18 must-read fiction books like To & Fro by Leah Hager Cohen

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To & Fro

By: Leah Hager Cohen

4.20

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A tale of two girls—one living in a parable, the other in Manhattan Ani, journeying across a gre…

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1. The Extinction of Irena Rey

By: Jennifer Croft

3.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the International Booker Prize–winning translator and Women's Prize finalist, a propulsive, be… read more

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"The sun was higher, a white light between the birches that arched and bared their lenticels, shimmering their leaves."

-Jennifer Croft, The Extinction of Irena Rey

"Glittering crystalline rainbows extended in every direction, while gentle gold beams swept between the softened trees that sparkled and beckoned and forbade."

-Jennifer Croft, The Extinction of Irena Rey

"It was a new moon, but the stars of the northern hemisphere transformed her slim sinuous home, converting the oak strips on the convex walls into quicksilver that momentarily held the frenzied shadow…"

-Jennifer Croft, The Extinction of Irena Rey

"It was barely spring in the southern hemisphere, and Buenos Aires was not yet soft, or sumptuous, or purple.* *I wasn't sure what this meant at first, but when I asked this author to explain it, she …"

-Jennifer Croft, The Extinction of Irena Rey

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2. City of Laughter

By: Temim Fruchter

3.78

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A rich and riveting debut spanning four generations of Eastern European Jewish women bound by blood… read more

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3. I Cheerfully Refuse

By: Leif Enger

4.03

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of Rainy, an aspiring musician se… read more

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"Those thieves and lovers and wandering poets- what big lives they had! I began watching everyone I met for secret greatness."

-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse

"I think the sea has no in-between: you get either rage and wayward lightning and schizoid frenzy or such freehanded beauty that time contract or turns in on itself leaving you forgetful and no more n…"

-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse

"One shelf became two. Then a wall. Then eight-foot rolling racks from a shut library in Hayward, Wisconsin. Maudie suggested changing the shop name to reflect its inventory. Bread and Books. Loaves a…"

-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse

"Much as I wanted to think of Lark in someplace better, I knew from a thousand conversations that she never worried abut that place. Maybe it was real and full of saints and poets, or maybe it was poe…"

-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse

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4. This Strange Eventful History

By: Claire Messud

3.63

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

An immersive, masterful story of a family born on the wrong side of history, from one of our finest… read more

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"Literature... Now, that's a religion I can believe in. That is perhaps my God."

-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History

"Family life, like playing chess, involved always thinking several steps ahead."

-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History

"... she'd been a fool, enamored of a figment, had created the soul of a man who never existed -"

-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History

"All-U-Can Hi-way 4-Sale Thru. This American English thrilled him - its energy, its freedom, its carelessness."

-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History

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5. The Hebrew Teacher

By: Maya Arad

4.04

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Three Israeli women, their lives altered by immigration to the United States, seek to overcome cris… read more

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"״ילד לא צריך בכלל מסיבה גדולה עד גיל ארבע,״ פוסקת רוית. ״מה, בארץ עושים רק עם הסבתות, הדודים...״ ״אבל זו הבעיה, אין פה סבתות,״ היא מחווה את דעתה. ״איי,״ מלכה מסכימה, ״זאת בדיוק הבעיה. אין פה סבתות.״"

-Maya Arad, The Hebrew Teacher

"יועד לוגם מהכוס ומעווה את פניו. ״חרא קפה.״ ״בפעם הבאה תלך לקפה מול הספרייה,״ היא מציעה לו טיפ של מקומיים. רק לפני שנה פתחו אותו, וכל הקמפוס מדבר עליו: כמו בניו יורק, כמו בסן פרנסיסקו, בסיאטל: קלייה ע…"

-Maya Arad, The Hebrew Teacher

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6. The Alternatives

By: Caoilinn Hughes

3.48

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

“A tale about sisterhood, a novel of ideas, a chronicle of our collective follies, a requiem for ou… read more

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7. We Burn Daylight

By: Bret Anthony Johnston

3.95

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An epic novel of star-crossed lovers set in a doomsday cult on the Texas prairie that asks: what wo… read more

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Cover of The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden

8. The Safekeep

By: Yael van der Wouden

4.08

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An exhilarating, twisted tale of desire, suspicion, and obsession between two women staying in the … read more

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9. Goyhood

By: Reuven Fenton

4.07

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Funny, poignant, and revelatory while plumbing the emotional depths of the relationship between est… read more

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Cover of Your Presence Is Mandatory by Sasha Vasilyuk

10. Your Presence Is Mandatory

By: Sasha Vasilyuk

3.52

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A riveting debut novel, based on real events, about a Ukrainian World War II veteran with a secret … read more

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11. Cuckoo

By: Gretchen Felker-Martin

3.65

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Cuckoo is a searing new novel from Manhunt author Gretchen Felker-Martin, where a motley crew of ki… read more

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12. Hum

By: Helen Phillips

3.58

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the National Book Award–longlisted author of The Need comes an extraordinary novel about a wif… read more

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  • fiction
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13. On Her Own

By: Lihi Lapid

4.08

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A moving, page-turning story of two families in crisis that melds the clock-ticking tension of Laur… read more

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Cover of The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss by Margalit Fox

14. The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss

By: Margalit Fox

3.48

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A Jewish mother of four, a gracious society hostess, a beloved member of her community—and the firs… read more

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15. Colored Television

By: Danzy Senna

3.83

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A dark comedy about second acts, creative appropriation, and the racial identity–industrial complex… read more

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16. The Bright Sword

By: Lev Grossman

4.06

Format: 673 pages, Hardcover

A gifted young knight named Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a spot on the Round Table, onl… read more

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"One day you will see that it is a mistake to love an empire, or a throne, or a crown, because those things cannot love. They can only die."

-Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword

"God doesn't come when you snap your fingers, He comes when you're ready for Him." Nimue snapped her delicate fingers, producing a strikingly loud pop in the quiet. "That's the difference between a sp…"

-Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword

Cover of Songs for the Brokenhearted by Ayelet Tsabari

17. Songs for the Brokenhearted

By: Ayelet Tsabari

4.27

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

1950. Thousands of Yemeni Jews have immigrated to the newly founded Israel in search of a better li… read more

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Cover of The Rich People Have Gone Away by Regina Porter

18. The Rich People Have Gone Away

By: Regina Porter

3.57

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Brooklyn, 2020. Theo Harper and his pregnant wife Darla head upstate to their summer cottage to wai… read more

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Cover of To & Fro by Leah Hager Cohen

19. To & Fro

By: Leah Hager Cohen

4.20

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A tale of two girls—one living in a parable, the other in Manhattan Ani, journeying across a gre… read more

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20. The Gates of Gaza: A Story of Betrayal, Survival, and Hope in Israel’s Borderlands

By: Amir Tibon

4.78

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The gripping true story of how leading Israeli journalist Amir Tibon, along with his wife and their… read more

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21. Night Owls

By: A.R. Vishny

4.29

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In this thrilling paranormal YA romance debut steeped in folklore, two estries—owl-shifting female … read more

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