The Gospel of Orla
By: Eoghan Walls
3.74
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
A stunning debut novel from the Northern Irish poet Eoghan Walls, The Gospel of Orla is the coming-…
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1. Let Us Descend
By: Jesmyn Ward
3.70
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From Jesmyn Ward—the two-time National Book Award winner, youngest winner of the Library of Congres… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- magical realism
- fiction
"You must leap. You must do as your people did. You must sink in order to rise."-Jesmyn Ward, Let Us Descend
2. Wandering Stars
By: Tommy Orange
3.89
Format: 315 pages, Hardcover
The eagerly awaited follow-up to Pulitzer Prize-finalist Tommy Orange’s breakout best seller There … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"And in the year 1924 Indian citizenship will have been granted, even though they will mean to dissolve tribes by giving citizenship, dissolve being another word for disappearance, a kind of chemical …"-Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars
3. The Militia House
By: John Milas
3.60
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Stephen King meets Tim O’Brien in John Milas’s The Militia House, a spine-tingling and boldly origi… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
4. Biography of X
By: Catherine Lacey
3.85
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From one of our fiercest stylists, a roaring epic chronicling the life, times, and secrets of a not… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"One of the armed guards smiled and said, “God bless,"-Catherine Lacey, Biography of X
"Who can say who I are, how many I are, which I is the most I of my I’s?"-Catherine Lacey, Biography of X
"She could not hurt me. I had no more space, at the time, to hold any new hurts."-Catherine Lacey, Biography of X
"She kept losing track of the people she loved, and losing track of herself along with them."-Catherine Lacey, Biography of X
5. So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men
By: Claire Keegan
3.99
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Librarian's Note: This is the entry for the short story collection. Please don't combine it with th… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- ireland
- irish literature
"You know what is at the heart of misogyny? When it comes down to it?’ ‘So I’m a misogynist now?’ ‘It’s simply about not giving,’ she said."-Claire Keegan, So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men
6. The Heart in Winter
By: Kevin Barry
4.02
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning writer Kevin Barry’s first novel set in America, a savagely funny and achingly romant… read more
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- literary fiction
- ireland
- irish literature
- fiction
"... the morning was starkly lit under a migraine - white and vast opening sky."-Kevin Barry, The Heart in Winter
7. This Strange Eventful History
By: Claire Messud
3.63
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
An immersive, masterful story of a family born on the wrong side of history, from one of our finest… read more
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- literary fiction
- family
- fiction
"Literature... Now, that's a religion I can believe in. That is perhaps my God."-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History
"Family life, like playing chess, involved always thinking several steps ahead."-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History
"... she'd been a fool, enamored of a figment, had created the soul of a man who never existed -"-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History
"All-U-Can Hi-way 4-Sale Thru. This American English thrilled him - its energy, its freedom, its carelessness."-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History
8. Defenestrate
By: Renee Branum
3.55
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE An exuberant, wild… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- magical realism
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- fantasy
9. The End of the World is a Cul de Sac
By: Louise Kennedy
3.75
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In The End of the World is a Cul de Sac the political is intertwined with the personal, as Louise K… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- ireland
- irish literature
10. The Day I Die: The Untold Story of Assisted Dying in America
By: Anita Hannig
4.37
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An intimate investigation of assisted dying in America and what it means to determine the end of ou… read more
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11. Flux
By: Jinwoo Chong
3.38
Format: 341 pages, Hardcover
A blazingly original and stylish debut novel about a young man whose reality unravels when he susp… read more
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- fiction
12. Oh Honey
By: Emily R. Austin
3.92
Format: 140 pages, Kindle Edition
“Hello, my name is Esther. I am calling on behalf of Krippler Incorporated, a market research insti… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"As it turns out, my acceptance of the heroin addict’s invitation to party may have been a case of poor judgement."-Emily R. Austin, Oh Honey
"She is deluded enough to assume that I could feel romantically for a person with a badly drawn dog tattooed to their arm."-Emily R. Austin, Oh Honey
"I have to share a room. I am expected to sleep mere meters from a woman whose mental ailment is unknown to me. For all I know she might be a cannibal."-Emily R. Austin, Oh Honey
"Her teeth and lips are tinted purple from the Kool-Aid. Mine are probably purple too, but I can’t see them. You can’t see your own face from within it. This is something I have always struggled with"-Emily R. Austin, Oh Honey
13. Glorious Exploits
By: Ferdia Lennon
4.24
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An utterly original celebration of that which binds humanity across battle lines and history. On… read more
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- ireland
- fiction
"He sang a song from Media's chorus, it was a few bitter scenes later when the kids are dead, and it gives a weird sense of time mergin', and for a moment I had the feeling that the future and the pas…"-Ferdia Lennon, Glorious Exploits
"He sang a song from Media's chorus, it was a few bitter scenes later when the kids are dead, and it gives a weird sense of time mergin', and for a moment I have the feeling that the future and the pa…"-Ferdia Lennon, Glorious Exploits
14. Barbara Isn't Dying Yet
By: Alina Bronsky
3.74
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Walter Schmidt has lived his whole life within the narrow, “comfortable” confines of traditional ge… read more
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- literary fiction
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
15. The Lost Americans
By: Christopher Bollen
3.72
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A young woman finds herself in the crosshairs of powerful and very dangerous enemies when she trave… read more
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- fiction
16. American Mermaid
By: Julia Langbein
3.24
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A brilliantly funny and razor-tongued debut which follows a writer lured to Los Angeles to adapt he… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- magical realism
- fiction
- contemporary
- fantasy
"How could we be readers, how could we be lovers of the impossible and the imagined, and not want to swell up with a new character, pull it onto land from a sea we made, and trick it by disappearing b…"-Julia Langbein, American Mermaid
"This is one of the dangers of their [teenagers] ineluctable depth: they live the poetry, the true value of the way words resonate and not their dictionary meanings or conventional uses. It's why teen…"-Julia Langbein, American Mermaid
17. I Love You So Much It's Killing Us Both
By: Mariah Stovall
3.28
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Susan Choi’s Trust Exercise meets Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity in a Black woman’s coming-of-age stor… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- coming of age
- fiction
- contemporary
18. The Lightness
By: Emily Temple
3.41
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A stylish, stunningly precise, and suspenseful meditation on adolescent desire, female friendship, … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"Oh, but how could I believe in anything but this? It was right in front of me, and I could touch it."-Emily Temple, The Lightness
"Now I know that the American Dream can leave you in a coma or even kill you. But of course, we knew that back then too. It wouldn’t have been any fun otherwise."-Emily Temple, The Lightness
19. The Gospel of Orla
By: Eoghan Walls
3.74
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
A stunning debut novel from the Northern Irish poet Eoghan Walls, The Gospel of Orla is the coming-… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- magical realism
- coming of age
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- fantasy
- ireland
- irish literature
20. The Coin
By: Yasmin Zaher
3.55
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A bold and unabashed novel about a young Palestinian woman's unraveling, far from home, as she gets… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"And the poet, he asked, who was it again? Aisha didn't know him, neither did Matthew. But, of course, Gregory did. He asked if he was the 9/11 denier. No, definitely not a denier, but very vocal when…"-Yasmin Zaher, The Coin
21. Nicked
By: M.T. Anderson
3.85
Format: 223 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning and bestselling author of Feed comes a raucous and slyly funny adult fiction… read more
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- fantasy
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