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Hartnett, Annie. Unlikely Animals. Ballantine. Apr. 2022. 368p. ISBN 9780593160220. $28. F In this engaging work of magic realism from Hartnett (Rabbit Cake), readers are introduced to the deceased residents [...]

* McTeer, James E., II. Minnow. Hub City. May 2015. 240p. ISBN 9781938235115. $24.95. F In this 2014 South Carolina First Novel Prize winner, the title character's father is dying, [...]

Solomon, Asali. Disgruntled. Farrar. Feb. 2015.256p. ISBN 9780374140342. $26; ebk. ISBN 9780374712952. F This much-anticipated first novel from Solomon (following her highly regarded collection, Get Down) is the coming-of-age story [...]

Rash, Ron. Something Rich and Strange. Ecco: HarperCollins. 2014. 448p. ISBN 9780062349347. $27.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062349361. F Set in the mountains of western North Carolina, this latest story collection by [...]

* Denfeld, Rene. The Enchanted. Harper. Mar. 2014. 256p. ISBN 9780062285508. $25.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062285522. F Filled with themes of pain and suffering and still a pleasure to read, this [...]

Smith, Lee. Guests on Earth. Algonquin. Oct. 2013. 352p. ISBN 9781616202538. $25.95; ebk. ISBN 9781616203467. F It's 1936 in Asheville, NC, when Smith introduces readers to the residents of Highland [...]

Thompson, Jean. The Humanity Project. Blue Rider: Penguin Group (USA). 2013. 352p. ISBN 9780399158711. $26.95; ebk. ISBN 9781101611050. F What does it mean to be a good person? National Book [...]

Sankaran, Lavanya. The Hope Factory. Dial: Random. 2013. 371p. ISBN 9780365338196. $26. F Welcome to the New India! In this first novel by Sankaran, following her story collection, The Red [...]

* Epstein, Jennifer Cody. The Gods of Heavenly Punishment. Norton. Mar. 2013. 320p. ISBN 9780393071573. pap. $14.95; ebk. ISBN 9780393089738. F In March 1945, American B-29 bombers flying at low [...]

McCorkle, Jill. Life After Life. Algonquin. Mar. 2013. 352p. ISBN 9781565122550. $24.95; ebk. ISBN 9781616201777. F It takes a skillful author to write a book about death that leaves the [...]

Toews, Miriam. All My Puny Sorrows. McSweeney's. Nov. 2014.330p. ISBN 9781940450278. $24. F Sisters should always want what is best for each other, but what if what one sister really [...]

Skibsrud, Johanna. Quartet for the End of Time. Norton. Oct. 2014.384p. ISBN 9780393073737. $26.95. F Creating an epic such as this one required a commitment from Skibsrud (The Sentimentalists), and [...]

* Heller, Peter. The Painter. Knopf. May 2014. 288p. ISBN 9780385352093. $24.95; ebk. ISBN 9780385352086. F Right and wrong. Good and evil. Often, these are difficult distinctions to make, as [...]

* Wyld, Evie. All the Birds, Singing. Pantheon. Apr. 2014. 272p. ISBN 9780307907769. $24.95; ebk. ISBN 9780307907776. F Wyld (After the Fire, a Still Small Voice) has masterfully created a [...]

Catton, Eleanor. The Luminaries. Little, Brown. 2013. 848p. ISBN 9780316074315. $27; ebk. ISBN 9780316126953. F Step into the world of 1886 and New Zealand's goldfields in this Man Booker Prize-winning [...]

* Phillips, Jayne Anne. Quiet Dell. Scribner. Oct. 2013. 480p. ISBN 9781439172537. $28; ebk. ISBN 9781439172551. F This new title from Phillips, author of the National Book Award finalist Lark [...]

Bass, Rick. All the Land To Hold Us. Houghton Harcourt. Aug. 2013. 384p. ISBN 9780547687124. $25. F The fourth novel by author and activist Bass (Nashville Chrome) is a beautifully [...]

* Atwood, Margaret. MaddAddam. Nan A. Talese: Doubleday. Sept. 2013. 416p. ISBN 9780385528788. $27.95. F The compelling conclusion to Atwood's dystopian trilogy opens with a brief synopsis of the series' [...]

Gilvarry, Alex. From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant. Viking. Jan. 2012. c.320p. ISBN 9780670023196. $26.95. F Written as a confession from his cell, this is the story of how [...]