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EPL Picks: Didn’t That Just Happen?

This booklist contains fiction that is technically historical but seems like it was pretty recent!

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  • 1991 and the Campus Killer is on the loose. Charlie’s best friend was the third victim. She’s hitching a ride and the killer might be in the driver’s seat. A claustrophobic thriller for fans of 80s horror movies.
    Book, 2021[New York, New York] : Dutton, [2021] — SAG
  • Pretend it’s 1996 and you wake up in your 16 year old body. What a difference from the 40 year old body you left behind. This magical gift gives Alice the chance to reconnect with the father she is losing in the present time, take a shot at romance…
    Book, 2022New York : Riverhead Books, 2022. — STR
  • This story starts in the 90s with a pair of ice dancers dreaming of the Olympics. Young love, an in depth look at the sport, and a fun page turner. Try this for a Taylor Jenkins Reid read-a-like.
    Book, 2025New York : Random House, [2025] — FAR
  • If you’re looking for a novel about active duty as a Black Hawk helicopter pilot during the Iraq war, this is it. Home Front is a novel about war, relationships, and duty. It’s also a novel about heartbreak and trauma.
    Book, 2012New York : St. Martin's Press, [2012] — HAN
  • James and Rachel are the best of friends and enjoying their youth in Cork City, Ireland in 2009. A relationship with a married couple sets the friends on different tracks and causes friction in their friendship. If you liked Conversations with…
    Book, 2023New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023. — ODO
  • Starting in 1986 and going through to 2010, this is a novel of friendship. It’s also a multidimensional story about videogames, artistry, and love. A book for fans of enriched character development and brilliant style.
    Book, 2022[Toronto] Canada : Viking, 2022. — ZEV
  • Barbara is missing. And it isn’t the first time a Van Leer child has disappeared. Set in 1976 this book is an emotional story full of secrets and twists. Read this if you want a literary mystery.
    Book, 2024New York : Riverhead Books, 2024. — MOO
  • Alice Love wakes up after an accident and realizes a whole decade has been wiped from her memory. Reminisce about the 90s and the 2000s with Alice as she learns who she came to be and why. For readers of Sophie Kinsella and Marian Keyes.
    eBook, 2011Penguin Publishing Group, 2011
  • It’s 2004 and Daisy’s family is trapped on a tiny, isolated island as they get picked off one by one. An Agatha Christie like thriller with many twists and turns.
    Book, 2022New York : Flatiron Books, 2022. — FEE
  • NASA in the 80s. Heart, adventure, and scientific exploration written in Taylor Jenkins Reid's signature style.
    Book, 2025Toronto, ON : Doubleday Canada, 2025. — REI
  • Bodie Kane’s private school roommate was murdered in 1995. In 2018 she’s invited back to the school and realizes that she might have information that would have changed the investigation. A stylish literary mystery from a Pulitzer nominated author.
    Book, 2023[New York] : Viking, [2023] — MAK
  • Lydia is dead. This line begins the story of an average family in the 1970s dealing with the death of a child and the secrets the family has been hiding. Try this if you like transfixing mysteries and family drama.
    eBook, 2014Penguin Publishing Group, 2014