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Genre: Fiction
Literary Fiction - 1704
Historical Fiction - 666
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Female Friendships - 230
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Philosophical - 111
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Magical or Supernatural - 275
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Books with Discussion Guides - 1603
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USA - 1519
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  • The Corruption of Hollis Brown
    K. Ancrum
    Hardcover: 04/22/2025
     
    From acclaimed author K. Ancrum comes a queer romantic thriller in which the lives of Hollis, a boy in search ...
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    Emily Henry
    Hardcover: 04/22/2025
     
    Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of a woman with more than a couple of ...
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    Sarah Maria Griffin
    Hardcover: 04/22/2025
     
    This is a story about desire, dreams, decay―and working retail at the end of the world.
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    Denne Michele Norris
    Hardcover: 04/15/2025
     
    In this heart-wrenching debut novel, a young Black gay man reckoning with the death of his father must ...
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    Sayaka Murata, Ginny Tapley Takemori
    Hardcover: 04/15/2025
     
    From the author of the bestselling literary sensations Convenience Store Woman and Earthlings comes a ...
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    Caoilinn Hughes
    Paperback: 04/15/2025
     
    From the writer Anthony Doerr calls "a massive talent," the story of four brilliant Irish sisters, orphaned in...
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    Open, Heaven: A Novel
    Seán Hewitt
    Hardcover: 04/15/2025
     
    A stunning debut novel from the acclaimed young Irish poet Seán Hewitt, reminiscent of Garth Greenwell ...
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    Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu
    Paperback: 04/08/2025
     
    Stupendous African Gothic, by the winner of Yale University's Windham–Campbell Prize.
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