The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
By: Dawnie Walton
3.83
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An electrifying novel about the meteoric rise of an iconic interracial rock duo in the 1970s, their…
Want to Read $ 13.99"Disclosure: My father, a drummer named Jimmy Curtis, fell in love with Opal Jewel in the summer of 1970."-Dawnie Walton, The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
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1. Tom Lake
By: Ann Patchett
3.99
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again prov… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"You can’t pretend this [Covid] isn’t happening,"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"In the summer the pear trees were fine. In the summer, all that is hideous about a pear tree is hidden by leaves and pears. But once those disguises were removed they were nothing but acres of murder…"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"Hazel, listen to me. I'm going to tell you something important, you need to be brave.' I then explained to the dog how I have told myself for so many years that my career fell apart because I wasn't …"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"It's as if someone bought all the diamonds at Tiffany's, and crushed them into dust, then spread that dust across the water so that it sifts down evenly, filtering through the shards of light that cu…"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
2. Bright Young Women
By: Jessica Knoll
4.02
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An extraordinary novel inspired by the real-life sorority targeted by America's first celebrity ser… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"The truth is something people will go to great lengths to keep for themselves. It shouldn't feel like a gift when you get it, but it is."-Jessica Knoll, Bright Young Women
"Time does not heal all wounds. Grief is just like a sink full of dirty dishes or a pile of soiled laundry. Grief is a chore you have to do, and it's a messy one, at that."-Jessica Knoll, Bright Young Women
"There were men who cracked their knuckles while divulging to me what they would do to the defendant if they got the chance, thinking this was somehow reassuring for me to hear. But all it did was mak…"-Jessica Knoll, Bright Young Women
"Her lips are moving silently around words I recognize. 'I carry you like my own personal Time Machine, as I put on my lipstick, smile, and head out to the party.' It's a line by one of her favourite …"-Jessica Knoll, Bright Young Women
3. 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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- literary fiction
- race
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
4. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
By: James McBride
4.00
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new housing de… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
5. Romantic Comedy
By: Curtis Sittenfeld
3.64
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
A comedy writer thinks she’s sworn off love, until a dreamily handsome pop star flips the script on… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"Just to be clear,"-Curtis Sittenfeld, Romantic Comedy
"Aren't we all performing the role of ourselves?"-Curtis Sittenfeld, Romantic Comedy
"I don't write from a point of clarity. I write out of confusion."-Curtis Sittenfeld, Romantic Comedy
"Isn't the goal to live with out demons, not to expect them to go away?"-Curtis Sittenfeld, Romantic Comedy
6. Chain-Gang All-Stars
By: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
4.14
Format: 367 pages, Hardcover
Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far… read more
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- literary fiction
- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"They were all humans, and yet they had completely different ideas about what humanity meant."-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Chain-Gang All-Stars
"My brother-in-law is an alien. I have a bunch of alien friends. I can't be racist," Randy Mac continued."-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Chain-Gang All-Stars
"An absurd thing for the murderous state to plead for, but, as always, the massive violence of the state was “justice,"-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Chain-Gang All-Stars
"...despite how hard it was, she wasn't afraid with love. She knew how to wield it, how to grow it, and how to receive it."-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Chain-Gang All-Stars
7. Come and Get It
By: Kiley Reid
3.38
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A fresh and provocative story about a residential assistant and her messy entanglement with a profe… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Kennedy hadn't considered it before, that to write something beautiful you just do it regular, and then you pull out a red pen."-Kiley Reid, Come and Get It
"Washing her sheets was another thing she'd failed to do. She washed her clothes—every weekend—but when it came to the bedsheets, she'd get stressed out or she'd forget. And then there was too much ti…"-Kiley Reid, Come and Get It
"Okay, sometimes—just being honest— Millie can be . . . a little ghetto." On the word little, Tyler held two fingers an inch apart. "Nooo. Don't say that. Ah love Millie." "But I'm not saying it like …"-Kiley Reid, Come and Get It
8. Olga Dies Dreaming
By: Xóchitl González
3.98
Format: 369 pages, Hardcover
It's 2017, and Olga and her brother, Pedro "Prieto" Acevedo, are bold-faced names in their hometown… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"It's a myth about motherhood, Olga felt, that the time in utero imbues mothers with a lifelong understanding of their children. Yes, they know their essences, this she didn't doubt, but mothers are s…"-Xóchitl González, Olga Dies Dreaming
9. Songs in Ursa Major
By: Emma Brodie
3.89
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The year is 1969, and the Bayleen Island Folk Fest is abuzz with one name: Jesse Reid. Tall and sof… read more
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- music
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
10. A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
By: Tia Williams
4.04
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An epic love story one hundred years in the making… Leap years are a strange, enchanted time. An… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"And know this: the villain depends on who's telling the story."-Tia Williams, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
"Breeze was a share cropper. His whole family was. He was born in Fallon, South Carolina a dusty wretched town to a long line of men named Ezra Walker. His first son would be named Ezra, too. No clue …"-Tia Williams, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
"To me, love is like listening to an album. Some people skip to their favorite songs and ignore the rest. Other people listen to the entire album over and over until it's familiar and cherished and th…"-Tia Williams, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
11. True Biz
By: Sara Nović
4.08
Format: 386 pages, Hardcover
TRUE BIZ (adj./exclamation; American Sign Language): really, seriously, definitely, real-talk Tr… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"No one is comforted by salad."-Sara Nović, True Biz
"maybe standing for something wasn't always a choice"-Sara Nović, True Biz
"Reason is for people who still have something to fear."-Sara Nović, True Biz
"fewer things were more motivating than a fear of one's own extinction."-Sara Nović, True Biz
12. The Sentence
By: Louise Erdrich
3.95
Format: 387 pages, Hardcover
The Sentence asks what we owe to the living, the dead, to the reader and to the book. A small in… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"I'd taken a pink eraser to my childhood and blurred the pain."-Louise Erdrich, The Sentence
"A newborn baby has a powerful effect on character. But so does a toddler. A child. A preteen. A teenager. A mother changes with every stage. Some stages are within a mother's skill set. Some stages a…"-Louise Erdrich, The Sentence
13. I Have Some Questions for You
By: Rebecca Makkai
3.61
Format: 438 pages, Hardcover
A successful film professor and podcaster, Bodie Kane is content to forget her past—the family trag… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
14. Maame
By: Jessica George
4.06
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Shortlisted for the TikTok Book Awards in the Book of the Year, 2023 and the Goodreads Debut and Fi… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"A white person can date a Black person and still be racist."-Jessica George, Maame
"I can't comprehend living to work, but then I'm afraid of working just to live."-Jessica George, Maame
"A white person can date a Black person and still be racist. Because there’s levels to that sh*t. Like a lasagna."-Jessica George, Maame
"It's about what love is. Which is trust, commitment, empathy, and respect. It means really giving a shit about the other person."-Jessica George, Maame
15. Black Cake
By: Charmaine Wilkerson
4.10
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
We can’t choose what we inherit. But can we choose who we become? In present-day California, Ele… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"But trying to undo the worry is like trying to undo his blackness."-Charmaine Wilkerson, Black Cake
"More people’s lives have been shaped by violence than we like to think. And more people’s lives have been shaped by silence than we think."-Charmaine Wilkerson, Black Cake
"Some people think surfing is a relationship with the sea...but surfing is really a relationship between you and yourself. The sea is going to do whatever it wants."-Charmaine Wilkerson, Black Cake
"Young people had always wanted to do things their own way, and Bert had been no different. Only nowadays, there seemed to be this compulsion to eat up everything that was available to you and to let …"-Charmaine Wilkerson, Black Cake
16. Flamingo
By: Rachel Elliott
3.89
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A novel of love, homelessness, and learning to be fearless In the garden, there were three flami… read more
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- literary fiction
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
17. Memphis
By: Tara M. Stringfellow
4.10
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A spellbinding debut novel tracing three generations of a Southern Black family and one daughter’s … read more
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- literary fiction
- race
- historical
- fiction
- contemporary
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
18. The Ministry of Time
By: Kaliane Bradley
3.62
Format: 341 pages, Hardcover
A time travel romance, a spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an ingenious exploration of the natu… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"And then when she was given a second chance, she caught the sword and came up singing."-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time
"You'll have lived through heat waves by now, and you'll know that they make time go utterly Dali clocks."-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time
"What was it like, to be the only one who came back? The only one who still had a body to touch, to hurt, to yearn with? The last one still able to die?"-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time
"He was here, by and with and in my body. He lives in me like trauma does. If you ever fall in love, you’ll be a person who was in love for the rest of your life."-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time
19. Anita de Monte Laughs Last
By: Xóchitl González
3.82
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez delivers a mesmerizing novel about a first-gener… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"we're all just here trying to get you to see your own light because it's strong enough to guide you."-Xóchitl González, Anita de Monte Laughs Last
"You fall for someone, you get so into them your whole world shrinks, and suddenly barely have a life besides them."-Xóchitl González, Anita de Monte Laughs Last
20. The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
By: Dawnie Walton
3.83
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An electrifying novel about the meteoric rise of an iconic interracial rock duo in the 1970s, their… read more
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- music
- literary fiction
- race
- historical
- feminism
- fiction
- contemporary
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"Disclosure: My father, a drummer named Jimmy Curtis, fell in love with Opal Jewel in the summer of 1970."-Dawnie Walton, The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
21. The Last Wife
By: Nicola Marsh
3.54
Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition
‘This was SOME read. Now I know what it means when people say a book was unputdownable. I just had … read more
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- fiction
