Painting Time
By: Maylis de Kerangal
3.51
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
An aesthetic and existential coming-of-age novel exploring the apprenticeship of a young female pai…
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1. Apothecary Melchior and the Mystery of St Olaf's Church
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3.72
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
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2. Public Library and Other Stories
By: Ali Smith
2.86
Format: 358 pages, Hardcover
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3. The Ravishing of Lol Stein
By: Marguerite Duras , None , Diệp Anh
3.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
Lol Stein is a beautiful young woman, securely married, settled in a comfortable life--and a voyeur… read more
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4. The Dud Avocado
By: Elaine Dundy , Terry Teachout
3.82
Format: 262 pages, Paperback
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5. Our Lady of the Nile
By: Scholastique Mukasonga , None
3.71
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
For her most recent work and first novel - Notre-Dame du Nil, originally published in March 2012 wi… read more
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6. The Postcard
By: Anne Berest
4.37
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the Choix Goncourt Prize, Anne Berest’s The Postcard is a vivid portrait of twentieth-cen… read more
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7. Bien sûr que les poissons ont froid
By: Fanny Ruwet
3.92
Format: 266 pages, Paperback
"Drôle, profond, un régal." Cécile Coulon Vous tenez entre les mains l'irrésistible roman de Fanny … read more
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"Le pire n'est probablement pas que je préfère passer ma journée allongée, les rideaux tirés, en faisant semblant de télétravailler, mais plutôt que cet état me semble sans issue. Je pourrais m'habitu…"-Fanny Ruwet, Bien sûr que les poissons ont froid
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"Je suis habituée aux montagnes russes de ce genre. Ma vie est une alternance de périodes nihilistes et de pics de frénésie. Comme souvent, une fois la tristesse passée, je suis curieusement optimiste…"-Fanny Ruwet, Bien sûr que les poissons ont froid
8. Feu
By: Maria Pourchet
3.33
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
Laure, prof d’université, est mariée, mère de deux filles et propriétaire d’un pavillon. À 40 ans, … read more
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9. Quand tu écouteras cette chanson
By: Lola Lafon
4.40
Format: 250 pages, Paperback
Le 18 août 2021, j'ai passé la nuit au Musée Anne Frank, dans l'Annexe. Anne Frank, que tout le mon… read more
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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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11. Headshot
By: Rita Bullwinkel
3.63
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An electrifying debut novel from an “unusually gifted writer” (Lorrie Moore) about the radical inti… read more
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12. Dayswork
By: Chris Bachelder
3.83
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
In wry, epigrammatic prose, Dayswork tells the story of a woman who spends the endless days of the … read more
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13. This Strange Eventful History
By: Claire Messud
3.63
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
An immersive, masterful story of a family born on the wrong side of history, from one of our finest… read more
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14. Drifts
By: Kate Zambreno
3.67
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
A restlessly brilliant novel of creative crisis and transformation Beguiling and compulsively re… read more
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15. Last Acts
By: Alexander Sammartino
3.28
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
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16. Hilma af Klint: A Biography
By: Julia Voss
4.29
Format: 424 pages, Hardcover
A highly anticipated biography of the enigmatic and popular Swedish painter. The Swedish painter … read more
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17. A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing
By: Hilary Mantel
4.33
Format: 419 pages, Hardcover
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18. Painting Time
By: Maylis de Kerangal
3.51
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
An aesthetic and existential coming-of-age novel exploring the apprenticeship of a young female pai… read more
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19. The Anthropologists
By: Aysegül Savas
4.05
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Asya and Manu are looking at apartments, envisioning their future in a foreign city. What should th… read more
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20. Reward System: Stories
By: Jem Calder
3.28
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Julia has landed a fresh start―at a “pan-European” restaurant. “Imagine that,” says her mother. “… read more
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21. Colored Television
By: Danzy Senna
3.83
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A dark comedy about second acts, creative appropriation, and the racial identity–industrial complex… read more
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