The Smash-Up
By: Ali Benjamin
3.61
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A family is upended when their small-town life becomes the latest battlefield in the culture wars i…
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1. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
By: Ben Fountain
3.00
Format: 12 pages, Hardcover
Billy Lynn's Long Half-Time Walkis a razor-sharp satire set in Texas during America's war in Iraq. … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
2. The Pleasing Hour
By: Lily King
3.88
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
The first novel from a new literary voice brimming with sensitivity and lyricism, The Pleasing Hour… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
3. Seating Arrangements
By: Maggie Shipstead
3.00
Format: 1118 pages, Hardcover
Winn Van Meter is heading for his family's retreat on the pristine New England island of Waskeke. N… read more
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4. First & Then
By: Emma Mills
3.44
Format: 330 pages, Hardcover
Devon Tennyson wouldn't change a thing. She's happy watching Friday night games from the bleachers,… read more
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5. Caledonian Road
By: Andrew O'Hagan
3.96
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
A biting portrait of British class, politics, and money told through five interconnected families a… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
6. Swamplandia!
By: Karen Russell
3.27
Format: 418 pages, Kindle Edition
The Bigtree alligator wrestling dynasty is in decline—think Buddenbrooks set in the Florida Evergla… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"the gravity of wound to fist"-Karen Russell, Swamplandia!
"Stars slid away like rain, she was gone so long."-Karen Russell, Swamplandia!
"Mothers burning inside the risen suns of their children."-Karen Russell, Swamplandia!
"The whistle dropped from the branch's spindly fingers like a black cocoon, a pendulum of secret music; the wind pushed sound soundlessly around."-Karen Russell, Swamplandia!
7. Day
By: Michael Cunningham
3.57
Format: 273 pages, Hardcover
As the world changes around them, a family weathers the storms of growing up, growing older, fallin… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Here, then, is the answer. A degree of cruelty is necessary because Garth, like most men, can only deposit his needs at her feet, can only declare his love—that romantic hallucination, which would be…"-Michael Cunningham, Day
8. Come and Get It
By: Kiley Reid
3.38
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A fresh and provocative story about a residential assistant and her messy entanglement with a profe… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Kennedy hadn't considered it before, that to write something beautiful you just do it regular, and then you pull out a red pen."-Kiley Reid, Come and Get It
"Washing her sheets was another thing she'd failed to do. She washed her clothes—every weekend—but when it came to the bedsheets, she'd get stressed out or she'd forget. And then there was too much ti…"-Kiley Reid, Come and Get It
"Okay, sometimes—just being honest— Millie can be . . . a little ghetto." On the word little, Tyler held two fingers an inch apart. "Nooo. Don't say that. Ah love Millie." "But I'm not saying it like …"-Kiley Reid, Come and Get It
9. The Great Divide
By: Cristina Henríquez
3.70
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
An epic novel of the construction of the Panama Canal, casting light on the unsung people who lived… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Ada had always believed that her mother, in rebuilding the house only three miles from where it had once been, had kept her world piteously small, but maybe what mattered, Ada thought as she gazed at…"-Cristina Henríquez, The Great Divide
10. Hot Pursuit (To Catch A Thief, #1)
By: Kay Marie
3.72
Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition
Don't miss this laugh-out-loud, enemies-to-lovers romance that's How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days meets… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
11. It All Comes Down to This
By: Therese Anne Fowler
3.37
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Meet the Geller sisters: Beck, Claire, and Sophie, a trio of strong-minded women whose pragmatic mo… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
12. Wellness
By: Nathan Hill
4.00
Format: 611 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times best-selling author of The Nix is back with a poignant and witty novel about mar… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"It's an altogether manic and ceaseless conversation, a conversation that feels sometimes like falling down stairs, barely keeping upright, taken by gravity, skipping, grasping, and then somehow landi…"-Nathan Hill, Wellness
"Behind curtains, this, he thinks, is what lovers do—they are alchemists and architects; pioneers and fabulists; they make one thing another; they invent the world around them. So he says, ‘Yes I beli…"-Nathan Hill, Wellness
13. Molly
By: Blake Butler
3.66
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A gripping, unforgettable memoir from one of the best, most original writers of the 21st century. … read more
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- adult
14. A Very Inconvenient Scandal
By: Jacquelyn Mitchard
3.19
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jacquelyn Mitchard comes a thrilling family drama that ex… read more
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- adult fiction
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
15. Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)
By: Elizabeth Strout
4.46
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a hopeful, healing novel about new friend… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
"...Bob caught a glimpse of himself in the store window that was right there. He was startled. Who was that tall older man? Was that him? A sense of bewilderment came to him. He turned away, then turn…"-Elizabeth Strout, Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)
16. How to Be an Artist
By: Jerry Saltz
3.94
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
"Inspiration leaps off the pages from Jerry Saltz's new book on creativity. . . . This book is for … read more
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- audiobook
"Bad art teaches you as much as good art, maybe more."-Jerry Saltz, How to Be an Artist
"Surely, your crappy art can fake out twelve stupid people. I've seen it done with one or two."-Jerry Saltz, How to Be an Artist
"For now, make something, learn something, and move on. Or you’ll be buried waist-deep in the big muddy of perfectionism."-Jerry Saltz, How to Be an Artist
"But doubt is a sign of faith: it tests and humbles you, allows newness into your life. Best of all, doubt banishes the stifling effect of certainty. Certainty kills curiosity and change."-Jerry Saltz, How to Be an Artist
17. Search
By: Michelle Huneven
3.87
Format: 393 pages, Hardcover
A sharp and funny novel of a congregational search committee, told as a memoir with recipes Dana… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
18. Little Big Love
By: Katy Regan
3.81
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
About a Boy meets Parenthood in this smart, big-hearted love story about a family for whom everythi… read more
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- adult fiction
- realistic fiction
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Like, what's normal? Everything that exists is normal - that's why it's normal, because it exists. Only things that you never see aren't normal."-Katy Regan, Little Big Love
19. On the Rooftop
By: Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
3.23
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A stunning novel about a mother whose dream of musical stardom for her three daughters collides wit… read more
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- adult fiction
- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
20. My Year Abroad (Random House Large Print)
By: Chang-rae Lee
3.42
Format: 672 pages, Paperback
From the award-winning author of Native Speaker and On Such a Full Sea, an exuberant, provocative s… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
21. Early Sobrieties
By: Michael Deagler
3.85
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Don’t worry about what Dennis Monk did when he was drinking. He’s sober now, ready to rejoin the wo… read more
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- contemporary
- literary fiction
- fiction
- audiobook
22. Imagine Me Gone
By: Adam Haslett
3.69
Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition
From a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, a ferociously intimate story of a family fa… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"How narrowly we all avoid having never been."-Adam Haslett, Imagine Me Gone
"The present had somehow ceased to be an emergency."-Adam Haslett, Imagine Me Gone
"Imagine me gone, imagine it’s just the two of you. What do you do?"-Adam Haslett, Imagine Me Gone
"It struck me then, for the first time, how unethical anxiety is, how it voids the reality of other people by conscripting them as palliatives for your own fear."-Adam Haslett, Imagine Me Gone
23. Fake Accounts
By: Lauren Oyler
2.84
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A woman in a post-election tailspin discovers that her boyfriend is an anonymous online conspiracy … read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- feminism
- politics
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"I resented my mother and online feminism for making me paranoid."-Lauren Oyler, Fake Accounts
"People often say my generation values authenticity. Reluctantly I will admit to being a member of my generation. If we value authenticity it’s because we’ve been bombarded since our impressionable pr…"-Lauren Oyler, Fake Accounts
"For a few months, the political catastrophe seemed so dire that one's music and movie preferences were no longer considered the ultimate markers of one's moral fitness to fight fascism. Which became,…"-Lauren Oyler, Fake Accounts
"Consensus was the world was ending, or would begin to end soon, if not by exponential environmental catastrophe then by some combination of nuclear war, the American two-party system, patriarchy, whi…"-Lauren Oyler, Fake Accounts
24. Girl in the Walls
By: A.J. Gnuse
3.37
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A mesmerizing and suspenseful coming-of-age novel about an orphan hiding within the walls of her fo… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"Últimamente he intentado cambiar la imagen en mi cabeza. Imaginarme que quienquiera que se esconda ahí tiene el rostro de alguien que recuerdo. Alguien que he perdido. No siempre es fácil, pero creo …"-A.J. Gnuse, Girl in the Walls
25. Same As It Ever Was
By: Claire Lombardo
4.00
Format: 498 pages, Hardcover
Julia Ames, after a youth marked by upheaval and emotional turbulence, has found herself on the pla… read more
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- literary fiction
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Parenthood was a persistent cruelty, a constant, simultaneous desire to be together and apart."-Claire Lombardo, Same As It Ever Was
26. The Society of Shame
By: Jane Roper
3.31
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A viral photo of a politician's wife's “feminine hygiene malfunction” catapults her to unwanted fam… read more
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- literary fiction
- feminism
- realistic fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
27. You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
By: Tarana Burke
4.52
Format: 6 pages, Audio CD
Tarana Burke and Dr. Brené Brown bring together a dynamic group of Black writers, organisers, artis… read more
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- audiobook
"The truth always needs a resting place or it will lie down wherever it sees fit."-Tarana Burke, You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
"At the time, the whispers to keep silent and appear normal were deafening. And so we did. There is no blame here. We were just trying to survive. (Where the Truth Rests)"-Tarana Burke, You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
"Dangerous is the woman who can give herself what she used to seek from others. Limitless is the woman who dares to name herself. The way I see it, shame cannot oppress what acceptance has already cla…"-Tarana Burke, You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
"Systems of white supremacy teach us shame because they have no guilt. Rejecting shame for Black lives means rejecting individual responsibility for structural failures. (Unlearning Shame and Remember…"-Tarana Burke, You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
28. A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy
By: Tia Levings
4.48
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
“Today it hit me when he hit me, blood shaking in my brain. Maybe there wasn’t a savior coming. May… read more
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- feminism
- adult
- audiobook
29. Trust Her
By: Flynn Berry
3.91
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Two sisters find they can't outrun their past in the riveting new thriller from the New York Times … read more
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- adult fiction
- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
30. Big in Sweden
By: Sally Franson
3.27
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A charming, wise, and laugh-out-loud funny novel following an American woman competing on a Swedish… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
31. The Smash-Up
By: Ali Benjamin
3.61
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A family is upended when their small-town life becomes the latest battlefield in the culture wars i… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- feminism
- politics
- realistic fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- adult
- audiobook
