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Fiction A to Z December 2025 |
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| Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia LockwoodAs a global pandemic takes hold, a woman falls ill, leading to brain fog, confusion, and obsessions (with Anna Karenina, a particular song, and more). Then she becomes the caregiver when her husband needs emergency surgery. For fans of: unique, introspective, and darkly humorous character-driven novels with non-linear timelines; Claire-Louise Bennett’s Big Kiss, Bye-Bye. |
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| Minor Black Figures by Brandon TaylorOne hot New York summer after the worst of COVID, Black painter Wyeth faces a creative block and ponders art and identity as he embraces a project restoring a decades-old work by another Black artist. Then, at a West Village bar, he meets a handsome blond man who’s recently left the seminary. Try this next: Blue Ruin by Hari Kunzru. |
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| Palaver by Bryan WashingtonIn the weeks before Christmas, a mother arrives unannounced in Japan to visit her estranged son, who isn’t happy to see her. They speak infrequently and haven’t seen each other in years, but can they come to an understanding with each other before it’s too late? Readers who appreciate spare yet evocative tales or stories that center gay men and family in all its forms will enjoy Bryan Washington’s novels. |
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Queen Esther
by John Irving
Orphaned after arriving in Maine, Dr. Larch knows it won’t be easy to find a Jewish family to adopt Esther. When she is 14, soon to be a ward of the state, Dr. Larch meets the Winslows, a New England family with a history of providing foster care for unadopted orphans. Thought not Jewish, they despise anti-Semitism. Esther’s gratitude for the Winslows is unending; even as she retraces her roots back to Vienna, she never stops loving and protecting the Winslows.
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Days at the Torunka Café
by Satoshi Yagisawa
Tucked away on a narrow side street in Tokyo is the Torunka Cafâe, a neighborhood nook where the passersby are as likely to be local cats as tourists. Its regulars include Chinatsu Yukimura, a mysterious young woman who always leaves behind a napkin folded into the shape of a ballerina; Hiroyuki Yumata, a middle-aged man who's returned to the neighborhood searching for the happy life he once gave up; and Shizuku, the cafâe owner's teenage daughter, who is still coming to terms with her sister's death as she falls in love for the first time--
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Otherwise Engaged
by Susan Mallery
When Shannon gets engaged, her mom Cindy is the first person she wants to tell--and the last. Cindy's engaged, too, and has hinted at a double wedding. Victoria has never been enough for her mother Ava, so she stopped trying. Chance brings the four women together, where a shocking secret comes out. Twenty-four years ago, desperate teenager Cindy chose wealthy Ava to adopt her baby--then changed her mind at the last second. The loss rocked Ava's world, leaving her unable to open her heart to the daughter she did adopt, Victoria--
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The Land of Sweet Forever: Stories and Essays
by Harper Lee
A posthumous collection of newly discovered short stories and previously published essays and magazine pieces, offering a fresh perspective on the ... literary mind of Harper Lee.
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