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2022The HousemaidExplains the endingCompare with the filmPsychological thriller / Domestic thrillerFreida McFadden / United StatesRecap: Useful recapDeception / Abuse2022TrustExplains the endingHistorical fiction / MetafictionHernan Diaz / United StatesRecap: Detailed recapMoney / Authorship2021Klara and the SunExplains the endingScience fictionScience fiction / Literary fictionKazuo Ishiguro / United KingdomRecap: Useful recapArtificial life / Care2021People We Meet on VacationExplains the endingCompare with the filmRomance / Contemporary fictionEmily Henry / United StatesRecap: Useful recapFriendship / Timing2021Project Hail MaryExplains the endingCompare with the filmScience fictionAndy Weir / United StatesRecap: Useful recapMemory / Cooperation2021Small Things Like TheseExplains the endingHistorical fiction / NovellaClaire Keegan / IrelandRecap: Useful recapConscience / Silence2020HamnetExplains the endingCompare with the filmHistorical fiction / Literary fictionMaggie O'Farrell / United KingdomRecap: Useful recapGrief / Family2020Shuggie BainExplains the endingBildungsroman / Literary fictionDouglas Stuart / United KingdomRecap: Useful recapAddiction / Family2020The Ballad of Songbirds and SnakesExplains the endingCompare with the filmDystopian / Young adultSuzanne Collins / United StatesRecap: Useful recapAmbition / Control
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