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New & Notable Fiction September 2023 |
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The Fraud by Zadie Smith (release date 9/5)In 1873 Victorian London, with the city mesmerized by a trial in which a lower-class butcher from Australia claims he is the rightful heir of a sizable estate and title, Mrs. Eliza Touchet becomes determined to find out if he's really who he says he is or if he's a fraud. By the acclaimed British author of White Teeth and Swing Time.
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The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff (release date 9/12)Escaping from a colonial settlement in the wilderness, a servant girl, with nothing but her wits, a few possessions and some faith, is tested beyond the limits of her imagination, forcing her to question her belief of everything her own civilization taught her.
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The Armor of Light by Ken Follett (release date 9/26)In a new era of manufacturing and industry, and as war in Europe engulfs the entire continent and beyond in 1770, a cast of unforgettable characters in Kingsbridge, England, are left to reckon with the future and a world they must rebuild from the ashes.
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Wellness : a novel by Nathan Hill (release date 9/19)Alongside the challenges of parenting, married couple Jack and Elizabeth encounter cults disguised as mindfulness support groups, polyamorous would-be suitors, Facebook wars and something called Love Potion Number Nine as they undertake separate, personal excavations in their quest to find health and happiness. From the author of The Nix.
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Normal Rules Don't Apply : short stories by Kate Atkinson (release date 9/12)Startling, funny and imaginative, eleven interconnected stories by the bestselling author of Life After Life and Shrines of Gaiety are sharp observations on human nature that pack an emotional punch.
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Evil Eye by Etaf Rum (release date 9/5)The bestselling author of A Woman Is No Man returns with a striking exploration of the expectations of Palestinian-American women, the meaning of a fulfilling life and the ways our unresolved past affects our present.
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The Wren, the Wren by Anne Enright (release date 9/19)In a novel centered on celebrated Irish poet Phil McDaragh, three generations of McDaragh women must contend with inheritances—poetic wonder, abandonment and a sustaining love—in this intricately woven tapestry of longing, betrayal and hope. From the Booker Prize-winning Irish author of The Gathering.
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Mr. Texas by Lawrence Wright (release date 9/19)In a funny send-up of Texas politics, from a Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author, a dark-horse candidate risks his personal happiness for a career in the Texas House of Representatives.
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Amazing Grace Adams by Fran Littlewood (release date 9/5)Grace Adams, a once-amazing woman who is now 45, stalled, perimenopausal and losing it, leaves her car in the middle of traffic and sets out to win back her estranged teen daughter on her 16th birthday.
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Dearborn : stories by Ghassan Zeineddine (release date 9/5)Spanning several decades, Ghassan Zeineddine's debut collection examines the diverse range and complexities of the Arab American community in Dearborn, Michigan. By turns wildly funny, incisive, and deeply moving, Dearborn introduces readers to an arresting new voice in contemporary fiction and invites us all to consider what it means to be part of a place and community, and how it is that we help one another survive.
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Rouge by Mona Awad (release date 9/12)From the critically acclaimed author of Bunny comes a horror-tinted, gothic fairy tale about a lonely dress shop clerk whose mother's unexpected death sends her down a treacherous path in pursuit of youth and beauty.
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North Woods by Daniel Mason (release date 9/19)Exploring the many ways we're connected to our environment and to one another across time, language and space, this sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England is told through the lives of an extraordinary succession of inhabitants.
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