Dottie
By: Abdulrazak Gurnah
4.00
Format: 332 pages, Hardcover
A searing tale of a young woman discovering her troubled family history and cultural pastDottie Bad…
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1. An Evening of Long Goodbyes
By: Paul Murray
3.64
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
Charles Hythloday observes the world from the comfortable confines of his family estate, and doesn’… read more
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- literary fiction
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"Mrs. P.? Oh no. She’s the help. Bosnian, you know. Or is it Serbian? An absolute treasure, anyway. As I always say to Bel, if there’s one good thing to come out of all this fuss in the Balkans, it’s …"-Paul Murray, An Evening of Long Goodbyes
"You're talking like a Stalinist!' I cried. 'People don't get jobs to achieve things and learn values ! They do it because they have to, and then they use whatever's left over to buy themselves things…"-Paul Murray, An Evening of Long Goodbyes
"The accursed ship didn't sink for a full three hours. By the time it did, I was feeling so traumatized that even watching Dogface die offered little consolation. The dialogue, the acting, the vast em…"-Paul Murray, An Evening of Long Goodbyes
2. Letting Go
By: Philip Roth
3.74
Format: 630 pages, Paperback
Letting Go is Roth's first full-length novel, published just after Goodbye, Columbus, when he was t… read more
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- literary fiction
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3. A Natural
By: Ross Raisin
3.71
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Tom has always known exactly the person he is going to be. A successful footballer. A man others lo… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
4. Demain j'aurai vingt ans
By: Alain Mabanckou
3.60
Format: 316 pages, Paperback
Pointe-Noire, capitale economique du Congo, dans les annees 1970. Le narrateur, Michel, est un garc… read more
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- africa
- fiction
5. The Gift of Rain
By: Tan Twan Eng
4.20
Format: None pages,
Set in Penang, 1939, this book presents a story of betrayal, barbaric cruelty, steadfast courage an… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
6. We Need New Names
By: NoViolet Bulawayo
4.50
Format: 228 pages, Hardcover
An exciting literary debut: the unflinching and powerful story of a young girl's journey out of Zim… read more
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7. A Personal Matter
By: Kenzaburō Ōe , John Nathan
4.12
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Kenzaburo Oe, the winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize for Literature, is internationally acclaimed as on… read more
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8. Untwine
By: Edwidge Danticat
2.83
Format: 212 pages, Hardcover
Sixteen-year-old Giselle Boyer and her identical twin, Isabelle, are as close as sisters can be. Th… read more
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9. If I Survive You
By: Jonathan Escoffery
3.69
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
In the 1970s, Topper and Sanya flee to Miami as political violence consumes their native Kingston. … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
"Why don't stars make any sounds in the winter? What sounds? Ethan said."-Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You
"What does Whiteness feel like?... I imagine it's like walking barefoot…"-Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You
"Every boy deserves to believe him father is good, but if each father were good, we’d be living in a different kind of world."-Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You
"I imagined I could have begged an old girlfriend from college to send money; enough of them had expressed ambivalence about their trust funds that this seemed a plausible path down which I might drag…"-Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You
10. Enter Ghost
By: Isabella Hammad
4.09
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A bold, evocative new novel from the Sue Kaufman, Betty Trask and Plimpton Prize Award winner Isabe… read more
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- fiction
- novels
11. In Defence of the Act
By: Effie Black
4.12
Format: 182 pages, Paperback
Are we more like a coffee bean, a carrot or an egg? What happens to us when we are boiled in the tr… read more
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- fiction
"Anorexia is a secretive disease, it fed on Beth's stories of conquering her past demons."-Effie Black, In Defence of the Act
"Sharing is the currency of friendship, perhaps everywhere, but especially at university."-Effie Black, In Defence of the Act
"We speak until our mouths ache. I won't remember what we speak about, but I'll be certain it was deep. We are both terribly deep."-Effie Black, In Defence of the Act
12. Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad
By: Damilare Kuku
4.03
Format: None pages, Paperback
A collection of short stories, structured as case-studies, and a form of love letter in solidarity … read more
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- africa
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13. Nightbloom
By: Peace Adzo Medie
3.96
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Peace Adzo Medie, author of Reese’s Book Club pick His Only Wife , returns with a moving novel abou… read more
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- africa
- fiction
14. A Passage North
By: Anuk Arudpragasam
3.71
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A young man journeys into Sri Lanka's war-torn north in this searing novel of longing, loss, and th… read more
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- fiction
"Between the forgetting that takes place as a result of our consent, which is a forgetting we need in order to reconcile our pasts and presents, and the forgetting that is imposed on us against our ow…"-Anuk Arudpragasam, A Passage North
"There was something about twilight that heightened his anxiety, which brought it to the surface of his consciousness and made it palpable, as though with the gradual disappearance of the horizon the …"-Anuk Arudpragasam, A Passage North
"It was the fact, above all, that sudden or violent deaths could occur not merely in a war zone or during race riots but during the slow, unremarkable course of everyday life that made them so disturb…"-Anuk Arudpragasam, A Passage North
"There was a difference between the pleasure that soothed and lulled one to sleep and pleasure that drew the self more widely and vividly into the world, and thinking of his return to Colombo now it s…"-Anuk Arudpragasam, A Passage North
15. Abigail
By: Magda Szabó
4.33
Format: 333 pages, Paperback
Abigail, the story of a headstrong teenager growing up during World War II, is the most beloved of … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
16. Dottie
By: Abdulrazak Gurnah
4.00
Format: 332 pages, Hardcover
A searing tale of a young woman discovering her troubled family history and cultural pastDottie Bad… read more
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- africa
- fiction
- novels
17. Standing Heavy
By: Gauz
3.58
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Initially a little intrigued, all babies eventually return the security guard's smile. The securit… read more
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- africa
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18. There Are Rivers in the Sky
By: Elif Shafak
4.58
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
From the Booker Prize finalist author of The Island of Missing Trees, an enchanting new tale about … read more
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- fiction
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"Books, like paper lanterns, provide us with a light amidst the fog."-Elif Shafak, There Are Rivers in the Sky
19. The Kites
By: Romain Gary
4.27
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
On a small farm in Normandy, as Hitler rises to power in Germany, young Ludo comes of age in the ca… read more
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"כיום אני סבור שהיה בלב חברתי רצון מעורפל שלא יכלה לבטאו במפורש - הרצון להגשים את עצמה לא רק בנשיותה. אך כיצד יכלתי לדעת אז, בגילי, אני שכל רזי העולם היו לי כספר החתום, כי יש שהמילה "נשיות" היא ככלא ל…"-Romain Gary, The Kites
"דבר שאינו בראש ובראשונה פרי-הדמיון אינו ראוי שיחיו אותו. שאם לא כן, מהו ים - רק מים מלוחים ותו לא.... אני, למשל, כבר חמשים שנה אני ממציא בלי הרף את אשתי. בשום פנים ואופן לא נתתי לה להזדקן. היא ודאי מ…"-Romain Gary, The Kites
"I battled my feelings of inferiority bravely, picking out a guest and imagining him floating in the air at the end of a line I held in my hand, with his stiff-legged trousers, his checked vest, and h…"-Romain Gary, The Kites
20. THURSDAYS
By: Jackson Biko
3.99
Format: 149 pages, Kindle Edition
Vina Wira band. On the drums is a guy who also writes code. The lead singer is a gifted songstress … read more
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21. Let Me Call You Back
By: Jackson Biko
4.47
Format: 133 pages, Kindle Edition
Samora isn't unlike any man who suddenly finds himself in a pickle.A man with a young family. A man… read more
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