Author: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Title: Chain-Gang All-Stars ISBN: Chain-Gang All-Stars – Language: English – Pages: 367 Publisher: Pantheon Publication Date: May 2, 2023 Genres: [‘Fiction’, ‘Science Fiction’, ‘Dystopia’, ‘LGBT’, ‘Fantasy’, ‘Audiobook’, ‘Queer’] Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from America’s own. Loretta Thurwar and Hamara “Hurricane […]
Author: Joseph O’Neill Title: Netherland ISBN: Netherland – Language: English – Pages: 269 Publisher: Pantheon Publication Date: January 1, 2008 Genres: [‘Fiction’, ‘Novels’, ‘New York’, ‘Contemporary’, ‘Literary Fiction’, ‘Literature’, ‘Book Club’] In a New York City made phantasmagorical by the events of 9/11, Hans–a banker originally from the Netherlands–finds himself marooned among the strange occupants of the […]
Author: Marjane Satrapi Title: Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return ISBN: Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return – Language: English – Pages: 187 Publisher: Pantheon Publication Date: January 1, 2003 Genres: [‘Graphic Novels’, ‘Nonfiction’, ‘Comics’, ‘Memoir’, ‘Biography’, ‘History’, ‘Iran’] In , heralded by the Los Angeles Times as “one of the freshest and most original […]
Author: Bernhard Schlink Title: The Reader ISBN: The Reader – Language: English – Pages: 216 Publisher: Pantheon Publication Date: January 1, 1995 Genres: [‘Fiction’, ‘Historical Fiction’, ‘Classics’, ‘German Literature’, ‘Romance’, ‘Holocaust’, ‘Historical’] Hailed for its coiled eroticism and the moral claims it makes upon the reader, this mesmerizing novel is a story of love and secrets, horror […]
Author: Yōko Ogawa Title: The Memory Police ISBN: The Memory Police – Language: English – Pages: 274 Publisher: Pantheon Publication Date: January 26, 1994 Genres: [‘Fiction’, ‘Science Fiction’, ‘Dystopia’, ‘Japan’, ‘Fantasy’, ‘Japanese Literature’, ‘Magical Realism’] On an unnamed island off an unnamed coast, objects are disappearing: first hats, then ribbons, birds, roses—until things become much more serious. […]
Author: Art Spiegelman Title: Maus II: A Survivor’s Tale: And Here My Troubles Began ISBN: Maus II: A Survivor’s Tale: And Here My Troubles Began – Language: English – Pages: 144 Publisher: Pantheon Publication Date: January 1, 1991 Genres: [‘Graphic Novels’, ‘Comics’, ‘Nonfiction’, ‘History’, ‘Memoir’, ‘Holocaust’, ‘Biography’] Acclaimed as a quiet triumph and a brutally moving work […]
Author: Karen Elizabeth Gordon Title: The Deluxe Transitive Vampire: The Ultimate Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed ISBN: The Deluxe Transitive Vampire: The Ultimate Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed – Language: English – Pages: 175 Publisher: Pantheon Publication Date: January 1, 1984 Genres: [‘Writing’, ‘Reference’, ‘Nonfiction’, […]
Author: Tom Lehrer Title: Too Many Songs by Tom Lehrer with Not Enough Drawings by Ronald Searle ISBN: Too Many Songs by Tom Lehrer with Not Enough Drawings by Ronald Searle – Language: English – Pages: 160 Publisher: Pantheon Publication Date: January 1, 1981 Genres: [‘Music’, ‘Humor’, ‘Poetry’, ‘Nonfiction’, ‘Reference’] The subversive songs of Tom Lehrer, the […]