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Genre: Fiction
Literary Fiction - 130
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  • Women's Hotel
    Women's Hotel: A Novel
    Daniel M. Lavery
    Hardcover: 10/15/2024
     
    From the New York Times bestselling author and advice columnist, a poignant and funny debut novel about the ...
  • Blood Test
    Blood Test: A Comedy
    Charles Baxter
    Hardcover: 10/15/2024
     
    From the winner of the PEN/Malamud Award and "one of our most gifted writers" (Chicago Tribune) comes a comic ...
  • The Book of George
    Kate Greathead
    Hardcover: 10/08/2024
     
    From the author of the critically acclaimed Laura & Emma comes a The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. for our ...
  • We Solve Murders
    Richard Osman
    Hardcover: 09/17/2024
     
    Solving murders. It's a family business.
  • Rejection
    Rejection: Fiction
    Tony Tulathimutte
    Hardcover: 09/17/2024
     
    From the Whiting and O. Henry–winning author of Private Citizens ("the first great millennial novel," ...
  • Nicked
    Nicked: A Novel
    M.T. Anderson
    Hardcover: 07/23/2024
     
    From the award-winning and bestselling author of Feed comes a raucous and slyly funny adult fiction debut, ...
  • 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 ...

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