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• I'm a Fan

  a Novel

  Patel, Sheena

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  "Sheena Patel’s incandescent first novel begins with the unnamed narrator describing her involvement in a seemingly unequal romantic relationship. With a clear and unforgiving eye, she dissects the behavior of all involved, herself included, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Boy Parts

  Clark, Eliza

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  "Irina obsessively takes explicit photographs of the average-looking men she persuades to model for her, scouted from the streets of Newcastle. Placed on sabbatical from her dead-end bar job, she is offered an exhibition at a fashionable London…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Brutes

  a Novel

  Tate, Dizz,

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  "A group of teenage girls discover a dark secret about their fame-hungry Florida town that will haunt them for the rest of their lives when their friend, the local preacher's daughter, Sammy, goes missing."

• Earthlings

  a Novel

  Murata, Sayaka, 1979-

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  "As a child, Natsuki doesn't fit into her family. Her parents favor her sister, and her best friend is a plush toy hedgehog named Piyyut who has explained to her that he has come from the planet Popinpobopia on a special quest to help her save the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Who Have Never Known Men

  Harpman, Jacqueline,

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  "Deep underground, 39 women live imprisoned in a cage. Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only a vague recollection of their lives before. As the burn of electric light merges day into…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Juniper & Thorn

  a Novel

  Reid, Ava,

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  "A gruesome curse. A city in upheaval. A monster with unquenchable appetites. Marlinchen and her two sisters live with their wizard father in a city shifting from magic to industry. As Oblya’s last true witches, she and her sisters are little more…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Milk Fed

  a Novel

  Broder, Melissa

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  "Rachel is twenty-four, a lapsed Jew who has made calorie restriction her religion. By day, she maintains an illusion of existential control, by way of obsessive food rituals, while working as an underling at a Los Angeles talent management agency.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Paradise Rot

  a Novella

  Hval, Jenny, 1980-

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  "Jo is in a strange new country for university and having a more peculiar time than most. In a house with no walls, shared with a woman who has no boundaries, she finds her strange home coming to life in unimaginable ways. Jo's sensitivity and all…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Our Wives Under the Sea

  Armfield, Julia,

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  "Leah is changed. Months earlier, she left for a routine expedition, only this time her submarine sank to the sea floor. When she finally surfaces and returns home, her wife Miri knows that something is wrong. Barely eating and lost in her thoughts,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Guest

  a Novel

  Cline, Emma

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  "Summer is coming to a close on the East End of Long Island, and Alex is no longer welcome. A misstep at a dinner party, and the older man she’s been staying with dismisses her with a ride to the train station and a ticket back to the city. With few…Read moreRead more of this annotation