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New Yorker Hiroshima Issue
The entire contents of The New Yorker issue containing John Hersey's Hiroshima essay had an unfortunate cover illustration.
The Captive Mind
Czesław Miłosz
Essays out of central Europe during the First Cold War by one of Poland's leading intellectuals.
Effi Briest
Theodore Fontane
Set in 19th-century Germany, the story follows the life of Effi Briest, a young woman who enters into a socially advantageous but ultimately troubled marriage.
The Pole
J.M. Coetzee
A Polish pianist with an unpronounceable last name (let's call him W) comes to give a recital in Barcelona.
The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead
A chilling novel based on a true story, which begins with hope and ends in tragedy.
Convenience Store Woman
Sayaka Murata
The novel revolves around Keiko Furukura, a socially awkward woman who has worked at the same convenience store for 18 years.
My Cheesecake Shaped Poverty
Haruki Murakami
This very short story is part of The New Yorker's flash fiction series.
The Bear
William Faulkner
The Bear follows a young boy named Isaac McCaslin, who goes on numerous hunting trips into the wilderness with his uncle and other men.
The Glass Hotel
Emily St. John Mandel
Vincent is a bartender at the Glass Hotel, or as it's first called, Hotel Caiette.