Staff Picks: Feb. 2025

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Updated January 31, 2025
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A closed and common orbit
Chambers, Becky
Paper Book
National Bestseller! Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Series! A Publishers Weekly "Best Books of 2017" pick! Nominated for the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Novel! Shortlisted for the 2017 Arthur C. Clarke Award! Winner of the Prix Julia-Verlanger! Embark on...
Anita de Monte laughs last
Gonzalez, Xochitl
Paper Book
REESE''S BOOK CLUB PICK * New York Times bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez delivers a mesmerizing novel about a first-generation Ivy League student who uncovers the genius work of a female artist decades after her suspicious death A Best Book of 2024:...
Unreasonable hospitality : the remarkable power of giving people more than they expect
Guidara, Will
Paper Book
The must-read New York Times bestseller that's redefining hospitality and inspiring readers in every industry.  - Featured in FX's The Bear and Showtime's Billions- JP Morgan NextList Pick Will Guidara was twenty-six when he took the...
Dance of thieves
Pearson, Mary
Paper Book
"A brilliant fantasy with a boldly beating heart. Mary E. Pearson is a fearless storyteller--I'm still trying to catch my breath from this book." --Stephanie Garber, New York Times-bestselling author of Caraval and Legendary "The slow-burning, seductive romance...
If we were villains
Rio, M. L.
Audiobook
The light eaters : how the unseen world of plant intelligence offers a new understanding of life on Earth
Schlanger, Zoe?
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The New Yorker's Best Books of 2024 * TIME's 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2024 * New York Magazine's 10 Best Books of the Year * Washington Post's 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction of 2024 * Smithsonian's 10 Best Science Books of the Year * ...
All systems red
Wells, Martha
Paper Book
Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award for Best Novella Winner of the Alex Award A New York Times and USA Today Bestseller Now an Apple Original series from Academy Award nominees Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz and starring Emmy...

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