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She said, ‘I have something to tell you about my father.

He has a lot to answer for.'"

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The resulting novel is compelling, scaryand gruesomely visceral.

“I want people to feel uncomfortable,” Schmidt says.

“Murder is an uncomfortable subject.”

See What I Have Done(8/1/17)by Sarah Schmidt

Grove Atlantic

But as Maria works on her dissertation, she becomes infatuated with a stranger.

You’ll gulp Senna’s novel in a single sittingbut then mull it over for days.

But Jane’s questioning makes her the target of a powerful group.

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness (6/06/2017)by Arundhati Roy

Knopf Doubleday

But he could never bring himself to write about his fiery mother, Lillian, until after her death.

“I was scared of her!”

All of it."

New People (8/01/2017)by Danzy Senna

Penguin

As panic sets in, the novel alternates between the kids’ and adults' perspectives.

As tensions between police and citizens simmer, Malone’s secrets threaten to emerge too.

“Were they doing it out of spite?

Boundless (5/30/2017)by Jillian Tamaki

Drawn and Quarterly

Was it two people in love who had a beef against the town?

The driving force was to figure out what had gone wrong.”

But with the school facing an audit, Marion grabs some hastily bundled cash and strikes out.

The Silent Corner (6/20/2017)by Dean Koontz

Random House

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You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me (6/13/2017)by Sherman Alexie

Little, Brown Company

Do Not Become Alarmed (6/06/2017)by Maile Meloy

Penguin

Life in Code: A Personal History of Technology (8/08/2017)by Ellen Ullman

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

The Force (6/20/2017)by Don Winslow

HarperCollins

Saints and Misfits (6/13/2017)by S. K. Ali

Simon and Schuster

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body (6/13/2017)by Roxane Gay

HarperCollins

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Liveright Publishing

Final Girls (7/11/2017)by Riley Sager

Penguin

Careers for Women (July 25, 2017)by Joanna Scott

Little Brown and Company

The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O (June 13, 2017)by Neal Stephenson

HarperCollins

The Destroyers (6/27/2017)by Christopher Bollen

HarperCollins

The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue (6/27/2017)by Mackenzi Lee

HarperCollins

The People We Hate at the Wedding (6/06/2017)by Grant Ginder

Flatiron Books

Our Little Racket (6/20/2017)by Angelica Baker

HarperCollins

The Misfortune of Marion Palm: A novel (8/08/2017)by Emily Culliton

Knopf Doubleday