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Gunk

A Novel

by Saba Sams ...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • An electrifying first novel from “a fresh new voice in fiction” (Emma Cline, New York Times bestselling author of The Guest), the story of two women circling one another—working side-by-side, sleeping with the same man, inching toward friendship—until an unplanned pregnancy reveals the true nature of their connection.Jules has been divorced from her ... Read more

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • An electrifying first novel from “a fresh new voice in fiction” (Emma Cline, New York Times bestselling author of The Guest), the story of two women circling one another—working side-by-side, sleeping with the same man, inching toward friendship—until an unplanned pregnancy reveals the true nature of their connection.Jules has been divorced from her
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The BBC National Short Story Award 2022

by Kerry Andrew, Jenn Ashworth, Anna Bailey, Vanessa Onwuemezi, Saba Sams, Elizabeth Day ...

Series series The BBC National Short Story Award
A woman, exhausted by work and motherhood, hires the services of a sinister firm that promises her a brand-new life…Journeying across America to make a claim to an inheritance, a man must confront the shame and bigotry that has haunted his family for generations…A picture-perfect holiday threatens to unravel as two daughters come to terms with the uneasy dynamic of their new blended family…The ... Read more

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A woman, exhausted by work and motherhood, hires the services of a sinister firm that promises her a brand-new life…Journeying across America to make a claim to an inheritance, a man must confront the shame and bigotry that has haunted his family for generations…A picture-perfect holiday threatens to unravel as two daughters come to terms with the uneasy dynamic of their new blended family…The
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Gunk

A Novel

by Saba Sams ...

Narrated by Lizzie Schenk ...

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4 hours 25 min

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • An electrifying first novel from “a fresh new voice in fiction” (Emma Cline, New York Times bestselling author of The Guest), the story of two women circling one another—working side-by-side, sleeping with the same man, inching toward friendship—until an unplanned pregnancy reveals the true nature of their connection.Jules has been divorced from her ... Read more

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • An electrifying first novel from “a fresh new voice in fiction” (Emma Cline, New York Times bestselling author of The Guest), the story of two women circling one another—working side-by-side, sleeping with the same man, inching toward friendship—until an unplanned pregnancy reveals the true nature of their connection.Jules has been divorced from her
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Sympathy Tower Tokyo

A Novel

by Rie Qudan ...

Narrated by Hanako Footman ...

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4 hours 4 min

“Provocative…Masterfully subtle.” —The New York Times“An architectural feat in itself.” —Financial TimesThe award-winning, bestselling Japanese phenomenon: a speculative, prophetic novel following a young and brilliant celebrity architect in Tokyo who takes on her most controversial project yet—perfect for readers of Klara and the Sun and Chain-Gang All-Stars.Welcome to the Japan ... ... Read more

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“Provocative…Masterfully subtle.” —The New York Times“An architectural feat in itself.” —Financial TimesThe award-winning, bestselling Japanese phenomenon: a speculative, prophetic novel following a young and brilliant celebrity architect in Tokyo who takes on her most controversial project yet—perfect for readers of Klara and the Sun and Chain-Gang All-Stars.Welcome to the Japan ...
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Cry Havoc

A Novel

by Rebecca Wait ...

"SCREAMING, CRYING, THROWING UP! Cry Havoc is a fever worth catching, a gloomy and gorgeous pleasure." — Maggie Thrash, author of Rainbow BlackA humorous dark academia novel, set in a failing English girls’ school in the 1980s, in which a teen running from her past becomes immersed in a dangerous and intriguing mystery involving a shady new teacher and a strange contagion afflicting her classmates ... Read more

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"SCREAMING, CRYING, THROWING UP! Cry Havoc is a fever worth catching, a gloomy and gorgeous pleasure." — Maggie Thrash, author of Rainbow BlackA humorous dark academia novel, set in a failing English girls’ school in the 1980s, in which a teen running from her past becomes immersed in a dangerous and intriguing mystery involving a shady new teacher and a strange contagion afflicting her classmates
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We Pretty Pieces of Flesh

A Novel

by Colwill Brown ...

Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel PrizeLonglisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel“This lacerating, exhilarating debut novel . . . manages to be both boisterous and bleak, life-enhancing and life-denying, familiar and yet wholly original. It feels essential. You will probably read nothing else like it this year.”—The Guardian“A brilliant portrait of... ... Read more

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Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel PrizeLonglisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel“This lacerating, exhilarating debut novel . . . manages to be both boisterous and bleak, life-enhancing and life-denying, familiar and yet wholly original. It feels essential. You will probably read nothing else like it this year.”—The Guardian“A brilliant portrait of...
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Good Girl

A Novel

by Aria Aber ...

**“An exhilarating debut novel” (R.O. Kwon, The New York Times Book Review) about the daughter of Afghan refugees and her year of self-discovery—a portrait of the artist as a young woman set in a Berlin that can’t escape its historyA girl can get in almost anywhere, even if she can’t get out.**SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION • FINALIST FOR THE EDMUND WHITE AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION AND ... Read more

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**“An exhilarating debut novel” (R.O. Kwon, The New York Times Book Review) about the daughter of Afghan refugees and her year of self-discovery—a portrait of the artist as a young woman set in a Berlin that can’t escape its historyA girl can get in almost anywhere, even if she can’t get out.**SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION • FINALIST FOR THE EDMUND WHITE AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION AND
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Vanishing World

by Sayaka Murata ...

Translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori ...

From the author of the bestselling literary sensations Convenience Store Woman and Earthlings comes a surprising and highly imaginative story set in a version of Japan where sex between married couples has vanished and all children are born by artificial inseminationSayaka Murata has proven herself to be one of the most exciting chroniclers of the strangeness of society, x-raying our contemporary ... Read more

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From the author of the bestselling literary sensations Convenience Store Woman and Earthlings comes a surprising and highly imaginative story set in a version of Japan where sex between married couples has vanished and all children are born by artificial inseminationSayaka Murata has proven herself to be one of the most exciting chroniclers of the strangeness of society, x-raying our contemporary
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My Dear You

Stories

by Rachel Khong ...

**From the author of New York Times bestseller Real Americans, a brilliant short story collection about love, life, and the anguish of becoming oneself in a time when it’s so easy to be someone else“Surreal and mind-bending, My Dear You proves Khong to be just as much a master of the short form as she is with the novel.” —Harper’s Bazaar“I couldn’t stop reading these sly, poignant, very funny ... Read more

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**From the author of New York Times bestseller Real Americans, a brilliant short story collection about love, life, and the anguish of becoming oneself in a time when it’s so easy to be someone else“Surreal and mind-bending, My Dear You proves Khong to be just as much a master of the short form as she is with the novel.” —Harper’s Bazaar“I couldn’t stop reading these sly, poignant, very funny
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For the Sun After Long Nights

The Story of Iran's Women-Led Uprising

by Nilo Tabrizy, Fatemeh Jamalpour ...

**LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • A moving exploration of the 2022 women-led protests in Iran, as told through the interwoven stories of two Iranian journalists“Unlike anything I’ve read . . . A searing, courageous, and ultimately beautiful book filled with the spirit of the movement that it covers.” —Ben Rhodes, author of The World as It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House**In ... Read more

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**LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • A moving exploration of the 2022 women-led protests in Iran, as told through the interwoven stories of two Iranian journalists“Unlike anything I’ve read . . . A searing, courageous, and ultimately beautiful book filled with the spirit of the movement that it covers.” —Ben Rhodes, author of The World as It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House**In
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Lost Lambs

A Novel

by Madeline Cash ...

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER. Finalist for the 2026 Barnes & Noble Discover Prize. A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice. Dua Lipa’s Service95 Book Club Pick for August 2026.“Extremely smart, impossibly funny, and just plain fun to read—this book hums with a brilliant, lunatic energy all its own. I finished it in a day.” —Caro Claire Burke, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Yesteryear“If ... Read more

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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER. Finalist for the 2026 Barnes & Noble Discover Prize. A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice. Dua Lipa’s Service95 Book Club Pick for August 2026.“Extremely smart, impossibly funny, and just plain fun to read—this book hums with a brilliant, lunatic energy all its own. I finished it in a day.” —Caro Claire Burke, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Yesteryear“If
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Moderation

A Novel

by Elaine Castillo ...

Longlisted for the 2026 Women’s Prize in Fiction and named a Top Ten Book of 2025 by The Atlantic and Slate, and a Best Book of 2025 by The New Yorker, TIME, Kirkus Reviews and more.“A love story for those who love Severance (both Ling Ma’s book and the unaffiliated Apple TV+ series). . . ambitious, challenging, and brilliant.” —Elle“Castillo’s flinty satire of the tech industry [transforms] in... ... Read more

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Longlisted for the 2026 Women’s Prize in Fiction and named a Top Ten Book of 2025 by The Atlantic and Slate, and a Best Book of 2025 by The New Yorker, TIME, Kirkus Reviews and more.“A love story for those who love Severance (both Ling Ma’s book and the unaffiliated Apple TV+ series). . . ambitious, challenging, and brilliant.” —Elle“Castillo’s flinty satire of the tech industry [transforms] in...
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