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Countries of Origin
Countries of Origin is a literary fiction debut about Demetrio, a young pastry chef who has built a respected career in New York in 2007 while living without legal status. When he is forced to return to Madrid, the city…
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Heart Lamp
Heart Lamp is a selection of twelve stories by the Kannada-language writer Banu Mushtaq, translated into English by Deepa Bhasthi. The stories were first published between 1990 and 2023. They follow Muslim women, girls…
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The Invisible Man
H. G. Wells's 1897 novel follows a bandaged, bad-tempered stranger who takes a room at an inn in the Sussex village of Iping. His secret is that he is Griffin, a brilliant optics researcher who has made himself…
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Early Sobrieties
Early Sobrieties is Michael Deagler's first novel, published in 2024. It follows Dennis Monk, a 26-year-old seven months into recovery from alcoholism. His family has pushed him out of the Pennsylvania suburbs, and he…
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A Leopard-Skin Hat
A Leopard-Skin Hat is a slim, deeply felt novel by French writer Anne Serre, translated from the 2008 original by Mark Hutchinson. It traces the lifelong friendship between an unnamed Narrator and his childhood friend…
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Calling for a Blanket Dance
Oscar Hokeah's first novel follows Ever Geimausaddle, a young man of Kiowa, Cherokee and Mexican heritage, from a traumatic infancy in Oklahoma through a turbulent adulthood. Ever never narrates his own early life.…
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Your Librarian Is the Best Source for Personal Book Recommendations
A skilled librarian can turn your tastes, dislikes, mood, and practical limits into useful reading choices. Digital tools work best as supporting sources, not automatic authorities.
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The Unreliable Editor: What Framed Manuscripts and Fictional Footnotes Do to a Story
Learn to recognize fictional editors, translators, archives, and annotations—and to judge how each intervening voice changes the apparent source, credibility, and meaning of a story.
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