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Book Recommendations for General Fiction + Physical & Mental Differences

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Genre: Fiction
Literary Fiction - 145
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  • Hunchback
    Hunchback: A Novel
    Saou Ichikawa
    Hardcover: 03/18/2025
     
    A bombshell bestseller in Japan, a provocative, defiant debut novel about a young woman in a care home seeking...
  • Becoming Madam Secretary
    Stephanie Dray
    Paperback: 03/18/2025
     
    New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Dray returns with a captivating and dramatic new novel about an ...
  • The Painter's Daughters
    Emily Howes
    Paperback: 02/18/2025
     
    A "beautifully written" (Hilary Mantel) story of love, madness, sisterly devotion, and control, about the two ...
  • Death of the Author
    Nnedi Okorafor
    Hardcover: 01/14/2025
     
    In this exhilarating tale by New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor, a ...
  • Shred Sisters
    Betsy Lerner
    Hardcover: 10/01/2024
     
    No one will love you more or hurt you more than a sister.

    From Betsy Lerner, celebrated author of The ...
  • Intermezzo
    Intermezzo: A Novel
    Sally Rooney
    Hardcover: 09/24/2024
     
    An exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family―but especially love―from the global ...
  • King of the Armadillos
    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...

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