Book Recommendations for
General Fiction + Contemporary
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Kate Folk
Hardcover: 04/08/2025
Cross the jet bridge with Linda, a frequent flyer with an unusual obsession, in this "razor-sharp and tender-...
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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—...
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Katie Kitamura
Hardcover: 04/08/2025
One woman, the performance of a lifetime. Or two. An exhilarating, destabilizing Möbius strip of a novel ...
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Ann Patchett
Paperback: 04/01/2025
In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself ...
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Camilla Barnes
Hardcover: 04/01/2025
An often hilarious, surprisingly moving portrait of a long-married couple, seen through the eyes of their ...
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Jo Piazza
Paperback: 04/01/2025
From bestselling author and award-winning journalist Jo Piazza, comes a transporting novel rooted in the ...
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John Scalzi
Hardcover: 03/25/2025
New York Times bestseller John Scalzi flies you to the moon with his most fantastic tale to date: When the ...
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