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This Month’s Best New Literary Fiction
 
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Book cover for The Rest Is Memory by Lily Tuck
A kaleidoscopic literary resurrection from a National Book Award–winning author
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • Reimagines the short, tragic life of Czeslawa, a Catholic teenager from a Polish village who was killed at Auschwitz
  • “Somehow shattering and hopeful at the same time” (Parade)
  • “Hard to stop reading” (Los Angeles Times)
FEATURED IN:
The New Yorker, NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Esquire, Parade, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Literary Hub
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Book cover for Rental House by Weike Wang
Two family vacations paint a vivid portrait of one unlikely marriage
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • At a Cape Cod beach house and a Catskills cottage, Keru, Nate, and their very different in-laws clash
  • An NPR Best Book of 2024
  • From the author who burst onto the scene with Chemistry
  • “Wonderfully acerbic… It’s a tour de force” (Publishers Weekly starred review)
FEATURED IN:
Book of the Month, NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, People, The Washington Post, Associated Press, Esquire, Bustle, Real Simple, Elle, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, The Boston Globe, Indie Next List, Library Reads, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Literary Hub
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Book cover for Private Rites by Julia Armfield
A cruel surprise in their father’s will shocks three estranged sisters
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • A New York Times Editors’ Choice highly anticipated by many major publications
  • Can the women outrun their difficult past and oppressive future?
  • Set in a near-future London pummeled by rain, this haunting novel is “seductive” and “brilliantly audacious” (The Guardian)
FEATURED IN:
The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Locus, New Scientist, People, Financial Times, Harper's Bazaar, Vulture, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, The Times, The Boston Globe, Reactor, Indie Next List, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Booklist, BookPage, Electric Literature, Literary Hub
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Book cover for City of Night Birds by Juhea Kim
Snap up Reese’s December Book Club pick about a once-famous ballerina’s impossible choice
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • Will Natalia reclaim the career that almost killed her?
  • A cinematic novel that transports readers to a lush, unfamiliar world
  • “The greatness of City of Night Birds made this reader lament its ending” (The Washington Post)
FEATURED IN:
Reese's Book Club, People, The Washington Post, Vogue, Town & Country, Parade, Los Angeles Times, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, BookPage, Electric Literature, Literary Hub
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Book cover for Havoc by Christopher Bollen
In a luxury hotel, a meddling octogenarian widow faces off against an impish 8-year-old boy
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • Fans of Patricia Highsmith will delight in this must-read literary thriller
  • Tensions ratchet in an unlikely game of cat and mouse
  • “Great, wicked fun” (The New York Times)
  • Once you start, you won’t be able to put it down
FEATURED IN:
The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, People, Town & Country, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Booklist, BookPage, Literary Hub
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Book cover for The Voyage Home by Pat Barker
This international bestseller breathes new life into the Greek myth of Cassandra
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • “Brilliant work from one of world literature’s greatest writers” (Kirkus Reviews starred review)
  • Ritsa, an enslaved healer, embarks on a perilous journey home alongside cruel, unstable Cassandra
  • The long-awaited conclusion to the acclaimed Women of Troy series
FEATURED IN:
The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Parade, The Guardian, The Times, The Boston Globe, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Literary Hub
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Book cover for Apartment Women by Gu Byeong-mo
To live in this community, women must agree to birth three children…
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • “Breezy, engaging storytelling” (Library Journal) that’s perfect for book clubs
  • Tells the story of four residents who find their lives converging in an apartment building on the outskirts of Seoul
  • Hit the bestseller list in Korea
FEATURED IN:
The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Foreign Policy, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist, Literary Hub
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Book cover for I Might Be in Trouble by Daniel Aleman
Struggling writer David wakes to find last night’s date in his bed… dead
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • “Delivers everything you could look for in a book, and more. I’m still smiling” (Steven Rowley, author of The Guncle)
  • Can David figure out what happened — and spin it into a bestseller?
  • A hysterical satire featuring a lovable protagonist
FEATURED IN:
Book of the Month, Entertainment Weekly, The Washington Post, Newsweek, Indie Next List, Library Reads, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist
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Book cover for This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things by Naomi Wood
Fans of Lily King shouldn’t miss these razor-sharp, wickedly funny stories
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • Entertaining vignettes of imperfect, unforgettable women grappling with romance, revenge, parenthood, and more
  • Written by the winner of the 2023 BBC National Short Story Award
  • “Astonishingly good… The women in these delectable stories are insanely fun to be with” (Associated Press)
FEATURED IN:
The New Yorker, People, Associated Press, The Boston Globe, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Literary Hub