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Bitter Orange Tree
by Jokha Alharthi
A young Omani woman attempting to assimilate in Britain reflects on the relationships that have been central to her life, in the new novel from the Man Booker International Prize-winning author of Celestial Bodies.
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Either/Or
by Elif Batuman
During her sophomore year at Harvard, Selins quest for self-knowledge leads to certain conclusions about the universal importance of parties, alcohol and sex and is determined to participate no matter the cost, in the follow-up to The Idiot.
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Vigil Harbor
by Julia Glass
After two visitors arrive in historic Vigil Harbor, one a stranded traveler and the other a widow seeking clues about a past lover who is linked to him, renowned architect Austin Kepner discovers their hidden motives when an incident endangers lives with dramatic repercussions for the entire town.
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Olga Dies Dreaming
by Xochitl Gonzalez
In the wake of Hurricane Maria, Olga, the tony wedding planner for Manhattan’s power brokers, must confront the effects of long-held family secrets when she falls in love with Matteo, while other family members must weather their own storms.
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Forbidden City
by Vanessa Hua
Seizing an opportunity to escape her impoverished village, a young Chinese teen is recruited to dance with Communist Party elites at a soiree at the Chairmans estate, where she becomes his protǧě, lover and a heroine of the Cultural Revolution.
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Bloomsbury Girls
by Natalie Jenner
Three woman in post-war England working in a rare book store interact with era-appropriate literary figures including Daphne Du Maurier and Samuel Beckett as they each try to find their way in a rapidly-changing world.
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You Have a Friend in 10A: Stories
by Maggie Shipstead
A New York Times best-selling and Booker Prize shortlisted author, in her hypnotic first collection of short stories, mines the complexities of love, sex, and life in ways that are both harsh and hilarious, perceptive and compassionate.
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This Time Tomorrow
by Emma Straub
When Alice wakes up on her 40th birthday somehow back in 1996 as her 16-year-old self, she finds the biggest surprise is the 49-year-old version of her father with whom she is reunited, and, armed with a new perspective on life, wonders what she would change given the chance.
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The Cherry Robbers
by Sarai Walker
The highly anticipated second novel from Sarai Walker, following her "slyly subversive" (EW) cult-hit Dietland-a feminist gothic about the lone survivor of a cursed family of sisters, whose time may finally be up.
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Adult Assembly Required
by Abbi Waxman
Moving to Los Angeles to escape memories of an awful accident, Laura Costello finds herself homeless in a fire, taken in by a rogue bookseller running a lovely but illegal boardinghouse, and tasked with rescuing a losing trivia team.
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