Woman No. 17
By: Edan Lepucki
3.31
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
High in the Hollywood Hills, writer Lady Daniels has decided to take a break from her husband. Left…
Want to Read $ 10.99"The thing Lady didn't get, or the thing she'd forgotten, was that being a child was painful too. She was so wrapped up in losing Seth, the treacheries of him growing up, that she couldn't remember what it felt like to be on the other side. The burden of that. Sure, Seth had left her womb and never returned, but he was the one who had to do the leaving."-Edan Lepucki, Woman No. 17
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1. The Leavers
By: Lisa Ko
3.86
Format: 568 pages, Hardcover
One morning, Deming Guo's mother, an undocumented Chinese immigrant named Polly, goes to her job at… read more
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- literary fiction
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- contemporary
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- audiobook
2. The Animators
By: Kayla Rae Whitaker
4.10
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
In the male-dominated field of animation, Mel Vaught and Sharon Kisses are a dynamic duo, the frict… read more
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- literary fiction
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- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
3. White Fur
By: Jardine Libaire
4.33
Format: 242 pages, Hardcover
When Elise Perez meets Jamey Hyde on a desolate winter afternoon, fate implodes, and neither of the… read more
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4. Arcadia
By: Lauren Groff
4.37
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In the fields and forests of western New York State in the late 1960s, several dozen idealists set … read more
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5. Rich and Pretty
By: Rumaan Alam
4.09
Format: 349 pages, Hardcover
This irresistible debut, set in contemporary New York, provides a sharp, insightful look into how t… read more
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6. The Brief History of the Dead
By: Kevin Brockmeier
3.67
Format: 252 pages, Paperback
From Kevin Brockmeier, one of this generation's most inventive young writers, comes a striking new … read more
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- novels
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"Was that what it meant to be alive - moving from a brightly lit corridor into a darkened room at every step? Sometimes it felt that way."-Kevin Brockmeier, The Brief History of the Dead
"The people were created in the image of God and thus they were within the precinct of His grace, even the ones who didn't know Him...the ones who withdrew themselves from His presence."-Kevin Brockmeier, The Brief History of the Dead
"Dreaming was easier than screaming, and screaming was easier than worrying, and worrying was easier than crying, which was what she knew she would be reduced to if she didn’t keep a hard eye on herse…"-Kevin Brockmeier, The Brief History of the Dead
"Most people seemed to think that you fell asleep and then started dreaming, but as far as Minny could tell, the process was exactly the reverse — you started dreaming and that enabled you to fall asl…"-Kevin Brockmeier, The Brief History of the Dead
7. Then Again
By: Diane Keaton
3.53
Format: None pages,
Mom loved adages, quotes, slogans. There were always little reminders pasted on the kitchen wall. F… read more
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8. Lucky You: A Novel
By: None
4.00
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
Three women, early twenties, find themselves aimlessly adrift in Erika Carter's fierce and darkly f… read more
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9. Eat Only When You're Hungry
By: Lindsay Hunter
3.22
Format: 111 pages, Hardcover
A father searches for his addict son while grappling with his own choices as a parent (and as a use… read more
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10. The Great Transition
By: Nick Fuller Googins
3.79
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Station Eleven and The Ministry for the Future, this richly imaginative, immersive, and… read more
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- adult
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"What it came down to was saving each other’s butts."-Nick Fuller Googins, The Great Transition
"Inside every battery is a piece of a storm when you think about it"-Nick Fuller Googins, The Great Transition
11. The Extinction of Irena Rey
By: Jennifer Croft
3.26
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the International Booker Prize–winning translator and Women's Prize finalist, a propulsive, be… read more
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- mystery thriller
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- mystery
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"The sun was higher, a white light between the birches that arched and bared their lenticels, shimmering their leaves."-Jennifer Croft, The Extinction of Irena Rey
"Glittering crystalline rainbows extended in every direction, while gentle gold beams swept between the softened trees that sparkled and beckoned and forbade."-Jennifer Croft, The Extinction of Irena Rey
"It was a new moon, but the stars of the northern hemisphere transformed her slim sinuous home, converting the oak strips on the convex walls into quicksilver that momentarily held the frenzied shadow…"-Jennifer Croft, The Extinction of Irena Rey
"It was barely spring in the southern hemisphere, and Buenos Aires was not yet soft, or sumptuous, or purple.* *I wasn't sure what this meant at first, but when I asked this author to explain it, she …"-Jennifer Croft, The Extinction of Irena Rey
12. City of Laughter
By: Temim Fruchter
3.78
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A rich and riveting debut spanning four generations of Eastern European Jewish women bound by blood… read more
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13. Memory Piece
By: Lisa Ko
3.22
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In the early 1980s, Giselle Chin, Jackie Ong, and Ellen Ng are three teenagers drawn together by th… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"The physicality of making things, the performance, temporarily displaced how stuck she felt, in this particular body, family, town, time."-Lisa Ko, Memory Piece
14. 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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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
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- 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
15. Alice Sadie Celine
By: Sarah Blakley-Cartwright
3.01
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
It’s opening night, but Alice’s performance in the local Bay Area production of The Winter’s Tale i… read more
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16. Swift River
By: Essie J. Chambers
3.54
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
10 hours, 30 minutes A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK | A Most Anticipated Book from… read more
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"Your hometown makes you and breaks you and makes you again."-Essie J. Chambers, Swift River
17. The Museum of Human History
By: Rebekah Bergman
3.50
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
Complex, philosophically searching, and gorgeously rendered, Rebekah Bergman’s The Museum of Human … read more
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18. Woman No. 17
By: Edan Lepucki
3.31
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
High in the Hollywood Hills, writer Lady Daniels has decided to take a break from her husband. Left… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- mystery thriller
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- novels
- adult
- audiobook
"The thing Lady didn't get, or the thing she'd forgotten, was that being a child was painful too. She was so wrapped up in losing Seth, the treacheries of him growing up, that she couldn't remember wh…"-Edan Lepucki, Woman No. 17
19. Stray
By: Stephanie Danler
3.85
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Sweetbitter, a memoir of growing up in a family shattered by lies an… read more
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- adult
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20. T-Shirt Swim Club: Stories from Being Fat in a World of Thin People
By: Ian Karmel
4.11
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Comedian Ian Karmel, with help from sister Dr. Alisa Karmel, opens up about the daily humiliations … read more
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"You're a raw nerve in that era of your existence. Life hurts, and that isn't unique to fat people or to any one group, really. Pretty much everyone goes through some version of young-adult malaise. T…"-Ian Karmel, T-Shirt Swim Club: Stories from Being Fat in a World of Thin People
21. The Same Bright Stars
By: Ethan Joella
3.87
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
Three generations of Schmidts have run their family’s beachfront restaurant, and Jack has been at t… read more
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