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Someone Who Isn’t Me by Geoff Rickly
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGeoff Rickly’s debut novel Someone Who Isn’t Me is a feverish journey through the psyche of someone who no longer recognizes himself. When Geoff hears that a drug called ibogaine might be able to save him from his heroin addiction, he goes to a clinic in Mexico to confront the darkest and most destructive versions of himself...Categorized as:
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![The Highly Unreliable Account of the History of a Madhouse by Ayfer Tunç]()
The Highly Unreliable Account of the History of a Madhouse by Ayfer Tunç
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe novel opens in a provincial mental health hospital on the morning of the 14th February 2007 and comes to a cataclysmic end several hours later Lacklustre guest speaker (‘Love: Self-sacrifice? Or Self-preservation?’) Ülkü Birinci fails to impress the Medical Director, whose plans to write the history of the hospital are destined to remain stillborn... -
![The Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever]()
The Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHere are sixty-one stories that chronicle the lives of what has been called "the greatest generation." From the early wonder and disillusionment of city life in "The Enormous Radio" to the surprising discoveries and common mysteries of suburbia in "The Housebreaker of Shady Hill" and "The Swimmer," Cheever tells us everything we need to know about "the pain and sweetness of life...Categorized as:
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![A Treatise on Shelling Beans by Wiesław Myśliwski]()
A Treatise on Shelling Beans by Wiesław Myśliwski
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOur narrator, a retired musician, receives a visit from an enigmatic stranger who inspires him to share the story of his long and stormy life... -
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![Set This House in Order by Matt Ruff]()
Set This House in Order by Matt Ruff
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAndy Gage was born in 1965 and murdered not long after by his stepfather. . . . It was no ordinary murder. Though the torture and abuse that killed him were real, Andy Gage's death wasn't. Only his soul actually died, and when it died, it broke in pieces. Then the pieces became souls in their own right, coinheritors of Andy Gage's life. . . -
![The Other Son by Nick Alexander, Imogen Church]()
The Other Son by Nick Alexander, Imogen Church
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFrom the outside, Alice’s marriage looks successful. It’s true that Ken was never her first choice, but four decades in, she’s learned to tolerate him. Their two sons have chosen their own paths, Tim as a successful banker and Matt a carefree globetrotter she can’t keep up with... -
![The London Flat: Second Chances by Juliet Gauvin]()
The London Flat: Second Chances by Juliet Gauvin
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWHAT READERS ARE SAYING: “YES! A spectacular sequel to The Irish Cottage…even better than the first book.” Elizabeth Lara has just finished her tour of Ireland. She’s moved on to London, but the dashing Connor Bannon isn’t far from her thoughts as she searches for Mags’ lost love...Categorized as:
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![In Sheep's Clothing by Mary Monroe]()
In Sheep's Clothing by Mary Monroe
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA restless young woman thinks she’s found a free ride to happiness and adventure. But it’s a trip that may land her in prison—or worse. . . When Trudy Bell lands a job at a travel agency, she feels like a new woman. And her friendly personality soon wins her the adoration of her colleagues—with one exception... -
![Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee]()
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 35 ratings"Twelve times a week," answered Uta Hagen when asked how often she'd like to play Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? In the same way, audiences and critics alike could not get enough of Edward Albee's masterful play. A dark comedy, it portrays husband and wife George and Martha in a searing night of dangerous fun and games... -
![The Golden Gate by Vikram Seth]()
The Golden Gate by Vikram Seth
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis novel in verse about a group of California yuppies was one of the most highly praised books of 1986 and a bestseller on both coasts... -
![A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood]()
A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 26 ratings"When A Single Man was originally published, it shocked many by its frank, sympathetic, and moving portrayal of a gay man in midlife. George, the protagonist, is adjusting to life on his own after the sudden death of his partner, determined to persist in the routines of his daily life... -
![The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis]()
The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA sensational new novel from the best-selling author of Less Than Zero and Imperial Bedrooms that tracks a group of privileged Los Angeles high school friends as a serial killer strikes across the city... -
![Summer Fun by Jeanne Thornton]()
Summer Fun by Jeanne Thornton
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom acclaimed author Jeanne Thornton, an epic, singular look at fandom, creativity, longing, and trans identityGala, a young trans woman, works at a hostel in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. She is obsessed with the Get Happies, the quintessential 1960s Californian band, helmed by its resident genius, B—-...Categorized as:
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![The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen: Passing, Quicksand, and the Stories by Nella Larsen, Marita Golden]()
The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen: Passing, Quicksand, and the Stories by Nella Larsen, Marita Golden
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA light-skinned beauty who spends years passing for white finds herself dangerously drawn to an old friend's Harlem neighborhood. A restless young mulatto tries desperately to find a comfortable place in a world in which she sees herself as a perpetual outsider. A mother's confrontation with tragedy tests her loyalty to her race...Categorized as:
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![That Weekend in Paris by Inglath Cooper]()
That Weekend in Paris by Inglath Cooper
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWoman scorned? Maybe. When Dillon Blake heads to Paris to see country music star Klein Matthews perform in concert, she has a bit of an ax to grind with her soon-to-be ex-husband Josh Cummings. She’s starting her own Nashville publishing company, and her first goal is to sign Klein away from Josh... -
![Invisible Love by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt]()
Invisible Love by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEric-Emmanuel Schmitt is the author of three luminous collections of short stories published by Europa Editions, including the bestselling Most Beautiful Book in the World, and one novel, Three Women in a Mirror... -
![A Proper Marriage by Doris Lessing]()
A Proper Marriage by Doris Lessing
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOne of Doris Lessing's most important novels -- here beautifully repackaged This is the second volume in Doris Lessing's renowned quartet of novels tracing the life of Martha Quest from her childhood in Africa to an imagined post-nuclear Britain. A Proper Marriage sees twenty-something Martha beginning to realise that her marriage has been a terrible mistake... -
![Words Unspoken by Elizabeth Musser]()
Words Unspoken by Elizabeth Musser
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLissa Randall's future was bright with academic promise until the tragic accident that took her mother's life--and brought her own plans to a screeching halt. Eighteen months later Lissa is still unable to get back behind the wheel.Ev McAllistair's driving school looks like Lissa's best hope for getting her life back on the road again...Categorized as:
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![Farewell to the Sea: A Novel of Cuba by Reinaldo Arenas]()
Farewell to the Sea: A Novel of Cuba by Reinaldo Arenas
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this brilliant, apocalyptic vision of Castro's Cuba, we meet a young couple who leave the dreariness of Havana and spend six days at a small seaside retreat, where they hope to recapture the desire and carefree spirit that once united them... -
![War Against the Animals by Paul Russell]()
War Against the Animals by Paul Russell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCameron Barnes, formerly of New York City, lives in a small town in upstate New York. After having nearly succumbed to AIDS, he's recently regained a measure of his health but his long-term lover has moved away, and Cameron faces the daunting prospect of learning how to live with the idea of a future in mind again... -
![One Last Lie by Rob Kaufman]()
One Last Lie by Rob Kaufman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’s demonic and evil, a wicked she-devil you’ll love to hate in this riveting psychological thriller that reviewers say is “gripping”, “heart wrenching” and “holding my breath suspenseful”.Angela is beautiful and charismatic on the outside. But on the inside, a demon rages, determined to get anyone and anything she wants... -
![Domestic Service by Ella Fenn]()
Domestic Service by Ella Fenn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsColin Caldwell clawed his way out of a rough childhood to put himself through college, and now grad school. Broke, stressed-out, and struggling to stay afloat after he loses his regular ridesharing gig, he’s willing to do anything that pays the bills.Simon Vessey, on the other hand, is a handsome, wealthy, and successful executive... -
![Exposure by Ava Dellaira]()
Exposure by Ava Dellaira
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA life-changing moment encompasses conflicting truths that echo across time, in this powerful, provocative debut.One night, two people, four sides of a story.In 2004, Juliette Marker, a white college freshman, and Noah King, a Black high school senior, are two lonely souls who enter each other’s orbit, forge a connection, and, after a chance meeting, go home together...Categorized as:
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![The Women's Room by Marilyn French]()
The Women's Room by Marilyn French
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe bestselling feminist novel that awakened both women and men, The Women's Room follows the transformation of Mira Ward and her circle as the women's movement begins to have an impact on their lives... -
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![Controle by Natalia Borges Polesso]()
Controle by Natalia Borges Polesso
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNatalia Borges Polesso apresenta, em Controle, uma narrativa impactante sobre relações homoafetivas entre mulheres, o poder do desafio e, acima de tudo, as escolhas que precisam ser feitas para que as pessoas se tornem quem elas querem ser.A protagonista, Nanda, é epilética. Cercada de cuidado pelos pais, ela evita ao máximo o contato humano — exceto pela amiga, Joana... -
![Wake in Fright by Kenneth Cook]()
Wake in Fright by Kenneth Cook
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWake In Fright was first published in 1961 and the film version, The Outback, starring Donald Pleasance was released in 1971. Both the book and the film have achieved a cult status as the Australian answer to US and UK novels and films of 1960s youthful alienation... -
![A Fairly Honourable Defeat by Iris Murdoch, Peter Reed]()
A Fairly Honourable Defeat by Iris Murdoch, Peter Reed
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn a dark comedy of errors, Iris Murdoch portrays the mischief wrought by Julius, a cynical intellectual who decides to demonstrate through a Machiavellian experiment how easily loving couples, caring friends, and devoted siblings can betray their loyalties... -
![Sundog by Jim Harrison]()
Sundog by Jim Harrison
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA “feisty, passionate novel” (Newsday) from a writer whose “storytelling instincts are nearly flawless” (The New York Times). The New York Times–bestselling author of thirty-nine books of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry including Legends of the Fall, Dalva, and Returning to Earth, Jim Harrison was one of our most beloved and acclaimed writers, adored by both readers and critics... -
![Night by Night by Jack Jordan]()
Night by Night by Jack Jordan
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratings'Wow, it grabs you in the gut from the first few pages and doesn't let go!' Jo Spain, author of The Confession_________________________If you're reading this, I'm dead.Rejected by her family and plagued by insomnia, Rose Shaw is on the brink. But one dark evening she collides with a man running through the streets, who quickly vanishes... -
![The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories by Carson McCullers]()
The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories by Carson McCullers
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA classic work that has charmed generations of readers, this collection assembles Carson McCullers’s best stories, including her beloved novella “The Ballad of the Sad Café.” A haunting tale of a human triangle that culminates in an astonishing brawl, the novella introduces readers to Miss Amelia, a formidable southern woman whose café serves as the town’s gathering place...Categorized as:
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![The Clouds by Juan José Saer]()
The Clouds by Juan José Saer
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Saer is one of the best writers of today in any language."—Ricardo Piglia"What Saer presents marvelously is the experience of reality, and the characters' attempts to write their own narratives within its excess... -
![মায়া-জাল by Neil D'Silva]()
মায়া-জাল by Neil D'Silva
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMaya teaches Biology in a Mumbai school. She is a hit with her students for her unconventional teaching techniques such as bringing a dead man's heart to school to explain her lessons. But, though she seems ebullient on the outside, within her own heart she harbors the pain of a recently and mysteriously deceased husband... -
![Scarred Souls by Nick Kove]()
Scarred Souls by Nick Kove
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan two scarred souls make each other whole? Damian I’ve never given thoughts to any relationship with anyone. All I want is to start medical school and keep full focus on my education. At least, that’s what I used to want. Meeting Josh one rainy night changes everything... -
![The Blackwater Lightship by Colm Tóibín]()
The Blackwater Lightship by Colm Tóibín
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIt is Ireland in the early 1990s. Helen, her mother, Lily, and her grandmother, Dora have come together to tend to Helen's brother, Declan, who is dying of AIDS. With Declan's two friends, the six of them are forced to plumb the shoals of their own histories and to come to terms with each other... -
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![The House Of York by Terry Tyler]()
The House Of York by Terry Tyler
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe House of York ~ a contemporary family drama, spanning the years 1993 - 2014.Widowed single mum, Lisa Grey, and wealthy businessman, Elias York, are young and madly in love. A recipe for happiness? But Lisa is marrying into a complicated family. Her new sister-in-law doesn't want to know her...Categorized as:
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![Scared to Live by Stephen Booth]()
Scared to Live by Stephen Booth
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDetective Constable Ben Cooper and Detective Sergeant Diane Fry must uncover the secrets of two grim murder scenes in England's Peak District--one inexplicable...and the other unspeakable... -
![The Angel of History by Rabih Alameddine]()
The Angel of History by Rabih Alameddine
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFollowing the critical and commercial success of An Unnecessary Woman, Alameddine delivers a spectacular portrait of a man and an era of profound political and social upheaval... -
![The Border of Paradise by Esmé Weijun Wang]()
The Border of Paradise by Esmé Weijun Wang
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn epic tale of one iconoclastic family's inheritance of madness — and money — in Brooklyn, Taiwan, and Northern CaliforniaIn booming postwar Brooklyn, the Nowak Piano Company is an American success story. There is just one problem: the Nowak’s only son, David. A handsome kid and shy like his mother, David struggles with neuroses...Categorized as:
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![Altered States by Paddy Chayefsky]()
Altered States by Paddy Chayefsky
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsInspired by the work of John C. Lilly, Chayefsky spent two years in Boston doing research to write his science fiction novel Altered States (HarperCollins, 1978), which he adapted for his last screenplay. In the film Chayefsky is credited under his real first and middle name, Sidney Aaron, because of disputes with director Ken Russell...Categorized as:
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![The Ecliptic by Benjamin Wood]()
The Ecliptic by Benjamin Wood
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe mesmerising secondnovel from the acclaimed author of The Bellwether Revivals: a rich and immersive story of love, obsession, creativity and disintegration. On a forested island off the coast of Istanbul stands Portmantle, a refuge for beleaguered artists. There, a curious assembly of painters, architects, writers and musicians strive to restore their faded talents...Categorized as:
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![Hush Little Baby by R.H. Herron]()
Hush Little Baby by R.H. Herron
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the author of Stolen Things comes a twisty thriller that asks how tightly we are bound to our pasts, how much we can trust those around us, and how far a mother will go to protect her child.Jillian Marsh is a survivor... -
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The Hummingbird by Sandro Veronesi
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe #1 international sensation from a master of European literature—winner of Italy’s Premio Strega—a saga of a Florentine family from the 1960s to the present that brilliantly captures the power of history and the multi-faceted experience of life itself as it explores how we contend with uncontrollable forces that both buffet and buoy us...Categorized as:
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![Tom at the Farm by Michel Marc Bouchard]()
Tom at the Farm by Michel Marc Bouchard
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs an unexpected guest at his recently deceased lover's funeral, Tom is blindsided by the man's legacy of untruth. With the mother expecting a chain-smoking girlfriend, and the older brother hell-bent on preserving a facade of normalcy, Tom is coerced into participating in the dishonesty until, at last, he confronts the torment that drove his lover to live in the shadows of deceit... -
![Painting Fire on the Air by J.P. Barnaby]()
Painting Fire on the Air by J.P. Barnaby
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTHIS VERSION IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE"A Survivor Story""From her perch on a shelf above my bed, the doll accuses me with lifeless eyes of failing Juliette in the most heinous way imaginable, forcing me to crave the bite of his whip and the steel in his voice to drown out the ache in my chest... -
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![Pakket i plast by Kjetil Johnsen]()
Pakket i plast by Kjetil Johnsen
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratings- en serie om kjærlighet, vennskap, ensomhet og mord.Vilde og Nick deler en forferdelig hemmelighet. De føler at de begynner å miste kontrollen over livene sine. Det finnes så mange intriger og skjulte motiver!Og så, plutselig, er dagen der - dagen da en av de fire venninnene blir drept.Kjetil Johnsen har tidligere skrevet 18 bøker i seriesuksessen Tusen biter... -
![Zu Erde sollst du werden by Kjetil Johnsen]()
Zu Erde sollst du werden by Kjetil Johnsen
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEin packendes Finale steht bevor: "Zu Erde sollst du werden" ist der 5. und auch letzte Band der erfolgreichen Thriller-Soap "Dark Village" rund um die Mädchenclique aus Dypdal.In dem nun letzten Band fügt sich das Puzzle zusammen, natürlich unter nervenaufreibender Spannung und mit detailreich inszenierten Charakteren... -
![Different Class by Joanne Harris]()
Different Class by Joanne Harris
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAfter thirty years at St Oswald’s Grammar in North Yorkshire, Latin master Roy Straitley has seen all kinds of boys come and go. Each class has its clowns, its rebels, its underdogs, its ‘Brodie’ boys who, whilst of course he doesn’t have favourites, hold a special place in an old teacher’s heart. But every so often there’s a boy who doesn’t fit the mould. A troublemaker...Categorized as:
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![Jeremy Thrane by Kate Christensen]()
Jeremy Thrane by Kate Christensen
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the author of the highly acclaimed In the Drink, a smart and sexy exploration of New York and its customs through the eyes of a disillusioned, yet secretly hopeful, gay man.Jeremy Thrane is a thirty-five-year-old writer in love with a married man. For years, Jeremy has posed as "archivist" to Ted Masterson, a Hollywood action star...Categorized as:
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![The Whale Tattoo by Jon Ransom]()
The Whale Tattoo by Jon Ransom
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings‘SEE ALL FORMATS FOR NEW PAPERBACK (MARCH 23)’When a giant sperm whale washes up on the local beach and tells Joe Gunner that death will follow him wherever he goes. Joe knows that the place he needs to go is back home...Categorized as:
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![Nocturnes for the King of Naples by Edmund White, Garth Greenwell]()
Nocturnes for the King of Naples by Edmund White, Garth Greenwell
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe letters of a seducer to the great love of his life, a sensual tour-de-force by “the paterfamilias of queer literature” ( New York Times )“Can’t sleep tonight. Was lying in bed reading the biography of a great man whose genius deserted him . . . The genius who deserted me was you...Categorized as:
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