The Far Field
By: Madhuri Vijay
3.88
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Gorgeously tactile and sweeping in historical and socio-political scope, Pushcart Prize-winner Madh…
Want to Read $ 9.99"I suspect the truth was that, like so many who cloak themselves in mistrust and call it independence, I was merely a coward."-Madhuri Vijay, The Far Field
"I suspect the truth was that, like so many who cloak themselves in mistrust and call it independence, I was merely a coward."-Madhuri Vijay, The Far Field
"...cynical and hardened as I believed myself to be at twenty-four, I had never that pity might, in fact, be just another facet of love."-Madhuri Vijay, The Far Field
"I had yet to understand just how many shapes a person’s desire could take, and how few of them, in the end, took the shape of the body."-Madhuri Vijay, The Far Field
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1. Sunlight on a Broken Column
By: Attia Hosain
3.93
Format: 319 pages, Paperback
Laila, orphaned daughter of a distinguished Muslim family, is brought up by her orthodox aunts who … read more
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2. The Lives of Others
By: Neel Mukherjee
4.04
Format: None pages, Paperback
The aging patriarch and matriarch of the Ghosh family preside over their large household, made up o… read more
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3. The Palace of Illusions
By: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
5.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A reimagining of the world-famous Indian epic, the Mahabharat--told from the point of view of an am… read more
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4. Ghachar Ghochar
By: Vivek Shanbhag , Srinath Perur
3.91
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
For readers of Akhil Sharma, Mohsin Hamid, and Teju Cole, a haunting, masterly novel about a family… read more
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5. Stitch Head (Stitch Head #1)
By: Pete Williamson , Guy Bass
3.84
Format: 523 pages, Paperback
In the maze-like dungeons of Castle Grotteskew, the frightfully insane Professor Erasmus conducts h… read more
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6. , said the shotgun to the head.
By: Saul Williams
4.83
Format: 266 pages,
The greatest AmericansHave not been born yet They are waiting quietly For their past to die pleas… read more
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7. My Career Goes Bung
By: Miles Franklin
3.85
Format: 238 pages, Paperback
Sybylla Melvyn is well known to the tens of thousands who have read her first "autobiography", My B… read more
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8. Independence
By: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
4.11
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
India, 1947. In a rural village in Bengal live three sisters, daughters of a well-respected doctor.… read more
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"The year is 1947. It is the best of times, it is the worst of times."-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Independence
9. Pathological: The Murderous Rage Of Dr. Anthony Garcia
By: Henry J. Cordes
3.94
Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition
A Brutal Serial Killer Was Stalking Omaha. But Who Could Kill With Such Precision? Detective Der… read more
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10. To Keep the Sun Alive
By: Rabeah Ghaffari
3.95
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A cinematic debut about an Iranian family and their fruit orchard, caught up in the Revolution of 1… read more
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"The boys who had argued were his age, eighteen, and already so convinced of their beliefs they were willing to hate each other. Whatever the cruelty of nature, animals, fish and birds never sought re…"-Rabeah Ghaffari, To Keep the Sun Alive
11. Manjhi's Mayhem
By: Tanuj Solanki
3.86
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Longlisted for the JCB Prize for Literature 2023 Introducing Sewaram Manjhi in this explosive no… read more
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3.42
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14. The Far Field
By: Madhuri Vijay
3.88
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
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"...cynical and hardened as I believed myself to be at twenty-four, I had never that pity might, in fact, be just another facet of love."-Madhuri Vijay, The Far Field
"This country, already ancient when I was born in 1982, has changed every instant I’ve been alive. Titanic events have ripped it apart year after year, each time rearranging it along slightly differen…"-Madhuri Vijay, The Far Field
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4.03
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In the months leading up to independence, in Delhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Vallabhbhai Patel are enga… read more
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21. I Know How You Feel: The Joy and Heartbreak of Friendship in Women's Lives
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3.30
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An expert's rich exploration of the intense, complicated landscape of women's friendships. “Do I h… read more
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