The Atlas of Reds and Blues
By: Devi S. Laskar
3.76
Format: 258 pages, Hardcover
An arresting debut novel which bears witness to American racism and abuse of power, tracing one wom…
Want to Read $ 11.99"Never mind that she’s been hearing this soliloquy from strangers since she was born, in the Year of the Fire Horse, twin sixes after the nineteen. Never mind the order of questions invariably changes even if the questions themselves do not: 'How long have y’all lived here? Do you even speak English? Oh, well. Your English is so good. Bless your heart, you must miss your people. You stick out like a raisin in a big bowl of oatmeal. Is it true that you worship cows? . . . Have you even heard of the Bible? Don’t get all uppity on me, don’t turn away. I know you think you don’t have to listen. But this is my country. You do. When are y’all heading back? Y’all best be getting back to where you came from, you hear? No need to overstay your welcome."-Devi S. Laskar, The Atlas of Reds and Blues
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1. Glaciers (A Tin House New Voice)
By: Alexis M. Smith
3.77
Format: 174 pages, Paperback
Isabel is a single, twentysomething thrift-store shopper and collector of remnants, things cast off… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
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- contemporary
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"The woman seems ready to be pleased with the world."-Alexis M. Smith, Glaciers (A Tin House New Voice)
"We do not last, she thinks. In the end, only the stories survive."-Alexis M. Smith, Glaciers (A Tin House New Voice)
"There's not a thing in the world that will not change, including you."-Alexis M. Smith, Glaciers (A Tin House New Voice)
"Monotonous and thankless as her job can be sometimes, she cheers at the thought of her coworkers - a dozen of them crammed into their little offices in the basement - all cleverly disguised as harmle…"-Alexis M. Smith, Glaciers (A Tin House New Voice)
2. Before We Visit the Goddess
By: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
2.89
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A beautiful, powerful new novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of Sister of My Heartand… read more
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- literary fiction
- india
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
3. Guapa
By: Saleem Haddad
4.30
Format: None pages, Paperback
A debut novel that tells the story of Rasa, a young gay man coming of age in the Middle East Set ov… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
4. What We Lose
By: Zinzi Clemmons
3.67
Format: 350 pages, Hardcover
From an author of rare, haunting power, a stunning novel about a young African-American woman comin… read more
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5. The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute
By: Zac Bissonnette
3.29
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
In the annals of consumer crazes, nothing compares to Beanie Babies. With no advertising or big-box… read more
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6. Infinite Country
By: Patricia Engel
3.93
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
For readers of Valeria Luiselli and Edwidge Danticat, an urgent and lyrical novel about a Colombian… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
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- contemporary
- adult
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"She wondered about that, if by birth one could already be out of step with destiny, but only replied that she was very tired and ready to sleep."-Patricia Engel, Infinite Country
"When you leave one country for another, nobody tells you years will bleed together like rain on newsprint. One year becomes five. Five years become ten. Ten years become fifteen."-Patricia Engel, Infinite Country
"Police are not your friend. Even the cordial ones. Yes, they are there to help people in danger just like you're taught in school, but in this country some people think the ones they protection from …"-Patricia Engel, Infinite Country
"It happened far away from the capital, all the way on the Pacific coast, but it was still our country, our dead, Elena thought. Tragic, almost, that she never felt more patriotic than when grieving h…"-Patricia Engel, Infinite Country
7. Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet
By: Ben Goldfarb
4.45
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Notable Book of 2023 and Editors' Choice • A Science News Favorite Book of 2023 • … read more
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- audiobook
8. A Grandmother Begins the Story
By: Michelle Porter
3.84
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning author Michelle Porter makes her fiction debut with an enchanting and original story … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Different ways to tell a story. Some tellers make a noise to announce the coming of the story for get someone else to call everyone's attention. Some wait for people to gather around, for the quiet t…"-Michelle Porter, A Grandmother Begins the Story
"People get themselves ready to die. They start going through their memories and bringing out their stories one by one as if there was a photo album in their head and they've got to get through it bef…"-Michelle Porter, A Grandmother Begins the Story
9. Help Wanted
By: Adelle Waldman
3.62
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In Help Wanted, Adelle Waldman brings her unparalleled wit and knack for social observation to the … read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
10. Piglet
By: Lottie Hazell
3.47
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An elegant, razor-sharp debut about women's ambitions and appetites—and the truth about having it a… read more
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- adult fiction
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- fiction
- contemporary
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- audiobook
"She picked up salted butter, thick Greek yoghurt, and cream. The menu was not modest. Her basket was already heavy with Charlotte potatoes, fresh herbs, and a Duchy chicken. It was too hot for a roas…"-Lottie Hazell, Piglet
"She picked up salted butter, thick Greek yoghurt, and cream. The menu was not modest. Her basket was already heavy with Charlotte potatoes, fresh herbs, and a Duchy chicken. It was too hot for a roas…"-Lottie Hazell, Piglet
"She opened the capers, green and freckled as amphibians, and with a teaspoon eased them from their brine. The olives were next, and she pushed pits from the aubergine-dark fruits, dropping their fles…"-Lottie Hazell, Piglet
"On the platter before her there was a bowl of beef bourguignon, the sauce dark with merlot; the corner of dauphinoise potatoes, gruyère-crusted top browned, bubbled with heat; there was a small plate…"-Lottie Hazell, Piglet
11. The Fetishist
By: Katherine Min
3.71
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In this hilariously savage, poignant novel by acclaimed author Katherine Min, a grieving daughter’s… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- race
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- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
12. Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide
By: Tahir Hamut Izgil
4.31
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A poet's account of one of the world's most urgent humanitarian crises, and a harrowing tale of a f… read more
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- politics
- audiobook
"The Uyghur region was now a gigantic prison, blanketed with security forces and a biometric surveillance system unique in human history."-Tahir Hamut Izgil, Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide
13. Service
By: Sarah Gilmartin
4.24
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The waitress. The chef. The chef’s wife. Three different stories, but which one contains the truth?… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
14. Paper Names
By: Susie Luo
3.66
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An unexpected act of violence brings together a Chinese-American family and a wealthy white lawyer … read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
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- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Repetition. That was my father’s philosophy on learning. It applied not only to the piano, but my studies too. Before every test, he made me write out every single word from the textbook chapter, twi…"-Susie Luo, Paper Names
15. Flight Paths: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration
By: Rebecca Heisman
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The captivating, little-known true story of a group of scientists and the methods and technology th… read more
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- audiobook
16. The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls
By: Anissa Gray
3.63
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
The Mothers meets An American Marriage in this dazzling debut novel about mothers and daughters, id… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
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- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Burn it all down. Let it go."-Anissa Gray, The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls
"I keep wondering how you find compassion for your own self when you go against what's good in you."-Anissa Gray, The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls
"My Big Mama raised us. She'd tell me and my two girl cousins every time we left the house, 'Y'all be careful. It's dangerous being a girl out there.'"-Anissa Gray, The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls
"Sometimes life an pull a lot out of you, Althea. Just squeeze you dry. And if you don't have a way to get back whatever's good and precious to you, it's like losing your soul."-Anissa Gray, The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls
17. Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture
By: Sherronda J. Brown
4.53
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
For readers of Ace and Belly of the Beast: A Black queer feminist exploration of asexuality—and an … read more
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- race
- adult
- audiobook
18. Carolina Built
By: Kianna Alexander
3.65
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
This “exuberant celebration of Black women’s joy as well as their achievements” (Kate Quinn, New Yo… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"When I interact with others, I try to let goodwill and love for humanity guide me. I don't always succeed, but I pray for the grace to do better the next time."-Kianna Alexander, Carolina Built
19. Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind
By: Molly McGhee
3.50
Format: 304 pages, None
Jonathan Abernathy is drowning in debt. If he can appear to be competent at his new job, he might h… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
20. The Atlas of Reds and Blues
By: Devi S. Laskar
3.76
Format: 258 pages, Hardcover
An arresting debut novel which bears witness to American racism and abuse of power, tracing one wom… read more
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- literary fiction
- race
- politics
- southern
- india
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Never mind that she’s been hearing this soliloquy from strangers since she was born, in the Year of the Fire Horse, twin sixes after the nineteen. Never mind the order of questions invariably changes…"-Devi S. Laskar, The Atlas of Reds and Blues
21. American Fever
By: Dur e Aziz Amna
3.94
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
This is a fearless, exacting, essential work, and marks the debut of a thrilling new global voice.”… read more
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- literary fiction
- race
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- contemporary
- audiobook
"All these prelapsarian significances came later, though, because life is lived in one direction and understood in the other."-Dur e Aziz Amna, American Fever
"All I know is that the world keeps spinning, and only at the end of each night, when my head is on your shoulder, does it stop long enough for me to comprehend."-Dur e Aziz Amna, American Fever
22. Between You and Us
By: Kendra Broekhuis
4.08
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
When a grieving woman unexpectedly steps into a different outcome of her life, she must choose betw… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
23. American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race
By: Douglas Brinkley
4.17
Format: 576 pages, ebook
Instant New York Times Bestseller As the fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing approache… read more
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- politics
- audiobook
24. Beheld
By: TaraShea Nesbit
3.43
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Wives of Los Alamos comes the riveting story of a stranger’s arr… read more
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- literary fiction
- adult
- fiction
"All I had to protect myself was my mouth. So I spoketh."-TaraShea Nesbit, Beheld
25. The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts
By: Soraya Palmer
3.87
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Folktales and spirits animate this lively coming-of-age tale of two Jamaican-Trinidadian sisters in… read more
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26. Night Theater
By: Vikram Paralkar
3.65
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
A surgeon flees a scandal in the city and accepts a job at a village clinic. He buys antibiotics ou… read more
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- india
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- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
27. Housemates
By: Emma Copley Eisenberg
3.66
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Two young housemates embark on a road trip to discover themselves in a fractured America in this sp… read more
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- literary fiction
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- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Teaching? When it’s good? A marvel. A fucking miracle. They live, and then they turn to you to tell you about it."-Emma Copley Eisenberg, Housemates
28. Like Happiness
By: Ursula Villarreal-Moura
3.83
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A searing debut about the complexities of gender, power, and fame, told through the story of a youn… read more
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- literary fiction
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- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
29. Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life
By: Ferris Jabr
4.29
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A vivid account of a major shift in how we understand Earth, from an exceptionally talented new voi… read more
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- audiobook
30. Kit & Basie (Tales from Long Lily, #1)
By: Tess Carletta
4.41
Format: 268 pages, Paperback
Immortality is a dangerous affair when it isn’t done right. Basie Yeats knows he’s doing imm… read more
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- adult
- contemporary
"But who do I have if you're not my person?"-Tess Carletta, Kit & Basie (Tales from Long Lily, #1)
"He wanted memories that were so good, he could only replace them with even better memories, until his mind was just a stockpile of evidence that proved a simple fact: no place in the world could be b…"-Tess Carletta, Kit & Basie (Tales from Long Lily, #1)
"Something in Basie shifted. He took the key to his grief and unlocked the shackles. He was done with it. Done being pulled in a thousand different directions until his bones ached. Done wading throug…"-Tess Carletta, Kit & Basie (Tales from Long Lily, #1)
31. Rose and the Burma Sky
By: Rosanna Amaka
4.03
Format: None pages, Hardcover
For fans of Yaa Gyasi, Esi Edugyan and James Baldwin - gripping and intimate historical novel of a … read more
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- audiobook
