Contemporary fiction genre books (1023)
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Evenings and Weekends by Oisín McKenna EN
IrelandDescription:
For fans of Sally Rooney and Torrey Peters, a taut and profoundly moving debut that follows a cast of intricately linked characters during a heatwave in London as simmering tensions and secrets come to a head over one life-changing weekend. London, 2019. It's the hottest June on record, and a whale is stuck in the Thames River. In the streets of the city, four old acquaintances want more from life than they've been given. On the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, their paths will intersect at a party that will change their lives forever... Maggie, a once-hopeful artist turned waitre... continue
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Every Day, Every Hour by Nataša Dragnić EN
CroatiaDescription:
Separated after falling in love as children in their seaside hometown in 1960s Croatia, rising artist Luka and successful actress Dora reunite by chance in Paris and struggle against formidable obstacles to be together. A first novel.
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Every Summer After by Carley Fortune EN
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
"A radiant debut."—Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Book Lovers THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Named One of the Hottest Reads of Summer 2022 by Today ∙ Parade ∙ PopSugar ∙ USA Today ∙ SheReads ∙ BuzzFeed ∙ BookBub ∙ Bustle ∙ and more! Six summers to fall in love. One moment to fall apart. A weekend to get it right. They say you can never go home again, and for Persephone Fraser, ever since she made the biggest mistake of her life a decade ago, that has felt too true. Instead of glittering summers on the lakeshore of her childhood, she spends them in a stylish apartment in t... continue
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Everything Happens as it Does by Albena Stambolova EN
BulgariaDescription:
Albena Stambolova's idiosyncratic debut novel, Everything Happens as it Does, builds from the idea that everything happens exactly the way it must. In this case, the seven characters of the novel each play a specific role in the lives of the others, binding them all together in a strange, yet logical, knot. As characters are picked up, explored and then swept aside, the novel's beguiling structure becomes apparent, forcing the reader to pay attention to the patterns created by this accumulation of events and relationships.
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Everything Inside : Stories by Edwidge Danticat EN
Country: North America / 
Haiti
Haiti
Description:
From the bestselling author of Claire of the Sea Light and Brother, I'm Dying comes a long-awaited return to fiction: a gorgeous collection of stories about community, family, and love.
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Extension du domaine de la lutte by Michel Houellebecq FR
FranceDescription:
Whatever (French: Extension du domaine de la lutte, literally "extension of the domain of struggle") is the debut novel of French writer Michel Houellebecq. The plot concerns a depressed and isolated computer programmer who reflects on the struggle of the less attractive to find their place in society.
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Oskar Schell, the nine-year-old son of a man killed in the World Trade Center attacks, searches the five boroughs of New York City for a lock that fits a black key his father left behind.
258.
RomaniaDescription:
Enigmaticul titlu al cărţii spune, într-un fel, totul: pentru că „exuviile“ sînt pieile lepădate, carcasele subţiri lăsate în urmă de fluturi atunci cînd ies din pupe, învelişurile năpîrlite ale vietăţilor care, crescînd, se transformă cu totul. La fel facem şi noi cu ipostazele noastre vechi, infantile, imature, pe care le îngropăm în uitare. Simona Popescu, ea, nu poate şi nu vrea să le abandoneze: le strînge, le colecţionează, le suprapune într-un timp prezent care, ca într-o sincronie perpetuă, adună toate ... continue
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Faces in the Crowd by Valeria Luiselli EN
Country: North America / 
Mexico
Mexico
Description:
In the heart of Mexico City a woman, trapped in a house and a marriage she can neither fully inhabit nor abandon, thinks about her past.She has decided to write a novel about her days at a publishing house in New York; about the strangers who became lovers and the poets and ghosts who once lived in her neighbourhood. In particular, one of the obsessions of her youth - Gilberto Owen - an obscure Mexican poet of the 1920s, a marginal figure of the Harlem Renaissance, a busker on Manhattan's subway platforms, a friend and an enemy of Federico Garca Lorca. As she writes, Gilberto Owen comes to lif... continue
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