I Fear My Pain Interests You
By: Stephanie LaCava
2.89
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
A stylish and raw exploration of bodies, trauma and 1960s cinema Margot is the child of renowned…
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1. Sex and Rage
By: Eve Babitz
3.87
Format: 260 pages,
The popular rediscovery of Eve Babitz continues with this very special reissue of her novel, origin… read more
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3. Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black
By: Cookie Mueller
4.49
Format: 151 pages, Paperback
Cookie trips through her forty-year odyssey on this planet—from LSD to shopping at the A&P, from bi… read more
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4. Suicide Blonde
By: Darcey Steinke
3.44
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Vanity Faircalled this intensely erotic story of a young woman's sexual and psychological odyssey "… read more
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5. Rouge
By: Mona Awad
3.56
Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition
From the critically acclaimed author of Bunny comes a horror-tinted, gothic fairy tale about a lone… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- horror
- adult
"If I had beauty, I decided then, I would never throw it away. I would never give it up."-Mona Awad, Rouge
"I mean, we all have our dark days. Very dark days, sometimes. When our demons come out to play. No one lives entirely in the light, right?"-Mona Awad, Rouge
"That I can’t protect you from my terrible places that I still go, can’t help but go because no one protected me, no one saved me, no one ever held out their hand and walked me away. But I’m trying to…"-Mona Awad, Rouge
6. Paradise Rot
By: Jenny Hval
3.55
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
A lyrical debut novel from a musician and artist renowned for her sharp sexual and political imager… read more
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- contemporary
- literary fiction
- fiction
- horror
"I took a bite of a Bloody Ploughman. Even the flesh was red. 'Bloody,' Carral said. 'Nice colour,' I answered. 'It looks sinful. I bet that was the apple Eve ate, you know, in the Bible, the forbidde…"-Jenny Hval, Paradise Rot
"I'll tell you the fairy tale of the apple. Eve ate the apple, and then Adam came and did so too. Afterwards the apple was forgotten, and it was assumed that it rolled away in the grass while Adam and…"-Jenny Hval, Paradise Rot
7. Penance
By: Eliza Clark
3.90
Format: 336 pages, ebook
Do you know what happened already? Did you know her? Did you see it on the internet? Did you li… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- horror
- adult
"Do you know what happened to her already? Did you catch it in the papers? Are you local? Did you know her? Did you see it on the internet? Did some website the trawls local news for the worst details…"-Eliza Clark, Penance
8. Earth Angel
By: Madeline Cash
4.05
Format: 130 pages, Paperback
In her electric debut, Madeline Cash synthesizes the godlessness of a digital age into a glimmering… read more
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- literary fiction
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
9. The Guest
By: Emma Cline
3.29
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A young woman pretends to be someone she isn't in this stunning novel by the New York Times bestsel… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- adult
"Younger men had to make everything mean something, had to turn every choice and preference into a referendum on their personality."-Emma Cline, The Guest
"He assumed her attention when he spoke. He had his insecurities, his anxieties. But underlying it all was the certainty that the world would be generous in its orientation toward him."-Emma Cline, The Guest
"All the women in the show hated each other, hated each other so much, just so they could avoid hating their husbands. Only their little dogs, blinking from their laps, seemed real: they were the wome…"-Emma Cline, The Guest
10. 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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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- adult
"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
11. Brutes
By: Dizz Tate
3.18
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The Virgin Suicides meets The Florida Project in this wildly original debut—a coming-of-age story a… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- horror
- adult
"to be loved, was just to be watched"-Dizz Tate, Brutes
"We feel chased. It doesn't matter if it's only by our own shadows."-Dizz Tate, Brutes
"and now I think that to humiliate a woman is the only way some men know how to love one."-Dizz Tate, Brutes
"To be loved was just to be watched, or in my case, to imagine you are loved is to imagine you are watched all the time."-Dizz Tate, Brutes
12. Terminal Boredom: Stories
By: Izumi Suzuki
3.59
Format: 218 pages, Paperback
Seven punky and pitch-black stories offer English-language readers an overdue introduction to Izumi… read more
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- fiction
"INSUFFICIENT VEGETABLE OIL,’ quoth the replicator."-Izumi Suzuki, Terminal Boredom: Stories
"And having four kids? Giving birth to them naturally? What is she, an animal?"-Izumi Suzuki, Terminal Boredom: Stories
"When we first met, Reiko still had something of a wrecked beauty. Now, not even those ruins remained."-Izumi Suzuki, Terminal Boredom: Stories
"I’m a sucker for trends. I don’t have much in the way of agency. I always want to try whatever’s popular."-Izumi Suzuki, Terminal Boredom: Stories
13. My First Book
By: Honor Levy
3.27
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From groundbreaking debut author Honor Levy, stories to delight and ensnare Walking the wire betwe… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"I HAV3 CHOS3N T3H WAY OF FA3THFUL3SS"-Honor Levy, My First Book
"Nerf is a verb now. I'm gonna nerf all you faggots, give me that grenade."-Honor Levy, My First Book
"1 like = 1 prayer. 1 like = 1 prayer. 1 like = 1 prayer. 1 like = 1 prayer. 1 like = 1 prayer."-Honor Levy, My First Book
"Zoe laughs like Tinkerbell, the air whistling between the gaps in her teeth. She’s definitely not a dog."-Honor Levy, My First Book
14. New Animal
By: Ella Baxter
3.40
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
It's not easy getting close to people. Amelia's meeting a lot of men but once she gets the sex she … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- adult
"I can’t relax around repeated invitations to be introspective."-Ella Baxter, New Animal
"I think it's human nature to want to look at wounds. It must be."-Ella Baxter, New Animal
"Interesting to note my spiraling in real time. Strange to bear witness."-Ella Baxter, New Animal
"But your body. Your beautiful, beautiful body. It clings to you through it all."-Ella Baxter, New Animal
15. Girls Against God
By: Jenny Hval
3.05
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
At once a time-travelling horror story and a fugue-like feminist manifesto, this is a singular, gen… read more
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- literary fiction
- horror
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
"No one asks me why I hate, no one uses that word, they call me grumpy, not even angry, but grumpy, six letters, something inconsequential and self-inflicted, something powerless, insignificant, somet…"-Jenny Hval, Girls Against God
"Maybe the only way an artist can escape capitalism and patriarchy today is to use art to disappear as an individual. The artists must completely wash away their person and self-expression, along with…"-Jenny Hval, Girls Against God
16. Happy Hour
By: Marlowe Granados
3.50
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
With the verve and bite of My Year of Rest and Relaxation and the whip-smart, wisecracking sensibil… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- adult
"Being unattached is exhausting."-Marlowe Granados, Happy Hour
"being a muse is not for the weak"-Marlowe Granados, Happy Hour
"Money was limited, but my taste was not."-Marlowe Granados, Happy Hour
"isn't a vacation when you forget what day it is?"-Marlowe Granados, Happy Hour
17. Big Swiss
By: Jen Beagin
3.68
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Greta lives with her friend Sabine in an ancient Dutch farmhouse in Hudson, New York. The house is … read more
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- literary fiction
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"¿Habla más de un idioma?"-Jen Beagin, Big Swiss
"You bullied other bullies,"-Jen Beagin, Big Swiss
"she’d always been less of a shit-talker and more of a shit-thinker"-Jen Beagin, Big Swiss
"At least I know where the hell I am and what’s happening. Which way is north?"-Jen Beagin, Big Swiss
18. Boy Parts
By: Eliza Clark
3.77
Format: 304 pages, ebook
Irina obsessively takes explicit photographs of the average-looking men she persuades to model for … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- horror
- adult
"Was it my idea to have him hurt me, or did he just let me think it was?"-Eliza Clark, Boy Parts
"My mam always used to tell me that you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. And Eddie from Tesco is a fly, but he's got a taste for vinegar. It's like vinegar is all he's ever had from peop…"-Eliza Clark, Boy Parts
"You want to think you're not like other women, but you are, you know. You're still... that's still how the rest of the world, how men are going to see you. Like, I know you hate labels, but you like.…"-Eliza Clark, Boy Parts
"Do you like it rough? I think so. I think I must. Men are rough, aren't they? Have I always had a taste for rough stuff, or did I acquire that? In the back of Lesley's car, on the floor of a friend's…"-Eliza Clark, Boy Parts
19. On Sun Swallowing
By: Dakota Warren
4.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
“On Sun Swallowing is a sweet and bloody collection of poetry, dancing in the spaces between skinne… read more
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- contemporary
- adult
- fiction
- horror
"IT'S PURGATORY BUT ITS LIVEABLE"-Dakota Warren, On Sun Swallowing
20. Acts of Service
By: Lillian Fishman
3.08
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A provocative debut of sex and sexuality as a twentysomething New Yorker pursues a sexual freedom t… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- adult
"We love what disturbs us if it chooses us and tell us how we matter."-Lillian Fishman, Acts of Service
"How can a body be safe when it's only a body? How can we expect that no stranger will be tempted to torch an empty house?"-Lillian Fishman, Acts of Service
"Somehow, [...] I grew up talking about sex as this thing women should have however they wanted. Sexual freedom as this great sort of penacle beyond morality, or anything provincial. So I am supposed …"-Lillian Fishman, Acts of Service
21. Alphabetical Diaries
By: Sheila Heti
4.02
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling confessional from the award-winning, beloved author of Pure Colour. Sheila Heti kept a… read more
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22. Molly
By: Blake Butler
3.66
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A gripping, unforgettable memoir from one of the best, most original writers of the 21st century. … read more
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- adult
- the united states of america
23. Weird Fucks
By: Lynne Tillman
3.17
Format: None pages, None
Fiction. Women's Studies. Art by Amy Sillman. The long out-of-print 1978 novella by the brilliant L… read more
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- literary fiction
- novels
- fiction
- contemporary
24. Bitter Water Opera
By: Nicolette Polek
4.03
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
An electrifying debut novel about art, solitude, family, and faith in a world without it In 1967, … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- historical fiction
- novels
25. Animals Eat Each Other
By: Elle Nash
3.48
Format: 121 pages, Paperback
In Elle Nash’s stunning and powerful debut, a girl with no name embarks on a fraught three-way rela… read more
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- literary fiction
- horror
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
"Pain is closer to love than indifference, right?"-Elle Nash, Animals Eat Each Other
"I didn’t know if I was crying because it hurt so bad or if I was crying because I had failed by letting the pain hurt me so much."-Elle Nash, Animals Eat Each Other
"I did too many things to my body that made it feel old and tired, as though I were dragging all of the mistakes I’d ever made behind me with each step."-Elle Nash, Animals Eat Each Other
"Maybe it wasn’t true love after all. That was disappointing. I had hoped it was true love, that something like that could exist. Instead, it was just sex. Like everything else."-Elle Nash, Animals Eat Each Other
26. Hit Parade of Tears
By: Izumi Suzuki
3.43
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A new collection of stories from the cult author of Terminal Boredom. Izumi Suzuki had ideas abo… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
"Love isn't like a house you can just kick back and live in once its completed. No, it gets more worn and tattered day by day, unless you keep on making it up."-Izumi Suzuki, Hit Parade of Tears
27. Rest and Be Thankful
By: Emma Glass
3.52
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
Laura is a nurse in a paediatric unit. On long, quiet shifts, she and her colleagues, clad in their… read more
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- literary fiction
- horror
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- adult
"Toxicity drips out of him and I'll pour more into him."-Emma Glass, Rest and Be Thankful
"We are tethered. We share the same headache. We share the same wake. We stand in stillness. We stand in agony."-Emma Glass, Rest and Be Thankful
"I don't need half-love, half-life, half is not enough. I can be whole with nothing. I came from nothing. I came from nowhere."-Emma Glass, Rest and Be Thankful
"I will miss the lick you give your lips before you speak but I won't miss the words that follow and fall out of that wry wet mouth."-Emma Glass, Rest and Be Thankful
28. Brat
By: Gabriel Smith
3.53
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From a provocative new literary talent, a hilarious and haunted novel featuring an unlikable protag… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- horror
- adult
"I chose this one. This is the one I care about."-Gabriel Smith, Brat
29. Post-Traumatic
By: Chantal V. Johnson
3.73
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this “deeply original” (Elif Batuman) and “violently funny” (Myriam Gurba) story, a young lawyer… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- adult
30. Blueberries: Essays Concerning Understanding
By: Ellena Savage
3.58
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
‘I mean who cares about opinions, gossip, whatever, when bodies are so vulnerable, in search only o… read more
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- contemporary
"Sadness is not always a terrible illness. Sadness is, perhaps, the most honest response to living."-Ellena Savage, Blueberries: Essays Concerning Understanding
"I need to manage the unmanageable, to contain, correct and formalise the world, because I need to survive it."-Ellena Savage, Blueberries: Essays Concerning Understanding
"Is 'self-care' a neoliberal scam promoting individualistic coping strategies in the absence of broader social obligations or the possibility of radical structural change? (Well, yes, I say to myself …"-Ellena Savage, Blueberries: Essays Concerning Understanding
"If there is always a question, and I believe there is, in this case it is this: where is home and what is freedom. The promise we accept is that freedom is the freedom to make ourselves anew, but in …"-Ellena Savage, Blueberries: Essays Concerning Understanding
31. I Fear My Pain Interests You
By: Stephanie LaCava
2.89
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
A stylish and raw exploration of bodies, trauma and 1960s cinema Margot is the child of renowned… read more
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