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Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
by Carmen Maria Machado
Collection of surreal stories exploring the complexities of gender, sexuality and identity.
In Her Body and Other Parties , Carmen Maria Machado blithely demolishes the arbitrary borders between psychological realism and science fiction, comedy and horror, fantasy and fabulism. While her ... (Goodreads)
Conversations with Friends
by Sally Rooney
Two college students explore the complexity of relationships and their place in the world.
A sharply intelligent novel about two college students and the strange, unexpected connection they forge with a married couple. Frances is twenty-one years old, cool-headed, and darkly observant. A ... (Goodreads)
Purple Hibiscus
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
A young girl's struggle to find her place in a family and society torn apart by political turmoil.
A previously published edition of ISBN 9781616202415 can be found, here., Fifteen-year-old Kambili and her older brother Jaja lead a privileged life in Enugu, Nigeria. They live in a beautiful house, ... (Goodreads)
The Well of Loneliness
by Radclyffe Hall
A novel about a young girl named Stephen who struggles with her sexual identity and societal expectations in early 20th century England.
The book's protagonist, Stephen Gordon, is born in the late Victorian era , to upper-class parents in Worcestershire who are expecting a boy and who christen her with the name they had already ... (Wikipedia)
The Only Story
by Julian Barnes
A love story between a young man and an older woman, exploring the complexities of relationships and the impact of memory on love.
The short (273 pp.) novel is the life story of Paul Roberts, who we first meet as a 19-year-old Sussex University undergraduate returning to his parents' house in the leafy southern suburbs of London ... (Wikipedia)
I Love Dick
by Chris Kraus
A woman's journey of self-discovery, exploring the limits of her desires.
Washington Black
by Esi Edugyan
A young slave in Barbados becomes an assistant to a scientist and embarks on a journey of self-discovery and adventure.
Washington Black is an eleven-year-old field slave who knows no other life than the Barbados sugar plantation where he was born. When his master's eccentric brother chooses him to be his manservant, ... (Goodreads)
Swing Time
by Zadie Smith
Two brown girls dream of becoming dancers, but only one has talent. Their friendship is tested by ambition and the world's inequalities.
Beginning in 2008, the novel tells the story of two mixed-race, black and white, girls who meet in 1982 in a tap class in London . The unnamed narrator, who has a white, working-class father, and a ... (Wikipedia)
Station Eleven
by Emily St. John Mandel
Post-apocalyptic exploration of a world drastically changed after a pandemic.
An audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse,, Station Eleven, tells the spellbinding story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of ... (Barnes & Noble)
Severance
by Ling Ma
A millennial office worker navigates a post-apocalyptic world plagued by a deadly virus.
The narrative follows Candace Chen after societal collapse due to the Shen Fever pandemic and in flashbacks to her earlier life. Candace and her parents emigrate from Fuzhou , China to Salt Lake City ... (Wikipedia)
The Secret History
by Donna Tartt
A small group of misfit college students uncover a sinister secret and their lives become entangled with dangerous consequences.
Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the ... (Goodreads)
Less
by Andrew Sean Greer
A man's journey of self-discovery and coming to terms with his life choices.
PROBLEM: You are a failed novelist about to turn fifty. A wedding invitation arrives in the mail: your boyfriend of the past nine years now engaged to someone else. You can’t say yes–it would all be ... (Goodreads)
Burial Rites
by Hannah Kent
A woman awaits her execution in 19th-century Iceland, reliving her story of hardship, loss and faith.
Burial Rites tells the story of Agnes Magnúsdóttir, a servant in northern Iceland who was condemned to death after the murder of two men, one of whom was her employer, and became the last woman put ... (Wikipedia)
The Warehouse
by Rob Hart
A dystopian future where a powerful corporation controls everything, including its employees' lives. Two workers uncover the company's dark secrets.
Cloud isn’t just a place to work. It’s a place to live. And when you’re here, you’ll never want to leave.Paxton never thought he’d be working for Cloud, the giant tech company that’s eaten much of ... (Goodreads)
The Cows
by Dawn O'Porter
Three women's lives collide after a public act of defiance. A feminist novel that explores modern womanhood and societal expectations.
*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*, Fearlessly frank and funny, the debut adult novel from Dawn O'Porter needs to be talked about. COW [n.], /kau/ A piece of meat; born to breed; past its sell-by-date; ... (Barnes & Noble)
Social Creature
by Tara Isabella Burton
A twisted tale of obsession and manipulation between two young women in New York City's elite social scene.
For readers of Gillian Flynn and Donna Tartt, a dark, propulsive and addictive debut thriller, splashed with all the glitz and glitter of New York City. They go through both bottles of champagne ... (Goodreads)
The Doll Factory
by Elizabeth Macneal
A young woman in Victorian London dreams of becoming an artist, but becomes entangled with a sinister collector of curiosities.
The Doll Factory, the debut novel by Elizabeth Macneal, is an intoxicating story of art, obsession and possession. London. 1850. The Great Exhibition is being erected in Hyde Park and among the crowd ... (Goodreads)
Half of a Yellow Sun
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Story of two sisters navigating a civil war in Nigeria, and the effects of colonialism.
The novel takes place in Nigeria prior to and during the Nigerian Civil War (1967–70). The effect of the war is shown through the relationships of five people's lives including the twin daughters of ... (Wikipedia)
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
by Haruki Murakami
A man's journey of self-reflection to address his past and understand his place in the world.
A mesmerising mystery story about friendship from the internationally bestselling author of, Norwegian Wood, and, 1Q84, Tsukuru Tazaki had four best friends at school. By chance all of their names ... (Goodreads)
The Ten-Year Nap
by Meg Wolitzer
Four women who left their careers to raise children struggle with their identities and desires as they approach their ten-year high school reunion.
From the bestselling author of, The Wife, and, The Position, a feverishly smart novel about female ambition, money, class, motherhood, and marriage-and what happens in one community when a group of ... (Goodreads)
Far From You
by Tess Sharpe
After a tragic accident, Sophie struggles with addiction and PTSD while trying to solve her best friend's murder.
* "This beautifully realized debut delves into the emotions of a girl recovering from drug addiction and grief, all wrapped up in a solid mystery." -,Kirkus Reviews ,(starred review) , * "Sharpe ... (Barnes & Noble)
What We Lose
by Zinzi Clemmons
A young woman navigates the complexities of identity, grief, and love after the death of her mother.
Thandi, the daughter of a South African mother and an American father, comes of age in Pennsylvania . When she is in college, her mother is stricken by cancer and dies, causing Thandi's life to fall ... (Wikipedia)
The Need
by Helen Phillips
A mother is forced to confront her deepest fears when a stranger breaks into her home and claims to be her doppelganger.
***LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION*** “An extraordinary and dazzlingly original work from one of our most gifted and interesting writers” (Emily St. John Mandel, author of, The ... (Barnes & Noble)
Ramona Blue
by Julie Murphy
Ramona, a lesbian teenager, questions her identity and relationships in a small town after a hurricane devastates her community.
The fourth novel from Julie Murphy, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin’ —now a Netflix feature film starring Danielle Macdonald and Jennifer Aniston, with a soundtrack by Dolly ... (Barnes & Noble)
I Was Born for This
by Alice Oseman
Two teens, a fan and a musician, navigate their way through fandom, friendship, and the pressures of fame.
For Angel Rahimi, life is only about one thing: The Ark – a pop-rock trio of teenage boys who are currently taking the world by storm. Being part of The Ark’s fandom has given her everything – her ... (Goodreads)
Everything Under
by Daisy Johnson
A haunting story of a mother and daughter, their secrets, and the search for a lost person.
The dictionary doesn’t contain every word. Gretel, a lexicographer by trade, knows this better than most. She grew up on a houseboat with her mother, wandering the canals of Oxford and speaking a ... (Goodreads)
Everything Leads to You
by Nina LaCour
A young set designer discovers a mysterious letter that leads her on a journey of self-discovery and love in the film industry.
A love letter to the craft and romance of film and fate in front of—and behind—the camera from the award-winning author of, Hold Still., A wunderkind young set designer, Emi has already started to ... (Goodreads)
Red Clocks
by Leni Zumas
In a dystopian future, women's reproductive rights are abolished. Four women navigate the consequences of this law.
In this ferociously imaginative novel, abortion is once again illegal in America, in-vitro fertilization is banned, and the Personhood Amendment grants rights of life, liberty, and property to every ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Unseen World
by Liz Moore
A young woman embarks on a quest to uncover the secrets of her father's past.
Ada Sibelius is raised by David, her brilliant, eccentric, socially inept single father, who directs a computer science lab in 1980s-era Boston. Home-schooled, Ada accompanies David to work every ... (Goodreads)
The White Book
by Han Kang
A poetic exploration of grief, loss, and the color white. A meditation on the fragility of life and the power of memory.
Shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker International Prize , From Booker Prize-winner and literary phenomenon Han Kang, a lyrical and disquieting exploration of personal grief, written through the prism ... (Goodreads)
