Book reviews & excerpts from exceptional books set mainly in the 1980s and 1990s.
1980s & '90s
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Beautyland: A Novel
by Marie-Helene Bertino
Hardcover: Jan 2024
Paperback: Jan 2025
A wise, tender novel about a woman who doesn't feel at home on Earth, by the acclaimed author of Parakeet.
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My Friends: A Novel
by Hisham Matar
Hardcover: Jan 2024
Paperback: Jan 2025
A luminous novel of friendship, family, and the unthinkable realities of exile, from the Booker Prize–nominated and Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Return
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Hello Beautiful: A Novel
by Ann Napolitano
Hardcover: Mar 2023
Paperback: Nov 2024
From the New York Times bestselling author of Dear Edward comes a poignant and engrossing family story that asks: Can love make a broken person whole?
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Where There Was Fire
by John Manuel Arias
Hardcover: Aug 2023
Paperback: Sep 2024
A lush and lyrical debut novel about a Costa Rican family wrestling with a deadly secret, from rising literary star John Manuel Arias
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Rethinking Rescue: Dog Lady and the Story of America's Forgotten People and Pets
by Carol Mithers
Hardcover: Aug 2024
Rethinking Rescue boldly confronts two of the biggest challenges of our time — poverty and homelessness — in asking the question: Who deserves the love of a pet?
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A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy
by Tia Levings
Hardcover: Aug 2024
"Today it hit me when he hit me, blood shaking in my brain. Maybe there wasn't a savior coming. Maybe it was up to me to save me."
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Our Beautiful Darkness: A Graphic Novel
by Ondjaki, Lyn Miller-Lachmann
Hardcover: Jul 2024
A blackout leads two teens to discover the intimacy and vulnerability that can only be shared in darkness in Our Beautiful Darkness, a fully illustrated YA novella from celebrated Angolan author Ondjaki and illustrator António Jorge Gonç...
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Bright Objects
by Ruby Todd
Hardcover: Jul 2024
A young widow grapples with the arrival of a once-in-a-lifetime comet and its tumultuous consequences, in a debut novel that blends mystery, astronomy, and romance, perfect for fans of Emma Cline's The Girls and Ottessa Moshfegh's Death in Her Hands....
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Long Island Compromise: A Novel
by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Hardcover: Jul 2024
An exhilarating novel about one American family, the dark moment that shatters their suburban paradise, and the wild legacy of trauma and inheritance, from the New York Times bestselling author of Fleishman Is in Trouble.
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Wellness: A Novel
by Nathan Hill
Hardcover: Sep 2023
Paperback: Jun 2024
The New York Times best-selling author of The Nix is back with a poignant and witty novel about marriage, the often baffling pursuit of health and happiness, and the stories that bind us together. From the gritty '90s Chicago art scene to a suburbia ...
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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: A novel
by Gabrielle Zevin
Hardcover: Jul 2022
Paperback: Jun 2024
In this exhilarating novel by the best-selling author of The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry two friends - often in love, but never lovers - come together as creative partners in the world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, ...
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