Lungfish
By: Meghan Gilliss
3.56
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
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1. Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine
By: Alan Lightman
3.44
Format: 326 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of Einstein's Dreams, an inspired, lyrical meditation on religion and sci… read more
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2. Ernie's Ark
By: Monica Wood
2.97
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
The paper mill looms up from the riverbank in Abbott Falls, Maine, a town once drenched with ordina… read more
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3. Dinosaurs
By: Lydia Millet
3.88
Format: 230 pages, Hardcover
A man named Gil walks from New York to Arizona to recover from a failed love. After he arrives, new… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- audiobook
"They say those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones, but don’t we all?"-Lydia Millet, Dinosaurs
"You gotta be a generalist, in the new climate. But that’s not enough either. If there’s too much poison around. We’re talking pesticides, mostly. Agrochemicals everywhere. Take the sparrows. So anywa…"-Lydia Millet, Dinosaurs
"Good news. Maybe the insects would handle it. Since the dinosaurs didn’t have it in them. The insects might be naturals at revolution, with their hive minds. Their brainless, decentralized intelligen…"-Lydia Millet, Dinosaurs
"And freedom, that sacred cow that was always invoked as an excuse for bad behavior, all manner of atrocity—what was it, even? They told you to love it, in the schools and the songs, but never said wh…"-Lydia Millet, Dinosaurs
4. North Woods
By: Daniel Mason
4.15
Format: 372 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those … read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- novels
- nature
- audiobook
5. This Other Eden
By: Paul Harding
3.78
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Set at the beginning of the twentieth century and inspired by historical events, This Other Eden te… read more
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- literary fiction
- literature
- fiction
- novels
- audiobook
6. The Midcoast
By: Adam White
3.51
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Propulsive . . . An absorbing look at small-town Maine and the thwarted drea… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- audiobook
7. Beneficence
By: Meredith Hall
4.29
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
"Beneficence is amazing in its vision. Luminous. With wisdom and compassion, Meredith Hall writes a… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
8. Fire Exit
By: Morgan Talty
3.79
Format: 243 pages, Hardcover
The blood that came out of me was blood that ran through her veins. It’s strange: all blood looks t… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- audiobook
"...what's more sacred than laughter at the dinner table?"-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit
"That's my life, though--not knowing, but wishing. [Charles Lamosway]"-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit
"We are made of stories, and if we don't know them--the ones that make us--how can we ever be fully realized? How can we ever be who we really are?"-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit
"...I was thinking and thinking about how, in just the past year, I had just started to know her, but then I began to unknow her, getting farther and farther away like watching a boat drift from the s…"-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit
9. The Road to Dalton (Dalton, Maine, #1)
By: Shannon Bowring
4.04
Format: 250 pages, Paperback
From debut author Shannon Bowring comes a novel of small town America that Pulitzer-winner Richard … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- audiobook
10. Wild and Distant Seas
By: Tara Karr Roberts
3.73
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A gorgeous debut, laced through with magic, following four generations of women as they seek to cha… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- audiobook
11. Poor Deer
By: Claire Oshetsky
3.99
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A wondrous, tender novel about a young girl grappling with her role in a tragic loss—and attempting… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- audiobook
"She has just learned that some things are forever, and other things are never-again."-Claire Oshetsky, Poor Deer
"On this day the girl feels so much love pouring out of her mother that she is certain her mother has the power to save her. Soon she will come to understand she can't be saved."-Claire Oshetsky, Poor Deer
12. Pete and Alice in Maine
By: Caitlin Shetterly
3.38
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Reeling from a painful betrayal in her marriage as the COVID-19 pandemic takes hold in New York Cit… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- literature
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- audiobook
13. How to Read a Book
By: Monica Wood
4.29
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A charming, deeply moving novel about second chances, unlikely friendships, and the life-changing p… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- audiobook
"Perhaps it's an oddity of human nature to judge women more harshly, or maybe we expect so little of men their transgressions don't register the same."-Monica Wood, How to Read a Book
14. Night of the Living Rez
By: Morgan Talty
3.91
Format: 285 pages, Paperback
How do the living come back to life? Set in a Native community in Maine, Night of the Living Re… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- horror
- audiobook
"There is that terrible memory, surely, but so too are there sweet ones, the tiny memories with the tiny details that are milder in climax, no doubt, but equally powerful..."-Morgan Talty, Night of the Living Rez
15. The Book of Goose
By: Yiyun Li
3.71
Format: 348 pages, Hardcover
A gripping, heartbreaking new novel about female friendship, art, and memory by the award-winning a… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- audiobook
"Time corrupts. And we pay a price for everything corruptible: food, roof beams, souls."-Yiyun Li, The Book of Goose
"Few of us would make a fool of ourselves in pressing the animals to give us serious answers about their lives, but we do that all the time to other people."-Yiyun Li, The Book of Goose
"Happiness, I would tell her, is to spend every day without craning one's neck to look forward to tomorrow, next month, next year, and without holding out one's hands to stop every day from becoming y…"-Yiyun Li, The Book of Goose
"Childhood companionship is forced upon the children (...) Childhood friendship, though is has ti meet the same geographical and temporal prerequisites, is something rarer: a child does not seek to bo…"-Yiyun Li, The Book of Goose
16. Bad Animals
By: Sarah Braunstein
3.49
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A sexy, propulsive novel that confronts the limits of empathy and the perils of appropriation throu… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- literature
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- contemporary
- audiobook
17. Lungfish
By: Meghan Gilliss
3.56
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
For readers of Jenny Offill, Marilynne Robinson, and Claire-Louise Bennett, Lungfish is the shimmer… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- literature
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- horror
- contemporary
- thriller
- novels
- nature
- audiobook
18. Downeast: Five Maine Girls and the Unseen Story of Rural America
By: Gigi Georges
3.58
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In this captivating and empathetic book, Gigi Georges follows five girls as they come of age in one… read more
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- audiobook
- nature
- contemporary
19. The Moorings of Mackerel Sky
By: M.Z. Emily Zack
4.09
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Debut novelist MZ marries fantasy with the everyday in her contemporary novel of a Maine lobstering… read more
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- fiction
20. Moon in Full: A Modern Day Coming-of-Age Story
By: Marpheen Chann
4.06
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
In his memoir, Moon in Full, Marpheen Chan recounts an emotional and modern day coming-of-age stor… read more
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"If you run from something you fear, it gives that fear power and that fear will continue to chase and haunt you. But if you turn around and face it, only then can you begin to see it for what it is a…"-Marpheen Chann, Moon in Full: A Modern Day Coming-of-Age Story
"Changing hearts and minds requires humbleness, empathy, and understanding. It requires that we maintain our optimism about other people and their ability to evolve and change. It means not giving up …"-Marpheen Chann, Moon in Full: A Modern Day Coming-of-Age Story
"In many ways, the pain was born of guilt. Guilt that I couldn’t turn back time and fix everything… Part of healing means confronting these very difficult feelings and emotions. For years, I wrestled …"-Marpheen Chann, Moon in Full: A Modern Day Coming-of-Age Story
21. Soft Features
By: Gillian Burnes
4.04
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
What happens to a news reporter when she can’t report the news without breaking into tears? This is… read more
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