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New & Coming Soon FictionJanuary 2019
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Adèle by Leïla SlimaniFrom the bestselling author of The Perfect Nanny --one of the 10 Best Books of the Year of The New York Times Book Review --her prizewinning novel about a sex-addicted woman in Paris.
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American pop : a novel
by Snowden Wright
A blend of fact and fiction, the mundane and mythical, follows the Forsters, founders of the world’s first major soft-drink company, through more than a century of American cultural history. 100,000 first printing.
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Annelies by David R GillhamAn empowering reimagining of Anne Frank as a Holocaust survivor traces her endurance of terrible losses, her struggles to forgive and her development into a highly skilled writer. By the New York Times best-selling author of City of Women.
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New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer delivers two classic tales of unexpected love.
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The current by Tim JohnstonSurviving the accident that killed her friend, a young woman delves into the case of another victim from a decade earlier to identify a killer among her neighbors. By the author of the best-selling Descent.
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Elsey come home by Susan ConleyAgreeing to attend a mountain retreat with her estranged husband, an alcoholic artist living in China rediscovers herself through new friendships that help her confront the deep-rooted ghosts of her childhood. By the author of Paris Was the Place.
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The end of loneliness : a novel by Benedict WellsAn English-language debut by an international award winner follows the struggles of a directionless young man who, after a childhood overshadowed by the loss of his family, seeks to reconnect with a boarding-school friend and his own literary ambitions.
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The eulogist : a novel
by Terry Gamble
In pre-Civil War Ohio, Irish immigrants James, Olivia and Erasmus Givens must fend for themselves after they lose their mother to childbirth and their father boards a riverboat to New Orleans. 50,000 first printing.
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The far field : a novel
by Madhuri Vijay
After the death of her mother, Shalini, a privileged young woman from Bangalore, arrives in Kashmir to confront a man from her mother’s past but instead is brought face to face with the city’s violent politics, forcing her to make a series of difficult choices.
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Freefall : a novel
by Jessica Barry
After surviving the crash of a private jet that killed her husband, Allison struggles across the Colorado Rockies to make it home while, in Maine, her estranged mother tries to find her. 200,000 first printing.
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The girls at 17 Swann Street
by Yara Zgheib
A French ballerina with self-perception challenges descends into anorexia when an injury sidelines her career, landing her in a support home for women with life-threatening eating disorders. A first novel.
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Golden child : a novel
by Claire Adam
Working exhausting hours in their rural Trinidad home, the family of a petroleum-plant worker is shattered by the disappearance of a troubled twin son whose fate forces his father to make a devastating choice. A first novel.
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Hark
by Sam Lipsyte
In a troubled America, Hark Morner is an unwitting guru whose technique of “Mental Archery”—a combination of mindfulness, mythology, fake history, yoga and, well, archery—is set to captivate the masses and raise him to near-messiah status. 100,000 first printing.
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Holy lands : a novel
by Amanda Sthers
Leaving a thriving medical practice in Paris to raise pigs in Israel, a Jewish cardiologist disconnects himself from modern technology, forcing his gay playwright son, heartbroken daughter and cancer-stricken wife to correspond strictly through written letters.
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House of stone : a novel
by Novuyo Rosa Tshuma
After their son, Bukhosi, disappears in the chronic turmoil of modern Zimbabwe, Abednego and Agnes Mlambo receive help from their enigmatic lodger, Zamani. A first novel.
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Irish above all by Mary Pat KellyWhen she captures the moment an assassin's bullet narrowly misses President-elect Franklin Roosevelt, an Irish-American photographer enters a world of international intrigue and danger involving larger-than-life historical figures. By the best-selling author of Galway Bay.
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Late in the day : a novel
by Tessa Hadley
When their close friend, Lydia, who is inconsolable after the death of her husband, Zach, moves in with them, Christine and Alex find love and sorrow giving way to anger and bitterness, warping their relationships as old entanglements and grievances arise from the past. 50,000 first printing.
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The liar's room
by Simon Lelic
A therapist who reinvented herself with a new identity 14 years prior to keep her daughter safe is disturbed when a new patient begins asking her unsettling questions. By the author of The New Neighbors. Original
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Looker : a novel
by Laura Sims
A woman's obsession with the beautiful actress on her block drives her to the edge. A first novel. 100,000 first printing.
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The lost carousel of Provence by Juliet BlackwellAn American photographer on a freelance job at an ancestral estate in Provence is drawn to its antique carousel and explores the origins of the relic, inadvertently reuniting a family torn apart by the past.
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The lost girls of Paris
by Pam Jenoff
After discovering an abandoned, photograph-filled suitcase in Grand Central Station in 1946 a young widow sets out to discover who the people in the pictures are. By the New York Times best-selling author of The Orphan's Tale. 10,000 first printing
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McGlue by Ottessa MoshfeghA man held in the drunk tank in 1851 Salem, Massachusetts, tries to get sober enough to remember whether or not he killed his best friend. By the award-winning author of Eileen.
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Miraculum by Steph Post In 1922, two travelling carnival workers engage in a dangerous game of deception after a series of tragedies strike the company -- adapted from publisher description.
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More than words by Jill SantopoloA woman mourning the death of her hotel-owner father and reeling from an astounding secret finds herself caught between the world of her longtime boyfriend and her passionate boss. By the author of The Light We Lost.
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Mouthful of birds : stories by Samanta SchweblinA first English-language collection of stories by the Man Booker International Prize-finalist author of Fever Dream incorporates themes of high suspense, psychological tension, unearthly restlessness and distortions in reality.
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An orchestra of minorities : a novel by Chigozie ObiomaIn a contemporary twist of Homer's The Odyssey, a guardian spirit recounts the tragic story of a Nigerian poultry farmer who sacrifices everything for the wealthy woman he loves. By the award-winning author of The Fishermen. 50,000 first printing.
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The orphan of Salt Winds by Elizabeth BrooksFollows the story of Virginia Wrathmell, who is adopted at the age of 10 in 1939 England by a dependable father and unpredictable mother, only to have an incident connected to World War II upend her new life.
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The Paragon Hotel by Lyndsay FayeFleeing to 1921 Oregon, Alice takes refuge in the city's only black hotel and helps new friends search for a missing child, hide from KKK violence and navigate painful secrets. By the author of Jane Steele.
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The patricide of George Benjamin Hill : a novel
by James Charlesworth
When their self-made millionaire, Dust Bowl orphan father becomes the central figure in a national scandal, his four middle-aged, greedy and failed-at-life children return home to Omaha to have one final confrontation. 10,000 first printing.
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The plotters : a novel
by n-su Kim
In an alternate-reality Seoul, South Korea, assassination guilds compete for market dominance. By a prize-winning author.
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The red address book
by Sofia Lundberg
Living alone in her Stockholm apartment, a 96-year-old woman reminisces through the pages of a long-kept address book before starting to write down stories from her past, unlocking family secrets in unexpectedly beneficial ways. A first novel. 75,000 first printing.
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The secretary
by Renee Knight
Serving 20 years as the personal assistant to the celebrated Mina Appleton—and amassing many, many secrets—Christine Butcher, discovering that years of loyalty and discretion come with a high price, shows everyone why they should never underestimate a steadfast woman. 50,000 first printing.
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Stranger things : suspicious minds
by Gwenda Bond
A prequel to the hit Netflix series explores several of the show's mysteries and includes details about Eleven's mother and her time as a test subject in the MKUltra program. TV tie-in.
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The suspect by Fiona BartonPursuing the story of two British teens who disappeared during a Bangkok hostel fire, journalist Kate Waters struggles to remain objective when her estranged son is declared the main suspect. By the New York Times best-selling author of The Widow.
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Talent : a novel
by Juliet Lapidos
An English grad student struggling with her dissertation about the intellectual history of inspiration desperately searches for a perfect case study to anchor her thesis, only to find it in the unlikeliest of places. A first novel. 20,000 first printing.
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That Churchill woman : a novel
by Stephanie Barron
A tale inspired by the life of Winston Churchill's scandal-marked American mother follows the experiences of a wealthy and fiercely independent New Yorker whose whirlwind romance with a duke's son sweeps her disruptively into British royalty and politics.
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This is not a love song : stories by Brendan MathewsA first collection by the author of The World of Tomorrow includes the stories, "My Last Attempt to Explain to You What Happened with the Lion Tamer" and "Airborne." 75,000 first printing.
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Through fiery trials
by David Weber
The initial relief of the war's end between the island realm of Charis and the radical Luddite Church of God's Awaiting turns to diligence for cybernetic avatar Merlin and the colonies of Safehold when dangerous ancient secrets emerge.
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The wartime sisters : a novel
by Lynda Cohen Loigman
Reunited after an estrangement at the beginning of World War II, two Brooklyn sisters, one an officer's wife, the other a widow and factory laborer, are shattered by the revelations of a mysterious figure from the past.
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We cast a shadow : a novel
by Maurice Carlos Ruffin
In a near-future South where an increasing number of people with dark skin endure cosmetic procedures to pass as white, a father embarks on an obsessive quest to protect his son, who bears a dark, spreading birthmark. A first novel.
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We Hope for Better Things by Erin BartelsIn this powerful first novel from Bartels (after story collection This Elegant Ruin), a successful journalist must weigh her desire for uncovering the truth against the collateral damage of revealing family secrets.
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The weight of a piano by Chris CanderAn immigrant from the Soviet Union and an orphaned mechanic find their lives fatefully linked across half a century of history by a German Blüthner piano. By the award-winning author of Whisper Hollow.
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When you read this
by Mary Adkins
After his friend, Iris, dies from a terminal illness at age 33, PR genius Smith Simonyi teams up with Iris’ sister, Jade, to make Iris’ final request—to get her blog posts published as a book—a reality. 50,000 first printing.
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The Witches of St. Petersburg by Imogen Edwards-JonesInspired by real characters, a historical-fiction novel tells the story of two princesses in the Russian Romanov court who practiced black magic, befriended the Tsarina and invited Rasputin into their lives. A first novel. 50,000 first printing.
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The wolf in the whale by Jordanna Max BrodskyA young Inuit shaman embarks on a dangerous journey to save her starving people before meeting a Viking warrior and setting in motion a conflict with the potential to both save and shatter her world. 50,000 first printing.
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You know you want this : Cat person and other stories
by Kristen Roupenian
From the author of the short story that went viral, “Cat Person,” comes a collection of short stories that includes the popular tale, as well as others that explore the complex—and often darkly funny—connections between gender, sex and power across genres. 150,000 first printing.
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