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Literary Fiction - 77
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  • We Must Not Think of Ourselves
    Lauren Grodstein
    Paperback: 10/29/2024
     
    A heart-wrenching story of love and defiance set in the Warsaw Ghetto, based on the actual archives kept by ...
  • The Blood Years
    Elana K. Arnold
    Paperback: 10/22/2024
     
    From Michael L. Printz honoree & National Book Award finalist Elana K. Arnold comes the harrowing story of a ...
  • Yr Dead
    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 ...
  • Long Island Compromise
    Taffy Brodesser-Akner
    Hardcover: 07/09/2024
     
    An exhilarating novel about one American family, the dark moment that shatters their suburban paradise, and ...
  • All Fours
    All Fours: A Novel
    Miranda July
    Hardcover: 05/14/2024
     
    The New York Times bestselling author returns with an irreverently sexy, tender, hilarious and surprising ...
  • The Postcard
    Anne Berest
    Paperback: 05/07/2024
     
    Anne Berest's The Postcard is among the most acclaimed and beloved French novels of recent years. Luminous and...
  • The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen
    Isaac Blum
    Paperback: 10/17/2023
     
    The Chosen meets Adam Silvera in this irreverent and timely story of worlds colliding in friendship, betrayal,...

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