Literary Fiction

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The Ukraine

4.4

A striking debut blending fiction and nonfiction to capture the complex essence of Ukraine, written by a Ukrainian author fighting on the fr…

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The Premonition

4.1

A haunting tale of a young woman, Yayoi, grappling with forgotten childhood memories and a mysterious aunt whose unusual lifestyle conceals …

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Mild Vertigo

4.1

Mieko Kanai's 'Mild Vertigo' is a stream-of-consciousness novel exploring the existential challenges of motherhood and domestic life in mode…

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Territory of Light

4.1

A young mother, newly separated, navigates the luminous yet shadowed terrain of single parenthood in a Tokyo apartment, confronting loss, de…

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No Longer Human

4.2

A haunting exploration of postwar Japanese identity, told through the tormented confessions of Ōba Yōzō, whose calm exterior masks a deeply …

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Dandelions

3.8

In Yasunari Kawabata's final novel, a woman loses her sight in a mysterious way, blurring the lines between madness and love in a poetic exp…

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Breasts and Eggs

4.2

A profound and empathetic novel exploring contemporary womanhood in Japan through the intimate journeys of three women confronting their bod…

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Harlequin Butterfly

4.2

A.A. Abrams, a successful entrepreneur, obsessively pursues the elusive polyglot writer Tomoyuki Tomoyuki, unraveling a dazzling, mind-bendi…

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Someone Like Us

4.2

A son of Ethiopian immigrants returns home to unravel the mysteries of his family’s past, confronting loss, addiction, and the complex ties …

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Small Rain

4.2

A poet's life is transformed by a sudden medical crisis, leading him through the harsh realities of the American healthcare system and into …

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Caledonian Road

4.0

A sharp, satirical portrait of British class and politics through the intertwined lives of five families navigating fortune and downfall in …

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Green Dot

3.9

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…

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Choice

3.8

An explosive novel by Neel Mukherjee exploring the profound consequences of our choices through interconnected lives and stories that questi…

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Blessings

4.1

A poignant coming-of-age novel set in post-military Nigeria, exploring love, identity, and family through the eyes of Obiefuna and his mothe…

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Rejection

4.0

An audacious and darkly funny novel-in-stories that explores the chaos of modern life through interconnected characters grappling with sex, …

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Scaffolding

3.9

Two couples, separated by nearly fifty years, inhabit the same Paris apartment, their lives and desires intertwining in a haunting explorati…

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The Garden

3.5

A haunting literary novel exploring pregnancy as a haunted house, where a woman confronts the control and mysteries of the female body amid …

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We Do Not Part

4.4

Han Kang’s poetic novel explores a profound friendship set against the backdrop of a hidden chapter in Korean history, blending dream and re…