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Hidden Gems Fiction Books You Might Have Missed This Spring and Summer |
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Don't turn around : a novel
by Jessica Barry
Cait and Rebecca, each with secrets to protect, find their lives in danger while on a desolate road in the New Mexico dessert and must learn to trust one another in this follow up to Freefall.
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Devolution : a firsthand account of the Rainier sasquatch massacre
by Max Brooks
A modern retelling of the Bigfoot legend is presented as a gripping journal by a woman from a high-tech Pacific Northwest community who becomes cut off from civilization by a volcanic eruption before witnessing the flight of starving humanoid beings.
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Make Russia great again : a novel
by Christopher Buckley
The best-selling author of Thank you for Smoking offers a new novel in the guise of a fake White House memoir.
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The finders
by Jeffrey B. Burton
After losing his beloved springer spaniel, Mace Reid, who specializes in human remains detection, adopts a new cadaver dog trainee, a rescue dog named Vira with a mysterious past, who helps him find a serial killer.
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He started it
by Samantha Downing
Forced by their wealthy grandfather’s death to reunite after an extended estrangement, three siblings and their respective partners reluctantly participate in a cross-country road trip to fulfill a final request and secure their inheritances.
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The death of Vivek Oji
by Akwaeke Emezi
In the wake of a southeastern Nigerian mother's discovery of her son's body on her doorstep, a family struggles to understand the enigmatic nature of a youth shaped by disorienting blackouts, diverse friendships and a cousin's worldly influence.
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His & hers
by Alice Feeney
Sacrificing everything for her hard-won BBC presenter career, Anna teams up with DCI Jack Harper to investigate a childhood friend’s murder in her sleepy hometown village. By the author of I Know Who You Are.
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The Southern book club's guide to slaying vampires
by Grady Hendrix
When her hectic but predictable life is upended by a vicious attack by an elderly local, Patricia unexpectedly bonds with a well-read neighbor who her senile mother-in-law claims to have known herself when she was a girl.
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The half sister
by Sandie Jones
Approached by a secret half-sister they never knew, two close sisters turn against the stranger before uncovering difficult truths about their beloved late father. By the author of The Other Woman.
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The only good Indians : a novel
by Stephen Graham Jones
A novel that blends classic horror and a dramatic narrative with sharp social commentary follows four American Indian men after a disturbing event from their youth puts them in a desperate struggle for their lives.
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Boyfriend material
by Alexis J. Hall
Fabricating a respectable relationship with a man with whom he shares nothing in common when his rock-star father’s comeback leads to unwanted attention, Luc stages publicity-friendly dates that become complicated by all-too-real feelings.
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Antkind : a novel
by Charlie Kaufman
A neurotic and underappreciated film critic becomes sole witness to a film he’s convinced will change his career trajectory and rock the world of cinema to its core. By the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Adaptation.
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The new American
by Micheline Aharonian Marcom
Inspired in part by interviews with Central American refugees, a timely novel recounts the epic journey of a young Guatemalan American college student who gets deported and decides to make his way back home to California.
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The Lehman trilogy : a novel
by Stefano Massini
This dramatic story of immigration, ambition and success spans three generations and 150 years, following the rise of modern capitalism through the eyes of the infamous Lehman brothers and their descendants.
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A good marriage : a novel
by Kimberly McCreight
Begged for help by an old friend, an overworked lawyer investigates a suspicious death in a Brooklyn brownstone before she is confronted by a close-knit circle of parents who would protect an exclusive school.
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Death in her hands : A Novel
by Ottessa Moshfegh
Discovering a note and grave while walking her dog in the woods, an elderly widow becomes obsessed with learning the victim’s story before her grip on reality is shaken by what she uncovers. By the award-winning author of McGlue.
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Impersonation
by Heidi Pitlor
Professional ghostwriter and single mother Allie Lang gets more than she bargained for when she is hired to write a biography for Lana Breban—a powerhouse lawyer, economist and advocate for women’s rights with designs on elected office.
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These women : a novel
by Ivy Pochoda
Connected by the deadly obsessions of a single man, five very different women endure lives of danger and anguish, including a mother whose daughter's murder remains unsolved. By the award-winning author of Wonder Valley.
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Wonderland
by Zoje Stage
Moving to a rural farmhouse in far upstate New York, Orla, a retired dancer, must protect her family from an unknown entity that is calling to them from the land, in the earth, beneath the trees — and in their minds.
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Mother daughter widow wife : a novel
by Robin Wasserman
Left with no memory of who she is, Wendy Doe arrives at the Meadowlark Institute of Memory Research, where she falls under the control of a doctor and his ambitious student, while the daughter she left behind tries to make sense of it all.
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The end of October
by Lawrence Wright
Investigating dozens of mysterious deaths in an Indonesian internment camp, a World Health Organization doctor finds himself on a race to uncover the origins of a mysterious killer virus and find a cure before it decimates world populations.
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