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Recent Reader Favorite Contemporary & Historical Fiction Hits
A daring workplace caper at an upstate New York big-box store. A heartfelt coming-of-age story in 1950s Puerto Rico. Tragedy and triumph during the 10 long years it took to engineer the Panama Canal.
In the hands of an inspired author, great stories can come from anywhere and anytime. We’ve collected below 50-plus brand-new novels from the contemporary and historical fiction aisles. This is the really fresh stuff. All books listed here were published in the U.S. between January and, well, this week.
A quick sampling: Acclaimed author Dolly Alderton (Ghosts) documents a stand-up comic’s 21st-century romance in Good Material. Debut novelist Rebecca K. Reilly follows the misadventures of a brother and sister from Auckland to Argentina in Greta & Valdin. And Percival Everett rethinks Mark Twain’s most famous adventure in James—one of the year’s most flat-out fascinating novels.
Click on the book cover images for more information about each individual title, and feel free to add any interesting leads to your own Want to Read shelf.
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Let us know your favorite new contemporary and historical fiction reads in the comments below!
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Apr 02, 2024 09:30AM
The Fox Wife is a delightful, bracing tale that is full of ghost stories and magical realism, love and sex, and animal magnetism and humanity.
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Law wrote: "11 aren't new to me. I've heard of them before."congrats
Law wrote: "11 aren't new to me. I've heard of them before."Pretty sure this article is "Recent Reader Favorite Contemporary & Historical Fiction Hits" not anything to do with new books, just the ones that are hot right now
Great Expectations is on here, but not the one written by Charles Dickens. Okay... I'm not going to read that one anyway.
Gabriel Bierwith Law - you’ve heard of them, but have you READ them. Good reminder if you haven’t. 😊
Kay A Percy wrote: "Gabriel Bierwith Law - you’ve heard of them, but have you READ them. Good reminder if you haven’t. 😊"It would be hard to even get them. I get most books I read from the library, which doesn't have every single book.
Martyr, Victim, Memory Piece, The Women, Come and Get It and James sound intriguing. The Great Divide also reminds me of another book. Do I have to read There, There before reading Wandering Stars?
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop was one of my favourite reads last year. It was so much more than similar slice-of-life books that are gaining popularity. It’s not perfect, but it’s a firm favourite. I highly recommend it!
Bloss ♡ wrote: "Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop was one of my favourite reads last year. It was so much more than similar slice-of-life books that are gaining popularity. It’s not perfect, but it’s a firm favo..."It sounds like a cosy read about books. I might get that one if I find it at a library.
Kay A Percy wrote: "Gabriel Bierwith Law - you’ve heard of them, but have you READ them. Good reminder if you haven’t. 😊" Too bad you haven't asked your library to obtain them. They have the ability to do that.
I read The Cemetery of Untold Stories and The Great Divide, and DNF'ed The Morningside.
Law wrote: "11 aren't new to me. I've heard of them before."Why do you write the same comment about the books not being new everywhere? You are weird. Just because you have heard of a book doesn't make it any less new. I know this might shock you but these lists aren't written exclusively for you. They are not designed to enlighten solely you on "new" titles, but for people to discover newly released books to read. Maybe you should.. I don't know.. read one!
