Touch
By: Olaf Olafsson
3.99
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A mesmerizing, panoramic story of one man's search to find a lover who suddenly disappeared decades…
Want to Read $ 10.99"He used to say that breakfast resembles the first line of a haiku, it shows the way. Lunch is the second line and carries the momentum. The third line, then, is dinner, as it brings everything to a close."-Olaf Olafsson, Touch
"He used to say that breakfast resembles the first line of a haiku, it shows the way. Lunch is the second line and carries the momentum. The third line, then, is dinner, as it brings everything to a close."-Olaf Olafsson, Touch
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1. Five, Six, Seven, Nate! (Better Nate Than Ever, #2)
By: Tim Federle
4.12
Format: 295 pages, Hardcover
Nate Foster's Broadway dreams are finally coming true. Armed with a one-way ticket to New York City… read more
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- fiction
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2. The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan
By: Robert Kanigel
4.02
Format: 438 pages, Paperback
In 1913, a young unschooled Indian clerk wrote a letter to G H Hardy, begging the pre-eminent Engli… read more
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"His academic failure forced him to develop unconventionally, free of the social straightjacket that might have constrained his progress to well-worn paths."-Robert Kanigel, The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan
"Sometimes in studying Ramanujan's work, [George Andrews] said at another time, "I have wondered how much Ramanujan could have done if he had had MACSYMA or SCRATCHPAD or some other symbolic algebra p…"-Robert Kanigel, The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan
"Viewed one way, then, for at least five years between 1904 and 1909, Ramanujan floundered- mostly out of school, without a degree, without contact with other mathematicians. And yet, was the cup half…"-Robert Kanigel, The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan
"He received no guidance, no stimulation, no money beyond the few rupees he made from tutoring. But for all the economic deadweight he represented, his family apparently discouraged him little- not en…"-Robert Kanigel, The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan
3. The Journey Home
By: Olaf Olafsson
4.29
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
For years, Disa has lived a quiet life, managing an English country-house hotel with her companion … read more
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4. You Are Here
By: David Nicholls
4.08
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Sometimes you need to get lost to find your way . . . Michael is coming undone. Adrift after his… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
"It’s true I do have time and freedom and I love it, sometimes. But the notion that I should be “making the most of it"-David Nicholls, You Are Here
"You were traumatised.’ ‘I wonder if people use that word too much.’ ‘It’s the right word for something traumatic.’ ‘But it wasn’t war. People get beaten up every Friday night.’ ‘And are traumatised b…"-David Nicholls, You Are Here
"she went on a solo trip to Italy, role-playing a character in a Forster novel. In Florence, she read performatively in cafés and sat in the cool of exquisite churches, straining for some kind of spir…"-David Nicholls, You Are Here
"Books saw her through the pupal stage of thirteen to sixteen, frowning at Kafka and Woolf, then tearing through John Irving and Maeve Binchy, widely read in the proper sense, making no distinction be…"-David Nicholls, You Are Here
5. James
By: Percival Everett
4.54
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , both harrowing and f… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
6. 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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- literary fiction
- adult
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7. 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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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
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- historical fiction
- contemporary
- adult
"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
8. Table for Two
By: Amor Towles
4.26
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility, a… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- adult
"And though she couldn’t remember the exact reference and whether it was from mythology or the Bible, she knew instinctively as they approached the pier’s limit she mustn’t look back."-Amor Towles, Table for Two
"It is a funny aspect of life, thought Charlie, how a group of grown people can convince themselves to do something that none of them really want to do. They start by talking an idea into existence. O…"-Amor Towles, Table for Two
9. The Vulnerables
By: Sigrid Nunez
3.61
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times –bestselling, National Book Award–winning author of The Friend and What Are You … read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"Only when I was young did I believe that it was important to remember what happened in every novel I read. Now I know the truth: what matters is what you experience while reading, the states of feeli…"-Sigrid Nunez, The Vulnerables
10. Sandwich
By: Catherine Newman
3.75
Format: 229 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved author of We All Want Impossible Things, a moving, hilarious story of a family sum… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
"What does loss look like, in your body? Where is it? It feels like an air bubble stuck in your psyche. It feels like peering down into a deep hole. The vertigo of that. The potential for obliteration…"-Catherine Newman, Sandwich
"We're just ruined by sex, women---our bodies, our psyches. We're sexually assaulted every five minutes. We're infected with everything. Traumatized by conceiving, by not conceiving. But let's keep at…"-Catherine Newman, Sandwich
11. Fi: A Memoir of My Son
By: Alexandra Fuller
4.01
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
“Fair to say, I was in a ribald state the summer before my fiftieth birthday.” And so begins Alexan… read more
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"...time is only as dense as the thoughts that you push through it."-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son
"You can give your child anything. You can give him his life, even, but not yours. And you can't give him his life back, once lost."-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son
"The way a pilot sees wind in clouds or a sailor reads currents in water, I look unconsciously for stories to remind me where I am, to remind me that whatever I'm going through, millions have been her…"-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son
"One of millions of mothers to have lost a child every year, fifteen thousand a day. If none of us suffered, where would we be? Without wise women is where; suffering brings wisdom. So, a gift, this s…"-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son
12. 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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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- 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)
13. The Horse
By: Willy Vlautin
4.26
Format: 194 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning author Willy Vlautin explores loneliness, art, addiction, regret, love, and hard-won … read more
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- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
14. The Safekeep
By: Yael van der Wouden
4.08
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An exhilarating, twisted tale of desire, suspicion, and obsession between two women staying in the … read more
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- romance
- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
15. Bad Animals
By: Sarah Braunstein
3.49
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A sexy, propulsive novel that confronts the limits of empathy and the perils of appropriation throu… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
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- contemporary
- adult
16. Touch
By: Olaf Olafsson
3.99
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A mesmerizing, panoramic story of one man's search to find a lover who suddenly disappeared decades… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- relationships
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- historical fiction
- adult
- japan
"He used to say that breakfast resembles the first line of a haiku, it shows the way. Lunch is the second line and carries the momentum. The third line, then, is dinner, as it brings everything to a c…"-Olaf Olafsson, Touch
17. Liars
By: Sarah Manguso
3.89
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A searing novel about being a wife, a mother, and an artist, and how marriage makes liars out of us… read more
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- relationships
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
"I was in charge of everything and in control of nothing."-Sarah Manguso, Liars
"I needed my suffering to be acknowledged. After that, maybe I’d think about getting through it."-Sarah Manguso, Liars
18. Long Island Compromise
By: Taffy Brodesser-Akner
3.88
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An exhilarating novel about one American family, the dark moment that shatter… read more
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19. The Second Coming
By: Garth Risk Hallberg
3.03
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
A luminous new novel from the best-selling author of City on Fire , plunging us deep into the lives… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
20. Small Rain
By: Garth Greenwell
4.30
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A medical crisis brings one man close to death—and to love, art, and beauty—in a profound and lumin… read more
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- literary fiction
- adult
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21. Highway Thirteen: Stories
By: Fiona McFarlane
3.75
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A gripping, enigmatic collection of linked short stories about the reverberations of a serial kille… read more
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