Mother Land
By: Leah Franqui
3.71
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From the critically acclaimed author of America for Beginners, a wonderfully insightful, witty, and…
Want to Read $ 9.99"An unattended husband is always a bad thing..."-Leah Franqui, Mother Land
"An unattended husband is always a bad thing..."-Leah Franqui, Mother Land
"...nothing could give her purpose; she had to take it."-Leah Franqui, Mother Land
"...nothing could give her purpose; she had to take it."-Leah Franqui, Mother Land
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1. English, August: An Indian Story
By: Upamanyu Chatterjee , None
3.78
Format: 326 pages, Paperback
Agastya Sen, known to friends by the English name August, is a child of the Indian elite. His frien… read more
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- literary fiction
- asia
- indian literature
- india
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- contemporary
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"We are men without ambition, and all we want is to be left alone, in peace so that we can try and be happy. So few people will understand this simplicity."-Upamanyu Chatterjee, English, August: An Indian Story
"Far away in a field was a farmer behind two oxen, ploughing, three slow spots in a landscape of brown and green. Agastya looked at him and thought, too many worlds, concentric, and he a restless cent…"-Upamanyu Chatterjee, English, August: An Indian Story
"Land is important everywhere, all kinds of land. But you have lived in cities. There you cannot sense the importance of agricultural land, its the real wealth. Each of these squares and hexagrams cou…"-Upamanyu Chatterjee, English, August: An Indian Story
"Yet one more encounter with new faces, he thought, as he watched a tree and a cloud move past in slow motion, and eventually this one would also blur into the others; all that would remain distinct, …"-Upamanyu Chatterjee, English, August: An Indian Story
2. The Midwife
By: Gay Courter
4.03
Format: 559 pages, Hardcover
Hannah Blau, a young midwife, is driven by a passion to help other women--from Russian noblewomen t… read more
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- novels
- adult
- fiction
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- fiction
4. A Bollywood Affair
By: Sonali Dev
3.67
Format: None pages,
Mili Rathod hasn't seen her husband in twenty years--not since she was promised to him at the age o… read more
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- audiobook
- india
- fiction
- contemporary
5. The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6' 4", African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian
By: W. Kamau Bell
3.80
Format: 220 pages, Hardcover
You may know W. Kamau Bell from his hit show on CNN. Or maybe you've read about him in The New York… read more
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6. MWF Seeking BFF: My Yearlong Search For A New Best Friend
By: Rachel Bertsche
3.53
Format: None pages, Paperback
When Rachel Bertsche first moves to Chicago, she's thrilled to finally share a zip code with her bo… read more
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7. Elsewhere
By: Gabrielle Zevin
3.60
Format: None pages,
Welcome to Elsewhere.It is warm, with a breeze, and the beaches are marvelous. It's quiet and peace… read more
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8. The Underground Girls of Kabul
By: Jenny Nordberg
3.95
Format: None pages,
An investigative journalist uncovers a hidden custom that will transform your understanding of what… read more
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9. The Motion of the Body Through Space
By: Lionel Shriver
3.74
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In Lionel Shriver’s entertaining send-up of today’s cult of exercise—which not only encourages bett… read more
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- family
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- contemporary
- novels
- audiobook
"She herself was only sixty, though hers was the first generation to append "only" to such a sobering milestone."-Lionel Shriver, The Motion of the Body Through Space
"I did not love running. Here's a pointer for you: no one does. They pretend to, but they are lying. The only good part is having run. In the moment, it's dull and hard as in effortful but not as in d…"-Lionel Shriver, The Motion of the Body Through Space
10. Long Island (Eilis Lacey, #2)
By: Colm Tóibín
3.82
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved, critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author comes a spectacularly movi… read more
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- family
- fiction
- adult
- audiobook
11. Real Americans
By: Rachel Khong
4.04
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of Goodbye, Vitamin: How far would you go to shape your own destiny?… read more
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- literary fiction
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"She wasn't normal and so I wasn't either. I resented that part the most."-Rachel Khong, Real Americans
"It was a habit, with my parents: omitting information, not wanting to worry them unnecessarily. Though they’d raised me so American, I could never manage the sorts of American relationships my friend…"-Rachel Khong, Real Americans
"With each other they spoke loudly: Their voices periodically rose to excited shouts, and they laughed raucously. In English they were milder mannered, polite. My mother had always spoken English to m…"-Rachel Khong, Real Americans
12. 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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- asia
- india
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- contemporary
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- adult
- 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
13. Swan Song (Nantucket, #4)
By: Elin Hilderbrand
4.14
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
In the grand finale of "queen of the beach read" Elin Hilderbrand's beloved Nantucket novels, there… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
14. Your Driver Is Waiting
By: Priya Guns
3.27
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this electrifyingly fierce and funny social satire-- a gender-flipped reboot of the iconic 1970'… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"I was a woman who wasn’t going to take it anymore because I swear, I have taken so much already."-Priya Guns, Your Driver Is Waiting
"Jolene smiled and in her smile was tomorrow, three months from now, and an infinity swimming in a lake by a summer house."-Priya Guns, Your Driver Is Waiting
"This part of the city used to be cool because it wasn't but then it was forced to be a different of cool. A pricey. I think they call that gentrification."-Priya Guns, Your Driver Is Waiting
"I took the pack of cigarettes from my back pocket and lit one, watching Shereef's two other mechanics with their clients, hoping I wouldn't set off an explosion with my lighter."-Priya Guns, Your Driver Is Waiting
15. Afterlife
By: Julia Alvarez
3.70
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The first adult novel in almost fifteen years by the internationally bestselling author of In the T… read more
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- literary fiction
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- adult
- audiobook
16. Owner of a Lonely Heart: A Memoir
By: Beth Nguyen
3.63
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of Stealing Buddha’s Dinner, a powerful memoir of a mother-daughter r… read more
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- asia
- family
- audiobook
17. Now You See Us
By: Balli Kaur Jaswal
3.74
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The story of three women who work in the homes of Singapore’s elite and band together to solve a mu… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
18. How to Read a Book
By: Monica Wood
4.29
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A charming, deeply moving novel about second chances, unlikely friendships, and the life-changing p… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- adult
- audiobook
"Perhaps it's an oddity of human nature to judge women more harshly, or maybe we expect so little of men their transgressions don't register the same."-Monica Wood, How to Read a Book
19. The Fast and the Dead (ACP Bhavani Singh, #2)
By: Anuja Chauhan
3.72
Format: 420 pages, Paperback
All of Habba Galli, Shivajinagar, is disturbed when eccentric Dondi Pais empties her double-barrell… read more
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- indian literature
- fiction
20. Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)
By: Elizabeth Strout
4.46
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a hopeful, healing novel about new friend… read more
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- literary fiction
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- adult
"...Bob caught a glimpse of himself in the store window that was right there. He was startled. Who was that tall older man? Was that him? A sense of bewilderment came to him. He turned away, then turn…"-Elizabeth Strout, Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)
21. Save What's Left
By: Elizabeth Castellano
3.05
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An outrageously funny debut novel about a woman who moves to a small beach town looking for peace, … read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- adult
- audiobook
22. Good Taste
By: Caroline Scott
3.45
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
With delectable prose, a sharp heroine ahead of her time, and an adventure across the English count… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"I'll permit you to comfort me with soothing words and caresses later."-Caroline Scott, Good Taste
"Stella stood at the queue outside the butcher's shop and tried to pin a name to all the shades of red. Carmine, cadmium, Venetian red, she thought, vermillion, rose madder, magenta."-Caroline Scott, Good Taste
"Stella leaned her head back and saw the sun flashing between rooftops, pale pearly clouds and then the corner of Peter Jones', the windows full of hats and dresses in the spring colors, all geranium …"-Caroline Scott, Good Taste
"What brings you to Gloucestershire?" "I was halfway between Banbury cakes and Bath buns," she said. He raised an eyebrow in response, which made her feel like she'd let a double entendre slip out. "I…"-Caroline Scott, Good Taste
23. What We Were Promised
By: Lucy Tan
3.54
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
After years of chasing the American dream, the Zhen family has moved back to China. Settling into a… read more
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- asia
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- contemporary
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24. The Half of It
By: Juliette Fay
4.01
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
One perfect night. Forty years of buried hurt. One chance to make it right. Can the past ever be fi… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
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25. Embassy Wife
By: Katie Crouch
3.69
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
In Katie Crouch's thrilling novel Embassy Wife, two women abroad search for the truth about their h… read more
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26. Behind You Is the Sea
By: Susan Muaddi Darraj
4.14
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An exciting debut novel that gives voice to the diverse residents of a Palestinian American communi… read more
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- contemporary
- novels
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27. Mother Land
By: Leah Franqui
3.71
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From the critically acclaimed author of America for Beginners, a wonderfully insightful, witty, and… read more
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- indian literature
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- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- novels
- adult
- audiobook
"An unattended husband is always a bad thing..."-Leah Franqui, Mother Land
"...nothing could give her purpose; she had to take it."-Leah Franqui, Mother Land
"It was so easy to be sure of things when you were twenty."-Leah Franqui, Mother Land
"Gossip was like malaria, highly contagious, and eternal in the body."-Leah Franqui, Mother Land
28. We Should Not Be Afraid of the Sky
By: Emma Hooper
3.62
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An epic, boundary-pushing tale of five young women rapt in rebellion against an era that relies on … read more
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- adult
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- audiobook
29. Kin
By: Shawna Kay Rodenberg
3.59
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A heart stopping memoir of a wrenching Appalachian girlhood and a multilayered portrait of a misrep… read more
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- family
30. 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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- adult
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- audiobook
"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
31. Murder at King’s Crossing (Wrexford & Sloane, #8)
By: Andrea Penrose
4.15
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Miss Scarlet and the Duke and Bridgerton—a masterfully plotted mystery that combines en… read more
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- fiction
