Moth
By: Melody Razak
4.10
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Ma and Bappu are liberal intellectuals teaching at the local university. Their fourteen year-old da…
Want to Read $ 13.99"There is purpose and beauty in chaos...just because you can't see it, doesn't mean it's not there."-Melody Razak, Moth
"There is purpose and beauty in chaos...just because you can't see it, doesn't mean it's not there."-Melody Razak, Moth
"He had known then the value of his ancient homelands: that India was many complexities of tribe and dialect and ritual woven together, an inextricable fabric of pulsating life. How could anyone put borders on that?"-Melody Razak, Moth
"He had known then the value of his ancient homelands: that India was many complexities of tribe and dialect and ritual woven together, an inextricable fabric of pulsating life. How could anyone put borders on that?"-Melody Razak, Moth
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3. The House of Doors
By: Tan Twan Eng
4.14
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
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"That night, side by side, we drifted among the galaxies of sea-stars, while far, far above us the asterisks of light marked out the footnotes on the page of eternity."-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors
"All of us will be forgotten eventually. Like a wave on the ocean, leaving no trace that it had once existed.' He shook his head. 'We will be remembered through our stories."-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors
4. Birnam Wood
By: Eleanor Catton
3.82
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
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"Not at all,’ he said. ‘I was just going to remark that being a cliche can be very useful. You ought to consider it some time.’ ’Oh yeah?’ ’Yeah,’ he said. ‘It means people underestimate you. They thi…"-Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood
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5. Long Island (Eilis Lacey, #2)
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6. The Bee Sting
By: Paul Murray
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4.25
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9. The Spoiled Heart
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3.82
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10. Trespasses
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4.00
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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11. Brotherless Night
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4.46
Format: 348 pages, Hardcover
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12. Kantika
By: Elizabeth Graver
4.08
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling Sephardic multigenerational saga that moves from Istanbul to Barcelona, Havana, and New … read more
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"Ken sos tu? I am Rebecca (Rivka, Rebekah) from my mother’s mother and the wife of Isaac in the Bible. The name means “to tie firmly"-Elizabeth Graver, Kantika
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13. Mongrel
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4.38
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
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14. Dust Child
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4.24
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15. My Friends
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4.34
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17. Moth
By: Melody Razak
4.10
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Ma and Bappu are liberal intellectuals teaching at the local university. Their fourteen year-old da… read more
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"There is purpose and beauty in chaos...just because you can't see it, doesn't mean it's not there."-Melody Razak, Moth
"He had known then the value of his ancient homelands: that India was many complexities of tribe and dialect and ritual woven together, an inextricable fabric of pulsating life. How could anyone put b…"-Melody Razak, Moth
"...the process of transformation starts with decay..." "And then you have something beautiful?" asks Alma. "But first you have something ugly, my love. Foul and fair always live together," replies Ma…"-Melody Razak, Moth
18. A History of Burning
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4.14
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
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By: Nikki May
4.42
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
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By: Marina Kemp
4.23
Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition
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21. And So I Roar
By: Abi Daré
4.18
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
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