Last Summer on State Street
By: Toya Wolfe
4.22
Format: 212 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Jacqueline Woodson and Brit Bennett, a striking coming-of-age debut about friendship, c…
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1. The Berry Pickers
By: Amanda Peters
4.14
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mys… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
2. Happiness Falls
By: Angie Kim
3.75
Format: 387 pages, Hardcover
When a father goes missing, his family's desperate search leads them to question everything they kn… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"I lost a World - the other day! Has Anybody found? - Emily Dickinson, 1896"-Angie Kim, Happiness Falls
3. Tom Lake
By: Ann Patchett
3.99
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again prov… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"You can’t pretend this [Covid] isn’t happening,"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"In the summer the pear trees were fine. In the summer, all that is hideous about a pear tree is hidden by leaves and pears. But once those disguises were removed they were nothing but acres of murder…"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"Hazel, listen to me. I'm going to tell you something important, you need to be brave.' I then explained to the dog how I have told myself for so many years that my career fell apart because I wasn't …"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"It's as if someone bought all the diamonds at Tiffany's, and crushed them into dust, then spread that dust across the water so that it sifts down evenly, filtering through the shards of light that cu…"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
4. James
By: Percival Everett
4.54
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , both harrowing and f… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- novels
- african american
- audiobook
5. Margo's Got Money Troubles
By: Rufi Thorpe
3.97
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A bold, laugh-out-loud funny, and heartwarming story about one young woman’s attempt to navigate ad… read more
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- literary fiction
- coming of age
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"I’m just saying,"-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles
"I fell into a state that, if not sleep, was sleep adjacent."-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles
"It really makes you wonder, what kind of truth would require this many lies to tell?"-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles
"Who cared about sex, really? When what you needed was someone to talk to in the dark."-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles
6. Last Summer on State Street
By: Toya Wolfe
4.22
Format: 212 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Jacqueline Woodson and Brit Bennett, a striking coming-of-age debut about friendship, c… read more
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- literary fiction
- coming of age
- historical
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- historical fiction
- novels
- african american
- audiobook
7. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
By: James McBride
4.00
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new housing de… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- african american
- audiobook
8. Take My Hand
By: Dolen Perkins-Valdez
4.37
Format: 359 pages, Hardcover
Inspired by true events that rocked the nation, a profoundly moving novel about a Black nurse in po… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- african american
- audiobook
"There wasn’t any justice for little Black girls, and never had been."-Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Take My Hand
"The world was an enigma. My country was an enigma. Still, she was mine. And I loved every square inch of her."-Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Take My Hand
"The past doesn't work that way. You can't just make it disappear. You can't pretend certain things didn't happen."-Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Take My Hand
"She wore a belted yellow dress that screamed springtime even though it was chilly out. Anybody in a dress that bright had to be doing some good in the world, I decided."-Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Take My Hand
9. Real Americans
By: Rachel Khong
4.04
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of Goodbye, Vitamin: How far would you go to shape your own destiny?… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"She wasn't normal and so I wasn't either. I resented that part the most."-Rachel Khong, Real Americans
"It was a habit, with my parents: omitting information, not wanting to worry them unnecessarily. Though they’d raised me so American, I could never manage the sorts of American relationships my friend…"-Rachel Khong, Real Americans
"With each other they spoke loudly: Their voices periodically rose to excited shouts, and they laughed raucously. In English they were milder mannered, polite. My mother had always spoken English to m…"-Rachel Khong, Real Americans
10. Family Family
By: Laurie Frankel
4.00
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
“Not all stories of adoption are stories of pain and regret. Not even most of them. Why don’t we ev… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- audiobook
"When people thought of mothers, they smelled cookies baking and chocolate melting. But actual mothers got shit for giving their kids too much sugar. When people thought of mothers, they thought soft …"-Laurie Frankel, Family Family
11. 23 Minutos
By: Waldson Souza
3.55
Format: 224 pages, None
E se a dor da morte fosse realmente um prelúdio do fim? Hugo leva uma vida tranquila na cidade d… read more
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12. A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
By: Tia Williams
4.04
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An epic love story one hundred years in the making… Leap years are a strange, enchanted time. An… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"And know this: the villain depends on who's telling the story."-Tia Williams, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
"Breeze was a share cropper. His whole family was. He was born in Fallon, South Carolina a dusty wretched town to a long line of men named Ezra Walker. His first son would be named Ezra, too. No clue …"-Tia Williams, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
"To me, love is like listening to an album. Some people skip to their favorite songs and ignore the rest. Other people listen to the entire album over and over until it's familiar and cherished and th…"-Tia Williams, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
13. How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
By: Angie Cruz
3.90
Format: 195 pages, Hardcover
Cara Romero thought she would work at the factory of little lamps for the rest of her life. But whe… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- audiobook
"She knew I had to cry until I undrown from the inside."-Angie Cruz, How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
"If you're lucky, you find a man that you don't fall in the hole with."-Angie Cruz, How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
"Lulú talks and talks because she dique knows everything. But when I say something, people listen. This I learned from my father. The less you say, the more the people listen."-Angie Cruz, How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
"Talking reminds me that no matter how difficult my life is, I have always found a solution my problems. When I think about this, I am not afraid. We can do this. I can do this."-Angie Cruz, How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
14. I Have Some Questions for You
By: Rebecca Makkai
3.61
Format: 438 pages, Hardcover
A successful film professor and podcaster, Bodie Kane is content to forget her past—the family trag… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
15. Sandwich
By: Catherine Newman
3.75
Format: 229 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved author of We All Want Impossible Things, a moving, hilarious story of a family sum… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- audiobook
"What does loss look like, in your body? Where is it? It feels like an air bubble stuck in your psyche. It feels like peering down into a deep hole. The vertigo of that. The potential for obliteration…"-Catherine Newman, Sandwich
"We're just ruined by sex, women---our bodies, our psyches. We're sexually assaulted every five minutes. We're infected with everything. Traumatized by conceiving, by not conceiving. But let's keep at…"-Catherine Newman, Sandwich
16. Maame
By: Jessica George
4.06
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Shortlisted for the TikTok Book Awards in the Book of the Year, 2023 and the Goodreads Debut and Fi… read more
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- literary fiction
- coming of age
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"A white person can date a Black person and still be racist."-Jessica George, Maame
"I can't comprehend living to work, but then I'm afraid of working just to live."-Jessica George, Maame
"A white person can date a Black person and still be racist. Because there’s levels to that sh*t. Like a lasagna."-Jessica George, Maame
"It's about what love is. Which is trust, commitment, empathy, and respect. It means really giving a shit about the other person."-Jessica George, Maame
17. Memphis
By: Tara M. Stringfellow
4.10
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A spellbinding debut novel tracing three generations of a Southern Black family and one daughter’s … read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- african american
- audiobook
18. Nightcrawling
By: Leila Mottley
3.98
Format: 277 pages, Hardcover
Kiara and her brother, Marcus, are scraping by in an East Oakland apartment complex optimistically … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- audiobook
"We always showing people our hands like it's proof we're human."-Leila Mottley, Nightcrawling
"She is the bottom of the ocean, where all the magic hides beneath too many layers of dark and water and salt."-Leila Mottley, Nightcrawling
"Even after everything he's put me through, if he's ready to ask for it instead of just taking it then I will walk to the ends of the earth for him."-Leila Mottley, Nightcrawling
"That boy is a wonder. He's my autumn rain, my last picture of the sun before it sets. Daytime is not possible without Trevor. Not even sure the sun come out without Trevor."-Leila Mottley, Nightcrawling
19. Same As It Ever Was
By: Claire Lombardo
4.00
Format: 498 pages, Hardcover
Julia Ames, after a youth marked by upheaval and emotional turbulence, has found herself on the pla… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- audiobook
"Parenthood was a persistent cruelty, a constant, simultaneous desire to be together and apart."-Claire Lombardo, Same As It Ever Was
20. The God of the Woods
By: Liz Moore
4.27
Format: 490 pages, Kindle Edition
When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide Early morning, Augu… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
21. Uma travessia de perturbações
By: Franz Kafka
3.50
Format: 128 pages, None
Os contos "O povoado vizinho", "Um relato e uma academia", "O novo advogado", "Diante da lei", "Na … read more
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