Minutes of Glory and Other Stories
By: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
3.85
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling short story collection from the person Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie calls “one of the greate…
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1. Averno
By: Louise Glück
4.18
Format: 76 pages, Paperback
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Averno is a small crater lake in southern Italy, regarde… read more
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- literature
- fiction
"Is it possible to miss the opportunity of one's life?"-Louise Glück, Averno
"What will you do, when it is your turn in the field with the god?"-Louise Glück, Averno
"My memory is like a basement filled with old papers: nothing ever changes."-Louise Glück, Averno
"If your soul died, whose life are you living, and when did you become that person?"-Louise Glück, Averno
2. Pedagogy of the Oppressed
By: Paulo Freire , Donaldo Macedo , Myra Bergman Ramos , None
4.30
Format: 183 pages, Paperback
First published in Portuguese in 1968, Pedagogy of the Oppressed was translated and published in En… read more
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"Critical consciousness, they say, is anarchic."-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
"Without a sense of identity, there can be no real struggle."-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
"People educate each other through the mediation of the world."-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
"Word is not the privilege of some few persons but the right of everyone"-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
3. The Journey to the East
By: Hermann Hesse , Hilda Rosner
3.87
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
In simple, mesmerizing prose, Hermann Hesse's Journey to the Easttells of a journey both geographic… read more
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- literature
- fiction
4. 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
- historical fiction
5. Stone Butch Blues
By: Leslie Feinberg
4.43
Format: 230 pages, Hardcover
Woman or man? This internationally acclaimed novel looks at the world through the eyes of Jess Gold… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
6. Butterfly Burning
By: Yvonne Vera
4.10
Format: 224 pages,
Butterfly Burningbrings the brilliantly poetic voice of Zimbabwean writer Yvonne Vera to American r… read more
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- africa
- fiction
- historical fiction
7. A Small Place
By: Jamaica Kincaid
4.02
Format: None pages,
Lyrical, sardonic, and forthright, A Small Placemagnifies our vision of one small place with Swifti… read more
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8. Lady Anna
By: Anthony Trollope
3.55
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
When it appeared in 1874 "Lady Anna" met with little success, and positively outraged readers, but … read more
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9. Lessico famigliare
By: Natalia Ginzburg , Cesare Garboli
5.00
Format: 36 pages, Paperback
Lessico famigliaree la storia di una famiglia ebrea, quella della stessa scrittrice, che si svolge … read more
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10. Death on the Installment Plan
By: Louis-Ferdinand Céline , Ralph Manheim
4.31
Format: 66 pages, Paperback
Published in rapid succession in the middle 1930s, Journey to the End of the Nightand Death on the … read more
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11. The Hungry Tide
By: Amitav Ghosh
4.04
Format: 538 pages, Paperback
A contemporary story of adventure, history, and identity by acclaimed author Amitav Ghosh. Off the … read more
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12. Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
By: Shane Hawk
3.98
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
A bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection that dares to ask the question: “Are you ready to… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
13. Feed Them Silence
By: Lee Mandelo
3.52
Format: 105 pages, Hardcover
Lee Mandelo dives into the minds of wolves in Feed Them Silence, a novella of the near future.What … read more
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- short stories
- fiction
14. Leslie F*cking Jones
By: Leslie Jones
4.11
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Hey you guys, it’s Leslie. I’m excited to share my story with you. Now, I’m gonna be honest: Som… read more
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"Dad"-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones
"Some of the stories about my childhood is vague, because a bitch is 55 and I've smoked a lot of weed."-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones
"I was built for strong... I was never a victim. And even though really bad shit happened to me, I know it's my job to help other back girls and women get strong like me."-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones
"I even attended a Christian singles night lecture kind of thing—I was single, it was free, and it was Church. Honestly, that night should be an episode of American Horror Story. The woman leading it …"-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones
15. Terrace Story
By: Hilary Leichter
3.58
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the acclaimed novel Temporary, an intimate exploration of time, a fable about lo… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
"Of course, I know the details. I just reject your premise," the woman said. "What premise?" "The premise that there is no love when a person is alone."-Hilary Leichter, Terrace Story
16. Hijab Butch Blues
By: Lamya H.
4.48
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from storie… read more
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"Sort of?"-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"Queer indispensability?"-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"I feel tired. Or reckless. Or maybe brave."-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"I want to figure her out, this girl, and I want to know everything about her."-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
17. The Vulnerables
By: Sigrid Nunez
3.61
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times –bestselling, National Book Award–winning author of The Friend and What Are You … read more
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- literature
- fiction
"Only when I was young did I believe that it was important to remember what happened in every novel I read. Now I know the truth: what matters is what you experience while reading, the states of feeli…"-Sigrid Nunez, The Vulnerables
18. Your Driver Is Waiting
By: Priya Guns
3.27
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this electrifyingly fierce and funny social satire-- a gender-flipped reboot of the iconic 1970'… read more
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- fiction
"I was a woman who wasn’t going to take it anymore because I swear, I have taken so much already."-Priya Guns, Your Driver Is Waiting
"Jolene smiled and in her smile was tomorrow, three months from now, and an infinity swimming in a lake by a summer house."-Priya Guns, Your Driver Is Waiting
"This part of the city used to be cool because it wasn't but then it was forced to be a different of cool. A pricey. I think they call that gentrification."-Priya Guns, Your Driver Is Waiting
"I took the pack of cigarettes from my back pocket and lit one, watching Shereef's two other mechanics with their clients, hoping I wouldn't set off an explosion with my lighter."-Priya Guns, Your Driver Is Waiting
19. Velvet Was the Night
By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
3.51
Format: 289 pages, Hardcover
Mexico in the 1970s is a dangerous country, even for Maite, a secretary who spends her life seeking… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
"He walked and let the rain kiss him."-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Velvet Was the Night
"In the end, you either fight or lie down to be trampled."-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Velvet Was the Night
"Cinderellas, dreaming. Maite dreamed too, but nothing came of it."-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Velvet Was the Night
"He didn't know what the words meant, but he knew what they sounded like: it was the sound of sadness."-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Velvet Was the Night
20. Dhalgren
By: Samuel R. Delany
3.77
Format: 836 pages, Kindle Edition
A mysterious disaster has stricken the midwestern American city of Bellona, and its aftereffects ar… read more
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- fiction
"What?"-Samuel R. Delany, Dhalgren
"He wanted to talk and had nothing to say."-Samuel R. Delany, Dhalgren
"An artist simply cannot trust any public emblem of merit."-Samuel R. Delany, Dhalgren
"I heard Bellona was where it was at. It must be, now. I’m here."-Samuel R. Delany, Dhalgren
21. Most Ardently
By: Gabe Cole Novoa
4.02
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A trans boy searches for a future―and a romance―in which he can live and love openly as himself in … read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
"I love you, Oliver," Darcy said, "Most ardently."-Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently
"We're permitted to bring a guest,' Darcy said. 'We could bring a guest every week if we wanted to. I'd be happy to make you mine.' Oliver arched an eyebrow. Darcy's face flushed pink. 'My... guest. T…"-Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently
"Just the notion of being able to spend multiple days as himself made Oliver feel lighter. He finished his tea and stood, the heaviness of his argument with his mother melting away at the prospect of …"-Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently
22. A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot, #2)
By: Becky Chambers
4.41
Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition
After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robo… read more
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- fiction
"It's one thing to be told about the world that was. It's another to see a piece of it."-Becky Chambers, A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot, #2)
23. 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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- 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
24. She Is a Haunting
By: Trang Thanh Tran
3.39
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A house with a terrifying appetite haunts a broken family in this atmospheric horror, perfect for f… read more
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- fiction
"Who am I but someone others define? It's easier to be a stereotype. It hurts when you are yourself."-Trang Thanh Tran, She Is a Haunting
"Revenge has always been easy to understand, but hunger implies that something can be filled. What is a ghost's limit when they have no real body?"-Trang Thanh Tran, She Is a Haunting
"Blood slides from the sill and onto the wall, where it inches toward the floor. I'll let it stain, because it's exactly what he wanted: a mark on Vietnam."-Trang Thanh Tran, She Is a Haunting
"My heart is here, the Lady of Many Tongues had said days before. Here, where I see how beautiful Đà Lạt is. I had thought the same of Saigon, despite the smoke and lights and buildings—how it could'v…"-Trang Thanh Tran, She Is a Haunting
25. Night of the Living Rez
By: Morgan Talty
3.91
Format: 285 pages, Paperback
How do the living come back to life? Set in a Native community in Maine, Night of the Living Re… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
"There is that terrible memory, surely, but so too are there sweet ones, the tiny memories with the tiny details that are milder in climax, no doubt, but equally powerful..."-Morgan Talty, Night of the Living Rez
26. Intimations
By: Zadie Smith
3.99
Format: 97 pages, Paperback
Deeply personal and powerfully moving, a short and timely series of essays on the experience of loc… read more
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- short stories
"Strange inversions proliferate."-Zadie Smith, Intimations
"When in the presence of a child, get on the floor."-Zadie Smith, Intimations
"My children know the truth about me but still tolerate me, so far."-Zadie Smith, Intimations
"The enviable style of the young is little protection against catastrophe."-Zadie Smith, Intimations
27. Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion
By: Bushra Rehman
3.98
Format: 276 pages, Hardcover
For readers of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous and My Brilliant Friend, Bushra Rehman's Roses, in … read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
"I saw my mother shrink in her eyes. I wanted to tell the cashier there were no roaches in Pakistan, but something stopped me."-Bushra Rehman, Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion
"I had a sudden irrational desire to hug her, but there was so much distance between us. My birth had been only the beginning of our separation, the first time I was cut loose. From that moment until …"-Bushra Rehman, Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion
"She stepped inside, and I followed her and my mother up the stairs. My mother had carried me up those stairs as a child. She'd taught me how to walk on them when I'd been a child. I'd swept those sta…"-Bushra Rehman, Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion
28. The Spirit of Science Fiction
By: Roberto Bolaño
3.46
Format: 196 pages, Hardcover
A tale of bohemian youth on the make in Mexico City from a master of contemporary fiction, and a su… read more
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- literature
- fiction
"What a lovely young man,"-Roberto Bolaño, The Spirit of Science Fiction
"There are no rare texts. Wretched ones, to be sure, and luminous ones, but none of them rare."-Roberto Bolaño, The Spirit of Science Fiction
"The only thing an intellectual can do is watch things blow up, from a safe distance, of course."-Roberto Bolaño, The Spirit of Science Fiction
"She sighed wickedly. “I wasn’t even saying good-bye to him, but to his penis. Ten inches. I measured it myself with my mother’s measuring tape."-Roberto Bolaño, The Spirit of Science Fiction
29. Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
By: Zora Neale Hurston
4.04
Format: 193 pages, Paperback
In 1927, Zora Neale Hurston went to Plateau, Alabama, just outside Mobile, to interview eighty-six-… read more
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- africa
"The present was too urgent to let the past intrude."-Zora Neale Hurston, Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
"You see de rattlesnake in de woods?' Dey say, 'Yeah.' I say 'If you bother wid him, he bite you. If you know de snake killee you, why you bother wid him?' (Oluale Kossula)"-Zora Neale Hurston, Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
"So den we gittee married by de license, but I doan love my wife no mo' wid de license than I love her befo' de license. She a good woman and I love her all de time. (Oluale Kossula)"-Zora Neale Hurston, Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
"Whole nations are transported, exterminated, their name to be forgotten, except in the annual festival of their conquerors, when sycophants call the names of the vanquished countries to the remembran…"-Zora Neale Hurston, Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
30. When We Were Birds
By: Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
3.79
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
A mythic love story set in Trinidad and Tobago, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo's radiant debut introduces two u… read more
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- fiction
"You feeling the thing that in my mother, and her mother and hers, calling to the thing that is you, and in your daughter (...), and in her daughter and hers."-Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, When We Were Birds
"When the last feather has gone, and your woman body has grown full, remember that you remain a bird inside. You have not forgotten how to fly. For what is more woman than holding death and life, sky …"-Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, When We Were Birds
31. Minutes of Glory and Other Stories
By: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
3.85
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling short story collection from the person Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie calls “one of the greate… read more
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- africa
- short story collection
- literature
- short stories
- fiction
- historical fiction
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