The Last Language
By: Jennifer duBois
3.74
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
From Jennifer duBois, “one of a handful of living American novelists who can comprehend both the lo…
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1. The Extinction of Irena Rey
By: Jennifer Croft
3.26
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the International Booker Prize–winning translator and Women's Prize finalist, a propulsive, be… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"The sun was higher, a white light between the birches that arched and bared their lenticels, shimmering their leaves."-Jennifer Croft, The Extinction of Irena Rey
"Glittering crystalline rainbows extended in every direction, while gentle gold beams swept between the softened trees that sparkled and beckoned and forbade."-Jennifer Croft, The Extinction of Irena Rey
"It was a new moon, but the stars of the northern hemisphere transformed her slim sinuous home, converting the oak strips on the convex walls into quicksilver that momentarily held the frenzied shadow…"-Jennifer Croft, The Extinction of Irena Rey
"It was barely spring in the southern hemisphere, and Buenos Aires was not yet soft, or sumptuous, or purple.* *I wasn't sure what this meant at first, but when I asked this author to explain it, she …"-Jennifer Croft, The Extinction of Irena Rey
2. Exhibit
By: R.O. Kwon
3.24
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling author R. O. Kwon, an exhilarating, blazing-hot novel about a woman caught between… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
3. Martyr!
By: Kaveh Akbar
4.24
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Kaveh Akbar’s Martyr! is a paean to how we spend our lives seeking meaning—in faith, art, ourselves… read more
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- literary fiction
- novels
- fiction
- contemporary
4. About Uncle
By: Rebecca Gisler
3.53
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
At a time when she’d rather be making her own way in the world, an unnamed young woman finds hersel… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
5. The Fetishist
By: Katherine Min
3.71
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In this hilariously savage, poignant novel by acclaimed author Katherine Min, a grieving daughter’s… read more
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- literary fiction
- novels
- fiction
- contemporary
6. Loved and Missed
By: Susie Boyt
4.30
Format: None pages, None
Ruth is a woman who believes in and despairs of the curative power of love. Her daughter, Eleanor, … read more
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- literary fiction
- novels
- fiction
- contemporary
"I wanted it to be true so much it was true. Sometimes in life you have to let your heart and bones off the hook of yourself."-Susie Boyt, Loved and Missed
"I thought of him as a long-lost relation. A sailor coming into port- agitated, sweat on his brow- who needed somewhere calm to lay his head. He was good company. And it was hard for me to feel I was …"-Susie Boyt, Loved and Missed
"You ever wish that you’d . . . ’ I waited for more, but her question politely disintegrated. But then, although no more words were forthcoming, she tilted her head slightly and suddenly what she’d as…"-Susie Boyt, Loved and Missed
"Jean’s capacity to bounce back in life always impressed me. The way she held herself in high regard. It was a form of personal, almost bodily optimism, you could say. Integrity that went deep and was…"-Susie Boyt, Loved and Missed
7. We Were the Universe
By: Kimberly King Parsons
3.68
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A young mother, in denial after the death of her sister, navigates the dizzying landscapes of desir… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"It’s an unusual question, though not as unusual as you might think amongst women who have had children. Once you’ve been slit open by a surgeon or taken a shit in a birthing tub, a whole glittering w…"-Kimberly King Parsons, We Were the Universe
8. Poor Deer
By: Claire Oshetsky
3.99
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A wondrous, tender novel about a young girl grappling with her role in a tragic loss—and attempting… read more
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- literary fiction
- novels
- fiction
- contemporary
"She has just learned that some things are forever, and other things are never-again."-Claire Oshetsky, Poor Deer
"On this day the girl feels so much love pouring out of her mother that she is certain her mother has the power to save her. Soon she will come to understand she can't be saved."-Claire Oshetsky, Poor Deer
9. The Hearing Test
By: Eliza Barry Callahan
3.40
Format: 162 pages, Hardcover
When the narrator of The Hearing Test, an artist in her late twenties, awakens one morning to a dee… read more
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- literary fiction
- novels
- fiction
- contemporary
"He said that... helplessnes could give way to wonderful things, that helplessness looks like a very large net with very large holes and that I must be willing to trail that net in the sea for some be…"-Eliza Barry Callahan, The Hearing Test
"He said that... helplessness could give way to wonderful things, that helplessness looks like a very large net with very large holes and that I must be willing to trail that net in the sea for some t…"-Eliza Barry Callahan, The Hearing Test
10. Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind
By: Molly McGhee
3.50
Format: 304 pages, None
Jonathan Abernathy is drowning in debt. If he can appear to be competent at his new job, he might h… read more
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- novels
- fiction
- contemporary
11. 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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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
12. Idlewild
By: James Frankie Thomas
4.14
Format: 389 pages, Hardcover
James Frankie Thomas’s Idlewild is a darkly funny story of two adults looking back on their intense… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"What we mean to say, but what Ms Spider is not equipped to understand, is that Iago is gay in the way that all the best fictional murderers are gay. Norman Bates, Tom Ripely, The titular Third Man, a…"-James Frankie Thomas, Idlewild
13. This Is Salvaged
By: Vauhini Vara
3.70
Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition
Stories of uncanny originality from a Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction Pushing intimacy t… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
14. The Last Language
By: Jennifer duBois
3.74
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
From Jennifer duBois, “one of a handful of living American novelists who can comprehend both the lo… read more
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- literary fiction
- language
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
15. 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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- literary fiction
- novels
- fiction
- contemporary
"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
16. Hum
By: Helen Phillips
3.58
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the National Book Award–longlisted author of The Need comes an extraordinary novel about a wif… read more
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- fiction
17. How It Works Out
By: Myriam Lacroix
3.79
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
“What an audacious, breathtaking, and inspiring debut. The power of this formally innovative and de… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
18. 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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- literary fiction
- novels
- fiction
- contemporary
"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
19. Colored Television
By: Danzy Senna
3.83
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A dark comedy about second acts, creative appropriation, and the racial identity–industrial complex… read more
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- literary fiction
- novels
- fiction
- contemporary
20. Banal Nightmare
By: Halle Butler
3.64
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A ferocious novel by one of the boldest voices in American fiction and the author of The New Me, th… read more
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- literary fiction
- novels
- fiction
- contemporary
21. Still Life
By: Katherine Packert Burke
3.81
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A profound and piercing tribute to messy webs of queer friendship and to what is left behind in tra… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
