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Bodies of Water by Marylee MacDonald

Perceptive, moving, and quietly powerful. MacDonald’s latest book explores the myriad ways ordinary people find themselves standing at the edge of change. Across fourteen stories linked by the presence of water, the collection examines grief, family, friendship, aging, and the…
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Symphony of Lies by Maria Monday

A cerebral mystery with real emotional stakes… In Monday’s slow-burning European noir, buried secrets and personal history prove as dangerous as any crime. Swiss journalist Emma Bally expects little from the estate of a wealthy acquaintance. Instead, a mysterious bequest…
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Waldwick…Tribe by Kenneth Linde

A provocative and compassionate look at the forces shaping contemporary American life… Linde pairs philosophical inquiry with a deeply personal journey as a disillusioned senator seeks to understand the growing fractures within American society. Frustrated by the endless noise of…
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Nothing Left to Lose by Len Joy

Emotionally raw, politically charged, and deeply human… Joy delivers a layered, emotionally intelligent story where politics and family collide with heartbreaking consequences. Tawni Carter built a national pro-life movement by demanding sacrifice from everyone around her, especially her family. When…
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Presidential Follies On Ice by Alex Charns

Deliberately excessive, occasionally rambling, and often sharply funny.  In this anarchic hockey fantasia, civil liberties attorney and longtime beer-league player Charns imagines a 3-on-3 showdown against Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and Justice Samuel Alito that escalates into a broadside against…
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Always, Janie by Meghan Sorley

A hauntingly tender debut about love, loss, and becoming yourself. In her emotionally incisive and deeply atmospheric debut, Sorley traces the long aftershock of first love across the American West, following one girl’s painful evolution from dutiful daughter to reluctant…
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The Earth Is Her Own by Renée Carrier

Lyrical, visionary, and unforgettable. Set amid the rugged beauty of Wyoming’s Black Hills, Carrier’s richly contemplative book blends literary realism, spiritual mystery, and speculative fiction into an emotionally resonant story about grief, healing, and human transformation. The novel centers on…
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Gaia’s Revolution (The Icaria Trilogy) by Nina Munteanu

Bleak, intelligent, and emotionally explosive. Munteanu’s latest is a politically incendiary portrait of a civilization unraveling under climate collapse, historical trauma, and ideological extremism. Berlin, 2022. In a country destabilized by climate catastrophe and political extremism, activist Damien Vogel becomes…
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The World As It Is by Donald Levin

An unflinching, immersive, and incendiary portrait of injustice… Levin crafts a layered portrait of a city and a nation confronting the realities of injustice and change in his latest novel. 1963 Detroit. When an aspiring Motown musician witnesses a white…
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Waldwick… Reckoning by Kenneth Linde

A quiet, incisive, deeply felt novel… In his latest installment in the Waldwick series, Linde follows Amy Terrill beyond the boundaries of the life she built, into a quieter, more interior reckoning. A mother, survivor, and woman whose past resists…
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The Mudlark’s Song by Kimberly Manning Aker

Haunting and lyrical; an un-put-downable read. A solitary Oakland homeowner with a penchant for antique hunting and restoration discovers a cache of 1930s diaries hidden beneath her attic floorboards in Aker’s evocative novel. Aurora “Lark” Fernschild has built a life…
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The Star Thrower by Kathleen Welton

A beautifully written, thought-provoking page-turner with heart and purpose… Three recent graduates trade certainty for a journey of self-discovery that leads them into an unexpected environmental battle in Welton’s reflective novel. Seeking distance from the futures expected of them, Ava,…
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Maelstrom of Innocence (The Maelstrom Trilogy Book 1) by Alexandria Prescott

An evocative, intense, and unforgettable read… In Prescott’s poised, emotionally resonant series opener in the Maelstrom of Innocence series, a diplomat’s daughter’s sheltered life collapses overnight, forcing her into a world she had only ever observed from a distance. Tokyo,…
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Peg, Unhinged by Teri M Brown

Laugh-out-loud, brutally honest, and heartfelt. A woman’s carefully constructed life comes undone and reassembled in Brown’s sharp, darkly funny meditation on midlife, identity, and letting go. Peg is a successful real estate agent and mother. But as menopause descends, bringing…
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The Junkyard by Bryan Reilly

Raw, immersive, and emotionally rich.  In Reilly’s compelling novel, a pacifist pit bull, rescued from a brutal fighting ring and given a new life among stray dogs in a hidden junkyard sanctuary, must decide whether to fight when ruthless rivals…
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May Flowers at The Three Coins Inn by Kimberly Sullivan

Lush, heartfelt, and quietly transformative… In Sullivan’s latest novel, a group of weary travelers gathers at a picturesque inn, carrying emotional scars and unspoken hopes for renewal. Emma and Annarita’s inn fills once more, but the new arrivals bring more…
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Waldwick… Redemption by Kenneth Linde

A quiet, thoughtful, and morally serious meditation on forgiveness and family. An estranged son returns to the family farm he once tried to destroy, forcing a reckoning no one is prepared to face in Linde’s latest Waldwick novel. Amy Terrill…
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Tissiack: A Sierran Siren by Charles Weeden

Reflective, intimate, and rich in cultural insight. Weeden’s quietly powerful novel follows a young runner navigating the intersection of modern life and ancestral tradition. Awena lives between two worlds—high school life and the fading traditions of her Native American heritage.…
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Exit Tickets: A Novel by Kenneth Chanko

Measured, intelligent, and quietly powerful. Chanko’s compelling novel is a thoughtful and grounded portrayal of teaching at its most demanding. When Mr. J arrives at P.S. 961, he is determined to reach students others have written off. His connection with…
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Love and Laughter in Ransom Canyon by Mary Lou Cheatham (Author), Christie Marie Underwood (Author)

Witty, heartfelt, and impossible to put down. In their latest, Cheatham and Underwood turn a simple mistake into the gentle beginning of a second chance at love. Olivia Finley isn’t looking for love—she’s raising two girls and surviving loss. But…