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Book Recommendations for General Fiction + Small Press Titles

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Genre: Fiction
Literary Fiction - 143
Historical Fiction - 27
Thrillers - 18
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Books in Translation - 28
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Philosophical - 11
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Magical or Supernatural - 28
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Small Press Titles - 255
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Middle-East (West Asia) - 13
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East Asia (except China) - 10
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Eastern Africa - 5
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    Happy: A Novel
    Celina Baljeet Basra
    Paperback: 11/12/2024
     
    For fans of Vikas Swarup and Charles Yu, the story of a starry-eyed cinephile who leaves his rural village in ...
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    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 ...
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    Yuri Herrera
    Hardcover: 10/01/2024
     
    A major new novel set in nineteenth-century New Orleans by the author of Signs Preceding the End of the World....
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    Wen-yi Lee
    Hardcover: 08/13/2024
     
    From Gillian Flynn Books, a lyrical young adult horror by debut author Wen-yi Lee that's perfect for fans of ...
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    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 ...
  • Our Beautiful Darkness
    Our Beautiful Darkness: A Graphic Novel
    ‍ Ondjaki, Lyn Miller-Lachmann
    Hardcover: 07/23/2024
     
    A blackout leads two teens to discover the intimacy and vulnerability that can only be shared in darkness in ...
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    Lorraine Avila
    Paperback: 07/09/2024
     
    Elizabeth Acevedo has said that reading Lorraine Avila feels like an "uppercut to the senses." You've never ...

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