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Book Recommendations for General Fiction + LibraryReads Picks

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Genre: Fiction
Literary Fiction - 106
Historical Fiction - 65
Thrillers - 39
Mystery - 16
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Short Stories - 3
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Adult Books From Child's Perspective - 3
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Female Friendships - 30
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Philosophical - 9
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Magical or Supernatural - 28
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LibraryReads Picks - 235

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Asia by Region
Middle-East (West Asia) - 1
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China - 4
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India - 5

Africa by Region
Eastern Africa - 2
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    Robert Jackson Bennett
    Paperback: 11/05/2024
     
    A Holmes and Watson–style detective duo take the stage in this fantasy with a mystery twist, from the ...
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    Ariel Lawhon
    Paperback: 11/05/2024
     
    From the New York Times bestselling author of I Was Anastasia and Code Name Hélène comes a gripping ...
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    Richard Powers
    Hardcover: 09/24/2024
     
    A magisterial new novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning and New York Times best-selling author of The ...
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    C Pam Zhang
    Paperback: 09/24/2024
     
    The award-winning author of How Much of These Hills Is Gold returns with a rapturous and revelatory novel ...
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    Richard Osman
    Hardcover: 09/17/2024
     
    Solving murders. It's a family business.
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    Elizabeth Strout
    Hardcover: 09/10/2024
     
    From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a hopeful, healing novel about new friendships...
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    Cebo Campbell
    Hardcover: 09/10/2024
     
    In a world without white people, what does it mean to be black?

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