Pure Cosmos Club
By: Matthew Binder
4.18
Format: 252 pages, Hardcover
In this biting satire, Matthew Binder takes surreal aim at the poses and pretensions of high art an…
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1. The Shell Collector
By: Anthony Doerr
3.99
Format: 219 pages, Paperback
The exquisitely crafted stories in Anthony Doerr's acclaimed debut collection take readers from the… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"Life can turn out a million ways. - Pg. 82"-Anthony Doerr, The Shell Collector
"Every second of every day has its own magic. - Pg. 163-4"-Anthony Doerr, The Shell Collector
"The world had become like an exhibit at Ward’s museum: pretty and nostalgic and watered down, something old and sealed off you weren’t allowed to touch. - Pg. 204"-Anthony Doerr, The Shell Collector
"He wants to tell her what he has learned about the miracles of light, the way a day's light fluxes in tides: pale and gleaming at dawn, the glare of noon, the gold of evening, the promise of twilight…"-Anthony Doerr, The Shell Collector
2. Young Skins
By: Colin Barrett
3.78
Format: 438 pages, Paperback
Making a remarkable entrance onto the Irish and UK literary scene with rave reviews in The Sunday T… read more
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3. Perfume & Pain
By: Anna Dorn
4.06
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A controversial Los Angeles author attempts to revive her career and finally find true love in this… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"I sit down wanting to write the great lesbian love story, but wacko bitches just keep coming out."-Anna Dorn, Perfume & Pain
4. Rouge
By: Mona Awad
3.56
Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition
From the critically acclaimed author of Bunny comes a horror-tinted, gothic fairy tale about a lone… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"If I had beauty, I decided then, I would never throw it away. I would never give it up."-Mona Awad, Rouge
"I mean, we all have our dark days. Very dark days, sometimes. When our demons come out to play. No one lives entirely in the light, right?"-Mona Awad, Rouge
"That I can’t protect you from my terrible places that I still go, can’t help but go because no one protected me, no one saved me, no one ever held out their hand and walked me away. But I’m trying to…"-Mona Awad, Rouge
5. My Husband
By: Maud Ventura
3.68
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In this suspenseful and darkly funny debut novel, a sophisticated French woman spends her life obse… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"When it comes to love, I’ve learned nothing: I love too intensely and I’m consumed by my own love (analysis, jealousy, doubt)—so much that when I’m in love, I always end up slightly extinguished and …"-Maud Ventura, My Husband
6. Monstrilio
By: Gerardo Sámano Córdova
4.14
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A literary horror debut about a boy who transforms into a monster, a monster who tries to be a man,… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"The world was scary. Worse, I was scary in it."-Gerardo Sámano Córdova, Monstrilio
"I wanted him to snap, to finally and absolutely lose it. To break. He was withering. To wither is not the same as to break; to break is to have pieces to put back together, and to wither is to dry up…"-Gerardo Sámano Córdova, Monstrilio
7. Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
By: Naomi Klein
4.22
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
What if you woke up one morning and found you’d acquired another self―a double who was almost you a… read more
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"Our role here on earth is not simply to maximize the advantage in our lives. It’s to maximize (protect, regenerate) all of life. We are here not just to make sure we as individuals survive, but to ma…"-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
"A state of shock is what happens to us- individually or as a society- when we experience a sudden and unprecedented event for which we do not yet have adequate explanation. At its essence, a shock is…"-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
8. All Fours
By: Miranda July
3.81
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times–bestselling author of The First Bad Man returns with an irreverently sexy, tende… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"But maybe the road split between: a life spent longing vs. a life that was continually surprising"-Miranda July, All Fours
"Maybe we shouldn't do that," Jordi said. "Flatten ourselves like that. Erratic doesn't have to mean crazy or irresponsible. Shouldn't we be normalizing change?"-Miranda July, All Fours
"I guess any calling, no mater what it is, is a kind of unresolved ache," I said, giving in to knowing more than him. "It's a problem that you can't fix, but there is some relief in knowing you will c…"-Miranda July, All Fours
"For me lying created just the right amount of problems and what you saw was just one of my four or five faces- each real, each with different needs. The only dangerous lie was one that asked me to co…"-Miranda July, All Fours
9. Beautyland
By: Marie-Helene Bertino
4.15
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of Parakeet, Marie-Helene Bertino’s Beautyland is a wise, tender novel ab… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
10. The Last Children of Tokyo
By: Yōko Tawada
3.43
Format: 138 pages, Paperback
Yoshiro thinks he might never die. A hundred years old and counting, he is one of Japan's many 'old… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
"Unable to turn back the clock, they let themselves be turned."-Yōko Tawada, The Last Children of Tokyo
"She's always hated good-byes and as she got older she hated them even more."-Yōko Tawada, The Last Children of Tokyo
"With children like this having children of their own, it was no wonder the world was full of children."-Yōko Tawada, The Last Children of Tokyo
"งานหลักของพวกสมาชิกสภาคือ การปรับเปลี่ยกฎหมาย กฎหมายนั้นเปลี่ยนตลอดเวลา จึงแน่นอนว่าถูกปรับเปลี่ยน . แต่ใครเปลี่ยนเพื่ออะไร เปลี่ยนอย่างไรนั้น ไม่มีการสื่อให้รู้เลย ประชาชนใช้ชีวิตจัดระเบียบตัวเองในสภาพมองไม่เห็นกฎหมาย …"-Yōko Tawada, The Last Children of Tokyo
11. All-Night Pharmacy
By: Ruth Madievsky
3.52
Format: 304 pages, ebook
*An instant national bestseller* Winner of the National Jewish Book Award for Debut Fiction Fin… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"You could fall asleep spooning her and wake up with a screwdriver pressed to your throat."-Ruth Madievsky, All-Night Pharmacy
12. Mouthful of Birds
By: Samanta Schweblin
3.73
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A powerful, eerily unsettling story collection from a major international literary star. Unearth… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
13. A Little Luck
By: Claudia Piñeiro
4.29
Format: 211 pages, Paperback
After twenty years, a woman returns to the suburban Argentina she had fled to escape a dreadful acc… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"Para escribir un diario hay que tener una seguridad del valor que tiene contar la vida propia que yo no tengo."-Claudia Piñeiro, A Little Luck
14. Open Throat
By: Henry Hoke
4.01
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A lonely, lovable, queer mountain lion narrates this star-making fever dream of a novel. A quee… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
15. The City and Its Uncertain Walls
By: Haruki Murakami
3.82
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
'Truth is not found in fixed stillness, but in ceaseless change/movement. Isn't this the quintessen… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
"Vielleicht ist das einer der Problempunkte an der Ewigkeit. Dass man nun mal nicht weiß, wohin man sich fortan wenden soll. Aber was ist eine Liebe wert, die nicht nach Ewigkeit strebt?"-Haruki Murakami, The City and Its Uncertain Walls
"Später war er so freundlich, mir in einem Satz zu erklären, warum er im Alltag immer einen Rock trug. "Vor allem fühle ich mich, wenn ich einen Rock trage, wie die Zeilen eines schönen Gedichts."-Haruki Murakami, The City and Its Uncertain Walls
16. The Sleepwalkers
By: Scarlett Thomas
3.17
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From “one of the UK’s most interesting authors” (Kirkus Reviews), Patricia Highsmith meets White Lo… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
17. Big Swiss
By: Jen Beagin
3.68
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Greta lives with her friend Sabine in an ancient Dutch farmhouse in Hudson, New York. The house is … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"¿Habla más de un idioma?"-Jen Beagin, Big Swiss
"You bullied other bullies,"-Jen Beagin, Big Swiss
"she’d always been less of a shit-talker and more of a shit-thinker"-Jen Beagin, Big Swiss
"At least I know where the hell I am and what’s happening. Which way is north?"-Jen Beagin, Big Swiss
18. Orbital
By: Samantha Harvey
3.73
Format: 207 pages, Hardcover
A slender novel of epic power, Orbital deftly snapshots one day in the lives of six women and men … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"Maybe we're the new dinosaurs and need to watch out."-Samantha Harvey, Orbital
"The past comes, the future, the past, the future. It's always now, it's never now."-Samantha Harvey, Orbital
"Raw space is a panther, feral and primal; they dream it stalking through their quarters."-Samantha Harvey, Orbital
"That's all this great human endeavor of space exploration really is, he thinks, an animal migration, a bid for survival. A looping song sent into the open, a territorial animal song."-Samantha Harvey, Orbital
19. The Membranes
By: Chi Ta-wei
3.98
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
It is the late twenty-first century, and Momo is the most celebrated dermal care technician in all … read more
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- fiction
20. The Factory
By: Hiroko Oyamada
3.34
Format: 116 pages, Paperback
The English-language debut of Hiroko Oyamada—one of the most powerfully strange young voices in Jap… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
"As I opened the basement-level door, I thought I could smell birds."-Hiroko Oyamada, The Factory
"I didn’t have to answer any weird questions about what I was reading, or hear anyone’s thoughts about which 7-Eleven bento they liked best."-Hiroko Oyamada, The Factory
"All I could see was a meaningless arrangement of squiggles and dots, symbols and patterns, running on endlessly. Words are such unstable things."-Hiroko Oyamada, The Factory
"Life has nothing to do with work and work has no real bearing on life. I used to think they were connected, but now I can see there’s just no way."-Hiroko Oyamada, The Factory
21. Blue Ruin
By: Hari Kunzru
3.86
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From one of the sharpest voices in fiction today, a profound and enthralling novel about beauty, po… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
22. AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future
By: Kai-Fu Lee
3.86
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
In a groundbreaking blend of science and imagination, the former president of Google China and a le… read more
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"Many people think smartphones and apps already know too much about us, but XR will take things to a whole new level."-Kai-Fu Lee, AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future
"Imagine, a $1,000 political assassin! And this is not a far-fetched danger for the future, but a clear and present danger."-Kai-Fu Lee, AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future
"autonomous weapons are already a clear and present danger, and will become more intelligent, nimble, lethal, and accessible at an unprecedented speed."-Kai-Fu Lee, AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future
"More data leads to better AI (artificial intelligence), more automation leads to greater efficiency, more usage leads to reduced cost, and more free time leads to greater productivity. All of these w…"-Kai-Fu Lee, AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future
23. The Red-Headed Pilgrim
By: Kevin Maloney
3.83
Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition
Provocative, poignant, and resoundingly hilarious, The Red-Headed Pilgrim is the tragicomic tale of… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
24. Body Friend
By: Katherine Brabon
3.74
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Late in the summer five years ago, when I was recovering from a surgical procedure, I met two women… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
25. The Book of X
By: Sarah Rose Etter
4.04
Format: 284 pages, Paperback
The Book of X tells the tale of Cassie, a girl born with her stomach twisted in the shape of a knot… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
26. The Book Censor's Library
By: بثينة العيسى
3.85
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
A perilous and fantastical satire of banned books, secret libraries, and the looming eye of an all-… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
"وحدهم الذين يضعون اللوائح يحق لهم كسرها ."-بثينة العيسى, The Book Censor's Library
"لا يمكننا السفر عبر الزمن إلا من خلال القصص"-بثينة العيسى, The Book Censor's Library
"ورغم أنه أدرك القاع، إلا أن قلبه ما زال يهوي."-بثينة العيسى, The Book Censor's Library
"تحدث اختلالات مروعة في توازنات العالم عندما تتم مصادرة حكاية، كما لو أن المكان يظلم أكثر."-بثينة العيسى, The Book Censor's Library
27. The Anthropologists
By: Aysegül Savas
4.05
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Asya and Manu are looking at apartments, envisioning their future in a foreign city. What should th… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
28. Cheap Therapist Says You're Insane
By: Parker Young
4.07
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
Cheap Therapist Says You’re Insane is a debut collection of stories that announces a startling new … read more
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- fiction
29. State of Paradise
By: Laura van den Berg
3.51
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A heart-racing fun house of uncanniness hidden in Florida’s underbelly, from a reality-warping stor… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
30. The Most
By: Jessica Anthony
3.37
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
From “one of our most thrilling and singular innovators on the page” (Laura Van Den Berg), a tightl… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
31. Pure Cosmos Club
By: Matthew Binder
4.18
Format: 252 pages, Hardcover
In this biting satire, Matthew Binder takes surreal aim at the poses and pretensions of high art an… read more
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