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Book Recommendations for General Fiction + Generational Sagas

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Genre: Fiction
Literary Fiction - 303
Historical Fiction - 106
Thrillers - 16
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Short Stories - 12
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Poetry & Novels in Verse - 1

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Firsts
Debuts - 142
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Generational Sagas - 446
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Ages & Stages
Adult Books From Child's Perspective - 14
Coming of Age - 111
Mid-Life Onwards - 48
Dealing with Loss - 127

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Books in Translation - 14
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Black Authors - 46
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Asian Authors - 61
Jewish Authors - 22
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Native and Indigenous Authors - 3

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Female Friendships - 31
Strong Women - 151
LGBTQ+ - 18

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Philosophical - 14
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Magical or Supernatural - 37
Magical Realism - 16

Miscellaneous
Books with Discussion Guides - 270
Small Press Titles - 36
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Books About Animals - 3
War Related - 80
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LibraryReads Picks - 40

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400+ Pages - 55
250-400 Pages - 446
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17th Century or Earlier - 11
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Major Regions
USA - 221
Canada - 16
Central & S. America, Mexico, Caribbean - 21
Europe - 73
Asia - 61
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Global - 12
Imaginary Locations - 8

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N.H. Vt. Maine - 8
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Mass. - 18
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New York State - 40
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Minn. Wis. Iowa - 7
Nebr.& Dakotas - 1
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California - 33
Wash. Ore. Idaho - 5

USA Regions
New England, USA - 46
Mid-Atlantic, USA - 56
South, USA - 64
Midwest, USA - 31
West, USA - 45

Europe by Region
UK (Britain) & Ireland - 57
Scandinavia - 4
France - 11
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Germany - 5
Italy - 5
Eastern Europe - 6

Asia by Region
Middle-East (West Asia) - 19
Russia (North Asia) - 5
Central Asia - 3
East Asia (except China) - 8
China - 13
South Asia (except India) - 8
India - 14
South-East Asia - 7

Africa by Region
Eastern Africa - 5
Middle & Southern Africa - 1
Northern & Western Africa - 10

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  • Long Island Compromise
    Taffy Brodesser-Akner
    Paperback: 05/20/2025
     
    An exhilarating novel about one American family, the dark moment that shatters their suburban paradise, and ...
  • The Covenant of Water
    Abraham Verghese
    Paperback: 05/06/2025
     
    Winner: BookBrowse Fiction Award 2023

    From the New York Times–bestselling author of Cutting for Stone ...
  • The Alternatives
    Caoilinn Hughes
    Paperback: 04/15/2025
     
    From the writer Anthony Doerr calls "a massive talent," the story of four brilliant Irish sisters, orphaned in...
  • Happy Land
    Dolen Perkins-Valdez
    Hardcover: 04/08/2025
     
    A woman learns the incredible story of a real-life American Kingdom—and her family's ties to it—...
  • The Usual Desire to Kill
    Camilla Barnes
    Hardcover: 04/01/2025
     
    An often hilarious, surprisingly moving portrait of a long-married couple, seen through the eyes of their ...
  • The Sicilian Inheritance
    Jo Piazza
    Paperback: 04/01/2025
     
    From bestselling author and award-winning journalist Jo Piazza, comes a transporting novel rooted in the ...
  • Real Americans
    Rachel Khong
    Paperback: 03/25/2025
     
    From the award-winning author of Goodbye, Vitamin: How far would you go to shape your own destiny? An ...

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