Best international fiction books of 2019

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The Friend

Sigrid Nunez

Elegiac and searching, The Friend is both a meditation on loss and a celebration of human-canine devotion. 

$22.99

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Where the Crawdads Sing

Delia Owens

Perfect for fans of Barbara Kingsolver and Celeste Ng, Where the Crawdads Sing is at once an exquisite ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, and a surprising…

$22.99

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Lanny

Max Porter

Not far from London, there is a village. This village belongs to the people who live in it and to those who lived in it hundreds of years ago. To…

$24.99

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The Man Who Saw Everything

Deborah Levy

From the author of the Booker Prize finalists Hot Milk and Swimming Home comes an electrifying novel that traverses the vast reaches of the human imagination while artfully blurring sexual…

$22.99

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Rules for Visiting

Jessica Francis Kane

May is at a crossroads. Although her career as a gardener for the university is flourishing, the rest of her life has narrowed to a parched routine. Her father is…

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The Nickel Boys

Colson Whitehead

A devastating, driven narrative by a great American novelist whose work is essential to understanding the current reality of the United States.        

$22.99

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On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong

Brilliant, heartbreaking and highly original, Ocean Vuong’s debut novel is a shattering portrait of a family, and a testament to the redemptive power of storytelling.  

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The Topeka School

Ben Lerner

Deftly shifting perspectives and time periods, The Topeka School is a riveting story about the challenges of raising a good son in a culture of toxic masculinity.

$22.99

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