The Family Chao
By: Lan Samantha Chang
3.35
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
The residents of Haven, Wisconsin, have dined on the Fine Chao Restaurant’s delicious Americanized …
Want to Read $ 9.99"Our inner selves exist. They're unique, and they're meaningful and mysterious, even if they are secret sometimes even from ourselves."-Lan Samantha Chang, The Family Chao
"After emotions are felt, expressed, where do they go? Is there a place where spent passion collects? Surely it can't simply vaporize, disappear like smoke. There must be a secret hiding place. For every old love affair, a locked room."-Lan Samantha Chang, The Family Chao
"In Alf's close-up, he's less than a year old, almost unrecognizably puppyish. He gazes directly at James, head slightly cocked, bat ears unfolded in typical, unceasing alertness. His small black nose is shaped like a heart, the fur on his jowls shimmers, and the blaze on his chest is bright white and fluffy."-Lan Samantha Chang, The Family Chao
"The half-dozen temple dogs circle him and Alf in a delirium of barking, clicking paws, and waving tails. They're mixed breeds, smooth-haired, ears neither floppy nor exactly pointed, and a few with the long legs, fleet feet, of racing hounds. Two are from the Humane Society. Two are rescue dogs from a meat restaurant in South Korea."-Lan Samantha Chang, The Family Chao
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1. Hurricane Song
By: Paul Volponi
3.75
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
Hurricane Katrina is raging and you are inside the Superdome! Miles has only lived in New Orleans w… read more
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2. Trust
By: Hernan Diaz
3.83
Format: 402 pages, Hardcover
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"Where there's a ventriloquist, there's a dummy."-Hernan Diaz, Trust
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"Silence between 2 is always shared. But 1 of the 2 owns it and shares it with the other."-Hernan Diaz, Trust
"I’ve come to think one is truly married only when one is more committed to one’s vows than the person they refer to."-Hernan Diaz, Trust
3. Happiness Falls
By: Angie Kim
3.75
Format: 387 pages, Hardcover
When a father goes missing, his family's desperate search leads them to question everything they kn… read more
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"I lost a World - the other day! Has Anybody found? - Emily Dickinson, 1896"-Angie Kim, Happiness Falls
4. James
By: Percival Everett
4.54
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , both harrowing and f… read more
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5. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
By: James McBride
4.00
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new housing de… read more
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6. Real Americans
By: Rachel Khong
4.04
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of Goodbye, Vitamin: How far would you go to shape your own destiny?… read more
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"She wasn't normal and so I wasn't either. I resented that part the most."-Rachel Khong, Real Americans
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"With each other they spoke loudly: Their voices periodically rose to excited shouts, and they laughed raucously. In English they were milder mannered, polite. My mother had always spoken English to m…"-Rachel Khong, Real Americans
7. Come and Get It
By: Kiley Reid
3.38
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A fresh and provocative story about a residential assistant and her messy entanglement with a profe… read more
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"Kennedy hadn't considered it before, that to write something beautiful you just do it regular, and then you pull out a red pen."-Kiley Reid, Come and Get It
"Washing her sheets was another thing she'd failed to do. She washed her clothes—every weekend—but when it came to the bedsheets, she'd get stressed out or she'd forget. And then there was too much ti…"-Kiley Reid, Come and Get It
"Okay, sometimes—just being honest— Millie can be . . . a little ghetto." On the word little, Tyler held two fingers an inch apart. "Nooo. Don't say that. Ah love Millie." "But I'm not saying it like …"-Kiley Reid, Come and Get It
8. Olga Dies Dreaming
By: Xóchitl González
3.98
Format: 369 pages, Hardcover
It's 2017, and Olga and her brother, Pedro "Prieto" Acevedo, are bold-faced names in their hometown… read more
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"It's a myth about motherhood, Olga felt, that the time in utero imbues mothers with a lifelong understanding of their children. Yes, they know their essences, this she didn't doubt, but mothers are s…"-Xóchitl González, Olga Dies Dreaming
9. The Candy House
By: Jennifer Egan
3.64
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From one of the most dazzling and iconic writers of our time and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, an e… read more
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"Nothing is free! Only children expect otherwise even as myths and fairy tales warn us: Rumpelstiltskin, King Midas, Handsel and Gretel. Never trust a candy house! It was only a matter of time before …"-Jennifer Egan, The Candy House
10. Joan Is Okay
By: Weike Wang
3.67
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A witty, moving, piercingly insightful new novel about a marvelously complicated woman who can’t be… read more
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"I wasn't a genius in the end, but a girl could still hope."-Weike Wang, Joan Is Okay
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"Proud to be an American, a feeling that I lacked but also a phrase that I didn't think applied to me."-Weike Wang, Joan Is Okay
11. I Have Some Questions for You
By: Rebecca Makkai
3.61
Format: 438 pages, Hardcover
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12. Black Cake
By: Charmaine Wilkerson
4.10
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
We can’t choose what we inherit. But can we choose who we become? In present-day California, Ele… read more
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"But trying to undo the worry is like trying to undo his blackness."-Charmaine Wilkerson, Black Cake
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By: Celeste Ng
3.80
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
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14. The Family Chao
By: Lan Samantha Chang
3.35
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
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3.46
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17. Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers
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3.54
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
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3.67
Format: 179 pages, Hardcover
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4.93
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