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Buddhaland Brooklyn Buddhaland Brooklyn Richard C. Morais "From the writer whose debut sleeper, The Hundred-Foot Journey, charmed readers in the United States and around the world (18 countries and counting) comes another modern day fairytale also about a m… OL16564550W
Exit West Exit West Mohsin Hamid "In a country teetering on the brink of civil war, two young people meet-- sensual, fiercely independent Nadia and gentle, restrained Saeed. They embark on a furtive love affair, and are soon cloist… OL17635446W
The wonder chamber The wonder chamber Mary Malloy "Praise for Mary Malloy's The Wandering Heart:"An impressive fiction debut. Malloy mixes history and fantasy with flair and delivers a wonderfully satisfying puzzler."--Publishers Weekly"Mystery a la… OL17871404W
Allure of deceit Allure of deceit Susan Froetschel "A young inventor and his wife die in a car bombing - leaving behind a will that surprises friends and parents by directing a vast fortune toward charities in the developing world. On the ground in A… OL17874776W
Island of a thousand mirrors Island of a thousand mirrors Nayomi Munaweera "Before violence tore apart the tapestry of Sri Lanka and turned its pristine beaches red, there were two families. Yasodhara tells the story of her own Sinhala family, rich in love, with everything … OL17883318W
Season of salt and honey Season of salt and honey Hannah Tunnicliffe "From the author of the "sweet, airy novel" (Publishers Weekly) The Color of Tea comes a resonant new book about a woman starting over following the tragic loss of her fiance. Frankie is a runaway br… OL17896611W
Where the dead sit talking Where the dead sit talking Brandon Hobson "A spare, lyrical Native American coming of age story set in rural Oklahoma in the late 1980s. With his single mother in jail, Sequoyah, a fifteen-year-old Cherokee boy, is placed in foster care with… OL18155801W
Aaron's leap Aaron's leap Magdaléna Platzová "Based on the real-life story of Bauhaus artist Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, Aaron's Leap is framed by the lens of a twenty first-century Israeli film crew delving into the extraordinary life of a woman w… OL19707568W
Dogs at the perimeter Dogs at the perimeter Madeleine Thien Set in Cambodia during the regime of the Khmer Rouge and in present day Montreal, Dogs at the Perimeter tells the story of Janie, who as a child experiences the terrible violence carried out by the K… OL19721920W
What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky: The most acclaimed short story collection of the year What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky: The most acclaimed short story collection of the year Lesley Nneka Arimah "A dazzlingly accomplished debut collection explores the ties that bind parents and children, husbands and wives, lovers and friends to one another and to the places they call home. In "Who Will Gre… OL19817651W
The orenda The orenda Joseph Boyden "History reveals itself when, in the seventeenth century, a Jesuit missionary ventures into the Canadian wilderness in search of converts-the defining moment of first contact between radically differ… OL19977813W
A replacement life A replacement life Boris Fishman "A ... story of an aspiring twenty-something Russian-Jewish writer who struggles to reconcile his immigrant roots with his fragile new American identity"-- OL19980013W
The zone of interest The zone of interest Martin Amis "From one of England's most renowned authors, an unforgettable new novel that provides a searing portrait of life-and, shockingly, love-in a concentration camp. Once upon a time there was a king, and… OL19982554W
Panic in a suitcase Panic in a suitcase Yelena Akhtiorskaya "A dazzling debut novel about a Russian immigrant family living in Brooklyn and their struggle to learn the new rules of the American Dream. In this account of two decades in the life of an immigrant… OL19982952W
The lotus and the storm The lotus and the storm Lan Cao "An epic tale of love, loyalty, and war from the acclaimed author of Monkey Bridge Half a century after it began, the Vietnam War still has a hold on our national psyche. Lan Cao's now-classic debut,… OL19984422W
Frog Frog Mo Yan " The author of Red Sorghum and China's most revered and controversial novelist returns with his first major publication since winning the Nobel Prize. In 2012, the Nobel committee confirmed Mo Yan's… OL19991360W
Malafemmena Malafemmena Louisa Ermelino ""There is lyricism in the language of Ms. Ermelino's splendid collection that lulls us, line after seductive line, from the mundane to the menacing. Malafemmena is the work of a bold and original wr… OL20033726W
The Hamilton affair The Hamilton affair Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman Set against the dramatic backdrop of the American Revolution, and featuring a cast of iconic characters such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and the Marquis de Lafayette, The Hamilton Affair … OL20035176W
Dance of the Jakaranda Dance of the Jakaranda Peter Kimani Set in the shadow of Kenya's independence from Great Britain, this story reimagines the special circumstances that brought black, brown, and white men together to lay the railroad that heralded the b… OL20048098W
A lily of the field A lily of the field Lawton, John A novel set before, during, and after World War II follows the loosely parallel lives of an Austrian cellist, Meret Voytek, whose orchestra becomes part of the Hitler Youth, and Hungarian physist Kar… OL24282428W
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