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Thrilling New Literary Fiction Novels for Your TBR List

Thrilling New Literary Fiction Novels for Your TBR List

Looking to elevate your TBR list? Dive into the world of thrilling new literary fiction that pushes boundaries and sparks intrigue. These captivating novels blend rich storytelling with unexpected twists, promising to keep you engaged from start to finish. Whether you’re after deep character exploration or gripping plots, this selection has something for every literary enthusiast.


Song of a Stranger

by Philip Bentall

Release Date: July 29 2024

A former language tutor heads to Japan to help a troubled Japanese film-star prepare for a role in English. But haunted by the memory of a missing school friend, the actor is not an easy person to help. As reality begins to imitate fiction, the tutor begins to wonder who is going to disappear next.

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Precipice: A Novel

by Robert Harris

Release Date: September 17 2024

A spellbinding novel of passion, intrigue, and betrayal set in England in the months leading to the Great War from the bestselling author of Act of Oblivion, Fatherland, The Ghostwriter, and Munich.

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Ugly AF

by Phil M. Williams

Release Date: September 12 2024

I heard that from a teenager at McDonald’s. It was the first time I realized that I was ugly. That teenager was prophetic, as, shortly thereafter, my mother dropped me off at an orphanage, never to be heard from again.

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All My Fault

by Emma Robinson

Release Date: September 9 2024

There’s a knock at the door. It’s every mother’s worst nightmare: the police are here. They tell me my beautiful daughter Charlotte has been hurt. They’ll take me to the hospital, there’s no time to lose… and I know this must be all my fault.

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Rejection

by Tony Tulathimutte

Release Date: September 17 2024

From the Whiting and O. Henry–winning author of Private Citizens (“the first great millennial novel,” New York Magazine), an electrifying novel-in-stories that follows a cast of intricately linked characters as rejection throws their lives and relationships into chaos.

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Entitlement: A Novel

by Rumaan Alam

Release Date: September 17 2024

Taut, unsettling, and alive to the seductive distortions of money, Entitlement is a riveting tale for our new gilded age, a story that confidently considers questions about need and worth, race and privilege, philanthropy and generosity, passion and obsession. It is a provocative, propulsive novel about the American imagination.

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