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Beginning Middle End by Valeria Luiselli
City of Widows by Nadia Hashimi
Etna by Paul Yoon
Hot Girl Murder Club by Ashley Winstead
Majestic Hills by Dawn Turner
Meet Me in Paris by Kristin Harmel
The Parisian Heist by Jo Piazza
Poinsettia Girl: The Story of Agata della Pietà by Jennifer Wizbowski
Single Girls by John Searles
Sunlight Finds You by Laura Moriarty
Take What You Can by Naima Coster
That Night by Gillian McAllister
The Wild Beneath by Kelly Anderson
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