Bloomland
By: John Englehardt
3.71
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Bloomland opens during finals week at a fictional southern university, when a student walks into th…
Want to Read $ 9.99"Everyone keeps saying tragedy with vague disdain, as if the shooting was just a mad dream, not some kid adding his personal darkness to a collective shadow that had already spread across our lives."-John Englehardt, Bloomland
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1. 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl
By: Mona Awad
3.07
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
Growing up in the suburban hell of Misery Saga (a.k.a. Mississauga), Lizzie has never liked the way… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
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"The universe is against us, which makes sense. So we get another McFlurry and talk about how fat we are for a while."-Mona Awad, 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl
"But even though Ruth's only a hair thinner than I am, she's way on the other side of the fat girl spectrum, looking at me from the safe, slightly smug distance of her own control and conviction."-Mona Awad, 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl
"Even with my skin and tits, though, it's still Mel who looks better. She's got psoriasis and a mustache she has to bleach and still. It's definitely Mel who has any hope in hell with any of the boys …"-Mona Awad, 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl
"What does she even eat, do you think?" "Tea fungus,"Ruth says. "Unsweetened. From an eye dropper. Is what I picture. either that or some sort of sea vegetable." "Sad," I say. "It is," Ruth muses. We …"-Mona Awad, 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl
2. Foolish Hearts
By: Emma Mills
4.12
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
When Claudia accidentally eavesdrops on the epic breakup of Paige and Iris, the it-couple at her sc… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
"Look at those legs,"-Emma Mills, Foolish Hearts
"You're thinking really loudly."-Emma Mills, Foolish Hearts
"His eyes light up upon seeing the cookies. “Did you make them?"-Emma Mills, Foolish Hearts
"I know that she hates change. She gets anxious about the future."-Emma Mills, Foolish Hearts
3. Blonde Hair, Blue Eyes
By: Karin Slaughter , Carolina Caires Coelho
4.12
Format: 29 pages, ebook
A missing girl in the news reminds Julia Carroll of herself: nineteen, beautiful, blonde hair, blue… read more
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- mystery thriller
- fiction
- audiobook
4. This Book Is Not for You
By: None
3.88
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Utilizing an innovative mashup of genres, ranging from pulp fiction, dark comedy, and metafiction, … read more
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5. The Satanic Verses
By: Salman Rushdie
4.25
Format: None pages, Paperback
One of the most controversial and acclaimed novels ever written, The Satanic Versesis Salman Rushdi… read more
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6. The Name of the World
By: Denis Johnson
3.27
Format: None pages, Unknown Binding
Michael Reed is a man going through the motions, numbed by the death of his wife and child. But whe… read more
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7. The Nigger of the Narcissus
By: Joseph Conrad
4.21
Format: 391 pages,
The Nigger of the Narcissusis a magnificent saga of suspense, compassion, and elemental beauty--the… read more
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8. Night Sky with Exit Wounds
By: Ocean Vuong
4.00
Format: 258 pages, Paperback
Ocean Vuong's first full-length collection aims straight for the perennial "big"--and very human--s… read more
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9. If I Survive You
By: Jonathan Escoffery
3.69
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
In the 1970s, Topper and Sanya flee to Miami as political violence consumes their native Kingston. … read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"Why don't stars make any sounds in the winter? What sounds? Ethan said."-Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You
"What does Whiteness feel like?... I imagine it's like walking barefoot…"-Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You
"Every boy deserves to believe him father is good, but if each father were good, we’d be living in a different kind of world."-Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You
"I imagined I could have begged an old girlfriend from college to send money; enough of them had expressed ambivalence about their trust funds that this seemed a plausible path down which I might drag…"-Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You
10. Several People Are Typing
By: Calvin Kasulke
3.65
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
A work-from-home comedy where WFH meets WTF. Told entirely through clever and captivating Slack … read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"what is a workplace but a cult where everyone gets paid"-Calvin Kasulke, Several People Are Typing
"When is have a break? We already had lunch, man. The next break happens when the work is over. I showed you on your gcal, remember? When is have a break from self meat? LOL. Uh, death, I guess. But t…"-Calvin Kasulke, Several People Are Typing
11. Open Throat
By: Henry Hoke
4.01
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A lonely, lovable, queer mountain lion narrates this star-making fever dream of a novel. A quee… read more
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- audiobook
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12. Clear
By: Carys Davies
3.92
Format: 196 pages, Hardcover
A stunning, exquisite novel from an award-winning writer about a minister dispatched to a remote is… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
13. They Were Here Before Us: A Novella in Pieces
By: Eric LaRocca
3.59
Format: 96 pages, Kindle Edition
From the author of the viral sensation Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke comes They Were… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
14. Animals Eat Each Other
By: Elle Nash
3.48
Format: 121 pages, Paperback
In Elle Nash’s stunning and powerful debut, a girl with no name embarks on a fraught three-way rela… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"Pain is closer to love than indifference, right?"-Elle Nash, Animals Eat Each Other
"I didn’t know if I was crying because it hurt so bad or if I was crying because I had failed by letting the pain hurt me so much."-Elle Nash, Animals Eat Each Other
"I did too many things to my body that made it feel old and tired, as though I were dragging all of the mistakes I’d ever made behind me with each step."-Elle Nash, Animals Eat Each Other
"Maybe it wasn’t true love after all. That was disappointing. I had hoped it was true love, that something like that could exist. Instead, it was just sex. Like everything else."-Elle Nash, Animals Eat Each Other
15. West
By: Carys Davies
3.70
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
When Cy Bellman, American settler and widowed father of Bess, reads in the newspaper that huge anci… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- audiobook
16. Strange Flowers
By: Donal Ryan
3.81
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
In 1973 Moll Gladney goes missing from the Tipperary hillside where she was born. Slowly her parent… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
17. Seven Steeples
By: Sara Baume
3.53
Format: 181 pages, Hardcover
Bell en Sigh verhuizen vanuit de drukte van de stad naar een huis aan de Atlantische Oceaan in het … read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"October mornings peeled the night cloud back to its subcutaneous lilac tissue. The leaves earned their name by leaving the trees. Browned and blistered foliage cascaded from the sycamore, swilling in…"-Sara Baume, Seven Steeples
18. The Wonder That Was Ours
By: Alice Hatcher
4.10
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
Center for Fiction First Novel Prize - Longlist Wynston Cleave, a black taxi driver on a small Car… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
19. Bloomland
By: John Englehardt
3.71
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Bloomland opens during finals week at a fictional southern university, when a student walks into th… read more
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- mystery thriller
- literary fiction
- unfinished
- mental health
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- contemporary
- audiobook
"Everyone keeps saying tragedy with vague disdain, as if the shooting was just a mad dream, not some kid adding his personal darkness to a collective shadow that had already spread across our lives."-John Englehardt, Bloomland
20. And Then The Gray Heaven
By: R.E. Katz
4.11
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
RE Katz’s And Then the Gray Heaven centers on Jules, whose partner B has recently died in a freak a… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
21. The Ancients
By: John Larison
3.96
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A richly imagined, sweeping novel set in the climate-changed world of our own descendants, by the a… read more
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