Brown Girls
By: Daphne Palasi Andreades
3.90
Format: 209 pages, Hardcover
A blazingly original debut novel about a group of friends and their immigrant families from Queens,…
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1. Solstice
By: Joyce Carol Oates
4.26
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Originally published in 1985, Solsticeis the gripping story of Monica Jensen and Sheila Trask, two … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
2. The Swimmers
By: Julie Otsuka
3.67
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
From the award winning author of The Buddha in the Attic and When the Emperor Was Divine, a tour de… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Above ground, many of us are ungainly and awkward, slowing down with the years.... Down below, at the pool, we are restored to old youthful selves. Grey hairs vanish beneath dark blue swim caps. Brow…"-Julie Otsuka, The Swimmers
"The pool is their sanctuary, their refuge, the one place on earth they can go to escape from their pain, for it is only down below in the waters that their symptoms begin to abate. "The moment I see …"-Julie Otsuka, The Swimmers
3. Disorientation
By: Elaine Hsieh Chou
3.84
Format: 403 pages, Hardcover
A Taiwanese American woman’s coming-of-consciousness ignites eye-opening revelations and chaos on a… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Never apologize, Ingrid. Especially not when it concerns a man."-Elaine Hsieh Chou, Disorientation
"She'd be split apart, never certain if the submissive and docile figure in the mirror was a reflection of who she really was, or the ghostly effect of someone telling her her entire life: this is who…"-Elaine Hsieh Chou, Disorientation
"For once in her life, she wanted to be selfishly and deliciously lazy. To embody the most abhorred word of her generation: unproductive. She, yes she, wanted to be the person who walks away as a car …"-Elaine Hsieh Chou, Disorientation
"Though it was a little shabby and could do with more frequent dusting, sudents flocked to the café for the worn-in armchairs and couches, free wi-fi and cheap coffee. Ingrid particularly liked the to…"-Elaine Hsieh Chou, Disorientation
4. 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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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- new york
- 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
5. I'm a Fan
By: Sheena Patel
3.32
Format: 207 pages, None
In I'm A Fan, a single speaker uses the story of their experience in a seemingly unequal, unfaithfu… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"It is toxic. I am familiar"-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan
"Happiness or safety. Or isn't that the same thing?"-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan
"I never came with him. I never felt safe enough to."-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan
"The world is made for couples. Even the unhappy ones."-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan
6. Rosewater
By: Liv Little
3.67
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Queenie and Such a Fun Age comes a deliciously gritty and strikingly bold debut novel a… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
7. Joan Is Okay
By: Weike Wang
3.67
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A witty, moving, piercingly insightful new novel about a marvelously complicated woman who can’t be… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"I wasn't a genius in the end, but a girl could still hope."-Weike Wang, Joan Is Okay
"A woman who twirls her hair while speaking is a woman never to be taken seriously"-Weike Wang, Joan Is Okay
"The average Joe in America is expected to move 11.3 times in his life. Who knows about Average Jane."-Weike Wang, Joan Is Okay
"Proud to be an American, a feeling that I lacked but also a phrase that I didn't think applied to me."-Weike Wang, Joan Is Okay
8. You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
By: Akwaeke Emezi
3.55
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Fresh and seductive novel about a young woman seeking joy while healing from loss. Feyi Adekola … read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"if it's real, the distance won't change it."-Akwaeke Emezi, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
"Get into the rooms you need to be in so your work can do what it needs to do."-Akwaeke Emezi, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
"That she had braids like gold, glittering under the sun. The kind of deep, black skin that always looks perfect, like a goddess"-Akwaeke Emezi, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
"She wanted to take a picture of it but she already knew half the beauty would die inside a camera lens and she'd never quite catch the edges of it."-Akwaeke Emezi, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
9. Wahala
By: Nikki May
3.63
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An incisive and exhilarating debut novel of female friendship following three Anglo-Nigerian best f… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
10. Send Nudes
By: Saba Sams
3.53
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
In ten dazzling stories, Saba Sams dives into the world of girlhood and immerses us in its contradi… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"The sky was black, sprinkled with crystals of salt. The moon made polite conversation. The trees stood up and waved."-Saba Sams, Send Nudes
11. How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
By: Angie Cruz
3.90
Format: 195 pages, Hardcover
Cara Romero thought she would work at the factory of little lamps for the rest of her life. But whe… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"She knew I had to cry until I undrown from the inside."-Angie Cruz, How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
"If you're lucky, you find a man that you don't fall in the hole with."-Angie Cruz, How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
"Lulú talks and talks because she dique knows everything. But when I say something, people listen. This I learned from my father. The less you say, the more the people listen."-Angie Cruz, How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
"Talking reminds me that no matter how difficult my life is, I have always found a solution my problems. When I think about this, I am not afraid. We can do this. I can do this."-Angie Cruz, How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
12. The List
By: Yomi Adegoke
3.05
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Ola Olajide, a celebrated journalist at Womxxxn magazine, is set to marry the love of her life in o… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"...but she refused for love to be something that she endured. Something that took from her and made her smaller."-Yomi Adegoke, The List
13. 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
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
14. People Person
By: Candice Carty-Williams
3.70
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Dimple Pennington knew of her half siblings, but she didn't really know them. Five people who don't… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- race
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
15. When We Were Sisters
By: Fatimah Asghar
3.93
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An orphan grapples with gender, siblinghood, family, and coming-of-age as a Muslim in America in th… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
16. Wandering Souls
By: Cecile Pin
4.15
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A luminous, boldly imagined debut novel about three Vietnamese siblings who seek refuge in the UK, … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"We tell ourselves stories in order to live. We tell ourselves stories in order to heal."-Cecile Pin, Wandering Souls
"I didn't know that my culture had fashioned the shape of my mourning; I didn't know that my grief could be improper."-Cecile Pin, Wandering Souls
17. Nightcrawling
By: Leila Mottley
3.98
Format: 277 pages, Hardcover
Kiara and her brother, Marcus, are scraping by in an East Oakland apartment complex optimistically … read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- race
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"We always showing people our hands like it's proof we're human."-Leila Mottley, Nightcrawling
"She is the bottom of the ocean, where all the magic hides beneath too many layers of dark and water and salt."-Leila Mottley, Nightcrawling
"Even after everything he's put me through, if he's ready to ask for it instead of just taking it then I will walk to the ends of the earth for him."-Leila Mottley, Nightcrawling
"That boy is a wonder. He's my autumn rain, my last picture of the sun before it sets. Daytime is not possible without Trevor. Not even sure the sun come out without Trevor."-Leila Mottley, Nightcrawling
18. Small Worlds
By: Caleb Azumah Nelson
4.32
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
An exhilarating and expansive new novel about fathers and sons, faith and friendship from Caleb Azu… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- race
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Grief never ends, but we find a way to walk in the light someone has left behind, rather than living in pain's shadow."-Caleb Azumah Nelson, Small Worlds
"It's here, when I'm with her, I know that a world can be two people, occupying a space where we don't have to explain. Where we can feel beautiful. Where we might feel free."-Caleb Azumah Nelson, Small Worlds
19. Brown Girls
By: Daphne Palasi Andreades
3.90
Format: 209 pages, Hardcover
A blazingly original debut novel about a group of friends and their immigrant families from Queens,… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- race
- new york
- coming of age
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
20. Fiona and Jane
By: Jean Chen Ho
3.31
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A witty, warm, and irreverent book that traces the lives of two young Taiwanese American women as t… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
21. Weiße Wolken
By: Yandé Seck
3.57
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Dieo lebt mit ihrem Mann Simon und drei Söhnen in einer schönen Altbauwohnung im Frankfurter Norden… read more
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