Selections

New York, New York
New York, Queens, Brooklyn... Discover a selection of novels inspired and set in this well-known part of America.
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Mother Country Mother Country Irina Reyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Betty Smith
Embrace on Brooklyn Bridge Embrace on Brooklyn Bridge Ezzedine C. Fishere
The Invention of Ana The Invention of Ana Mikkel Rosengaard
The Border of Paradise: A Novel The Border of Paradise: A Novel Esmé Weijun Wang
A Woman Is No Man A Woman Is No Man Etaf Rum
The Orchard The Orchard David Hopen
When We Argued All Night When We Argued All Night Alice Mattison
Another Brooklyn Another Brooklyn Jacqueline Woodson
This Side of Brightness This Side of Brightness Colum Mccann
The Tenants The Tenants Bernard Malamud
Tomorrow Will Be Better Tomorrow Will Be Better Betty Smith
Mercy House Mercy House Alena Dillon
Visitation Street Visitation Street Ivy Pochoda
St. Ivo St. Ivo Joanna Hershon
Luster Luster Raven Leilani
Manhattan Beach: A Novel Manhattan Beach: A Novel Jennifer Egan
Sylvia Sylvia Leonard Michaels
The Foreigner The Foreigner Meg Castaldo
The Exhibition of Persephone Q The Exhibition of Persephone Q Jessi Jezewska Stevens
Islands in books
Lose yourself in these books set on an island.
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Imperium Imperium Christian Kracht
Orkney Orkney Amy Sackville
My Struggle: Book 3 My Struggle: Book 3 Karl Ove Knausgaard
And Then There Were None And Then There Were None Agatha Christie
Island of a Thousand Mirrors Island of a Thousand Mirrors Nayomi Munaweera
The Last Brother The Last Brother Nathacha Appanah
The House Between Tides The House Between Tides Sarah Maine
Long for This World Long for This World Sonya Chung
From the Mouth of the Whale From the Mouth of the Whale Sjon
The Path of Minor Planets The Path of Minor Planets Andrew Sean Greer
Surfacing Surfacing Margaret Atwood
All Decent Animals All Decent Animals Oonya Kempadoo
Annie John Annie John Jamaica Kincaid
Hotel Iris Hotel Iris Yoko Ogawa
Heading South Heading South Dany Laferrière
Miranda and Caliban Miranda and Caliban Jacqueline Carey
The Tricking of Freya The Tricking of Freya Christina Sunley
'Til the Well Runs Dry 'Til the Well Runs Dry Lauren Francis-Sharma
On Island On Island Pat Carney
Island Island Aldous Huxley
Gems from small presses
Discover a selection of quality literature from independent publishers.
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Machine Machine Susan Steinberg
Snegurochka Snegurochka Judith Heneghan
Amreekiya Amreekiya Lena Mahmoud
Names for the Sea: Strangers in Iceland Names for the Sea: Strangers in Iceland Sarah Moss
Slip of a Fish Slip of a Fish Amy Arnold
Wolf Season Wolf Season Helen Benedict
Cinderbiter Cinderbiter Martin Shaw
Telephone Telephone Percival Everett
Your Fault Your Fault Andrew Cowan
Space Invaders Space Invaders Nona Fernandez
Missing Missing Alison Moore
In the Distance In the Distance Hernán Díaz
One Hundred Twenty-One Days One Hundred Twenty-One Days Michèle Audin
Black Lives Matter
Systemic racism permeates every area of our society, from the way we are taught to think or interact with each other, to the way laws are made and how the people representing those laws can continue to tacitly equate whiteness to the norm, the aspiration, the "ultimate" version of what out society should be. To dismantle this insidious yet global white supremacy, it is important to educate ourselves, amplify Black voices, read and listen to their experience.
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Citizen Citizen Claudia Rankine
Whose Detroit? Whose Detroit? Heather Ann Thompson
The Meaning of Freedom: And Other Difficult Dialogues The Meaning of Freedom: And Other Difficult Dialogues Angela Y. Davis
The Fire This Time The Fire This Time Jesmyn Ward
Sing, Unburied, Sing: A Novel Sing, Unburied, Sing: A Novel Jesmyn Ward
Where the Line Bleeds Where the Line Bleeds Jesmyn Ward
American Street American Street Ibi Zoboi
This Will Be My Undoing This Will Be My Undoing Morgan Jerkins
On the Come Up On the Come Up Angie Thomas
Barracoon Barracoon Zora Neale Hurston
The Hate U Give The Hate U Give Angie Thomas
Heavy Heavy Kiese Laymon
Spectacle Spectacle Pamela Newkirk
Defining Moments in Black History Defining Moments in Black History Dick Gregory
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick Zora Neale Hurston
Black Boy [Seventy-fifth Anniversary Edition] Black Boy [Seventy-fifth Anniversary Edition] Richard Wright
The Book of Harlan The Book of Harlan Bernice L. Mcfadden
Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? Kathleen Collins
So You Want to Talk About Race So You Want to Talk About Race Ijeoma Oluo
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America Kiese Laymon
Best Books of the 21st Century
"A Premature Attempt at the 21st Century Canon" according to the website Vulture.
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The Corrections The Corrections Jonathan Franzen
Freedom Freedom Jonathan Franzen
The Argonauts The Argonauts Maggie Nelson
The Sellout The Sellout Paul Beatty
Outline Outline Rachel Cusk
Transit Transit Rachel Cusk
The Flamethrowers: A Novel The Flamethrowers: A Novel Rachel Kushner
Leaving the Atocha Station Leaving the Atocha Station Ben Lerner
Erasure Erasure Percival Everett
Wolf Hall Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel
The Possessed The Possessed Elif Batuman
The Kingdom The Kingdom Emmanuel Carrere
My Struggle: Book 2 My Struggle: Book 2 Karl Ove Knausgaard
The Afterlife The Afterlife Donald Antrim
Sleeping It Off in Rapid City Sleeping It Off in Rapid City August Kleinzahler
Home Home Marilynne Robinson
Gilead Gilead Marilynne Robinson
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk Ben Fountain
The Needle's Eye The Needle's Eye Fanny Howe
Tell Me How It Ends Tell Me How It Ends Valeria Luiselli
Women In Translation
Every August is the celebration of Women in Translation. Get to know a great variety of writers from all around the world.
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Territory of Light Territory of Light Yuko Tsushima
Jacob's Ladder Jacob's Ladder Ludmila Ulitskaya
The Wind That Lays Waste The Wind That Lays Waste Selva Almada
Seeing Red Seeing Red Lina Meruane
August August Romina Paula
The Dark Bride The Dark Bride Laura Restrepo
Not One Day Not One Day Anne Garreta
Recitation Recitation Suah Bae
Hotel Iris Hotel Iris Yoko Ogawa
Companions Companions Christina Hesselholdt
Wait, Blink Wait, Blink Gunnhild Øyehaug
Swallowing Mercury Swallowing Mercury Wioletta Greg
The Impossible Fairy Tale The Impossible Fairy Tale Han Yujoo
The Bones of Grace The Bones of Grace Tahmima Anam
Strange Weather in Tokyo Strange Weather in Tokyo Hiromi Kawakami
Kintu Kintu Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
Vivian Vivian Christina Hesselholdt
The Sound of Our Steps The Sound of Our Steps Ronit Matalon
Eve Out of Her Ruins Eve Out of Her Ruins Ananda Devi
The Attempt The Attempt Magdaléna Platzová
Mexican Lit
A selection of the best of Mexican literature!
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Empty Set Empty Set Verónica Gerber Bicecci
The Iliac Crest The Iliac Crest Cristina Rivera Garza
The Magician of Vienna The Magician of Vienna Sergio Pitol
Heavens on Earth Heavens on Earth Carmen Boullosa
A Zero-Sum Game A Zero-Sum Game Eduardo Rabasa
The Story of My Teeth The Story of My Teeth Valeria Luiselli
Adam in Eden Adam in Eden Carlos Fuentes
Reversible Monuments: Contemporary Mexican Poetry Reversible Monuments: Contemporary Mexican Poetry Mónica de la Torre
Sidewalks Sidewalks Valeria Luiselli
Before Before Carmen Boullosa
Faces in the Crowd Faces in the Crowd Valeria Luiselli