Contemporary fiction genre books (505)


71.

Camanchaca by Diego Zúñiga ES

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Description:
On a long, near-silent drive with his father, a young man surveys the worn-out puzzle of his broken family.

72.

Casa de verano con piscina by Herman Koch ES

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Country: Europe / Netherlands flag Netherlands
Description:
Een arts begaat een medische fout, die misschien geen fout is maar opzet.

73.

Catalina by Karla Cornejo Vollavicencio EN

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Description:
LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A year in the life of the unforgettable Catalina Ituralde, a wickedly wry and heartbreakingly vulnerable student at an elite college, forced to navigate an opaque past, an uncertain future, tragedies on two continents, and the tantalizing possibilities of love and freedom “[A] sparkling fiction debut.”—The New York Times Book Review “[A] fresh and unflinching take on the campus novel.”—People “Diabolically charming and magnetic.”—Ira Glass When Catalina is admitted to Harvard, it feels like the fulfillment of destiny: a miracle chi... continue

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Censoring an Iranian Love Story : A Novel by Shahriyār Mandanīʹpūr EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Iran flag Iran
Description:
Shahriar Mandanipour, a contemporary and controversial Iranian writer, presents his first novel written in English. Seamlessly entwining two related narratives, Mandanipour unfolds the tale of an Iranian writer attempting to pen a love story set in presen

75.

Changes : A Love Story by Ama Ata Aidoo EN

Rating: 4 (4 votes)
Country: Africa / Ghana flag Ghana
Description:
Esi decides to divorce after enduring yet another morning's marital rape. Though her friends and family remain baffled by her decision (after all, he doesn't beat her ), Esi holds fast. When she falls in love with a married man--wealthy, and able to arrange a polygamous marriage--the modern woman finds herself trapped in a new set of problems. Witty and compelling, Aidoo's novel, "inaugurates a new realist style in African literature."

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Children of the Jacaranda Tree : A Novel by Sahar Delijani EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Iran flag Iran
Description:
A stunning debut novel set in post-revolutionary Iran that gives voice to the men, women, and children who won a war only to find their livesNand those of their descendantsNimperiled by its aftermath.

77.

Chinaman : The Legend of Pradeep Mathew by Shehan Karunatilaka EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Sri Lanka flag Sri Lanka
Description:
Based on the life of Pradeep Sivanathan Mathew, b. 1965, Sri Lanka test cricket bowler.


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Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo EN

Rating: 4 (3 votes)
Description:
Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people... In New York City, Yahaira Rios is called to the principal's office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash. Separated by distance -- and Papi's secrets -- the two girls are forced to face a new reality in which their father is dead and their lives are forever altered. And then, when it seems like they've lost everything of their f... continue