The Circus
By: Jonas Karlsson
3.29
Format: 179 pages, Hardcover
A real-life vanishing act leaves one man looking for his missing friend in this clever, Kafkaesque …
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1. Super Sad True Love Story
By: Gary Shteyngart
3.45
Format: 331 pages, Hardcover
The author of two critically acclaimed novels, The Russian Debutante’s Handbook and Absurdistan, Ga… read more
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- novels
- humor
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- contemporary
"You could drown a kitten in her blue eyes."-Gary Shteyngart, Super Sad True Love Story
"What if we just went home and read books to each other?"-Gary Shteyngart, Super Sad True Love Story
"Let's see if I can write about something other than my heart."-Gary Shteyngart, Super Sad True Love Story
"There's nothing wrong with her except she's completely fucked up."-Gary Shteyngart, Super Sad True Love Story
2. The Last American Man
By: Elizabeth Gilbert
3.80
Format: 271 pages, Paperback
Finalist for the National Book Award 2002 Look out for Elizabeth Gilbert's new book, Big Magic:… read more
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"writers like Jack Kerouac (who called himself an "urban Thoreau") set forth to redefine and rediscover ways to live in America without slogging through what Kerouac called the endless system of "work…"-Elizabeth Gilbert, The Last American Man
"only those who live in the wilderness can recognize the central truth of existence, which is that death lives right beside us at all times, as close and as relevant as life itself, and that this real…"-Elizabeth Gilbert, The Last American Man
"Only through constant focus can you become independent. Only through independence can you know yourself. And only through knowing yourself will you be able to ask the key question of your life: What …"-Elizabeth Gilbert, The Last American Man
"I live in nature where everything is connected, circular. The seasons are circular. The planet is circular, and so is the planet around the sun. The course of water over the earth is circular coming …"-Elizabeth Gilbert, The Last American Man
3. Gorilla and the Bird: A Memoir of Madness and a Mother's Love
By: Zack McDermott
4.00
Format: 371 pages, Hardcover
The story of a young man fighting to recover from a devastating psychotic break and the mother who … read more
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4. Such Small Hands
By: Edmund White , Andrés Barba , Lisa Dillman
4.04
Format: 130 pages, Paperback
"Every once in a while a novel does not record reality but creates a whole new reality, one that ca… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
5. Poor Things
By: Alasdair Gray
3.94
Format: 318 pages, Paperback
One of Alasdair Gray's most brilliant creations, Poor Things is a postmodern revision of Frankenste… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- audiobook
"Besides, a life without freedom to choose is not worth having."-Alasdair Gray, Poor Things
"She also said the wicked people needed love as much as good people and were much better at it."-Alasdair Gray, Poor Things
"Baxter knows a lot more than I do, I told her. Yes, said Baxter, but I will never tell people all of it."-Alasdair Gray, Poor Things
"You, dear reader, have now two accounts to choose between and there can be no doubt which is most probable."-Alasdair Gray, Poor Things
6. The Voices of Marrakesh: A Record of a Visit
By: Elias Canetti , J.A. Underwood
3.63
Format: 56 pages, Paperback
Winner of the 1981 Nobel Prize for Literature, Elias Canetti uncovers the secret life hidden beneat… read more
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7. People Who Eat Darkness: The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished from the Streets of Tokyo--and the Evil That Swallowed Her Up
By: Richard Lloyd Parry
4.24
Format: 376 pages,
An incisive and compelling account of the case of Lucie Blackman. Lucie Blackman - tall, blonde, an… read more
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9. Lumberjanes, Vol. 3: A Terrible Plan
By: None , Faith Erin Hicks , Shannon Watters , Maarta Laiho , Brittney Williams , Casey Nowak , T. Zysk , None , None , None , None
3.71
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
IF YOU GOT IT, HAUNT IT! Trying to take advantage of the first quiet day at camp in a while, Mal an… read more
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10. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
By: Amy Tan
4.14
Format: 320 pages, Flexibound
A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight. … read more
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"If there is anything I have learned these past six years, it is this: Each bird is surprising and thrilling in its own way. But the most special is the bird that pauses when it is eating, looks and a…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"The (Anna's Hummingbird) males are deadbeat dads that contribute nothing to making the nest, or to feeding either the female or the nestlings. They are off to find other females they can impress with…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"During daylight hours, they (Anna's Hummingbirds) feed every 15 minutes, be it tiny insects or nectar from flowers or feeders. If they don't consume food often enough, they can die during the day. If…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"I asked Bernd Heinrich if he knew why feeder birds, like finches, discard so many seeds. It turns out he and other scientiests did research on this back in the 1990s - of course, he did -measuring di…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
11. Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness
By: Kristen Radtke
4.01
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of Imagine Wanting Only This--a timely and moving meditation on isolation… read more
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"Perhaps we see loneliness in others simply to feel less lonely ourselves."-Kristen Radtke, Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness
"Or the times I've watched the people I love so unsatisfied, clawing toward connection that surpasses what I'm able to give them."-Kristen Radtke, Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness
"To arm ourselves is the most extreme form of separation I can imagine. To move through life without weapons is another way to remain open to the world, and at its mercy."-Kristen Radtke, Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness
"But loneliness isn’t necessarily tied to whether you have a partner or a best friend or an aspirational active social life in which you’re laughing all the time. It’s a variance that rests in the spa…"-Kristen Radtke, Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness
12. Mijn lieve gunsteling
By: Marieke Lucas Rijneveld
3.87
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Mijn lieve gunsteling is de nieuwe roman van Marieke Lucas Rijneveld. Het verhaal van de veearts en… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- audiobook
"Een dode kan niet kapot zijn, een dode is dood, niet meer dan dat. Diegene die achterblijft is kapot. In wel duizend stukjes."-Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, Mijn lieve gunsteling
"Sommige mensen staat de eenzaamheid zo goed dat we vergeten dat zij zich eronder lelijk en ongezien voelen, dat ze iedere ochtend een stofroller over hun kleding halen om niet zo grauw voor de dag te…"-Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, Mijn lieve gunsteling
13. Gezinsverpakking
By: Bart Chabot
3.26
Format: 95 pages, Hardcover
De Chabotten ― vier broers, twee ouders en een hond. Alle zeven verhalen ze in Gezinsverpakking ove… read more
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- audiobook
14. In het oog
By: Marijke Schermer
3.92
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
Op een dag krijgt Nicola geen geld meer voor haar bacterie-onderzoek, terwijl ze iets groots op het… read more
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- fiction
"Ik wist dat volwassen mensen dit soort gesprekken voerden, dit soort gesprekken hoorden te voeren, dat je moest praten en je gevoelens moest uiten en naar de gevoelens van de ander moest luisteren en…"-Marijke Schermer, In het oog
"Maakt het uit, vroeg ik, maakt het iets uit of je weet waarom iemand je verlaat? Leiden gesprekken over waarom en hoe en met welke gevoelens ergens toe? Het verhaal kan immers een leugen zijn, en de …"-Marijke Schermer, In het oog
15. Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials
By: Marion Gibson
3.69
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating, vivid global history of witch trials across Europe, Africa, and the Americas, told t… read more
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"James looks like he's waiting to mug old ladies, which of course is one way of looking at a witch trial."-Marion Gibson, Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials
"Witch trials were not just misogynist festivals of torture and hatred; they also directly facilitated the building of empire."-Marion Gibson, Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials
"As with later witch trials, like the ones in Salem, flexing normal court processes in response to a powerful authority can lead to mass injustice..."-Marion Gibson, Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials
16. And Then I Woke Up
By: Malcolm Devlin
3.48
Format: 167 pages, Paperback
In the tradition of Mira Grant and Stephen Graham Jones, Malcolm Devlin’s And Then I Woke Up is a c… read more
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- audiobook
"We were monsters once, and although we are not anymore, we know we remain unforgiven."-Malcolm Devlin, And Then I Woke Up
". . . it’s those differences — even the smallest and most trivial — that scare us the most."-Malcolm Devlin, And Then I Woke Up
"Relationships aren't scientific, they're not mathematical. They're chaotic, abstract, irrational."-Malcolm Devlin, And Then I Woke Up
"Macey once told me that the worst way a story can end is by someone waking up and realising everything that happened was only a dream."-Malcolm Devlin, And Then I Woke Up
17. Greek Myths: Meet the Heroes and Heroines, Monsters and Gods of Ancient Greece
By: Jean Menzies
4.40
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Journey into a world of gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines, extraordinary creatures and fantas… read more
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18. The English Experience
By: Julie Schumacher
3.91
Format: 230 pages, Hardcover
Jason Fitger may be the last faculty member the dean wants for the job, but he’s the only professor… read more
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- humor
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- audiobook
19. 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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- music
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
20. Wivenhoe
By: Samuel Fisher
3.19
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Never thought he would miss the mud: the gleaming, slickness of it. The slap and suck at the turnin… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- audiobook
"It was a time in her life when she would seek out mirrors whenever she cried, finding comfort in being a witness to her own grief. A time from which every memory has a strange timeless lucidity."-Samuel Fisher, Wivenhoe
21. Alone in Space: A Collection
By: Tillie Walden
4.03
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Alone In Space compiles award-winning cartoonist Tillie Walden’s short comics into a stunning and c… read more
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- fiction
22. Touch
By: Olaf Olafsson
3.99
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A mesmerizing, panoramic story of one man's search to find a lover who suddenly disappeared decades… read more
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- mystery
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"He used to say that breakfast resembles the first line of a haiku, it shows the way. Lunch is the second line and carries the momentum. The third line, then, is dinner, as it brings everything to a c…"-Olaf Olafsson, Touch
23. A Helping Hand
By: Celia Dale
3.60
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Josh and Maisie Evans are Good Samaritans and enjoy lending a helping hand to lonely elderly ladies… read more
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- mystery
- fiction
24. Nightshift
By: Kiare Ladner
3.23
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A haunting, compelling debut novel of complex female friendship and obsession, following one young … read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- audiobook
25. The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)
By: Lev Grossman
3.99
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Dear Uncle Herbert,You've never met me, but I'm your niece Kate, and since it is my birthday tomorr… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
"Privately Kate thought that for a guy in a banana-yellow suit he was turning out to be a pretty sharp operator."-Lev Grossman, The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)
"For a certain kind of person there is literally nothing nicer than eating breakfast by yourself on a moving train with a good book."-Lev Grossman, The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)
26. The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health, and Happiness
By: Emily Anthes
3.65
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating, thought-provoking journey into our built environment Modern humans are an indoor … read more
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- audiobook
27. Girls of a Certain Age
By: Maria Adelmann
3.46
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
This darkly playful and subversive debut story collection explores the many impossible choices that… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
28. The Circus
By: Jonas Karlsson
3.29
Format: 179 pages, Hardcover
A real-life vanishing act leaves one man looking for his missing friend in this clever, Kafkaesque … read more
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- music
- literary fiction
- magical realism
- humor
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- novels
- sweden
- audiobook
29. Summers End (A Shady Hollow Mystery, #5)
By: Juneau Black
4.20
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A unique take on dark academia, featuring everyone's favorite vulpine sleuth, Vera Vixen. It's lat… read more
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- mystery
- fiction
- audiobook
30. The Sequel (The Book Series, #2)
By: Jean Hanff Korelitz
4.07
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
After the “insanely readable” (Stephen King) and “perfectly told” (Malcolm Gladwell) New York Times… read more
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- mystery
- audiobook
- fiction
- contemporary
31. Letters to God
By: Norhafsah Hamid
3.94
Format: 241 pages, Paperback
Synopsis Letters to God is about a journey of young girl named Sarah in trying to find her footing … read more
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