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Literary Fiction Books For Your Winter Reading List

Literary Fiction Books For Your Winter Reading List

Literary fiction readers are in for a treat this winter season thanks to some amazing new release novels. Check out these latest literary fiction books from bestselling authors Dickie Erman, Suanne Laqueur, François Houle, Helen J. Darling, Santiago Xaman, and Molly O’Keefe. Get your hands on them now!


A Spy’s Eyes: Rachael’s Story

by Dickie Erman

Release Date: September 2, 2019

The fourth book in the Antebellum Struggles series by author Dickie Erman… Follow the deeply moving story of Rachael, the interracial daughter of a wealthy cotton plantation owner. As the great Civil War rages, Rachael is determined to be a spy in the Confederacy’s secret service. After moving to Washington D.C., she infiltrates the inner circles of the Union army. There she gains a deeper understanding of the war and the men and women who are willing to die for their competing causes.

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A Scarcity of Condors

by Suanne Laqueur

Release Date: December 16, 2019

The third book in the Venery series by bestselling author Suanne Laqueur… Juleón “Jude” Tholet has survival in his DNA. His father survived imprisonment and torture in Pinochet’s military coup in Chile and his mother risked everything to gain her husband’s freedom. Jude is a closeted gay teenager in Vancouver and has been targeted by a bully called El Cóndo. This culminates in a vicious hate crime that forces the Tholets to flee the country.

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The Little Lies We Hide

by Francois Houle

Release Date: December 5, 2019

Nearly twenty years ago, Bradley Knighton fled to Vancouver. It was the only way for him to forget the girl he let get away. Cassandra Knighton hates her husband for stealing her heart and wasting her best years. However, she stayed with him to protect a lie. Their old sibling rivalries resurface and painful memories will reopen tender wounds when they are brought together to mourn the death of the family matriarch. But a slip of the tongue from Cassandra during a heated argument will expose a secret she vowed to take to the grave.

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Terms and Conditions

by Helen J. Darling

Release Date: November 14, 2019

Jane Desmond has worked for ten lackluster years in a dead-end job. So, she can’t wait to pursue her enduring ambition of a career in the glittering NYC literary scene. But the moment she arrives, the city starts throwing her curveballs. To make things worse, her nervous mother, won’t stop texting her. In an effort to reclaim her sanity, Jane starts posting a selfie every day to prove to her mom that she is living her dream. While struggling to find an apartment and blowing job interviews, her online photos tell a very different story.

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After Olympus

by Santiago Xaman

Release Date: November 1, 2019

When a Soviet spacecraft falls to earth in the Santa Cruz Mountains in 1978, three young men are forced to face a central question of modernity: When ancient sources of narrative lose their credibility, who owns the truth. These unlikely sleuths formulate an answer in their decades-long quest. But not before they have traversed the world of Russian spies, ancient mysticism and cyber-misdirection.

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A Day In The Death of Walter Zawislak

by Molly O’Keefe

Release Date: December 9, 2019

If you were given one day to relive at the end of your life, what day would you choose? Walter Zawislak doesn’t want any of it. He doesn’t want a trip down memory lane to revisit a life he wasted. His wife, Rosie, died twenty years ago, and he hasn’t done much living since. If it’s lights out, he just wants some peace and quiet. But Peter, the mysterious man in charge of Walter’s afterlife isn’t listening.

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