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Book Recommendations for General Fiction, set in UK (Britain) & Ireland

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Genre: Fiction
Literary Fiction - 224
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  • Intermezzo
    Intermezzo: A Novel
    Sally Rooney
    Hardcover: 09/24/2024
     
    An exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family―but especially love―from the global ...
  • The Dance of the Dolls
    Lucy Ashe
    Paperback: 09/10/2024
     
    A novel about obsessive love featuring two ballet dancers—identical twin sisters Olivia and Clara ...
  • There Are Rivers in the Sky
    Elif Shafak
    Hardcover: 08/20/2024
     
    In the ancient city of Nineveh, on the bank of the River Tigris, King Ashurbanipal of Mesopotamia, erudite but...
  • The Bright Sword
    The Bright Sword: A Novel of King Arthur
    Lev Grossman
    Hardcover: 07/16/2024
     
    The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Magicians trilogy returns with a triumphant reimagining of the...
  • After the Funeral and Other Stories
    Tessa Hadley
    Paperback: 07/02/2024
     
    A masterful collection of stories that plumb the depths of everyday life to reveal the shifting tides and ...
  • The Bee Sting
    The Bee Sting: A Novel
    Paul Murray
    Paperback: 06/25/2024
     
    From the author of Skippy Dies comes Paul Murray's The Bee Sting, an irresistibly funny, wise, and thought-...
  • The Memory of Animals
    Claire Fuller
    Paperback: 06/18/2024
     
    From the award-winning author of Our Endless Numbered Days, Swimming Lessons, Bitter Orange, and Unsettled ...

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