Likes
By: Sarah Shun-lien Bynum
3.63
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A New York Public Library Best Book for Adults (2020) A Buzz Book of Fall at Publishers Lunch A …
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1. The End of the Story
By: Lydia Davis
3.63
Format: 231 pages, Paperback
Mislabeled boxes, problems with visiting nurses, confusing notes, an outing to the county fair―such… read more
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- literary fiction
- short stories
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"I copied the address into my address book, erasing an earlier one that had not been good for very long. No address of his was good for very long and the paper in my address book where his address is …"-Lydia Davis, The End of the Story
"As long as everything stayed the same, it seemed possible for him to come back. As long as everything was the way he had left it, his place was open for him. But if things changed beyond a certain po…"-Lydia Davis, The End of the Story
"Today I am feeling that chronological order is not a good thing, even if it is easier, and that I should break it up. Is it that when these events are in chronological order they are not propelled fo…"-Lydia Davis, The End of the Story
"I said I would write one letter every day after the mail came. But I did not do that for long. I did not answer most of the letters that came to me. I would plan to walk south in the early part of th…"-Lydia Davis, The End of the Story
2. Happy All the Time
By: Laurie Colwin
3.86
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Guido and Vincent are childhood best friends—third cousins, really—living in Cambridge and dreaming… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
3. East, West
By: Salman Rushdie
3.56
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
In these nine stories, Salman Rushdie looks at what happens when East meets West, at the forces tha… read more
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- literary fiction
- magical realism
- short stories
- fiction
- contemporary
"Did you know, ji,’ Zulu offered, ‘that the map of Tolkien’s Middle earth fits quite well over central England and Wales? Maybe all fairylands are right here, in our midst."-Salman Rushdie, East, West
"At sixteen, you still think you can escape from your father. You aren't listening to his voice speaking through your mouth, you don't see how your gestures already mirror his; you don't see him in th…"-Salman Rushdie, East, West
"Ci offendiamo facilmente, mortalmente. Siamo arrivati a pensare che offendersi sia uno dei diritti fondamentali. Pochissime cose apprezziamo più della nostra indignazione, che ci dà, a parer nostro, …"-Salman Rushdie, East, West
"We, the public, are easily, lethally offended. We have come to think of taking offence as a fundamental right. We value very little more highly than our rage, which gives us, in our opinion, the mora…"-Salman Rushdie, East, West
4. Why Did I Ever
By: Mary Robison
4.67
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
After a ten-year silence, Mary Robison has emerged with a novel so beguiling and funny that it has … read more
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- literary fiction
- short stories
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- contemporary
5. Problems
By: Jade Sharma
4.01
Format: 205 pages, Paperback
Dark, raw, and very funny, Problems introduces us to Maya, a young woman with a smart mouth, time t… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
6. The Passion
By: Jeanette Winterson
2.43
Format: None pages, Paperback
Jeanette Winterson's novels have established her as one of the most important young writers in worl… read more
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- magical realism
- fantasy
- fiction
7. A Separation
By: Katie Kitamura
3.66
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A mesmerizing, psychologically taut novel about a marriage's end and the secrets we all carry. A yo… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
8. The Transit of Venus
By: Shirley Hazzard
3.98
Format: 269 pages, Paperback
Caro, gallant and adventurous, is one of two Australian sisters who have come to post-war England t… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
9. The Optimist's Daughter
By: Eudora Welty
3.98
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The Optimist's Daughter is the story of Laurel McKelva Hand, a young woman who has left the South a… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
10. The Woman Upstairs
By: Claire Messud
4.23
Format: 166 pages, Hardcover
The riveting confession of a woman awakened, transformed, and betrayed by passion and desire for a … read more
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11. The Family Fang
By: Kevin Wilson
3.67
Format: 499 pages, Hardcover
Mr. and Mrs. Fang called it art. Their children called it mischief. Performance artists Caleb and C… read more
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12. Wise Children
By: Angela Carter
4.21
Format: None pages, Paperback
Dora and Nora Chance are a famous song-and-dance team of the British music halls. Billed as The Luc… read more
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13. The Beauty
By: Aliya Whiteley
3.97
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Somewhere away from the cities and towns, a group of men and boys gather around the fire each night… read more
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14. Green
By: None
3.25
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
A novel of race and privilege in America that you haven't seen before: a coming-of-age story about … read more
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15. The Bed Moved
By: Rebecca Schiff
4.34
Format: None pages, ebook
The audacious, savagely funny debut of a writer of razor-sharp wit and surprising tenderness: a col… read more
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16. Splinters
By: Leslie Jamison
3.86
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Recovering and The Empathy Exams comes the riveti… read more
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- audiobook
17. frank: sonnets
By: Diane Seuss
4.50
Format: 137 pages, Paperback
WINNER OF THE 2022 PULITZER PRIZE IN POETRY WINNER OF THE 2021 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD … read more
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- adult
- contemporary
"I saw a little movie of a person stroking a small bird with two Q-tips, one held between the forefinger and thumb of each hand. It tipped back its head to receive the minor tenderness, which to the b…"-Diane Seuss, frank: sonnets
18. Saha
By: Cho Nam-Joo
2.97
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A National Book Award Finalist hailed as “a social treatise as well as a work of art” (Alexandra Al… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
19. The Fox's Tower and Other Tales: A Collection of Magical Short Stories
By: Yoon Ha Lee
3.92
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
“Locus Award winner Lee (Phoenix Extravagant) takes on the folktale form in a collection of 25 gorg… read more
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- short stories
- adult
- fantasy
- fiction
"You have a heart of stone," the Sea Oracle said, "but did you think that meant your nature was unyielding? If there is something the sea knows, it is that sand is nothing but stone given wisdom by th…"-Yoon Ha Lee, The Fox's Tower and Other Tales: A Collection of Magical Short Stories
20. Nails and Eyes
By: Kaori Fujino
3.43
Format: 138 pages, Paperback
Tense, subtly disturbing Japanese literary horror perfect for fans of The Memory Police, Tender is … read more
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- short story collection
- short stories
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
"As a woman, Shoko is extremely petite, but as a heart, she is wondrously large."-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes
"Maybe she suddenly had a deathwish, the way some people fall in love at first sight."-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes
"There were always going to be people who loved you and people who hated you, no matter what you did, so why let anything trouble you?"-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes
"You felt that your life would always be this way. Not as one day going by, and then another, but life as an ever-expanding single day. And yet, time did go by."-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes
21. Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
By: Rachel Aviv
4.12
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In Strangers to Ourselves, a powerful and gripping debut, Rachel Aviv raises fundamental questions … read more
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- audiobook
"It's startling to realize how narrowly we avoid, or miss, living radically different lives."-Rachel Aviv, Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
"For a child, solipsistic by nature, there are limits to the ways that despair can be communicated. Culture shapes the scripts that expressions of distress will follow. In both anorexia and resignatio…"-Rachel Aviv, Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
22. Ducks, Newburyport
By: Lucy Ellmann
3.97
Format: 1022 pages, Paperback
LATTICING one cherry pie after another, an Ohio housewife tries to bridge the gaps between reality … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Italians answer the phone, “Pronto,"-Lucy Ellmann, Ducks, Newburyport
"I think that Inuit duck is at the Peabody, Bringing Up Baby, “Ducky! Ducky!"-Lucy Ellmann, Ducks, Newburyport
"...the fact that there’s a lot you have to blank out if you want to get through life..."-Lucy Ellmann, Ducks, Newburyport
"the fact that you’ll never know what sort of person you might have been if you’d read different stuff"-Lucy Ellmann, Ducks, Newburyport
23. Lot
By: Bryan Washington
3.76
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Stories of a young man finding his place among family and community in Houston, from a powerful, em… read more
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- literary fiction
- short stories
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Eventually, I finally asked her what she got out of reading these books by old dead men, what the words on the page had to do with her. The kind of question an idiot asks."-Bryan Washington, Lot
"She read beautifully, deeply. I don't know how else to describe it. Eventually, I finally asked her what she got out of reading these books by old dead men, what the words on the page had to do with …"-Bryan Washington, Lot
24. Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees
By: Aimee Nezhukumatathil
4.12
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of World of Wonders, a lyrical book of short essays abou… read more
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- short stories
- adult
- audiobook
25. Uncle of the Year: And Other Debatable Triumphs
By: Andrew Rannells
4.05
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Candid, hilarious essays from the star of The Book of Mormon, Girls, and Big Mouth on anxiety, ambi… read more
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26. The Burning Girl
By: Claire Messud
3.25
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Julia and Cassie have been friends since nursery school. They have shared everything, including the… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"It's a different story depending on where you start: who's good, who's bad, what it all means. Each of us shapes our stories so they make sense of who we think we are. I can begin when Cassie and I w…"-Claire Messud, The Burning Girl
"You get to middle school, and you think about these things. The world opens up; history stretches behind you, and the future stretches before you, and you're suddenly aware of the wild, unknowable in…"-Claire Messud, The Burning Girl
27. Another Word for Love: A Memoir
By: Carvell Wallace
4.35
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A transformative memoir that reimagines the conventions of love and posits a radical vision for hea… read more
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28. The Resisters
By: Gish Jen
3.59
Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition
The moving story of one family struggling to maintain their humanity in circumstances that threaten… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
- audiobook
"...even if we returned to the dirt and the wind and the rain like the plants and the animals, we had a bigness in us. Something beyond algorithms and beyond Upgrades-- something we were proud to call…"-Gish Jen, The Resisters
29. Likes
By: Sarah Shun-lien Bynum
3.63
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A New York Public Library Best Book for Adults (2020) A Buzz Book of Fall at Publishers Lunch A … read more
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- magical realism
- short story collection
- short stories
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
30. Beautiful Days: Stories
By: Zach Williams
3.61
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From New Yorker and Paris Review contributor and Wallace Stegner Fellow Zach Williams comes a stagg… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
- contemporary
31. The Bees, Part 1
By: Aleksandar Hemon
4.27
Format: None pages, None
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