Fiction A to Z October 2025 |
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Curl Up With These Cozy Fall Reads! |
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| Moderation by Elaine CastilloWorking 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. |
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We Had To Remove This Post
by Hanna Bervoets
Kayleigh, a content moderator for a social media platform, spends her days reviewing offensive and violent posts, but when her colleagues begin breaking down, she wonders if the job may be too much for them as she convinces herself she's in control and totally fine. 30,000 first printing.
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| A Dog in Georgia by Lauren GrodsteinWith her stepson at college and her husband probably cheating on her again, middle-aged Amy Webb focuses on internet videos of Angel, a dog in Tbilisi, Georgia. When Angel goes missing, Amy heads to Eastern Europe to help find him, and maybe herself too. For fans of: complex characters and geopolitical themes; Rebecca Serle's One Italian Summer. |
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A Dog's Journey
by W. Bruce Cameron
Believing that he has achieved his purpose throughout several eventful lives, Buddy the dog is drawn to a vibrant but troubled teen who he struggles to help when they are separated. By the author of the best-selling A Dog's Purpose.
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| Songs for Other People's Weddings by David Levithan; with songs by Jens LekmanSwedish singer and songwriter J performs at weddings, penning a bespoke song for each couple. But when his girlfriend’s job takes her to New York indefinitely and she pulls away despite his best efforts, he's no longer sure about love or marriage. This moving look at relationships has touches of humor, plus ten songs by Swedish songwriter Jens Lekman. For fans of: Holly Brickley’s Deep Cuts; Don Lee’s Lonesome Lies Before Us. |
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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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| These Memories Do Not Belong to Us by Yiming MaIn 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. |
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The Memory Police
by Yåoko Ogawa
An Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance finds a young novelist hiding her editor from mysterious authorities who would erase all memories of people who once existed. By the award-winning author of The Housekeeper and the Professor.
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| What We Can Know by Ian McEwanIn 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. |
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All The Water In The World
by Eiren Caffall
In a flooded and abandoned Manhattan, 13-year-old Nonie, her family, and a few others live at the top of the closed American Museum of Natural History, working to preserve artifacts. After a superstorm hits, the four survivors take a canoe from a display and set out on the Hudson River in a novel that depicts their journey and narrator Nonie's remembrances. For another lyrical apocalyptic tale, try Sequoia Nagamatsu's How High We Go in the Dark.
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| An Oral History of Atlantis by Ed ParkThis 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. |
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Liberation Day: Stories
by George Saunders
This brilliant collection of stories, written with the author's trademark prose—wickedly funny, unsentimental and perfectly tuned, encompass joy and despair, oppression and revolution, bizarre fantasy and brutal reality.
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| When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa RidzénBo’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. |
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My Friends: A Novel
by Fredrik Backman
Four teenagers' friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a complete stranger's life 25 years later.
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| Full Bloom by Francesca SerritellaAt a crossroads after the end of a relationship and her lack of career progress, 35-year-old Iris is gifted a special perfume by an older French friend. Wearing the scent, she discovers newfound power and multiple love interests, but things don’t always go as planned. Great for book clubs, this novel mixes romance and mystery as it explores friendship, ambition, and self-confidence. For fans of: The Scent of You by Maggie Alderson. |
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The Scent Keeper
by Erica Bauermeister
A young woman raised on a remote island with a father who identifies the scents of the natural world makes illuminating discoveries about her identity and a mysterious cache of fragrances. By the best-selling author of Joy for Beginners.
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| The Incredible Kindness Of Paper by Evelyn SkyeAs a lonely child, Chloe makes a yellow origami rose for her new pen pal, whispering details about herself to the paper. When Oliver receives it, he somehow understands. The correspondents grow close as they grow up, until they lose touch. Years later, Chloe leaves flowers across Manhattan, where Oliver finds one in this heartwarming tale enveloped in love, belonging, and magical realism. For fans of: Lynda Cohen Loigman’s The Matchmaker’s Gift. |
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The Matchmaker's Gift: A Novel
by Lynda Cohen Loigman
After her beloved grandmother passes away, leaving behind a collection of handwritten journals recording the details of her matches, Abby, a successful Manhattan divorce attorney, finds more questions than answers as she discovers she also has the unique gift of seeing soulmates in the most unexpected places. 100,000 first printing. Illustrations.
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