Jennifer Renken
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Awake in the Floating City
Quiet but powerful, this debut will stay with readers. Recommended for general purchase, especially as a suggestion for book clubs.
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Realistic Fiction
Readers with a love for messy, complicated characters will enjoy this collection. Suggest to readers of Brandon Taylor’s Filthy Animals or Torrey Peters’s Detransition, Baby.
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Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One
An expert blending of laugh-out-loud scenes with sincere raw emotion. This work delivers a great narrative about a loveable, messy character who compels readers to consider questions about art and love. Give to Arnett’s fans and recommend to readers who enjoy works by Emily Austin and Jen Beagin.
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Black Woods, Blue Sky
Ivey takes readers on an emotional literary journey that includes touches of magic woven throughout and the question of whether love is enough to change someone. Recommended for book discussion picks.
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Shock Induction
Palahniuk’s loyal fans, along with readers new to his work, will enjoy this distinctive and thought-provoking book.
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Clean
Readers will tear through this slim, highly recommended novel to discover the fates of Estela and her employers.
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Private Rites
The skillfully written familial dynamics and the success of Armfield’s previous novel, Our Wives Under the Sea, make this an easy purchase recommendation for most libraries.
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The Italy Letters
Fans of Nao will be drawn to this novel. It includes many beautifully written sentences, but the disorganized stream-of-consciousness style and lack of resolution for the narrator’s feelings may be off-putting to some readers.
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Five-Star Stranger
An emotional character study that doesn’t rely on easy answers to complicated questions of identity, isolation, and familial love. Recommended for most collections and especially for book discussion groups.
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