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Book Recommendations for General Fiction + Physical & Mental Differences

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Genre: Fiction
Literary Fiction - 144
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  • 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...
  • The Palace of Eros
    Caro De Robertis
    Hardcover: 08/13/2024
     
    Perfect for fans of Circe and Black Sun, this bold and subversive feminist retelling of the Greek myth of ...
  • The Caretaker
    The Caretaker: A Novel
    Ron Rash
    Paperback: 07/16/2024
     
    Told against the backdrop of the Korean War as a small Appalachian town sends its sons to battle, The ...
  • All the Sinners Bleed
    S. A. Cosby
    Paperback: 07/09/2024
     
    The new novel from New York Times bestselling and Los Angeles Times Book Prize-winning author S. A. Cosby, "...
  • Pink Slime
    Fernanda Trias
    Hardcover: 07/02/2024
     
    Winner of the Uruguayan National Literature Prize for Fiction, the Bartolomé-Hidalgo Fiction Prize, and ...

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