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Book Recommendations for General Fiction, set in New England, USA

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Literary Fiction - 153
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  • The Frozen River
    Ariel Lawhon
    Paperback: 11/05/2024
     
    From the New York Times bestselling author of I Was Anastasia and Code Name Hélène comes a gripping ...
  • The Book of George
    Kate Greathead
    Hardcover: 10/08/2024
     
    From the author of the critically acclaimed Laura & Emma comes a The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. for our ...
  • North Woods
    North Woods: A Novel
    Daniel Mason
    Paperback: 10/01/2024
     
    A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those who inhabit...
  • Tell Me Everything
    Elizabeth Strout
    Hardcover: 09/10/2024
     
    From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a hopeful, healing novel about new friendships...
  • Dayswork
    Dayswork: A Novel
    Chris Bachelder, Jennifer Habel
    Paperback: 09/03/2024
     
    A startlingly original, incantatory novel about marriage, mortality, and making art.
  • Promise
    Promise: A Novel
    Rachel Eliza Griffiths
    Paperback: 08/06/2024
     
    Two Black sisters growing up in small-town New England fight to protect their home, their bodies, and their ...
  • Ink Blood Sister Scribe
    Emma Torzs
    Paperback: 06/11/2024
     
    In this spellbinding debut novel, two estranged half-sisters tasked with guarding their family's library of ...

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