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Would you give up your body… to keep your loved one alive?In a future where consciousness can be merged to escape loss, ...
08/14/2026

Would you give up your body… to keep your loved one alive?

In a future where consciousness can be merged to escape loss, one daughter’s decision changes everything. Grace Walker’s The Merge is a breathtaking debut that asks: what happens when love, memory, and identity collide?

For fans of Klara and the Sun and Never Let Me Go, this is the kind of book you won’t stop thinking about.

What happens when a mother walks away, on purpose?Pulitzer Prize winner Quiara Alegría Hudes delivers a raw, lyrical, an...
08/12/2026

What happens when a mother walks away, on purpose?

Pulitzer Prize winner Quiara Alegría Hudes delivers a raw, lyrical, and fiercely intimate novel about rage, silence, and the long road to self-forgiveness. Told as a letter from mother to daughter, this is not an apology, it’s a reckoning.

For anyone who’s ever needed to disappear in order to survive.

It looked like a sofa.It smelled like a sofa.But it wasn’t theirs. And it never should’ve been there.When reality shifts...
08/10/2026

It looked like a sofa.
It smelled like a sofa.
But it wasn’t theirs. And it never should’ve been there.

When reality shifts by one degree, the unraveling begins.
Sam Munson’s The Sofa is a strange, unsettling, utterly original tale of domestic dread, creeping absurdity, and the things we invite into our homes without asking.

If you loved The Metamorphosis or The Third Hotel… this one will get under your skin.

What if the person who loves you most is also the one who drives you mad?In a cramped Beirut apartment, Raja tries to fi...
08/08/2026

What if the person who loves you most is also the one who drives you mad?

In a cramped Beirut apartment, Raja tries to find peace, purpose, and privacy, from his hilariously intrusive, impossibly stubborn mother. But when a once-in-a-lifetime invitation arrives, it unearths a lifetime of secrets, betrayals, and bitter laughter.

💥 Darkly funny, deeply moving, and unforgettable, The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) is not just a book, it’s a whole life, told with wit, rage, and radical tenderness.

Read it for the love. Stay for the absurdity.
You won’t forget Raja or his mother, anytime soon.

What do we inherit from the women who raised us?And what do we never want to become?Three generations. One fractured leg...
08/07/2026

What do we inherit from the women who raised us?
And what do we never want to become?

Three generations. One fractured legacy.
A media mogul mother. A daughter writing her way out from under her shadow.
A grandmother no one speaks of, locked away and forgotten.

Like Mother, Like Mother unravels the lies we tell to build our lives—and the truths that just might break us.

She’s 55. Divorced twice. Disabled. Done with playing by anyone else’s rules.So she’s holding a swayamvar, an ancient In...
08/05/2026

She’s 55. Divorced twice. Disabled. Done with playing by anyone else’s rules.

So she’s holding a swayamvar, an ancient Indian ritual where men must compete for her hand.

What starts as a feminist stunt spirals into a full-blown spectacle, complete with protests, goddesses, wedding planners, and a generational curse.

Bold, hilarious, and wildly original, Intemperance is for anyone who’s ever been told they were “too much.”
Turns out, too much is just enough.

The Loneliness of Sonia and SunnyA luminous new novel by Booker Prize winner Kiran DesaiWhen Sonia and Sunny meet on a t...
08/03/2026

The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
A luminous new novel by Booker Prize winner Kiran Desai

When Sonia and Sunny meet on a train, they’re drawn to each other instantly, even as family history and cultural expectations threaten to pull them apart. Spanning India and New York, Vermont and generations of longing, this is a sweeping exploration of love, modernity, and the ache of belonging.

We Could Be RatsTwo sisters. One broken bond. A messy, magical path back to each other.Sigrid never wanted to grow up. M...
08/01/2026

We Could Be Rats
Two sisters. One broken bond. A messy, magical path back to each other.

Sigrid never wanted to grow up. Margit couldn’t understand why. Now, in a town scarred by loss and addiction, the sisters must rediscover the strange, sacred world they once shared, before it’s too late.

We Used to Dance HereA sharp, haunting portrait of a city in fluxFrom half-built estates to late-night radio, Dave Tynan...
07/31/2026

We Used to Dance Here
A sharp, haunting portrait of a city in flux

From half-built estates to late-night radio, Dave Tynan captures Dublin with grit, humor, and heart. These linked stories follow characters navigating fractured masculinity, fleeting love, and uncertain futures, all told in prose that hums with urgency.

We Survived the NightHistory. Memory. Survival. A son’s search to reclaim what was lost.Julian Brave NoiseCat blends ora...
07/29/2026

We Survived the Night
History. Memory. Survival. A son’s search to reclaim what was lost.

Julian Brave NoiseCat blends oral history, investigative reporting, and personal memoir into a powerful journey across Indigenous lands, legacy, and love. From Oakland to British Columbia to Alaska, he traces a fractured bond with his father, and a story of resilience that spans generations.

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