These Literary Fiction stories confront uncomfortable truths with clarity and depth. From fractured families to lifelong regrets, each novel explores the boundaries between hope, grief, and the stories we tell ourselves to survive. Ideal for readers who appreciate fiction that feels real, emotionally resonant, and unafraid to ask tough questions.
The Crossing
by Jared Morrison
Release Date: September 29, 2026
After a struggling screenwriter turns an inexplicable encounter into a worldwide hit film, his best friend is left to untangle what was fiction, what was real, and what may have been hidden in plain sight. *The Crossing* is a cinematic love story about friendship, grief, hope, and the uneasy boundary between the stories we tell and the ones we live.
Dominique’s Journey
by D. J. Pratt
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France, 1523. A scholar flees his old life for a gritty odyssey across Europe, the Ottoman world, and Persia. Strong women, unlikely friendships, unfamiliar cultures, faiths, love, and loss reshape him along the way. Then, in India, a hidden Tantric ashram changes the nature of his quest: from exploration of the world to exploration of the spirit. Literary Titan Silver Book Award winner!
Under Story
by Chloe Benjamin
Release Date: September 1, 2026
At the edge of the world, biologist Laurel Salter is hiding from everything she’s ever known. For ten hours a day, six days per week, she works as a dishwasher at McMurdo Station, an isolated research base in Antarctica. She tells no one that before she arrived, she was a renowned young scientist with a promising career and a family.
Hollow Bones
by Jodi Picoult
Release Date: September 15, 2026
On September 11, 2001, when Molly Fitzgerald was only two months old, her mother went to an appointment at the World Trade Center and never came home. Her father and the stepmother who raised her couldn’t have loved her more, but she still grew up with a healthy dread of disasters.
The Porch (The Havenwood Secrets Book 1)
by Kay Chandler
Release Date: August 5, 2026
A desperate young woman. A child left behind. A secret that will echo through generations. In 1901 Alabama, Allie Brunson’s future collapses with a single discovery. Unmarried, pregnant, and cast out from the only home she has ever known, she faces an impossible choice—one that may give her child a better life but leave Allie carrying a lifetime of regret.
Senior (The Dillinger Chronicles Book 7)
by Kimberly Brown
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For as long as he can remember, Stanley Dillinger Sr.’s heart has truly only belonged to one woman. Through young love, painful separations, and years of missed chances, their love was never quite enough to overcome circumstances. Letting her go meant allowing her to choose stability over uncertainty.
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