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Behind You Is the Sea: A Novel

Susan Muaddi Darraj - HarperVia
Format: Hardcover

"Behind You Is the Sea fearlessly confronts stereotypes about Palestinian culture, weaving a remarkable portrait of life's intricate moments, from joyous weddings to heart-wrenching funerals, from shattered hearts to hidden truths - I wept and grew alongside this family. This is a story...
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Beautyland: A Novel

Marie-Helene Bertino - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

A wise, tender novel about a woman who doesn't feel at home on Earth, by the acclaimed author of Parakeet.At the moment when Voyager 1 is launched into space carrying its famous golden record, a baby of unusual perception is born to a single mother in Philadelphia. Adina Giorno is tiny...
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The Waters: A Novel

Bonnie Jo Campbell - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

A master of rural noir returns with a fierce, mesmerizing novel about exceptional women and the soul of a small town.On an island in the Great Massasauga Swamp -- an area known as "The Waters" to the residents of nearby Whiteheart, Michigan -- herbalist Hermine "Herself"...
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The Night of the Storm: A Novel

Nishita Parekh - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

From debut author Nishita Parekh, a fresh take on the classic locked-room thriller, about a multigenerational Indian American family marooned in a house with a murderer during Hurricane Harvey. Hurricane Harvey is about to hit Houston. Meanwhile, single mom Jia Shah is already having a rough...
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Ilium: A novel

Lea Carpenter - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

Set in the dark world of international espionage, from London to Mallorca, Croatia, Paris, and Cap Ferret: the gripping and suspenseful story of a young woman who unwittingly becomes a perfect asset in the long overdue finale of a covert special op. The young English narrator of Lea Carpenter's...
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The Fury

Alex Michaelides - Celadon Books
Format: Hardcover

A masterfully paced thriller about a reclusive ex-movie star and her famous friends whose spontaneous trip to a private Greek island is upended by a murder -- from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient . This is a tale of murder.. Or maybe that's not quite...
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Where You End: A Novel

Abbott Kahler - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

"A perfectly paced, addictive thriller with a vicious twist." -- Paula Hawkins. From bestselling nonfiction author Abbott Kahler comes a spellbinding fiction debut inspired by true events: an unusual form of amnesia upends the lives of identical twins, forcing them to face the indelible,...
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Only If You're Lucky: A Novel

Stacy Willingham - Minotaur Books
Format: Hardcover

A sharp and twisty exploration of female friendship from the New York Times bestselling author of A Flicker in the Dark and All the Dangerous Things.. Lucy Sharpe is larger than life. Magnetic, addictive. Bold and dangerous. Especially for Margot, who meets Lucy at the end of their freshman...
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The Curse of Pietro Houdini: A Novel

Derek B. Miller - Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

From the Dagger Award-winning author of Norwegian by Night comes a vivid, thrilling, and moving World War II art-heist-adventure tale where enemies become heroes, allies become villains, and a child learns what it means to become an adult - for fans of All the Light We Cannot See.. August,...
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