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10 Must-Read New Books Out This Week

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Aug. 2, 2022

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Among this week’s highly-anticipated releases are some fantastic thrillers and romances.

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'Kismet' by Amina Akhtar

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After Ronnie leaves her home in Queens to follow a charismatic influencer, she finds herself spending her days doing yoga and juice cleanses alongside fellow acolytes in Sedona. But not all is as it seems in this desert paradise — a fact that only becomes more clear once women start turning up dead.

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