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Dawn
Octavia E. Butler
One woman is called upon to rebuild the future of humankind after a nuclear war, in this revelatory post-apocalyptic tale...
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Parable of the Talents
Octavia E. Butler
Originally published in 1998, this shockingly prescient novel's timely message of hope and resistance in the face of fanaticism is...
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Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler
This highly acclaimed post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror from award-winning author Octavia E. Butler "pairs well with 1984 or...
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Just Above My Head
James Baldwin
James Baldwin’s final novel is “the work of a born storyteller at the height of his powers” (The New York...
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Giovanni’s Room (Vintage International)
James Baldwin
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No Name in the Street
James Baldwin
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Going to Meet the Man
James Baldwin
Contains eight short fiction stories about men and women who are struggling in their own ways to survive the traumas...
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Killing Commendatore
Haruki Murakami
A tour de force of love and loneliness, war and art, Killing Commendatore is a stunning work of imagination from...
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The Elephant Vanishes
Haruki Murakami
In the tales that make up The Elephant Vanishes, the imaginative genius that has made Haruki Murakami an international superstar...
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Sally Rooney
NOW A HULU ORIGINAL SERIES • From the New York Times bestselling author of Normal People . . . “[A]...
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