Contemporary fiction genre books (84)
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Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
The Virgin Suicides meets The Florida Project in this wildly original debut—a coming-of-age story about the crucible of girlhood, from a writer of rare and startling talent We would not be born out of sweetness, we were born out of rage, we felt it in our bones. In Falls Landing, Florida—a place built of theme parks, swampy lakes, and scorched bougainvillea flowers—something sinister lurks in the deep. A gang of thirteen-year-old girls obsessively orbit around the local preacher's daughter, Sammy. She is mesmerizing, older, and in love with Eddie. But suddenly, Sammy goes missing. Where is she... continue
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Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
"Samantha Heather Mackey couldn't be more of an outsider in her small, highly selective MFA program at New England's Warren University. A scholarship student who prefers the company of her dark imagination to that of most people, she is utterly repelled by the rest of her fiction writing cohort--a clique of unbearably twee rich girls who call each other 'Bunny,' and are often found entangled in a group hug so tight they become one. But everything changes when Samantha receives an invitation to the Bunnies' fabled 'Smut Salon,' and finds herself inexplicably drawn to their front door--ditching ... continue
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Come Rain Or Come Shine by Kazuo Ishiguro EN
JapanDescription:
In Kazuo Ishiguro's hands, a snapshot of domestic realism becomes a miniature masterpiece of memory and forgetting.
Argentina15.
Da waren's nur noch zwei by Mel Wallis de Vries DE
Country: Europe / 
Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
Kurz vor Weihnachten: Die vier Freundinnen Kim, Feline, Abby und Pippa möchten zusammen ein paar Tage Urlaub machen. Doch kaum sind sie in dem einsam gelegenen Ferienhaus angekommen, fängt es an zu schneien - und hört nicht mehr auf. Die vier sitzen fest, das nächste Ferienhaus ist kilometerweit entfernt und das Mobilfunknetz funktioniert nicht mehr. Auf engstem Raum werden die Spannungen zwischen den Mädchen immer deutlicher, denn jede von ihnen hat etwas zu verbergen. Als sie Spuren im Schnee entdecken, kommt die Angst auf, dass jemand sie beobachten könnte.
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Das Ungeheuer by Terézia Mora DE
HungaryDescription:
Für diese Erzählungen wurde sie mit dem Open-Mike-Literaturpreis, dem Ingeborg-Bachmann-Preis (1999) und dem Adelbert-von-Chamisso-Förderpreis (2000) ausgezeichnet. 2004 erschien der Roman 'Alle Tage', der ausnahmslos von der Kritik gelobt wurde und grossen Anklang bei den Lesern fand. Für den Roman erhielt sie den Mara-Cassens-Preis für das beste Roman-Debüt des Jahres, den Kunstpreis Berlin, den LiteraTour-Nord-Preis und den Preis der Leipziger Buchmesse.
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Iran
Germany19.
Devilry by Marley Valentine EN
AustraliaDescription:
Attending King University was at the top of my bucket list. Falling in love with my Professor wasn't. Earning a full scholarship to King University was my hard earned ticket out of hell. I'm happy to be away from the small town I grew up in and all the equally small minded people who live there. King was going to be my safe haven. A place where I could leave the old me behind and finally grow into the young man my family had desperately tried to hide away. Diving head first into new experiences, new friends, and parties, I didn't expect to run straight into the one thing I wasn't ready for. Hi... continue
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Doppler by Erlend Loe EN
NorwayDescription:
A Guardian Book of the Year and Chapters/Indigo Best Book A bestseller in Scandinavia -- Doppler is the enchanting, subversive, and very unusual story about one man and his moose. This beguiling modern fable tells the story of a man who, after the death of his father, abandons his home, his family, his career, and the trappings of civilization for a makeshift tent in the woods where he adopts a moose-calf named Bongo. Or is it Bongo who adopts him? Together they devote themselves, with some surprising results, to the art of carefree living. Hilarious, touching, and poignant in equal measure --... continue