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Diary of a Void

A Novel

by Emi Yagi ...

Translated by David Boyd, Lucy North ...

**A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker · NPR · WBEZ’s Nerdette · The New York Public Library · Literary HubA New York Times Editors’ Choice“One of the most passionate cases I’ve ever read for female interiority, for women’s creative pulse and rich inner life.” ―Katy Waldman, The New Yorker“Always expect the unexpected when you’re not expecting.” ―Sloane CrosleyA woman in Tokyo avoids harassment ... Read more

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**A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker · NPR · WBEZ’s Nerdette · The New York Public Library · Literary HubA New York Times Editors’ Choice“One of the most passionate cases I’ve ever read for female interiority, for women’s creative pulse and rich inner life.” ―Katy Waldman, The New Yorker“Always expect the unexpected when you’re not expecting.” ―Sloane CrosleyA woman in Tokyo avoids harassment
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Cookie and the Sprite Garden

by Emi North ...

Illustrated by Izzy Evans ...

Henry's grandmother used to talk about sprites. She saw flower dragons hiding in broken flowerpots and hoarded invisible creatures in antique boxes. Nana spent more time with sprites than people. In this magical, Ghibliesque fairy tale, Henry embarks on a quest to find Nana's spirit, following a strange boy in a cape and star pyjamas up into a world of floating gardens where magic is fading, but ... Read more

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Henry's grandmother used to talk about sprites. She saw flower dragons hiding in broken flowerpots and hoarded invisible creatures in antique boxes. Nana spent more time with sprites than people. In this magical, Ghibliesque fairy tale, Henry embarks on a quest to find Nana's spirit, following a strange boy in a cape and star pyjamas up into a world of floating gardens where magic is fading, but
... Read more
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Diary of a Void

A Novel

by Emi Yagi ...

Narrated by Nancy Wu ...

Unabridged

4 hours 38 min

**A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker · NPR · WBEZ’s Nerdette · The New York Public Library · Literary HubA New York Times Editors’ Choice“One of the most passionate cases I’ve ever read for female interiority, for women’s creative pulse and rich inner life.” ―Katy Waldman, The New Yorker“Always expect the unexpected when you’re not expecting.” ―Sloane CrosleyA woman in Tokyo avoids harassment ... Read more

$15.00 USD

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**A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker · NPR · WBEZ’s Nerdette · The New York Public Library · Literary HubA New York Times Editors’ Choice“One of the most passionate cases I’ve ever read for female interiority, for women’s creative pulse and rich inner life.” ―Katy Waldman, The New Yorker“Always expect the unexpected when you’re not expecting.” ―Sloane CrosleyA woman in Tokyo avoids harassment
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NSFW

A Novel

by Isabel Kaplan ...

Narrated by Stephanie Németh-Parker ...

Unabridged

7 hours 59 min

Blisteringly sharp, hypersmart, and compulsively listenable—meet Isabel Kaplan’s searing debut novel about a young woman trying to succeed in Hollywood without selling her soul."The rare kind of read that made me giggle just as much as it left me gutted." —Zakiya Dalila Harris, New York Times bestselling author of The Other Black GirlFrom the outside, the unnamed protagonist in NSFW appears to be ... Read more

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Blisteringly sharp, hypersmart, and compulsively listenable—meet Isabel Kaplan’s searing debut novel about a young woman trying to succeed in Hollywood without selling her soul."The rare kind of read that made me giggle just as much as it left me gutted." —Zakiya Dalila Harris, New York Times bestselling author of The Other Black GirlFrom the outside, the unnamed protagonist in NSFW appears to be
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Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant

A Memoir

by Curtis Chin ...

Narrated by Curtis Chin ...

Unabridged

8 hours 12 min

**This poignant memoir tells the story of Curtis Chin’s time growing up as a gay Chinese American kid in 1980’s Detroit.“Vivid, moving, funny, and heartfelt” —Lisa Ko, author of The Leavers**Nineteen eighties Detroit was a volatile place to live, but above the fray stood a safe haven: Chung’s Cantonese Cuisine, where anyone—from the city’s first Black mayor to the local drag queens, from a big ... Read more

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**This poignant memoir tells the story of Curtis Chin’s time growing up as a gay Chinese American kid in 1980’s Detroit.“Vivid, moving, funny, and heartfelt” —Lisa Ko, author of The Leavers**Nineteen eighties Detroit was a volatile place to live, but above the fray stood a safe haven: Chung’s Cantonese Cuisine, where anyone—from the city’s first Black mayor to the local drag queens, from a big
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Two Women Living Together

The Bestselling Korean Memoir

by Kim Hana, Hwang Sunwoo ...

Narrated by Sofia Jin, Jessica Lee ...

Unabridged

5 hours 27 min

Read by Sofia Jin and Jessica Lee"Lee and Jin’s beautifully matched narration makes the evolving partnership feel immediate, sincere, and deeply personal. A gentle listening experience celebrating friendship, shared lives, and connection." -Audiofile Magazine, Earphones Award WinnerThe big-hearted, bestselling South Korean memoir co-written by two best friends flouting gender norms and societal ... Read more

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Read by Sofia Jin and Jessica Lee"Lee and Jin’s beautifully matched narration makes the evolving partnership feel immediate, sincere, and deeply personal. A gentle listening experience celebrating friendship, shared lives, and connection." -Audiofile Magazine, Earphones Award WinnerThe big-hearted, bestselling South Korean memoir co-written by two best friends flouting gender norms and societal
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Pink Slime

A Novel

by Fernanda Trías ...

Narrated by Frankie Corzo ...

Unabridged

6 hours 25 min

Longlisted for the NATIONAL BOOK AWARD for Translated Literature • Named a BEST BOOK of the Year by NPR, Esquire**,** Publishers Weekly**, and** ScreenRant **• “The disconcerting familiarity of this strange, windswept world will haunt you.” —**EsquireA hair-raising, poetic work of literary horror and climate fiction about a woman and the people who depend... ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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Longlisted for the NATIONAL BOOK AWARD for Translated Literature • Named a BEST BOOK of the Year by NPR, Esquire**,** Publishers Weekly**, and** ScreenRant **• “The disconcerting familiarity of this strange, windswept world will haunt you.” —**EsquireA hair-raising, poetic work of literary horror and climate fiction about a woman and the people who depend...
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The Volcano Daughters

A Novel

by Gina María Balibrera ...

Narrated by Gisela Chipe, Elena Rey, Alma Cuervo, E. A. Castillo, Ines del Castillo ...

Unabridged

12 hours 26 min

**A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK • A searingly original debut about two sisters and their flight from genocide—which takes them from Hollywood to Paris to San Francisco’s Cannery Row—each haunted along the way by the ghosts of their murdered friends, who are not yet done telling their stories“Gripping and spellbinding...Unforgettable.”—Brit Bennett, author of The Vanishing Half • “Stunning...A sweeping ... Read more

$22.50 USD

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**A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK • A searingly original debut about two sisters and their flight from genocide—which takes them from Hollywood to Paris to San Francisco’s Cannery Row—each haunted along the way by the ghosts of their murdered friends, who are not yet done telling their stories“Gripping and spellbinding...Unforgettable.”—Brit Bennett, author of The Vanishing Half • “Stunning...A sweeping
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Splinters

Another Kind of Love Story

by Leslie Jamison ...

Narrated by Leslie Jamison ...

Unabridged

8 hours 32 min

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Recovering and The Empathy Exams comes “a blazing, unputdownable memoir” (Mary Karr, author of Lit), the “piercing, intimate” story (TIME Magazine) of rebuilding a life after the end of a marriage—an exploration of motherhood, art, and new love.Leslie Jamison has become one of our most beloved contemporary voices, a scribe of the real, the true, ... Read more

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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Recovering and The Empathy Exams comes “a blazing, unputdownable memoir” (Mary Karr, author of Lit), the “piercing, intimate” story (TIME Magazine) of rebuilding a life after the end of a marriage—an exploration of motherhood, art, and new love.Leslie Jamison has become one of our most beloved contemporary voices, a scribe of the real, the true,
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Orpheus Builds a Girl

by Heather Parry ...

Narrated by Ana Clements, Nick Holbek ...

Unabridged

10 hours 6 min

'A compelling, creepy tale' The Independent‘A chilling exploration of power, love and grief' Julia Armfield, author of Our Wives Under the Sea'I am in awe of this wonderful book' Edward Carey, author of LittleWilhelm von Tore is dying. As he looks back on his life he reflects on his upbringing in Dresden, his beloved grandmother and his medical career during the second world war. But mostly he ... Read more

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'A compelling, creepy tale' The Independent‘A chilling exploration of power, love and grief' Julia Armfield, author of Our Wives Under the Sea'I am in awe of this wonderful book' Edward Carey, author of LittleWilhelm von Tore is dying. As he looks back on his life he reflects on his upbringing in Dresden, his beloved grandmother and his medical career during the second world war. But mostly he
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Life Ceremony

Stories

by Sayaka Murata ...

Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller, Jeena Yi, Nancy Wu, Natalie Naudus, Eunice Wong, Pun Bandhu, various narrators ...

Unabridged

5 hours 55 min

The long-awaited first short story-collection by the author of the cult sensation Convenience Store Woman, tales of weird love, heartfelt friendships, and the unsettling nature of human existenceWith Life Ceremony, the incomparable Sayaka Murata is back with her first collection of short stories ever to be translated into English. In Japan, Murata is particularly admired for her short stories, ... Read more

$16.95 USD

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The long-awaited first short story-collection by the author of the cult sensation Convenience Store Woman, tales of weird love, heartfelt friendships, and the unsettling nature of human existenceWith Life Ceremony, the incomparable Sayaka Murata is back with her first collection of short stories ever to be translated into English. In Japan, Murata is particularly admired for her short stories,
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Two Women Living Together

The Bestselling Korean Memoir

by Kim Hana, Hwang Sunwoo ...

Translated by Gene Png ...

The big-hearted, bestselling South Korean memoir co-written by two best friends flouting gender norms and societal expectations with their decision to grow old together under one roof.When most of their peers were moving in with romantic partners and having children, Kim Hana and Hwang Sunwoo chose independence—savoring solitude, quiet mornings, and the unmitigated freedom of living alone. But in ... Read more

$14.99 USD

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The big-hearted, bestselling South Korean memoir co-written by two best friends flouting gender norms and societal expectations with their decision to grow old together under one roof.When most of their peers were moving in with romantic partners and having children, Kim Hana and Hwang Sunwoo chose independence—savoring solitude, quiet mornings, and the unmitigated freedom of living alone. But in
... Read more

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