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Fiction A to Z August 2025 |
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Deep Cuts
by Holly Brickley
Two music-obsessed college students meet at a bar in 2000. Songwriter Joe asks our opinionated narrator, Percy, to critique his work, sparking a creative partnership that propels Joe toward indie-rock stardom over the next decade while Percy rethinks not asking for songwriting credit. Fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid's Daisy Jones & the Six will want to try this atmospheric debut that's a love letter to music.
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Flashlight
by Susan Choi
Flashlight follows American Louisa Kang and her family across locations and years, but focuses on the night young Louisa and her ethnically Korean father walk on a beach in Japan. Later, she washes ashore, amnesiac and clinging to life, but her dad can't be found. Covering family relationships and geopolitics, this slow burn novel is "never sentimental, never predictable" (Kirkus Reviews).
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Among Friends
by Hal Ebbott
At a New York country house where two deeply intertwined families have gathered to mark the host's fifty-second birthday, envy and resentment erupt into an unspeakable act; accusations, denials, and shattered illusions follow, driving wedges between friends, spouses, children and parents.
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The Poppy Fields
by Nikki Erlick
Welcome to the Poppy Fields, where there's hope for even the most battered hearts to heal. Here, in a remote stretch of the California desert, lies an experimental and controversial treatment center that allows those suffering from the heartache of loss to sleep through their pain... and keep on sleeping. After patients awaken from this prolonged state of slumber, they will finally be healed. But only if they're willing to accept the potential shadowy side effects. As they attempt to make their way from the Midwest all the way to the Poppy Fields--where they hope to find Ellis, its brilliant, enigmatic founder--each of their past secrets and mysterious motivations threaten to derail their voyage"
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The Director
by Daniel Kehlmann
A tale inspired by the life of film director G.W. Pabst, who fled to Hollywood to resist the Nazis only to be forced to return to his homeland and create propaganda films for the German Reich.
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Animal Instinct
by Amy Shearn
A darkly humorous and tantalizing pandemic-ridden portrait of sex, divorce, and midlife, about a Brooklynite who Frankensteins the perfect lover.
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Vera, or Faith
by Gary Shteyngart
Highly intelligent ten-year-old Vera loves words and lists. She also worries a lot, including about money, her Jewish dad and WASP stepmother divorcing, that they love her brother more, and how to find her Korean mom. This highly anticipated satirical latest from an acclaimed author explores a modern New York family in a politically troubled world.
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Twelve Post-War Tales
by Graham Swift
Explores the personal reverberations of war and global crises through vivid characters, from a Jewish soldier searching for lost family after WWII to a retired doctor revisiting formative memories during a pandemic, blending humor, grief, and grace.
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The Incandescent : a School Story
by Emily Tesh
Doctor Walden is the Director of Magic at Chetwood School and one of the most powerful magicians in England, but soon she must work to protect her students from a grave threat.
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The Strange Case of Jane O.
by Karen Thompson Walker
Presented as a doctor's case study notes and as letters written by the subject to her young son, this thought-provoking, slow-burn novel focuses on single Brooklyn mom Jane, who'd previously had a strong memory but now suffers from amnesia and hallucinations. Her psychiatrist, who has his own troubles, looks for answers in this "haunting and sublime" (Booklist) tale.
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