War Gardens
By: Lalage Snow
3.93
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A journey through the most unlikely of the oases of peace people create in the midst of warIn this…
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1. The Children of Jocasta
By: Natalie Haynes
3.91
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
My siblings and I have grown up in a cursed house, children of cursed parents... Jocasta is just… read more
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2. Morality for Beautiful Girls (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #3)
By: Alexander McCall Smith
3.99
Format: 227 pages, Paperback
The third book in the multi-million copy bestselling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series The o… read more
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"It is sometimes easier to be happy if you don't know everything."-Alexander McCall Smith, Morality for Beautiful Girls (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #3)
"The ordinary people of Africa tended not to have room in their hearts for hatred. They were sometimes foolish, like people anywhere, but they did not bear grudges, as Mr Mandela had shown the world."-Alexander McCall Smith, Morality for Beautiful Girls (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #3)
"Mma Ramotswe tucked the cheque safely away in her bodice. Modern business methods were all very well, she thought, but when it came to the safeguarding of money there were some places which had yet t…"-Alexander McCall Smith, Morality for Beautiful Girls (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #3)
"...the real poison within families is not the poison that you put in your food, but the poison that grows up in the heart when people are jealous of one another and cannot speak these feelings and dr…"-Alexander McCall Smith, Morality for Beautiful Girls (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #3)
3. Patchwork
By: Ellen Banda-Aaku
3.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
Winner of the Penguin Prize for African Writing 2010 (fiction). Destined from birth to inhabit two … read more
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4. Here Comes the Sun
By: Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn
3.94
Format: 256 pages,
Capturing the distinct rhythms of Jamaican life and dialect, Nicole Dennis-Benn pens a tender hymn … read more
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5. Perempuan Terluka
By: Qaisra Shahraz , Atta Verin
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
Dengan cadar terkoyak yang terlilit erat mengelilingi bahunya dan kepala tertunduk, perempuan itu m… read more
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6. Augustown
By: Kei Miller
4.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the winner of the Forward Prize, Augustownis a magical and haunting novel set in the underbell… read more
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7. Black Mamba Boy
By: Nadifa Mohamed
3.42
Format: 8 pages, Paperback
For fans of Half of a Yellow Sun, a stunning novel set in 1930s Somalia spanning a decade of war an… read more
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8. Another Country
By: Anjali Joseph
4.00
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
A superb second novel from the author of the multiple-award winning Saraswati Park. "They'd discuss… read more
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9. Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death
By: Laura Cumming
4.19
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Laura Cumming “combines first-rate art history with deeply felt m… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
"It is such a long journey out, this one, from where we came; this life, our life, the journey between the first and last shores."-Laura Cumming, Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death
"We see pictures in time and place. We cannot see them otherwise. They are fragments of our lives, moments of existence that may be as unremarkable as rain or as startling as a clap of thunder. Whatev…"-Laura Cumming, Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death
"I cannot get enough of Dutch art. You can turn to this other world -- and it is a picture world as no other, a whole society visualised through time and place, seasons and generations, moment by mome…"-Laura Cumming, Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death
"Fabritius is thirty-two, and I was the same age when I first wrote about his self-portrait. He and I remain the same age whenever we meet. He is dead, I am still alive, so the existential maths [sic]…"-Laura Cumming, Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death
10. We Are Displaced
By: Malala Yousafzai
4.41
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
After her father was murdered, María escaped in the middle of the night with her mother. Zaynab… read more
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- nonfiction
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"I think it’s time that people update themselves, educate themselves, and inform themselves."-Malala Yousafzai, We Are Displaced
11. Midnight at Malabar House (Malabar House #1)
By: Vaseem Khan
4.02
Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition
Bombay, New Year's Eve, 1949As India celebrates the arrival of a momentous new decade, Inspector Pe… read more
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"Just because a cow stands in a field all day doesn’t make it a philosopher"-Vaseem Khan, Midnight at Malabar House (Malabar House #1)
12. A Spell of Good Things
By: Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
3.79
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Ayobami Adebayo, the celebrated author of Stay With Me unveils a dazzling story of modern Nigeria a… read more
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"Time was unforgiving, it didn’t stop, not even to give people a chance to scrape themselves off the floor if they’d been shattered."-Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things
"He stared back at her, unconcerned. She had always marvelled at his calm assurance that everything good in his life would either remain the same or get better. He took good fortune for granted. As th…"-Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things
13. This Other Eden
By: Paul Harding
3.78
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Set at the beginning of the twentieth century and inspired by historical events, This Other Eden te… read more
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14. The Mountains Sing
By: Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
4.32
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
With the epic sweep of Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko or Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing and the lyrical beauty of Va… read more
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- war
"As long as I have my voice, I am still alive."-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing
"Whenever humans failed us, it was nature who could help save us."-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing
"Being a mother is never easy... It’s about failing, learning, and then failing again."-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing
"History will write itself in people's memories, and as long as those memories live on, we can have faith that we can do better."-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing
15. Three Apples Fell from the Sky
By: Narine Abgaryan
4.25
Format: 256 pages, ebook
An unforgettable story of friendship and feuds in a remote Armenian mountain village In an isolated… read more
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"Prasmė neturėtų keistis nuo to, kas tuos žodžius taria."-Narine Abgaryan, Three Apples Fell from the Sky
"...най - голямата болка е да не можеш да прегърнеш онези, които не са успели да те дочакат"-Narine Abgaryan, Three Apples Fell from the Sky
"Nėra rojaus, ir pragaro nėra, <....>. Laimė - tai ir yra rojus, sielvartas - tai ir yra pragaras."-Narine Abgaryan, Three Apples Fell from the Sky
"През май, свечери ли се, небето е ниско и лепкаво, с мастилен оттенък. Прокараш пръст по него и то се отдръпва уплашено, плисва се на вълни и оголва мекото си като кадифе живо лоно."-Narine Abgaryan, Three Apples Fell from the Sky
16. All the Little Bird-Hearts
By: Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow
3.80
Format: 297 pages, Hardcover
Sunday lives with her sixteen year old daughter Dolly, the same house she has lived in all her life… read more
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17. My Pen is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women
By: Lyse Doucet
4.26
Format: 253 pages, Paperback
"Powerful, profound and deeply moving, new fiction by Afghan women writers will expand your mind an… read more
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"Literature is resilience, a release."-Lyse Doucet, My Pen is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women
"Thank god, I said to myself, that the sun is not someone's property, otherwise I'd have to pay rent for that as well."-Lyse Doucet, My Pen is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women
18. Shelf Life: Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller
By: Nadia Wassef
3.56
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The streets of Cairo make strange music. The echoing calls to prayer; the raging insults hurled bet… read more
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19. Mrs Mohr Goes Missing
By: Maryla Szymiczkowa
3.48
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Cracow, 1893. Thirty-eight-year-old Zofia Turbotyńska has assured her husband's rise through the ra… read more
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"Ignacy! - zapłonęła świętym oburzeniem, jak zawsze, kiedy powiedziano jej prawdę prosto w oczy."-Maryla Szymiczkowa, Mrs Mohr Goes Missing
"Ignacy bywał trudny, to prawda, ale pomysł, że można zamordować męża, wydawał jej się... w złym guście."-Maryla Szymiczkowa, Mrs Mohr Goes Missing
"Zdrowo - zmarszczył czoło Iwaniec - żaden zmarły nie wygląda zdrowo. Ustanie życia jest objawem zdecydowanego braku zdrowia. Definitywnego, rzekłbym."-Maryla Szymiczkowa, Mrs Mohr Goes Missing
"Ale ten entuzjazm nie przystoi profesorowi, Ignacy - ofuknęła męża. - W takiej chwili twoją rolą jest zachować się dostojnie, a nie ekscytować głupstwami."-Maryla Szymiczkowa, Mrs Mohr Goes Missing
20. 8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster
By: Mirinae Lee
3.91
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Joining the acclaimed ranks of Pachinko and A Woman is No Man, a riveting and genre-bending debut o… read more
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21. The Color of Air
By: Gail Tsukiyama
3.82
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Women of the Silk and The Samurai's Garden comes a go… read more
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22. Ayrılık Çeşmesi Sokağı
By: Selçuk Altun
3.41
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
Ziya Adlan kırk yıldır akademisyenlik yaptığı Cenevre’den dönüp, Ayrılık Çeşmesi Sokağı’ndaki bakım… read more
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23. The Girls in the Wild Fig Tree: How I Fought to Save Myself, My Sister, and Thousands of Girls Worldwide
By: Nice Leng'ete
4.47
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The "incredibly powerful" (Kirkus Reviews) story of the human rights activist who changed the minds… read more
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24. The Selfless Act of Breathing
By: J.J. Bola
3.59
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Transcendent Kingdom meets A Man Called Ove in this heartwarming novel about a Congolese-British Lo… read more
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"Sometimes it is easier to forget than to heal."-J.J. Bola, The Selfless Act of Breathing
"Oh, how would we treat the people in our lives if we knew which conversation would be the last? would we act differently? Appreciate every moment? Tell them we love them?"-J.J. Bola, The Selfless Act of Breathing
"It is in these moments that we are compelled to question the meaning of life, and whether life has any meaning at all; moments when tragedy hits us so unexpectedly, and so sudden. But it is also in t…"-J.J. Bola, The Selfless Act of Breathing
"Some days, I am just tired. Some days, I'm barely strong enough to carry the burden of my heavy heart, let alone the weight of the world on my shoulders, some days I need space on my own, no internet…"-J.J. Bola, The Selfless Act of Breathing
25. A People's History of Heaven
By: Mathangi Subramanian
4.03
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
Heaven is a thirty-year-old slum hidden between brand-new, high-rise apartment buildings and techno… read more
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"So what you’re saying is,"-Mathangi Subramanian, A People's History of Heaven
"It’s not that I don’t want to be part of something bigger,"-Mathangi Subramanian, A People's History of Heaven
"Bravery, she thinks, belongs to girls. But freedom belongs to boys."-Mathangi Subramanian, A People's History of Heaven
"You don’t have to light a match to burn a family’s life to the ground."-Mathangi Subramanian, A People's History of Heaven
26. The Map of Salt and Stars
By: Zeyn Joukhadar
3.92
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
Nour es una niña de once años cuyo padre acaba de morir. Su madre, cartógrafa que dibuja los mapas … read more
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- war
"Stories are powerful,"-Zeyn Joukhadar, The Map of Salt and Stars
"I don’t understand why we were shelled."-Zeyn Joukhadar, The Map of Salt and Stars
"The sea has a way of showing us ourselves,"-Zeyn Joukhadar, The Map of Salt and Stars
"Every place you go becomes a part of you. But none more so than home."-Zeyn Joukhadar, The Map of Salt and Stars
27. Hypnobirthing: Practical Ways to Make Your Birth Better
By: Siobhan Miller
4.33
Format: 276 pages, Kindle Edition
THIS BOOK WILL MAKE YOUR BIRTH BETTER. IT IS FOR EVERY PARENT AND EVERY TYPE OF BIRTH.Expert hypnob… read more
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- unfinished
28. War Gardens
By: Lalage Snow
3.93
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A journey through the most unlikely of the oases of peace people create in the midst of warIn this… read more
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- war
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29. Before the Queen Falls Asleep
By: Huzama Habayeb
3.58
Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition
Born a girl to parents who expected a boy, Jihad grows up treated like the eldest son, wearing boy'… read more
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30. Typhoon
By: Qaisra Shahraz
3.20
Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition
"Typhoon" is set in Chiragpur, a Pakistani village warped in time, space and guilt, whose inhabitan… read more
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