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Just for You! – Captivating Literary Fiction

Literary fiction stories for readers who enjoy exploring complex characters, strong themes and unique plots.

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  • This first book in a quartet chronicles the complex friendship between childhood friends, Elena and Lila, as they navigate the complicated social dynamics of their working class neighborhood in post-war Naples.
    Book, 2012New York : Europa Editions, 2012. — FICTION FERRANTE
  • When her four brothers get swept up in the mounting violence of the Sri Lankan Civil War, Sashi's dream of becoming a doctor gets thrown off course, and she embarks on a dangerous path that will change her life forever.
    Book, 2023New York : Random House, [2023] — FICTION GANESHANANTHAN
  • A novel of magical realism weaving together the personal stories of three generations of the Trueba family with the political struggles of Chile in the 20th century.
    Book, 2015New York : Atria Paperbacks, 2015. — FICTION ALLENDE
  • Two half-sisters are born into different villages in 18th-century Ghana and experience profoundly different lives and legacies throughout subsequent generations marked by wealth, slavery, war, the Great Migration and life in 20th-century Harlem.
    Book, 2016New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016. — FICTION GYASI
  • Sweeping across centuries, and stretching from Mesopotamia to London, this stunning novel follows a trio of characters whose lives become entwined by a single drop of water.
    Book, 2024New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024. — FICTION SHAFAK
  • A post-apocalyptic saga spanning multiple timelines, this limited drama series tells the stories of survivors of the devastating flu as they attempt to rebuild and reimagine the world anew while holding on to the best of what's been lost.
    DVD, 2023Hollywood, California : Paramount, [2023] — DVD TV STATION