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Crush
by Richard Siken
A lyrical exploration of love and loneliness, weaving together vivid imagery and intense emotion.
Finalist for the 2005 National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry—an erotic, powerful collection “One of the best books of contemporary poetry.”—Victoria Chang,, Huffington Post, “Vital, immediate, ... (Barnes & Noble)
Motherhood
by Sheila Heti
A woman contemplates whether or not to have a child, exploring the complexities and societal expectations surrounding motherhood.
From the author of How Should a Person Be? (“one of the most talked-about books of the year”— Time Magazine ) and the New York Times Bestseller Women in Clothes comes a daring novel about whether to ... (Goodreads)
Sweetbitter
by Stephanie Danler
A young woman's coming-of-age story in the restaurant industry of New York City.
Tess is twenty-two when she packs up her things in her car and moves from Ohio to New York City. Knowing nothing and no one she stumbles her way into a job at a semi-prestigious restaurant as a back ... (Wikipedia)
I Love Dick
by Chris Kraus
A woman's journey of self-discovery, exploring the limits of her desires.
The Flamethrowers
by Rachel Kushner
An exploration of art, politics, and identity in 1970s New York and Italy.
In 1975, a young art school graduate from Reno moves to New York City hoping to become a successful artist. She meets an older, more established artist, Sandro Valera, the heir of Moto Valera, an ... (Wikipedia)
A Woman Is No Man
by Etaf Rum
Three generations of Palestinian women struggle to break free from the oppressive cultural norms of their community in Brooklyn.
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A READ WITH JENNA, TODAY, SHOW, BOOK CLUB PICK A GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS FINALIST FOR BEST FICTION AND BEST DEBUT • BOOKBROWE'S BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A, MARIE CLAIRE, ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Woman Destroyed
by Simone de Beauvoir
A collection of three novellas exploring the consequences of societal expectations on women's lives.
Three long stories that draw the reader into the lives of three women, all past their first youth, all facing unexpected crises. ... (Goodreads)
The Collected Poems
by Sylvia Plath
A collection of poems that explore the complexities of life, death, love, and mental illness through vivid and haunting imagery.
Pulitzer Prize winner Sylvia Plath’s complete poetic works, edited and introduced by Ted Hughes. By the time of her death on 11, February 1963, Sylvia Plath had written a large bulk of poetry. To my ... (Barnes & Noble)
Eileen
by Ottessa Moshfegh
Eileen, a disturbed young woman, works at a boys' prison and becomes involved in a crime. A dark and unsettling character study.
The story of an unhappy 24-year-old woman named Eileen who works at a prison, and what happens to her during a bitter Massachusetts winter in 1964. The novel was well received by, The New York Times, ... (Wikipedia)
The Nix
by Nathan Hill
A middle-aged man's quest to discover the truth about his mother and his own identity.
The Nix is an American epic novel in 10 parts that follows community college professor of English, Samuel Andresen-Anderson who is struggling to find meaning in his life in the years following his ... (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)
No One Belongs Here More Than You
by Miranda July
Short stories of everyday people struggling to find their place in the world.
Screenwriter, director, and star of the acclaimed film Me and You and Everyone We Know, Miranda July brings her extraordinary talents to the page in a startling, sexy, and tender collection. ... (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)
The Haunting of Hill House
by Shirley Jackson
A group of people investigating a mysterious and haunted house, uncovering its secrets.
It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a "haunting"; Theodora, the lighthearted ... (Goodreads)
Convenience Store Woman
by Sayaka Murata
A darkly comic story of a woman's search for acceptance and belonging in a society that doesn't fit her.
Keiko Furukura is a 36-year old woman who has been working part-time at a convenience store , or konbini , for the last 18 years. She has known since childhood that she is "different" and that ... (Wikipedia)
The Lover
by Marguerite Duras
A young French girl's exploration of passion, love, and relationships in French Indochina.
Set against the backdrop of French Indochina , The Lover reveals the intimacies and intricacies of a clandestine romance between a pubescent girl from a financially strapped French family and an ... (Wikipedia)
The Lost Girls
by Heather Young
A family saga that explores the disappearance of three sisters from their secluded lake house in Minnesota in 1935.
In the summer of 1935, six-year-old Emily Evans vanishes from her family’s vacation home on a remote Minnesota lake. Her disappearance destroys her mother, who spends the rest of her life at the lake ... (Goodreads)
Play It As It Lays
by Joan Didion
A woman's search for identity amidst the glamour and emptiness of 1960s Hollywood.
The novel begins with an internal monologue by the 31-year-old Maria Wyeth, followed by short reminiscences of her friend Helene, and ex-husband, film producer Carter Lang. The further narration is ... (Wikipedia)
Dear Wife
by Kimberly Belle
A woman disappears, and her husband is the prime suspect. But nothing is as it seems in this twisty thriller.
Some vows are meant to be broken… For nearly a year, Beth Murphy has been plotting to leave her abusive husband. The time has finally arrived, and this is her one chance at freedom. Each part of her ... (Barnes & Noble)
Belinda
by Anne Rampling
A young woman's sexual awakening and exploration of her desires, leading to a dangerous affair with an older man.
"Who was she?" That was the first thought that came into my mind when I saw her in the bookstore. Who was she really? She's Belinda. She's sixteen years old. She's the object of one man's ultimate ... (Goodreads)
Dirty Pretty Things
by Michael Faudet
A collection of sensual and provocative poetry exploring love, lust, and desire in all its forms.
Dirty Pretty Things is the much anticipated book by Michael Faudet. His whimsical and often erotic writing has already captured the hearts and minds of literally thousands of readers from around the ... (Goodreads)
Chemistry
by Weike Wang
A Chinese-American Ph.D. candidate in chemistry struggles with the pressures of academia, family expectations, and her own identity crisis.
At first glance, the quirky, overworked narrator of this novel seems to be on the cusp of a perfect life: she is studying for a prestigious PhD in chemistry that will make her Chinese parents proud ... (Goodreads)
The Book of Essie
by Meghan MacLean Weir
Essie, a 17-year-old reality TV star, must navigate a scandalous pregnancy and her family's religious empire.
A debut novel of family, fame, and religion that tells the emotionally stirring, wildly captivating story of the seventeen-year-old daughter of an evangelical preacher, star of the family's hit ... (Goodreads)
The Expatriates
by Janice Y.K. Lee
Three American women living in Hong Kong navigate their personal and professional lives, facing loss, love, and identity crises.
Mercy, a young Korean American and recent Columbia graduate, is adrift, undone by a terrible incident in her recent past. Hilary, a wealthy housewife, is haunted by her struggle to have a child, ... (Goodreads)
Pachinko
by Lee Min-jin
A saga spanning four generations of a Korean family living in Japan, struggling to survive and thrive amidst prejudice and poverty.
The novel takes place over the course of three books: Book I Gohyang/Hometown, Book II Motherland, and Book III Pachinko. In 1883, in the little island fishing village of Yeongdo , which is a ferry ... (Wikipedia)
Hausfrau
by Jill Alexander Essbaum
A bored American housewife in Switzerland seeks fulfillment through a series of affairs, leading to tragic consequences.
For readers of Claire Messud and Mary Gaitskill comes a striking debut novel of marriage, fidelity, sex, and morality, featuring a fascinating heroine who struggles to live a life with meaning. ... (Goodreads)
Changeling
by Cate Tiernan
A teenage girl discovers she is a witch and must navigate the complexities of magic, family, and love.
When Morgan receives a shocking revelation about her family, she's thrown into a moral tailspin, believing that her essential nature is evil. Is her dark heritage too powerful to overcome? ... (Goodreads)
The Initiation
by L.J. Smith
A teenage girl discovers she is a witch and must navigate the dangerous world of magic and dark forces.
A chance encounter brings sixteen-year-old Cassie Blake to fall for the mysterious Adam Conant. After meeting him, she rids herself of the idea of a relationship with him because she thinks they’ll ... (Wikipedia)
Dog Man
by Dav Pilkey
A graphic novel about a cop who is part dog, part man, and his adventures fighting crime and solving mysteries.
From worldwide bestselling author and artist Dav Pilkey comes Dog Man, the canine cop who's part dog, part man, and ALL HERO! George and Harold have created a new breed of justice. With the head of a ... (Goodreads)
The Wangs vs. the World
by Jade Chang
A family of Chinese immigrants lose their fortune and embark on a cross-country road trip to reconnect with each other and their roots.
Charles Wang is the patriarch of a family of five, a self-made millionaire who parlayed his family connections to the urea industry into a cosmetics empire. He would bet the future of the company ... (Wikipedia)
