Friend
By: Nam-nyong Paek
3.52
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Paek Nam-nyong's Friend is a tale of marital intrigue, abuse, and divorce in North Korea. A woman i…
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1. Margery Kempe
By: Robert Glück
3.75
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
This tale of romantic obsession chronicles two relationships that take place in disparate worlds, s… read more
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- literary fiction
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2. Ariel: The Restored Edition
By: Sylvia Plath , Frieda Hughes
3.31
Format: 267 pages, Paperback
Sylvia Plath's famous collection, as she intended it. When Sylvia Plath died, she not only left beh… read more
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- literature
- fiction
3. Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite
By: Suki Kim
3.63
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A haunting memoir of teaching English to the sons of North Korea's ruling class during the last six… read more
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- asia
4. Goodbye Tsugumi
By: Banana Yoshimoto , Michael Emmerich
3.66
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Maria is the only daughter of an unmarried woman. She has grown up at the seaside alongside her cou… read more
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- literature
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5. The Accusation
By: Bandi , Deborah Smith
3.91
Format: 360 pages,
The Accusationis a deeply moving and eye-opening work of fiction that paints a powerful portrait of… read more
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- asian literature
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6. The Man with the Compound Eyes
By: Wu Ming-Yi , Darryl Sterk
3.89
Format: 202 pages, ebook
On the island of Wayo Wayo, every second son must leave on the day he turns fifteen as a sacrifice … read more
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7. Hurramabad
By: Andrei Volos
3.00
Format: 282 pages, Paperback
The 1998 winner of the Anti-Booker Prize, Hurramabad describes the bloody national strife and the e… read more
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8. Eat the Buddha
By: Barbara Demick
3.84
Format: 223 pages, Hardcover
The new book by award-winning journalist and National Book Award finalist Barbara Demick. read more
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9. Thunderstruck & Other Stories
By: Elizabeth McCracken
4.29
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the beloved novel The Giant's House--finalist for the National Book Award--comes… read more
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10. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
By: Blaine Harden
5.00
Format: 30 pages, Hardcover
A New York Timesbestseller, the shocking story of one of the few people born in a North Korean poli… read more
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11. More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #2)
By: Satoshi Yagisawa
3.87
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
In this charming and emotionally resonant follow up to the internationally bestselling Days at the … read more
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- asia
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- adult
12. Shut Up You're Pretty
By: Téa Mutonji
3.57
Format: 135 pages, Paperback
In Téa Mutonji's disarming debut story collection, a woman contemplates her Congolese traditions du… read more
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- adult
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- contemporary
"Her sadness was overwhelming. Her sadness was an illusion. She'd pretend to be fine but then wash the same dish for twenty minutes"-Téa Mutonji, Shut Up You're Pretty
13. Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
By: Barbara Demick
4.45
Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition
Nothing to Envy follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years—a chaotic period that saw… read more
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"...the strength of the regime came from its ability to isolate its own citizens completely."-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
"In North Korea, you don’t own your own home; you are merely awarded the right to live there."-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
"He would wait hours for her, maybe two or three. It didn’t matter. The cadence of life is slower in North Korea. Nobody owned a watch."-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
"Even in parts of the showcase capital of Pyongyang, you can stroll down the middle of a main street at night without being able to see the buildings on either side."-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
14. Primeiras Estórias
By: João Guimarães Rosa
4.31
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Contos em que sobressaem os costumes e a linguagem das gentes de Minas Gerais. read more
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- literature
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"Se ninguém entende ninguém, e ninguém nunca entenderá nada, jamis; esta é a prática verdade."-João Guimarães Rosa, Primeiras Estórias
"Sou o culpado do que nem sei, de dor em aberto, no meu foro. Soubesse - se as coisas fossem outras."-João Guimarães Rosa, Primeiras Estórias
"Ah, o tempo é o mágico de todas as traições... E os próprios olhos, de cada um de nós, padecem viciação de origem, defeitos com que cresceram e a que se afizeram mais e mais."-João Guimarães Rosa, Primeiras Estórias
"Eles se disseram, assim eles dois, coisas grandes em palavras pequenas, ti a mim, me a ti, e tanto. Contudo, e felizes, alguma outra coisa se agitava neles, confusa - assim rosa-amor-espinhos-saudade."-João Guimarães Rosa, Primeiras Estórias
15. The Mermaid from Jeju
By: Sumi Hahn
3.89
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Yangsze Choo's Night Tiger and Min Jin Lee's Pachinko comes a magical saga that… read more
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- literary fiction
- asia
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- adult
"Tendrils of vine and fern fell from both sides of the gully, like green waterfalls spilling from rocks. Sunlight beamed through the trees, illuminating every tiny insect and mote in the air..."-Sumi Hahn, The Mermaid from Jeju
"The half moon disappeared behind a cloud, casting the scene into darkness. The silence between the boy and girl expanded. It filled with memories of promises made, words that the world had broken"."-Sumi Hahn, The Mermaid from Jeju
16. The Sandman: The Deluxe Edition, Book Two
By: Neil Gaiman
4.46
Format: 456 pages, Hardcover
One of the most popular and critically acclaimed graphic novels of all time, Neil Gaiman’s award-wi… read more
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17. Friend
By: Nam-nyong Paek
3.52
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Paek Nam-nyong's Friend is a tale of marital intrigue, abuse, and divorce in North Korea. A woman i… read more
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- literary fiction
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- banned books
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- adult
- international
18. Untold Night and Day
By: Bae Suah
3.49
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
A seductive, disorienting novel that manipulates the fragile line between dreams and reality, by So… read more
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"In life there are wounds that like leprosy slowly eat away at the soul in solitude."-Bae Suah, Untold Night and Day
"The door swung back so suddenly it severed them from their shadows, which were left behind like dark ghosts."-Bae Suah, Untold Night and Day
"Whatever the intention or aim of the photographer, every photograph is a unique proof of identify, firmly declaring that human beings are ghosts."-Bae Suah, Untold Night and Day
"Whatever the intention or aim of the photographer, Wolfi thought, every photograph is a unique proof of identity, firmly declaring that human beings are ghosts."-Bae Suah, Untold Night and Day
19. The Majesties
By: Tiffany Tsao
3.29
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
In this riveting tale about the secrets and betrayals that can accompany exorbitant wealth, two sis… read more
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20. Days of Distraction
By: Alexandra Chang
3.58
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
A wry, tender portrait of a young woman — finally free to decide her own path, but unsure if she kn… read more
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- contemporary
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"What greater loneliness and longing is there than living with someone you once knew so well, and who is now hardly around?"-Alexandra Chang, Days of Distraction
"It is the nature of relationships that they are impossible to fully understand from the outside. Their inner workings both from memories and habits and histories made out of exterior world and from t…"-Alexandra Chang, Days of Distraction
"❝It is the nature of relationships that they are impossible to fully understand from the outside. Their inner workings both from memories and habits and histories made out of exterior world and from …"-Alexandra Chang, Days of Distraction
"And from those brief moments I was living with a certainty that I was exactly where I should be, where everything is deeply quiet and deeply alive. I thought about the many aspects in this life that …"-Alexandra Chang, Days of Distraction
21. A Bánh Mì for Two
By: Trinity Nguyen
4.02
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
In this sweet sapphic romance about two foodies in love, Vivi meets Lan while studying abroad in Vi… read more
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