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Alex Michaelides
The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides writes psychological suspense. The Silent Patient, his first novel, follows a psychotherapist treating a woman who has stopped speaking.
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Freida McFadden
The Housemaid
Freida McFadden writes fast-moving domestic thrillers. The Housemaid is told from inside the household its narrator has just been hired into.
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Nita Prose
The Maid
Nita Prose is the author of The Maid, a hotel-set mystery narrated by a housekeeper who notices everything and misreads much of it.
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Alice Feeney
Sometimes I Lie
Alice Feeney writes twisting psychological thrillers. Sometimes I Lie opens with a narrator in a coma who can hear everyone around her.
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Matt Dinniman
Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman writes the Dungeon Crawler Carl series, a comic science-fiction saga set inside a televised dungeon.
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Brandon Sanderson
Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson writes epic fantasy known for tightly ruled magic systems. Mistborn: The Final Empire opens his Mistborn series.
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Hugh Howey
Wool
Hugh Howey is the author of Wool, a science-fiction novel set in an underground silo where going outside is the ultimate punishment.
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A. G. Riddle
The Atlantis Gene
A. G. Riddle writes science-fiction thrillers. The Atlantis Gene begins his Origin Mystery series.
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Nathan Lowell
Quarter Share
Nathan Lowell writes character-led space fiction. Quarter Share follows a young crewman's first posting aboard a solar clipper.
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H. D. Carlton
Haunting Adeline
H. D. Carlton writes dark romance. Haunting Adeline is the first book in the Cat and Mouse duet.
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Colleen Hoover
It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover writes contemporary romance and relationship fiction. It Ends with Us follows Lily Bloom as she confronts a pattern she recognises.
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Lucy Score
Things We Never Got Over
Lucy Score writes small-town contemporary romance. Things We Never Got Over is set in Knockemout, Virginia.
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T. L. Swan
The Stopover
T. L. Swan writes contemporary romance. The Stopover opens the Miles High Club series.
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Sarah J. Maas
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas writes romantic fantasy. A Court of Thorns and Roses begins the series of the same name.
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Mark Sullivan
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Mark Sullivan writes historical fiction. Beneath a Scarlet Sky is based on the wartime experiences of Pino Lella in northern Italy.
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Kristin Hannah
The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah writes historical and contemporary fiction. The Nightingale follows two sisters in occupied France.
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Delia Owens
Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens is a zoologist and writer. Where the Crawdads Sing is set in the marshland of coastal North Carolina.
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Markus Zusak
The Book Thief
Markus Zusak is an Australian novelist. The Book Thief is narrated by Death and set in Germany during the Second World War.
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Laura Dave
The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave writes suspense and contemporary fiction. The Last Thing He Told Me begins with a note reading 'Protect her'.
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