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  • The Familiar
    The Familiar: A Novel
    Leigh Bardugo
    Hardcover: 04/09/2024
     
    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Leigh Bardugo comes a spellbinding novel set in the Spanish ...
  • The Sicilian Inheritance
    The Sicilian Inheritance: A Novel
    Jo Piazza
    Hardcover: 04/02/2024
     
    From bestselling author and award-winning journalist Jo Piazza, comes a transporting novel rooted in the ...
  • The House Is on Fire
    The House Is on Fire
    Rachel Beanland
    Paperback: 04/02/2024
     
    The author of Florence Adler Swims Forever returns with a masterful work of historical fiction about an ...
  • Clear
    Clear: A Novel
    Carys Davies
    Hardcover: 04/02/2024
     
    A stunning, exquisite novel from an award-winning writer about a minister dispatched to a remote island off of...
  • Glorious Exploits
    Glorious Exploits: A Novel
    Ferdia Lennon
    Hardcover: 03/26/2024
     
    An utterly original celebration of that which binds humanity across battle lines and history.
  • James
    James: A Novel
    Percival Everett
    Hardcover: 03/19/2024
     
    A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny...
  • In Memoriam
    In Memoriam: A Novel
    Alice Winn
    Paperback: 03/19/2024
     
    Winner: BookBrowse Debut Book Award 2023

    A haunting, virtuosic debut novel about two young men who fall in ...
  • The White Lady
    The White Lady: A Novel
    Jacqueline Winspear
    Paperback: 03/12/2024
     
    The White Lady introduces yet another extraordinary heroine from Jacqueline Winspear, creator of the best-...
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