Hadriana in All My Dreams
By: René Depestre
3.54
Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition
"One-of-a-kind...[A] ribald, free-wheeling magical-realist novel, first published in 1988 and newly…
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1. Zama
By: Antonio di Benedetto
3.99
Format: 262 pages, Paperback
Publicada por primera vez en 1956, Zama está considerada de manera unánime como una de las grandes … read more
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- novels
- fiction
- historical fiction
"The past was a small notebook, much scribbled-upon, that I had somehow mislaid."-Antonio di Benedetto, Zama
"Como un dios no puede crear dioses, pensó crear al hombre, para que este los creara."-Antonio di Benedetto, Zama
"... but she reckoned that in larger cities people were less alone, for they didn't all know each other so well."-Antonio di Benedetto, Zama
"Me pregunté, no por qué vivía, sino por qué había vivido. Supuse que por la espera y quise saber si aún esperaba algo. Me pareció que sí. Siempre se espera más"-Antonio di Benedetto, Zama
2. Fever Dream
By: Samanta Schweblin , Megan McDowell , Ruth Sepp
3.72
Format: 183 pages, Hardcover
Experience the blazing, surreal sensation of a fever dream… A young woman named Amanda lies dyin… read more
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- novella
- magical realism
- fiction
- horror
"There’s only so much searching you can do, either a horse is there or it’s not."-Samanta Schweblin, Fever Dream
"I’m just tired, that’s what I tell myself, and sometimes I’m afraid when I think that everyday problems might be a little more terrible for me than for other people."-Samanta Schweblin, Fever Dream
"But I’m going to die in a few hours. That’s going to happen, isn’t it? It’s strange how calm I am. Because even though you haven’t told me, I know. And still, it’s an impossible thing to tell yoursel…"-Samanta Schweblin, Fever Dream
"My mother always said something bad would happen. My mother was sure that sooner or later something bad would happen and now I can see it with total clarity, I can feel it coming toward us like a tan…"-Samanta Schweblin, Fever Dream
3. Loop (Ring, #3)
By: Kōji Suzuki , Glynne Walley
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Inspiration for the New Major Motion Picture RINGS Learn the final truth about the Ring! In thi… read more
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- fiction
- horror
4. Upstream: Selected Essays
By: Mary Oliver
2.43
Format: None pages,
Comprising a selection of essays, Upstreamfinds beloved poet Mary Oliver reflecting on her astonish… read more
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5. Visitation
By: Susan Bernofsky , Jenny Erpenbeck
3.93
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A house on the forested bank of a Brandenburg lake outside Berlin (once belonging to Erpenbeck's gr… read more
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- historical
- novels
- fiction
- historical fiction
6. I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem
By: Angela Y. Davis , Maryse Condé , Richard Philcox
4.25
Format: 159 pages, Paperback
"Stunning...Maryse Conde's imaginative subversion of historical records forms a critque of contempo… read more
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- historical
- france
- fiction
- historical fiction
- fantasy
7. Solibo Magnificent
By: Patrick Chamoiseau , Rose-Myriam Réjouis , Val Vinokurov
3.37
Format: None pages, Paperback
New York Times notable book of the year In Fort-de-France, Martinique, a colorful group of musician… read more
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- novels
- france
- fiction
8. C.P. Cavafy: Collected Poems
By: Constantinos P. Cavafy , Edmund Keeley , Philip Sherrard , George Savidis
4.38
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
C. P. Cavafy (1863 - 1933) lived in relative obscurity in Alexandria, and a collected edition of hi… read more
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- fiction
"Άλλα ζητεί η ψυχή σου, γι’ άλλα κλαίει·"-Constantinos P. Cavafy, C.P. Cavafy: Collected Poems
"Η Ιθάκη σ’ έδωσε τ’ ωραίο ταξείδι. Χωρίς αυτήν δεν θάβγαινες στον δρόμο."-Constantinos P. Cavafy, C.P. Cavafy: Collected Poems
"Vuelve a menudo y tómame, en la noche, cuando los labios y la piel recuerdan..."-Constantinos P. Cavafy, C.P. Cavafy: Collected Poems
"Aunque sea con engaños, que me ilusione ahora: pero que no sienta el vacío de mi vida. (Septiembre de 1903)"-Constantinos P. Cavafy, C.P. Cavafy: Collected Poems
9. Guerrillas
By: V.S. Naipaul
5.00
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
An expatriate English couple and a West Indian would-be revolutionary yield to infidelity, sexual a… read more
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10. The Black Spider
By: Susan Bernofsky , Jeremias Gotthelf
4.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
An NYRB Classics Original It is a sunny summer Sunday in a remote Swiss village, and a christening … read more
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11. Saint Odd (Odd Thomas, #7)
By: Dean Koontz
4.47
Format: 907 pages, Kindle Edition
The future is haunting Odd Thomas. The carnival has returned to Pico Mundo, the same one that came … read more
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12. The Meursault Investigation
By: John Cullen , Kamel Daoud
3.00
Format: 253 pages, Paperback
He was the brother of "the Arab" killed by the infamous Meursault, the antihero of Camus's classic … read more
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13. The Hole
By: Sora Kim-Russell , Hye-Young Pyun , None
2.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A Bestseller in Korea, a Psychological Thriller about Loneliness and the Dark Truths We Try to Bury… read more
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14. Segu (Ségou, #1)
By: Maryse Condé
3.75
Format: 263 pages, Paperback
The year is 1797, and the kingdom of Segu is flourishing, fed by the wealth of its noblemen and the… read more
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15. Love, Anger, Madness: A Haitian Trilogy
By: Edwidge Danticat , Marie Vieux-Chauvet , Rose-Myriam Réjouis , None
3.77
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Available in English for the first time, Marie Vieux-Chauvet's stunning trilogy of novellas is a re… read more
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16. A Botanical Daughter
By: Noah Medlock
3.72
Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition
Mexican Gothic meets The Lie Tree by way of Oscar Wilde and Mary Shelley in this delightfully witty… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- horror
- fantasy
"Grief can be a kind of exhaustion, after all."-Noah Medlock, A Botanical Daughter
"Gregor now knew in his soul that greatness came at a price, and true greatness is paid for by the hour."-Noah Medlock, A Botanical Daughter
"He had tried sculpting in other materials - in clay, marble, wood, and bronze - but corpses were the only medium that really sang under his fingers."-Noah Medlock, A Botanical Daughter
"Simon, what do you understand to be the nature of a soul?" he said suddenly. Simon was staring darkly into the endless distance. He didn't refocus his gaze to reply. "That part of us which cannot be …"-Noah Medlock, A Botanical Daughter
17. Goddess of Filth
By: V. Castro
3.63
Format: 156 pages, Paperback
“Five of us sat in a circle doing our best to emulate the girls in The Craft, hoping to unleash som… read more
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- novella
- fantasy
- fiction
- horror
"Why the black lipstick? Is this goddess a Goth?"-V. Castro, Goddess of Filth
"I have traveled a long way through light and volatile stardust. The stars in the night sky are moth holes in space-time and the bodies of the larvae between each hole are the means of travel"-V. Castro, Goddess of Filth
"Be smart, but not too smart. Be beautiful, but not so pretty as to make other females mad. Be successful, but not bossy or overly ambitious. Nobody likes a mouthy brown woman. Be a declawed kitten."-V. Castro, Goddess of Filth
18. Blood Feast: The Complete Short Stories of Malika Moustadraf
By: Malika Moustadraf
3.83
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
Malika Moustadraf (1969-2006) is a cult feminist icon in contemporary Moroccan literature, celebrat… read more
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- fiction
19. Headshot
By: Rita Bullwinkel
3.63
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An electrifying debut novel from an “unusually gifted writer” (Lorrie Moore) about the radical inti… read more
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- novels
- fiction
"The desire to please people is the desire to not be singular."-Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot
"Tanya Maw's sister is two years older, the perfect age gap for wisdom transmission."-Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot
"It can be intoxicating to play a sport that requires one to look in their opponent's eyes."-Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot
"It's a warmth that she'll feel again very few times in her life. It's almost like love, but it has a surer, less desperate edge to it."-Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot
20. Madam
By: Phoebe Wynne
3.24
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A darkly feminist, modern gothic tale pitched against a haunting backdrop, and populated by an elec… read more
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- historical fiction
- fiction
- horror
21. Pink Slime
By: Fernanda Trías
3.68
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A taut, harrowing novel about a woman and the people who depend on her as the world around them tee… read more
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- fiction
- horror
22. Orbital
By: Samantha Harvey
3.73
Format: 207 pages, Hardcover
A slender novel of epic power, Orbital deftly snapshots one day in the lives of six women and men … read more
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- novella
- novels
- fantasy
- fiction
"Maybe we're the new dinosaurs and need to watch out."-Samantha Harvey, Orbital
"The past comes, the future, the past, the future. It's always now, it's never now."-Samantha Harvey, Orbital
"Raw space is a panther, feral and primal; they dream it stalking through their quarters."-Samantha Harvey, Orbital
"That's all this great human endeavor of space exploration really is, he thinks, an animal migration, a bid for survival. A looping song sent into the open, a territorial animal song."-Samantha Harvey, Orbital
23. A Ghost in the Throat
By: Doireann Ní Ghríofa
4.04
Format: 326 pages, Paperback
A true original. In this stunningly unusual prose debut, Doireann Ni Ghriofa sculpts essay and auto… read more
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"Swift, the twist from ordinary to catastrophe."-Doireann Ní Ghríofa, A Ghost in the Throat
"Instead, I'll think of new words, and then I'll follow them."-Doireann Ní Ghríofa, A Ghost in the Throat
"We cannot know from whose mouths the echoes of our lives will chime."-Doireann Ní Ghríofa, A Ghost in the Throat
"We cannot permit reason to intrude upon this moment. Do not deny us this."-Doireann Ní Ghríofa, A Ghost in the Throat
24. The Ballad of Perilous Graves
By: Alex Jennings
3.58
Format: 450 pages, Kindle Edition
In a fantastical version of New Orleans where music is magic, a battle for the city’s soul brews be… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
25. L'Éden Cinéma
By: Marguerite Duras
3.16
Format: 154 pages, Pocket Book
Théâtre. read more
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- france
26. A History of My Brief Body
By: Billy-Ray Belcourt
4.20
Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition
The youngest-ever winner of the Griffin Prize mines his personal history in a brilliant new essay c… read more
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"I'm as lonely and as brief as a country."-Billy-Ray Belcourt, A History of My Brief Body
"Living in a world where people are guns is a brutal legacy."-Billy-Ray Belcourt, A History of My Brief Body
"Regardless, I forgive them just as I forgive naive versions of myself."-Billy-Ray Belcourt, A History of My Brief Body
"Teens don't read for beauty, but to practice the art of disappearance."-Billy-Ray Belcourt, A History of My Brief Body
27. When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s
By: John Ganz
4.23
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A lively, revelatory look back at the convulsions at the end of the Reagan era―and their dark legac… read more
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28. All the Names They Used for God
By: Anjali Sachdeva
4.04
Format: 259 pages, Hardcover
A haunting, diverse debut story collection that explores the isolation we experience in the face of… read more
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- magical realism
- fantasy
- fiction
29. Hadriana in All My Dreams
By: René Depestre
3.54
Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition
"One-of-a-kind...[A] ribald, free-wheeling magical-realist novel, first published in 1988 and newly… read more
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- magical realism
- historical
- novella
- france
- fiction
- horror
- zombies
- historical fiction
- novels
- fantasy
30. Holding It Together: How Women Became America's Safety Net
By: Jessica Calarco
4.23
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Other countries have social safety nets. The U.S. has women. Holding It Together chronicles the cau… read more
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31. The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3)
By: Pat Barker
4.24
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
The follow-up to Pat Barker's Number One bestseller THE WOMEN OF TROY Continuing the story of th… read more
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- historical
- fantasy
- fiction
- historical fiction
