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1 2 3 4 5 6 >>>     sort list by title | author Wild Milk Sabrina Orah Mark Wild Milk is like Borscht Belt meets Leonora Carrington; it's like Donald Barthelme meets Pony Head; it’s like the Brothers Grimm meet Beckett in his swim trunks at the beach. In other words, this remarkable collection of stories is unlike anything else you’ve read. Fat City A Novel Leonard Gardner Fat City is a vivid novel of allegiance and defeat, of the potent promise of the good life and the desperation and drink that waylay those whom it eludes. Stockton, California, is the setting: the Lido Gym, the Hotel Coma, Main Street lunchrooms and dingy bars, days like long twilights in houses obscured by untrimmed shrubs and black walnut trees. A Brief History of Seven Killings A Novel Marlon James Winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize, Marlon James combines masterful storytelling with his unrivaled skill at characterization and his meticulous eye for detail to forge a novel of dazzling ambition and scope. The Starless Sea A Novel Erin Morgenstern From the New York Times bestselling author of The Night Circus, a timeless love story set in a secret underground world—a place of pirates, painters, lovers, liars, and ships that sail upon a starless sea. ––Recommended by Caitlyn The Promise Silvina Ocampo A dying woman's attempt to recount the story of her life reveals the fragility of memory and the illusion of identity. Forgotten Journey Silvina Ocampo Delicately crafted, intensely visual, deeply personal stories explore the nature of memory, family ties, and the difficult imbalances of love. salt slow From White Review Short Story Prize winner Julia Armfield, a brilliant, provocative debut story collection for fans of Carmen Maria Machado and Kelly Link. ––Recommended by Anna Only Americans Burn in Hell Jarett Kobek Recommended by Daven I Hotel Tenth Anniversary Edition Karen Tei Yamashita An epic journey through one of America's most transformative decades via the stories of the activists, laborers, and students who shaped it. ––Recommended by Paul The Testaments Margaret Atwood Margaret Atwood's dystopian masterpiece, The Handmaid’s Tale, has become a modern classic—and now she brings the iconic story to a dramatic conclusion in this riveting sequel. The Nickel Boys A Novel Colson Whitehead In this bravura follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize, and National Book Award-winning #1 New York Times bestseller The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead brilliantly dramatizes another strand of American history through the story of two boys sentenced to a hellish reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous A Novel Ocean Vuong Written as a son's letter to his mother who cannot read, this novel is raw and achingly beautiful. Vuong’s writing is both visceral and sublime with lines that will render you awestruck. – Andy East Goes West Younghill Kang "A wonderfully resplendent evocation of a newcomer's America" (Chang-rae Lee, author of Native Speaker) by the father of Korean American literature. ––Recommended by Paul America Is in the Heart Carlos Bulosan A 1946 Filipino American social classic about the United States in the 1930s from the perspective of a Filipino migrant laborer who endures racial violence and struggles with the paradox of the American dream, with a foreword by novelist Elaine Castillo –– Recommended by Paul 1 2 3 4 5 6 >>>