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What do readers say about Kafka on the Shore?
simple, compelling, and multi-layered part allegory, part fantasy patented magical realism hoshino's character progressionKafka on the Shore displays one of the world's great storytellers at the peak of his powers.
Here we meet a teenage boy, Kafka Tamura, who is on the run, and Nakata, an aging simpleton who is drawn to Kafka for reasons that he cannot fathom. As their... More details on Kafka on the Shore
Cash isn't the only thing I take from my father's study when I leave home. I take a small, old gold lighter—I like the design and feel of it—and a folding knife with a really sharp blade. Made to skin...
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What do readers say about Red at the Bone?
lyrical and engaging a family saga lush and poetic prose family and relationshipsA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR
"A spectacular novel that only this legend can pull off." -Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST, in The Atlantic
"An exquisite tale of... More details on Red at the Bone
But that afternoon there was an orchestra playing. Music filling the brownstone. Black fingers pulling violin bows and strumming cellos, dark lips around horns, a small brown girl with pale pink nails...
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What do readers say about Little Bee?
england and nigeria a touching drama very good story great character developmentMillions of people have read, discussed, debated, cried, and cheered with Little Bee, a Nigerian refugee girl whose violent and courageous journey puts a stunning face on the worldwide refugee crisis .
"Little Bee will blow you away." -The Washingto... More details on Little Bee
MOST DAYS I WISH I was a British pound coin instead of an African girl. Everyone would be pleased to see me coming. Maybe I would visit with you for the weekend and then suddenly, because I am fickle ...
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What do readers say about Unteachable?
lyrical and engaging high school student-teacher romance really beautiful writing intoxicatingAn edgy, sexy USA TODAY bestseller about falling for the one person you can't have.
Maise O'Malley just turned eighteen, but she's felt like a grown-up her entire life. The summer before senior year, she has plans: get into a great film school, convi... More details on Unteachable
WHEN you’re eighteen, there’s fuck-all to do in a southern Illinois summer but eat fried pickles, drink PBR tallboys you stole from your mom, and ride the Tilt-a-Whirl till you hurl. Which is exactly ...
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What do readers say about The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle?
sharp, clear and dramatic poetic and witty lyrical and engaging convoluted, thy nameCan you solve the mystery of Evelyn Hardcastle?
WINNER OF THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD
WINNER OF THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG NOVEL AWARD
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My mind has gone blank. I don’t know who Anna is or why I’m calling her name. I don’t even know how I got here. I’m standing in a forest, shielding my eyes from the spitting rain. My heart’s thumping,...
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What do readers say about This Boy's Life?
lyrical and engaging very honest and funny a wonderful memoir easy and entertaining readThe author of "The Barracks Thief" and "Hunters in the Snow" recreates his boyhood experiences, relating how he and his mother travelled throughout the United States, and tracing his experiences and changes from young boy to manhood against the backg... More details on This Boy's Life
Our car boiled over again just after my mother and I crossed the Continental Divide. While we were waiting for it to cool we heard, from somewhere above us, the bawling of an airhorn. The sound got lo...
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What do readers say about Fury?
stream of consciousness dense, but interesting lyrical and engaging endless formless whitteringA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
"Salman Rushdie's great grasp of the human tragicomedy-its dimensions, its absurdities and horrors-has made him one of the most intelligent fiction writers in the English language."
-Gail Caldwell, The Boston Globe
Professor Malik Solanka, retired historian of ideas, irascible dollmaker, and since his recent fifty-fifth birthday celibate and solitary by his own (much criticized) choice, in his silvered years fou...
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What do readers say about The Recovering?
a personal memoir powerful, lyrical, and engaging substantive, engrossing discussion a memoirFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Empathy Exams comes this transformative work showing that sometimes the recovery is more gripping than the addiction.
With its deeply personal and seamless blend of memoir, cultural history, literar... More details on The Recovering
The first time I ever felt it—the buzz—I was almost thirteen. I didn’t vomit or black out or even embarrass myself. I just loved it. I loved the crackle of champagne, its hot pine needles down my thro...
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What do readers say about Need?
lyrical and engaging fluid and pacey fairies and pixies fairies and shapeshiftersZara collects phobias the way other high school girls collect Facebook friends. It's little wonder, since she's had a fairly rough life. Her father left when she was a baby, her stepfather just died and her mother's almost given up - in fact, she's s... More details on Need
I wrapped a white thread around my finger when my dad died. I keep it there to remind me that I once felt stuff, once had a dad, a life. It’s twisted so the knot is against my pinkie. I move it around...
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What do readers say about The Lady Astronaut of Mars?
hugo nominated novella careful, simple and moving a tor short the setting and toneWinner: 2014 Hugo Award for Best Novelette Thirty years ago, Elma York led the expedition that paved the way to life on Mars. For years she's been longing to go back up there, to once more explore the stars.
But there are few opportunities for an agi... More details on The Lady Astronaut of Mars
Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer's wife. She met me, she went on to say, when I was working next door to the...
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