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Cover of Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Literary Fiction

4.5

Dream Count

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Four women, three continents, and the private accounting each of them keeps of the life they meant to have.

Released 4 March 2025

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Cover of We Do Not Part by Han Kang

Literary Fiction

4.4

We Do Not Part

by Han Kang

A writer travels through a blizzard to save a friend's bird, and walks into the buried history of Jeju Island.

Released 21 January 2025

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Cover of Flesh by David Szalay

Literary Fiction

4.3

Flesh

by David Szalay

From a Hungarian housing estate to Mayfair money, a life told almost entirely in what its owner will not say.

Released 3 April 2025

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Cover of Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnah

Literary Fiction

4.1

Theft

by Abdulrazak Gurnah

Three young Tanzanians come of age as tourism, NGOs and old family debts rearrange Zanzibar around them.

Released 18 March 2025

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Cover of The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong

Literary Fiction

4.2

The Emperor of Gladness

by Ocean Vuong

A nineteen-year-old and an eighty-two-year-old widow keep each other alive in a forgotten Connecticut town.

Released 13 May 2025

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Cover of Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall

Literary Fiction

4.3

Broken Country

by Clare Leslie Hall

A dead man, a farming village, and a first love that never quite ended.

Released 4 March 2025

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Cover of Vigil by George Saunders

Literary Fiction

4.4

Vigil

by George Saunders

An oil executive dies, and the people around his body argue about what a life is worth.

Released 27 January 2026

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Cover of This Is Not About Us by Allegra Goodman

Literary Fiction

4.2

This Is Not About Us

by Allegra Goodman

Three sisters, one apple cake, and a decade-long rift nobody can explain to outsiders.

Released 10 February 2026

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Cover of Evelyn in Transit by David Guterson

Literary Fiction

3.9

Evelyn in Transit

by David Guterson

A drifter in the Pacific Northwest and a Tibetan monk ascending to power, in one braided novel.

Released 20 January 2026

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Cover of I Give You My Silence by Mario Vargas Llosa

Literary Fiction

4.1

I Give You My Silence

by Mario Vargas Llosa

The Nobel laureate's final novel: a failed writer, an eccentric musician, and an obsession.

Released 24 February 2026

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Cover of The Salt Road by Marisol Vega

Literary Fiction

The Salt Road

by Marisol Vega

Three generations, one crossing, and the things a family agrees never to say.

Released 12 March 2026

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Cover of The Names by Florence Knapp

Literary Fiction

4.6

The Names

by Florence Knapp

One walk to the register office, three possible names, and three whole lives that follow from the choice.

Released 6 May 2025

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Cover of Audition by Katie Kitamura

Literary Fiction

4.3

Audition

by Katie Kitamura

An actress meets a young man in a Manhattan restaurant. Who he is to her changes halfway through the book.

Released 8 April 2025

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Cover of My Friends by Fredrik Backman

Literary Fiction

4.5

My Friends

by Fredrik Backman

A famous painting of four teenagers on a pier, and the girl who works out what really happened that summer.

Released 6 May 2025

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Cover of The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

Literary Fiction

4.4

The Correspondent

by Virginia Evans

A seventy-three year old woman conducts her entire life by letter, including the one she has avoided writing for decades.

Released 29 April 2025

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