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Book Recommendations for General Fiction

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  • James McBride
    Paperback: 07/29/2025
     
    From James McBride, author of the bestselling Oprah's Book Club pick Deacon King Kong and the National Book ...
  • Wen-yi Lee
    Paperback: 07/29/2025
     
    From Gillian Flynn Books, a lyrical young adult horror by debut author Wen-yi Lee that's perfect for fans of ...
  • Nicola Yoon
    Paperback: 07/29/2025
     
    Thrilling with insightful social commentary, One of Our Kind explores the ways in which freedom is complicated...
  • O.O. Sangoyomi
    Paperback: 07/29/2025
     
    Set in a wonderfully reimagined 15th century West Africa, Masquerade is a dazzling, lyrical tale exploring the...
  • Angel Down: A Novel
    Daniel Kraus
    Hardcover: 07/29/2025
     
    The critically acclaimed author of the "crazily enjoyable" (The New York Times) Whalefall returns with an ...
  • Fernanda Trias
    Paperback: 07/22/2025
     
    Winner of the Uruguayan National Literature Prize for Fiction, the Bartolomé-Hidalgo Fiction Prize, and ...
  • Nicked: A Novel
    M.T. Anderson
    Paperback: 07/22/2025
     
    From the award-winning and bestselling author of Feed comes a raucous and slyly funny adult fiction debut, ...
  • Girl, 1983: A Novel
    Linn Ullmann
    Hardcover: 07/22/2025
     
    Called a "masterpiece" (Ali Smith), this stunning novel explores desire and anxiety, beauty and youth, memory ...
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