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Songs of Summer
Songs of Summer
by Jane L. Rosen
Reviewed: Dec 24, 2024
 
Published: May 20, 2025
 
A young woman crashes the wedding of the summer on Fire Island in search of her birth mother—and gets a whole lot more than she bargained for—in this warm, heart-stopping getaway from Jane L. Rosen
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(4.3/5)
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Erased
Erased : What American Patriarchy Has Hidden from Us
by Anna Malaika Tubbs
Reviewed: Apr 9, 2025
 
Published: May 20, 2025
 
In Erased, Anna Malaika Tubbs recovers all that American patriarchy has tried to destroy.
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(4.5/5)
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Awake in the Floating City
Awake in the Floating City : A Novel
by Susanna Kwan
Reviewed: Apr 9, 2025
 
Published: May 13, 2025
 
An utterly transporting debut novel about the unexpected relationship between an artist and the 130-year-old woman she cares for—two of the last people living in a flooded San Francisco of the future, the home neither is ready to leave.
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(4.3/5)
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The Original Daughter
The Original Daughter : A Novel
by Jemimah Wei
Reviewed: Feb 12, 2025
 
Published: May 6, 2025
 
In this dazzling debut, Stegner Fellow Jemimah Wei explores the formation and dissolution of family bonds in a story of ambition and sisterhood in turn-of-the-millennium Singapore.
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(4.6/5)
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Serial Killer Games
Serial Killer Games
by Kate Posey
Reviewed: Dec 24, 2024
 
Published: Apr 29, 2025
 
What would you do if you thought your coworker was getting away with murder—literally?

A morbidly funny and emotionally resonant novel about the ways life—and love—can sneak up on us (no matter how much pepper spray we carry).
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(4.2/5)
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Ginseng Roots
Ginseng Roots : A Memoir
by Craig Thompson
Reviewed: Mar 12, 2025
 
Published: Apr 29, 2025
 
From the celebrated author of Blankets and Habibi comes a new graphic memoir exploring class, childhood, family, and our globalized world.
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(4.2/5)
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The Seven O'Clock Club
The Seven O'Clock Club
by Amelia Ireland
Reviewed: Oct 16, 2024
 
Published: Apr 15, 2025
 
Four strangers are brought together to participate in an experimental treatment designed to heal broken hearts in this surprising and heartfelt debut novel from author Amelia Ireland.
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(4.5/5)
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One Death at a Time
One Death at a Time
by Abbi Waxman
Reviewed: Nov 12, 2024
 
Published: Apr 15, 2025
 
A cranky former actress teams up with her Gen Z sobriety sponsor to solve the murder that threatens to send her back to prison in this dazzling new mystery novel from the USA Today bestselling author of The Bookish Life of Nina Hill.
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(4.4/5)
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