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6 Literary Fiction Books to add to your TBR List!

6 Literary Fiction Books to add to your TBR List!

Whether you’re drawn to lush prose, complex characters, or unconventional storytelling, these literary fiction books promise to satisfy your craving for compelling narratives that linger long after the final page is turned. Happy reading!


This Ain’t No Romance Novel

by Julie Morton

Release Date: November 18, 2023

Desiree Douglas adored romance novels. They were a guilty pleasure in her 1980s, small, dusty West Texas town. Then she met wild cowgirl, Copper Mayne, and her life became a rough ride that could cost her everything, including her devastated family. Is love heaving breasts and fiery loins, or is it more soul sustaining? This is Desiree’s quest.

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The Road from Belhaven

by Margot Livesey

Release Date: February 6, 2024

Growing up in the care of her grandparents on Belhaven Farm, Lizzie Craig discovers as a small child that she can see into the future. But her gift is selective—she doesn’t, for instance, see that she has an older sister who will come to join the family. As her “pictures” foretell various incidents and accidents, she begins to realize a painful truth: she may glimpse the future, but she can seldom change it.

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The Hours of You

by Fiona Collins

Release Date: February 1, 2024

Can twenty-four hours on an island paradise lead them to an unexpected reunion? When Maggie accepts one last commission before retiring from journalism, she’s given twenty-four hours on a remote tropical island to interview former Hollywood heart-throb Ed Cavanagh. There are just two problems: firstly, Ed doesn’t want anything to do with Maggie’s exclusive, and secondly, he’s the only man who ever broke her heart…

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The Antique Hunter’s Guide to Murder

by C.L. Miller

Release Date: February 6, 2024

What antique would you kill for? Freya Lockwood is shocked when she learns that Arthur Crockleford, antiques dealer and her estranged mentor, has died under mysterious circumstances. She has spent the last twenty years avoiding her quaint English hometown, but when she receives a letter from Arthur asking her to investigate—sent just days before his death—Freya has no choice but to return to a life she had sworn to leave behind.

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Greta & Valdin

by Rebecca K Reilly

Release Date: February 6, 2024

It’s been a year since his ex-boyfriend dumped him and moved from Auckland to Buenos Aires, and Valdin is doing fine. He has a good flat with his sister Greta, a good career where his colleagues only occasionally remind him that he is the sole Maaori person in the office, and a good friend who he only sleeps with when he’s sad. But when work sends him to Argentina and he’s thrown back in his former lover’s orbit, Valdin is forced to confront the feelings he’s been trying to ignore—and the future he wants.

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Where Butterflies Wander

by Suzanne Redfearn

Release Date: February 6, 2024

After a tragic accident claims the life of one of her children, Marie Egide is desperate to carve out a fresh start for her family. With her husband and their three surviving children, Marie travels to New Hampshire, where she plans to sell a family estate and then, just maybe, they’ll be able to heal from their grief. Marie’s plans are thwarted when she realizes a war veteran known by locals as “the river witch” is living in a cabin on the property, which she claims was a gift from Marie’s grandfather. If Davina refuses to move on, Marie won’t be able to either.

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