These Literary Fiction stories confront uncomfortable truths with clarity and depth. From shifting identities to fractured relationships, each novel explores the cost of survival and the quiet strength it takes to endure. Ideal for readers who appreciate fiction that feels real and unvarnished.
The Color of Revenge (Maddie Landon Mysteries)
by Ellen Shapiro
Release Date: October 7, 2026
Twenty-two-year-old Darcy Jordan should be focused on her future. Instead, she’s haunted by a brutal assault. Two months later, with no arrests and no viable suspects, she turns to private investigator Maddie Landon. When one of Darcy’s classmates is murdered, the investigation takes a turn into something far more sinister. As danger escalates, Maddie realizes she’s becoming the next target.
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Within the Order of the Dragon (The Untold Story of a Vampire Family Book 1)
by Livia Angela Jaén
Release Date: June 14, 2026
WITHIN THE ORDER OF THE DRAGON — BOOK ONE. A historical Gothic saga of ancient bloodlines, forbidden ambition, and one young woman's struggle to escape the destiny chosen for her. Romania, 1966. Born into a bloodline that reaches back to Vlad Dracula and the ancient Order of the Dragon, a young woman inherits far more than a family name.
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The Me I Used to Be
by Kristan Higgins
Release Date: September 15, 2026
Back in senior year, Audrey, Micah, Jasmine, and Beck were the Core Four: the lucky one, the beautiful one, the smart one, the sporty one. They had color-coded dreams, inside jokes, and a lifelong friendship they thought would last forever. But graduation night ended in a tragic accident, followed by the kind of silence that stretches for decades.
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How to Troll a Guy in Ten Days (Accidentally Infamous Book 3)
by Pippa Grant
Release Date: October 6, 2026
If Tennessee Rhodes and I were the last two people on earth- sorry, humanity- we would be doomed. He’s obnoxious. He pretends he’s funny. He takes great pains to get under my skin. And since his sister is my best friend, one of the women my great-aunt and I invited to live with us after she went viral, he’s around far more than I’d like. Now, for instance.
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Death by Misadventure
by Jane Bitomsky
Release Date: October 1, 2026
April 29, 1585. Coroner John Derrick is summoned to the cozy village of Bramley to investigate a naked dead man found beneath a waterwheel. An unfortunate drowning, by all indications. But upon closer inspection, the case takes a macabre turn: The deceased is missing a certain piece of his anatomy.
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The Ladies Hall
by Vanessa Miller
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1880s, Ohio. When Mary and Anna enter the Bachelor of Arts program, also known as the "gentlemen's course" of study, at Oberlin College, they have little in common other than the color of their skin and their passion for education.
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