Fiction A to Z
October 2025

Recent Releases
Moderation
by Elaine Castillo

Working as a video content moderator for a social media company, Girlie Delmundo has seen horrific things. Burnt out, she takes a promotion working on a new virtual reality product. While she now can better help her mother financially, she also falls for her new boss and questions the suspicious death of the VR company’s founder in this “brilliant novel” (Kirkus Reviews). For fans of: Hanna Bervoets' We Had to Remove This Post.
Vianne by Joanne Harris
Vianne
by Joanne Harris

After scattering her mother's ashes, Vianne follows a mystical wind to Marseille, where she begins a new life as a pregnant waitress discovering the magic of cooking with chocolate -- only to find that her secret past may upend the fragile future she's building.
Minor Black Figures by Brandon Taylor
Minor Black Figures
by Brandon Taylor

From a Booker Prize finalist and bestselling author comes a novel about a gay Black painter navigating the worlds of art, desire and creativity.
These Memories Do Not Belong to Us
by Yiming Ma

In a dystopian future, the only superpower left is the Qin Empire (formerly China), which rules a world where technology allows people to record, store, and transfer memories. Told via interconnected short stories, this thought-provoking, timely tale centers a young man who inherits illegal memories from his mother, which depict interracial couples, dissenters, and more. For fans of: Yoko Ogawa's The Memory Police.
What We Can Know
by Ian McEwan

In 2119, rising seas have changed the landscape of the United Kingdom, where professor Thomas Metcalfe studies every detail he can find about “A Corona for Vivien,” a lost masterpiece read by an esteemed poet at his wife’s 2014 birthday party. In the second half of this eloquent novel, Vivien herself narrates. Try these next: C. Pam Zhang’s Land of Milk and Honey; Eiren Caffall’s All the Water in the World.
An Oral History of Atlantis
by Ed Park

This latest offering from Pulitzer Prize finalist Ed Park is an intriguing collection of 16 short stories, some lightly connected to others and four of which are new. Exploring humanity, technology, and literary themes, this book works for readers who enjoy unconventional, witty, and open-ended tales. For fans of: George Saunders.
When the Cranes Fly South
by Lisa Ridzén

Bo’s wife, an Alzheimer’s patient, went to a care center three years ago, leaving him alone. Now, he has caregivers who visit daily, an estranged son who thinks he can’t take care of his beloved dog, balance issues, and memories that are sometimes out of reach. Notes from Bo's carers add other viewpoints to this poignant debut novel by a Swedish author, which is already an international bestseller. For fans of: Fredrik Backman; The Correspondent by Virginia Evans.
Bog queen : a novel by Anna North
Bog queen : a novel
by Anna North

A monumental discovery sets off a clash of worlds, past and present, over the fate of the land that holds us.
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