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Book Recommendations for General Fiction

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Genre: Fiction
Literary Fiction - 1690
Historical Fiction - 663
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Philosophical - 111
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Magical or Supernatural - 272
Magical Realism - 54

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Books with Discussion Guides - 1594
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USA - 1512
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Middle-East (West Asia) - 94
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East Asia (except China) - 69
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    Amor Towles
    Paperback: 04/08/2025
     
    From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility, a richly ...
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    Kate Folk
    Hardcover: 04/08/2025
     
    Cross the jet bridge with Linda, a frequent flyer with an unusual obsession, in this "razor-sharp and tender-...
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    Hardcover: 04/08/2025
     
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    Katie Kitamura
    Hardcover: 04/08/2025
     
    One woman, the performance of a lifetime. Or two. An exhilarating, destabilizing Möbius strip of a novel ...
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    Tom Lake: A Novel
    Ann Patchett
    Paperback: 04/01/2025
     
    In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself ...
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    Camilla Barnes
    Hardcover: 04/01/2025
     
    An often hilarious, surprisingly moving portrait of a long-married couple, seen through the eyes of their ...
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    Paperback: 04/01/2025
     
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    Hardcover: 04/01/2025
     
    Judge Dee and Lao She must use all their powers of deduction—and kung fu skills—to take down a ...
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