Somebody Loves You
By: Mona Arshi
3.60
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
A teacher asked me a question, and I opened my mouth as a sort of formality but closed it softly, k…
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1. The Whole Story and Other Stories
By: Ali Smith
3.74
Format: 177 pages, Paperback
From the critically acclaimed, award-winning author comes a collection of uniquely inventive storie… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"[...] its small squares of fast-passing light, the early evening windows of the lives of hundreds of others."-Ali Smith, The Whole Story and Other Stories
"I fall in love. More figuratively speaking, I am walking along the road one day when out of nowhere I am struck by lightning."-Ali Smith, The Whole Story and Other Stories
"Tonight I can smell the season the way it's usually only possible to at the very first moments of its return, before you're used to it, when you've forgotten its smell, then there it is back in the a…"-Ali Smith, The Whole Story and Other Stories
"Outside the leaves on the trees constricted slightly; they were the deep done green of the beginning of autumn. It was a Sunday in September. There would only be four. The clouds were high and the sw…"-Ali Smith, The Whole Story and Other Stories
2. I Have the Right to Destroy Myself
By: None , Chi-Young Kim
4.06
Format: None pages, Paperback
I don't encourage murder. I have no interest in one person killing another. I only want to draw out… read more
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3. Boulder
By: Eva Baltasar
3.89
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
La protagonista d'aquesta novel·la és una dona atreta per la solitud com per un imant. Es guanya la… read more
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- novella
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"Los niños pequeños tienen ese poder, imponen su alegría al malestar ordinario de los adultos."-Eva Baltasar, Boulder
"Y sin embargo he descubierto que no se puede columpiar a un hijo sin sonreír. Lo he intentado y es imposible. Los niños pequeños tienen ese poder, imponen su alegría al malestar ordinario de los adul…"-Eva Baltasar, Boulder
"I listen with all five senses, I listen to her with my entire body, with everything but my heart, which feels like it wants to thrash the hell out of me. This wasn't part of our plan. The truth is we…"-Eva Baltasar, Boulder
"But all this tunneling has opened rifts through which the captive parts of me have started to emerge. I realize that I am smoke, that the things that define me rise as they would up a chimney, probin…"-Eva Baltasar, Boulder
4. Our Wives Under the Sea
By: Julia Armfield
3.78
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Miri thinks she has got her wife back, when Leah finally returns after a deep-sea mission that ende… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"El océano profundo es una casa embrujada: un lugar donde se mueven en la oscuridad cosas que no deberían existir."-Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea
"She refused almost every aspect of my help, the way women will when they've been bred to accept little more than the baset civility."-Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea
"I don't know why I expected you to read my mind,' I say, when I call back to leave her a message, 'I was just doing what I always do, assuming the world revolves around me."-Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea
"The space around us is a claw half grasped, holding tight without quite crushing, and I wish, in the idle way I always wish these days, that I felt more confident in my ability to breathe."-Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea
5. The Pachinko Parlour
By: Elisa Shua Dusapin
3.61
Format: 171 pages, Paperback
The days are beginning to draw in. The sky is dark by seven in the evening. I lie on the floor and … read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"They made it illegal to speak Korean. You could be sentenced to death for speaking it. And do you know what your grandmother’s mother did to avoid being subjected to speaking Japanese at school? She …"-Elisa Shua Dusapin, The Pachinko Parlour
"When Korea was divided, we were still nationals of a unified Korea. It was called Choson. At separation, the Japanese government gave us permission to keep our Korean identity, but we had to choose b…"-Elisa Shua Dusapin, The Pachinko Parlour
6. Children of Paradise
By: Camilla Grudova
3.49
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
When Holly applies for a job at the Paradise - one of the city's oldest cinemas, squashed into the … read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
7. Elena Knows
By: Claudia Piñeiro
4.08
Format: 143 pages, Paperback
A unique tale that interweaves crime fiction with intimate tales of morality and search for individ… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"¿Seguirá siendo madre ahora que no tiene hija?"-Claudia Piñeiro, Elena Knows
8. Enter Ghost
By: Isabella Hammad
4.09
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A bold, evocative new novel from the Sue Kaufman, Betty Trask and Plimpton Prize Award winner Isabe… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
9. 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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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"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
10. Ordinary Human Failings
By: Megan Nolan
3.78
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
When a 10-year-old child is suspected of a violent crime, her family must face the truth about thei… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"She loved the feeling of doing something on her own, and doing it in a routine. It felt thrillingly adult and affirmed her most cherished hope, the hope that she might have an actual inner life of su…"-Megan Nolan, Ordinary Human Failings
"He had the sort of bland, agreeable, rosy face which could disappear into whatever context he wished it to. He was blond but not provocatively so. The naturally dull Kent accent could be clipped and …"-Megan Nolan, Ordinary Human Failings
11. Diego Garcia
By: Natasha Soobramanien
3.89
Format: 278 pages, Paperback
Edinburgh, 2014: N. and L., two writer friends arrive from London, a city they believe killed L.'s … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
12. In Defence of the Act
By: Effie Black
4.12
Format: 182 pages, Paperback
Are we more like a coffee bean, a carrot or an egg? What happens to us when we are boiled in the tr… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
"Sharing is the currency of friendship, perhaps everywhere, but especially at university."-Effie Black, In Defence of the Act
"Anorexia is a secretive disease, it fed on Beth's stories of conquering her past demons."-Effie Black, In Defence of the Act
"We speak until our mouths ache. I won't remember what we speak about, but I'll be certain it was deep. We are both terribly deep."-Effie Black, In Defence of the Act
13. Western Lane
By: Chetna Maroo
3.51
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Shortlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize A taut, enthralling first novel about grief, sisterhood, a… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
14. Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies
By: Maddie Mortimer
3.98
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
This lyrical debut novel is at once a passionate coming-of-age story, a meditation on illness and d… read more
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- poetry
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"the best way to ruin a perfect moment is by letting it continue."-Maddie Mortimer, Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies
"For we inherit the haunts of our mothers; we are left with the guests they let in."-Maddie Mortimer, Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies
"It is history's only duty, Lia thought: ensuring daughters are brighter than their mothers."-Maddie Mortimer, Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies
"Sometimes it takes a lifetime to receive the world in a language different to your own; to let the shape and taste and sense of a thing eclipse its own translation."-Maddie Mortimer, Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies
15. Animal Wife
By: Lara Ehrlich
3.35
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
"In villages where women bore most of the weight of a constricted life, witches flew by night on br… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"She is eager to rewrite the pages. They are too grandiose, too preachy. She has come to appreciate short sentences."-Lara Ehrlich, Animal Wife
"In none of her lives will she be brilliant or famous or content. Her mediocrity will hound her through a kaleidoscope of futures."-Lara Ehrlich, Animal Wife
16. Ti amo
By: Hanne Ørstavik
3.86
Format: 92 pages, Hardcover
"Jeg elsker deg. Vi sier det til hverandre hele tiden. Vi sier det, i stedet for å si noe annet. Hv… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- contemporary
17. Seven Steeples
By: Sara Baume
3.53
Format: 181 pages, Hardcover
Bell en Sigh verhuizen vanuit de drukte van de stad naar een huis aan de Atlantische Oceaan in het … read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"October mornings peeled the night cloud back to its subcutaneous lilac tissue. The leaves earned their name by leaving the trees. Browned and blistered foliage cascaded from the sycamore, swilling in…"-Sara Baume, Seven Steeples
18. Oceanic
By: Aimee Nezhukumatathil
4.08
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
In her fourth collection, Aimee Nezhukumatathil hums a bright blue note—a sensuous love song to the… read more
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- poetry
- adult
19. Inconvenient Daughter
By: Lauren J. Sharkey
3.42
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
A vibrant and provocative debut novel that dispels myths surrounding transracial adoption. Rowan… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
20. Peaces
By: Helen Oyeyemi
3.26
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
When Otto and Xavier Shin declare their love, an aunt gifts them a trip on a sleeper train to mark … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"lying is probably the most human gesture anyone can make, because humans all say one thing and do another"-Helen Oyeyemi, Peaces
"We both know nothing's all right, but when I tell you it will be, you take it. If you don't, it's because you're holding out for another outcome altogether."-Helen Oyeyemi, Peaces
"I'm sure almost no one deludes themselves that all their ancestors were decent. Pick a vein, any vein: mud mixed with lightning flows through, an unruly fusion of bad blood and good."-Helen Oyeyemi, Peaces
"You run the romantic gauntlet for decades without knowing who exactly it is you're giving and taking such a battering in order to reach. You run the gauntlet without knowing whether the person whose …"-Helen Oyeyemi, Peaces
21. Somebody Loves You
By: Mona Arshi
3.60
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
A teacher asked me a question, and I opened my mouth as a sort of formality but closed it softly, k… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- poetry
- novella
- mental health
- mental illness
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
22. The Home Child
By: Liz Berry
4.40
Format: 80 pages, Hardcover
Inspired by a true story, a beautiful novel-in-verse about a child far from home. From award-winnin… read more
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- poetry
- fiction
23. little scratch
By: Rebecca Watson
3.75
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
In the formally experimental tradition of Grief Is the Thing with Feathers and Ducks, Newburyport … read more
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- poetry
- literary fiction
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
24. The Book of Mother
By: Violaine Huisman
3.80
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A gorgeous, critically acclaimed debut novel about a young woman coming of age with a dazzling yet … read more
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- literary fiction
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"The truth of a life is the fiction that sustains it."-Violaine Huisman, The Book of Mother
"Colava a picco, senza più legami all'infuori delle due figlie impotenti che la guardavano andare a fondo insieme ai sacchi della spazzatura pieni di vestiti e di scarpe, che si inabissavano come la s…"-Violaine Huisman, The Book of Mother
"La mamma non conosceva la discesa morbida, la pista verde per lei non esisteva, se andava bene era rossa incendio, se andava male nero estintore. Allora non restava che vedere se si poteva andare più…"-Violaine Huisman, The Book of Mother
25. Homesick
By: Jennifer Croft
3.78
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The coming of age story of an award-winning translator, Homesick is about learning to love language… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- adult
- mental health
26. The Coin
By: Yasmin Zaher
3.55
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A bold and unabashed novel about a young Palestinian woman's unraveling, far from home, as she gets… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
"And the poet, he asked, who was it again? Aisha didn't know him, neither did Matthew. But, of course, Gregory did. He asked if he was the 9/11 denier. No, definitely not a denier, but very vocal when…"-Yasmin Zaher, The Coin
27. Ill Feelings
By: Alice Hattrick
4.06
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
Ill Feelings blends memoir, medical history, biography and literary non-fiction to uncover untold c… read more
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"Every day that starts ‘let’s just try to have a better day than yesterday’ ends in a worse one. Who gave me this shitty advice - or did I make it up? Why am I setting myself such a high standard?"-Alice Hattrick, Ill Feelings
28. Temper
By: Phoebe Walker
3.15
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
There’ s a gap where my sense of place should be. It’ s quite a useful one sometimes. It allows me … read more
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- literary fiction
- novella
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
29. Murder at Crime Manor (Detective Roger LeCarre #2)
By: Fergus Craig
3.61
Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition
THE MANOR HOUSE MURDER MYSTERY AS YOU'VE NEVER SEEN IT . . . DETECTIVE ROGER LECARRE IS BACK!!!Dete… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
30. The Mermaid's Tale
By: Lee Wei-Jing
3.37
Format: None pages, Audiobook
If the mermaid doesn't swim back to the sea, but instead goes ashore, she will learn to walk on two… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
31. The Manning Girl
By: Catherine Browder
4.44
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
"The novel is a quiet but strong tour de force."~Marly Swick, author of Evening A Novel 1992. Tyle… read more
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- fiction
