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  • Change: A Novel
    Edouard Louis
    Paperback: 05/06/2025
     
    An autobiographical novel from Édouard Louis, hailed as one of the most important voices of his ...
  • Camilla Barnes
    Hardcover: 04/01/2025
     
    An often hilarious, surprisingly moving portrait of a long-married couple, seen through the eyes of their ...
  • Isola: A Novel
    Allegra Goodman
    Hardcover: 02/04/2025
     
    A young woman and her lover are marooned on an island in this breathtaking saga, an epic story of love, faith,...
  • Maylis De Kerangal
    Paperback: 10/29/2024
     
    A colorful cast of female characters contends with UFOs, sonic waves, and the legend of Buffalo Bill in a ...
  • David Diop
    Paperback: 09/17/2024
     
    The hotly anticipated new novel by David Diop, winner of the International Booker Prize.
  • Creation Lake: A Novel
    Rachel Kushner
    Hardcover: 09/03/2024
     
    From Rachel Kushner, a Booker Prize finalist, two-time National Book Award finalist, and "one of the most ...
  • Loot: A Novel
    Tania James
    Paperback: 06/18/2024
     
    A spellbinding historical novel set in the eighteenth century: a hero's quest, a love story, the story of a ...

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