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Fiction A to Z - June 2024
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| Women and Children First by Alina GrabowskiNarrated by ten women and girls in a small Massachusetts town, this "craftily constructed and deeply moving debut" (Booklist) covers events before and after a house party where a high schooler dies following a suspicious fall. Read-alikes: If the Ice Had Held by Wendy J. Fox; Ocean State by Stewart O'Nan. |
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Lies and Weddings : A novel
by Kevin Kwan
Forced to attend his sister's wedding to seduce a woman with money and get his family out of debt, Rufus, the future Earl of Greshambury, finds their plans—and their reputation—going up in flames when a secret tryst and tragedy become known, revealing a shocking twist.
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| All Fours by Miranda JulyStopping a solo cross-country road trip after 30 miles, a 45-year-old semi-famous California artist rethinks her life and marriage as she develops a connection with a younger man and remodels her motel room before heading home in this witty, weird, and sexy novel. Read-alikes: Milk Fed by Melissa Broder; The Dog of the North by Elizabeth McKenzie; Clover Hendry's Day Off by Beth Morrey. |
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Summers at the Saint
by Mary Kay Andrews
The widowed owner of the St. Cecelia, a landmark hotel, Traci Eddings has one summer season to restore it to its former glory, but when a tragic death changes everything, she must put wrongs to right, put guilty parties in their place and maybe even find a new romance along the way.
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| Blue Ruin by Hari KunzruYears ago, Jay left the London art scene while on the cusp of stardom and is now an undocumented, unhoused delivery driver in upstate New York during COVID. After running into his artist ex-girlfriend (now married to his artist ex-best friend), he moves to their estate, where an art gallery owner has also taken refuge. This atmospheric, lyrical novel is for fans of Memory Piece by Lisa Ko and The Hundred Waters by Lauren Acampora. |
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You are here : a novel
by David Nicholls
When a persistent mutual friend and some very unpredictable weather bring Michael and Marnie, complete opposites except for the fact they're both recovering from heartbreak, together on a ten-day hike, neither of them can think of anything worse until they find exactly what they've been looking for — each other.
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| Oye by Melissa MogollonColombian American high school senior Luciana deals with school stress, Hurricane Irma, her eccentric grandmother's cancer diagnosis, family secrets, and more. Written as Luciana's one-sided phone calls to her sister away at college, this humorous and moving coming-of-age debut presents a unique voice. Read-alikes: Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez; An American Immigrant by Johanna Rojas Vann. |
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The Takedown
by Lily Chu
When her perfect life suddenly becomes not-so-perfect, Dee Kwan, tasked with cleaning up a scandal for luxury fashion firm Celeste, comes face-to-face with her online“nemesis,” who needs her help to make Celeste a better place, forcing her to decide what she's willing to do to truly make a difference.
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| The Guncle Abroad by Steven RowleySitcom star Patrick O'Hara takes his 14-year-old niece and 11-year-old nephew traveling around Europe before heading to Lake Como, Italy, for their dad's wedding. But it's not all smooth sailing: the kids, whose mother died five years ago, oppose the marriage and Patrick is stressed about turning 50. Fans of The Guncle will enjoy this, but anyone who appreciates funny, upbeat family stories will also be charmed. |
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Wives Like Us : A novel
by Plum Sykes
In The Bottoms, tiny Cotswold villages on the English countryside, filthy rich Tata Hawkins is in a tizzy when her husband runs off with a bikini designer; her glamorous new neighbor, an American divorcée, refuses her overtures at friendship; and her two best friends are distracted by their own problems.
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| I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie SueJolene deals with a soul-crushing job by venting about coworkers in white text at the end of her emails to them. After she's caught, HR makes her take a sensitivity class and restricts her communications...but she's also accidentally given access to coworkers' emails and DMs, with surprising results. If you'd like more smart, witty looks at workplaces, try Help Wanted by Adelle Waldman, The Cleaner by Brandi Wells, or Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris. |
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Land of no regrets : a novel
by Sadi Muktadir
Determined to break free from Al Haque Islamic Academy, four classmates stumble upon the diary of a student who lived on the grounds when it was an all-girls Catholic school, which inspires them to hatch a plot to escape, hurtling them down a path that changes their lives forever.
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| Long Island by Colm TóibínThough she left Ireland over 20 years ago, Ellis Lacey still feels like an outsider in 1976 Long Island...especially when she discovers her husband has impregnated another man's wife. At a loss, she returns to Ireland to visit family and friends. Readers may know Ellis from the acclaimed 2009 novel Brooklyn, but this moving tale works fine as a standalone. Read-alikes: My Coney Island Baby by Billy O'Callaghan; The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott. |
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Lovers and Liars : A novel
by Amanda Eyre Ward
The Peacock sisters, with decades of secrets forcing them into separate lives and lies, reunite for their sister Sylvie's destination wedding at an English castle where things come to a head when their toxic mother arrives, giving them an unexpected opportunity to find the courage to make new choices.
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| How to Read a Book by Monica WoodViolet Powell, a 22-year-old just released from prison, visits a bookstore where she encounters the husband of the woman she killed after driving drunk and the retired volunteer who ran her prison book club. If you enjoy this heartwarming, character-driven novel about second chances, try Sara Nisha Adams' The Reading List or Lucy Gilmore's The Lonely Hearts Book Club. |
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The second coming : a novel
by Garth Risk Hallberg
When he receives a call from New York that makes him fear his 13-year-old daughter is in deeper trouble than anyone realizes, Ethan, a convicted felon and recovering addict, decides it's time to return home where they navigate love, grief, betrayal and redemption.
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Prickly Company
by Kitty Johnson
Friendships, feuds, romance, and unexpected secrets shake up a small community in this sharply funny and compassionate novel by the author of Five Winters.
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Shae
by Mesha Maren
When 16-year-old Shae ends up pregnant by Cam, her best friend-turned-boyfriend, and Cam begins a different transition, she, after a traumatic C-section, becomes addicted to opioids while Cam, continuing to transition, embraces new relationships and faces the reality of being a trans woman in rural America.
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The Best Life Book Club
by Sheila Roberts
Leaving Seattle and her cheating husband behind, single mother Karissa moves to Puget Sound where she meets her new neighbors, who are also dealing with their own crises, and together they start a book club as a distraction until it becomes a way to build a better life together.
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Not a River : A novel
by Selva Almada
"A hot, motionless afternoon. Enero and El Negro are fishing with Tilo, their dead friend's teenage son. After hours of struggling with a hooked stingray, Enero aims his revolver into the water and shoots it. They hang the ray's enormous corpse from a tree at their campsite and let it go to rot, drawing the attention of some local islanders and igniting a long-simmering fury toward outsiders and their carelessness. It's only the two sisters--the teenage nieces of one of the locals, Aguirre--with their hair black as cowbird feathers and giving off the scent of green grass, who are curious about the trio and invite them to a dance. But the girls are not quite as they seem. As night approaches and tensions rise, Enero and El Negro return to the charged memories of their friend who years ago drowned in this same river"
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