Contemporary fiction genre books (596)
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Trees for the Absentees by Ahlam Bsharat EN
PalestineDescription:
Young love, meddling aunts, heart-to-hearts with friends real and imagined, Philistia's world is that of an ordinary student. Except in Palestine, and with your father in jail, nothing is ordinary.
542.
True Biz by Sara Nović EN
CroatiaDescription:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • A “tender, beautiful and radiantly outraged” (The New York Times Book Review) novel that follows a year of seismic romantic, political, and familial shifts for a teacher and her students at a boarding school for the deaf, from the acclaimed author of Girl at War “For those who loved the Oscar-winning film CODA, a boarding school for deaf students is the setting for a kaleidoscope of experiences.”—The Washington Post ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR, The Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, Booklist True biz (adj./exclamation; American S... continue
Brazil544.
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
THE INSTANT #1 BESTSELLER! FEATURED ON 60 MINUTES and FRESH AIR “So surprising and moving and true that I became completely unstrung.” – The New York Times Named a best book of the year by: The New York Times, NPR, TIME, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, Entertainment Weekly, Southern Living, Publishers Weekly, BookPage, A.V. Club, Bustle, BuzzFeed, Vulture, and many more! JOHN GREEN, the acclaimed author of Looking for Alaska and The Fault in Our Stars, returns with a story of shattering, unflinching clarity in this brilliant novel of love, resilience, and the power of lifelong friendship. A... continue
545.
Tutto il bello che ci aspetta by Lorenza Gentile IT
ItalyDescription:
Viviamo in un’epoca in cui niente è impossibile, dunque se le cose non vanno dev’essere per forza colpa nostra: Selene se ne è quasi convinta. Passati i trent’anni, non ha ancora trovato la sua strada: dove ha sbagliato? È stata l’ultima delle sue azioni impulsive, aprire un ristorante che ora è sull’orlo del fallimento, oppure è successo quindici anni fa, quando ha preso la sua prima decisione da adulta? È lì che sono rimaste impigliate le sue aspirazioni? Per scoprirlo, una notte d’estate fugge da Milano verso un paesino nel cuore della Puglia, il posto dove è cresciuta, immersa in una comun... continue
546.
Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth by Xiaolu Guo EN
ChinaDescription:
Seeking her fortune in Beijing, Fenfang Wang leaves her rural farm to pursue her dreams in the city, lands a job as a film extra, falls for two unsuitable young men, and finally finds her true calling.
France548.
Umami by Laia Jufresa EN
Country: North America / 
Mexico
Mexico
Description:
It started with a drowning. Deep in the heart of Mexico City, where five houses cluster around a sun-drenched courtyard, lives Ana, a precocious twelve-year-old still coming to terms with the mysterious death of her little sister years earlier. Over the rainy, smoggy summer she decides to plant a vegetable garden in the courtyard, and as she digs the ground and plants her seeds, her neighbors in turn delve into their past. As the ripple effects of grief, childlessness, illness and displacement saturate their stories, secrets seep out and questions emerge - Who was my wife? Why did my mom leave... continue
Slovenia550.
Uncertain Kin by Janice Lynn Mather EN
Country: North America / 
Bahamas
Bahamas
Description:
From Governor General's Literary Award finalist Janice Lynn Mather comes this mesmerizing collection of linked stories that explores the beauty and brutality of being alive. SET AGAINST THE VIVID backdrop of The Bahamas, these eighteen luminous and haunting stories introduce us to women and girls searching for certainty and belonging as they navigate profound upheaval. The characters are bold and big-hearted, complex and intimately familiar. They grapple with the bonds of kinship and the responsibilities of parenthood, with grief, longing, betrayal, coming of age and what it means to be a woma... continue