Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Explore the ups and downs of the human experience with these buzzy literary novels. Courtesy of Library Journal.

Amy Bloom, I'll Be Right Here (Random House: Penguin Random House)
penguinrandomhouse.com/books/599482/ill-be-right-here-by-amy-bloom
Natalie Guerrero, My Train Leaves at Three (One World: Penguin Random House)
penguinrandomhouse.com/books/773492/my-train-leaves-at-three-by-natalie-guerrero
Adam Johnson, The Wayfinder (MCD: Macmillan)
Allison Larkin, Home of the American Circus (Gallery Books: Simon & Schuster)
Kathy Wang, The Satisfaction Café : A Novel (Scribner: Simon & Schuster)
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