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2024JamesExplains the endingHistorical novel / Revisionist fictionPercival Everett / United StatesRecap: Useful recapLanguage / Freedom2024The SafekeepExplains the endingTime-bending storyHistorical novel / Psychological fictionYael van der Wouden / NetherlandsRecap: Useful recapPossession / Desire2023OrbitalExplains the endingTime-bending storyLiterary fiction / Science fictionSamantha Harvey / United KingdomRecap: Useful recapEarth / Time2023Prophet SongExplains the endingDystopian novel / Political fictionPaul Lynch / IrelandRecap: Useful recapAuthoritarianism / Family2023The Bee StingExplains the endingFamily novel / TragicomedyPaul Murray / IrelandRecap: Detailed recapSecrets / Money2023The Covenant of WaterExplains the endingFamily saga / Historical novelAbraham Verghese / United StatesRecap: Useful recapFamily / Medicine2023The Heaven & Earth Grocery StoreExplains the endingHistorical novel / Community fictionJames McBride / United StatesRecap: Useful recapCommunity / Race2022Demon CopperheadExplains the endingComing-of-age novel / Social novelBarbara Kingsolver / United StatesRecap: Useful recapAddiction / Poverty2022Reminders of HimExplains the endingCompare with the filmRomance / DramaColleen Hoover / United StatesRecap: Useful recapGrief / Forgiveness
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