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• The Wishing Game

  a Novel

  Shaffer, Meg,

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  Years ago, a reclusive mega-bestselling children’s author quit writing under mysterious circumstances. Suddenly he resurfaces with a brand-new book and a one-of-a-kind competition, offering a prize that will change the winner’s life.

• The Book Proposal

  Micciche, K. J.,

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  Forging an unlikely friendship with her high-school crush, romance writer Gracie Landing uses the tales of his break-up as a source of material for her current work-in-progress. When chaos ensues, she risks her career and chance at happiness.

• The Nightmare Man

  a Novel

  Markert, James, 1974-

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  The Blackwood mansion looms atop the hill over the small town of Crooked Tree. Ben Bookman, bestselling novelist and heir to the Blackwood estate, spent a weekend at the ancestral home to finish writing his latest horror novel, The Scarecrow. Now,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• La Tercera

  a Novel

  Apostol, Gina,

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  Rosario Delgado, a Filipina novelist in New York City, learns of her mother's death in the Philippines. Instead of rushing home, she puts off her return by embarking on an investigation into her family's history and her mother's supposed…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Went to See My Father

  a Novel

  Sin, Kyŏng-suk,

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  In the wake of a personal tragedy, a novelist goes back home in the Korean countryside to take care of her gentle father and learns, through the testimonies of his loving family and friends, how his lifelong kindness belies a past wrought in both…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Messy Lives of Book People

  Patrick, Phaedra,

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  Landing her personal hero and mega-best-selling author Essie Starling as a client, housecleaner Liv Green forms an unlikely friendship with this infamous recluse, but when Essie suddenly dies, leaving her an astonishing last wish, Liv discovers a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dear Little Corpses

  Upson, Nicola,

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  September 1st, 1939. As the mass evacuation takes place across Britain, thousands of children leave London for the countryside. When a little girl vanishes without a trace, the reality of separation becomes more urgent and more deadly for those who…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Other People's Clothes

  a Novel

  Henkel, Calla, 1988-

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  When they snag up an apartment owned by well-known thriller writer Beatrice Becks, exchange students Zoe and Hailey are convinced that Beatrice intends to use their lives as an inspiration for her next novel. As the two craft main-character-worthy…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Other Black Girl

  a Novel

  Harris, Zakiya Dalila,

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  Tired of being the only Black employee at Wagner Books, 26-year-old editorial assistant Nella Rogers is thrilled when Harlem-born and bred Hazel is hired. A string of uncomfortable events elevates Hazel and leaves Nella in the dust. Then the hostile…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Bachelor

  A Novel

  Palmer, Andrew,

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  Reeling from a breakup, the narrator returns to his hometown in Iowa to house-sit for a family friend. There, a chance flick of the TV remote and a correspondence with an old grad school classmate plunge him into unlikely obsessions: The Bachelor…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Greenland

  a Novel

  Santos Donaldson, David,

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  A dazzling literary debut novel-within-a-novel, in the vein of The Prophets, about a young author writing about the forbidden love affair between E.M. Forster and Mohammed el Adl - in which Mohammed's story collides with his own, blending fact and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Seven Days in June

  a Novel

  Williams, Tia, 1975-

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  Eva Mercy is a single mom and bestselling writer; Shane Hall is a reclusive, award-winning literary author. As high school seniors, teenage Eva and Shane spent one crazy, torrid week madly in love before Shane disappeared from Eva's life -- but…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Leave Society

  Lin, Tao, 1983-

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  A young novelist leaves Manhattan to visit his parents in Taipei and discovers his life becoming more complicated as he tries to understand how to live a meaningful life as an artist and a son.

• The Echo Chamber

  Boyne, John, 1971-

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  The Cleverley family live a gilded life. George, the patriarch, is a stalwart of television interviewing, his wife Beverley is a celebrated novelist (although not as celebrated as she would like), and their children are various degrees of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Memory Police

  Ogawa, Yōko, 1962-

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  On an unnamed island, things are disappearing. First, animals and objects, then body parts. Most people fail to notice these changes, while those few imbued with the power to recall the lost objects live in fear of the mysterious 'Memory Police.'…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Less

  a Novel

  Greer, Andrew Sean,

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  Receiving an invitation to his ex-boyfriend's wedding, Arthur, a failed novelist on the eve of his 50th birthday, embarks on an international journey that finds him falling in love, risking his life, reinventing himself and making connections with…Read moreRead more of this annotation