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Book Recommendations for General Fiction + Debuts

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Genre: Fiction
Literary Fiction - 500
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Adult Books From Child's Perspective - 64
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Books in Translation - 32
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Female Friendships - 63
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Philosophical - 21
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Magical or Supernatural - 82
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Small Press Titles - 108
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17th Century or Earlier - 36
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USA - 407
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New England, USA - 62
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UK (Britain) & Ireland - 129
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Middle-East (West Asia) - 35
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East Asia (except China) - 25
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Eastern Africa - 11
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Northern & Western Africa - 23

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  • The End of the World Is a Cul de Sac
    Louise Kennedy
    Paperback: 12/03/2024
     
    Brilliant, dark stories of women's lives by "a very major talent" (Joseph O'Connor, Irish Times)
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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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    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 ...
  • Murder by Degrees
    Ritu Mukerji
    Paperback: 10/15/2024
     
    For fans of Jacqueline Winspear and Charles Todd, Murder by Degrees is a historical mystery set in 19th ...
  • A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens
    Raul Palma
    Paperback: 10/01/2024
     
    A genre-bending debut with a fiercely political heart, A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens explores the weight of ...
  • Before the Mango Ripens
    Afabwaje Kurian
    Hardcover: 09/24/2024
     
    Set against the backdrop of 1970s Nigeria teetering between post-colonial dependency and self-rule, Before the...
  • Where There Was Fire
    John Manuel Arias
    Paperback: 09/17/2024
     
    A lush and lyrical debut novel about a Costa Rican family wrestling with a deadly secret, from rising literary...

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