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Book Recommendations for General Fiction

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Literary Fiction - 1721
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    Richard Osman
    Paperback: 05/13/2025
     
    Solving murders. It's a family business.
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    Ocean Vuong
    Hardcover: 05/13/2025
     
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    Briony Cameron
    Paperback: 05/13/2025
     
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    Sarah Manguso
    Paperback: 05/13/2025
     
    A searing novel about being a wife, a mother, and an artist, and how marriage makes liars of us all—from...
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    Susanna Kwan
    Hardcover: 05/13/2025
     
    An utterly transporting debut novel about the unexpected relationship between an artist and the 130-year-old ...
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    Miranda July
    Paperback: 05/13/2025
     
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    Alina Grabowski
    Paperback: 05/06/2025
     
    A gripping literary puzzle that unwinds the private lives of ten women as they confront tragedy in a small ...
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    Paperback: 05/06/2025
     
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