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- Legends & lattes by Travis Baldree<\/a><\/li>\n
- A psalm for the wild-built by Becky Chambers <\/a><\/li>\n
- A prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers <\/a><\/li>\n
- Space opera by Catherynne M. Valente <\/a><\/li>\n
- Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- The happy couple by Naoise Dolan <\/a><\/li>\n
- Magic for liars by Sarah Gailey <\/a><\/li>\n
- An exciting and vivid inner life by Paul Dalla Rosa <\/a><\/li>\n
- The girl with the red balloon by Katherine Locke<\/a><\/li>\n
- The island of missing trees by Elif Shafak <\/a><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Haifa fragments by Khulud Khamis <\/a><\/li>\n
- The accidental by Ali Smith <\/a><\/li>\n
- Miss Treadway & the field of stars by Miranda Emmerson <\/a><\/li>\n
- The dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach <\/a><\/li>\n
- Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- The white girl by Tony Birch<\/a><\/li>\n
- The flight of birds by Joshua Lobb and Fiona Probyn-Rapsey<\/a><\/li>\n
- Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray River of Dreams by Anita Heiss<\/a><\/li>\n
- The stranger by Kathryn Hore<\/a><\/li>\n
- Devotion by Hannah Kent<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Top recommendations in nonfiction<\/h3>\n
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- Saving time: discovering a life beyond the clock by Jenny Odell <\/a><\/li>\n
- Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s invisible life by Anna Funder <\/a><\/li>\n
- Look alive out there: essays by Sloane Crosley <\/a><\/li>\n
- Why do birds do that? by Dr Gr\u00e1inne Cleary; illustrations by Estee Sarsfield <\/a><\/li>\n
- You could look it up: the reference shelf from ancient Babylon to Wikipedia by Jack Lynch <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- On poetry by Glyn Maxwell <\/a><\/li>\n
- Muddy people: a memoir by Sara El Sayed <\/a><\/li>\n
- A real piece of work: a memoir in essays by Erin Riley <\/a><\/li>\n
- Personal score by Ellen van Neerven <\/a><\/li>\n
- Imagining the future of climate change: world-making through science fiction and activism by Shelley Streeby <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Looking for more?<\/h3>\n
Simply choose \u2018Advanced Search\u2019 from the library homepage, type \u2018Fiction\u2019 into the search box and select \u2018SU Subject Terms\u2019 in the dropdown. If you want to find e-books only, you can add it as a filter after your initial search. There are thousands of options, so don’t hesitate to make your search terms more specific!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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- Muddy people: a memoir by Sara El Sayed <\/a><\/li>\n
- Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s invisible life by Anna Funder <\/a><\/li>\n
- The flight of birds by Joshua Lobb and Fiona Probyn-Rapsey<\/a><\/li>\n
- The accidental by Ali Smith <\/a><\/li>\n
- Magic for liars by Sarah Gailey <\/a><\/li>\n
- A psalm for the wild-built by Becky Chambers <\/a><\/li>\n