Neighbors and Other Stories
By: Diane Oliver
4.04
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A bold and haunting debut story collection that follows various characters as they navigate the day…
Want to Read $ 15.72"Sometimes I wonder why more of us ain't dead."-Diane Oliver, Neighbors and Other Stories
"Sometimes I wonder why more of us ain't dead."-Diane Oliver, Neighbors and Other Stories
"He loved them, he had to. After all, they were his, but sometimes loving became a burden. And if he had met them at the bus station, perhaps they would have become that to him."-Diane Oliver, Neighbors and Other Stories
"He loved them, he had to. After all, they were his, but sometimes loving became a burden. And if he had met them at the bus station, perhaps they would have become that to him."-Diane Oliver, Neighbors and Other Stories
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1. Grief Is for People
By: Sloane Crosley
3.91
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Following the death of her closest friend, Sloane Crosley explores multiple kinds of loss in this d… read more
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"Grief is for people, not things."-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People
"Suicide is a tax on human consciousness."-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People
"How will he know you loved him," she asks, "unless you try to destroy yourself?"-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People
"Pictures should be of what you see, not of what the world sees when it sees you."-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People
2. 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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3. Und alle so still
By: Mareike Fallwickl
4.29
Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition
Was wäre, wenn alle Frauen sich verweigern und in einen Care-Streik treten würden? Ein großer femin… read more
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4. Wandering Stars
By: Tommy Orange
3.89
Format: 315 pages, Hardcover
The eagerly awaited follow-up to Pulitzer Prize-finalist Tommy Orange’s breakout best seller There … read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
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"And in the year 1924 Indian citizenship will have been granted, even though they will mean to dissolve tribes by giving citizenship, dissolve being another word for disappearance, a kind of chemical …"-Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars
5. Tomb Sweeping
By: Alexandra Chang
3.37
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A playful and deeply affective short story collection about the histories, technologies, and genera… read more
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6. Clear
By: Carys Davies
3.92
Format: 196 pages, Hardcover
A stunning, exquisite novel from an award-winning writer about a minister dispatched to a remote is… read more
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7. Ours
By: Phillip B. Williams
3.84
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
An epic novel set in mid-nineteenth-century America about the spiritual costs of a freedom that dem… read more
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"In Ours, the grass that grows is sharp. It gleams at its edges, such that when the buttery light of spring falls into it, the light cries out and yellow pours slowly over the earth."-Phillip B. Williams, Ours
8. There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
By: Hanif Abdurraqib
4.40
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, talent and allegiance, and of course, LeBron James—f… read more
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"Heartbreak itself is a primary color. Stagnant without a series of secondary colors to activate it. Longing is an activator."-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
"With enough repetition, anything can become a religion. It doesn’t matter if it works or not, it simply matters if a person returns."-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
"It is a strange miracle to be able to trace your own aging, your own mortality through someone who's living alongside you, someone who has survived eras at the same time as you have in some of the sa…"-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
9. This Is the Honey
By: Kwame Alexander
4.47
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A breathtaking poetry collection on hope, heart, and heritage from the most prominent and promising… read more
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10. Neighbors and Other Stories
By: Diane Oliver
4.04
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A bold and haunting debut story collection that follows various characters as they navigate the day… read more
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- race
- historical
- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- african american
- audiobook
"Sometimes I wonder why more of us ain't dead."-Diane Oliver, Neighbors and Other Stories
"He loved them, he had to. After all, they were his, but sometimes loving became a burden. And if he had met them at the bus station, perhaps they would have become that to him."-Diane Oliver, Neighbors and Other Stories
"By giving woman the exalted position, the man takes away her freedom. By treating her like a goddess, he forces her to act like a goddess... but the man is then free to act like a human being."-Diane Oliver, Neighbors and Other Stories
"He's going to wonder why, and how are we going to tell him we're afraid of them?" Her father's hand clutched the coffee cup. "He's going to be fighting them the rest of his life. He's got to start so…"-Diane Oliver, Neighbors and Other Stories
11. Issa
By: Mirrianne Mahn
4.36
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
«Ich kenne ihre Geschichten so gut, dass ich manchmal glaube, ich hätte sie selbst erlebt.» Eige… read more
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12. Here After
By: Amy Lin
4.25
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Here After is an intimate story of deep love followed by dizzying loss; a stunning, taut memoir fro… read more
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- audiobook
13. Skin & Bones
By: Renée Watson
4.39
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a soulful and lyrical novel exploring… read more
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14. Honey
By: Isabel Banta
3.48
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A coming-of-age story that follows the meteoric rise of singer Amber Young as she navigates fame in… read more
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- fiction
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- audiobook
"The truth is my dad was always singing […]"-Isabel Banta, Honey
"I wasn’t good enough—what a mortifying thing to discover about yourself."-Isabel Banta, Honey
"[…] she remains enigmatic, unbreachable; she unlocks herself only for certain people."-Isabel Banta, Honey
"Mike wants me to say I’m a normal girl. But I’m not, I never was. I always felt I had to prove I was better."-Isabel Banta, Honey
15. Mühlensommer
By: Martina Bogdahn
3.68
Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition
In »Mühlensommer« erzählt Martina Bogdahn warmherzig und humorvoll von einer Frau und ihrem Leben z… read more
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16. Weiße Wolken
By: Yandé Seck
3.57
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Dieo lebt mit ihrem Mann Simon und drei Söhnen in einer schönen Altbauwohnung im Frankfurter Norden… read more
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17. 1979 : Johanna och Ingrid - Ett familjedrama
By: Helena von Zweigbergk
3.54
Format: 420 pages, Hardcover
”Vet du varför jag fastnade för dig, Ingrid?” Ingrid skakar på huvudet. Är det här verkligen något… read more
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18. God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer
By: Joseph Earl Thomas
3.69
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A stirring, unsparing debut novel about black life in Philadelphia and the struggle to build intima… read more
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19. "Einige Herren sagten etwas dazu": Die Autorinnen der Gruppe 47 (German Edition)
By: Nicole Seifert
4.63
Format: 263 pages, Kindle Edition
Nicole Seifert erzählt die Geschichte der Gruppe 47 aus einer neuen der der Frauen. Ihr Ergebnis k… read more
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20. Wir sitzen im Dickicht und weinen
By: Felicitas Prokopetz
4.02
Format: 211 pages, Kindle Edition
Valerie hat nicht die einfachste Beziehung zu ihrer Mutter. Am besten klappt es, wenn die beiden ei… read more
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21. Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement for Black Land Ownership
By: Brea Baker
4.58
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A powerful history of the impact of land theft and violent displacement on Black communities in the… read more
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