The Pastor
By: Hanne Ørstavik
3.48
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
A major work of contemporary fiction from Norway by a National Book Award-nominated author, transla…
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1. The Feast
By: Margaret Kennedy
3.93
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
Initially was published in a shortened form in a 1949 Ladies Home Journal magazine under the title … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
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"She writes this biographical fiction, or fictional biography, whichever you like to call it. She takes some juicy scandal from the life of a famous person, and writes a novel round it. Any facts that…"-Margaret Kennedy, The Feast
"MYSELF: You have never understood. My integrity means more to me than happiness. CHRISTINA: You have none. There is no such thing. You are not a whole person. Nobody is. We are members one of another…"-Margaret Kennedy, The Feast
"[W]hen she was dying she asked me to promise never to leave Father. I couldn't refuse. It was the last thing she said. She was worried over what would happen to him. So you see!' 'How could she conde…"-Margaret Kennedy, The Feast
"What kind of books do you like?' 'I like books about nice people. And a story where it all comes out right in the end.' 'But Nancibel, that's not true to life.' 'I daresay not. Why should it be?' 'Yo…"-Margaret Kennedy, The Feast
2. Suttree
By: Cormac McCarthy
4.20
Format: 471 pages, Paperback
This compelling novel has as its protagonist Cornelius Suttree, living alone and in exile in a disi… read more
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- literary fiction
- literature
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
"Somebody has been fuckin my watermelons."-Cormac McCarthy, Suttree
"But there are no absolutes in human misery and things can always get worse"-Cormac McCarthy, Suttree
"What could a child know of the darkness of God's plan? Or how flesh is so frail it is hardly more than a dream"-Cormac McCarthy, Suttree
"You have no right to represent people this way, he said. A man is all men. You have no right to your wretchednes."-Cormac McCarthy, Suttree
3. La lucina
By: Antonio Moresco
3.65
Format: 167 pages, ebook
Lontano da tutto, tra i boschi, in un vecchio borgo abbandonato e deserto, un uomo vive in totale s… read more
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- literature
- literary fiction
- fiction
- novels
4. Shortcomings
By: Adrian Tomine
3.20
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
FROM THE PREEMINENT CARTOONIST OF HIS GENERATION, THE MOST ANTICIPATED GRAPHIC NOVEL OF 2007 Shortc… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
5. The Queue
By: Basma Abdel Aziz , Elisabeth Jaquette
3.92
Format: 98 pages,
Set against the backdrop of a failed political uprising, The Queueis a chilling debut that evokes O… read more
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- literature
- fiction
6. A Time for Everything
By: James Anderson , Karl Ove Knausgård
3.65
Format: 36 pages, Paperback
In the sixteenth century, Antinous Bellori, a boy of eleven, is lost in a dark forest and stumbles … read more
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- literary fiction
- literature
- fiction
- novels
- scandinavian literature
7. The Obscene Bird of Night
By: José Donoso , Hardie St. Martin , Leonard Mades
4.21
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
This haunting jungle of a novel has been hailed as "a masterpiece" by Luis Bunuel and "one of the g… read more
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- literature
- novels
- fiction
8. Marya
By: Joyce Carol Oates
3.92
Format: None pages, Paperback
Successful author and famous intellectual Marya Knauer did not always occupy such a secure and comf… read more
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9. Butcher's Crossing
By: John Williams , Michelle Latiolais
4.28
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
In his National Book Award-winning novel Augustus, John Williams uncovered the secrets of ancient R… read more
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10. When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice
By: Terry Tempest Williams
3.07
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The beloved author of Refugereturns with a work that explodes and startles, illuminates and celebra… read more
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11. The Paper Garden: Mrs. Delany Begins Her Life's Work at 72
By: Molly Peacock
4.18
Format: 578 pages, Hardcover
The Paper Gardenis unlike anything else you have ever read. At once a biography of an extraordinary… read more
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12. The Maniac
By: Benjamín Labatut
4.34
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From one of contemporary literature’s most exciting new voices, a haunting story centered on the Hu… read more
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- literature
- literary fiction
- fiction
- novels
"[...] si nuestra especie iba a sobrevivir el siglo XX, necesitábamos llenar el enorme vacío dejado por la huida de los dioses, y la única candidata viable para realizar esa extraña y esotérica transf…"-Benjamín Labatut, The Maniac
13. A Shining
By: Jon Fosse
3.49
Format: 56 pages, Paperback
A man starts driving without knowing where he is going. He alternates between turning right and lef… read more
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- literary fiction
- roman
- literature
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
"but you can’t just touch a whiteness like that. because if you did you’d probably get it dirty. and imagine getting something so white dirty"-Jon Fosse, A Shining
"Es ist auch nicht zu begreifen, es ist etwas anderes, vielleicht etwas, das man nur erlebt und das nicht wirklich geschieht. Aber geht es an, dass man so etwas einfach erlebt. Alles, was man erlebt, …"-Jon Fosse, A Shining
14. The Books of Jacob
By: Olga Tokarczuk
4.02
Format: 965 pages, Hardcover
The Nobel Prize-winner's richest, most sweeping and ambitious novel yet follows the comet-like rise… read more
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- literature
- literary fiction
- fiction
- novels
"A thing that is not talked about ceases to exist."-Olga Tokarczuk, The Books of Jacob
"Literatura to szczególny rodzaj wiedzy, to... (...) ... doskonałość form nieprecyzyjnych."-Olga Tokarczuk, The Books of Jacob
"Gdy przepisujemy i cytujemy, budujemy gmach wiedzy i rozmnażamy ją jak moje warzywa czy jabłonki. Przepisywanie jest jak szczepienie drzewa; cytowanie – jak wysiewanie nasion."-Olga Tokarczuk, The Books of Jacob
"If human beings had only known how to truly preserve their knowledge of the world, if they had just engraved it into rock, into crystals, into diamond and in so doing, passed it on to their descendan…"-Olga Tokarczuk, The Books of Jacob
15. Eastbound
By: Maylis de Kerangal
3.97
Format: 140 pages, Paperback
From Wellcome Prize winner Maylis de Kerangal comes a fast-paced story of two fugitives set on the … read more
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- literary fiction
- literature
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
16. Is Mother Dead
By: Vigdis Hjorth
3.80
Format: 330 pages, Paperback
A cat and mouse game of surveillance and psychological torment develops between a middle-aged artis… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- scandinavian literature
"Den första sång jag höra fick, var mor som grät vid vaggan"-Vigdis Hjorth, Is Mother Dead
"Det händer att det som inte sker är det viktigaste som händer en dag"-Vigdis Hjorth, Is Mother Dead
"We all carry our mothers like a hole in our souls, small or big, living or dead."-Vigdis Hjorth, Is Mother Dead
"A mother can never be an ordinary human being to her children, and I am one of her children."-Vigdis Hjorth, Is Mother Dead
17. 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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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
18. The Age of Deer: Trouble and Kinship with our Wild Neighbors
By: Erika Howsare
3.79
Format: 397 pages, Hardcover
A masterful hybrid of nature writing and cultural studies that investigates our connection with dee… read more
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"Humans are subtracting animals and adding themselves; beings that wear fur or bark are cut down by those in cotton."-Erika Howsare, The Age of Deer: Trouble and Kinship with our Wild Neighbors
19. My Death
By: Lisa Tuttle
3.98
Format: 93 pages, Paperback
A widowed writer begins to work on a biography of a novelist and artist—and soon uncovers bizarre p… read more
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- literary fiction
- novels
- fiction
- contemporary
20. The Morningside
By: Téa Obreht
3.61
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the critically beloved, New York Times bestselling author of The Tiger's Wife and Inland, a ma… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- novels
21. The Wolves of Eternity (Morgenstjernen, #2)
By: Karl Ove Knausgård
4.03
Format: 800 pages, Hardcover
From the internationally bestselling author Karl Ove Knausgaard, a sprawling and deeply human novel… read more
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- roman
- literature
- fiction
- novels
- scandinavian literature
22. Summer Light, and Then Comes the Night
By: Jón Kalman Stefánsson
4.00
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
From the “Icelandic Dickens (Irish Examiner),” a writer who “shares the elemental grandeur of Corma… read more
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- literary fiction
- roman
- literature
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- scandinavian literature
"Le lacrime sono fatte come remi, il dolore e la tristezza vogano. Chi piange a un funerale, piange nondimeno la propria morte e quella del mondo, perché tutto muore e alla fine non resta niente. - Lu…"-Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Summer Light, and Then Comes the Night
"Erano i tardi anni Ottanta, a breve sarebbe crollato il muro di Berlino e i pezzi sarebbero stati venduti come souvenir, l'essere umano ha la capacità straordinaria di convertire le minacce, la morte…"-Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Summer Light, and Then Comes the Night
"في الصمت يدخر الذهب، ذاك الذي يبقى صامتا يلتزم بنفسه، يمكنه اكتشاف امور مختلفة، الصمت يتسرب تحت الجلد، يسكن القلب، يخدر القلق، يغمر الغرفة التي يشغلها المرء، يملأ البيت، وفي الخارج يهدر الزمن الحاضر،…"-Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Summer Light, and Then Comes the Night
"En de vogels op de muren zijn zo levendig geschilderd dat de kat uit de buurt, een geel rotbeest dat ons al van nodeloos veel vogels heeft beroofd, de eerste weken herhaaldelijk tegen het gebouw op s…"-Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Summer Light, and Then Comes the Night
23. Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden
By: Camille T. Dungy
4.19
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
A seminal work that expands how we talk about the natural world and the environment as National Boo… read more
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24. The Other Name: Septology I-II
By: Jon Fosse
4.06
Format: 351 pages, Paperback
The Other Name follows the lives of two men living close to each other on the west coast of Norway.… read more
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- literary fiction
- literature
- religion
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- scandinavian literature
"...there inside the person is what will pass away and become one with what is invisible in everything..."-Jon Fosse, The Other Name: Septology I-II
"...what's beautiful in life turns out bad in a painting because it's like there's too much beauty, a good picture needs something bad in it in order to shine the way it should, it needs darkness in i…"-Jon Fosse, The Other Name: Septology I-II
25. Spring (Seasons Quartet, #3)
By: Karl Ove Knausgård
4.31
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Spring is a deeply moving novel about family, our everyday lives, our joys and our struggles, beaut… read more
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- literature
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- scandinavian literature
"The only ones who count are the living."-Karl Ove Knausgård, Spring (Seasons Quartet, #3)
"If you are afraid of the dark, you seek the light. But what do you do when even the light is filled with terrors?"-Karl Ove Knausgård, Spring (Seasons Quartet, #3)
"For that’s how it is, we cover up our mistakes and failings, we invent stories that put ourselves in a more favorable light. Self-deception is perhaps the most human thing of all."-Karl Ove Knausgård, Spring (Seasons Quartet, #3)
"We come from far away, from terrifying beauty, for a newborn child who opens its eyes for the first time is like a star, is like a sun, but we live our lives amid pettiness and stupidity, in the worl…"-Karl Ove Knausgård, Spring (Seasons Quartet, #3)
26. Winter (Seasons Quartet, #2)
By: Karl Ove Knausgård
3.85
Format: 254 pages, Hardcover
The second volume in his autobiographical quartet based on the seasons, Winter is an achingly beaut… read more
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- literature
- scandinavian literature
- contemporary
"I don’t know what is more frightening: a creature on a small planet worshipping itself and its world as if infinity did not exist, or a creature who burns its fellow beings because the infinite does …"-Karl Ove Knausgård, Winter (Seasons Quartet, #2)
"I think all cultural epochs are characterised by these two modes, the existence of a future and the absence of a future, and the strange thing is that culture seems to strive towards the absence of f…"-Karl Ove Knausgård, Winter (Seasons Quartet, #2)
"O outono é uma passagem, um tempo de esvaziamento: da luz no céu, do calor no ar, das folhas nas árvores e plantas. O inverno que se segue é um estado, nele é a imobilidade que impera. A terra endure…"-Karl Ove Knausgård, Winter (Seasons Quartet, #2)
"Every single moment of life stands open in several directions, it is as if it had three or seven doors, as in a fairy tail, into rooms that all contain different futures. These hypothetical offshoots…"-Karl Ove Knausgård, Winter (Seasons Quartet, #2)
27. The Pastor
By: Hanne Ørstavik
3.48
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
A major work of contemporary fiction from Norway by a National Book Award-nominated author, transla… read more
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- literary fiction
- roman
- literature
- religion
- spirituality
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- scandinavian literature
28. Normal hverdag med økt beredskap
By: Marit Daaland Lesjø
4.15
Format: 233 pages, Hardcover
Elin er ikke feig, hun er bare redd for mye. Hun er enslig og uføretrygdet og ser på seg selv som f… read more
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29. Roll Call (Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Club, #1)
By: Molly Knox Ostertag
4.36
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Molly Knox Ostertag and critically acclaimed illustrator Xan… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
30. The Dead Cat Tail Assassins
By: P. Djèlí Clark
4.05
Format: 213 pages, Hardcover
The Dead Cat Tail Assassins are not cats. Nor do they have tails. But they are most assuredly… read more
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- fiction
31. The Barefoot Woman
By: Scholastique Mukasonga
4.11
Format: 146 pages, Paperback
A moving, unforgettable tribute to a Tutsi woman who did everything to protect her children from th… read more
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"Ils voulaient nous dire à nous les femmes tutsi: 'Ne donnez plus la vie car c'est la mort que vous donnez en mettant en monde. Vous n'êtes plus porteuses de vie, mais porteuses de mort."-Scholastique Mukasonga, The Barefoot Woman
