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In which the course of life becomes a series of dice rolls, each of no small consequence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A poetic, inspiring book about how embracing our mortality allows us to find our deepest selves and truly connect with others. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Two comic writers join forces in this collection of satirical scenarios and verses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A review of the book "Tremor: A Novel," by Teju Cole, is presented.

A filmmaker and producer maps out clear-cut methods to uncomplicate life, online and off. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A new decalogue aims at helping 20-something readers to thrive. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this historical mystery, a murder tests an Egyptian diplomat's loyalties--to his family, those he serves, and allies he's made throughout his career. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this novel, a disenchanted man discovers he can go home again--but will he face a killer there? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A Union sharpshooter must deal with a prostitute, a distrustful Quaker, and a ruthless Confederate captain in the second edition of Gabhann's 2015 Civil War novel, the first book in a trilogy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In Perry's debut novel, a young woman discovers that her beloved books haven't prepared her for real life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This brief debut guide aims to explain in simple terms how to achieve happiness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A comic writer offers a collection of merriment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Only four months after "that desperate affair in Berlin" from Death in Focus (2019), photographer Elena Standish is called on again for another dangerous mission in 1933 Germany. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mason's first novel since The Girl in the Blue Beret (2011) is a deeply moving meditation on one woman's life choices and the road she didn't take. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Debut novelist Ryan explores an unusual young woman's perspective on the world over the course of one eventful evening. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The modern architect of transgressive fiction returns with the tale of a sonic artist looking for the perfect scream. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The much-anticipated second novel from the author of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (2004). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The mundane and the extraordinary converge in this novel of one Montana woman's life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The annual PEN award volume delivers another slate of outstanding stories from emerging writers of short fiction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

(Fantasy. 14-adult) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Characters deal with personal tragedies and outsiders in this short story collection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Characters suffer the torment of loneliness, heartache, and otherworldly beings in this collection of grim short stories. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

(Picture book. 4-8) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A professional organizer adds solving a murder to her to-do list in this resort community cozy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In Bogotá, Colombia, where the light-skinned, smartly dressed men of the upper class hunt the streets, a group of former schoolmates will discover how far they can fall into a depravity born of their unquestioned privilege. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A collection of verse explores the strange contours of modern existence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

(Picture book. 4-8) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

(Mystery. 14-18) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Lowell collects a novella and eight short stories, primarily set in various eras of the American Southwest. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Characters in this volume of short stories shuffle through lives steeped in regret, uncertainty, and the inevitability of death. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

After her death, a friendly ghost watches over best friends at the no-frills Oregon motel where she used to work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A woman describes her life in the Soviet Union. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A tragedy brings a physician back to her small hometown, where life changes await. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A thriller focuses on the nature and nurture of geniuses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mason (Tor's Lake, 2015) brings back an engaging protagonist in this serpentine mystery about an obsessed estate owner and a murdered professor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Russell's third collection beckons like a will-o'-the-wisp across the bog, with eight crisp stories that will leave longtime fans hungry for more. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A writer experiences a breakdown and ends up hospitalized; against all odds, hilarity ensues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

During a bout of insomnia, a young widow ruminates on her husband's suicide. While a Bundt cake bakes in the oven and the house is silent, she scrutinizes the past for telling details, the moment on which everything hangs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Pearson's short stories explore the boundary between the surreal and the mundane as her characters negotiate demanding situations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

What would you do on your last day on Earth...if there was a last day every year? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A self-made businessman who wants to climb the social ladder agrees to help a lady inventor find funding in return for her matchmaking skills in early Victorian London. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A remarkable literary voice rediscovered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The latest by the author of the Stevens and Windermere series and the maritime thriller Gale Force (2018). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

(Picture book. 4-8) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An ambitious analysis of a singular neighborhood that in some ways serves as a microcosm for all urban neighborhoods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Appel's (The Cynic in Extremis: Poems, 2018, etc.) short story collection offers portraits of people experiencing new revelations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

(Fantasy. 14-18) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

When a young woman who can enter fictional worlds decides to change their plots, she faces fierce resistance in this debut contemporary novel. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

(Board book. 2-5) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]