Books set primarily in Texas
Texas
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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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Model Home: A Novel
by Rivers Solomon
Hardcover: Oct 2024
Welcome to Rivers Solomon's dark and wondrous Model Home, a new kind of haunted-house novel.
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Chenneville: A Novel of Murder, Loss, and Vengeance
by Paulette Jiles
Hardcover: Sep 2023
Paperback: Sep 2024
Consumed with grief, driven by vengeance, a man undertakes an unrelenting odyssey across the lawless post–Civil War frontier seeking redemption in this fearless novel from the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of News of the ...
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His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice
by Robert Samuels, Toluse Olorunnipa
Hardcover: May 2022
Paperback: May 2024
A landmark biography by two prizewinning Washington Post reporters that reveals how systemic racism shaped George Floyd's life and legacy - from his family's roots in the tobacco fields of North Carolina, to ongoing inequality in housing, education, ...
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Perish: A Novel
by LaToya Watkins
Hardcover: Aug 2022
Paperback: Aug 2023
From a stunning new voice, comes a powerful debut novel, Perish, about a Black Texan family, exploring the effects of inherited trauma and intergenerational violence as the family comes together to say goodbye to their matriarch on her deathbed.
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The Consequences: Stories
by Manuel Munoz
Paperback: Oct 2022
Shimmering stories set in California's Central Valley, the first book in a decade from a virtuoso story writer.
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Yolk
by Mary Choi
Hardcover: Mar 2021
Paperback: Mar 2022
From New York Times bestselling author Mary H.K. Choi comes a funny and emotional story about two estranged sisters and how far they'll go to save one of their lives - even if it means swapping identities.
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Nights When Nothing Happened
by Simon Han
Hardcover: Nov 2020
Paperback: Nov 2021
From the outside, the Chengs seem like so-called model immigrants. Once Patty landed a tech job near Dallas, she and Liang grew secure enough to have a second child, and to send for their first from his grandparents back in China. Isn't this what ...
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Memorial
by Bryan Washington
Hardcover: Oct 2020
Paperback: Oct 2021
What happens when a love story collides with the limits of love--and everyone has an opinion?
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After the Last Border: Two Families and the Story of Refuge in America
by Jessica Goudeau
Hardcover: Aug 2020
Paperback: Aug 2021
The story of two refugee families and their hope and resilience as they fight to survive and belong in America.
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Butterfly Yellow
by Thanhha Lai
Hardcover: Sep 2019
Paperback: Oct 2020
Winner of the 2019 BookBrowse Award for Best Young Adult Novel
Perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo, Ibi Zoboi, and Erika L. Sanchez, this gorgeously written and deeply moving own voices novel is the YA debut from the award-winning author of ...
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Heaven, My Home: A Highway 59 Mystery
by Attica Locke
Hardcover: Sep 2019
Paperback: Aug 2020
The thrilling follow-up to the award-winning Bluebird, Bluebird: Texas Ranger Darren Matthews is on the hunt for a boy who's gone missing - but it's the boy's family of white supremacists who are his real target.
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