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Book Recommendations for General Fiction + War Related

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  • Glorious Exploits
    Ferdia Lennon
    Paperback: 03/25/2025
     
    An utterly original celebration of that which binds humanity across battle lines and history.
  • Held
    Held: A Novel
    Anne Michaels
    Paperback: 03/04/2025
     
    A breathtaking and ineffable new novel from the author of the international best sellers Fugitive Pieces and ...
  • The Curse of Pietro Houdini
    Derek B. Miller
    Paperback: 01/28/2025
     
    From the Dagger Award–winning author of Norwegian by Night comes a vivid, thrilling, and moving World ...
  • Hard by a Great Forest
    Leo Vardiashvili
    Paperback: 01/28/2025
     
    Amid rubble and rebuilding in a former Soviet land, one family must rescue one another and put the past to ...
  • We Do Not Part
    Han Kang
    Hardcover: 01/21/2025
     
    Han Kang's most revelatory book since The Vegetarian, We Do Not Part tells the story of a friendship between ...
  • Song of a Blackbird
    Marie van Lieshout
    Hardcover: 01/21/2025
     
    Fictionalized but based on true events, Song of a Blackbird has two intertwined timelines: one is a modern-day...
  • The Capital of Dreams
    Heather O'Neill
    Hardcover: 01/07/2025
     
    From the hugely acclaimed author beloved by literary lights, including Emily St. John Mandel, Kelly Link, and ...

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