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New Literary Fiction Book Recommendations | June 2022

New Literary Fiction Book Recommendations | June 2022

Looking to add to your literary fiction list this January? Check out these new novels by indie bestselling authors David Hoffman, Betsy Withycombe, Chris Glatte, and more. Enjoy your new literary fiction book recommendations!


The Accidental Oligarch

by David Hoffman

Release Date: March 13, 2022

The author is donating all profits from this book to Internews to help Ukrainian journalists* Ukraine is the “new Berlin.” It’s a place of intrigue, corruption, political blackmail and, yes, romance. Follow Yuri and his band of savvy saboteurs while they fight oligarchs, the government and more, as they strive to save themselves and the battered country they believe in.

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The Murder of Sarah Grosvenor

by Betsy Withycombe

Release Date: May 15, 2022

This riveting historical fiction novel is based on the true story of the death of a young woman in 1742 and the arrest warrants issued for her gruesome murder three years later. The power imbalances and bullying of almost three centuries ago are still relevant today. Readers instantly connect with the child-hero in this beautifully crafted tale.

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A Time to Serve

by Chris Glatte

Release Date: June 28, 2022

As World War II begins, the Cooper family is thrust headlong into the fray, where they must face the ultimate test of courage—from the home front to the battlefield.

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The Broken

by Nia Forrester

Release Date: June 22, 2022

If it wasn’t for his music, Devin Parks doesn’t know where he’d be. Now he has a shot at a larger audience than he ever dreamed of. All he has to do, is get out of his own way. But when Devin isn’t fighting salacious rumors on entertainment blogs and rival musicians, he’s battling serious demons from his past that threaten to hold him back just as he’s poised to soar.

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The Nurse’s Secret

by Amanda Skenandore

Release Date: June 28, 2022

The unflinching, spellbinding new book from the acclaimed author of The Second Life of Mirielle West. Based on the little-known story of America’s first nursing school, a young female grifter in 1880s New York evades the police by conning her way into Bellevue Hospital’s training school for nurses, while a spate of murders continues to follow her as she tries to leave the gritty streets of the city behind…

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The Lieutenant’s Girl

by Shari J. Ryan

Release Date: June 22, 2022

Pearl Harbor, 1941. Gunpowder fills the air and the earth shatters. As my consciousness fades, I see only the gorgeous blue eyes of my beloved Everett. Will we make it out alive? I gave up everything to help those fighting for all that is good and right. Let me survive. Let me make sure it hasn’t all been for nothing.

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