The Making of Incarnation
By: Tom McCarthy
3.17
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Bodies in motion. Birds, bees and bobsleighs. What is the force that moves the sun and other stars?…
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1. Pond
By: Claire-Louise Bennett
4.33
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
Feverish and forthright, Pondis an absorbing chronicle of the pitfalls and pleasures of a solitudin… read more
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- 21st century
- fiction
"If we have lost the knack of living, I thought, it is a safe bet to presume we have forfeited the magic of dying."-Claire-Louise Bennett, Pond
"I only wish you could spend just five minutes beneath my skin and feel what it’s like. Feel the savage swarming magic I feel."-Claire-Louise Bennett, Pond
"I haven't yet discovered what my first language is so for the time being I use English words in order to say things: I expect I will always have to do it that way; regrettably I don't think my first …"-Claire-Louise Bennett, Pond
"Quite often I'm terribly disappointed by how things turn out, but it's usually my own fault for the simple reason that I'm too quick to conclude that things have turned out as fully as it is possible…"-Claire-Louise Bennett, Pond
2. Zero K
By: Don DeLillo
3.20
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
The wisest, richest, funniest, and most moving novel in years from Don DeLillo, one of the great Am… read more
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- science fiction
- fiction
- audiobook
"The thinness of contemporary life. I can poke my finger through it."-Don DeLillo, Zero K
"He told me that I hadn't done anything yet. Hadn't lived yet. All you do is pass the time, he said."-Don DeLillo, Zero K
"This is how I thought of it. An intuitive link, a reciprocal, one number related to another in such a way that when multiplied together, day or night, their product is one."-Don DeLillo, Zero K
"I'd never felt more human than I did when my mother lay in bed, dying. This was not the frailty of a man who is said to be "only human," subject to a weakness or a vulnerability. This was a wave of s…"-Don DeLillo, Zero K
3. Against Nature
By: Joris-Karl Huysmans , Patrick McGuinness , Robert Baldick , Patrick McGuiness
3.87
Format: 54 pages, Paperback
With a title translated either as Against Natureor as Against The Grain, this wildly original fin-d… read more
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- philosophy
- fiction
4. Memory Wall
By: Anthony Doerr
3.91
Format: 160 pages,
Set on four continents, Anthony Doerr's collection of stories is about memory: the source of meanin… read more
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- science fiction
- fiction
5. Transit
By: Rachel Cusk
4.14
Format: 222 pages, Hardcover
The stunning second novel of a trilogy that began with Outline, one of The New York Times Book Revi… read more
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6. Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World
By: Donald Antrim
4.08
Format: None pages,
Pete Robinson never meant to suggest the drawing-and-quartering of Mayor Kunkel, although he did me… read more
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7. Bleeding Edge
By: Thomas Pynchon
4.22
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Thomas Pynchon brings us to New York in the early days of the internet It is 2001 in New York City,… read more
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8. String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis
By: David Foster Wallace , John Jeremiah Sullivan
3.50
Format: 295 pages, Hardcover
An instant classic of American sportswriting--the tennis essays of David Foster Wallace, "the best … read more
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9. The Rings of Saturn
By: Michael Hulse , W.G. Sebald
3.94
Format: 128 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The Rings of Saturn- with its curious archive of photographs - records a walking tour of the east c… read more
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10. Vineland
By: Thomas Pynchon
2.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
A group of Americans in Northern California in 1984 are struggling with the consequences of their l… read more
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11. Malina
By: Philip Boehm , Ingeborg Bachmann , Mark Anderson , Michael Bullock
4.64
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Tells the story of lives painfully intertwined: the unnamed narrator, haunted by nightmarish memori… read more
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12. Greek Lessons
By: Han Kang
3.47
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A powerful novel about the saving grace of language and human connection, from the author of the In… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
"If snow is the silence that falls from the sky, perhaps rain is an endless sentence."-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
"Si tomamos como cierta la premisa que dice que, cuando perdemos algo, ganamos otra cosa, ¿Qué es lo que he ganado yo al perderte a ti?."-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
"Before she lost words - when she was still able to se them to write - she sometimes wished that her own expressions would more closely resemble inarticulacy: a moan or low cry."-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
"To her, there was no touch as instantaneous and intuitive as the gaze. It was close to being the only way of touching without touch. Language, by comparison, is an infinitely more physical way to tou…"-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
13. Case Study
By: Graeme Macrae Burnet
3.60
Format: 278 pages, Hardcover
“I have decided to write down everything that happens, because I feel, I suppose, I may be putting … read more
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- fiction
"Forget about meaning’, he said. ‘Life’s not about meaning, it’s about experience."-Graeme Macrae Burnet, Case Study
"It is impossible to walk behind someone on a narrow cliff path without the idea of shoving them over the edge crossing one’s mind."-Graeme Macrae Burnet, Case Study
"To be in another country, speaking another language, was to be another person, and in being another person I felt for the first time that I was myself."-Graeme Macrae Burnet, Case Study
"Her handbag, he said, was found on the scene. I made a mental note to carry out a thorough spring clean of contents of my own bag before throwing myself in front of any trains."-Graeme Macrae Burnet, Case Study
14. The Extinction of Irena Rey
By: Jennifer Croft
3.26
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the International Booker Prize–winning translator and Women's Prize finalist, a propulsive, be… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
"The sun was higher, a white light between the birches that arched and bared their lenticels, shimmering their leaves."-Jennifer Croft, The Extinction of Irena Rey
"Glittering crystalline rainbows extended in every direction, while gentle gold beams swept between the softened trees that sparkled and beckoned and forbade."-Jennifer Croft, The Extinction of Irena Rey
"It was a new moon, but the stars of the northern hemisphere transformed her slim sinuous home, converting the oak strips on the convex walls into quicksilver that momentarily held the frenzied shadow…"-Jennifer Croft, The Extinction of Irena Rey
"It was barely spring in the southern hemisphere, and Buenos Aires was not yet soft, or sumptuous, or purple.* *I wasn't sure what this meant at first, but when I asked this author to explain it, she …"-Jennifer Croft, The Extinction of Irena Rey
15. The Maniac
By: Benjamín Labatut
4.34
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From one of contemporary literature’s most exciting new voices, a haunting story centered on the Hu… read more
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- philosophy
- fiction
- audiobook
"[...] si nuestra especie iba a sobrevivir el siglo XX, necesitábamos llenar el enorme vacío dejado por la huida de los dioses, y la única candidata viable para realizar esa extraña y esotérica transf…"-Benjamín Labatut, The Maniac
16. The Books of Jacob
By: Olga Tokarczuk
4.02
Format: 965 pages, Hardcover
The Nobel Prize-winner's richest, most sweeping and ambitious novel yet follows the comet-like rise… read more
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- fiction
"A thing that is not talked about ceases to exist."-Olga Tokarczuk, The Books of Jacob
"Literatura to szczególny rodzaj wiedzy, to... (...) ... doskonałość form nieprecyzyjnych."-Olga Tokarczuk, The Books of Jacob
"Gdy przepisujemy i cytujemy, budujemy gmach wiedzy i rozmnażamy ją jak moje warzywa czy jabłonki. Przepisywanie jest jak szczepienie drzewa; cytowanie – jak wysiewanie nasion."-Olga Tokarczuk, The Books of Jacob
"If human beings had only known how to truly preserve their knowledge of the world, if they had just engraved it into rock, into crystals, into diamond and in so doing, passed it on to their descendan…"-Olga Tokarczuk, The Books of Jacob
17. Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
By: Jonathan Kennedy
3.94
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An account of how the major transformations in history—from the rise of Homo sapiens to the birth o… read more
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- audiobook
"Pathogens thrive on inequality and injustice."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"Across the whole of the Americas, the introduction of infectious diseases from Europe resulted in a 90 percent fall in the population, from about 60.5 million in 1500 to 6 million a century later."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"There is one universally incorrect choice: do nothing. This didn't work when humans thought that plagues were a punishment sent by angry gods. Nor does a laissez-faire approach help stop disease when…"-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
18. Liberation Day
By: George Saunders
4.00
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The "best short story writer in English" (Time) is back with a masterful collection that explores i… read more
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- science fiction
- fiction
- audiobook
"...or said some racist thing out loud at church..."-George Saunders, Liberation Day
" You are trapped in you, the beam said. Yeah, well, who isn’t? she thought."-George Saunders, Liberation Day
"It is always regrettable to have attracted the attention of adult son Mike."-George Saunders, Liberation Day
"It was always falling down around you, everything has always been falling down around us. Only we were too alive to notice."-George Saunders, Liberation Day
19. Venomous Lumpsucker
By: Ned Beauman
3.83
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A dark and witty story of environmental collapse and runaway capitalism from the Booker-listed auth… read more
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- science fiction
- fiction
- audiobook
"I can’t believe this!"-Ned Beauman, Venomous Lumpsucker
"It didn’t feel—at least in this moment—as if she’d lost them. It felt—and perhaps this was a self-protective reflex, her body refusing to take another blow— as if they’d never really been down there …"-Ned Beauman, Venomous Lumpsucker
20. Hummingbird Salamander
By: Jeff VanderMeer
3.25
Format: 351 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Annihilation, a brilliant speculative thriller of dark conspiracy, endangered sp… read more
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- science fiction
- fiction
- audiobook
"But the trick of the world was to contain all things."-Jeff VanderMeer, Hummingbird Salamander
"Were companies units or loose, ever-shifting alliances of individuals? Still didn't know."-Jeff VanderMeer, Hummingbird Salamander
"I felt like a child. I was a child. I could blow things up but I couldn't put things back together."-Jeff VanderMeer, Hummingbird Salamander
"The Christmas decorations at the entrance were garish, incomprehensible, partisan. What kind of a country did we live in?"-Jeff VanderMeer, Hummingbird Salamander
21. 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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- fiction
- audiobook
"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
22. People Collide
By: Isle McElroy
3.55
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of The Atmospherians —“a Fight Club for the Millennial Generation” (Mat J… read more
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- science fiction
- fiction
- audiobook
23. Sabrina
By: Nick Drnaso
3.83
Format: 204 pages, Hardcover
How many hours of sleep did you get last night? Rate your overall mood from 1 to 5, 1 being poor. R… read more
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- fiction
"There you are."-Nick Drnaso, Sabrina
"Just remember that crisis leads to opportunity."-Nick Drnaso, Sabrina
"A lot of people are able to turn their grief into something positive. Maybe you’re destined for some kind of job in law enforcement."-Nick Drnaso, Sabrina
"What if an American citizen needs to disappear, for reasons that might never be revealed to you, and you are involved, even peripherally, in the plot? Are you willing to participate in a crime like t…"-Nick Drnaso, Sabrina
24. The Late Americans
By: Brandon Taylor
3.38
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
A deeply involving new novel of young men and women at a crossroads In the shared and private sp… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
25. They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent
By: Sarah Kendzior
3.94
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
FINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE “Every sentence delivered. The pathos of truth-see… read more
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- audiobook
"The word “conspire"-Sarah Kendzior, They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent
"The desire to forget is as overwhelming as the obligation not to."-Sarah Kendzior, They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent
"History was a feedback loop of unlearned lessons and reverberating lies."-Sarah Kendzior, They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent
"There is no such thing as paranoia; your worst fears can come true at any moment,"-Sarah Kendzior, They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent
26. Red Pill
By: Hari Kunzru
3.67
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the widely acclaimed author of White Tears, a bold new novel about searching for order in a w… read more
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- science fiction
- fiction
- audiobook
"Now what I think of when I think of my “self"-Hari Kunzru, Red Pill
"You do strike me more as the secular type. A believer in progress, religion of the liberals."-Hari Kunzru, Red Pill
"Plot is the artificial reduction of life’s complexity and randomness. It is a way to give aesthetic form to reality."-Hari Kunzru, Red Pill
"Ο άνθρωπος μόνος του είναι κρέας για τους λύκους. Έτσι μας θέλουν. Απομονωμένους. Θηράματα. Άρα πρέπει να βρούμε ο ένας τον άλλον. Πρέπει να θυμόμαστε ότι δεν μπορούμε να υπάρξουμε μόνοι."-Hari Kunzru, Red Pill
27. Blue Ruin
By: Hari Kunzru
3.86
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From one of the sharpest voices in fiction today, a profound and enthralling novel about beauty, po… read more
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- 21st century
- fiction
- audiobook
28. Tell
By: Jonathan Buckley
3.17
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Co-winner of the 2022 Novel Prize, Tell is an exuberant, intensely fluid, and probing examination o… read more
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- 21st century
- fiction
29. The Atmospherians
By: Isle McElroy
3.44
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A novel about two best friends—a disgraced influencer and a struggling actor—who form The Atmospher… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
"Your pain won’t impress anyone. The people your pain does impress aren’t worth impressing."-Isle McElroy, The Atmospherians
"Pity, I would have called it, but it wasn’t pity. It was something far scarier and more destabilizing, something I would never let myself name so long as I needed to feel superior to their pain."-Isle McElroy, The Atmospherians
"Blake crooned cartoonishly to mock the top 40 hits on the radio. He considered these musicians beneath him, sellouts, but his envy was so obvious to me, and I felt closer to him - and distracted from…"-Isle McElroy, The Atmospherians
"My neighbors’ distress didn’t surprise me. This was New Jersey, after all, home to the insecure and impressionable. Jersey was a land of lacking, the slow-footed little sibling to Manhattan: always n…"-Isle McElroy, The Atmospherians
30. The Making of Incarnation
By: Tom McCarthy
3.17
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Bodies in motion. Birds, bees and bobsleighs. What is the force that moves the sun and other stars?… read more
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- philosophy
- fiction
- 21st century
- science fiction
- audiobook
31. Invitation to the Bold of Heart (The Swiss List)
By: Dorothee Elmiger
3.17
Format: 152 pages, Hardcover
A fire broke out in the coal seams of their town years ago, and the flames are still smoldering und… read more
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- fiction
