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The Town of Babylon

A Novel

by Alejandro Varela ...

A FINALIST FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTIONLONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZEONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022 – Boston Globe, BuzzFeed, LitHub, Electric Literature, LGBTQ Reads, Latinx in Publishing*Recommended by The New York Times*In this contemporary debut novel—an intimate portrait... ... Read more

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A FINALIST FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTIONLONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZEONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022 – Boston Globe, BuzzFeed, LitHub, Electric Literature, LGBTQ Reads, Latinx in Publishing*Recommended by The New York Times*In this contemporary debut novel—an intimate portrait...
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Middle Spoon

A Novel

by Alejandro Varela ...

**“Middle Spoon subverts the ordinary novel with intelligence and vulnerability. . . . Varela has made a sly, analytical opera of the heart.” —Andrew Sean Greer, author of Less and Less Is Lost“A rollicking delight! . . . Varela asks provocative questions about the shape of family and the nature of love.” —Ada Calhoun, New York Times bestselling author of CrushLonglisted for the Joyce Carol Oates ... Read more

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**“Middle Spoon subverts the ordinary novel with intelligence and vulnerability. . . . Varela has made a sly, analytical opera of the heart.” —Andrew Sean Greer, author of Less and Less Is Lost“A rollicking delight! . . . Varela asks provocative questions about the shape of family and the nature of love.” —Ada Calhoun, New York Times bestselling author of CrushLonglisted for the Joyce Carol Oates
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The People Who Report More Stress

Stories

by Alejandro Varela ...

**A Best Book of 2023 - Publisher's Weekly, Electric Literature, Chicago Public LibraryLONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 STORY PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE"Alejandro Varela’s The People Who Report More Stress: Stories is a master class in analyzing the unspoken." —The New York Times"Asearing collection about gentrification, racism, and sexuality." —Publishers Weekly (Starred ... Read more

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**A Best Book of 2023 - Publisher's Weekly, Electric Literature, Chicago Public LibraryLONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 STORY PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE"Alejandro Varela’s The People Who Report More Stress: Stories is a master class in analyzing the unspoken." —The New York Times"Asearing collection about gentrification, racism, and sexuality." —Publishers Weekly (Starred
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Middle Spoon

A Novel

by Alejandro Varela ...

Narrated by Eddie Lopez ...

Unabridged

9 hours 31 min

**“Middle Spoon subverts the ordinary novel with intelligence and vulnerability. . . . Varela has made a sly, analytical opera of the heart.” —Andrew Sean Greer, author of Less and Less Is Lost“A rollicking delight! . . . Varela asks provocative questions about the shape of family and the nature of love.” —Ada Calhoun, New York Times bestselling author of CrushLonglisted for the Joyce Carol Oates ... Read more

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**“Middle Spoon subverts the ordinary novel with intelligence and vulnerability. . . . Varela has made a sly, analytical opera of the heart.” —Andrew Sean Greer, author of Less and Less Is Lost“A rollicking delight! . . . Varela asks provocative questions about the shape of family and the nature of love.” —Ada Calhoun, New York Times bestselling author of CrushLonglisted for the Joyce Carol Oates
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Minor Black Figures

A Novel

by Brandon Taylor ...

Narrated by Andre Santana ...

Unabridged

13 hours 47 min

**NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR!From “literary superstar” (The Boston Globe) and Booker Prize finalist Brandon Taylor, his “most accomplished novel” (The New York Times): the story of a gay Black painter navigating the worlds of art, desire, and creativity**New York simmers with heat and unrest as Wyeth, a painter, finds himself at an impasse in his own work.After attending a dubious show ... Read more

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**NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR!From “literary superstar” (The Boston Globe) and Booker Prize finalist Brandon Taylor, his “most accomplished novel” (The New York Times): the story of a gay Black painter navigating the worlds of art, desire, and creativity**New York simmers with heat and unrest as Wyeth, a painter, finds himself at an impasse in his own work.After attending a dubious show
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Minor Black Figures

A Novel

by Brandon Taylor ...

**NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR!From “literary superstar” (The Boston Globe) and Booker Prize finalist Brandon Taylor, his “most accomplished novel” (The New York Times): the story of a gay Black painter navigating the worlds of art, desire, and creativity**New York simmers with heat and unrest as Wyeth, a painter, finds himself at an impasse in his own work.After attending a dubious show ... Read more

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**NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR!From “literary superstar” (The Boston Globe) and Booker Prize finalist Brandon Taylor, his “most accomplished novel” (The New York Times): the story of a gay Black painter navigating the worlds of art, desire, and creativity**New York simmers with heat and unrest as Wyeth, a painter, finds himself at an impasse in his own work.After attending a dubious show
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Dining Out

First Dates, Defiant Nights, and Last Call Disco Fries at America's Gay Restaurants

by Erik Piepenburg ...

Narrated by Erik Piepenburg ...

Unabridged

8 hours 57 min

From a New York Times journalist, a culinary tour of gay restaurants—their history, and how they evolved as a space of safety and celebration for the LGBTQ+ community—full of joy, sex, sorrow, activism, and nostalgia.Dining Out explores how gay people came of age, came out, and fought for their rights not just in gay bars or the streets, but in restaurants. From cruisy urban cafeterias of the ... Read more

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From a New York Times journalist, a culinary tour of gay restaurants—their history, and how they evolved as a space of safety and celebration for the LGBTQ+ community—full of joy, sex, sorrow, activism, and nostalgia.Dining Out explores how gay people came of age, came out, and fought for their rights not just in gay bars or the streets, but in restaurants. From cruisy urban cafeterias of the
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The South

A Novel

by Tash Aw ...

Narrated by Windson Liong ...

Unabridged

7 hours

A radiant, intimate novel of the longing that blooms between two boys over the course of one summer—about family, desire, and what we inherit.When his grandfather dies, Jay travels south with his family to the property they’ve inherited, a once flourishing farm that has fallen into disrepair. The trees are diseased, the fields parched from months of drought.Jay’s father, Jack, sends him out to ... Read more

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A radiant, intimate novel of the longing that blooms between two boys over the course of one summer—about family, desire, and what we inherit.When his grandfather dies, Jay travels south with his family to the property they’ve inherited, a once flourishing farm that has fallen into disrepair. The trees are diseased, the fields parched from months of drought.Jay’s father, Jack, sends him out to
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The Complex

A Novel

by Karan Mahajan ...

Narrated by Neil Shah ...

Unabridged

14 hours 41 min

**“An extraordinary gift to its lucky readers: an enormously full and brilliantly structured novel whose characters come to feel as familiar—and as bottomlessly mysterious—as one's own family.”—Karen Russell, author of National Book Award finalist The Antidote“A testament to Mahajan’s genius. . . . Beautiful and unforgettable”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)A brilliant, sweeping tour de force ... Read more

$26.00 USD

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**“An extraordinary gift to its lucky readers: an enormously full and brilliantly structured novel whose characters come to feel as familiar—and as bottomlessly mysterious—as one's own family.”—Karen Russell, author of National Book Award finalist The Antidote“A testament to Mahajan’s genius. . . . Beautiful and unforgettable”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)A brilliant, sweeping tour de force
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A Love Story from the End of the World

Stories

by Juhea Kim ...

Narrated by Sue Jean Kim ...

Unabridged

7 hours 34 min

Longlisted for The Story PrizeFrom the acclaimed author of Beasts of a Little Land and City of Night Birds, an exquisite, globetrotting story collection about humans in precarious balance with the natural worldSpanning multiple locales and epochs, and rendered in fine detail and vivid color, this transportive collection shows what it means to live as human inhabitants on our one miraculous planet. ... Read more

$25.99 USD

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Longlisted for The Story PrizeFrom the acclaimed author of Beasts of a Little Land and City of Night Birds, an exquisite, globetrotting story collection about humans in precarious balance with the natural worldSpanning multiple locales and epochs, and rendered in fine detail and vivid color, this transportive collection shows what it means to live as human inhabitants on our one miraculous planet.
... Read more

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The Other Olympians

Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports

by Michael Waters ...

Narrated by Jennifer Pickens ...

Unabridged

9 hours 31 min

"Michael Waters performs an Olympian act of storytelling, using the stories of these extraordinary athletes to explore in brilliant detail the struggle for understanding and equality." —Jonathan Eig, author of King: A Life“This riveting audiobook brings all the facts and showcases why we need to acknowledge true history in today’s social climate.”—Book Riot**"Narrator Jennifer Pickens brings the ... Read more

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"Michael Waters performs an Olympian act of storytelling, using the stories of these extraordinary athletes to explore in brilliant detail the struggle for understanding and equality." —Jonathan Eig, author of King: A Life“This riveting audiobook brings all the facts and showcases why we need to acknowledge true history in today’s social climate.”—Book Riot**"Narrator Jennifer Pickens brings the
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Small Comfort

by Ia Genberg ...

Narrated by Christine Rendel, Rory Barnett, Matthew Lloyd Davies, Hannah Curtis ...

Unabridged

8 hours 31 min

Longlisted for the International Booker Prize!From the author and translator of The Details, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2024, comes a story about five people—or five stories about small talk and big lies.From a successful child actor who has now turned into a failing thief to an actor hired to give a speech at a stranger's wedding to a couple feigning married bliss to keep ... Read more

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Longlisted for the International Booker Prize!From the author and translator of The Details, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2024, comes a story about five people—or five stories about small talk and big lies.From a successful child actor who has now turned into a failing thief to an actor hired to give a speech at a stranger's wedding to a couple feigning married bliss to keep
... Read more

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