Flowers are great, but let's be honest they only last if you're lucky a week or so. We think that these books are better than a bouquet any day.
IF YOU LEAVE ME by Crystal Hana Kim
A bouquet of repressed emotions and deep feeling. The story of a love triangle during the Korean War sure to bring tears to its recipient.
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The Stationary Shop by Marjan Kamali
A heartbreaking love story out about turmoil during 1950s Iran.
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Lotería by Mario Alberto Zambrano
An eleven-year-old girl uses cards to tell the story of her family's hardships while she's a ward of state. An entrancing debut.
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The Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras
A drug story out of Colombia, but told through the eyes of two young girls who only understand so much.
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Sabrina & Corina by Kali Fajardo-Anstine
Full of beauty and heartache; these flowers blossom with Fajardo-Anstine's incredible stories.
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The Ensemble by Aja Gabel
The romance of music bursts through in this story about a quartet of classical musicians over the course of their relationships.
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Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
Beware the flowers of Area X as the 12th expedition approaches the cordoned off area of the American South. Intoxicating in more ways than one.
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The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray
A family is strained when an arrest and trial break open the bonds that hold them together.
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The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
If your sweetheart loves historical fantasy and diving into stories where people can speak to imaginary creatures...
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Borne by Jeff Vandermeer
Postapocalytpic musings on biotechnology.
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The Past by Tessa Hadley
A family gathers at a country cottage and secrets are revealed.
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Paris Savages by Katherine Johnson
The story of Aboriginal people used as circus attractions in the 19th century. A dark tale that turns hopeful.
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The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan
A true book lover's kind of story about two different timelines and connection.
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Ayiti by Roxane Gay
Gay's first published short story collection about the Haitian diaspora.
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These Violent Delights by Victoria Namkung
A thriller set a a school for girls.
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Little Weirds by Jenny Slate
The talented actress writes personal essays about love and heartbreak.
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The Book of Delights by Ross Gay
Non-fiction lyric essays from renowned poet Gay, written over a year, and appreciating the small things in life.
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Bloomland by John Englehardt
A book told in second-person about a school shooting at a southern U.S. college. Romantic, right?!
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The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Pre-order this one which releases next month and is an arresting portrait of undocumented immigrants in the United States told from a reporter who was the first DACA recipient to graduate from Harvard.
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Late Migrations by Margaret Renkl
In this illustrated essay collection, Renkl dives into the natural world and her own life.
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Ask Me About My Uterus by Abby Norman
Probably an infuriating read at times, but one that provides paradigm shifts in worldview.
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If They Come For Us by Fatimah Asghar
Poetry is always a good idea on Valentine's Day, and these are about a Pakistani Muslim orphan growing up in the United States.
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The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Holly Ringland
An Australian novel about the love of stories.
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Tin Man by Sarah Winman
A love story and another heartbreaker.
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Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
What would you or your lover do if you could live life over and over again?
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The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
A Japanese novel that hits the perfect sweetspot of surprising twists and endearing characters.
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