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In The Forgotten Book Club by Kate Storey, “Storey delivers a cozy tale with a message of acceptance.” (Library Journal)
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There are too many books published each week for you to read about them all, let alone read them all. So we do the legwork for you, scouring the publishers' catalogs and the pre-publication reviews to pick out what we believe to be among the best and most interesting. You can see them all in our “What’s New” section.
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The Forgotten Book Club
by Kate Storey
On sale Dec 2 from HarperCollins Publishers
Genre: Literary Fiction. 384 pages
Life can begin with a single story. You just have to Bring Your Own Book…
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Before I Forget: A Novel
by Tory Henwood Hoen
On sale Dec 2 from St. Martin's Press
Genre: Literary Fiction. 288 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
A funny, heartfelt, late coming-of-age story that examines the role of memory in holding us back―and in moving us forward―for fans of The Collected Regrets of Clover and Maame.
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Galapagos: A Novel
by Fátima Vélez
Debut Author
On sale Dec 2 from Astra House
Genre: Literary Fiction. 208 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
From NYC-based Colombian writer Fátima Vélez comes debut novel Galapagos, following a group of bohemian artists who are dying of AIDS as they embark on a surreal final voyage through the Galapagos Islands, their bodies cloaked in the skins of the dead.
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House of Day, House of Night: A Novel
by Olga Tokarczuk
On sale Dec 2 from Riverhead Books
Genre: Literary Fiction. 336 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
In the mode of Flights, a novel about the rich stories of small places, from the Nobel Prize-winning, New York Times-bestselling author.
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Television: A Novel
by Lauren Rothery
Debut Author
On sale Dec 2 from Ecco
Genre: Literary Fiction. 256 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
Bojack Horseman meets Joan Didion in this smart, sly, and irresistibly stylish debut novel about a jaded movie star and the two differently conflicted women in his orbit.
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The Aquatics
by Osvalde Lewat
Debut Author
On sale Dec 2 from Coffee House Press
Genre: Literary Fiction. 240 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
An extraordinary novel of loyalty, strife, and empowerment from Peabody Award-winning Cameroonian filmmaker Osvalde Lewat.
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The Book of Luke: A Novel
by Lovell Holder
Debut Author
On sale Dec 2 from Grand Central Publishing
Genre: Literary Fiction. 400 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
For fans of Survivor and Less, this fast-paced debut novel shines an unflinching light on the drama of reality TV when a gay man returns to the cut-throat show he won in his youth after his adult life begins to unravel.
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The Italian Secret: A Novel
by Tara Moss
On sale Dec 2 from Dutton
Genre: Mysteries. 384 pages
Critics' Consensus: 4/5
#1 international bestselling author Tara Moss returns with an immersive post-war mystery as glamorous investigator Billie Walker follows a trail of secrets to Italy's sun-drenched Neapolitan coast.
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Only Way Out: A Novel
by Tod Goldberg
On sale Dec 1 from Thomas & Mercer
Genre: Thrillers. 367 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
A luckless thief's wrong turn becomes a crooked cop's fortune in a wild ride of a thriller by a New York Times bestselling author.
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The Jaguar's Roar: A Novel
by Micheliny Verunschk
Debut Author
On sale Dec 2 from Liveright/W.W. Norton
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Speculative, Alt. History. 176 pages
Critics' Consensus: 5/5
The story of an Indigenous girl's kidnapping during a colonial expedition intertwines with a young woman's modern-day search for identity and ancestral truths.
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