A People's History of Heaven
By: Mathangi Subramanian
4.03
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
Heaven is a thirty-year-old slum hidden between brand-new, high-rise apartment buildings and techno…
Want to Read $ 10.99"So what you’re saying is,"-Mathangi Subramanian, A People's History of Heaven
"So what you’re saying is,"-Mathangi Subramanian, A People's History of Heaven
"It’s not that I don’t want to be part of something bigger,"-Mathangi Subramanian, A People's History of Heaven
"It’s not that I don’t want to be part of something bigger,"-Mathangi Subramanian, A People's History of Heaven
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1. Look
By: Solmaz Sharif
4.16
Format: 84 pages,
*Finalist for the 2017 PEN Open Book Award* *Finalist for the 2016 National Book Award* Solmaz Shar… read more
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2. Patchwork
By: Ellen Banda-Aaku
3.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
Winner of the Penguin Prize for African Writing 2010 (fiction). Destined from birth to inhabit two … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
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3. Here Comes the Sun
By: Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn
3.94
Format: 256 pages,
Capturing the distinct rhythms of Jamaican life and dialect, Nicole Dennis-Benn pens a tender hymn … read more
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4. Perempuan Terluka
By: Qaisra Shahraz , Atta Verin
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
Dengan cadar terkoyak yang terlilit erat mengelilingi bahunya dan kepala tertunduk, perempuan itu m… read more
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5. Augustown
By: Kei Miller
4.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the winner of the Forward Prize, Augustownis a magical and haunting novel set in the underbell… read more
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6. Black Mamba Boy
By: Nadifa Mohamed
3.42
Format: 8 pages, Paperback
For fans of Half of a Yellow Sun, a stunning novel set in 1930s Somalia spanning a decade of war an… read more
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7. Another Country
By: Anjali Joseph
4.00
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
A superb second novel from the author of the multiple-award winning Saraswati Park. "They'd discuss… read more
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8. We Are Displaced
By: Malala Yousafzai
4.41
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
After her father was murdered, María escaped in the middle of the night with her mother. Zaynab… read more
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"I think it’s time that people update themselves, educate themselves, and inform themselves."-Malala Yousafzai, We Are Displaced
9. A Nest of Vipers (Bangalore Detectives Club #3)
By: Harini Nagendra
3.79
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
This latest novel in the Bangalore Detectives Club mystery series takes the reader deep into the hi… read more
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- adult fiction
- india
- fiction
10. Midnight at Malabar House (Malabar House #1)
By: Vaseem Khan
4.02
Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition
Bombay, New Year's Eve, 1949As India celebrates the arrival of a momentous new decade, Inspector Pe… read more
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- asia
- india
- fiction
"Just because a cow stands in a field all day doesn’t make it a philosopher"-Vaseem Khan, Midnight at Malabar House (Malabar House #1)
11. The Mountains Sing
By: Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
4.32
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
With the epic sweep of Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko or Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing and the lyrical beauty of Va… read more
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- literary fiction
- adult
- fiction
- novels
"As long as I have my voice, I am still alive."-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing
"Whenever humans failed us, it was nature who could help save us."-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing
"Being a mother is never easy... It’s about failing, learning, and then failing again."-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing
"History will write itself in people's memories, and as long as those memories live on, we can have faith that we can do better."-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing
12. My Pen is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women
By: Lyse Doucet
4.26
Format: 253 pages, Paperback
"Powerful, profound and deeply moving, new fiction by Afghan women writers will expand your mind an… read more
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- asia
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- contemporary
- adult
"Literature is resilience, a release."-Lyse Doucet, My Pen is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women
"Thank god, I said to myself, that the sun is not someone's property, otherwise I'd have to pay rent for that as well."-Lyse Doucet, My Pen is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women
13. Shelf Life: Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller
By: Nadia Wassef
3.56
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The streets of Cairo make strange music. The echoing calls to prayer; the raging insults hurled bet… read more
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14. Le aquile della notte
By: Alice Basso
4.22
Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition
Langhe, 1935. La fuliggine delle fabbriche lascia il posto al dolce profilo delle colline infiammat… read more
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- fiction
15. Madre d'ossa
By: Ilaria Tuti
3.82
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Teresa Battaglia ha davvero perso la sfida più grande di tutte? Quella con la sua memoria, contro i… read more
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16. Murder Under a Red Moon (Bangalore Detectives Club, #2)
By: Harini Nagendra
3.86
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
The latest novel in the acclaimed Bangalore Detectives Club series finds amateur sleuth Kaveri Murt… read more
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- india
- fiction
17. Mrs Mohr Goes Missing
By: Maryla Szymiczkowa
3.48
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Cracow, 1893. Thirty-eight-year-old Zofia Turbotyńska has assured her husband's rise through the ra… read more
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- fiction
"Ignacy! - zapłonęła świętym oburzeniem, jak zawsze, kiedy powiedziano jej prawdę prosto w oczy."-Maryla Szymiczkowa, Mrs Mohr Goes Missing
"Ignacy bywał trudny, to prawda, ale pomysł, że można zamordować męża, wydawał jej się... w złym guście."-Maryla Szymiczkowa, Mrs Mohr Goes Missing
"Zdrowo - zmarszczył czoło Iwaniec - żaden zmarły nie wygląda zdrowo. Ustanie życia jest objawem zdecydowanego braku zdrowia. Definitywnego, rzekłbym."-Maryla Szymiczkowa, Mrs Mohr Goes Missing
"Ale ten entuzjazm nie przystoi profesorowi, Ignacy - ofuknęła męża. - W takiej chwili twoją rolą jest zachować się dostojnie, a nie ekscytować głupstwami."-Maryla Szymiczkowa, Mrs Mohr Goes Missing
18. 8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster
By: Mirinae Lee
3.91
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Joining the acclaimed ranks of Pachinko and A Woman is No Man, a riveting and genre-bending debut o… read more
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- asia
- literary fiction
- fiction
- novels
19. The Vintage Shop of Second Chances
By: Libby Page
4.19
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Among the cobbled streets of the Somerset town of Frome, Lou is embarking on the start of something… read more
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20. The Color of Air
By: Gail Tsukiyama
3.82
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Women of the Silk and The Samurai's Garden comes a go… read more
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- adult
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21. Ayrılık Çeşmesi Sokağı
By: Selçuk Altun
3.41
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
Ziya Adlan kırk yıldır akademisyenlik yaptığı Cenevre’den dönüp, Ayrılık Çeşmesi Sokağı’ndaki bakım… read more
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- literary fiction
22. Addressed to Greta
By: Fiona Sussman
4.18
Format: 338 pages, Paperback
‘Greta’s ears started to pop. She swallowed hard and looked out of her cabin window. The plane had … read more
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- contemporary
23. The Girls in the Wild Fig Tree: How I Fought to Save Myself, My Sister, and Thousands of Girls Worldwide
By: Nice Leng'ete
4.47
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The "incredibly powerful" (Kirkus Reviews) story of the human rights activist who changed the minds… read more
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24. I, Mona Lisa
By: Natasha Solomons
3.87
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Listen to my history. My adventures are worth hearing. I have lived many lifetimes and been loved b… read more
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25. The Selfless Act of Breathing
By: J.J. Bola
3.59
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Transcendent Kingdom meets A Man Called Ove in this heartwarming novel about a Congolese-British Lo… read more
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- contemporary
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- adult
"Sometimes it is easier to forget than to heal."-J.J. Bola, The Selfless Act of Breathing
"Oh, how would we treat the people in our lives if we knew which conversation would be the last? would we act differently? Appreciate every moment? Tell them we love them?"-J.J. Bola, The Selfless Act of Breathing
"It is in these moments that we are compelled to question the meaning of life, and whether life has any meaning at all; moments when tragedy hits us so unexpectedly, and so sudden. But it is also in t…"-J.J. Bola, The Selfless Act of Breathing
"Some days, I am just tired. Some days, I'm barely strong enough to carry the burden of my heavy heart, let alone the weight of the world on my shoulders, some days I need space on my own, no internet…"-J.J. Bola, The Selfless Act of Breathing
26. A People's History of Heaven
By: Mathangi Subramanian
4.03
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
Heaven is a thirty-year-old slum hidden between brand-new, high-rise apartment buildings and techno… read more
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- lgbt
- asia
- india
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- adult
- queer
"So what you’re saying is,"-Mathangi Subramanian, A People's History of Heaven
"It’s not that I don’t want to be part of something bigger,"-Mathangi Subramanian, A People's History of Heaven
"Bravery, she thinks, belongs to girls. But freedom belongs to boys."-Mathangi Subramanian, A People's History of Heaven
"You don’t have to light a match to burn a family’s life to the ground."-Mathangi Subramanian, A People's History of Heaven
27. The Map of Salt and Stars
By: Zeyn Joukhadar
3.92
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
Nour es una niña de once años cuyo padre acaba de morir. Su madre, cartógrafa que dibuja los mapas … read more
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- contemporary
- adult
"Stories are powerful,"-Zeyn Joukhadar, The Map of Salt and Stars
"I don’t understand why we were shelled."-Zeyn Joukhadar, The Map of Salt and Stars
"The sea has a way of showing us ourselves,"-Zeyn Joukhadar, The Map of Salt and Stars
"The most important places on a map are the places we haven't been yet"-Zeyn Joukhadar, The Map of Salt and Stars
28. War Gardens
By: Lalage Snow
3.93
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A journey through the most unlikely of the oases of peace people create in the midst of warIn this… read more
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29. Before the Queen Falls Asleep
By: Huzama Habayeb
3.58
Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition
Born a girl to parents who expected a boy, Jihad grows up treated like the eldest son, wearing boy'… read more
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- adult
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- contemporary
30. Typhoon
By: Qaisra Shahraz
3.20
Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition
"Typhoon" is set in Chiragpur, a Pakistani village warped in time, space and guilt, whose inhabitan… read more
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- fiction
