Breasts and Eggs
A profound and empathetic novel exploring contemporary womanhood in Japan through the intimate journeys of three women confronting their bod…
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There’s No Such Thing as an Easy Job
A woman seeking a job requiring no reading, writing, or thinking takes on a series of surreal, odd roles that reveal deeper questions about …
Weasels in the Attic
Three dinners reveal unsettling reflections on fertility, masculinity, and marriage in contemporary Japan through conversations about fish-b…
Harlequin Butterfly
A.A. Abrams, a successful entrepreneur, obsessively pursues the elusive polyglot writer Tomoyuki Tomoyuki, unraveling a dazzling, mind-bendi…
Where the Wild Ladies Are
Aoko Matsuda reinvents traditional Japanese folktales with feminist ghost stories where spirited women, alive or dead, wield power and chall…
First Love
A young woman is arrested for her father's murder, but the truth behind her actions unravels through the insights of a clinical psychologist…
Beautiful Star
A Japanese family discovers they are aliens from different planets, united by a mission to save humanity from nuclear annihilation in this d…
Asa: The Girl Who Turned into a Pair of Chopsticks
A surreal and unsettling collection of stories about alienated young women whose ordinary lives spiral into tragic and absurd transformation…
Under the Eye of the Big Bird
A speculative fiction masterpiece envisioning humanity on the brink of extinction, exploring new forms of reproduction, evolution, and commu…
Someone Like Us
A son of Ethiopian immigrants returns home to unravel the mysteries of his family’s past, confronting loss, addiction, and the complex ties …
Small Rain
A poet's life is transformed by a sudden medical crisis, leading him through the harsh realities of the American healthcare system and into …
Bright I Burn
Set in 13th-century Ireland, Bright I Burn follows Alice Kyteler, a fiercely independent woman who rises in wealth and power but faces deadl…
The Proof of My Innocence
A razor-sharp, witty novel by Jonathan Coe that blends political intrigue, literary mystery, and biting satire to explore Britain's turbulen…
Caledonian Road
A sharp, satirical portrait of British class and politics through the intertwined lives of five families navigating fortune and downfall in …
My Heavenly Favorite
A harrowing, hallucinatory confession of obsession and grief, Lucas Rijneveld’s My Heavenly Favorite explores taboo and trauma through the d…
Green Dot
A darkly hilarious and deeply felt novel about Hera’s messy affair with a married journalist and her chaotic journey into adulthood in the t…