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Limelight Book Reviews: General Fiction

Daylight by David Baldacci

Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce

The Eighth Life (for Brilka) by Nino Haratischvili

The Dressmaker's Secret by Rosalie Ham

The Living Sea of Waking Dreams by Richard Flanagan

The Glad Shout by Alice Robinson

The Glad Shout by Alice Robinson

the business iain banks

The Business by Iain Banks

All among the Barley by Melissa Harrison

The Weekend

The Weekend by Charlotte Wood

boy swallows universe

Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton

The Year of the Farmer by Rosalie Ham

And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrick Backman

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

Ladies in Black by Madeleine St John

Elevation by Stephen King

Quartet in Autumn Barbara Pym

Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

The Bedlam Stacks by Natasha Pulley

The Bedlam Stacks by Natasha Pulley

His Bloody Project By Graeme Macrae Burnet

His Bloody Project By Graeme Macrae Burnet

The Mothers by Brit Bennett

The Mothers by Brit Bennett

Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson

Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson

The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen

The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen

My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

Anything is Possible by Elizabeth Strout

Anything is Possible by Elizabeth Strout

Calebs Crossing by Geraldine Brooks

Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks

The Gustav Sonata by Rose Tremain

The Gustav Sonata by Rose Tremain

The Heavenly Table by Donald Ray Pollock

The Heavenly Table by Donald Ray Pollack

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