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Literary Fiction - 82
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    Women's Hotel: A Novel
    Daniel M. Lavery
    Hardcover: 10/15/2024
     
    From the New York Times bestselling author and advice columnist, a poignant and funny debut novel about the ...
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    Jen Ferguson
    Paperback: 10/15/2024
     
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    Paperback: 10/01/2024
     
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    Hardcover: 10/01/2024
     
    Welcome to Rivers Solomon's dark and wondrous Model Home, a new kind of haunted-house novel.
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    The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story
    Olga Tokarczuk
    Hardcover: 09/24/2024
     
    The Nobelist's latest masterwork, set in a sanitarium on the eve of World War I, probes the horrors that lie ...
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    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 ...
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    Charles Burns
    Hardcover: 09/24/2024
     
    The beloved and award-winning author of Black Hole's haunting and visually arresting story of an artist's ...

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