The Gone Dead
By: Chanelle Benz
3.45
Format: 295 pages, Hardcover
An electrifying first novel from “a riveting new voice in American fiction” (George Saunders): A yo…
Want to Read $ 9.99"the leather strap the broom the switch habits before freedom freedom: the lie which is true before: kept fed but close to death the penitentiary the gun the rope is at hand now that you free free: kept down with your eyes down now: night riders patrol in cars those born again die free a lie for grateful slaves grateful: who are better off lie: who is better off dig down into the unmarked earth lay there and be free"-Chanelle Benz, The Gone Dead
"the leather strap the broom the switch habits before freedom freedom: the lie which is true before: kept fed but close to death the penitentiary the gun the rope is at hand now that you free free: kept down with your eyes down now: night riders patrol in cars those born again die free a lie for grateful slaves grateful: who are better off lie: who is better off dig down into the unmarked earth lay there and be free"-Chanelle Benz, The Gone Dead
"the leather strap the broom the switch habits before freedom freedom: the lie which is true before: kept fed but close to death the penitentiary the gun the rope is at hand now that you free free: kept down with your eyes down now: night riders patrol in cars those born again die free a lie for grateful slaves grateful: who are better off lie: who is better off dig down into the unmarked earth lay there and be free"-Chanelle Benz, The Gone Dead
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1. May B.
By: Caroline Starr Rose
3.83
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
I’ve known it since last night: It’s been too long to expect them to return. Something’s happened… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
"I am Mavis Elizabeth Betterly. I am used to hard work. I can run a household better than Mrs. Oblinger ever could. What does it matter, those things that hold me back? What does it matter when I make…"-Caroline Starr Rose, May B.
2. Last Words (Mark Novak, #1)
By: Michael Koryta
3.66
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
The newest thriller from New York Times bestselling author Michael Koryta. Still mourning the death… read more
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- mystery thriller
- suspense
- fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- audiobook
3. Rise the Dark (Mark Novak, #2)
By: Michael Koryta
4.43
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Mark Novak's greatest mystery may be his own... Rise the dark. These were the last words written in… read more
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- mystery thriller
- suspense
- fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- audiobook
4. Jubilee
By: Margaret Walker
2.70
Format: None pages, Paperback
Jubilee tells the true story of Vyry, the child of a white plantation owner and his black mistress.… read more
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- audiobook
- african american
- fiction
- historical fiction
5. We Could Be Beautiful
By: Swan Huntley
2.84
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
A spellbinding psychological debut novel, Swan Huntley's We Could Be Beautiful is the story of a we… read more
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- mystery thriller
- suspense
- fiction
- mystery
- thriller
6. The Crown (Joanna Stafford, #1)
By: Nancy Bilyeau
4.53
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Tudor fiction like no other. Joanna Stafford, a Dominican nun, learns that her favorite cousin has … read more
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- mystery
- fiction
- historical fiction
7. Find a Victim
By: Ross Macdonald
4.30
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Las Cruces wasn't a place most travelers would think to stop. But after Lew Archer plays the good s… read more
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- mystery
- thriller
- fiction
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9. The Weight of Blood
By: Laura McHugh
3.75
Format: None pages, Hardcover
For fans of Gillian Flynn and Daniel Woodrell, a dark, gripping debut novel of literary suspense ab… read more
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10. Shelter Me
By: Juliette Fay
3.98
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
In the tradition of Marisa de los Santos and Anne Tyler comes a moving debut about a young mother's… read more
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11. Just Between Us
By: Rebecca Drake
3.76
Format: None pages, Paperback
Four suburban mothers and friends conspire to cover up a deadly crime in this heart-stopping novel … read more
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12. The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
By: Ayana Mathis
3.59
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A debut of extraordinary distinction: Ayana Mathis tells the story of the children of the Great Mig… read more
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13. The Ivory Grin
By: Ross Macdonald
3.89
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
A hard-faced woman clad in a blue mink stole and dripping with diamonds hires Lew Archer to track d… read more
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14. Ghost Summer
By: Tananarive Due
4.20
Format: 335 pages, Paperback
Whether weaving family life and history into dark fiction or writing speculative Afrofuturism, Amer… read more
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- thriller
- fiction
"Letitia knew words were only part of who people were, and usually the least important part."-Tananarive Due, Ghost Summer
"She had learned long ago that the truth made people angry, and to speak of it was considered evil."-Tananarive Due, Ghost Summer
"In a cold place, there's no such thing as today, just tomorrow. Will it snow tomorrow? Will it be sunny tomorrow?"-Tananarive Due, Ghost Summer
"...you know everybody has a turn, and you just try to find something interesting every day to make you glad it hasn't happened yet."-Tananarive Due, Ghost Summer
15. The Wishing Pool and Other Stories
By: Tananarive Due
4.04
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
American Book Award–winning author Tananarive Due’s second collection of stories includes offerings… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
"All were eager to go home, happy and smiling, except when they saw her. Noticing brown or black skin was a favorite sport in the States, so most stared at her."-Tananarive Due, The Wishing Pool and Other Stories
"...dim light bled through the threadbare curtains she recognized in the window, the ones with patterns of fish Mom had found at a garage sale with Joy a million years ago. Or yesterday. Time was a my…"-Tananarive Due, The Wishing Pool and Other Stories
16. Blood Feast: The Complete Short Stories of Malika Moustadraf
By: Malika Moustadraf
3.83
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
Malika Moustadraf (1969-2006) is a cult feminist icon in contemporary Moroccan literature, celebrat… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
17. Mecca
By: Susan Straight
3.86
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
From the National Book Award finalist Susan Straight, Mecca is a stunning epic tracing the intertwi… read more
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- audiobook
- adult fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
18. Glory Be (Glory Broussard Mystery, #1)
By: Danielle Arceneaux
3.81
Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition
The first in a crime series set in the Louisiana bayou, introducing the uncensored amateur sleuth G… read more
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- adult fiction
- mystery thriller
- fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- african american
- audiobook
19. Tell Me Who You Are
By: Louisa Luna
3.57
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The Silent Patient meets Gone Girl in this sharp psychological thriller about a psychiatrist with a… read more
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- mystery thriller
- suspense
- fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- audiobook
20. Caul Baby
By: Morgan Jerkins
3.79
Format: 339 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Morgan Jerkins makes her fiction debut with this electrifying nov… read more
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- adult fiction
- african american
- fiction
- audiobook
21. Splinter in the Blood (Carver and Lake, #1)
By: Ashley Dyer
3.70
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
A propulsive debut suspense novel, filled with secrets, nerve-jangling tension, perplexing mystery,… read more
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- mystery thriller
- suspense
- fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- audiobook
22. We Cast a Shadow
By: Maurice Carlos Ruffin
3.62
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A bold, provocative debut for fans of Get Out and Paul Beatty's The Sellout, about a father who wil… read more
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- adult fiction
- race
- fiction
- african american
- audiobook
23. The Conductors (Murder and Magic, #1)
By: Nicole Glover
3.69
Format: 422 pages, Paperback
Introducing Hetty Rhodes, a magic-user and former conductor on the Underground Railroad who now sol… read more
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- mystery thriller
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- audiobook
24. Decent People
By: De'Shawn Charles Winslow
3.59
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From Center for Fiction First Novel Prize winning author De'Shawn Charles Winslow, a sweeping and u… read more
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- race
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- african american
- audiobook
25. Songs of Irie
By: Asha Ashanti Bromfield
4.24
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Perfect for fans of The Black Kids, Songs of Irie is a sweeping coming-of-age novel from Asha Bromf… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- historical fiction
26. The Gone Dead
By: Chanelle Benz
3.45
Format: 295 pages, Hardcover
An electrifying first novel from “a riveting new voice in American fiction” (George Saunders): A yo… read more
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- adult fiction
- mystery thriller
- race
- suspense
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- african american
- audiobook
"the leather strap the broom the switch habits before freedom freedom: the lie which is true before: kept fed but close to death the penitentiary the gun the rope is at hand now that you free free: ke…"-Chanelle Benz, The Gone Dead
27. The Missing Years
By: Lexie Elliott
3.54
Format: 374 pages, Hardcover
An eerie, old Scottish manor in the middle of nowhere that’s now hers. Ailsa Calder has inherite… read more
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- mystery thriller
- suspense
- fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- audiobook
"They say you truly grow up when your parents die"-Lexie Elliott, The Missing Years
"The damp cold squelching beneath my naked feet is deeply unpleasant"-Lexie Elliott, The Missing Years
"I'm grateful, too, for the single-minded focus of young children when food is mentioned---all difficult topics of conversation have been instantly cast aside in favor of intense deliberating over exa…"-Lexie Elliott, The Missing Years
"I follow her lean figure across the bar. Her hair is pulled back loosely in an artful mess, and her maroon cashmere sweater has slipped off one shoulder. Everything about her screams casual, sloppy s…"-Lexie Elliott, The Missing Years
28. Too Close
By: Natalie Daniels
3.81
Format: 313 pages, Paperback
A haunting, edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller about a woman who has been institutionalized f… read more
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- mystery thriller
- suspense
- fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- audiobook
29. Everywhere You Don't Belong
By: Gabriel Bump
3.69
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
In this alternately witty and heartbreaking debut novel, Gabriel Bump gives us an unforgettable pro… read more
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- adult fiction
- race
- fiction
- african american
- audiobook
"If there’s one thing wrong with people,"-Gabriel Bump, Everywhere You Don't Belong
30. 99 Nights in Logar
By: Jamil Jan Kochai
3.39
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A coming-of-age story about one boy’s journey across contemporary Afghanistan to find and bring hom… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
"As Gul predicted, later in the day, Rahmutallah Maamaa came into my chamber, by himself, and offered me a juice box, a slice of watermelon, and Budabash’s life. I declined all three."-Jamil Jan Kochai, 99 Nights in Logar
"Down the road the voice of a child called out the adhan from the megaphone of a mosque’s citadel, and even with the static and the echo and the cracking of his pitch, it sounded so sweet in the fadin…"-Jamil Jan Kochai, 99 Nights in Logar
"If there was a group of men, one of them sipped his chai and told his story, and when he got to a point where he couldn’t continue, the point in the story I most wanted to hear, someone else took a s…"-Jamil Jan Kochai, 99 Nights in Logar
31. Madwoman
By: Chelsea Bieker
3.88
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A gripping story of motherhood and motherloss and the brutal, mighty things women do to keep themse… read more
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- mystery thriller
- suspense
- fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- audiobook
