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July, Miranda,
Paper Book
FINALIST FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES and WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK of 2024 The New York Times bestselling author returns with an irreverently sexy, tender,...
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Beautyland /
Bertino, Marie-Helene.
Paper Book
A Dakota Johnson x TeaTime Book Club Pick A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times Book Review, Time, Elle, Esquire, Goodreads, and WBEZ Chicago A Must-Read: Nylon, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago...
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The book of love :
Link, Kelly.
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * In the acclaimed first novel from short story virtuoso and Pulitzer Prize finalist Kelly Link, three teenagers become pawns in a supernatural power struggle. "A dreamlike, profoundly beautiful novel [that] pushes our understanding of what a fantasy novel...
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Challenger :
Higginbotham, Adam
Paper Book
Winner of the 2024 Kirkus Nonfiction Prize * Shortlisted for the 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction * A New York Times Notable Book of 2024 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "Stunning...A heart-pounding thriller...Challenger is a...
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The bright sword :
Grossman, Lev.
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A New York Times Editors' Choice * The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Magicians Trilogy returns with a triumphant reimagining of the King Arthur legend for the new millennium NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES,...
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The Coin
Zaher, Yasmin
Ebook
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice A bold and unabashed novel about a young Palestinian woman's unraveling as she teaches at a New York City middle school, gets caught up in a scheme reselling Birkin bags, and strives to gain control over her body and mind ...
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Colored television /
Senna, Danzy,
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2024 A WASHINGTON POST TOP 10 BOOK OF THE YEAR "A laugh-out-loud cultural comedy... This is the New Great American Novel,...
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Creation Lake
Kushner, Rachel.
Paper Book
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 BOOKER PRIZE* *LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD* *AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* *NAMED A NOTABLE BOOK OF 2024 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE WASHINGTON POST* From Rachel...
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Dead in Long Beach, California /
Blackburn, Venita,
Ebook
A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2024. One of NPR's 2024 Books We Love. "Told by machines from the future, Blackburn's idiosyncratic grief novel is as freshly devastating as they come." --The New York Times Book Review "You can...
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The empusium :
Tokarczuk, Olga,
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER! A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR "A folk horror story with a deceptively light and knowing tone ... elegant and genuinely unsettling." -The New York Times Book Review The Nobel Prize winner's latest...
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The familiar /
Bardugo, Leigh.
Paper Book
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER * #1 INDIE BESTSELLER * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "An immersive, sensual experience." --The New York Times "Essential." --The Washington Post From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Leigh...
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The God of the Woods
Moore, Liz
Paper Book
THE RUNAWAY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK ONE OF NPR's "BOOKS WE LOVE" "Extraordinary . . . Reminds me of Donna Tartt's 1992 debut, The Secret History . . . I was so thoroughly submerged in a...
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Funny story /
Henry, Emily,
Paper Book
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Named a Most Anticipated book of 2024 by TIME ∙ The New York Times ∙ Goodreads ∙ Entertainment Weekly ∙ Today ∙ Paste ∙ SheReads ∙ BookPage ∙ Woman's...
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Godwin /
O'Neill, Joseph,
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK * From the acclaimed author of Netherland (a New York Times Book Review Best Book of the year): the odyssey of two brothers crossing the world in search of an African soccer prodigy who might change their fortunes. Mark...
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Good material :
Alderton, Dolly
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK * A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK * From the best-selling author of Ghosts and Everything I Know About Love: a story of heartbreak and friendship and how to survive both "Like Nora...
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The hunter /
French, Tana.
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller * A New York Times Notable Book of 2024 * A Washington Post Best Thriller of 2024 * An NPR Best Book of 2024 * A Parade Best Book of 2024 So Far "Extraordinary."--Maureen Corrigan, The Washington Post "Hailed...
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Martyr! /
Akbar, Kaveh,
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD * A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a remarkable search for a family secret that leads him to a terminally ill painter...
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Intermezzo :
Rooney, Sally
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | A National Indie Bestseller Short-listed for the An Post Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year Finalist for the Barnes and Noble Book of the Year One of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of the Year<...
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James :
Everett, Percival L.
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER * SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE * KIRKUS PRIZE WINNER * A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and darkly humorous, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view...
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Long Island compromise /
Brodesser-Akner, Taffy,
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * An exhilarating novel about one American family and the dark moment that shatters their suburban paradise, from the New York Times bestselling author of Fleishman Is in Trouble New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * New...
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The mighty red :
Erdrich, Louise
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK * A FINALIST FOR THE KIRKUS PRIZE FOR FICTION "[A] sweeping, tender-hearted epic." --Harper's Bazaar In this stunning novel, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich tells a story of love,...
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Smoke Kings :
Mayfield, Jahmal
Paper Book
Nate Evers, a young black political activist, struggles with rage as his people are still being killed in the streets 62 years after Emmett Till. When his little cousin is murdered, Nate shuns the graffiti murals, candlelight vigils, and Twitter hashtags that are commonplace after these senseless...
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The anxious generation :
Haidt, Jonathan.
Paper Book
THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A Washington Post Notable Book * A New York Times Notable Book A must-read for all parents: the generation-defining investigation into the collapse of youth mental health in the era of smartphones, social media,...
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The mysterious case of the Alperton Angels :
Hallett, Janice
Ebook
A New York Times Notable Book of 2024 A whip-smart and "fast-paced mystery" (The Daily Telegraph, London) from the internationally bestselling author of The Twyford Code and The Appeal about a true crime journalist who revives a...
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Our Evenings
Hollinghurst, Alan
Paper Book
From the internationally acclaimed winner of the Booker Prize, "an engrossing tale of one man's personal odyssey as he grows up, framed in exquisite language" (The New York Times Book Review) "The finest novel yet from one of the great writers of our time."--The...
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There's always this year :
Abdurraqib, Hanif,
Paper Book
A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, talent and allegiance, and of course, LeBron James-from the author of the National Book Award finalist A Little Devil in America While Hanif Abdurraqib is an acclaimed author, a gifted poet, and one of our culture's most...
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You dreamed of empires /
Enrigue, Alvaro,
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR ONE OF NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S TOP 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR "Enrigue's genius lies in his ability to bring readers close to its tangled knot of priests, mercenaries, warriors and princesses while adding a pinch of...
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The pairing :
McQuiston, Casey,
Paper Book
LIMITED FIRST PRINT RUN--featuring sprayed edges with a stenciled script design. Only available for a limited time and while supplies last. In #1 New York Times bestselling author Casey McQuiston's latest romantic comedy, two bisexual exes accidentally book the...
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Piglet :
Hazell, Lottie,
Ebook
A New York Times Notable Book A Belletrist Book Club Pick An elegant, razor-sharp debut about women's ambitions and appetites--and the truth about having it all Outside of a childhood nickname she can't shake, Piglet's rather pleased...
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Reboot /
Taylor, Justin,
Paper Book
A WASHINGTON POST AND NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2024 * A raucous and wickedly smart satire of Hollywood, toxic fandom, and our chronically online culture, following a washed-up actor on his quest to revive the cult TV show that catapulted him to teenage fame ...
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The safekeep :
Wouden, Yael van der,
Ebook
* SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 BOOKER PRIZE * Longlisted for the 2025 Aspen Words Literary Prize * A Best Book of 2024: The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, The Globe and Mail (Toronto), Kirkus Reviews, BookPage<...
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The Sequel
Korelitz, Jean Hanff
Paper Book
"Sequels are notoriously tricky. Even the characters in The Sequel acknowledge it. "They're never as good as the first book, are they?"... Well, this one is. By shifting the focus to Anna, Korelitz gives the novel what many sequels lack: a sense of newness. While the story grows more...
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The Message
Coates, Ta-Nehisi.
Paper Book
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The renowned author of Between the World and Me journeys to three resonant sites of conflict to explore how the stories we tell--and the ones we don't--shape our realities. "Ta-Nehisi Coates...
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Shred sisters :
Lerner, Betsy
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Someone like us /
Mengestu, Dinaw,
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK * The son of Ethiopian immigrants seeks to understand a hidden family history and uncovers a past colored by unexpected loss, addiction, and the enduring emotional pull toward home. After abandoning his once-promising career as a...
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Wandering stars /
Orange, Tommy,
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE * The Pulitzer Prize-finalist and author of the breakout bestseller There There ("Pure soaring beauty."The New York Times Book Review) delivers a masterful follow-up to his already classic first novel. Extending...
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Whale fall /
O'Connor, Elizabeth,
Ebook
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE BOOK * A stunning debut from an award-winning writer, about loss, isolation, folklore, and the joy and dissonance of finding oneself by exploring life outside one's community "Both blunt and exquisite . . . O'Connor's excellent debut...
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Wild houses /
Barrett, Colin,
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The women /
Hannah, Kristin
Paper Book
A #1 bestseller on The New York Times, USA Today, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times! From the celebrated author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds comes Kristin Hannah's The Women--at once an intimate portrait of coming of age in a...
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The Achilles trap :
Coll, Steve
Paper Book
A New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book "Excellent . . . A more intimate picture of the dictator's thinking about world politics, local power and his relationship to the United States than has been seen before." --The New York Times ...
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All the worst humans :
Elwood, Phil
Paper Book
New York Times Editors' Choice Named a best book of the year by Amazon "A rollicking, unexpectedly affecting story. . . It's going to be one of the big, buzzy Beltway books of the year." --Politico A bridge-burning,...
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Be Ready When the Luck Happens :
Garten, Ina.
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * In her long-awaited memoir, Ina Garten--aka the Barefoot Contessa, author of thirteen bestselling cookbooks, beloved Food Network personality, Instagram sensation, and cultural icon--shares her personal story with readers hungry for a seat at her table....
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The Black box :
Gates, Henry Louis,
Paper Book
A New York Times Notable Book "Henry Louis Gates is a national treasure. Here, he returns with an intellectual and at times deeply personal meditation on the hard-fought evolution and the very meaning of African American identity, calling upon our country to transcend its...
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Cold crematorium :
Debreczeni, Jozsef,
Paper Book
A lost classic of Holocaust literature translated for the first time--from journalist, poet and survivor József Debreczeni "As immediate a confrontation of the horrors of the camps as I've ever encountered. It's also a subtle if startling meditation on what it is to attempt to...
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Connie :
Chung, Connie,
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER * NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR'S PICK NEW YORK TIMES' 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2024 * A LOS ANGELES TIMES ...
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Cue the sun :
Nussbaum, Emily,
Paper Book
The rollicking saga of reality television, a "sweeping" (The Washington Post) cultural history of America's most influential, most divisive artistic phenomenon, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning New Yorker writer--"a must-read for anyone interested in television or popular culture"...
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John Lewis :
Greenberg, David
Paper Book
A New York Times Notable Book of 2024 A comprehensive, authoritative biography of Civil Rights icon John Lewis, "the conscience of the Congress," drawing on interviews with Lewis and approximately 275 others who knew him at various stages of his life, as well as never-before...
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Knife :
Rushdie, Salman
Paper Book
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST * #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER * From Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account of enduring--and surviving--an attempt on his life thirty years after the fatwa that was ordered against him A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR:...
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Lovely One
Jackson, Ketanji Brown
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * In her "vulnerable, tender, and infinitely inspirational" (Oprah Daily) memoir, the first Black woman to ever be appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States chronicles her extraordinary life story. "A billowingly triumphant...
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The New York game :
Baker, Kevin,
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK * Sports Illustrated #1 Book of 2024 * A hugely entertaining history of baseball and New York City, bursting with larger-than-life figures and fascinating stories from the game's beginnings to the end of World War II. "You're going to...
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Reagan :
Boot, Max
Paper Book
In this "monumental and impressive" biography, Max Boot, the distinguished political columnist, illuminates the untold story of Ronald Reagan, revealing the man behind the mythology. Drawing on interviews with over one hundred of the fortieth president's aides, friends, and family members, as...
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The return of great powers :
Sciutto, Jim
Paper Book
Instant New York Times Bestseller A Politico Top 10 Book of 2024 A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice "An absorbing account of 21st-century brinkmanship . . . . one that should be read by every legislator or presidential...
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Soldiers and kings :
De Leâon, Jason,
Paper Book
Political instability, poverty, climate change, and the insatiable appetite for cheap labour all fuel clandestine movement across borders. As those borders harden, the demand for smugglers who aid migrants across them increases every year. Yet the real lives and work of smugglers - or coyotes, or...
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Splinters :
Jamison, Leslie,
Paper Book
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Recovering and The Empathy Exams comes "a blazing, unputdownable memoir" (Mary Karr, author of Lit), the "piercing, intimate" story (TIME Magazine) of rebuilding a life after the end of a marriage--an exploration...
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The swans of Harlem :
Valby, Karen,
Paper Book
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE BOOK * The forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas and their fifty-year sisterhood, a legacy erased from history--until now. "This is the kind of history I wish I learned as a child dreaming of the stage!" --Misty...
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A walk in the park :
Fedarko, Kevin,
Paper Book
A New York Times Notable Book of 2024 Winner of the 2024 National Outdoor Book Award in Outdoor Literature Shortlisted for the 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction "A triumph. Fedarko doesn't describe awe; he induces it." --...
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When the clock broke :
Ganz, John,
Paper Book
ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF 2024 AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | National Indie Bestseller A Barack Obama summer reading pick | A New York Times best book of 2024 so far One of Publishers Weekly's ten...
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The wide wide sea :
Sides, Hampton.
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A "thrilling and superbly crafted" (The Wall Street Journal) account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook's death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day....
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