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    Literary Fiction

    Cover of A Day of Small Beginnings
    Fic­tion
    A Day of Small Beginnings
    Lisa Pearl Rosenbaum
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    Fic­tion
    Hot Pink
    Adam Levin
    Cover of Ask For a Convertible
    Fic­tion
    Ask For a Convertible
    Danit Brown
    Cover of Bearing the Body
    Fic­tion
    Bear­ing the Body
    Ehud Havazelet
    Cover of Flatscreen
    Fic­tion
    Flatscreen
    Adam Wil­son
    Cover of The Flame Alphabet
    Fic­tion
    The Flame Alphabet
    Ben Marcus
    Cover of German for Travelers: A Novel in 95 Lessons
    Fic­tion
    Ger­man for Trav­el­ers: A Nov­el in 95 Lessons
    Norah Labiner
    Cover of The Confessions of Noa Weber
    Fic­tion
    The Con­fes­sions of Noa Weber
    Gail Hareven; Dalya Bilu, trans.
    Cover of The Ministry of Special Cases
    Fic­tion
    The Min­istry of Spe­cial Cases
    Nathan Englander
    Cover of All Other Nights
    Fic­tion
    All Oth­er Nights
    Dara Horn
    Cover of The Girl on the Fridge
    Fic­tion
    The Girl on the Fridge
    Etgar Keret; Miriam Shlesinger and Son­dra Sil­ver­ston, trans.
    Cover of A Pigeon and a Boy
    Fic­tion
    A Pigeon and a Boy
    Evan Fal­l­en­berg
    Meir Shalev
    Cover of Exit Ghost
    Fic­tion
    Exit Ghost
    Philip Roth
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    Fic­tion
    By the Waters of Manhattan
    Charles Reznikoff; Phillip Lopate, intro.
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    Fic­tion
    All the Sad Young Lit­er­ary Men
    Kei­th Gessen
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    Fic­tion
    A For­tu­nate Age
    Joan­na Rakoff
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