The Immortals of Tehran
By: Alireza Taheri Araghi
3.56
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
As a child living in his family's apple orchard, Ahmad Torkash-Vand treasures his great-great-great…
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1. Siegfried
By: Harry Mulisch
4.01
Format: 175 pages, Paperback
Celebrated author Rudolf Herter is in Vienna to read from his masterpiece, The Invention of Love, w… read more
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2. Anil's Ghost
By: Michael Ondaatje
3.82
Format: None pages, Paperback
An alternate cover edition of this ISBN can be found . With his first novel since the internationa… read more
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3. Salt Houses
By: Hala Alyan
3.40
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
On the eve of her daughter Alia's wedding, Salma reads the girl's future in a cup of coffee dregs. … read more
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4. The Blue Between Sky and Water
By: Susan Abulhawa
4.15
Format: 222 pages, Hardcover
From the internationally bestselling author of Mornings in Jenin, a novel about four generations of… read more
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5. Aleksandra
By: Lisa Weeda
3.55
Format: 351 pages, Paperback
Met verbluffend vertelplezier en met alle literaire stijlmiddelen die tot haar beschikking staan ve… read more
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6. Victory City
By: Salman Rushdie
3.80
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Hidden in a clay pot. Sealed with wax. Buried at the heart of a ruined palace amidst the ashes of o… read more
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"History is a consequence not only of people's actions, but also of their forgetfulness."-Salman Rushdie, Victory City
"History is the consequence not only of people’s actions, but also of their forgetfulness."-Salman Rushdie, Victory City
"fHistory is the consequence not only of people's actions, but also of their forgetfulness."-Salman Rushdie, Victory City
"In death do triumph and failure humbly meet. We learn far less from victory than from defeat."-Salman Rushdie, Victory City
7. Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country
By: Patricia Evangelista
4.18
Format: 428 pages, Hardcover
A fearless, powerfully written on-the-ground account of a nation careening into violent autocracy—t… read more
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8. Red Clocks
By: Leni Zumas
3.67
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
Five women. One question. What is a woman for?In this ferociously imaginative novel, abortion is on… read more
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"Mínevudottír may have felt free; but she was a cog in a land-snatching, resource-sucking, climate-fucking imperialist machine."-Leni Zumas, Red Clocks
"She knew—it was her job as a teacher of history to know—how many horrors are legitimated in public daylight, against the will of most of the people."-Leni Zumas, Red Clocks
"Shut up, she tells her monkey mind. Please shut up, you picker of nits, presser of bruises, counter of losses, fearer of failures, collector of grievances future and past."-Leni Zumas, Red Clocks
"But why does she want them, really? Because Susan has them? Because the Salem bookstore manager has them? Because she always vaguely assumed she would have them herself? Or does the desire come from …"-Leni Zumas, Red Clocks
9. Fire Exit
By: Morgan Talty
3.79
Format: 243 pages, Hardcover
The blood that came out of me was blood that ran through her veins. It’s strange: all blood looks t… read more
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"...what's more sacred than laughter at the dinner table?"-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit
"That's my life, though--not knowing, but wishing. [Charles Lamosway]"-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit
"We are made of stories, and if we don't know them--the ones that make us--how can we ever be fully realized? How can we ever be who we really are?"-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit
"...I was thinking and thinking about how, in just the past year, I had just started to know her, but then I began to unknow her, getting farther and farther away like watching a boat drift from the s…"-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit
10. Frankenstein in Baghdad
By: Ahmed Saadawi
3.58
Format: 281 pages, Paperback
From the rubble-strewn streets of U.S.-occupied Baghdad, Hadi--a scavenger and an oddball fixture a… read more
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"Death stalked the city like the plague."-Ahmed Saadawi, Frankenstein in Baghdad
"Each of us has a measure of criminality."-Ahmed Saadawi, Frankenstein in Baghdad
"None of us should think only of ourselves."-Ahmed Saadawi, Frankenstein in Baghdad
"Your wonderful stories saved you, my friend."-Ahmed Saadawi, Frankenstein in Baghdad
11. Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
By: Deepa Anappara
3.81
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Down market lanes crammed with too many people, dogs, and rickshaws, past stalls that smell of card… read more
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"I like to spy on other families that are sad like ours because I want to find out if they are doing anything different to stop ghosts from clutching their bones."-Deepa Anappara, Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
"Just because you read books doesn't mean you know everything," Faiz tells her. "I work. Life's the best teacher. Everyone says so." "Only people who can't read say such things," Pari says."-Deepa Anappara, Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
"Bahadur's ma stays close to my ma, but she tiptoes around her as if she's afraid she'll step on Ma's sadness, which must be the same size and shape as Bahadur's ma's sadness, only a lot fresher."-Deepa Anappara, Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
"I can smell Runu-Didi on her clothes and her pillow that has acquired a dip in the middle from the weight of her head. If I stare at it long enough, the snatcher or the bad djinn who has caught Didi …"-Deepa Anappara, Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
12. The Book of Goose
By: Yiyun Li
3.71
Format: 348 pages, Hardcover
A gripping, heartbreaking new novel about female friendship, art, and memory by the award-winning a… read more
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- historical fiction
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- audiobook
"Time corrupts. And we pay a price for everything corruptible: food, roof beams, souls."-Yiyun Li, The Book of Goose
"Few of us would make a fool of ourselves in pressing the animals to give us serious answers about their lives, but we do that all the time to other people."-Yiyun Li, The Book of Goose
"Happiness, I would tell her, is to spend every day without craning one's neck to look forward to tomorrow, next month, next year, and without holding out one's hands to stop every day from becoming y…"-Yiyun Li, The Book of Goose
"Childhood companionship is forced upon the children (...) Childhood friendship, though is has ti meet the same geographical and temporal prerequisites, is something rarer: a child does not seek to bo…"-Yiyun Li, The Book of Goose
13. The Old Drift
By: Namwali Serpell
3.74
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
A Zambian debut novel that follows three generations of three families, telling the story of a nati… read more
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"Every family is a war but some are more civil than others."-Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift
"Only a sister, an alternative self, could inspire such a sordid mix of disgust and envy."-Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift
"She stepped from the trashy bedlam of the road into the cool cave of the shop, relieved to escape the experience of walking outside while female."-Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift
"Old like her father was old, a shaggy shambling old, an old where you'd lost the order of things and felt so sad that you simply had to embrace the loss, reassuring yourself with the lie that you had…"-Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift
14. The Best Men (The Best Men, #1)
By: Sarina Bowen
4.12
Format: 330 pages, Paperback
Bestselling authors Sarina Bowen and Lauren Blakely team up for the first time in an enemies-to-lov… read more
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15. Smoke and Ashes (Sam Wyndham, #3)
By: Abir Mukherjee
4.17
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
India, 1921. Haunted by his memories of the Great War, Captain Sam Wyndham is battling a serious ad… read more
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16. The Return of Faraz Ali
By: Aamina Ahmad
3.93
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
"Stunning not only on account of the author's talent, of which there is clearly plenty, but also in… read more
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17. Heart of the Raven Prince (Entangled with Fae, #2)
By: Tessonja Odette
4.06
Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition
A Cinderella Retelling A playboy prince in want of a decoy bride. A servant girl desperate for … read more
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"He extends his arms. “The real me."-Tessonja Odette, Heart of the Raven Prince (Entangled with Fae, #2)
"All I wanted was to be alone and grieve, and everyone else just wanted me back to normal."-Tessonja Odette, Heart of the Raven Prince (Entangled with Fae, #2)
"Ember, I’m tired of pretending. I never want to spend a moment faking anything with you ever again, not even for the sake of public opinion. I want it to be real. I want to show everyone this is real"-Tessonja Odette, Heart of the Raven Prince (Entangled with Fae, #2)
18. Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight
By: Riku Onda
3.11
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
Set in Tokyo over the course of one night, Aki and Hiro have decided to be together one last time i… read more
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19. River Spirit
By: Leila Aboulela
4.01
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The spellbinding new novel from New York Times Notable Author and Caine Prize winner Leila Aboulela… read more
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"Keep your faith within your heart even if your tongue is forced to say otherwise."-Leila Aboulela, River Spirit
"I wish I could say she looked like her old self. Suffice to say she looked well. None of us look like our old selves. War is not kind to a woman’s beauty."-Leila Aboulela, River Spirit
"She was part of his youth and their love stretched from her village to his town. She must not feel lost or untethered. And there now was his son in her arms."-Leila Aboulela, River Spirit
"Free, heart tight, expectant, in love, she was not sure what her position would be in the household, not sure about much except that she did not want to be anywhere else."-Leila Aboulela, River Spirit
20. Liquid Snakes
By: Stephen Kearse
3.43
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
What if toxic pollutants traveled up the socioeconomic ladder rather than down it? A Black biochemi… read more
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21. The Immortals of Tehran
By: Alireza Taheri Araghi
3.56
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
As a child living in his family's apple orchard, Ahmad Torkash-Vand treasures his great-great-great… read more
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