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Fiction A to Z December 2025 |
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| The Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O'NeillAfter years apart, all three Ryan sisters gather for Thanksgiving at their parents' home on the East End of Long Island. Though each brings her own current issues, it’s the tragic deaths of two young people in the past that cast shadows over all the Ryans. This debut novel and Read with Jenna pick features complex characters who have all sorts of secrets. |
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| The Second Chance Cinema by Thea WeissNewly engaged couple Ellie and Drake discover a magical movie theater down a cobblestone alley showing The Story of You. As moments from both of their pasts replay on the big screen, they wrestle with what they learn about each other and revisit their own upsetting secrets in this intriguing debut novel. |
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Ladies in Waiting: Jane Austen's Unsung Characters
by Adriana Trigiani
In honor of her 250th birthday, eight authors have come together with ... imaginative reboots of the lives of several of Jane Austen's minor characters. Written with plenty of love and wit, these... stories star everyone from Pride and Prejudice's snobbish Caroline Bingley to the modern descendant of Sense and Sensibility's Eliza Williams and much more. Blurring genres and taking us across the oceans, Ladies in Waiting is a heartfelt celebration of Jane Austen and her timeless masterpieces--
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End Game
by Jeffrey Archer
London, 2012. The eyes of the world are on Britain as the country prepares to host the Olympic Games. But the glare of the spotlight makes London a target for some of the most dangerous people on earth. And the moment the bid is won, an international conspiracy is set in motion to unleash a devastating attack that will leave the world in chaos.
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The Ghostwriter
by Julie Clark
Ghostwriter Olivia Dumont is hired to finish her father's final book, in which he's ready to tell the story about the brutal murders of his siblings in 1975, for which he was the prime suspect.
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The Christmas Stranger
by Richard Paul Evans
Three years after losing his family in a Christmas Eve accident, grief-stricken Paul Wanlass hasn't just given up on Christmas, he's given up on life. He can't imagine anything to keep him here--not his work as a computer repairman, not the residents in his Salt Lake City neighborhood, and certainly not the idea of connecting with someone new. When a stranger knocks on his door, claiming to be picking up a laptop, Paul allows him in--but discovers the man has a very different mission in mind. Paul wakes the next morning unsure if his encounter with the stranger really happened or was just a dream--but when the stranger shows up again, Paul challenges him to give him just one reason to live. The stranger agrees to the challenge but warns Paul not to expect a path he would have guessed or chosen--
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Days You Were Mine
by Clare Leslie Hall
A life-changing love story. A devastating decision. An emotional, gripping family drama about relationships, secrets and jealousy that will stay with you long after the final page.
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The Girls of Good Fortune
by Kristina McMorris
She came from a lineage known for good fortune...by those who don't know the whole story. A captivating tale of resilience and hope that explores the complexity of family and identity, the importance of stories that echo through generations, and the power of strength found beneath the surface.
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The Missing Pages
by Alyson Richman
Harry Widener boards the Titanic holding tight to a priceless book--and his last known words are that he must return to his cabin for his treasure. Neither the young man nor the book will ever be seen again. In his honor, his mother builds the Harry Widener Memorial Library at Harvard to memorialize her son and house his extensive book collection. Decades later, Violet Hutchins, a Harvard sophomore recovering from her own great loss, is working as a page at the Widener Library. When strange things begin happening at the library, Violet wonders if Harry Widener's ghost is trying to communicate the missing pieces of his story from beyond the grave.
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The Shocking Experiments of Miss Mary Bennet
by Melinda Taub
As, one by one, Mary's sisters get married, she hatches a plan. If the world won't give this fierce, lonely girl a place, she'll carve one out herself. In a desperate bid to avoid becoming a burden on her family or, worse, married to a controlling man, Mary does what any bright, intrepid girl would do. She takes to the attic and teach herself to reanimate the dead. If finding acceptance requires a husband, she'll get one. . . even if she has to make him herself.
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