The Parted Earth
By: Anjali Enjeti
3.96
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In August 1947, 16-year-old Deepa’s life in New Delhi begins to unravel in the days leading up to t…
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1. All My Rage
By: Sabaa Tahir
4.50
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
Lahore, Pakistan. Then. Misbah is a dreamer and storyteller, newly married to Toufiq in an arrange… read more
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- contemporary
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"Songs help me process life. They help me feel."-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage
"The more you ask for," she'd say, "the better. Because it means you put your fait in something greater than yourself."-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage
"The more you ask for," she'd say, "the better. Because it means you put your faith in something greater than yourself."-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage
"Oh God, Toufiq," I whispered. "So much money we put in. What will we do now? I am a fool!" "Kindness is not foolish, my heart." He put his arm around me. "Anyway. At least they didn't steal the pictu…"-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage
2. The Covenant of Water
By: Abraham Verghese
4.45
Format: 724 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magisterial ep… read more
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- historical
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- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
3. Let Us Descend
By: Jesmyn Ward
3.70
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From Jesmyn Ward—the two-time National Book Award winner, youngest winner of the Library of Congres… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
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- historical fiction
- audiobook
"You must leap. You must do as your people did. You must sink in order to rise."-Jesmyn Ward, Let Us Descend
4. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
By: James McBride
4.00
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new housing de… read more
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- literary fiction
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- historical fiction
- audiobook
5. The Museum of Failures
By: Thrity Umrigar
4.13
Format: 358 pages, Hardcover
An immersive story about family secrets and the power of forgiveness from the bestselling author of… read more
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- cultural
- literary fiction
- asia
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- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"Because, ultimately everybody's story was written in scars."-Thrity Umrigar, The Museum of Failures
"He had often thought of Bombay as the museum of failures, an exhibit hall filled with thwarted dreams and broken promises."-Thrity Umrigar, The Museum of Failures
"Of course, there were unhappy people everywhere on earth, and if you catalogued all their griefs and disappointments, every place could be considered a museum of failures. One could argue that this w…"-Thrity Umrigar, The Museum of Failures
6. The Great Divide
By: Cristina Henríquez
3.70
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
An epic novel of the construction of the Panama Canal, casting light on the unsung people who lived… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- contemporary
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"Ada had always believed that her mother, in rebuilding the house only three miles from where it had once been, had kept her world piteously small, but maybe what mattered, Ada thought as she gazed at…"-Cristina Henríquez, The Great Divide
7. A Burning
By: Megha Majumdar
3.73
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
For readers of Tommy Orange, Yaa Gyasi, and Jhumpa Lahiri, an electrifying debut novel about three … read more
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- asia
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- contemporary
- audiobook
"I am opening a card as if it is a flap of my heart. Opening and closing the card, opening and closing the card – I am ready for my heart to be tearing at the fold."-Megha Majumdar, A Burning
8. The Storm We Made
By: Vanessa Chan
3.87
Format: 339 pages, Hardcover
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781668015148. A novel about a Malayan mother who becomes an unl… read more
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- audiobook
9. They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us
By: Prachi Gupta
4.36
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An Indian American daughter reveals how the dangerous model minority myth fractured her family in t… read more
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"We abide by their story because we think that is how we gain acceptance in America. But we cannibalize our bodies, our spirits and our minds to feed a hunger that never abates. We struggle under a we…"-Prachi Gupta, They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us
"The world we live in, which demands perfection and achievement, teaches us we cannot love ourselves as we are. The myth teaches us to think greatness always resides outside us instead of within us. W…"-Prachi Gupta, They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us
"We had each been raised to believe that every unknown could be resolved through willpower and intellect, a message reinforced by America's rigid conception of who we are supposed to be. The truth is,…"-Prachi Gupta, They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us
10. Those We Thought We Knew
By: David Joy
4.30
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning writer David Joy comes a searing new novel about the cracks that form in a small… read more
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- audiobook
11. The Daughters of Madurai
By: Rajasree Variyar
4.10
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The Daughters of Madurai is both a heartrending family story and a page-turning mystery about the s… read more
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12. The Bandit Queens
By: Parini Shroff
3.93
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
Geeta's no-good husband disappeared five years ago. She didn't kill him, but everyone thinks she di… read more
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- india
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- audiobook
"So I’d stay home. So my world wouldn’t get any bigger."-Parini Shroff, The Bandit Queens
"At least you were seen. Hated, but seen. I was just invisible."-Parini Shroff, The Bandit Queens
"Thanking him had nearly given her an ulcer, but she'd managed by imagining him dead."-Parini Shroff, The Bandit Queens
"It wasn’t as though she wanted people looking at her — it was far safer to be invisible."-Parini Shroff, The Bandit Queens
13. 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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- fiction
- contemporary
14. The Oracle Code
By: Marieke Nijkamp
3.79
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
The #1 New York Times bestselling author Marieke Nijkamp (This Is Where It Ends) and artist Manuel … read more
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- fiction
"Losing is only permanent if you stop trying."-Marieke Nijkamp, The Oracle Code
"Dad once told me that even a hopeless situation doesn't always stop him. Not because he believes there'll be a miracle, but because giving up feels too final."-Marieke Nijkamp, The Oracle Code
15. The Double Life of Benson Yu
By: Kevin Chong
3.54
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
This work of metafiction follows a graphic novelist losing control of his own narrative as he attem… read more
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- historical
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- contemporary
- historical fiction
- audiobook
16. A House Is a Body
By: Shruti Swamy
3.60
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
INTRODUCING A DAZZLING NEW LITERARY VOICE In two-time O. Henry-prize winner Swamy's debut collectio… read more
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"The house is a body, a body houses souls."-Shruti Swamy, A House Is a Body
"Sometimes, when you lose - when people die - it is very hard to make tears. You feel like you want to make tears but something inside you stops them and they press your chest. Like something sitting …"-Shruti Swamy, A House Is a Body
17. The Parted Earth
By: Anjali Enjeti
3.96
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In August 1947, 16-year-old Deepa’s life in New Delhi begins to unravel in the days leading up to t… read more
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- historical
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- india
- fiction
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- contemporary
- audiobook
18. Kunti: The Sati Series II
By: Koral Dasgupta
3.63
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
Kunti, a rare matriarch in the Mahabharata and one of the revered Pancha Satis, holds an unforgetta… read more
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19. The House of Rust
By: Khadija Abdalla Bajaber
3.58
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
The first Graywolf Press African Fiction Prize winner, a story of a girl’s fantastical sea voyage t… read more
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20. Cherokee America
By: Margaret Verble
3.51
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Maud's Line, an epic novel that follows a web of com… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
21. Home
By: Penny Parkes
3.79
Format: 12 pages, Audiobook
***Penny Parkes' brilliant new novel MAYBE TOMORROW is out now!*** 'Moving, hopeful and heartfelt..… read more
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22. Partition Voices: Untold British Stories
By: Kavita Puri
4.46
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
Dotted across homes in Britain are people who were witnesses to one of the most tumultuous events o… read more
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23. I'm Not Hungry But I Could Eat
By: Christopher Gonzalez
3.85
Format: 126 pages, Paperback
Long nights, empty stomachs, and impulsive cravings haunt the stories of I’m Not Hungry But I Could… read more
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24. The Lion Women of Tehran
By: Marjan Kamali
4.50
Format: 327 pages, Hardcover
From the nationally bestselling author of the “powerful, heartbreaking” (Shelf Awareness) The Stati… read more
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- historical
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"When I am surrounded by books, I feel most at peace."-Marjan Kamali, The Lion Women of Tehran
"I wanted what Homa had. I wanted her family. Her living father, her kind mother. I wanted her fat, edible baby sister. I wanted the warmth and safety of her home."-Marjan Kamali, The Lion Women of Tehran
25. Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America
By: Bill Geist
3.60
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Beloved TV host Bill Geist pens a reflective memoir of his incredible summers spent in the heart of… read more
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26. Kashmir (The Partition Trilogy, #3)
By: Manreet Sodhi Someshwar
4.41
Format: None pages, Paperback
Maharaja Hari Singh rules Kashmir, a Muslim-majority Princely State expected to accede to Pakistan … read more
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- historical fiction
27. Hyderabad (The Partition Trilogy, #2)
By: Manreet Sodhi Someshwar
4.18
Format: None pages, None
Mir Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, is the Nizam of Hyderabad, the largest Princely State of the Crow… read more
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- fiction
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28. An Unlasting Home
By: Mai Al-Nakib
4.08
Format: 380 pages, Hardcover
The debut novel from an award-winning short story writer: a multigenerational saga spanning Lebanon… read more
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29. Serena Singh Flips the Script
By: Sonya Lalli
3.73
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Serena Singh is tired of everyone telling her what she should want--and she is ready to prove to he… read more
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30. Things That Grow
By: Meredith Goldstein
3.77
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
After her grandmother dies, a girl travels to different gardens to scatter her ashes, learning abou… read more
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31. Hundreds of Interlaced Fingers: A Kidney Doctor's Search for the Perfect Match
By: Vanessa Grubbs
4.02
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
A young, hopeful doctor's memoir--an unforgettable love story and an informative journey into the w… read more
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