hannah could see a single strand of smoke rising against the bright spring sky, curling endlessly out of a tall chimney stack. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mi, I’ve been thinking,” he said, so seriously she almost giggled until he reached into his back pocket and pulled out a folded stack of bills. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When he had finished that, he tore the Blue Horse bands from the stacks of new lined paper and placed them in the folder. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no telling what was being made behind those high filthy windows, or why yellow and black smoke poured from a single slender aluminum stack. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She’d stack them up to make the highest tower, carefully adding blocks one by one. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Four hours later, Miss Celia walks in with five big boxes stacked on top of each other. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The firewood was stacked against the door as she and Charlie had left it. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I went into Amil’s stacks of drawings that he keeps in the corner of our room and tried to find it, but I couldn’t. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

There was a camping chair in one corner and a nest of blankets in another, and several books stacked in a neat pile next to an actual lantern. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A figure in a long coat stood behind the giant stacks of wood. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z