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Book Recommendations for General Fiction + Dealing with Loss

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Genre: Fiction
Literary Fiction - 359
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Adult Books From Child's Perspective - 33
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Mid-Life Onwards - 73
Dealing with Loss - 555

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Magical or Supernatural - 52
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Middle-East (West Asia) - 18
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East Asia (except China) - 11
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Eastern Africa - 7
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  • Shred Sisters
    Betsy Lerner
    Hardcover: 10/01/2024
     
    No one will love you more or hurt you more than a sister.

    From Betsy Lerner, celebrated author of The ...
  • North Woods
    North Woods: A Novel
    Daniel Mason
    Paperback: 10/01/2024
     
    A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those who inhabit...
  • A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens
    Raul Palma
    Paperback: 10/01/2024
     
    A genre-bending debut with a fiercely political heart, A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens explores the weight of ...
  • Land of Milk and Honey
    C Pam Zhang
    Paperback: 09/24/2024
     
    The award-winning author of How Much of These Hills Is Gold returns with a rapturous and revelatory novel ...
  • 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 ...
  • Chenneville
    Chenneville: A Novel of Murder, Loss, and Vengeance
    Paulette Jiles
    Paperback: 09/24/2024
     
    Consumed with grief, driven by vengeance, a man undertakes an unrelenting odyssey across the lawless post&#...
  • Where There Was Fire
    John Manuel Arias
    Paperback: 09/17/2024
     
    A lush and lyrical debut novel about a Costa Rican family wrestling with a deadly secret, from rising literary...

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