The Wife of Willesden
By: Zadie Smith
3.74
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Zadie Smith's first time writing for the stage, a riotous twenty-first century translation of Geoff…
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1. Every Day Is for the Thief
By: Teju Cole
3.70
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
A young Nigerian writer living in New York City returns to Lagos in search of a subject-and himself… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"Money, dished out in quantities fitting the context, is a social lubricant here. It eases passage even as it maintains hierarchies. Fifty naira for the man who helps you back out from the parking spo…"-Teju Cole, Every Day Is for the Thief
2. That Face
By: Polly Stenham
3.64
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Mia is at boarding school. She has access to drugs. They are Martha's. Henry is preparing for art c… read more
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- british literature
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3. Inventory: Poems
By: Dionne Brand
3.82
Format: 106 pages, Paperback
In Dionne Brand’s incantatory, deeply engaged, beautifully crafted long poem, the question is asked… read more
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4. The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance: A Memoir
By: Elna Baker
4.01
Format: 205 pages,
It's lonely being a Mormon in New York City. Every year, Elna Baker attends the New York Regional M… read more
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- humor
5. Telling Tales
By: Patience Agbabi
3.79
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant reeinterpretation of The Canterbury Talesfor the 21st centuryTabard Inn to Canterb'ry C… read more
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6. The Wife of Bath
By: Geoffrey Chaucer , Peter G. Beidler
4.23
Format: 343 pages, Paperback
Adopted at more than 1,000 colleges and universities, Bedford/St. Martin's innovative Case Studies … read more
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7. The Canterbury Tales
By: Geoffrey Chaucer , Nevill Coghill
3.72
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
The procession that crosses Chaucer's pages is as full of life and as richly textured as a medieval… read more
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8. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
By: Anita Loos
4.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
If any American fictional character of the twentieth century seems likely to be immortal, it is Lor… read more
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9. Amadeus
By: Peter Shaffer
4.16
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Ambition and jealousyall set to music. Devout court composer Antonio Salieri plots against his riva… read more
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- theatre
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- fiction
- drama
"Goodness is nothing in the furnace of art."-Peter Shaffer, Amadeus
"What use, after all, is man, if not to teach God His lessons?"-Peter Shaffer, Amadeus
"Tell me, before you call us servants, who served whom? And who, I wonder, in your generations, will immortalize you?"-Peter Shaffer, Amadeus
"I bet you that's how God hears the world! Millions of sounds ascending at once and mixing in His ear to become an unending music, unimaginable to us!"-Peter Shaffer, Amadeus
10. The Mere Wife
By: Maria Dahvana Headley
3.89
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
Two mothers—a suburban housewife and a battle-hardened veteran—struggle to protect those they love … read more
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- retellings
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- contemporary
"Half of the dead are killed by their friends. Maybe that's the history of everything."-Maria Dahvana Headley, The Mere Wife
"We haven't slept in years. This is an advantage of menopause. Some nights, we meet for coffee at 4:00 a.m."-Maria Dahvana Headley, The Mere Wife
"Why is she here at Herot Hall, where at any second something bad could come down the mountain, or tunnel up from below? Monsters. There's a whole world filled with monsters. They everywhere"-Maria Dahvana Headley, The Mere Wife
"Dogs can tell how many times a person's heart beats, how many breaths they've taken, whether they're sick, whether they're dying. Dogs can find the secrets their people don't know, tip them over, spi…"-Maria Dahvana Headley, The Mere Wife
11. The Wife of Willesden
By: Zadie Smith
3.74
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Zadie Smith's first time writing for the stage, a riotous twenty-first century translation of Geoff… read more
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- plays
- drama
12. Kittentits
By: Holly Wilson
3.19
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A feral, heart-busting, absurdist debut about Molly, a rambunctious and bawdy ten-year-old searchin… read more
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13. Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art
By: Lauren Elkin
4.16
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
'Destined to become a new classic'A dazzlingly original reassessment of women's stories, bodies and… read more
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- contemporary
14. feeld
By: Jos Charles
4.17
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
Selected by Fady Joudah as a winner of the 2017 National Poetry Series, Jos Charles’s revolutionary… read more
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- poetry
15. 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem
By: Nam Le
4.05
Format: 80 pages, Hardcover
An explosive, devastating debut book of poetry from the acclaimed author of The Boat In his first … read more
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16. Make the World New
By: Lillian Allen
3.57
Format: 104 pages, Paperback
Lillian Allen is one of the leading creative Black feminist voices in Canada. Her work has been fou… read more
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- poetry
17. The Wife of Bath: A Biography
By: Marion Turner
3.94
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning biographer of Chaucer, the story of his most popular and scandalous characte… read more
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18. What We Talk About When We Talk about Rape
By: Sohaila Abdulali
4.39
Format: 265 pages, Paperback
In the tradition of Rebecca Solnit, a beautifully written, deeply intelligent, searingly honest—and… read more
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"No matter how much you heal, you can never be unraped, any more than you can be undead."-Sohaila Abdulali, What We Talk About When We Talk about Rape
"We've created a narrative that says that either it didn't happen to you, or you deserved it."-Sohaila Abdulali, What We Talk About When We Talk about Rape
"Human beings are complex, and one person may bounce back quickly from a crime that breaks another's spirit."-Sohaila Abdulali, What We Talk About When We Talk about Rape
"Power corrupts everything that is already corrupt about rape: who is believed, who is accountable, who is punished, and why."-Sohaila Abdulali, What We Talk About When We Talk about Rape
19. Tehrangeles
By: Porochista Khakpour
3.03
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Meet the Milanis: fast-food heiresses, L.A. royalty, and your newest reality TV obsession. Irani… read more
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20. Alisoun Sings
By: Caroline Bergvall
3.85
Format: 134 pages, Paperback
Alisoun Sings finds its starting-point with Chaucer’s iconic, proto-feminist Wife of Bath. Her forc… read more
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21. Downstate
By: Bruce Norris
4.36
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
In downstate Illinois, four men convicted of sex crimes against minors share a group home where the… read more
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