gods with a little g
By: Tupelo Hassman
3.79
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
From the acclaimed author of Girlchild, this gritty, irreverent novel sees a young misfit grow into…
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1. A Book of Common Prayer
By: Joan Didion , None
3.80
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Writing with the telegraphic swiftness and microscopic sensitivity that have made her one of our mo… read more
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- literary fiction
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"I think I have never known anyone who led quite unexamined a life."-Joan Didion, A Book of Common Prayer
"I am an anthropologist who lost faith in her own method, who stopped believing that observable activity defined anthropos."-Joan Didion, A Book of Common Prayer
2. Self-Help
By: Lorrie Moore
4.13
Format: 163 pages, Paperback
From the national bestselling author of A Gate at the Stairs —and a master of contemporary American… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"Nightmares have seasons like hurricanes."-Lorrie Moore, Self-Help
"We are dealing, she continues, with a mind, as Williams put it, like a bed all made up."-Lorrie Moore, Self-Help
"You will forget whoever it was that said never trust a thought doesn't come while walking. But clutch at it. Apartments can shrink inward like drying ponds."-Lorrie Moore, Self-Help
"I'm bonkers, aren't I? I ask with my mouth full. You're unhappy, says Mr. Fernandez. It can be the same thing. You are unhappy because you believe in such a thing as happy."-Lorrie Moore, Self-Help
3. Notes of a Crocodile
By: Qiu Miaojin , Bonnie Huie
3.83
Format: 242 pages, Paperback
Set in the post-martial-law era of late 1980s Taipei, Notes of a Crocodile depicts the coming-of-ag… read more
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- lgbt
"Unhealthy love is two people stoking a shared fantasy of desperate beauty, weaponizing passion and desire."-Qiu Miaojin, Notes of a Crocodile
"Secretly though, I did sort of enjoy being a fucked-up mess. Apart from that, I didn't have a whole lot going on."-Qiu Miaojin, Notes of a Crocodile
"Like death, college serves as a kind of escape hatch. But while death takes you straight to the morgue, college is a single rope dangling loose from the inescapable net of society."-Qiu Miaojin, Notes of a Crocodile
"Sweeping that other me into their arms, they led me in a dance within societal norms, along a trajectory based on a delusion. (Though I couldn't define what I was, I knew what I wasn't.)"-Qiu Miaojin, Notes of a Crocodile
4. This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
By: Gloria E. Anzaldúa , Toni Cade Bambara , Cherríe L. Moraga
4.52
Format: 261 pages, Paperback
This groundbreaking collection reflects an uncompromised definition of feminism by women of color. … read more
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"This Bridge Called My Back intends to reflect an uncompromised definition of feminism by women of color in the U.S."-Gloria E. Anzaldúa, This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
"I get angry with those in the women's movement and out of it who deal with class & color as if they defined politics and people."-Gloria E. Anzaldúa, This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
"I keep wanting to repeat over and over and over again, the pain and shock of difference, the joy of commonness, the exhilaration of meeting through incredible odds against it."-Gloria E. Anzaldúa, This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
"These women don't believe in the sanctity of the marriage bond, the inviolable privacy of the husband-wife unit. The cattiness is mixed with the information, tips. The misery is communal."-Gloria E. Anzaldúa, This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
5. Under the Feet of Jesus
By: Helena María Viramontes
3.93
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
With the same audacity with which John Steinbeck wrote about migrant worker conditions in The Grape… read more
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6. 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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7. Revolution
By: Jennifer Donnelly
4.01
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
BROOKLYN: Andi Alpers is on the edge. She’s angry at her father for leaving, angry at her mother fo… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"History is fiction."-Jennifer Donnelly, Revolution
"Only the hopeless love God."-Jennifer Donnelly, Revolution
"God loves us, but the devil takes an interest."-Jennifer Donnelly, Revolution
"The greenest of pastures are right here on earth."-Jennifer Donnelly, Revolution
8. Terminal Boredom: Stories
By: Izumi Suzuki
3.59
Format: 218 pages, Paperback
Seven punky and pitch-black stories offer English-language readers an overdue introduction to Izumi… read more
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- lgbt
"INSUFFICIENT VEGETABLE OIL,’ quoth the replicator."-Izumi Suzuki, Terminal Boredom: Stories
"And having four kids? Giving birth to them naturally? What is she, an animal?"-Izumi Suzuki, Terminal Boredom: Stories
"When we first met, Reiko still had something of a wrecked beauty. Now, not even those ruins remained."-Izumi Suzuki, Terminal Boredom: Stories
"I’m a sucker for trends. I don’t have much in the way of agency. I always want to try whatever’s popular."-Izumi Suzuki, Terminal Boredom: Stories
9. Pretend I'm Dead
By: Jen Beagin
3.69
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Miranda July meets Mary Karr in this brilliant debut novel from Jen Beagin, Whiting Award winner an… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
"You respect me?" Sheila asked, surprised. "As a person?" "No, as a pigeon."-Jen Beagin, Pretend I'm Dead
"She smiled. It was rare for her to find someone attractive physically and also to like what came out of their mouth."-Jen Beagin, Pretend I'm Dead
"He was one of the fortunate ones. He'd emerged from childhood a whole person and his past wasn't some vast immovable mass with its own weather system."-Jen Beagin, Pretend I'm Dead
10. The Beast You Are: Stories
By: Paul Tremblay
3.34
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A haunting collection of short fiction from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club , A He… read more
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- fiction
11. Patricia Wants to Cuddle
By: Samantha Allen
3.56
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The contestants of a reality television dating show compete for love—and their lives—in this pulse-… read more
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- contemporary
- fiction
- lgbt
12. Whiskey Tender: A Memoir
By: Deborah Jackson Taffa
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An Oprah Daily "Best New Book" and "Riveting Nonfiction and Memoir You Need to Read" * A New York T… read more
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"My Laguna grandmother, Esther, is the one who taught me that a deep intimacy with a homeland requires three things: sensory experiences of particular geographies, a storied history of the trails, and…"-Deborah Jackson Taffa, Whiskey Tender: A Memoir
13. We Run the Tides
By: Vendela Vida
3.65
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An achingly beautiful story of female friendship, betrayal, and a mysterious disappearance set in t… read more
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- literary fiction
- coming of age
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
"Lazlo's mom, Ágota, and my dad had a falling out over the kinds of things siblings usually have falling outs over: money and love. My father made money and Aunt Ágota lost money. Then there was disag…"-Vendela Vida, We Run the Tides
14. And Then She Fell
By: Alicia Elliott
3.90
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A mind-bending, razor-sharp look at motherhood and mental health that follows a young Indigenous wo… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
"Nothing I do is done solely for me. Everything is done to elevate Steve or Dawn, in some way. I'm an afterthought in my own life."-Alicia Elliott, And Then She Fell
"A part of me wants to cry at this small request, because I know what that longing is like, what it means. I won't be there forever, but I will be there for her. For her sister. For her mother. I'll b…"-Alicia Elliott, And Then She Fell
15. Dykette
By: Jenny Fran Davis
2.96
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An addictive, absurd, and darkly hilarious debut novel about a young woman who embarks on a ten-day… read more
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- contemporary
- literary fiction
- fiction
- lgbt
16. The Book of Goose
By: Yiyun Li
3.71
Format: 348 pages, Hardcover
A gripping, heartbreaking new novel about female friendship, art, and memory by the award-winning a… read more
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- literary fiction
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- fiction
- contemporary
"Time corrupts. And we pay a price for everything corruptible: food, roof beams, souls."-Yiyun Li, The Book of Goose
"Few of us would make a fool of ourselves in pressing the animals to give us serious answers about their lives, but we do that all the time to other people."-Yiyun Li, The Book of Goose
"Happiness, I would tell her, is to spend every day without craning one's neck to look forward to tomorrow, next month, next year, and without holding out one's hands to stop every day from becoming y…"-Yiyun Li, The Book of Goose
"Childhood companionship is forced upon the children (...) Childhood friendship, though it has to meet the same geographical and temporal prerequisites, is something rarer: a child does not seek to bo…"-Yiyun Li, The Book of Goose
17. Drifts
By: Kate Zambreno
3.67
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
A restlessly brilliant novel of creative crisis and transformation Beguiling and compulsively re… read more
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- contemporary
18. Bottled Goods
By: Sophie van Llewyn
3.69
Format: 190 pages, Paperback
Longlisted for the 2019 Women's Prize, this poignant, lyrical novel is set in 1970s Romania during … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- novels
19. Found: An Anthology of Found Footage Horror Stories
By: Andrew Cull
3.95
Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition
Between April and August 2021 eighteen horror writers disappeared. Gathered together for the first … read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
20. Real Life
By: Brandon Taylor
3.80
Format: 329 pages, Hardcover
A novel of startling intimacy, violence, and mercy among friends in a Midwestern university town, f… read more
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- literary fiction
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
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"Miller: "You are so determined to be unknowable." Wallace: "We are always unknowable."-Brandon Taylor, Real Life
"Memory sifts. Memory lifts. Memory makes due with what it is given. Memory is not about facts. Memory is an inconsistent measurement of the pain in one’s life."-Brandon Taylor, Real Life
"The truly awful thing about beauty is that it reminds us of our limits. Beauty is a kind of unrelenting cruelty. It takes truth, hones it to a terrifying keenness, and uses it to slice us to the bone."-Brandon Taylor, Real Life
"It's... mostly fine," Wallace admits, getting too close to the bone. He doesn't want to go back over the thing about how grief can feel diffuse and dense all at once, like a flock of birds in the sky…"-Brandon Taylor, Real Life
21. Normal Women
By: Ainslie Hogarth
3.01
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
In this darkly comic story about how we value female labor—and don’t—a new mother becomes embroiled… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
22. Soft Science
By: Franny Choi
3.93
Format: 100 pages, Paperback
Soft Science explores queer, Asian American femininity. A series of Turing Test-inspired poems grou… read more
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- contemporary
- fiction
- lgbt
"having been hurt before"-Franny Choi, Soft Science
"fiended; fell for another"-Franny Choi, Soft Science
"it's too late to stop smiling."-Franny Choi, Soft Science
"shouldn't a god have blood to lose"-Franny Choi, Soft Science
23. Stargazer
By: Laurie Petrou
3.72
Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition
Summer 1995. Diana and Aurelle are inseparable, living together in Diana's parents' cottage on the … read more
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- coming of age
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
24. Fruiting Bodies: Stories
By: Kathryn Harlan
4.17
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In stories that beckon and haunt, Fruiting Bodies ranges confidently from the fantastical to the go… read more
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- fiction
- lgbt
25. 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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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"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
26. Tinfoil Butterfly
By: Rachel Eve Moulton
3.29
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
Emma is hitchhiking across the United States, trying to outrun a violent, tragic past, when she mee… read more
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- contemporary
- fiction
- lgbt
27. Monarch
By: Candice Wuehle
3.68
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
The cryptic worlds of Hanna and Stranger Things mingle with the dark humor of Dare Me in this debut… read more
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- fiction
- lgbt
28. Ponyboy
By: Eliot Duncan
3.64
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
An evocative debut novel of trans-masculinity, addiction, and the pain and joy of becoming. In t… read more
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- contemporary
- literary fiction
- fiction
- lgbt
29. Opioid, Indiana
By: Brian Allen Carr
3.34
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
During a week-long suspension from school, a teenage transplant to impoverished rural Indiana searc… read more
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- literary fiction
- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
30. gods with a little g
By: Tupelo Hassman
3.79
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
From the acclaimed author of Girlchild, this gritty, irreverent novel sees a young misfit grow into… read more
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- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- religion
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
31. State of Paradise
By: Laura van den Berg
3.51
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A heart-racing fun house of uncanniness hidden in Florida’s underbelly, from a reality-warping stor… read more
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