The Star of Algiers
By: Aziz Chouaki
3.47
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
"We share his stage fright before each new gig. We are fired with his boundless energy. And once we…
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1. A Room of One’s Own
By: Virginia Woolf
4.21
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
A Room of One's Own is an extended essay by Virginia Woolf. First published on the 24th of October,… read more
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"Truth had run through my fingers. Every drop had escaped."-Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
"Freedom and fullness of expression are of the essence of the art."-Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
"Women and fiction remain, so far as I am concerned, unsolved problems."-Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
"Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman."-Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
2. After Dark
By: Haruki Murakami , Jay Rubin
3.74
Format: 191 pages, Hardcover
In After Dark—a gripping novel of late night encounters—Murakami’s trademark humor and psychologica… read more
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- fiction
"With luck, it might even snow for us."-Haruki Murakami, After Dark
"Is it against the law for me to know it?"-Haruki Murakami, After Dark
"The silence is so deep it hurts our ears"-Haruki Murakami, After Dark
"Are you asking because you really want an answer?"-Haruki Murakami, After Dark
3. Purple Hibiscus
By: None
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Fifteen-year-old Kambili and her older brother Jaja lead a privileged life in Enugu, Nigeria. They … read more
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- africa
- fiction
4. The Teacher of Cheops
By: Albert Salvadó
3.86
Format: 568 pages, Paperback
This is the history of the time of Pharaoh Snefru and Queen Hetepheres, the parents of Cheops, who … read more
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- fiction
5. Mr. Potter
By: Jamaica Kincaid
3.82
Format: None pages, Paperback
In this luminous, bewitching new novel Jamaica Kincaid tells the story of an ordinary man, his cent… read more
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- fiction
6. How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House
By: Cherie Jones
3.69
Format: 278 pages, Hardcover
A debut novel in the tradition of Zadie Smith and Marlon James, from a brilliant Caribbean writer, … read more
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- fiction
7. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
By: Shehan Karunatilaka
3.92
Format: 386 pages, Hardcover
Colombo, 1990. Maali Almeida—war photographer, gambler, and closet queen—has woken up dead in what … read more
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- fiction
"Even suicide requires perseverance."-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
"Why should a Creator watch over you? Wasn't creating you enough?"-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
"You were simply a handsome man who enjoyed beautiful boys. Nothing more, nothing less and no one's business."-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
"Despair always begins as a snack that you nibble on when bored and then becomes a meal that you have thrice a day."-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
8. Breasts and Eggs
By: Mieko Kawakami
3.86
Format: 430 pages, Hardcover
Challenging every preconception about storytelling and prose style, mixing wry humor and riveting e… read more
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"Then there are the real bastards, like my ex,"-Mieko Kawakami, Breasts and Eggs
"Mi sentivo come un essere privato della carne e della pelle e ridotto a sole ossa. Un carapace enorme completamente cavo."-Mieko Kawakami, Breasts and Eggs
"We could worry about tomorrow when it came. What mattered most right now is how we would spend the remainder of today, even if it was half over."-Mieko Kawakami, Breasts and Eggs
"I could see people all around me, but I almost felt like nobody could see me. I heard a train go by, rumbling down the tracks, drawing a thick line between the world and my experience. I was getting …"-Mieko Kawakami, Breasts and Eggs
9. My Pen is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women
By: Lyse Doucet
4.26
Format: 253 pages, Paperback
"Powerful, profound and deeply moving, new fiction by Afghan women writers will expand your mind an… read more
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- fiction
"Literature is resilience, a release."-Lyse Doucet, My Pen is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women
"Thank god, I said to myself, that the sun is not someone's property, otherwise I'd have to pay rent for that as well."-Lyse Doucet, My Pen is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women
10. The Adventures of China Iron
By: Gabriela Cabezón Cámara
3.83
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
(* China. Pronounced ‘cheena’: designation for female, from the Quechua. Iron: The English word for… read more
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"Poverty yields cracked skin. It carves and slowly scrapes away at its young, and leaves them to fend for themselves in all weathers."-Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, The Adventures of China Iron
"It's difficult to know what you remember, is it what actually happened? Or is it the story that you've told and re-told and polished like a gemstone over the course of years, like something that has …"-Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, The Adventures of China Iron
"But the dragon aroused such passion in me, that beautiful beast made from horrible beasts: the eyes of a locust, the horns of a zebu, the snout of an ox, the nose of a dog, the whiskers of a catfish,…"-Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, The Adventures of China Iron
"Los pastizales se bamboleaban con el viento cuando salimos y parecía la pampa un mar de dos colores: cuando se dejaban vencer los tallos, era blanca y destellaba como espuma; cuando volvían a su posi…"-Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, The Adventures of China Iron
11. Oh William!
By: Elizabeth Strout
3.86
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Lucy Barton is a writer, but her ex-husband, William, remains a hard man to read. William, she conf… read more
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"I am not invisible no matter how deeply I feel that I am."-Elizabeth Strout, Oh William!
"Mensen zijn eenzaam, dat wil ik hier maar mee zeggen. Veel mensen kunnen niet tegen degenen die ze goed kennen zeggen wat ze misschien wel zouden willen zeggen."-Elizabeth Strout, Oh William!
"Er was iets aan haar wat ten diepste -bijna wezenlijk- in harmonie was met zichzelf, zoals iemand is, denk ik, wanneer allebei zijn ouders van hem hebben gehouden."-Elizabeth Strout, Oh William!
"Verdriet is zoiets- o, het is zoiets éénzaams; dat is het beangstigende ervan, denk ik. Het is alsof je langs de glaswand van een heel hoog gebouw naar beneden glijdt terwijl niemand je ziet."-Elizabeth Strout, Oh William!
12. Betty
By: Tiffany McDaniel
4.41
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
A stunning, lyrical novel set in the rolling foothills of the Appalachians in which a young girl di… read more
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- fiction
"The earth is warm enough."-Tiffany McDaniel, Betty
"A girl comes of age against the knife. She must learn to bear its blade. To be cut. To bleed."-Tiffany McDaniel, Betty
"Your life is what makes you rich,' they insisted. 'The people you love and the people who love you back."-Tiffany McDaniel, Betty
"She was born to a woman as telling as a dream and to a man who was a Cherokee, a moonshiner, and a mythmaker."-Tiffany McDaniel, Betty
13. The Long Game (The Long Game, #1)
By: Elena Armas
3.59
Format: 373 pages, Paperback
A disgraced soccer exec reluctantly enlists the help of a retired soccer star in coaching a childre… read more
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14. Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions: A Novel in Interlocking Stories
By: Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi
3.99
Format: 238 pages, Hardcover
6 hrs. 10 min. Nigerian author Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi makes her American debut with this dazzling… read more
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- fiction
15. The Star of Algiers
By: Aziz Chouaki
3.47
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
"We share his stage fright before each new gig. We are fired with his boundless energy. And once we… read more
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- algeria
- africa
- northern africa
- fiction
