The Last Suspicious Holdout: Stories
By: Ladee Hubbard
3.68
Format: 207 pages, Hardcover
The critically acclaimed author of The Rib King returns with an eagerly anticipated collection of s…
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1. Calling for a Blanket Dance
By: Oscar Hokeah
4.25
Format: 258 pages, Hardcover
A moving and deeply engaging debut novel about a young Native American man struggling to find stren… read more
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- literary fiction
- race
- fiction
- contemporary
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"We danced, the way Kiowas danced, when called by our people, by our ancestors, to help each other heal."-Oscar Hokeah, Calling for a Blanket Dance
"Driving out of Lawton, I laid my hand onto Ever's quilt and traced my fingertips around the edges of the bird pattern. I couldn't help but wonder, tla, couldn't help but worry: Would my grandson ever…"-Oscar Hokeah, Calling for a Blanket Dance
2. If I Survive You
By: Jonathan Escoffery
3.69
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
In the 1970s, Topper and Sanya flee to Miami as political violence consumes their native Kingston. … read more
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- short stories
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- contemporary
- audiobook
"Why don't stars make any sounds in the winter? What sounds? Ethan said."-Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You
"What does Whiteness feel like?... I imagine it's like walking barefoot…"-Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You
"Every boy deserves to believe him father is good, but if each father were good, we’d be living in a different kind of world."-Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You
"I imagined I could have begged an old girlfriend from college to send money; enough of them had expressed ambivalence about their trust funds that this seemed a plausible path down which I might drag…"-Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You
3. The Last White Man
By: Mohsin Hamid
3.44
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times -bestselling author of Exit West , a story of love, loss, and rediscovery i… read more
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- literary fiction
- race
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- contemporary
- audiobook
"…the way people act around you, it changes what you are, who you are."-Mohsin Hamid, The Last White Man
"If he stayed, it would not be for them--need not be for them--but for himself. And yet each day he did stay. Bored and tense, true, but he stayed. And he discovered thereby how badly he wanted to sta…"-Mohsin Hamid, The Last White Man
"Online you could form your own opinion of what was going on and your opinion was, likely as not, different from the next person's, and there was no real way to determine which of you was right, and t…"-Mohsin Hamid, The Last White Man
"Anders knew he would soon lose his father, and that impending loss seemed more concrete now, more real, not like air but like a door or a wall, something you could bang against, bang into, and of cou…"-Mohsin Hamid, The Last White Man
4. Hex
By: Rebecca Dinerstein Knight
3.26
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Nell Barber, an expelled PhD candidate in biological science, is exploring the fine line between po… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"Okay,"-Rebecca Dinerstein Knight, Hex
"I am not in love with you, Nell Barber,"-Rebecca Dinerstein Knight, Hex
"I will never blame Barry for falling in love with you but I will blame him for considering himself eligible."-Rebecca Dinerstein Knight, Hex
"It’s always been such a lukewarm encouragement between us—you are essential to me and I am okay to you—but lukewarm is about as hot as I get."-Rebecca Dinerstein Knight, Hex
5. Perish
By: LaToya Watkins
3.74
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From a stunning new voice comes a powerful debut novel, Perish, about a Black Texan family, explori… read more
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"Everybody wants to say bye, show the dying that they here and they somehow living on in spite of everything."-LaToya Watkins, Perish
"Sometimes we don't get to understand things. People. We just got to try to be better than the things that spit us out. I don't know why my momma like she is, but I love her and got to keep on with it…"-LaToya Watkins, Perish
6. How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
By: Angie Cruz
3.90
Format: 195 pages, Hardcover
Cara Romero thought she would work at the factory of little lamps for the rest of her life. But whe… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
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- audiobook
"She knew I had to cry until I undrown from the inside."-Angie Cruz, How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
"If you're lucky, you find a man that you don't fall in the hole with."-Angie Cruz, How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
"Lulú talks and talks because she dique knows everything. But when I say something, people listen. This I learned from my father. The less you say, the more the people listen."-Angie Cruz, How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
"Talking reminds me that no matter how difficult my life is, I have always found a solution my problems. When I think about this, I am not afraid. We can do this. I can do this."-Angie Cruz, How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
7. The Consequences: Stories
By: Manuel Muñoz
4.12
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Shimmering stories set in California’s Central Valley, the first book in a decade from a virtuoso s… read more
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- race
- historical
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- historical fiction
8. Temple Folk
By: Aaliyah Bilal
3.74
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking debut collection portraying the lived experiences of Black Muslims grappling with … read more
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- literary fiction
- race
- short stories
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- african american
- audiobook
9. Acts of Forgiveness
By: Maura Cheeks
3.73
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this stirring, tender-hearted debut about ambition and inheritance, a family grapples with how m… read more
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- literary fiction
- race
- fiction
- contemporary
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"You can't tour a plantation and come home to 512 Lewaro without understanding its significance. By walking through the front doors of their home, they were rewriting history."-Maura Cheeks, Acts of Forgiveness
"During moments of national importance, it feels as though bills will be paid and mortgages covered, dreams no longer deferred. It feels as though, maybe, it can be less about money than about honor."-Maura Cheeks, Acts of Forgiveness
10. When We Were Sisters
By: Fatimah Asghar
3.93
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An orphan grapples with gender, siblinghood, family, and coming-of-age as a Muslim in America in th… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
11. The Faraway World: Stories
By: Patricia Engel
3.89
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
* A New York Times Editors’ Choice * From Patricia Engel, whose novel Infinite Country was a New… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- short stories
- fiction
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- contemporary
- audiobook
12. Holler, Child: Stories
By: LaToya Watkins
4.14
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An extraordinary and unforgettable short story collection about community, home, betrayal, and forg… read more
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- short stories
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- african american
- audiobook
13. Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America
By: Marcia Chatelain
3.85
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Often blamed for the rising rates of obesity and diabetes among black Americans, fast food restaura… read more
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- race
- audiobook
14. Harry Sylvester Bird
By: Chinelo Okparanta
3.24
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of Under the Udala Trees and Happiness, Like Water comes a brilliant,… read more
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- race
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- contemporary
- audiobook
15. What We Fed to the Manticore
By: Talia Lakshmi Kolluri
4.11
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
Through nine emotionally vivid stories, all narrated from animal perspectives, Talia Lakshmi Kollur… read more
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- anthologies
- short stories
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- contemporary
16. The Town of Babylon
By: Alejandro Varela
3.96
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
In this contemporary debut novel—an intimate portrait of queer, racial, and class identity —Andrés,… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
17. The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories
By: Jamil Jan Kochai
3.99
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A luminous meditation on sons and fathers, ghosts of war, and living history that moves between mod… read more
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"Why must we always ruin what is beautiful with what is true?"-Jamil Jan Kochai, The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories
"Agha's one of those OG Pashtuns who'd argue with Allah over the nature of existence."-Jamil Jan Kochai, The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories
18. The Last Suspicious Holdout: Stories
By: Ladee Hubbard
3.68
Format: 207 pages, Hardcover
The critically acclaimed author of The Rib King returns with an eagerly anticipated collection of s… read more
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- race
- historical
- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- african american
- audiobook
19. Nobody's Magic
By: Destiny O. Birdsong
3.60
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
"With Nobody's Magic, Destiny Birdsong has given us a devastatingly beautiful, sexy, searing gift. … read more
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20. And So I Roar
By: Abi Daré
4.18
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A stunning, heartwrenching new novel from Abi Daré, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl w… read more
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21. Guide Me Home (Highway 59, #3)
By: Attica Locke
4.15
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In the final novel in the "timely and evocative" (NPR) Highway 59 trilogy, from Edgar Award-winning… read more
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