Genre Fiction

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“This book is a long read—skimming won’t cut it. But it’s long the way a walk through Brooklyn’s neighborhoods is long, and beautiful, and sometimes very clearly ‘other.’”

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With a title implying vastness, and a subtitle specifying three subjects broad enough for each to fill its own book, readers can expect an epic novel with them all melded together.

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“A wonderful and entertaining paranormal romance that begs for a sequel.”

Told through multiple perspectives, Leslie Rasmussen’s novel focuses on two protagonists, Katie and Rachel, who are charming and relatable.

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Sean Michaels was the winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize for his debut novel Us Conductors.

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The Fraud is a brilliant pastiche. It is clever, often entertaining, well-researched . . .”

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“Allow this novel to float its ideas and its just—if not legal—solutions with its philosophy, and accept an end-of-summer blessing.”

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“Murder on the Vine is a delightful local color mystery that will earn its place on your bookshelf next to Donna Leon and Louise Penny . . .”

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Readers and critics alike know that Paul Murray is a natural storyteller.

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“A deep-probing, layered story undulating through the shadows of domestic violence, Tell Me What I Am is a finely wrought psychological thriller . . .”

With a truly imaginative structure, Alice Hoffman delves into what has become her trademark theme of magic.

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intriguing, thought provoking . . . Rea Frey breathes life into universal themes concerning love, family, parenthood, forgiveness, grief, and second chances.”

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“The tales that populate Cleveland Noir are essentially about the haves, the have-nots, and the never-wills.”

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“This book belongs on the shelf until the next library book sale.”

A collection of ten short stories set in Brooklyn, NY, Witness: Stories is populated by characters navigating relationships with friends and family, both living and not.

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“Richard Russo once again brings to life a world of closely connected, interdependent-in-spite-of-themselves characters who feel remarkably familiar and gut-bustingly real.”

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“The structure of Tom Lake is wonderfully measured as Patchett weaves the fine details of dual timelines together. . . .

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“C.K. Chau’s Good Fortune relocates Pride and Prejudice to New York’s Chinatown, reformulating the narrative as a tale of crazy rich Asians.”

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"A slender book, but one rich in experience, exactly like the tiny, crammed Morisaki bookshop itself."

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"a brilliantly poetic translation . . .  explored with biting humor and sharp wit."

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Julia and Sienna Larkin are sisters-in-law—Julia married Sienna’s brother Jason—but they are more than that. They are BFFs.

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“it is the combination of the Western novel and Eastern fable that allows the reader to become totally enthralled. . . . ravishingly written.”

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"one of the sharpest, funniest, first date scenes in contemporary fiction"

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Readers will relish Adrienne Brodeur’s Little Monsters for its meticulous world building, gripping storyline, multidimensional characters, and ut

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