06 Oct 2022
Literary Fiction Books That Will Take You on a Journey
Ready to start traveling and embarking on new adventures? We’ve curated a list of captivating new literary fiction releases that will take you on the journey of a lifetime!
Call My Name
by Jenni Ogden
Release Date: September 15, 2022
Two women, bound together by opposite personalities, friendship, love and family—until motherhood rips them apart. Set in the Australian Tropics & spanning the 1960s to 1990s, this powerful story by Gold Nautilus Winner Jenni Ogden will challenge every belief and emotion in your repertoire. “Emotionally piercing and absorbing”—Paula McLain
Say What Now?
by JG Foster
Release Date: B09TNDH9W4
When Mareike Korn travels to the US for the first time, she discovers that cultural differences lie in life’s mundanity.
Cover Me With My Izar
by Nora Houri‐Haim
Release Date: Nora Houri‐Haim
‘Cover Me with My Izar’, brings to vivid life the history of Iraqi Jews. From the tales of the vibrant Jewish community in Baghdad, through the terrors of the Farhud Pogrom to the mass immigration into Israel, a rich story of struggle unfolds. A story as unforgettable as the traditional Izar gown, worn by the Jewish women of Iraq.
The Night Ship
by Jess Kidd
Release Date: October 4, 2022
Based on a real-life event, an epic historical novel from the award-winning author of Things in Jars that illuminates the lives of two characters: a girl shipwrecked on an island off Western Australia and, three hundred years later, a boy finding a home with his grandfather on the very same island.
The Empress
by Gigi Griffis
Release Date: September 15, 2022
The year is 1853, and Princess Elisabeth “Sisi” of Bavaria has been very clear: She will wait for the head-over-heels love the poets speak of, or she will have no love at all. Just because her older sister, Helene, is eagerly heeding their mother’s advice and preparing to marry Emperor Franz of Austria does not mean Sisi must also subject herself to such a dutiful existence. But when Sisi and Franz meet unexpectedly in the palace gardens, away from the prying eyes and relentless critique of the court, their connection cannot be denied…
The Maid’s Secret
by Shari J. Ryan
Release Date: September 29, 2022
Czechoslovakia, 1940: “We will always have our memories,” he says, as the soldiers pull him away. “You will survive this. You are braver than you know. Remember that, always.” This heartbreaking World War Two page-turner shows that love is more powerful than hatred, bravery can overcome evil, and hope is stronger than darkness.
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