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Book Recommendations for General Fiction, set in Wash. Ore. Idaho

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Total Books Recommended: 52

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Genre: Fiction
Literary Fiction - 27
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  • The Librarianist
    Patrick deWitt
    Paperback: 06/02/2024
     
    From bestselling and award-winning author Patrick deWitt comes the story of Bob Comet, a man who has lived his...
  • Real Americans
    Rachel Khong
    Hardcover: 04/30/2024
     
    From the award-winning author of Goodbye, Vitamin: How far would you go to shape your own destiny? An ...
  • I'm the Girl
    Courtney Summers
    Paperback: 04/16/2024
     
    The next searing and groundbreaking queer young adult novel from New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-...
  • What Lies in the Woods
    Kate Alice Marshall
    Paperback: 01/02/2024
     
    Kate Alice Marshall's What Lies in the Woods is a thrilling novel about friendship, secrets, betrayal, and ...
  • The Roaring Days of Zora Lily
    Noelle Salazar
    Paperback: 10/03/2023
     
    The discovery of a hidden label on a famous gown unearths the story of a talented young seamstress in this ...
  • Fire Season
    Fire Season: A Novel
    Leyna Krow
    Paperback: 07/11/2023
     
    The propulsive story of three scheming opportunists - a banker, a conman, and a woman with an extraordinary ...
  • Some of It Was Real
    Nan Fischer
    Paperback: 07/26/2022
     
    A psychic on the verge of stardom who isn't sure she believes in herself and a cynical journalist with one ...

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