Book type: fiction (6167)


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Freshman Year (A Graphic Novel) by Sarah Mai EN

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A stylish graphic novel about the unique angst, humor, and self-doubt that comes with going away to college—perfect for fans of Heartstopper. Everyone gets a fresh start. Who do you want to be? Sarah is leaving suburban Wisconsin for college n Minnesota. She has high hopes for the future: impress her professors, meet interesting new people, stay close to her best friends and boyfriend back home, flourish as an artist, and shed her lingering high school anxieties. What seems manageable at first quickly unravels into a tailspin and she is overwhelmed by the freedom, the isolation, and all the po... continue

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Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi EN

Rating: 4 (3 votes)
Country: Africa / Nigeria flag Nigeria
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A National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" Honoree Finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for a Debut Novel Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize ANew York Times Notable Book One of the most highly praised novels of the year, the debut from an astonishing young writer,Freshwater tells the story of Ada, an unusual child who is a source of deep concern to her southern Nigerian family. Young Ada is troubled, prone to violent fits. Born "with one foot on the other side," she begins to develop separate selves within her as she grows into adulthood. And when she travels to America for ... continue

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Frida Kahlo und die Farben des Lebens : Roman by Caroline Bernard DE

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Germany flag Germany
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„Ich bin eine Revolution!“ Frida Kahlo. Mexiko, 1925: Frida will Ärztin werden, ein Unfall macht dies zunichte. Dann verliebt sie sich in das Malergenie Diego Rivera. Mit ihm taucht sie in die Welt der Kunst ein, er ermutigt sie in ihrem Schaffen – und er betrügt sie. Frida ist tief verletzt, im Wissen, dass Glück nur geborgt ist, stürzt sie sich ins Leben. Die Pariser Surrealisten liegen ihr genauso zu Füßen wie Picasso und Trotzki. Frida geht ihren eigenen Weg, ob sie mit ihren Bildern Erfolge feiert oder den Schicksalsschlag einer Fehlgeburt hinnehmen muss – doch dann wird sie vor eine Ents... continue

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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
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Mrs. Threadgoode's tale of two high-spirited women of the 1930s, Idgie and Ruth, helps Evelyn, a 1980s woman in a sad slump of middle age, to begin to rejuvenate her own life.

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Friend : A Novel from North Korea by Paek Nam-nyong EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / North Korea flag North Korea
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Paek Nam-nyong's Friend is a tale of marital intrigue, abuse, and divorce in North Korea. This groundbreaking translation of one of North Korea's most popular writers offers English-language readers a page-turner full of psychological tension as well as a revealing portrait of a society that is typically seen as closed to the outside world.

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Friend of my Youth by Amit Chaudhuri EN

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Country: Asia / India flag India
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A novelist named Amit Chaudhuri visits his childhood home of Bombay. The city, reeling from the memory of the 2008 terrorist attacks, weighs heavily on Amit's mind, as does the unexpected absence of his childhood friend Ramu, a drifting, opaque figure who is Amit's last remaining connection to the city he once called home.

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Friend of my Youth by Alice Munro EN

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Presents a collection of ten stories that convey the unspoken mysteries at the heart of all human experience; from a woman haunted by her dreams of her dead mother to an adulterous couple stepping over the line where the initial excitement ends and the pain begins, and more.

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From a crooked rib by Nuruddin Farah EN

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Country: Africa / Somalia flag Somalia
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Written with complete conviction from a woman's point of view, Nuruddin Farah's spare, shocking first novel savagely attacks the traditional values of his people yet is also a haunting celebration of the unbroken human spirit. Ebla, an orphan of eighteen, runs away from her nomadic encampment in rural Somalia when she discovers that her grandfather has promised her in marriage to an older man. But even after her escape to Mogadishu, she finds herself as powerless and dependent on men as she was out in the bush. As she is propelled through servitude, marriage, poverty, and violence, Ebla has to... continue
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From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / France flag France
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A scientist and members of a gun club decide they will build a spaceship that can reach the moon.

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Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras EN

Rating: 5 (7 votes)
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LibraryReads and Indie Next PickThis mesmerizing debut set in Colombia at the height of Pablo Escobar's violent reign is about a sheltered young girl and a teenage maid whose unlikely friendship threatens to undo them both. Inspired by the author's own life, Fruit of the Drunken Tree contrasts two very different, but inextricably linked, coming-of-age stories.