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Leave the World Behind by Rumaan AlamSheltering in a New York beach house with a couple that has taken refuge during a massive blackout, a family struggles for information about the power failure while wondering if the cut-off property is safe.
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The Pushby Ashley AudrainA devoted mother with a painful past gradually realizes that something is very wrong with her daughter, a fear that is complicated by her husband’s dismissive views and the birth of a healthy son.
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Oliver Loving by Stefan Merrill BlockThe complicated bonds uniting a family and the members of their community are tested by a devastating school shooting that has left a young man in a coma for nine years, a tragedy that is illuminated by an experimental diagnostic technology that suggests that his mind may still be active and capable of revealing what happened.
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Ill Will by Dan ChaonA psychologist is unwittingly embroiled in two sensational unsolved murders, three decades apart, when the foster brother convicted of killing their family years earlier is exonerated, making him question the testimony that led to the conviction.
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History of Wolvesby Emily Fridlund"Fourteen-year-old Linda lives with her parents in a nearly abandoned commune in the northern Minnesota woods. As she struggles to find a way out of the sequestered world into which she was born, Linda confronts the life-and-death consequences of the things people do--and fail to do--for the people they love."
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Last Woman Standing by Amy GentryPrompted by sexual harassment and assaults to exact revenge, an aspiring comedienne and her tough computer-programmer friend engage in an escalating series of betrayals that trigger unexpected consequences by the author of Good as Gone.
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Miracle Creek by Angie KimA dramatic murder trial after an experimental medical treatment and a fatal explosion upset a rural Virginia community where personal secrets and private ambitions complicate efforts to uncover what happened.
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Earthlings by Sayaka MurataPursued by childhood traumas and the feeling of not fitting in with her family, Natsuki decides to flee society's "baby factory" for good in search of answers about the universe.
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Little Cruelties by Liz NugentConditioned by a cruel mother to compete for attention, three brothers endure and perpetuate dangerous emotional trauma that escalates until one of them loses his life. By the award-winning author of Unraveling Oliver.
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The Little Red Chairs by Edna O'BrienWhen a wanted war criminal from the Balkans, masquerading as a faith healer, settles in a small west coast Irish village, the community are in thrall. One woman, Fidelma McBride, falls under his spell and in this astonishing novel, Edna O'Brien charts the consequences of that fatal attraction. It is a story about love, the artifice of evil, and the terrible necessity of accountability in our shattered, damaged world.
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I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain ReidOn their way to a secluded farm, a man and his girlfriend take an unexpected detour that leaves the woman stranded in a deserted high school, wondering if there is any escape from the twisted manifestations haunting her.
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My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth RussellAsked to help defend an older high-school English teacher with whom she had an affair at age 15, Vanessa struggles to choose between her romantic teen illusions and harrowing adult perceptions.
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Baby Teeth by Zoje StageAn ailing woman fights to protect her family from her mute daughter's psychologically manipulative schemes, complicated by her doting husband's denial about their daughter's true nature.
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The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona WardWhen a neighbor moves in next door, a family of three—a teenage girl who isn’t allowed outside, a man with memory loss, and a house cat who reads the bible—are terrified that the unspeakable secret that binds them together will be exposed.
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