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Americanah follows Ifemelu, a Nigerian student who moves to the United States for university, exploring her life and love across continents while reflecting on identity, immigration, and cultural belonging.

A collection of nine short stories by Jhumpa Lahiri that follows Indian and Indian‑American characters navigating identity, displacement, and complex relationships.

Jennifer Egan’s interlocking narratives weave the lives of Bennie Salazar, a former punk rocker turned record executive, and Sasha, a restless young woman, across decades and continents, exploring music, memory and the fragile threads that bind us.

A collection of short stories by George Saunders, featuring unforgettable characters and Saunders’s signature blend of exuberant prose, deep humanity, and stylistic innovation.

Carmen Maria Machado’s debut collection of short stories blends speculative fiction, horror, and sharp cultural commentary, exploring the violence, identity, and politics of womanhood through unsettling, genre‑bending narratives.

A groundbreaking memoir that blends personal narrative with rigorous theory, charting Maggie Nelson’s queer romance, pregnancy, and the politics of love and family.

Alice Munro turns a quiet, long‑term marriage into a study of memory and love, following retired professor Grant as his wife Fiona gradually loses her memories and the couple confronts the fragile bonds that held them together.

Two newcomers—an older man and a boy—arrive in a new land, learn Spanish, and are assigned new names. They navigate a desert camp, a relocation center, and the city of Novilla while the man searches for the boy’s mother, all amid themes of immigration, family, and fate.

A collection of short stories that explore human connection, love, sexuality, and family dynamics across varied settings.

When Earth suddenly imposes exclusion zones and the military fails, a global first contact leaves humanity with more questions than answers, forcing us to confront our own nature.

Edge of the Knife is the first study to investigate police violence and accountability in the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Paul Chevigny, author of the classic Police Power, examines the use of torture, deadly force, and less drastic forms of violence in six major urban centers in the Americas. Chevigny searches for the sources of official violence - and for ways of controlling it. He compares military and community models of policing. He explores the connection between police violence and official corruption. Finally, Chevigny examines the effectiveness of criminal and civil courts, civic administrations, civilian review boards, internal controls, external auditors, and pressure from international human rights organizations in deterring police violence. Ultimately, he argues that the way in which criminal matters are patrolled and investigated is reproduced in the city's social order. When citizens have little confidence in their government and do not participate in it or look to it for protection, they turn to violent self-help. When their sense of powerlessness combines with an increased fear of crime they are more willing to lend their public support to extra-legal violence by the police. Conversely, persistent government action against crime, including accountability for police violence, discourages vigilantism as well as official violence.

A new collection of Alice Munro’s short fiction, featuring twenty‑five stories set in southwestern Ontario that explore ordinary lives with precision and compassion.

A collection of Margaret Atwood’s imaginative short stories that blend surreal scenarios with sharp observations on relationships.

Hilary Mantel’s sharp, darkly humorous short‑story collection delves into modern England, tackling gender, class, family, and society with penetrating insight and unexpected twists.

A striking collection of black‑and‑white comic strips that confronts love, race, and the migrant experience in contemporary Paris through vivid, experimental artwork.

A girl discovers her mother’s hidden emotions through taste, and must learn to keep secrets she can no longer ignore.

An awkward rare‑book dealer and a beautiful stranger exchange desperate, confessional letters after meeting at a class reunion, sparking an intimate romance between two middle‑aged, married adults.

Vasilisa, a Russian village girl, defends her family’s ancient rituals and the protective spirits of her homeland when her stepmother threatens their way of life.

James McBride’s fresh collection of short stories, *Five‑Carat Soul*, explores the intersections of identity, history, and everyday life through humor, insight, and unexpected encounters.