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Book Recommendations for General Fiction, set in New York State

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  • Rental House: A Novel
    Weike Wang
    Hardcover: 12/03/2024
     
    From the award-winning author of Chemistry, a sharp-witted, insightful novel about a marriage as seen through ...
  • Women's Hotel: A Novel
    Daniel M. Lavery
    Hardcover: 10/15/2024
     
    From the New York Times bestselling author and advice columnist, a poignant and funny debut novel about the ...
  • Wendy Chin-Tanner
    Paperback: 09/17/2024
     
    A transcendent debut novel about family, love, and belonging, set against the backdrops of 1950s New York City...
  • Sam Sax
    Hardcover: 08/06/2024
     
    In between the space of time when Ezra lights themself on fire and when Ezra dies the world of this book ...
  • Witness: Stories
    Jamel Brinkley
    Paperback: 07/30/2024
     
    From National Book Award finalist Jamel Brinkley, Witness is an elegant, insistent narrative of actions taken ...
  • Jon Clinch
    Paperback: 07/23/2024
     
    Ulysses S. Grant reflects on the crucial moments of his life as a husband, a father, a general, and a ...
  • Liars: A Novel
    Sarah Manguso
    Hardcover: 07/23/2024
     
    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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