This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: A provocative, darkly funny collection of subversive short stories exploring modern femininity and family
By: Naomi Wood
3.30
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
WINNER OF THE BBC NATIONAL SHORT STORY AWARD In my life, I had always been a good woman; controllin…
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1. Hey, Zoey
By: Sarah Crossan
3.39
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Dolores O'Shea’s marriage collapses when she discovers her husband’s AI sex doll in the garage. Whe… read more
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"But I wished I wasn’t strong. Because when you are, no one thinks to take care of you."-Sarah Crossan, Hey, Zoey
"We were too alike. We loved one another in the wrong way, but that doesn't mean it wasn't love."-Sarah Crossan, Hey, Zoey
"How could we possibly tell another person everything about ourselves? It would take a lifetime. It would be incredibly boring."-Sarah Crossan, Hey, Zoey
"As a young teacher I would raise my voice to get a group’s attention. Now I know better. To make yourself heard, you get very quiet. It instils fear."-Sarah Crossan, Hey, Zoey
2. 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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- british literature
"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
3. Shy Creatures
By: Clare Chambers
4.43
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In all failed relationships there is a point that passes unnoticed at the time, which can later be … read more
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4. Scaffolding
By: Lauren Elkin
3.86
Format: 388 pages, Kindle Edition
The story of two couples who live in the same apartment in north-east Paris almost fifty years apar… read more
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5. Entitlement
By: Rumaan Alam
3.59
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A novel of money and morality from the New York Times bestselling author of Leave the World Behind … read more
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6. Scrap
By: Calla Henkel
3.77
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A true-crime obsessed young artist is drawn into the lives of an obscenely wealthy family in this f… read more
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7. Like Mother, Like Mother
By: Susan Rieger
4.04
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An enthralling novel about three generations of strong-willed women, unknowingly shaped by the secr… read more
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8. Banal Nightmare
By: Halle Butler
3.64
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A ferocious novel by one of the boldest voices in American fiction and the author of The New Me, th… read more
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9. Blob: A Love Story
By: Maggie Su
4.44
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
'A modern-day Mrs. Caliban, BLOB is a book that looks at identity and desire in profoundly interest… read more
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10. Rental House
By: Weike Wang
4.16
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of Chemistry, a sharp-witted, insightful novel about a marriage as se… read more
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11. Private Rites
By: Julia Armfield
3.92
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a speculative reimagining of King Lear, c… read more
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"To be misunderstood is one thing, but the curious hostility of a sibling's approach lies less in what they miss than in the strange backdated nature of the things they choose to know. A person can be…"-Julia Armfield, Private Rites
12. There's Nothing Wrong with Her
By: Kate Weinberg
3.42
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A crackling, tender, and perfectly off-kilter novel about love, madness, illness, and recovery.Vita… read more
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13. She's Always Hungry: Stories
By: Eliza Clark
3.94
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
From Eliza Clark, the author of the brilliant novels Boy Parts and Penance and one of Granta’s Best… read more
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14. This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: A provocative, darkly funny collection of subversive short stories exploring modern femininity and family
By: Naomi Wood
3.30
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
WINNER OF THE BBC NATIONAL SHORT STORY AWARD In my life, I had always been a good woman; controllin… read more
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- contemporary
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15. Dirty Diana
By: Jen Besser
4.13
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
A deliciously provocative novel about a woman caught between the comfortable stability of her marri… read more
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16. Model Home
By: Rivers Solomon
4.06
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Welcome to Rivers Solomon's dark and wondrous Model Home, a new kind of haunted-house novel. The… read more
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17. Sister Snake
By: Amanda Lee Koe
4.02
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A glittering, bold, darkly funny novel about two sisters—one in New York, one in Singapore—who are … read more
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18. Lifeform
By: Jenny Slate
4.08
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From actor, comedian, co-creator of Marcel the Shell, and New York Times bestselling author of Litt… read more
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19. Pictures of You
By: Emma Grey
4.45
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
If you knew then what you know now, would you make the same choices? Imagine having a second chance… read more
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20. Everybody is a Liar
By: Liv Constantine
3.77
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
3 hours, 23 minutes The New York Times bestselling author of The Next Mrs. Parrish delivers ano… read more
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21. The Author's Guide to Murder
By: Beatriz Williams
3.54
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Agatha Christie meets Murder, She Wrote meets #MeToo in this witty locked room mystery and literary… read more
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