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Updated December 5, 2023
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Dungeons and Drama
Boyce, Kristy.
Paper Book
A national bestseller! When it comes to romance, sometimes it doesn't hurt to play games. A fun YA romcom full of fake dating hijinks! No one loves musicals more than Riley Morris-her dream is to be a Broadway director. But when the spring show is canceled, Riley has...
All the living and the dead : from embalmers to executioners, an exploration of the people who have made death their life's work
Campbell, Hayley
Paper Book
A deeply compelling exploration of the death industry and the people--morticians, detectives, crime scene cleaners, embalmers, executioners--who work in it and what led them there. We are surrounded by death. It is in our news, our nursery rhymes, our true-crime podcasts. Yet...
Things you save in a fire
Center, Katherine
Paper Book
**INDIE NEXT PICK FOR AUGUST** **AN AUGUST 2019 LIBRARYREADS SELECTION** **BOOK OF THE MONTH PICK FOR JULY** **AN AMAZON EDITOR'S PICK FOR AUGUST** "Center gives readers a sharp and witty exploration of love and...
Summerlost : a novel
Condie, Allyson Braithwaite
Paper Book
A tender and compelling contemporary novel for young readers about facing loss and finding friendship, from Ally Condie, international bestselling author of the Matched series. Nominated by the Mystery Writers of America for the 2017 Edgar Award   "Kids are...
Remember : the science of memory and the art of forgetting
Genova, Lisa
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A fascinating exploration of the intricacies of how we remember, why we forget, and what we can do to protect our memories, from the Harvard-trained neuroscientist and bestselling author of Still Alice. "Using her expertise as a...
Still Alice : a novel
Genova, Lisa
Paper Book
In Lisa Genova's extraordinary New York Times bestselling novel, an accomplished woman slowly loses her thoughts and memories to Alzheimer's disease--only to discover that each day brings a new way of living and loving. Now a major motion picture starring Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kate...
The doomsday mother : Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and the end of an American family
Glatt, John
Paper Book
In The Doomsday Mother, bestselling true crime author John Glatt tells the twisted tale of Lori Vallow, accused of having her two children murdered to start a new life with her new husband, doomsday prepper Chad Daybell. At first, the residents of Kauai Beach Resort...
The midnight library
Haig, Matt
Paper Book
The #1 New York Times bestselling WORLDWIDE phenomenon Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction | A Good Morning America Book Club Pick | Independent (London) Ten Best Books of the Year "A feel-good book guaranteed to lift your spirits."--The...
Evvie Drake starts over : a novel
Holmes, Linda, (Radio talk show host)
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Read with Jenna Book Club Pick as Featured on Today * "Everything a romantic comedy should be: witty, relatable, and a little complicated."--People A heartfelt debut about the unlikely relationship between a young...
At home in Mitford
Karon, Jan
Paper Book
The first novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author Jan Karon's beloved series set in America's favorite small town- Mitford. It's easy to feel at home in Mitford. In these high, green hills, the air is pure, the village is charming, and the people are generally...
My not so perfect life : a novel
Kinsella, Sophie
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Part love story, part workplace drama, this sharply observed novel is a witty critique of the false judgments we make in a social-media-obsessed world. New York Times bestselling author Sophie Kinsella has written her most timely novel yet.
User friendly : how the hidden rules of design are changing the way we live, work, and play
Kuang, Cliff
Paper Book
AMAZON BEST BOOKS OF 2019 PICK FORTUNE WRITERS AND EDITORS' RECOMMENDED BOOKS OF 2019 PICK "User Friendly is a tour de force, an engrossing fusion of scholarly research, professional experience and revelations from intrepid firsthand...
Eight perfect hours : a novel
Louis, Lia
Paper Book
ONE OF THE BEST FEEL-GOOD BOOKS OF 2021 BY THE WASHINGTON POST "I read Eight Perfect Hours in one sitting, in four perfect hours, because I couldn't bear to put it down without knowing the ending." --Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author...
Ordinary heroes : a memoir of 9/11
Pfeifer, Joseph
Paper Book
Ordinary Heroes is the unforgettable and intimate account of what Chief Pfeifer witnessed at Ground Zero on 9/11 and the days that followed. Through his eyes, we see the horror of the attack and the courage of the firefighters who ran into the burning towers to save others. We see him send his own...
The book woman of Troublesome Creek : a novel
Richardson, Kim Michele
Paper Book
The hardscrabble folks of Troublesome Creek have to scrap for everything except books -- thanks to Roosevelt's Kentucky Pack Horse Library Project and traveling librarian Cussy Mary Carter. Last of her kind, Cussy's skin is a shade of blue unlike most anyone else. Not everyone is keen on her family...
The Christmas pig
Rowling, J. K.
Paper Book
A heartwarming, page-turning adventure about one child's love for his most treasured thing, and how far he will go to find it. A tale for the whole family to fall in love with, from one of the world's greatest storytellers. One boy and his toy are about to change everything... Jack...
Field notes on love
Smith, Jennifer E.
Paper Book
"Utterly romantic." --Jenny Han, NYT bestselling author of To All the Boys I've Loved Before The bestselling author of Windfall and The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight returns with a meet-cute romance about Hugo and Mae, two teens who are...
Get well soon : history's worst plagues and the heroes who fought them
Wright, Jennifer
Paper Book
A witty, irreverent tour of history's worst plagues--from the Antonine Plague, to leprosy, to polio--and a celebration of the heroes who fought them In 1518, in a small town in Alsace, Frau Troffea began dancing and didn't stop. She danced until she was carried away six days...

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