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Updated May 29, 2024
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American born Chinese
Yang, Gene Luen
Paper Book
Original Series Now Available on Disney+ A tour-de-force by New York Times bestselling graphic novelist Gene Yang, American Born Chinese tells the story of three apparently unrelated characters: Jin Wang, who moves to a new neighborhood with his family only to...
THE COLOR PURPLE
Walker, Alice
Paper Book
Read the original inspiration for the new, boldly reimagined film from producers Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg, starring Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, and Fantasia Barrino. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, now in a beautiful Penguin Vitae edition...
Crazy rich Asians
Kwan, Kevin
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The international sensation and blockbuster Hollywood rom com. * "A Pride and Prejudice-like send-up about an heir bringing his Chinese-American girlfriend home to meet his ancestor-obsessed family." --People   ...
Daisy Jones & the Six : a novel
Reid, Taylor Jenkins
Paper Book
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER * OVER TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD! A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous breakup--from the author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Malibu...
David Copperfield
Dickens, Charles
Paper Book
My father had once been a favourite of hers, I believe; but she was mortallyaffronted by his marriage, on the ground that my mother was 'a wax doll'. Shehad never seen my mother, but she knew her to be not yet twenty. My father andMiss Betsey never met again. He was double my mother's age when he...
Bridgerton : the duke and I
Quinn, Julia
Paper Book
A #1 New York Times Bestseller  From #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the story of Daphne Bridgerton, in the first of her beloved Regency-set novels featuring the charming, powerful Bridgerton family, now a series created...
The firm
Grisham, John
Paper Book
#1 WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER * The iconic legal thriller that launched the career of America's favorite storyteller, hailed as "an absolute master" (The Washington Post) "[An] ingenious man-in-the-middle thriller."--Entertainment Weekly   ...
Killing floor
Child, Lee
Paper Book
THE FIRST NOVEL IN LEE CHILD'S #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING JACK REACHER SERIES--NOW AN ORIGINAL SERIES ON PRIME VIDEO! "From its jolting opening scene to its fiery final confrontation, Killing Floor is irresistible."--People Ex-military...
A man called Ove (large print)
Backman, Fredrik
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller Meet Ove. Heâe(tm)s a curmudgeon âe" the kind of man who points at people he dislikes. He has staunch principlesâes strict routinesâes and a short fuse. People call him âeoethe bitter neighbor from hell.âe? But behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness. So...
Murder on the Orient Express : a Hercule Poirot mystery
Christie, Agatha
Outlander
Gabaldon, Diana.
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The first book in Diana Gabaldon's acclaimed Outlander saga, the basis for the Starz original series. One of the top ten best-loved novels in America, as seen on PBS's The Great American Read!   Unrivaled storytelling....
The perfect find
Williams, Tia
Paper Book
A forty-year-old woman risks her new career for a secret romance with the one person who could destroy her comeback in this "deliciously good time" of a novel (Nicola Kraus, author of The Nanny Diaries). Now a Netflix film starring Gabrielle Union. Jenna...
The power : a novel
Alderman, Naomi
Paper Book
In this stunning bestseller praised as "our era's Handmaid's Tale," a fierce new power has emerged--and only women have it (Washington Post).  In The Power, the world is a recognizable place: there's a rich Nigerian boy who lounges around...
Pride and prejudice
Austen, Jane
CD
Pride and Prejudice
Where the crawdads sing
Owens, Delia
Paper Book
In Where the Crawdads Sing, Owens juxtaposes an exquisite ode to the natural world against a heartbreaking coming of age story and a surprising murder investigation. Thought-provoking, wise, and deeply moving, Owens's debut novel reminds us that we are forever shaped by the children we once were,...
Women talking : a novel
Toews, Miriam
Paper Book
The internationally bestselling novel based on real events. Now a major motion picture from writer/director Sarah Polley, starring Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, with Ben Whishaw and Frances McDormand. "This amazing, sad, shocking, but touching novel, based on a real...
Wool
Howey, Hugh
Paper Book
SEASON 2 OF THE ACCLAIMED SILO SERIES -- BASED ON BOOK 1, WOOL -- NOW ON APPLE TV+ "One of dystopian fiction's masterpieces alongside the likes of 1984 and Brave New World." -- Daily Express The first book in the acclaimed, New York Times best-selling trilogy, Wool is...

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