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New & Notable Fiction October 2024 |
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The mighty red : a novel by Louise Erdrich (release date 10/1)A Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winning author tells a story of love, natural forces, spiritual yearnings and the tragic impact of uncontrollable circumstances on ordinary people's lives.
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The Sequel by Jean Hanff Korelitz (release date 10/1)When Anna Williams-Bonner publishes her book and indulges in her own literary acclaim, she begins to receive excerpts of a novel she never expected to see again, a novel that should no longer exist. By the New York Times best-selling author of The Plot.
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Shred sisters : a novel by Betsy Lerner (release date 10/1)Spanning two decades, an intimate and bittersweet story explores the fierce complexities of sisterhood, mental health, loss and love, showing that for all that threatens their sibling bond, Amy and Ollie Shred cannot escape or deny the inextricable sister knot that binds them.
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Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst (release date 10/8)Peeks in on the orbit of Dave Win—the son of a British dressmaker and a Burmese man he's never met—after he receives a scholarship to a prestigious English boarding school and how the relationships he made affect his struggles with class and race, art and sexuality, love and violence.
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Libby lost and found : a novel by Stephanie Booth (release date 10/15)Diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's, author Libby Weeks, known as F.T. Goldhero to the fans of her fantasy series, realizes she needs help finishing her long anticipated final book, and turns to an unlikely source for support.
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The ancients by John Larison (release date 10/15)The acclaimed author of Whiskey When We're Dry presents a novel set in the climate-changed world of the future. A young boy and his older sisters find themselves suddenly and utterly alone, orphaned in an abandoned fishing village. Their food supplies dwindling, they set out across a breathtaking yet treacherous wilderness in search of the last of their people.
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This Motherless Land by Nikki May (release date 10/29)From the acclaimed author of Wahala comes a retelling of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park, exploring identity, culture, race and love.
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Women's hotel : a novel by Daniel M. Lavery (release date 10/15)In a funny and poignant debut novel about the Beidermeier, a women's hotel in 1960s New York City, residents Katherine, Lucianne, Kitty, Ruth, and Pauline are aware that their days as an institution are numbered, and they'd better make the most of it while it lasts.
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New horror, gothic, or creepy fiction for Halloween! |
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Model home by Rivers Solomon (release date 10/1)Turns the haunted-house story on its head, unearthing the dark legacies of segregation and racism in the suburban American South.
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The bog wife : a novel by Kay Chronister (release date 10/1)In West Virginia, the Haddesley siblings confront long-buried family secrets and supernatural bargains linked to their ancestral cranberry bog when it fails to produce the expected “bog-wife,” leading them to question their traditions and face unknown futures amidst internal conflict and a troubled past.
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American rapture by CJ Leede (release date 10/15)A virus is spreading across America, transforming the infected and making them feral with lust. Sophie, a good Catholic girl, must traverse the hellscape of the midwest to try to find her family while the world around her burns. Along the way she discovers there are far worse fates than dying a virgin...
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Catherine the Ghost by Kathe Koja (release date 10/15)This modern gothic punk remix of Emily Bronte’s classic Wuthering Heights is a ghost story told from the POV of Catherine Earnshaw’s restless spirit from beyond the grave.
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