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New & Notable Fiction February 2024 |
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The Women by Kristin Hannah (release date 2/6)In 1965, nursing student Frankie McGrath impulsively joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows her brother to Vietnam. Overwhelmed by the destruction of war, she also faces the unexpected trauma of coming home to a changed and politically divided America.
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Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange (release date 2/27)One of the most anticipated books of the year. In his follow up to There There, Tommy Orange traces the legacies of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 and the Carlisle Indian Industrial School through three generations of a family in a story that is by turns shattering and wondrous.
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Burma Sahib by Paul Theroux (release date 2/6)An Eton graduate is conscripted as a servant of the British Empire to oversea local policemen in Burma, forcing him to navigate social, racial and class politics in the new novel by the esteemed author of The Mosquito Coast.
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During the pandemic, a group of Manhattan neighbors gather nightly on a rooftop to tell stories in this collaborative novel where each character was secretly written by a major literary voice -- including Margaret Atwood, who co-edited the book with Douglas Preston. Other contributors include Louise Erdrich, Neil Gaiman, John Grisham, Dave Eggers, Celeste Ng, and more big names.
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The Book of Love by Kelly Link (release date 2/13)Kelly Link is a master of short-form speculative fiction, and now she has finally written her first novel. Brought back to life by their high school music teacher, Laura, Daniel and Mo agree to perform a series of magical tasks, but when their resurrection attracts the notice of supernatural figures, they must solve the mystery of their deaths to save everything they love.
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The Road from Belhaven by Margot Livesey (release date 2/6)In late-nineteenth-century Scotland, Lizzie Craig, gifted with the ability to see into the future, is courted by Louis, but when she follows him from Belhaven Farm to Glasgow, she learns the limits of his devotion, forcing her to make a terrible mistake until her second sight allows her a second chance.
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Eynhallow by Tim McGregor (release date 2/22)A continuation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, in which Dr. Frankenstein arrives on Scotland's Orkney Islands to fulfill his monstrous obligation. Library Journal writes, "this beautifully written story expands masterfully on Mary Shelley’s classic tale while comfortably standing on its own and adds a unique spin that will keep readers glued to the pages."
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After Annie by Anna Quindlen (release date 2/27)After Annie Brown dies suddenly, her family and her best friend struggle to maintain their lives and eventually discover that they are able to grow, change and become stronger due to their memories and the lasting power of love.
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The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard (release date 2/27)For fans of David Mitchell, Ruth Ozeki, and Kazuo Ishiguro, an elegant and exhilarating literary speculative novel about an isolated town neighbored by its own past and future, and a young girl who spots two elderly visitors from across the border: the grieving parents of the boy she loves.
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Bride by Ali Hazelwood (release date 2/6)Misery Lark, daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest, must leave her life of anonymity among the humans and uphold a historic alliance with the Weres by marrying their Alpha.
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The Turtle House by Amanda Churchill (release date 2/20)In a debut novel that moves between late 1990s small-town Texas and pre-World War II Japan and occupied Tokyo, a grandmother and granddaughter connect over a beloved lost place and the secrets they both carry.
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A love song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams (release date 2/6)Leaving behind her socialite family in Atlanta, Ricki Wilde moves to New York to open a flower shop as the Harlem Renaissance swirls around her, in the new novel from the author of Seven Days in June.
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