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Kin by Tayari Jones

Kin

Tayari Jones

A magnificent new novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of An American Marriage—Tayari Jones has written an unforgettable novel that sparkles with wit and intelligence and deep feeling about two lifelong friends whose worlds converge after many years apart in the face of a devastating tragedy.

Vigil by George Saunders

Vigil

George Saunders

An electric novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling, Booker Prize–winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo, taking place at the bedside of an oil company CEO in the twilight hours of his life as he is ferried from this world into the next.

The Midnight Train by Matt Haig

The Midnight Train

Matt Haig

When your life flashes before your eyes, where would you stop?

No one can change the past, but the Midnight Train can take you there. The chance to re-live the moments that meant most. To see what kind of person you really were. A magical, time-travelling love story, from the world of
The Midnight Library.

Go Gentle by Maria Semple

Go Gentle

Maria Semple

The New York Times bestselling author of Where’d You Go, Bernadette returns to form in her most exuberant and life-affirming novel yet with the story of one woman’s cheerful determination to live a life of the mind only to have the heart force its way in.

The Book Witch by Meg Shaffer

The Book Witch

Meg Shaffer

She can hop into any novel, but she just can’t stay there.

Come along with the Book Witch in this magical and inspiring love letter to reading from the
USA Today bestselling author of The Wishing Game.

London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe

London Falling

Patrick Radden Keefe

From the bestselling, prize-winning author of Say Nothing and Empire of Pain, a spellbinding account of a family devastated by the sudden death of their nineteen-year-old son, only to discover that he had created a secret life which drew him into the dangerous criminal underworld that lies beneath London’s glittering surface.

Five by Ilona Bannister

Five

Ilona Bannister

Five lives. Five stories. Four will live—one will die. Who it will be? In this slow-burn masterpiece of psychological fiction, the choice is all yours.

Five is a gripping, chilling story that asks difficult questions about judgement, forgiveness, and the notion of cause and effect.”—Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of All the Colors of the Dark

Double Trouble by Joyce Carol Oates

Double Trouble

Joyce Carol Oates

A double dose of gripping psychological suspense, pairing two complete novels and two rare short stories, from six-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Joyce Carol Oates. Two serial killersone female, one malemurder in the name of a higher cause.

The Future Is Peace by Aziz Abu Sarah, Maoz Inon

The Future Is Peace

Aziz Abu Sarah, Maoz Inon

Two lifelong peace activists and guides to Israel/Palestine, both of whom have lost family in the conflict, take readers on a revealing life-changing journey across this holy, bloodstained land and discover the mythic, political, and personal history that divides but also binds them and their peoples.

The Radiant Dark by Alexandra Oliva

The Radiant Dark

Alexandra Oliva

Arrival meets Wild Dark Shore in this captivating novel that follows a family over fifty years—a bold and compassionate exploration of the universe around us and what it truly means to be human.

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