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The Farm: A Novel

Joanne Ramos · Random House
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Life is a lucrative business, as long as you play by the rules. "[Joanne] Ramos's debut novel couldn't be more relevant or timely." - O: The Oprah Magazine (25 Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2019) Nestled in New York's Hudson Valley is a luxury retreat boasting every amenity:...
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The Confessions of Frannie Langton: A Novel

Sara Collins · Harper
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

A servant and former slave is accused of murdering her employer and his wife in this astonishing historical thriller that moves from a Jamaican sugar plantation to the fetid streets of Georgian London - a remarkable literary debut with echoes of Alias Grace, The Underground Railroad, and The Paying...
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Mistress of the Ritz: A Novel

Melanie Benjamin · Delacorte Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

A captivating novel based on the story of the extraordinary real-life American woman who secretly worked for the French Resistance during World War II - while playing hostess to the invading Germans at the iconic Hôtel Ritz in Paris - from the New York Times bestselling author of The Aviator's...
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How Not to Die Alone

Richard Roper · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

A darkly funny and life-affirming debut novel for readers of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine: the story of one man who is offered a second chance at life and love when he develops an unexpected friendship--if he can expose the white lie he told years ago that grew into so much more.Andrew's...
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Rules for Visiting: A Novel

Jessica Francis Kane · Penguin Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A beautifully observed and deeply funny novel of May Attaway, a university gardener who sets out on an odyssey to reconnect with four old friends over the course of a year.At forty, May Attaway is more at home with plants than people. Over the years, she's turned inward, finding pleasure...
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Disappearing Earth: A novel

Julia Phillips · Knopf
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Anthony Marra's A Constellation of Vital Phenomena and Téa Obreht's The Tiger's Wife: the kidnapping of two small girls on a remote peninsula in Russia sets in motion a propulsive, evocative, searingly original debut novel by a dazzling young writer.One August afternoon,...
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Anna of Kleve, The Princess in the Portrait: A Novel

Alison Weir · Ballantine Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir tells the little-known story of Henry VIII's fourth wife, as a grieving king chooses a bride sight unseen in the fourth novel in the epic and intrigue-filled Six Tudor Queens series.Newly widowed and the father of an infant son, Henry...
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We Cast a Shadow

Maurice Carlos Ruffin · One World
Pages: 336
Format: Book

A bold, provocative debut for fans of Get Out and Paul Beatty's The Sellout, about a father's obsessive quest to protect his son - even if it means turning him white "You can be beautiful, even more beautiful than before." This is the seductive promise of Dr. Nzinga's...
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The Museum of Modern Love

Heather Rose · Algonquin Books
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

"Art will wake you up. Art will break your heart. There will be glorious days. If you want eternity you must be fearless." - Heather Rose, The Museum of Modern Love Our hero, Arky Levin, has reached a creative dead end. An unexpected separation from his wife was meant to leave...
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Someone Like Me

M.R. Carey · Orbit
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the million-copy bestseller The Girl With All the Gifts comes a heart-stopping high-concept thriller with a gripping supernatural twist that you won't see coming.SHE LOOKS LIKE ME. SHE SOUNDS LIKE ME. NOW SHE'S TRYING TO TAKE MY PLACE.Liz Kendall wouldn't hurt a fly....
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The General's Cook: A Novel

Ramin Ganeshram · Arcade Publishing
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Philadelphia 1793. Hercules, President George Washington's chef, is a fixture on the Philadelphia scene. He is famous for both his culinary prowess and for ruling his kitchen like a commanding general. He has his run of the city and earns twice the salary of an average American workingman....
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The Paragon Hotel

Lyndsay Faye · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

The new and exciting historical thriller by Lyndsay Faye, author of Edgar-nominated Jane Steele and Gods of Gotham, which follows Alice "Nobody" from Prohibition-era Harlem to Portland's the Paragon Hotel.The year is 1921, and "Nobody" Alice James is on a cross-country...
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An Anonymous Girl

GREER HENDRICKS · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

The next novel of psychological suspense and obsession from the authors of the blockbuster bestseller The Wife Between UsSeeking women ages 18-32 to participate in a study on ethics and morality. Generous compensation. Anonymity guaranteed. When Jessica Farris signs up for a psychology...
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That Churchill Woman

STEPHANIE BARRON · Ballantine Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

The Paris Wife meets PBS's Victoria in this enthralling novel of the life and loves of one of history's most remarkable women: Winston Churchill's scandalous American mother, Jennie Jerome. Wealthy, privileged, and fiercely independent New Yorker Jennie Jerome took Victorian England by storm...
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Josephine Baker's Last Dance

Sherry Jones · Gallery Books
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback

From the author of The Jewel of Medina, a moving and insightful novel based on the life of legendary performer and activist Josephine Baker, perfect for fans of The Paris Wife and Hidden Figures.Discover the fascinating and singular life story of Josephine Baker - actress, singer, dancer,...
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The Witches of St. Petersburg: A Novel

Imogen Edwards-Jones · Harper Paperbacks
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback

Inspired by real characters, this transporting historical fiction debut spins the fascinating story of two princesses in the Romanov court who practiced black magic, befriended the Tsarina, and invited Rasputin into their lives - forever changing the course of Russian history.As daughters...
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Devil's Day

Andrew Michael Hurley · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A new novel by the author of The Loney, which was praised by Stephen King as "an amazing piece of fiction."In the wink of an eye, as quick as a flea,The Devil he jumped from me to thee.And only when the Devil had gone,Did I know that he and I'd been one . . . Every autumn, John...
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Unmarriageable: A Novel

Soniah Kamal · Ballantine Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

In this one-of-a-kind retelling of Pride and Prejudice set in modern-day Pakistan, Alys Binat has sworn never to marry - until an encounter with one Mr. Darsee at a wedding makes her reconsider. A scandal and vicious rumor concerning the Binat family have destroyed their fortune and prospects...
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The Healer's Daughter

Charlotte Hinger · Five Star Publishing
Pages: 413
Format: Library Binding

Bethany Herbert, daughter of a legendary healer, leaves the South for the new black community of Nicodemus, Kansas. Despite the hardships, the community comes to love the prairie. Bethany's mother, Queen Bess, comes to Nicodemus, as does the handsome lawyer Jed Talbot, who galvanizes the settlers....
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Such Good Work: A Novel

Johannes Lichtman · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A timely and provocative debut novel that Rivka Galchen calls "wisely comic and tremendously moving," about a creative writing teacher whose efforts to stay sober land him in Malmo, Sweden, where drugs are scarce but the refugee crisis forces a very different kind of reckoning.Jonas...
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Call Me Evie

JP Pomare · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

In this propulsive, twist-filled, and haunting psychological suspense debut perfect for fans of Sharp Objects and Room, a seventeen-year-old girl struggles to remember the role she played on the night her life changed forever.For the past two weeks, seventeen-year-old Kate Bennet has lived...
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The Lost Man

JANE HARPER · Flatiron Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Two brothers meet in the remote Australian outback when the third brother is found dead, in this stunning new standalone novel from New York Times bestseller Jane HarperBrothers Nathan and Bub Bright meet for the first time in months at the remote fence line separating their cattle ranches...
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Fault Lines

Doug Johnstone · Orenda Books
Pages: 300
Format: Paperback

In a reimagined contemporary Edinburgh, in which a tectonic fault has opened up to produce a new volcano in the Firth of Forth, and where tremors are an everyday occurrence, volcanologist Surtsey makes a shocking discovery. On a clandestine trip to The Inch - the new volcanic island - to meet...
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When You Read This: A Novel

Mary Adkins · Harper
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Maria Semple and Rainbow Rowell, a comedy-drama for the digital age: an epistolary debut novel about the ties that bind and break our hearts.Iris Massey is gone. But she's left something behind. For four years, Iris Massey worked side by side with PR maven Smith Simonyi, helping...
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The Mansion: A Novel

Ezekiel Boone · Atria/Emily Bestler Books
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

In this white-knuckle thriller from the internationally bestselling author of the "apocalyptic extravaganza" (Publishers Weekly) The Hatching series, a family moves into a home equipped with the world's most intelligent, cutting-edge, and intuitive computer ever - but a buried...
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