Auraist: picking the best-written books

Auraist: picking the best-written books

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Literary fiction: March's best-written recent releases (I)

Literary fiction: March's best-written recent releases (I)

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Another strong month for literary fiction. A couple of novels listed below didn’t quite make our top three, but still showed real stylistic promise.

This was not a strong month for well-written crime…

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