Category: Contemporary Fiction
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The Measure
A debut novel in which the world awakes to a box at the doorstep of every adult that contains a string that correlates to the length of your life.
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What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez
A Puerto Rican family in Staten Island who discovers their long‑missing sister is potentially alive and cast on a reality TV show, and they set out to bring her home.
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American Mermaid
A funny debut novel that follows a writer lured to Los Angeles to adapt her feminist mermaid novel into a big-budget action film, who believes her heroine has come to life to take revenge for Hollywood’s violations.
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Small Game
A survival reality show gone wrong that leaves a group of strangers stranded in the northern wilds.
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Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion
For fans of On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, an unforgettable story about female friendship and queer love in a Muslim-American community.
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Locust Lane
A story about the search for justice and the fault lines of power and influence in a seemingly idyllic town. Can anyone be trusted?
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Portrait of a Thief
Five Chinese American college students try to steal priceless works of art from major museums in order to return them to the homeland from which they were pillaged.
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The Sign for Home
When Arlo Dilly, a sheltered young DeafBlind man, decides to take a writing course at the local community college, he hires a new tactile ASL interpreter who exposes him to much more than English.
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When I Ran Away
An unforgettable first novel about love – for our partners, our children, our mothers, and ourselves – pushed to its outer limits.
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The Santa Suit
Ivy Perkins buys an old farmhouse sight unseen after her divorce. Upon arriving at her new home, she discovers that the last family left all of their things, including a Santa suit complete with a Dear Santa letter in the pocket. Ivy takes it upon herself to figure out the mystery behind the letter as…
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