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  • A Council of Dolls
    Mona Susan Power
    Paperback: 11/05/2024
     
    The long-awaited, profoundly moving, and unforgettable new novel from PEN Award–winning Native American ...
  • Blood Test
    Blood Test: A Comedy
    Charles Baxter
    Hardcover: 10/15/2024
     
    From the winner of the PEN/Malamud Award and "one of our most gifted writers" (Chicago Tribune) comes a comic ...
  • The Mighty Red
    Louise Erdrich
    Hardcover: 10/01/2024
     
    In this stunning novel, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award–winning author Louise Erdrich tells a ...
  • Chenneville
    Chenneville: A Novel of Murder, Loss, and Vengeance
    Paulette Jiles
    Paperback: 09/24/2024
     
    Consumed with grief, driven by vengeance, a man undertakes an unrelenting odyssey across the lawless post&#...
  • The Ascent
    Adam Plantinga
    Paperback: 09/10/2024
     
    When a high-security prison fails, a down-on-his luck cop and the governor's daughter are going to have to ...
  • Dayswork
    Dayswork: A Novel
    Chris Bachelder, Jennifer Habel
    Paperback: 09/03/2024
     
    A startlingly original, incantatory novel about marriage, mortality, and making art.
  • All You Have to Do Is Call
    Kerri Maher
    Paperback: 08/27/2024
     
    A dramatic and inspiring novel based on the true story of the Jane Collective and the brave women who fought ...

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