Literary Fiction

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Quichotte

3.1

A modern retelling of Don Quixote, Quichotte is a dazzling blend of satire, adventure, and magical realism that explores love, identity, and…

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The Grass Dancer

4.5

A mesmerizing blend of Sioux lore and modern drama, The Grass Dancer weaves tales of love, loss, and hope across generations on a North Dako…

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Madame Bovary

4.4

Emma Bovary's yearning for a life of passion and luxury leads her down a path of deceit and despair in this classic novel that scandalized r…

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Catch-22

4.3

Features a satirical indicement of military madness and stupidity, and the desire of the ordinary man to survive it. This work tells a tale …

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A Passage to India

4.0

The setting of A Passage to India is the British Raj, at a time of racial tension heightened by the burgeoning Indian independence movement.…

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Don Quixote

4.5

Don Quixote has become so entranced reading tales of chivalry that he decides to turn knight errant himself. In the company of his faithful …

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Klara and the Sun

4.4

In a world where Artificial Friends are common, Klara, an observant AF with a unique perspective, waits for a chance to be chosen, offering …

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Hangover Square

4.2

Set in pre-WWII London, Hangover Square is a dark, compelling portrait of George Harvey Bone, a troubled man obsessed with a manipulative wo…

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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…