Thursday, April 25, 2024

This month’s must-read literary fiction

 
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The Cemetery of Untold Stories
The Cemetery of Untold Stories
By Julia Alvarez
New Release
The trailblazing author of In the Time of the Butterflies "brings the magic" (Booklist) with this "warm and graceful" book (Los Angeles Times) highly anticipated by the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Today Show. When a writer buries the manuscripts she can't finish, her characters come to life. "Brims with the intoxicating power of storytelling" (Publishers Weekly).
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Table for Two
Table for Two
By Amor Towles
New Release
From the wildly popular author of A Gentleman in Moscow and The Lincoln Highway comes a story collection highly anticipated by the New York Times Book Review, Time, Reader's Digest, and more! Set in Golden Age Hollywood and New York City, these dazzling tales explore marriage, fateful encounters, and more. "Superb… This may be Towles's best book yet" (Los Angeles Times).
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I Cheerfully Refuse
I Cheerfully Refuse
By Leif Enger
New Release
The New York Times bestselling author of Peace Like a River delivers a wholly original stunner that "feels like Adventures of Huckleberry Finn reconceived by Cormac McCarthy" (The Washington Post). In search of his bookseller wife, Rainy sets sail on a small boat — one that will go on to weather violent storms, travel to unfamiliar islands, and house new companions… "A rare, remarkable book to be kept and reread" (Minneapolis Star Tribune).
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Lucky
Lucky
By Jane Smiley
New Release
In her latest "spellbinding" novel, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author who penned the contemporary classic A Thousand Acres "orchestrates a seismic twist of staggering magnitude" (Booklist starred review)! Carrying her through an idyllic childhood in Missouri and a star-studded, globe-spanning career, luck has always been on Jodie Rattler's side. But she still feels that something is missing… From a "master storyteller" (Los Angeles Times).
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The Audacity
The Audacity
By Ryan Chapman
New Release
Serving up "delicious satire" (Vanity Fair), this highly anticipated April release "promises some good, hard laughs" (The Millions)! In 72 hours, an exposé will reveal that Victoria Stevens's billion-dollar start-up is a fraud. But then she disappears — leaving her husband in the lurch… Fans of The White Lotus will love this "pithy send-up of one of Silicon Valley's most intriguing crimes" (Publishers Weekly).
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Honey
Honey
By Victor Lodato
New Release
A perfect pick for fans of Olive Kitteridge: Meet 82-year-old Honey Fasinga, an "irresistible character who is as complex as she is charming" (The Washington Post), in this "stunning novel" (Booklist) about the feisty octogenarian's reluctant return to her hometown after decades away. "I'll not soon forget [this] extraordinary heroine or her captivating life story" (Wally Lamb).
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The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers
The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers
By Samuel Burr
New Release
Take it from Alexander McCall Smith: "There is abundant pleasure on offer here." Abandoned as a child, Clayton Stumper was raised by the eccentric members of the Fellowship of Puzzlemakers. Follow along as he solves one final mind-boggler that promises to reveal the mystery of his parentage and prepare him for life beyond the walls of the commune… "A literary mood boost about friendship and found family" (Real Simple).
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The Limits
The Limits
By Nell Freudenberger
New Release
With stamps of approval from celebrated authors like Katie Kitamura, Claire Messud, and Rumaan Alam, this "lambent, deeply sympathetic, and thought-provoking" new release (Booklist starred review) has the literary world buzzing. Over the course of a single year in New York City, the lives of teenagers Pia and Athyna transform in very different ways…
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A Kind of Madness
A Kind of Madness
By Uche Okonkwo
New Release
One of Oprah Daily's most anticipated releases of 2024, this "surprising, illuminating, and deeply human" debut short story collection (Booklist) follows characters navigating complex relationships and societal pressures in modern-day Nigeria. "Steady-handed and gut-punching. I'm in awe of this mad collection, this necessary writer" (NoViolet Bulawayo).
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A Great Country
A Great Country
By Shilpi Somaya Gowda
New Release
Book clubs, rejoice: This family drama is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser that Ashley Audrain hails as "deeply moving" and Therese Anne Fowler calls "truly worthwhile." When the Shahs move to a wealthy neighborhood in Southern California, a heartbreaking turn of events threatens to tear the family of five apart… "Readers won't want to put this down" (Publishers Weekly starred review).
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