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  • Murder by Degrees
    Ritu Mukerji
    Paperback: 10/15/2024
     
    For fans of Jacqueline Winspear and Charles Todd, Murder by Degrees is a historical mystery set in 19th ...
  • The Unsettled
    The Unsettled: A Novel
    Ayana Mathis
    Paperback: 06/04/2024
     
    From the best-selling author of The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, a searing multi-generational novel—set in ...
  • Early Sobrieties
    Michael Deagler
    Hardcover: 05/07/2024
     
    Like a sober, millennial Jesus' Son, Michael Deagler's debut novel is the poignant confession of a recovering ...
  • Beautyland
    Beautyland: A Novel
    Marie-Helene Bertino
    Hardcover: 01/16/2024
     
    A wise, tender novel about a woman who doesn't feel at home on Earth, by the acclaimed author of Parakeet.
  • The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
    James McBride
    Hardcover: 08/08/2023
     
    From James McBride, author of the bestselling Oprah's Book Club pick Deacon King Kong and the National Book ...
  • We Are Not Like Them
    Christine Pride, Jo Piazza
    Paperback: 08/02/2022
     
    Told from alternating perspectives, an evocative and riveting novel about the lifelong bond between two women,...
  • With the Fire on High
    Elizabeth Acevedo
    Paperback: 03/30/2021
     
    From the New York Times bestselling author of the National Book Award title The Poet X comes a dazzling novel ...

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