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American Dirt
Flatiron
A bookseller flees Mexico for the United States with her son while pursued by the head of a drug cartel.
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Where the Crawdads Sing
Putnam
In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.
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Golden in Death
St. Martin's
The 50th book of the In Death series. Eve Dallas seeks the sender of packages that give off toxic airborne fumes.
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Little Fires Everywhere
Penguin Press
An artist upends a quiet town outside Cleveland.
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The Silent Patient
Celadon
Theo Faber looks into the mystery of a famous painter who stops speaking after shooting her husband.
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Crooked River
Grand Central
The 19th book in the Agent Pendergast series. Human feet inside nondescript shoes wash ashore in Florida.
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The Dutch House
Harper
A sibling relationship is impacted when the family goes from poverty to wealth and back again over the course of many decades.
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The Guardians
Doubleday
Cullen Post, a lawyer and Episcopal minister, antagonizes some ruthless killers when he takes on a wrongful conviction case.
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The Outsider
Scribner
A detective investigates a seemingly wholesome member of the community when an 11-year-old boy’s body is found.
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Harper
A concentration camp detainee tasked with permanently marking fellow prisoners falls in love with one of them.
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The Last Wish
Orbit
Linked stories follow the exploits of Geralt of Rivia, a monster-slaying mercenary.
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The Giver of Stars
Pamela Dorman/Viking
In Depression-era Kentucky, five women refuse to be cowed by men or convention as they deliver books.
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A Long Petal of the Sea
Ballantine
A young pregnant widow and an Army doctor take a ship to Chile to escape the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War.
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Such a Fun Age
Putnam
Tumult ensues when Alix Chamberlain’s babysitter is mistakenly accused of kidnapping her charge.
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Criss Cross
Little, Brown
The 27th book in the Alex Cross series. Copycat crimes make the detective question whether an innocent man was executed.