Fiction A to Z
November 2024
Recent Releases
The Book Swap
by Tessa Bickers

Erin accidentally puts a novel she's lovingly annotated into a Little Free Library near her London home -- but even worse, it held a bookmark from her late best friend. She longs for the book's return, and one day it appears...with additional notes. Corresponding via classic novels, Erin discusses grief and more with a mystery man, who might be someone she knows. Read-alike: Kristina Forest's The Neighbor Favor.
Toto
by Hackwith, A. J.

"I was mostly a Good Dog until they sold me out to animal control, okay? But if it's a choice between Oz, with its creepy little singing dudes, and being behind bars in gray old Kansas, I'll choose the place where animals talk and run the show for now, thanks. It's not my fault that the kid is stuck here too, or that she stumbled into a tug-of-war over a pair of slippers that don't even taste good. Now one witch in good eyeliner calls her pretty and we're off on a quest? Teenagers. I try to tell her she's falling in with the wrong crowd when she befriends a freaking hedge wizard made of straw, that blue jay with revolutionary aspirations, and the walking tin can. Still, I'm not one to judge when there's the small matter of a coup in the Forest Kingdom.... Look, something really stinks in Oz, and this Wizard guy and the witches positively reek of it. As usual, it's going to be up to a sensible little dog to do a big dog's job and get to the bottom of it. And trust me: Little dogs can get away with anything"
The Mighty Red
by Louise Erdrich

In 2008 Argus, North Dakota, where the Red River flows north, Crystal hauls sugar beets every night while her daughter Kismet ponders college even as two boys want to marry her: the wealthy school quarterback and the homeschooled son of a bookstore owner. In lyrical prose, this latest by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author explores love, nature, industrial farming, and rural life. Try these next: Joselyn Takacs' Peace Oysters; Amy Jo Burns' Mercury; Ash Davidson's Damnation Spring.
Our Evenings
by Alan Hollinghurst

In this "tour de force" (Publishers Weekly), sixtyish British Burmese actor Dave Win tells the story of his life, including being raised by a single mother in England, winning a scholarship to an elite boarding school in the 1960s, dealing with racism and homophobia, making a living in the theater, his romances, and seeing his childhood bully become a right-wing Brexit leader. Read-alikes: Shastri Akella's The Sea Elephants; Tan Twan Eng's The House of Doors.
The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife
by Anna Johnston

Widowed 82-year-old Frederick Fife is lonely, broke, and nearly homeless. When a park outing for dementia patients finds him mistakenly gathered up and taken to a care home, Frederick embraces his new life, though at least one nurse has concerns about him. Fans of charming stories like Shelby Van Pelt's Remarkably Bright Creatures or Brooke Fossey's The Big Finish will enjoy this debut novel.
The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern
by Lynda Cohen Loigman

Newly arrived at a senior community in 1987 Boca Raton, Florida, retired pharmacist Augusta Stern bumps into Irving Rivkin, who broke her heart when they were teenagers in 1920s Brooklyn. This moving and whimsical tale of love lost and found unfolds in two timelines, revealing that it's never too late for a second chance at love. Read-alikes: Jill Santopolo's Stars in an Italian Sky; Heather O'Neill's The Lonely Hearts Hotel.
The fallen fruit
by Madison, Shawntelle

Combining history and fantasy, a sweeping multi-generational epic follows a woman who travels through time to end a family curse that has plagued her ancestors for generations.
Colored Television
by Danzy Senna

In Los Angeles, biracial writing professor Jane is desperate for money to support her family, so she gives up on the novel she's been writing for years and goes Hollywood with a TV comedy featuring a biracial main character. This "brilliant, of-the-moment" (Kirkus Reviews) novel satirically looks at race, class, identity, creativity, and more. Read-alikes: R.F. Kuang's Yellowface; Claire Jiménez’s What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez.
The Empusium
by Olga Tokarczuk; translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones

In 1913 Poland, a weakened young man with tuberculosis travels to a men's health resort in the mountains, where each night the guests gather for philosophical discussions. But once there, he soon learns about strange events. This modern take on Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain cleverly combines folklore, literary fiction, and horror, and is the latest novel by Nobel Prize-winner Olga Tokarczuk.
Spook street
by Herron, Mick

"What happens when an old spook starts to lose his mind?...These are the questions River Cartwright must ask himself as his grandfather--David Cartwright, a Cold War-era operative--starts to forget to wear pants, and starts believing everyone in his lifeis someone sent by Services to watch him. However, River has other things to worry about. A bomb goes off in the middle of a flash mob performance in a busy shopping center and kills forty innocent civilians. The agents of Slough House have to figure outwho is behind this act of terror before the situation escalates"
On the hunt
by Johansen, Iris

A #1 New York Times best-selling author introduces a bold new heroine—and her search-and-rescue Golden Retriever, Mack—as Kira Drake begins an international search for an elusive killer who bombed a museum in Paris. 100,000 first printing.
Drifters
by Campbell, John L.

The survivors of the Omega Virus band together to seek out the living amid the chaos of a destroyed civilization and encounter a new threat in the form of a hybrid monster that cannot be outrun or outwitted. By the author of Ship of the Dead. Original.
Pickleballers
by Long, Ilana

"A pickleball newbie looking to recover from life's swings and misses crosses paddles with love in this debut romantic comedy. Meg Bloomberg is in a pickle. When Meg's ex turns out to be a total dink, her bestie suggests a mood-lifting pickleball excursion to Bainbridge Island. It's supposed to be an easy lob, a way to heal--not the opening serve to a new courtside romance that's doomed to spin out. But no matter how Meg tries, she can't shake her feelings for Ethan Fine. A charismatic environmental consultant and Bainbridge local, Ethan is eager to play with her on--and off--the court. But when Meg discovers that Ethan's pickleball promises are not the real dill, she decides the match is over. It's time for Meg to take control of her own game. And maybe, just maybe...love will bounce back"
Trail of lightning
by Roanhorse, Rebecca

When a small town needs her help in finding a missing girl, Maggie Hoskie, a Dinâetah monster hunter, reluctantly enlists the help of an unconventional medicine man to uncover the terrifying truth behind the disappearanceand her own past
Women's hotel
by Lavery, Daniel M.

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.
One Big Happy Family
by Mallery, Susan

At first, Julie Parker is happy that her children do not plan to visit for Christmas, because she has been hiding her younger beau from them, but when they instead want to spend the holiday at the family cabin and the guest list grows beyond Julie's expectations, she discovers that more really is merrier. (romance). Simultaneous.
This will be fun
by Asher, E. B.

A group of friends, who once saved their magical land together but haven't spoken in 10 years, reunite to attend a royal wedding and end up on a new quest to defend the realm. Original.
When we were widows
by Chavez Macias, Annette

"Since her husband's death six months ago, Yesica Diaz-Taylor seems to be taking her grief in stride. Then an angry outburst at work shatters the illusion. Her mandated support group counseling doesn't help much. Yesica has always kept her feelings close, so even when an unlikely friendship blossoms with the group's facilitator, she still has reasons for holding back. She's just not ready to share. Ana Diaz has been widowed for five years and continues to live life exactly as she did with her late husband. When her house floods, she's forced to shake things up. Although it was never part of her plan, Ana moves in with her eldest daughter, Yesica. But the new living arrangement tests their already strained relationship. Shadowed by unresolved tensions, Yesica, Ana, and matriarch Mama Melda must learn to share a home, their heartbreak, and, once and for all, the haunting family secrets that have kept them apart"
The volcano daughters
by Balibrera, Gina Maria

Spending years under the cruel dictator El Gran Pendejo's regime in El Salvador, sisters Graciela and Consuelo, when genocide strikes the community from which they hail, and each believing the other to be dead, flee across the globe, reinventing themselves until fate brings them back together in the most unlikely of ways.
The more the terrier
by Rosenfelt, David

Reluctant lawyer Andy Carpenter is excited to be back in Paterson, New Jersey, after a week-long family vacation in the Adirondacks, until he finds out the 16-year-old son of a family whom he fostered a dog for was arrested for murder, and something about the arrest just doesn't sit right with him.
Memorials
by Chizmar, Richard.

A group of students encounter a supernatural terror while on a road trip through Appalachia.
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