Catherine the Great and the Small
By: Olja Knezevic
3.96
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Catharine's tragectory in life is accompanied by failures in love, family traumas and an incredible…
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1. Tram 83
By: Fiston Mwanza Mujila , Roland Glasser
3.32
Format: 210 pages, Paperback
In an African city in secession, which could be Kinshasa or Lubumbashi, land tourists of all langua… read more
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- 21st century
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"Poverty is hereditary just like power, stupidity, and haemorrhoids."-Fiston Mwanza Mujila, Tram 83
"He hiccupped and continued: "I write therefore I come...But unfortunately, my orgies are never eternal!..."-Fiston Mwanza Mujila, Tram 83
"Jazz is the only lever used by all the riffraff of Tram 83 to switch social class as one would subway cars."-Fiston Mwanza Mujila, Tram 83
"Yet torture is above all an art, an artistic discipline just like literature , cinema, or contemporary dance. All detained in the City-State ghettos bitterly missed the torturers of yesteryears, thos…"-Fiston Mwanza Mujila, Tram 83
2. Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead
By: Barbara Comyns
3.85
Format: 193 pages, Paperback
This is the story of the Willoweed family and the English village in which they live. It begins mid… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
3. In the Country of Men
By: شبنم سمیعیان , Hisham Matar
3.87
Format: 411 pages,
In the Country of Men is a stunning depiction of a child confronted with the effects of Libyan stro… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
4. A Spare Life
By: Christina E. Kramer , Lidija Dimkovska
3.75
Format: 271 pages, Paperback
Zlata and Srebra are 12-year-old twins conjoined at the head. It is 1984 and they live in Skopje, w… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- 21st century
- historical fiction
5. Kinderland
By: Liliana Corobca
4.53
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
La doisprezece ani, Cristina este nevoita sa devina ,,mama" celor doi frati mai mici atunci cind pa… read more
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- 21st century
- fiction
- contemporary
6. Miss Marple's Final Cases
By: Agatha Christie
3.00
Format: None pages,
A collection of Miss Marple mysteries, plus some bonus short stories...First, the mystery man in th… read more
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- fiction
7. The Museum of Abandoned Secrets
By: Oksana Zabuzhko , Nina Shevchuk-Murray , Nina Murray
4.30
Format: None pages,
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
8. The Bone Readers
By: Jacob Ross
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Secrets can be buried, but bones can speak... When Michael (Digger) Digson is recruited into DS Chi… read more
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9. Where We Once Belonged
By: Sia Figiel
4.34
Format: 196 pages, Paperback
Thirteen-year-old Alofa Filiga struggles to come to terms with womanhood, her search for identity, … read more
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10. The Door
By: Magda Szabó , Len Rix
4.00
Format: 98 pages, Hardcover
A busy young writer struggling to cope with domestic chores, hires a housekeeper recommended by a f… read more
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11. Nervous Conditions
By: Tsitsi Dangarembga
4.54
Format: 253 pages,
A modern classic in the African literary canon and voted in the Top Ten Africa's 100 Best Books of … read more
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12. So Late in the Day
By: Claire Keegan
4.00
Format: 47 pages, Hardcover
After an uneventful Friday at the Dublin office, Cathal faces into the long weekend and takes the b… read more
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- literary fiction
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
13. 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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- contemporary
- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
"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
14. Bolla
By: Pajtim Statovci
3.96
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Kansainvälisen tähtikirjailijan lumoava romaani sokeasta rakkaudesta, sodasta, kodittomuudesta ja k… read more
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- contemporary
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Faced with death a person is as close to the radiance of life as can be. A lack of options is in fact a multitude of possibilities."-Pajtim Statovci, Bolla
"War is born of war and there is no war that will end a war, and the disgust the boy caused was war’s finger, a fist shoved down the throat."-Pajtim Statovci, Bolla
"One raised with fear never learns to live without it. When you take away its cause, fear manifests, becoming its own consequences – a lingering suspicion, hallucinations and waking dreams."-Pajtim Statovci, Bolla
"Isn’t it strange how – again and again, as if to humiliate themselves – people fool themselves into thinking they can get time back somehow? How time only becomes important once it has passed?"-Pajtim Statovci, Bolla
15. The Silver Bone (The Kyiv Mysteries, #1)
By: Andrey Kurkov
3.43
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the Ukrainian Andrey Kurkov, a perplexing mystery from a world-renowned literary master that i… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
16. Minor Detail
By: Adania Shibli
4.20
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Minor Detail begins during the summer of 1949, one year after the war that the Palestinians mourn a… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- historical fiction
- adult
"Man, not the tank, shall prevail."-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
"Não há como descartar a probabilidade de uma conexão entre os dois fatos, ou alguma ligação oculta entre eles, por analogia às relações que os seres humanos encontram entre as plantas, por exemplo, q…"-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
"Desde que tive ciência da minha incapacidade consumada de me mover de acordo com os limites, resolvi, finalmente, permanecer dentro dos limites da minha casa, tanto quanto possível. Agora, uma vez qu…"-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
"Toch zijn er mensen die in die logica − dus dat je je concentreert op de meest futiele details zoals stof op een bureau of vliegenpoepjes op een schilderij − de enige manier zien om de waarheid te do…"-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
17. Pearl
By: Siân Hughes
3.91
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
A haunting debut novel inspired by the medieval poem of the same name Marianne is eight years ol… read more
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- literary fiction
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
18. Catch the Rabbit
By: Lana Bastašić
3.89
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A moving story about loss, forgetting and female friendship: two women on a road trip across Bosnia… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- 21st century
- historical fiction
"He reads books that are not for school as if he has nothing better to do with his time."-Lana Bastašić, Catch the Rabbit
"Boys just stared at you as if you were a complicated dessert surrounded by unknown tableware."-Lana Bastašić, Catch the Rabbit
"The right to silence was always more important in our friendship than the right to questions."-Lana Bastašić, Catch the Rabbit
"His hair was just like yours - black, uncombed, as if someone had left it behind on his head."-Lana Bastašić, Catch the Rabbit
19. Hotel Silence
By: Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
3.82
Format: 180 pages, Kindle Edition
A funny, wistful and utterly beguiling novel about a man whose life is falling apart, and how he le… read more
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- literary fiction
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"At our latitudes people mostly kill themselves in the spring. People can’t bear the idea of the earth renewing itself. Of everything starting anew except themselves."-Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Hotel Silence
20. A Disappearance in Fiji
By: Nilima Rao
3.89
Format: 276 pages, Hardcover
A charming and atmospheric debut mystery featuring a 25-year-old Indian police sergeant investigati… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
21. And Then What?: Inside Stories of 21st-Century Diplomacy
By: Catherine Ashton
3.99
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
So much of modern-day diplomacy still takes place behind closed doors, away from cameras and prying… read more
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"Later unable to sleep I thought about the journey that had led me here. Twice I’ve been asked to take on roles I’ve not look for or expected despite strong reservations, twice I’ve said yes. Why? Par…"-Catherine Ashton, And Then What?: Inside Stories of 21st-Century Diplomacy
22. Fruit of the Drunken Tree
By: Ingrid Rojas Contreras
3.95
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In the vein of Isabel Allende and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a mesmerizing debut set against the backd… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- historical fiction
- adult
"What song could Pablo Escobar possibly sing in the shower?"-Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Fruit of the Drunken Tree
"As her photo burned, I thought: even oblivion is a kindness."-Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Fruit of the Drunken Tree
"Multiply me when necessary, make me disappear when peremptory. Transform me into light when there is shadow, into a star when in the desert."-Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Fruit of the Drunken Tree
"I thought again about Pablo Escobar cutting off people's tongues. It made sense to stop speaking, to say only what was necessary and nothing beyond. It was a way to survive."-Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Fruit of the Drunken Tree
23. Mrs. S
By: K. Patrick
3.63
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
A sublime and sensual debut novel exploring the nature of queer love and attraction, the transforma… read more
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- literary fiction
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"I live in hope it is her, I live in fear it is her, it is never her."-K. Patrick, Mrs. S
24. The Ardent Swarm
By: Yamen Manai
4.10
Format: 174 pages, Kindle Edition
From an award-winning Tunisian author comes a stirring allegory about a country in the aftermath of… read more
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- contemporary
- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
"A God that could still console him for the cruelty of man through the gentleness of his bees."-Yamen Manai, The Ardent Swarm
"Most of them hadn’t even chosen their spouses, and now they were meant to choose who would govern them."-Yamen Manai, The Ardent Swarm
25. She Would Be King
By: Wayétu Moore
4.00
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
A novel of exhilarating range, magical realism, and history—a dazzling retelling of Liberia’s forma… read more
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- literary fiction
- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Loneliness while in the presence of others is a most cruel kind"-Wayétu Moore, She Would Be King
"This was his mother. This was his poetic lo e, whose fallen shadow broke his spirit as he sprinted with the wind. She was gone."-Wayétu Moore, She Would Be King
"How can you leave me?' Maisy had said one night. 'You are my sister now. My flesh. Flesh cannot leave you.' At which Gbessa almost lost her breath. The kindness, the newness, stunned her."-Wayétu Moore, She Would Be King
"We did not have books on Emerson. That place where we lost our language, lost ourselves. They told us we had no history but darkness, so they kept the books away for fear we might understand the trut…"-Wayétu Moore, She Would Be King
26. The High House
By: Jessie Greengrass
3.97
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In this powerful, highly anticipated novel from an award-winning author, four people attempt to mak… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"I only knew that when they came back, they brought fear with them. Tracked in like mud across the carpet."-Jessie Greengrass, The High House
"—What they don’t seem to understand, she said, —is that anxiety is a perfectly reasonable response to what we are living through."-Jessie Greengrass, The High House
"I thought that it was not defeat at all. Rather, it was a kind of furious defiance that had led her to have a child, despite all she believed about the future. A kind of pact with the world, that, ha…"-Jessie Greengrass, The High House
"Somehow, while we had all been busy, while we had been doing those small things that added up to living, the future had slipped into the present—and despite the fact that we had known that it would c…"-Jessie Greengrass, The High House
27. Ghost Season
By: Fatin Abbas
4.05
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A mysterious burnt corpse appears one morning in Saraaya, a remote border town between northern and… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- historical fiction
- adult
28. Am I Normal?
By: Sarah Chaney
3.66
Format: 324 pages, Hardcover
A deep dive into the strange science of the 'Normal', and the roots of an anxiety-ridden modern obs… read more
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29. Catherine the Great and the Small
By: Olja Knezevic
3.96
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Catharine's tragectory in life is accompanied by failures in love, family traumas and an incredible… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- 21st century
- historical fiction
- adult
30. Straight from the Horse's Mouth
By: Meryem Alaoui
3.66
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
This hilarious, colorful portrait of a sex worker navigating life in modern Morocco introduces a pr… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
31. Private Rites
By: Julia Armfield
3.92
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a speculative reimagining of King Lear, c… read more
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- literary fiction
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"To be misunderstood is one thing, but the curious hostility of a sibling's approach lies less in what they miss than in the strange backdated nature of the things they choose to know. A person can be…"-Julia Armfield, Private Rites
