Results for General Fiction + 20th Century (multiple decades)

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  • Atomic Anna
    Rachel Barenbaum
    Paperback: 03/07/2023
     
    From the author of A Bend in the Stars, an epic adventure as three generations of women work together and ...
  • Peach Blossom Spring: A Novel
    Melissa Fu
    Paperback: 02/28/2023
     
    A "beautifully rendered" novel about war, migration, and the power of telling our stories, Peach Blossom ...
  • The World and All That It Holds: A Novel
    Aleksandar Hemon
    Hardcover: 01/24/2023
     
    The World and All That It Holds―in all its hilarious, heartbreaking, erotic, philosophical glory―...
  • Zorrie
    Laird Hunt
    Paperback: 11/01/2022
     
    "It was Indiana, it was the dirt she had bloomed up out of, it was who she was, what she felt, how she thought...
  • Five Tuesdays in Winter
    Lily King
    Paperback: 11/01/2022
     
    By the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Writers & Lovers, Lily King's first-ever collection...
  • The Book of Mother: A Novel
    Violaine Huisman
    Paperback: 10/18/2022
     
    A gorgeous, critically acclaimed debut novel about a young woman coming of age with a dazzling yet damaged ...
  • The Magician: A Novel
    Colm Toibin
    Paperback: 09/20/2022
     
    From one of today's most brilliant and beloved novelists, a dazzling, epic family saga centered on the life of...

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