The Parking Lot Attendant
By: Nafkote Tamirat
3.16
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The story begins on an undisclosed island where the unnamed narrator and her father are the two new…
Want to Read $ 11.99"There are people who help you and people who hurt you. You keep the former. You keep the former until they become the latter and hope that you never hurt the former."-Nafkote Tamirat, The Parking Lot Attendant
"There are people who help you and people who hurt you. You keep the former. You keep the former until they become the latter and hope that you never hurt the former."-Nafkote Tamirat, The Parking Lot Attendant
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1. Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
By: Anne Fadiman
4.10
Format: 162 pages, Paperback
Anne Fadiman is (by her own admission) the sort of person who learned about sex from her father's c… read more
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- literature
"Pen-bereavement is a serious matter."-Anne Fadiman, Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
"I have never been able to resist a book about books."-Anne Fadiman, Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
"Reading aloud means no skipping, no skimming, no cutting to the chase."-Anne Fadiman, Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
"I'd rather have a book, but in a pinch I'll settle for a set of Water Pik instructions."-Anne Fadiman, Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
2. Girls Burn Brighter
By: Shobha Rao
3.77
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
A searing, electrifying debut novel set in India and America, about a once-in-a-lifetime friendship… read more
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- adult fiction
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- audiobook
"What is love if not a hunger."-Shobha Rao, Girls Burn Brighter
"What is love if not a hunger?"-Shobha Rao, Girls Burn Brighter
"There is no way to explain a thing that is perfect."-Shobha Rao, Girls Burn Brighter
"Fear was no good, but neither was the monotony of fear."-Shobha Rao, Girls Burn Brighter
3. A General Theory of Oblivion
By: José Eduardo Agualusa , Daniel Hahn
3.76
Format: None pages, Hardcover
On the eve of Angolan independence an agoraphobic woman named Ludo bricks herself into her apartmen… read more
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- literary fiction
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4. You Are The One You've Been Waiting For: Bringing Courageous Love To Intimate Relationships
By: Richard C. Schwartz , None
3.00
Format: None pages, Audiobook
In this new audio version, Richard Schwartz, the developer of the Internal Family Systems Model, ap… read more
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5. The Pilot's Wife
By: Anita Shreve
3.48
Format: None pages, Paperback
A pilot's wife is taught to be prepared for the late-night knock at the door. But when Kathryn Lyon… read more
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6. I Am Not Sidney Poitier
By: Percival Everett
4.10
Format: 338 pages,
An irresistible comic novel from the master storyteller Percival Everett, and an irreverent take on… read more
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7. The Intuitionist
By: Colson Whitehead
3.52
Format: None pages, Paperback
Verticality, architectural and social, is the lofty idea at the heart of Colson Whitehead's first n… read more
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8. Weather
By: Jenny Offill
3.55
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Lizzie Benson slid into her job as a librarian without a traditional degree. But this gives her a v… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
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- audiobook
"How do you know all this?"-Jenny Offill, Weather
"They say when you're lonely you start to lose words."-Jenny Offill, Weather
"Later, I remember to tell Ben about the girl. “Seconds!"-Jenny Offill, Weather
"If only I’d remembered that old proverb: When three people say you are drunk, go to sleep. "-Jenny Offill, Weather
9. Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades
By: Rebecca Renner
3.81
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
David Grann meets Susan Orlean in this page-turning true story of an underground operation into the… read more
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10. The Friend
By: Sigrid Nunez
3.77
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
A moving story of love, friendship, grief, healing, and the magical bond between a woman and her do… read more
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- adult fiction
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- literature
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"I like that the Aborigines say dogs make people human"-Sigrid Nunez, The Friend
"I know this is all moronically anthropomorphic, but sometimes that is the form love takes."-Sigrid Nunez, The Friend
"Anthropomorphism, I've decided, is inescapable, and though I might try to hide it I no longer fight it."-Sigrid Nunez, The Friend
"There's a certain type of person who, having read this far, is anxiously wondering: Does something bad happen to the dog?"-Sigrid Nunez, The Friend
11. The House of Broken Angels
By: Luis Alberto Urrea
3.89
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
The definitive Mexican-American immigrant story, a sprawling and deeply felt portrait of a Mexican-… read more
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- audiobook
"Only selfish people are negative, Angel."-Luis Alberto Urrea, The House of Broken Angels
"Big Angel was late to his own mother's funeral."-Luis Alberto Urrea, The House of Broken Angels
"Men who do good deeds only wish to atone for their sins."-Luis Alberto Urrea, The House of Broken Angels
"Wildflowers after rain the heart breaks open and little bright seeds fall out."-Luis Alberto Urrea, The House of Broken Angels
12. Homeland Elegies
By: Ayad Akhtar
4.14
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A deeply personal work about hope and identity in a nation coming apart at the seams, Homeland Eleg… read more
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- audiobook
13. Swimming Against the Current: Fighting for Common Sense in a World That’s Lost its Mind
By: Riley Gaines
4.49
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
America’s most sought-after voice in the fight to save female sports from woke destruction shares h… read more
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- audiobook
14. Deacon King Kong
By: James McBride
4.17
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
The funny, sharp, and surprising story of the shooting of a Brooklyn drug dealer and the people who… read more
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"Friendship was trouble in business."-James McBride, Deacon King Kong
"You’ve got to be strong to get old."-James McBride, Deacon King Kong
"A man ain’t got to stand in church every Sunday to do God’s work."-James McBride, Deacon King Kong
"Is your cheese this good? This wasn’t plain old housing projects “cheese food"-James McBride, Deacon King Kong
15. Disillusioned: Five Families and the Unraveling of America's Suburbs
By: Benjamin Herold
3.89
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
Through the stories of five American families, a masterful and timely exploration of how hope, hist… read more
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16. The Furrows
By: Namwali Serpell
3.21
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
How do you grieve an absence? A brilliantly inventive novel about loss and belonging, from the awar… read more
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- audiobook
17. Winter Counts
By: David Heska Wanbli Weiden
3.84
Format: 325 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking thriller about a vigilante on a Native American reservation who embarks on a dange… read more
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- fiction
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"There is no word for goodbye in Lakota. That's what my mother used to tell me. Sure, there are words like toksa, which meant "later," that were used by people as a modern substitute. She'd told me la…"-David Heska Wanbli Weiden, Winter Counts
"But as I thought about it, I liked the idea more and more. Depredation claims. If something was stolen from you, all you had to do was file a claim and your losses would be restored. How about a depr…"-David Heska Wanbli Weiden, Winter Counts
18. The Hellfire Club
By: Jake Tapper
3.62
Format: 352 pages, ebook
The debut political thriller from Jake Tapper, CNN's chief Washington correspondent and the New Yor… read more
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"When our wars are determined not by the threat of Nazism or racism or Communism but by the influence on policy-makers of those those who stand to reap financial benefits from the use of these arms - …"-Jake Tapper, The Hellfire Club
"I am sure because I am confident in the idea of the United States of America. I believe that the combination of checks and balances and a free press and our democratically elected representatives wil…"-Jake Tapper, The Hellfire Club
19. Anita de Monte Laughs Last
By: Xóchitl González
3.82
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez delivers a mesmerizing novel about a first-gener… read more
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- audiobook
"we're all just here trying to get you to see your own light because it's strong enough to guide you."-Xóchitl González, Anita de Monte Laughs Last
"You fall for someone, you get so into them your whole world shrinks, and suddenly barely have a life besides them."-Xóchitl González, Anita de Monte Laughs Last
20. How to Love a Jamaican
By: Alexia Arthurs
3.85
Format: 256 pages, ebook
From a magnetic new voice, a debut story collection set in Jamaica and America for readers of Zadie… read more
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21. Confessions of the Fox
By: Jordy Rosenberg
3.79
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Set in the eighteenth century London underworld, this bawdy, genre-bending novel reimagines the lif… read more
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- fiction
22. We Cast a Shadow
By: Maurice Carlos Ruffin
3.62
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A bold, provocative debut for fans of Get Out and Paul Beatty's The Sellout, about a father who wil… read more
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23. Much Ado about Nada
By: Uzma Jalaluddin
3.85
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A sparkling second-chance romance inspired by Jane Austen's Persuasion... Nada Syed is stuck. On… read more
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"Life really was bizarre on occasion."-Uzma Jalaluddin, Much Ado about Nada
"He didn't want anything to change, ever. And so nothing changed for anyone in her family. Ever."-Uzma Jalaluddin, Much Ado about Nada
"A world doesn't exist where I don't choose you, Nada beta, over everyone else. I will always choose you."-Uzma Jalaluddin, Much Ado about Nada
"My parents want to leave a legacy. We want to create our own. We're all just making it up as we go along."-Uzma Jalaluddin, Much Ado about Nada
24. Say Hello to My Little Friend
By: Jennine Capó Crucet
3.77
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Scarface meets Moby Dick in this groundbreaking, darkly comic novel about a young man’s attempt to … read more
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25. Lake Success
By: Gary Shteyngart
3.62
Format: 339 pages, Hardcover
When his dream of the perfect marriage, the perfect son, and the perfect life implodes, a Wall Stre… read more
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"Only rarely had Barry seen women combine humor with success."-Gary Shteyngart, Lake Success
"Were all men separated from their children and wives by an invisible ribbon of cluelessness?"-Gary Shteyngart, Lake Success
"We lived in a country that rewarded its worst people. We lived in a society where the villains were favored to win."-Gary Shteyngart, Lake Success
"A man that rich couldn't be stupid. Or, Seema thought now, was that the grand fallacy of twenty-first-century America?"-Gary Shteyngart, Lake Success
26. The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa
By: Stephen Buoro
3.70
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Crackling with energy and intelligence, this debut is the story of Andrew Aziza, a one-of-a-kind te… read more
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27. The Hypocrite
By: Jo Hamya
3.55
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From a fiercely talented writer poised to be a new generation’s Rachel Cusk or Deborah Levy, a nove… read more
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"No stories are entirely imaginary, cherub, he'd said then. Everything is always a little bit real. Sometimes you steal things from other stories and change them until they work how you like."-Jo Hamya, The Hypocrite
"The contradiction of the time had been the heightened moral obligation to consider other people as a means to keeping one's own self-interest afloat. Showing other people care meant avoiding them."-Jo Hamya, The Hypocrite
"In the theatre's dark, he weighs up what to do out of love. There have been enough divergences so far for him to believe that Sophia's play is a self-contained thing that may only tangentially concer…"-Jo Hamya, The Hypocrite
28. God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer
By: Joseph Earl Thomas
3.69
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A stirring, unsparing debut novel about black life in Philadelphia and the struggle to build intima… read more
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29. The Good Demon
By: Jimmy Cajoleas
3.68
Format: 311 pages, Hardcover
True Detective meets The Exorcist in this gripping YA mystery debut about one girl’s exorcism—and h… read more
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- contemporary
"...Not many people care much about the past. We don’t get folks your age in here. It’s either the elderly, or parents come in with their hollering little devil kids. Feel more like a social worker th…"-Jimmy Cajoleas, The Good Demon
30. The Parking Lot Attendant
By: Nafkote Tamirat
3.16
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The story begins on an undisclosed island where the unnamed narrator and her father are the two new… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- africa
- the united states of america
- literature
- ethiopia
- fiction
- contemporary
- african american
- audiobook
"There are people who help you and people who hurt you. You keep the former. You keep the former until they become the latter and hope that you never hurt the former."-Nafkote Tamirat, The Parking Lot Attendant
31. Someone Like Us
By: Dinaw Mengestu
3.66
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
After abandoning his once promising career as a journalist in search of a new life in Paris, Mamush… read more
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- africa
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"Sometimes I look at you and think that things go right through you. You're like a donut. There's a hole in the middle, where something solid should be"-Dinaw Mengestu, Someone Like Us
