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  • The Observations
    The Observations
    by Jane Harris
    Hardcover: Jun 2006
    Paperback: Jul 2007
     
    A powerful story of secrets and suspicions, hidden histories and mysterious disappearances set in Victorian Scotland.
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  • The Ocean at the End of the Lane
    The Ocean at the End of the Lane
    by Neil Gaiman
    Hardcover: Jun 2013
    Paperback: Jun 2014
     
    This bewitching and harrowing tale of mystery and survival, and memory and magic, makes the impossible all too real...
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  • October Suite
    October Suite : A Novel
    by Maxine Clair
    Hardcover: Oct 2001
    Paperback: Oct 2002
     
    'October Brown is a heroine who will break and mend your heart. Maxine Clair has written a beautifully imagined novel that pulses with all the colors and sounds of the lives we live.'
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  • Odessa
    Odessa : A Novel
    by Gabrielle Sher
    Hardcover: Apr 2026
     
    In a powerfully imagined Russia at the height of the pogroms, a grief-stricken family turn to ancient magic to bring their daughter back from the grave.
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  • Odysseus Abroad
    Odysseus Abroad
    by Amit Chaudhuri
    Hardcover: Apr 2015
    Paperback: Feb 2016
     
    A beguiling new novel, at once wistful and ribald, about a day in the life of two Indian men in London, each coping in his own way with alienation, solitariness, and the very art of living.
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  • The Old Drift
    The Old Drift
    by Namwali Serpell
    Hardcover: Mar 2019
    Paperback: Mar 2020
     
    An electrifying debut from the winner of the 2015 Caine Prize for African writing, The Old Drift is the Great Zambian Novel you didn't know you were waiting for.
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  • An Olive Grove in Ends
    An Olive Grove in Ends
    by Moses McKenzie
    Hardcover: May 2022
    Paperback: Jul 2023
     
    An electrifying debut about a young man faced with a fraught decision: escape a dangerous past alone, or brave his old life and keep the woman he loves.
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  • Olive Kitteridge
    Olive Kitteridge
    by Elizabeth Strout
    Hardcover: Mar 2008
    Paperback: Sep 2008
     
    Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Olive Kitteridge offers profound insights into the human condition – its conflicts, its tragedies and joys, and the endurance it requires.
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