The Other’s Gold by Elizabeth Ames (debut)
Publisher: Viking
Release Date: August 27, 2019
Length: 352 pages
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The story of four women’s friendship forged from the day they met as college freshmen, through life’s joys, and especially, life’s hardships….

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Normal People by Sally Rooney
Publisher: Hogarth
Release Date: April 16, 2019
Length: 288 pages
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The gorgeous story of Connell and Marianne, a young couple who alternately come together and break apart, comfort and hurt each other, love and let go….

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If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio (debut)
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date: April 11, 2017
Length: 368 pages
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Single Sentence Summary: At an elite art college, seven young acting students (performing only Shakespeare) are the best of friends until one is found dead and another is charged with the murder.

Primary Characters: If We Were Villains is a story that centers on seven students from a private conservatory in Illinois. All play a prominent part in the story. Oliver, newly released from prison, narrates….

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Everything Belongs to Us by Yoojin Grace Wuertz (debut)
Publisher: Random House
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Length: 368 pages
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Single Sentence Summary: Three South Korean university students from very different backgrounds find their lives intersecting in ways that will forever transform them.

Primary Characters: Jisun – The daughter of a very wealthy businessman. Jisun has had a privileged upbringing, but very much wants to be a social activist. Namin – The daughter of poor food cart operators. Namin’s role in her family is to be a great success and rescue them all. Sunam – Son of a controlling middle-class father. Sunam badly wants success, but doesn’t want to work too hard to achieve it….

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The Gilded Years by Karin Tanabe
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Release Date: June 7, 2016
Length: 400 pages
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Single Sentence Summary: The story of Anita Hemmings, an African-American woman who valued education above everything and graduated from Vassar in 1897 with almost everyone believing she was white….

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