Trenton Makes
By: Tadzio Koelb
2.92
Format: 206 pages, Hardcover
In 1946, in the hardscrabble industrial city of Trenton, New Jersey, a woman kills her army veteran…
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1. The Bob Watson: A Novel
By: Greg Bardsley
3.04
Format: 322 pages, Paperback
From the author of Cash Out , a hilarious novel about one working stiff’s day of hooky—reminiscent … read more
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2. Birdsong
By: Sebastian Faulks
4.32
Format: 632 pages,
Crafted from the ruins of war and the indestructibility of love, Birdsong is a novel that will be r… read more
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3. About a Boy
By: Nick Hornby , Udo Wachtveitl
3.69
Format: 143 pages, Mass Market Paperback
'How cool was Will Freeman?' Too cool! At thirty-six, he's as hip as a teenager. He's single, child… read more
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4. London Fields
By: Martin Amis
4.04
Format: 202 pages, Paperback
There is a murderer, there is a murderee, and there is a foil. Everyone is always out there searchi… read more
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5. In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
By: Mona Chollet
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Mona Chollet's In Defense of Witches is a celebration by an acclaimed French feminist of the witch … read more
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"En somme, si on voulait être cohérent, il faudrait soit lever le pied sur l'éducation des filles, soit intégrer à leur formation un sérieux entraînement à la guérilla contre le patriarcat, tout en s'…"-Mona Chollet, In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
"No obstante, algunas mujeres, vivan o no con hombres, se sientan o no llamadas por una vocación, encuentran otro modo de evitar ser engullidas por el papel de la devota sirvienta: no tener hijos; dar…"-Mona Chollet, In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
"Certaines, cependant, qu'elles vivent avec les hommes ou pas, qu'elles se sentent ou non requises par une vocation, trouvent un autre moyen d'échapper à l'engloutissement dans le rôle de la servante …"-Mona Chollet, In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
"Il serait temps que les femmes - souvent si peu sûres d'elles, de leurs capacités, de la pertinence de ce qu'elles ont à apporter, de leur droit à une vie pour elles-mêmes - apprennent à se défendre …"-Mona Chollet, In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
6. 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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7. Seven Empty Houses
By: Samanta Schweblin
3.71
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
The seven houses in these seven stories are empty. Some are devoid of love or life or furniture, of… read more
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8. Martyr!
By: Kaveh Akbar
4.24
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Kaveh Akbar’s Martyr! is a paean to how we spend our lives seeking meaning—in faith, art, ourselves… read more
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- queer
9. Blackouts
By: Justin Torres
3.77
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of We the Animals, Blackouts mines lost histories--personal and collect… read more
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10. Defenestrate
By: Renee Branum
3.55
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE An exuberant, wild… read more
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11. The Scandal
By: Nicola Marsh
3.95
Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition
My life is like one of those cheap snow globes my twins collected when they were younger. Shiny and… read more
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12. Patron Saints of Nothing
By: Randy Ribay
4.23
Format: 323 pages, Hardcover
A coming-of-age story about grief, guilt, and the risks a Filipino-American teenager takes to uncov… read more
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"We failed him in life. We should not fail him in death."-Randy Ribay, Patron Saints of Nothing
"English is a language that lives in the middle of the mouth, but Tagalog is more of an open throat song that dances between the tip of the tongue and the teeth. My mouth feels too heavy, too thick, t…"-Randy Ribay, Patron Saints of Nothing
"But there are good things I can hold on to and there are other things I have the power to change. My family, myself, this world--al of us are flawed. But flawed doesn't mean hopeless. It doesn't mean…"-Randy Ribay, Patron Saints of Nothing
"Maybe he was reaching out to me through those words, and I let him slip away. I stayed silent. If I had written to him more often, been more honest, would it have helped him work through some of his …"-Randy Ribay, Patron Saints of Nothing
13. Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War
By: Howard W. French
4.31
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
Traditional accounts of the making of the modern world afford a place of primacy to European histor… read more
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14. Something That May Shock and Discredit You
By: Daniel Mallory Ortberg
3.84
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the writer of Slate’s “Dear Prudence” column comes a witty and clever collection of essays and… read more
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- lgbt
"I never know how to refer to previous incarnations of myself in a way that honestly acknowledges the present without sacrificing the past."-Daniel Mallory Ortberg, Something That May Shock and Discredit You
"But there was a curse on Laius. The curse was Daddy Issues. Only a daddy can have Daddy Issues. The Daddy Issues of Laius include: insisting on taking your children hiking even after they start cryin…"-Daniel Mallory Ortberg, Something That May Shock and Discredit You
"I fear—how could I not?—that I will merely replace one error with another, that I will take avowal of desire in itself as an unalloyed, uncomplicated good in all places and in all situations, that no…"-Daniel Mallory Ortberg, Something That May Shock and Discredit You
"I mean, if I were thirty years younger—if I were twenty five years younger—if I were eighteen years younger—God, if I were just ten years younger—if I were a year and a day younger—if I were a month …"-Daniel Mallory Ortberg, Something That May Shock and Discredit You
15. Trenton Makes
By: Tadzio Koelb
2.92
Format: 206 pages, Hardcover
In 1946, in the hardscrabble industrial city of Trenton, New Jersey, a woman kills her army veteran… read more
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16. Thirty Days of Darkness
By: Jenny Lund Madsen
3.49
Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition
A Danish literary author is challenged to write a crime novel in thirty days, travelling to a small… read more
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17. You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P! (Scholastic Gold)
By: Alex Gino
4.03
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Jilly thinks she's figured out how life works. But when her sister Emma is born Deaf, she realizes … read more
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"Deaf people have always found a way to sign with each other"-Alex Gino, You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P! (Scholastic Gold)
"I wonder how people who are Deaf even know when they aren't hearing something. How cold you miss something you don't know is there?"-Alex Gino, You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P! (Scholastic Gold)
"and they're all going on about how she should have been wearing her hearing aids ... and no one's saying she shouldn't have been shot"-Alex Gino, You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P! (Scholastic Gold)
18. The Thirty Names of Night
By: Zeyn Joukhadar
4.04
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
Five years after a suspicious fire killed his ornithologist mother, a closeted Syrian American tran… read more
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"I bow my head under her hands. “I couldn’t do it anymore, Teta."-Zeyn Joukhadar, The Thirty Names of Night
"Faith isn’t a gift you can give. It’s something we find for ourselves."-Zeyn Joukhadar, The Thirty Names of Night
"Maybe it's true that we become what we love most, that we exalt the nameless by losing ourselves in it."-Zeyn Joukhadar, The Thirty Names of Night
"To the night, I am a body without a past or a future, a pillar that bends light. The night doesn't know my name."-Zeyn Joukhadar, The Thirty Names of Night
19. The Fixed Stars
By: Molly Wizenberg
3.69
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From a bestselling memoirist, a thoughtful and provocative story of changing identity, complex sexu… read more
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- lgbt
"She walked the line between man and woman, smudged it under her foot."-Molly Wizenberg, The Fixed Stars
"Do not marry someone who will not go to therapy, both on their own and with you. Refusing to go to therapy with your partner is like looking the other way when they're drowning."-Molly Wizenberg, The Fixed Stars
20. Devotion
By: Madeline Stevens
2.77
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A captivating debut novel about a woman who falls into an overwhelming mutual obsession with the Up… read more
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21. Open Secrets: A Novel
By: Sheila Kohler
3.09
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
The lies between a husband and wife are revealed, unraveling their family in this thrilling novel t… read more
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