Top new literary-fiction books out this week: 3 Mar - 9 Mar 2024
Last updated:
March 9, 2024
This week featuring new releases by Tana French, Rebecca Serle, Xóchitl González, Helen Oyeyemi, Adelle Waldman, Anna Stuart, Jennine Capó Crucet, Caroline Frost, Elizabeth Brooks, Christina Dodd and many more.
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The Hunter by Tana French
It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is coming home. Both of them are coming to get rich. One of them is coming to die.Cal Hooper took early retirement from Chicago PD and moved to rural Ireland looking for peace...mystery · fiction · crime · contemporary · thriller · audiobook · literary-fiction · law-enforcement · police-procedural · suspense -
![Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle]()
Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle
Being single is like playing the lottery. There’s always the chance that with one piece of paper you could win it all.From the New York Times bestselling author of In Five Years and One Italian Summer comes the romance that will define a generation.Daphne Bell believes the universe has a plan for her...romance · magical-realism · fiction · womens-fiction · contemporary · magic · love-triangle · friendship · female-mc · literary-fiction -
![Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xóchitl González]()
Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xóchitl González
1985. Anita de Monte, a rising star in the art world, is found dead in New York City; her tragic death is the talk of the town. Until it isn’t. By 1998 Anita’s name has been all but forgotten―certainly by the time Raquel, a third-year art history student is preparing her final thesis...fiction · historical-fiction · mystery · literary-fiction · contemporary · audiobook · latinx-mc · poc-mc · poc-author · coming-of-age -
![Parasol Against the Axe by Helen Oyeyemi]()
Parasol Against the Axe by Helen Oyeyemi
The prize-winning, bestselling author of Peaces and Gingerbread returns with a novel about competitive friendship, the elastic boundaries of storytelling, and the meddling influence of a city called PragueIn Helen Oyeyemi’s joyous new novel, the Czech capital is a living thing—one that can let you in or spit you out...fiction · magical-realism · contemporary · fantasy · literary-fiction · friendship · low-fantasy · book · adult -
![Help Wanted: A Novel by Adelle Waldman]()
Help Wanted: A Novel by Adelle Waldman
In Help Wanted, Adelle Waldman brings her unparalleled wit and knack for social observation to the world of work.At a big-box store in a small town in upstate New York, the members of Team Movement clock in every morning at 3:55. Under the eye of a self-absorbed and barely competent boss, they empty the day’s truck of merchandise, stock the shelves, and scatter before customers arrive... -
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![The War Orphan by Anna Stuart]()
The War Orphan by Anna Stuart
1945, I stumble out of the gates, tightly grasping the hands of two smaller children. Hunger swirls in my stomach and the barren landscape swims before my eyes. I can barely believe it. We’re free. We survived. But what happens now…Sixteen-year-old Tasha Ancel turns to take one last look at the imposing place that stole her freedom and her childhood...historical-fiction · ww2 · historical · fiction · religion · 20th-century · friendship · female-mc · epic · romance -
![Say Hello to My Little Friend by Jennine Capó Crucet]()
Say Hello to My Little Friend by Jennine Capó Crucet
Scarface meets Moby Dick in this groundbreaking, darkly comic novel about a young man’s attempt to capitalize on his mother’s murky legacy—a story steeped in Miami’s marvelous and sinister magic...north-america · usa · florida · urban · fiction · fantasy · audiobook · contemporary · mystery · latinx-mc -
![The Last Verse: A Novel by Caroline Frost]()
The Last Verse: A Novel by Caroline Frost
From the award-winning author of Shadows of Pecan Hollow comes The Last Verse , a gripping novel set in the country music world of 1970s Nashville about a struggling musician who writes a hit song that both promises her long-sought-after fame and implicates her in a heinous crime...historical-fiction · fiction · mystery · literary-fiction · suspense · female-mc · thriller · coming-of-age · crime · family -
![The Woman in the Sable Coat by Elizabeth Brooks]()
The Woman in the Sable Coat by Elizabeth Brooks
At the height of the Second World War in England, twenty-two year old Nina Woodrow joins the British Royal Air Force and rebels against her careful upbringing by embarking on an illicit affair with an officer. She risks losing everything for Guy Nicholson: her comfortable home, her childhood friends, and, especially, the love of her father, an enigmatic widower... -
![Every Single Secret by Christina Dodd]()
Every Single Secret by Christina Dodd
From New York Times bestselling author Christina Dodd comes a twisty emotional thriller about a woman’s perilous quest for revenge, perfect for fans of Sandra Brown, Jayne Ann Krentz, and Lisa Jewell.Never whisper the truth. Never reveal the past.In an isolated lighthouse on the California coast, Rowan Winterbourne lives a solitary life with only her secrets for company...mystery · romance · fiction · female-mc · alpha-mc · audiobook · contemporary · psychological · suspense · vigilante -
![Letters to a Biographer by Joyce Carol Oates]()
Letters to a Biographer by Joyce Carol Oates
This rich compilation of Joyce Carol Oates’s letters across four decades displays her warmth and generosity, her droll and sometimes wicked sense of humor, her phenomenal energy, and most of all, her mastery of the lost art of letter writing... -
![Mona of the Manor by Armistead Maupin]()
Mona of the Manor by Armistead Maupin
Mona of the Manor has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher...fiction · lgbtq · audiobook · wlw · historical · literary-fiction · humor · satire · romantic-love · book -
![Women of Good Fortune by Sophie Wan]()
Women of Good Fortune by Sophie Wan
Set against a high-society Shanghai wedding, a heartfelt, funny, dazzling novel about a reluctant bride and her two best friends, each with their own motives and fed up with the way society treats women, who forge a plan to steal all the gift money on the big dayLulu has always been taught that money is the ticket to a good life...asia · east-asia · china · romance · fiction · contemporary · humor · audiobook · womens-fiction · heist -
![The Girls We Sent Away by Meagan Church]()
The Girls We Sent Away by Meagan Church
A searing book club read for fans of Ellen Marie Wiseman and The Girls with No Names set in the Baby Scoop Era of 1960s and the women of a certain condition swept up in a dark history.It's the 1960s and Lorraine Delford has it all – an upstanding family, a perfect boyfriend, and a white picket fence home in North Carolina...historical-fiction · historical · fiction · audiobook · mystery · family · female-mc · literary-fiction · book · adult -
![A Secret in the Bay by Fiona Baker]()
A Secret in the Bay by Fiona Baker
It’s summer in Blueberry Bay, and that means fireflies, festivals, and family gatherings!As June rolls around, Alissa Lewis has never been happier. She and Dane are working together to turn The Outlet into a premier newspaper and magazine, and her debut novel is in bookstores around the country. And she’s eager to take part in the upcoming summer festival that’s been the talk of the town...romance · fiction · religion · contemporary · female-mc · epic · family · literary-fiction · spirituality · book -
![Fruit of the Dead by Rachel Lyon]()
Fruit of the Dead by Rachel Lyon
An electric contemporary reimagining of the myth of Persephone and Demeter set over the course of one summer on a lush private island, about addiction and sex, family and independence, and who holds the power in a modern underworld...fiction · contemporary · literary-fiction · suspense · retellings · myths · billionaire · age-gap · substance-abuse · horror -
![Dominoes by Phoebe Mcintosh]()
Dominoes by Phoebe Mcintosh
A tender and provocative debut novel about a mixed-race British woman who makes the shocking discovery in the days leading up to her wedding that her fiancé's family may have enslaved her ancestorsDominoes opens in London, twenty-nine days before the wedding of a young couple...fiction · contemporary · literary-fiction · audiobook · poc-mc · realistic · black-mc · female-mc · book · adult -
![Wolf at the Table by Adam Rapp]()
Wolf at the Table by Adam Rapp
The Corrections meets We Need to Talk About Kevin in this harrowing, epic family saga from Pulitzer Prize finalist playwright Adam Rapp. It's August in Elmira, a small town in upstate New York, and the year is 1951...fiction · mystery · historical-fiction · family · thriller · dark · whodunit · literary-fiction · 20th-century · historical -
![American Spirits by Russell Banks]()
American Spirits by Russell Banks
From one of America’s most celebrated storytellers come three dark, interlocking tales about the residents of a rural New York town, and the shocking headlines that become their local mythologies.A husband sells property to a mysterious, temperamental stranger, and is hounded on social media when he publicly questions the man’s character...fiction · literary-fiction · contemporary · working-class · audiobook · family · politics · book · adult -
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![A Game of Love and Betrayal by Elayna R. Gallea]()
A Game of Love and Betrayal by Elayna R. Gallea
He requires a wife. She needs to kill him. All’s fair in pursuit of love and revenge.What’s a vampire to do when the fae who made her an orphan is searching for a wife?Make him choose her and end his life on their wedding night, of course.Brynleigh has been carefully planning this for years...romance · fantasy · vampires · fae · urban-fantasy · enemies-to-lovers · literary-fiction · steamy · paranormal · new-adult -
![The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer Croft]()
The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer Croft
From the International Booker Prize-winning translator and Women's Prize finalist, an utterly beguiling novel about eight translators and their search for a world-renowned author who goes missing in a primeval Polish forest.Eight translators arrive at a house in a primeval Polish forest on the border of Belarus...fiction · mystery · literary-fiction · contemporary · 21st-century · outdoors · audiobook · female-author · thriller · suspense -
![Piglet by Lottie Hazell]()
Piglet by Lottie Hazell
An elegant, razor-sharp debut about women's ambitions and appetites—and the truth about having it allOutside of a childhood nickname she can’t shake, Piglet’s rather pleased with how her life’s turned out... -
![The Tower by Flora Carr]()
The Tower by Flora Carr
A bold, feminist debut novel, reimagining Mary, Queen of Scots’s darkest hour, when she was held hostage in a remote Scottish castle with a handful of loyal women while plotting a daring escape to reclaim her country and her freedom.Scotland, 1567...historical-fiction · fiction · historical · lgbtq · wlw · early-modern · royalty · feminism · literary-fiction · family -
![The Liars by Joanne DeMaio]()
The Liars by Joanne DeMaio
From New York Times bestselling author Joanne DeMaio comes The Liars, Book 20 of The Seaside Saga.Behind every cottage door is a liar. Look past the tended lawns and screened windows open to the sea breeze and dusky porch lights shining on waning summer nights. And listen closely... -
![The Hearing Test by Eliza Barry Callahan]()
The Hearing Test by Eliza Barry Callahan
A young woman reorients her relationship to the world in the wake of sudden deafness in this mesmerizing debut novel for readers of Rachel Cusk, Clarice Lispector, and Fleur JaeggyWhen the narrator of The Hearing Test , an artist in her late twenties, awakens one morning to a deep drone in her right ear, she is diagnosed with Sudden Deafness, but is offered no explanation for its cause...fiction · contemporary · literary-fiction · season-winter · female-author · female-mc · family · friendship · book · adult -
![The Invisible Hotel by Yeji Y. Ham]()
The Invisible Hotel by Yeji Y. Ham
A work of literary horror in the gothic tradition, The Invisible Hotel is a startling, speculative tale of a woman adrift and a country’s shifting identity in the long afterlife of the Korean War.Yewon dreams of a hotel. In the hotel, there are infinite keys to infinite rooms―and a quiet terror she is desperate to escape...horror · fiction · gothic · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · mental-illness · historical · tragedy · politics · supernatural -
![Ellipses by Vanessa Lawrence]()
Ellipses by Vanessa Lawrence
Set in the glossy world of New York City media, this sharp and witty debut novel follows a young woman caught in a toxic mentorship with an older, powerful executive as she grapples with career, belonging, and the complexity of modern relationships in the digital age...romance · fiction · contemporary · lgbtq · wlw · lesbian-mc · psychological · obsession · audiobook · literary-fiction -
romance · new-adult · fiction · literary-fiction · humor · contemporary · satire · female-mc · book · adult
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![Naked Girl by Janna Brooke Wallack]()
Naked Girl by Janna Brooke Wallack
Growing up motherless in 1980's Miami Beach, Sienna and her little brother Siddhartha get by with their charismatic and capricious father, • Jackson Jones. When a small windfall relocates them to a condemned mansion on the water, the siblings are forbidden traditional schooling and left to live off the land... -
![Virtuous Women by Ann Goltz]()
Virtuous Women by Ann Goltz
There's only one way to be virtuous. Or is there?In the two years since her mother’s death, seventeen-year-old Hope Wagner has single-handedly raised and homeschooled her ten younger siblings while keeping her father’s house. When her father marries the strange newcomer to their church, Hope is allowed to begin a courtship that will make her a helpmeet in her own right... -
![The Dredge by Brendan Flaherty]()
The Dredge by Brendan Flaherty
In Brendan Flaherty’s debut novel, two estranged brothers must confront the violence of the past when they find out a pond where they played as children will be dredged.After some traumatic teenaged years in rural Connecticut, Cale and Ambrose Casey had nothing left to say to each other. Cale ran off to Hawaii to sell luxury real estate. Ambrose stayed behind and built up his construction company... -
![Aegis of Eternity: Luce Book Two by DC Ryan]()
Aegis of Eternity: Luce Book Two by DC Ryan
With the agonizing losses of his love and family, Ducäel's self-doubt has left him questioning his purpose, abilities, and hope. His companions strive to carry some of his burden; however, they also face challenges inherent in discovering skills they once considered fabled. Their enemies have begun to recognize this and pursue them...fiction · fantasy · literary-fiction · epic · family · sword-sorcery · action-adventure · high-fantasy · book · adult -
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![Angel of Death: A Fallen Angel Novella by J.E. Feldman]()
Angel of Death: A Fallen Angel Novella by J.E. Feldman
Gloria is tasked with training a fallen angel for their new role of reaper. It’s extremely rare for them to fall from grace, so she has limitless questions. But they get off on the wrong foot right away.Max struggles through his new tasks. He can’t recall what his crime was, but being a reaper seems like his personal hell... -
![To Fill a Jar With Water by Juliette Rose Kerr]()
To Fill a Jar With Water by Juliette Rose Kerr
In the quiet seaside town of Plymouth, MA, brothers Will and Daniel and sisters Carrie and Rose have all endured troubled childhoods. They've practically raised themselves, thanks to parents who have exited their lives in one way or another. Left to fend for themselves, they've managed to scrape by and start again... -
![Once in the Blue Moon by Virginia Reeves]()
Once in the Blue Moon by Virginia Reeves
Written with profound beauty and a clear, distinct voice, Once in the Blue Moon is a unique book presenting a young girl’s point of view on a crucial turning point in her family’s life in rural, World War II-era Oklahoma... -
![Of Cabbages and Kings by F Cooper Saunders]()
Of Cabbages and Kings by F Cooper Saunders
Julia and her younger brother were ruled over by a narcissistic triumvirate for much of their lives. Determined to not be bested by these powerful and disturbing circumstances, she digs deeply into influences that lie beneath to give a greater force weaving new beginnings for herself, and others in her psychology practice. Tragedy and survival are the questions... -
![Singing from the Staircase by E.M. Waldow]()
Singing from the Staircase by E.M. Waldow
Spawned as from the gulf of dream-filled slumber, spanning a swath of literary genres, E.M. Waldow’s debut collection, Singing from the Staircase, features fifteen of his best short stories, each influenced by such giants of weird fiction as Clark Aston Smith, Thomas Ligotti, and the magnificent H.P. Lovecraft...
