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Darcy

by Paula Martinac

"Darcy" is a delightful take on Pride and Prejudice that shows respect for Jane Austen’s work while also peeking into her characters’ true thoughts. Alice McVeigh’s Regency-era romance "Darcy" pays homage to Pride and Prejudice... Read More

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The Prumont Method

by Joseph S. Pete

Trevor J. Houser’s inventive literary novel "The Prumont Method" crisscrosses a country scarred by constant mass shootings, bringing black humor to bear on the present-day dystopia of rampant gun violence. Former health care marketer... Read More

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Serengotti

by Camille-Yvette Welsch

Set in rural Australia, Eugen Bacon’s novel "Serengotti" follows a programmer who travels to an isolated African migrant community where little is as it seems. The novel begins with Ch’anzu having a breakdown—over a drowning... Read More

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What Falls Away

by Leah Webster

A disowned daughter returns to her Mormon home to care for her ailing mother in Karin Anderson’s novel "What Falls Away". Cassandra, the only daughter in a family of boys, was raised in a strict religious household. But she hasn’t... Read More

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Café Unfiltered

by Suzanne Kamata

Jean-Philippe Blondel’s delicate and delightful novel "Café Unfiltered" dips into the musings of several people who have gathered in a French café over the course of one day. In France, the COVID-19 lockdown has just been lifted. Le... Read More

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The Pain of Pleasure

by Mari Carlson

While New York City prepares for a hurricane, the staff and patients of a headache clinic brace against a storm of their own making in Amy Grace Loyd’s novel "The Pain of Pleasure". A doctor unpacks the consequences of prescribing joy... Read More

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We Are Light

by Eileen Gonzalez

In Gerda Blees’s novel "We Are Light", a woman’s quiet, bizarre death exposes the tragic gap between ethics and legality. The leader of the Sound & Love Commune, Melodie manipulates loyalty and obedience from her small group of... Read More

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