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The Pointed Word is an online independent bookstore that spotlights books from indie publishers and books in translation with special collections curated monthly on our website, a Concierge Service offering personalized book recommendations, and Subscription Boxes individualized to each customer's interests or available by genre or age group.

All-Time Favorites

Just to kick things off, here are some of our all-time favorite audiobooks...

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

IRL by Tommy Pico

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill

Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday

Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli

The Vegetarian by Han Kang

Circe by Madeline Miller

Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi

New People by Danzy Senna

The Answers by Catherine Lacey

Ponti by Sharlene Teo

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

The Lonesome Bodybuilder by Yukiko Motoya

Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

Inland by Téa Obreht

Luster by Raven Leilani

The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins

Portrait of an Unknown Lady by Maria Gainza

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