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    Literary Fiction

    Cover of The Genizah at the House of Shepher
    Fic­tion
    The Genizah at the House of Shepher
    Tamar Yellin
    Cover of Accidents
    Fic­tion
    Acci­dents
    Yael Hedaya; Jessica Cohen, trans.
    Cover of Abe Gilman's Ending
    Fic­tion
    Abe Gilman’s Ending
    Glenn Frank
    Cover of The History of Love
    Fic­tion
    The His­to­ry of Love
    Nicole Krauss
    Cover of Absurdistan
    Fic­tion
    Absur­dis­tan
    Gary Shteyngart
    Cover of Everything is Illuminated
    Fic­tion
    Every­thing is Illuminated
    Jonathan Safran Foer
    Cover of Rich Boy
    Fic­tion
    Rich Boy
    Sharon Pomer­antz
    Cover of Gratitude
    Fic­tion
    Grat­i­tude
    Joseph Kertes
    Cover of Suite Francaise
    Fic­tion
    Suite Fran­caise
    Irène Némirovsky; Sandra Smith, trans.
    Cover of Everyman
    Fic­tion
    Every­man
    Philip Roth
    Cover of Super Sad True Love Story
    Fic­tion
    Super Sad True Love Story
    Gary Shteyn­gart
    Cover of To the End of the Land
    Fic­tion
    To the End of the Land
    David Gross­man
    Jes­si­ca Cohen
    Cover of Foreign Bodies
    Fic­tion
    For­eign Bodies
    Cyn­thia Ozick
    Cover of A Curable Romantic
    Fic­tion
    A Cur­able Romantic
    Joseph Skibell
    Cover of Eden
    Fic­tion
    Eden
    Yael Hedaya; Jessica Cohen, trans.
    Cover of Dolly City
    Fic­tion
    Dol­ly City
    Orly Castel-Bloom; Dalya Bilu, trans.
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