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The Crane Husband By Kelly Barnhill Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781250850973
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Tordotcom - February 28th, 2023

A bleak and beautiful reimagining of the classic Japanese folktale, centering on female exploitation and the making of art. Perfect for anyone missing Angela Carter.


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Toad: A Novel By Katherine Dunn, Molly Crabapple (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Katherine Dunn, Molly Crabapple (Foreword by)
$28.00
ISBN: 9780374602321
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Published: MCD - November 1st, 2022

Grotesque, gorgeous, tragic, hilarious, brutal, revolting, lovely!! Dunn's sentences chew you up & spit you out.


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The School for Good Mothers: A Novel By Jessamine Chan Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781982156138
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Published: S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books - February 7th, 2023

Chan has served up a truly chilling dystopia that feels just-around-the-corner. Orwell meets Atwood in a near future where "bad mothers" are rounded up, institutionalized, and ~reformed~ by the state. Aahhhh!!


My Year of Rest and Relaxation: A Novel By Ottessa Moshfegh Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780525522133
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Published: Penguin Books - June 25th, 2019

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I Hold a Wolf by the Ears: Stories By Laura van den Berg Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781250798664
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Published: Picador - July 27th, 2021

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Lapvona: A Novel By Ottessa Moshfegh Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9780593300268
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Published: Penguin Press - June 21st, 2022

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Severance: A Novel By Ling Ma Cover Image
By Ling Ma
$18.00
ISBN: 9781250214997
Availability: Not in-store, but we'd be happy to order one for you.
Published: Picador - May 7th, 2019

A zombie apocalypse novel? A satire of American consumerism? An immigrant's tale of otherness and alienation? All this and more!!


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White is for Witching By Helen Oyeyemi Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781594633072
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Published: Riverhead Books - February 4th, 2014

Does a house haunt a family, or does a family haunt a house? Dark fairy tale meets ghost story meets queer love... A spooky modern gothic.


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A Tale for the Time Being: A Novel By Ruth Ozeki Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780143124870
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Published: Penguin Books - December 31st, 2013

On a remote island in British Colombia, novelist Ruth is walking the beach when she finds a message in a bottle - or, more accurately, a diary kept safe in a Hello Kitty lunchbox. She begins reading and meets Nao, a 16-year old Japanese schoolgirl meditating on suicide, bullying, and the meaning of life. This book is hilarious and devastating, hopeful and tragic. One of my all-time favorites.


Annihilation: A Novel (The Southern Reach Trilogy #1) By Jeff VanderMeer Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780374104092
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Published: FSG Originals - February 4th, 2014

Something Wicked This Way Comes: A Novel By Ray Bradbury Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781501167713
Availability: Not in-store, but we'd be happy to order one for you.
Published: Simon & Schuster - October 24th, 2017

Neverwhere: A Novel By Neil Gaiman Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780063070721
Availability: Not in-store, but we'd be happy to order one for you.
Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - January 19th, 2021

Norwegian Wood (Vintage International) By Haruki Murakami Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780375704024
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Published: Vintage - September 12th, 2000