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The Bullet Swallower: A Novel
by Elizabeth Gonzalez James
Hardcover: Jan 2024
Paperback: Jan 2025
A dazzling magical realism western in the vein of Cormac McCarthy meets Gabriel García Márquez, The Bullet Swallower follows a Mexican bandido as he sets off for Texas to save his family, only to encounter a mysterious figure who has come, ...
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Wild and Distant Seas: A Novel
by Tara Karr Roberts
Hardcover: Jan 2024
Paperback: Jan 2025
A gorgeous debut, laced through with magic, following four generations of women as they seek to chart their own futures.
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Martyr!: A Novel
by Kaveh Akbar
Hardcover: Jan 2024
Paperback: Dec 2024
A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a remarkable search for a family secret that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum. ...
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Flee North: A Forgotten Hero and the Fight for Freedom in Slavery's Borderland
by Scott Shane
Hardcover: Sep 2023
Paperback: Dec 2024
A riveting account of the extraordinary abolitionist, liberator, and writer Thomas Smallwood, who bought his own freedom, led hundreds out of slavery, and named the underground railroad, from Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist, Scott Shane....
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Hot Springs Drive
by Lindsay Hunter
Hardcover: Nov 2023
Paperback: Nov 2024
The third title in Roxane Gay Books' inaugural list, Hot Springs Drive is an urgent, vicious blade of a novel about a shocking betrayal and its aftermath, asking just how far you'll go to have everything you want
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A Council of Dolls: A Novel
by Mona Susan Power
Hardcover: Aug 2023
Paperback: Nov 2024
The long-awaited, profoundly moving, and unforgettable new novel from PEN Award–winning Native American author Mona Susan Power, spanning three generations of Yanktonai Dakota women from the 19th century to the present day.
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Canoes
by Maylis De Kerangal
Paperback: Oct 2024
A colorful cast of female characters contends with UFOs, sonic waves, and the legend of Buffalo Bill in a spellbinding novella and 7 short stories about the mysteries of place and language.
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Absolution: A Novel
by Alice McDermott
Hardcover: Oct 2023
Paperback: Oct 2024
A riveting account of women's lives on the margins of the Vietnam War, from the renowned winner of the National Book Award.
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Women's Hotel: A Novel
by Daniel M. Lavery
Hardcover: Oct 2024
From the New York Times bestselling author and advice columnist, a poignant and funny debut novel about the residents of a women's hotel in 1960s New York City.
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Murder by Degrees: A Mystery
by Ritu Mukerji
Hardcover: Oct 2023
Paperback: Oct 2024
For fans of Jacqueline Winspear and Charles Todd, Murder by Degrees is a historical mystery set in 19th century Philadelphia, following a pioneering woman doctor as she investigates the disappearance of a young patient who is presumed dead.
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The Sequel: The Book Series #2
by Jean Hanff Korelitz
Hardcover: Oct 2024
After the "insanely readable" (Stephen King) and "perfectly told" (Malcolm Gladwell) New York Times bestseller The Plot comes Jean Hanff Korelitz's equally captivating new novel: The Sequel.
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