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Literary Fiction
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The Collected Regrets of Clover: A Novel
by Mikki Brammer
Hardcover: May 2023
Paperback: May 2024
Mikki Brammer's The Collected Regrets of Clover is a big-hearted and life-affirming debut about a death doula who, in caring for others at the end of their life, has forgotten how to live her own, for readers of The Midnight Library.
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Blue Skies: A Novel
by T.C. Boyle
Hardcover: May 2023
Paperback: May 2024
From best-selling novelist T. C. Boyle, a satirical yet ultimately moving send-up of contemporary American life in the glare of climate change.
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The Witches of Bellinas: A Novel
by J. Nicole Jones
Hardcover: May 2024
A dreamy California Gothic about a woman who moves to the mysterious town of Bellinas to save her marriage, only to be swept up in a hedonistic cult that isn't what it seems
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Long Island: Eilis Lacey Series #2
by Colm Toibin
Hardcover: May 2024
From the beloved, critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author comes a spectacularly moving and intense novel of secrecy, misunderstanding, and love, the story of Eilis Lacey, the complex and enigmatic heroine of Brooklyn, Tóibín'...
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The Postcard
by Anne Berest
Hardcover: May 2023
Paperback: May 2024
Anne Berest's The Postcard is among the most acclaimed and beloved French novels of recent years. Luminous and gripping to the very last page, it is an enthralling investigation into family secrets, a poignant tale of mothers and daughters, and a ...
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The Alternatives: A Novel
by Caoilinn Hughes
Hardcover: Apr 2024
From the writer Anthony Doerr calls "a massive talent," the story of four brilliant Irish sisters, orphaned in childhood, who scramble to reconnect when the oldest disappears into the Irish countryside.
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We Are a Haunting: A Novel
by Tyriek White
Hardcover: Apr 2023
Paperback: Apr 2024
A poignant debut for readers of Jesmyn Ward and Jamel Brinkley, We Are a Haunting follows three generations of a working class family and their inherited ghosts: a story of hope and transformation.
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The Light Pirate
by Lily Brooks-Dalton
Hardcover: Dec 2022
Paperback: Apr 2024
For readers of Station Eleven and Where the Crawdads Sing comes a hopeful, sweeping story of survival and resilience spanning one extraordinary woman's lifetime as she navigates the uncertainty, brutality, and arresting beauty of a rapidly changing ...
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