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  • Bad Cree
    Bad Cree: A Novel
    Jessica Johns
    Paperback: 12/05/2023
     
    In this gripping, horror-laced debut, a young Cree woman's dreams lead her on a perilous journey of self-...
  • We Must Not Think of Ourselves
    We Must Not Think of Ourselves
    Lauren Grodstein
    Hardcover: 11/28/2023
     
    A heart-wrenching story of love and defiance set in the Warsaw Ghetto, based on the actual archives kept by ...
  • Moonrise Over New Jessup
    Moonrise Over New Jessup
    Jamila Minnicks
    Paperback: 11/28/2023
     
    Winner of the 2021 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, a thought-provoking and enchanting debut...
  • The Project
    The Project
    Courtney Summers
    Paperback: 11/21/2023
     
    From Courtney Summers, the New York Times bestselling author of the 2019 Edgar Award Winner and breakout hit, ...
  • So Late in the Day
    So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men
    Claire Keegan
    Hardcover: 11/14/2023
     
    From Booker Prize Finalist and bestselling author of "pitch perfect" (Boston Globe) Small Things Like These, ...
  • We All Want Impossible Things
    We All Want Impossible Things: A Novel
    Catherine Newman
    Paperback: 11/07/2023
     
    For lovers of Meg Wolitzer, Maria Semple, and Jenny Offill comes this raucous, poignant celebration of life, ...
  • The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On
    The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On
    Franny Choi
    Paperback: 11/07/2023
     
    From acclaimed poet Franny Choi comes a poetry collection for the ends of worlds—past, present, and ...
  • The Villa
    The Villa: A Novel
    Rachel Hawkins
    Paperback: 11/07/2023
     
    From New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins comes a deliciously wicked gothic suspense, set at an ...
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