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The Color Master (Aimee Bender)
The Color Master
1
Aimee Bender
How to Be Both (Ali Smith)
How to Be Both
2
Ali Smith
Creature (Amina Cain)
Creature
3
Amina Cain
Call Me by Your Name (André Aciman)
Call Me by Your Name
4
André Aciman
Leaving the Atocha Station (Ben Lerner)
Leaving the Atocha Station
5
Ben Lerner
The Topeka School (Ben Lerner)
The Topeka School
6
Ben Lerner
Revenge of the Scapegoat (Caren Beilin)
Revenge of the Scapegoat
7
Caren Beilin
Her Body and Other Parties (Carmen Maria Machado)
Her Body and Other Parties
8
Carmen Maria Machado
In the Dream House (Carmen Maria Machado)
In the Dream House
9
Carmen Maria Machado
Little Fires Everywhere (Celeste Ng)
Little Fires Everywhere
10
Celeste Ng
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (Charles Yu)
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
11
Charles Yu
I Love Dick (Chris Kraus)
I Love Dick
12
Chris Kraus
Chouette (Claire Oshetsky)
Chouette
13
Claire Oshetsky
The Nickel Boys (Colson Whitehead)
The Nickel Boys
14
Colson Whitehead
Everything Under (Daisy Johnson)
Everything Under
15
Daisy Johnson
Sisters (Daisy Johnson)
Sisters
16
Daisy Johnson
Calypso (David Sedaris)
Calypso
17
David Sedaris
Swimming Home (Deborah Levy)
Swimming Home
18
Deborah Levy
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies (Deesha Philyaw)
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
19
Deesha Philyaw
Brutes (Dizz Tate)
Brutes
20
Dizz Tate
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
21
Donna Tartt
The Swallowed Man (Edward Carey)
The Swallowed Man
22
Edward Carey
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
23
Elena Ferrante
Winter in Sokcho (Elisa Shua Dusapin)
Winter in Sokcho
24
Elisa Shua Dusapin
Some of Them Will Carry Me (Giada Scodellaro)
Some of Them Will Carry Me
25
Giada Scodellaro
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
26
Gillian Flynn
White Is for Witching (Helen Oyeyemi)
White Is for Witching
27
Helen Oyeyemi
Temporary (Hilary Leichter)
Temporary
28
Hilary Leichter
The Hole (Hiroko Oyamada)
The Hole
29
Hiroko Oyamada
People From My Neighborhood (Hiromi Kawakami)
People From My Neighborhood
30
Hiromi Kawakami
Red at the Bone (Jacqueline Woodson)
Red at the Bone
31
Jacqueline Woodson
The Babysitter at Rest (Jen George)
The Babysitter at Rest
32
Jen George
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad
33
Jennifer Egan
Visitation (Jenny Erpenbeck)
Visitation
34
Jenny Erpenbeck
Paradise Rot (Jenny Hval)
Paradise Rot
35
Jenny Hval
Dept. of Speculation (Jenny Offill)
Dept. of Speculation
36
Jenny Offill
Disquiet (Julia Leigh)
Disquiet
37
Julia Leigh
St Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves (Karen Russell)
St Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
38
Karen Russell
Swamplandia! (Karen Russell)
Swamplandia!
39
Karen Russell
Young God (Katherine Faw Morris)
Young God
40
Katherine Faw Morris
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