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• Bunny

  Awad, Mona

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  Dark academia thriller. An outsider in an exclusive creative writing program becomes enmeshed in the world of the rich women in the program who call each other "bunny" and get up to all kinds of ritualistic activities in their time off.

• The Only Good Indians

  a Novel

  Jones, Stephen Graham, 1972-

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  Indigenous horror. Four friends from the Blackfoot nation choose to ignore their cultural traditions during a hunt and years later find themselves paying the price for their youthful indiscretion. Jones is an incredible new voice mixing Indigenous…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cult Classic

  Crosley, Sloane

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  General fiction. This sharp and funny novel centers around Lola, a thirty seven year old woman who unfortunately runs into two exes in two days. She turns to a tech company who's cult-leader guru offers a chance at closure - but who is heavily…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Violence

  a Novel

  Dawson, Delilah S.

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  Fast paced thriller. A pandemic erupts, where the infected displays horrifying acts of animal rage and aggression. Three generations of women work to free themselves from this dystopic situation. This book has been described as "era-defining" - it…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Paris Apartment

  a Novel

  Foley, Lucy (Novelist)

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  Thriller. When Jess arrives at her half-brother Ben’s apartment in Paris, he is not there, and he remains missing. The other residents of the exclusive building are unfriendly, perhaps even sinister. Alone and afraid Jess sets out to investigate,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Real Easy

  Rutkoski, Marie

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  Gritty and nuanced mystery. A dancer at the Lovely Lady Strip Club finds herself embroiled in a murder mystery when only one body is retrieved from a fatal car crash. Set in 1999, this novel features multiple points of view and treats its characters…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Thursday Murder Club

  Osman, Richard, 1970-

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  Charming mystery. Four friends in their seventies regularly get together to discuss unsolved crimes. They get the chance to crack a real case when a local is found dead next to a mysterious photograph.

• The Hacienda

  Cañas, Isabel

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  Mexican Gothic. Set in the 1820s amid the backdrop of the Mexican War of Independence, a recently disgraced woman accepts a marriage proposal and moves into a house possessed. A thought-provoking ghost story which subverts and re-imagines the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Fervor

  a Novel

  Katsu, Alma

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  Historical horror. Set in the era of Japanese internment camps, Alma Katsu has written an atmospheric and detail rich novel which fills the reader with constant unease. Told through multiple story lines, expect mystery illnesses, Japanese demons,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• There There

  a Novel

  Orange, Tommy, 1982-

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  Indigenous fiction. This multi-generational novel weaves together the stories of various Indigenous characters who are drawn to an upcoming Pow Wow in Oakland. A gripping story, involving meditation on urban Indigenous identity.

• The Dangers of Smoking in Bed

  Stories

  Enriquez, Mariana

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  Short stories for the adventurous reader, set in a darkly macabre Buenos Aires. Mariana Enriquez's wide-ranging imagination and thirst for the harrowing and the original will both shock and entertain those who venture into her realm.

• If It Bleeds

  New Fiction

  King, Stephen, 1947-

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  Short stories. Stephen King's latest offering is a collection of four intriguingly frightful novellas. Fresh, weird, and uncanny.