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New Literary Fiction Novels | September 2019

New Literary Fiction Novels | September 2019

Have you been on the lookout for some enthralling new literary fiction novels for your reading list? Don’t miss our latest recommendations from bestselling authors Jamie Zerndt, Tim Westover, Jacqueline Woodson, Anna Ellory, Alix E. Harrow, and Richard C. Morais. Enjoy your new literary fiction novels and happy reading!


Jerkwater

by Jamie Zerndt

Release Date: July 17, 2019

Jerkwater is a novel told from three alternating points-of-view over Native American fishing rights in Mercer, Wisconsin… Shawna Reynolds, the young Ojibwa woman. Kay O’Brien, the drunk neighbor. And Kay’s son, Douglas. It is a story about racial tensions that churn beneath the surface of everyday American life.

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The Winter Sisters

by Tim Westover

Release Date: August 6, 2019

Dr. Waycross has arrived in the Georgia mountains to bring modern medicine to the superstitious masses. The Winter Sisters are the local healers. Some call them herb women and some call them witches. Waycross calls them quacks. But when a threat of rabies comes to the town, they all must combine science and superstition to search for a remedy.

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Red at the Bone

by Jacqueline Woodson

Release Date: September 17, 2019

Red at the Bone bu New York Times Bestselling Author Jacqueline Woodson has been named one of the most anticipated books of Fall by People, Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times and more. It tells the story of a teenage pregnancy and how it pulls together two families from very different social classes.

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The Rabbit Girls

by Anna Ellory

Release Date: September 1, 2019

The year is 1989 and the wall between East and West Berlin has fallen. Miriam Winters is caring for her dying father, Henryk. Miriam soon discovers his secret history when he cries out for someone named Frieda and she discovers his hidden Auschwitz tattoo. Now she must search for clues to her father’s past.

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The Ten Thousand Doors of January

by Alix E. Harrow

Release Date: September 10, 2019

January Scaller is the ward of wealthy Mr. Locke. In his sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, she feels a little different. Out of place. But then she finds a strange book. A book about other worlds, secret doors, adventure, and danger. Soon she discovers the story is intertwined with her own.

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The Man with No Borders

by Richard C. Morais

Release Date: September 1, 2019

The Man with No Borders is the new novel from the New York Times Bestselling Author of The Hundred-Foot Journey… José María Álvarez is an aristocratic Spanish banker living in a Swiss village with his American wife. He is near the end of his life and is starting to hallucinate with memories of the past. Soon dark family secrets start flooding back.

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