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Book Recommendations for General Fiction

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  • Theft
    Theft: A Novel
    Abdulrazak Gurnah
    Hardcover: 03/18/2025
     
    In his first new novel since winning the 2021 Nobel Prize, a master storyteller captures a time of dizzying ...
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    The Last Bloodcarver: (The Last Bloodcarver Duology, Book 1)
    Vanessa Le
    Paperback: 03/18/2025
     
    "A gritty world filled with a beautifully crafted cast and an intricate magic system. A smart, lush, and ...
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    Kristen Arnett
    Hardcover: 03/18/2025
     
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    Ben Okri
    Hardcover: 03/18/2025
     
    In this modern fable with the impish magic of A Midsummer Night's Dream, a masked ball makes two upper-class ...
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    K. Ancrum
    Paperback: 03/18/2025
     
    Perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, this ...
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    Hunchback: A Novel
    Saou Ichikawa
    Hardcover: 03/18/2025
     
    A bombshell bestseller in Japan, a provocative, defiant debut novel about a young woman in a care home seeking...
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    Stephanie Dray
    Paperback: 03/18/2025
     
    New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Dray returns with a captivating and dramatic new novel about an ...
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    Headshot: A Novel
    Rita Bullwinkel
    Paperback: 03/12/2025
     
    An electrifying debut novel from an "unusually gifted writer" (Lorrie Moore) about the radical intimacy of ...
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