In The book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult, a women survives an accident and recovers to a world of competing possibilities, to return home or pursue a long buried dream. In Anxious People by Fredrik Backman, eight hostages of a failed bank robbery come together under duress. Monogamy by Sue Miller is about an artist whose husband’s death reveals unwanted secrets. The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante is about an anxious teen trying to find her place between the slums and villas of Naples.

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