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Recent Examples of novels
Heather Rose is the Australian author of seven novels including her latest novel The Museum of Modern Love published this month by Algonquin.
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Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Later novels routinely took inspiration from family members or former or current lovers; the 1980 novel that baffled Frank Kermode is a dreamlike fable about a man guiltily trying to have an extramarital affair.
—Christopher Tayler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Later novels routinely took inspiration from family members or former or current lovers; the 1980 novel that baffled Frank Kermode is a dreamlike fable about a man guiltily trying to have an extramarital affair.
—Christopher Tayler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for novels
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Their position ignored the Ukrainian perspective on the issue, thus excluding Ukrainians as the affected party from understanding and communicating current and historical narratives.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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In Georgia as in Minnesota, where administration statements about the fatal shootings have been contradicted by video evidence, its actions are underpinned by false narratives.—
Nicholas Riccardi,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
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But these have always been legal fictions.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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The vast encyclopedic architecture of Gravity’s Rainbow (1973) or Mason & Dixon (1997) gives way here to a series of detective fictions each set in a distinct historical moment, each featuring a reluctant investigator sifting through the wreckage of cultural paranoia.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Dec. 2025
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The proposal is part of a statewide reading list the Texas Education Agency created under House Bill 1605, a 2023 law that aims to give students a more consistent set of texts across grade levels.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Jan. 2026
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Melvin Williams, a professor of communication and media studies at Pace University, says the spiteful nature of Swift and Lively's texts doesn't reflect well on either woman − and both have probably lost some fans as a result.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
29 Jan. 2026
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An hour in McIntyre’s company is a warm, convivial whirlwind of enthusiasm, jokes and anecdotes.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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There was almost no real pharmacokinetic data to back up this assertion, only extrapolation and anecdotes.—
Ben Taub,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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At the same time, brands are seeking fabrics with inherent softness through fibers or yarns.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
26 Jan. 2026
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Carbon nanotube yarns are light yet lift little.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Jan. 2026
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Reading it in textbooks is intimidating.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
25 Jan. 2026
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At many community colleges, this has meant compensating faculty members to develop textbooks and other course materials that will be freely available to students.—
Austin Barraza,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Jan. 2026
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As for the defense's argument that Debe had a history of making up stories, prosecutors say this is unfortunately consistent with life inside an abusive relationship.—
Sarah Prior,
CBS News,
25 Jan. 2026
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Carol Trzcinski, executive director of McCord Gallery & Cultural Center in Palos Park, wants to help veterans tell their stories by exhibiting their art during a monthlong exhibit in March.—
Melinda Moore,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2026
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Long the purview of classrooms and anthologies, the canon is now of interest to the state itself.—
Colton Valentine,
New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2026
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The pleasure, as with the unpredictable FX not-quite-anthologies Atlanta and Reservation Dogs, is in never knowing what each compact episode will bring.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Novels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/novels. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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