Daniel's Staff Picks

Here are some books that staff member Daniel enjoyed reading. Maybe you will too!

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Book cover for "Exhalation"
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4.4 stars
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR Nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories—two published for the very first time—all from the mind of the incomparable author of Stories of Your Life and Others
Tackling some of humanity’s oldest questions along with new quandaries only he could imagine, these stories will change the...
Book cover for "Filthy animals"
Star rating for Filthy animals
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2.7 stars
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"In the series of linked stories at the heart of Filthy Animals, set among young creatives in the American midwest, a young man treads delicate emotional waters as he navigates a series of sexually fraught encounters with two dancers in an open relationship, forcing him to weigh his vulnerabilities against his loneliness. In other stories, a young woman battles with the cancers draining her body and her family; menacing undercurrents among a group...
Book cover for "Her body and other parties"
Star rating for Her body and other parties
Average Rating:
3 stars
Book cover for "How long 'til black future month?"
Star rating for How long 'til black future month?
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Three-time Hugo Award winner and NYT bestselling author N. K. Jemisin challenges and delights readers with thought-provoking narratives of destruction, rebirth, and redemption that sharply examine modern society in her first collection of short fiction, which includes never-before-seen stories. Spirits haunt the flooded streets of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In a parallel universe, a utopian society watches our world, trying...
Book cover for "The office of historical corrections"
Star rating for The office of historical corrections
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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"The award-winning author of Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self brings her signature voice and insight to the subjects of race, grieieief, apology, and American history"--Provided by publisher.
Book cover for "The secret lives of church ladies"
Star rating for The secret lives of church ladies
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
"[This book] explores the raw and tender places where black women and girls dare to follow their desires and pursue a momentary reprieve from being good. The nine stories in this collection feature four generations of characters grappling with who they want to be in the world, caught as they are between the church's double standards and their own needs and passions"--
Book cover for "Stories of your life and others"
Star rating for Stories of your life and others
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4.3 stars
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"Chiang examines what it means to be alive in a world marked by uncertainty, but also by beauty and wonder"--