Above Us the Milky Way
By: Fowzia Karimi
4.04
Format: 440 pages, Hardcover
Above Us the Milky Way is a story about war, immigration, and the remarkable human capacity to crea…
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1. 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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- contemporary
- fiction
- historical fiction
2. Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
By: Jeanette Winterson
3.80
Format: 152 pages, Hardcover
Witty, acute, fierce, and celebratory, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? is a tough-minded sea… read more
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3. Children of the New World
By: Assia Djebar , Marjolijn De Jager , Clarisse Zimra , None
2.43
Format: None pages, Paperback
Assia Djebar, one of the most distinguished woman writers to emerge from the Arab world, wrote Chil… read more
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- novels
- fiction
- historical fiction
4. 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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5. Primeval and Other Times
By: Olga Tokarczuk , Antonia Lloyd-Jones
4.06
Format: 205 pages, Paperback
Tokarczuk's third novel, Primeval and Other Timeswas awarded the Koscielski Foundation Prize in 199… read more
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6. The Pearl That Broke Its Shell
By: Nadia Hashimi
3.75
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Afghan-American Nadia Hashimi's literary debut novel, The Pearl that Broke Its Shellis a searing ta… read more
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7. Blue Nights
By: Joan Didion
4.75
Format: 2112 pages, Hardcover
From one of our most powerful writers, a work of stunning frankness about losing a daughter. Richly… read more
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8. Texas: The Great Theft
By: Samantha Schnee , Carmen Boullosa
5.00
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
"Mexico's greatest woman writer."--Roberto Bolano "A luminous writer . . . Boullosa is a masterful … read more
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9. Bitter Orange Tree
By: Jokha Alharthi
3.45
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The eagerly awaiting new novel by the winner of the Man Booker International Prize, Bitter Orange T… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- historical fiction
- novels
- adult
10. A Haunting on the Hill
By: Elizabeth Hand
3.35
Format: 326 pages, Hardcover
From three-time Shirley Jackson, World Fantasy, and Nebula Award-winning author Elizabeth Hand come… read more
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- adult
- fiction
11. Sacrificios humanos
By: María Fernanda Ampuero
4.09
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
María Fernanda Ampuero se ha convertido en una de las voces indispensables de la literatura latinoa… read more
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- adult
- fiction
12. Three Apples Fell from the Sky
By: Narine Abgaryan
4.25
Format: 256 pages, ebook
An unforgettable story of friendship and feuds in a remote Armenian mountain village In an isolated… read more
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- contemporary
- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Prasmė neturėtų keistis nuo to, kas tuos žodžius taria."-Narine Abgaryan, Three Apples Fell from the Sky
"...най - голямата болка е да не можеш да прегърнеш онези, които не са успели да те дочакат"-Narine Abgaryan, Three Apples Fell from the Sky
"Nėra rojaus, ir pragaro nėra, <....>. Laimė - tai ir yra rojus, sielvartas - tai ir yra pragaras."-Narine Abgaryan, Three Apples Fell from the Sky
"През май, свечери ли се, небето е ниско и лепкаво, с мастилен оттенък. Прокараш пръст по него и то се отдръпва уплашено, плисва се на вълни и оголва мекото си като кадифе живо лоно."-Narine Abgaryan, Three Apples Fell from the Sky
13. The Fox Wife
By: Yangsze Choo
4.01
Format: 390 pages, Hardcover
Some people think foxes are similar to ghosts because we go around collecting qi, or life force, bu… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Chinese traditionally consider shadows part of the soul. Harm done to a shadow, whether by pinning it to the ground or stepping on it, was considered spiritual damage to the person. Of course none of…"-Yangsze Choo, The Fox Wife
"Sometimes our wishes come back in the darkest, most twisted ways, like a thorn that pierces and grows through your flesh. A tree that drinks blood and blots out the sun. The sin was mine; I had water…"-Yangsze Choo, The Fox Wife
14. Minor Detail
By: Adania Shibli
4.20
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Minor Detail begins during the summer of 1949, one year after the war that the Palestinians mourn a… read more
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- literary fiction
- war
- fiction
- contemporary
- historical fiction
- novels
- adult
"Man, not the tank, shall prevail."-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
"Não há como descartar a probabilidade de uma conexão entre os dois fatos, ou alguma ligação oculta entre eles, por analogia às relações que os seres humanos encontram entre as plantas, por exemplo, q…"-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
"Desde que tive ciência da minha incapacidade consumada de me mover de acordo com os limites, resolvi, finalmente, permanecer dentro dos limites da minha casa, tanto quanto possível. Agora, uma vez qu…"-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
"Toch zijn er mensen die in die logica − dus dat je je concentreert op de meest futiele details zoals stof op een bureau of vliegenpoepjes op een schilderij − de enige manier zien om de waarheid te do…"-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
15. How to Pronounce Knife: Stories
By: Souvankham Thammavongsa
3.85
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780316422130. In the title story of Souvankham Thammavongsa's d… read more
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- literary fiction
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"Whether or not you understood the oath you made, you had to move your lips."-Souvankham Thammavongsa, How to Pronounce Knife: Stories
"The only love Red knew was that simple, uncomplicated, lonely love one feels for oneself in the quiet moments of the day. It was there, steady and solid in the laughter and talk of the television and…"-Souvankham Thammavongsa, How to Pronounce Knife: Stories
"At church, she told us they ate one cracker and took one swallow of red wine and the rest of the time there was a man talking. She did not know exactly what he said, but he said it for a long time. S…"-Souvankham Thammavongsa, How to Pronounce Knife: Stories
16. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
By: George Saunders
4.54
Format: 403 pages, Kindle Edition
For the last twenty years, George Saunders has been teaching a class on the Russian short story to … read more
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"Then do that again, over and over, until I'm pleased."-George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
"What transforms an anecdote into a story is escalation. Or, we might say: when escalation is suddenly felt to be occurring, it is a sign that our anecdote is transforming into a story."-George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
"There’s a vast underground network for goodness at work in this world—a web of people who’ve put reading at the center of their lives because they know from experience that reading makes them more ex…"-George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
"We tend, in discussion, to reduce stories to plot (what happens). We feel, correctly, that something of their meaning resides there. But stories also mean through their internal dynamics—the manner i…"-George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
17. It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror
By: Joe Vallese
4.18
Format: 298 pages, Paperback
Through the lens of horror—from "Halloween" to "Hereditary"—queer and trans writers consider the fi… read more
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- adult
"Androgyny doesn't look a certain way, though gender is ingrained in society such that liberal readings are applied to everyone, sprinkling gender on everything from haircuts to careers to alcoholic b…"-Joe Vallese, It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror
18. 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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- literary fiction
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"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
19. Rainbow Black
By: Maggie Thrash
3.96
Format: 404 pages, Paperback
Rainbow Black is part murder mystery, part gay international-fugitive love story—set against the ’9… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
20. Above Us the Milky Way
By: Fowzia Karimi
4.04
Format: 440 pages, Hardcover
Above Us the Milky Way is a story about war, immigration, and the remarkable human capacity to crea… read more
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- war
- united states
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- historical fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- adult
