Exploring Culture or Identity (DDL Winter Reading 24-25)

Updated June 7, 2025
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All the sinners bleed
Cosby, S. A.
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * USA Today Bestseller * Washington Post's The Twelve Best Thrillers of the Year * TIME's 100 Must Read Books of the Year * Goodreads Choice Award Nominee * USA Today's Best Reviewed Books of the Year * BookPage's Best...
Anita de Monte laughs last
Gonzalez, Xochitl
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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:...
The berry pickers : a novel
Peters, Amanda
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER WINNER 2023 BARNES & NOBLE DISCOVER PRIZE WINNER of the ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL for EXCELLENCE in FICTION WINNER Best First Novel, Crime Writers of Canada Award WINNER Dartmouth Book Award for Fiction FINALIST Amazon First Novel Award ...
Burma sahib : a novel
Theroux, Paul
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Chosen by John Irving in the New York Times as One of the Best Books of the 21st Century "Paul Theroux has exploited this biographical lacuna with great shrewdness and gusto... his fictional account of Blair's life there [Burma] is a valid and entirely credible attempt to add flesh to the...
City of night birds : a novel
Kim, Juhea
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REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK "This story left me thinking about the ways we overcome setbacks and redefine what truly matters." - Reese Witherspoon (Reese's Book Club December '24 Pick) A once-famous ballerina faces a final choice--to return to the world of Russian dance that nearly broke...
Come and get it : a novel
Reid, Kiley
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER National Bestseller A Good Morning America Book Club Pick An Indie Next Pick A LibraryReads Pick Acclaimed author Kiley Reid's fresh and provocative story about desire, consumption, and bad behavior.
The covenant of water : a novel
Verghese, Abraham
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OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK * INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * SUBJECT OF A SIX-PART SUPER SOUL PODCAST SERIES HOSTED BY OPRAH WINFREY From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in...
Dream count : a novel
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi
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FINALIST FOR THE 2025 ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION * LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * GLOBE AND MAIL BESTSELLER * LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER * A Heather's Pick A publishing event ten years in...
The dream hotel : a novel
Lalami, Laila
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER ● READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY ● From Laila Lalami--the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist and a "maestra of literary fiction" (NPR)--comes a riveting and utterly original novel about one woman's fight for freedom, set in...
The emperor of gladness : a novel
Vuong, Ocean
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The instant New York Times bestseller * Oprah's Book Club Pick * Ocean Vuong returns with a bighearted novel about chosen family, unexpected friendship, and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive "Stunning . . . A heartfelt and powerful examination of those...
The glassmaker
Chevalier, Tracy
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Named a Best Historical Novel of 2024 by The Sunday Times, The Independent, and BookPage A Parade and Christian Science Monitor Best Book of June "This charming fable is at once a love story that skips through six centuries, and also a...
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
McBride, James
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In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the...
Intermezzo : a novel
Rooney, Sally
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Is she really going out with him? : a novel
Cousens, Sophie
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AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER  A LibraryReads Pick A hilarious love story about a disillusioned divorcée who agrees to let her children play matchmaker. Columnist Anna Appleby has left her love life behind after a painful divorce....
James : a novel
Everett, Percival
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PULITZER PRIZE WINNER * #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 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 NATIONAL BOOK...
Lies and weddings : a novel
Kwan, Kevin
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From the iconic internationally bestselling author of the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy: A forbidden affair erupts volcanically amid a decadent tropical wedding in this outrageous comedy of manners from the iconic author of Crazy Rich Asians.   Rufus Leung Gresham,...
The lion women of Tehran
Kamali, Marjan
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER An "evocative read and a powerful portrait of friendship, feminism, and political activism" (People) set against three transformative decades in Tehran, Iran--from nationally bestselling author Marjan Kamali. In 1950s Tehran,...
Long Island : a novel
Tóibín, Colm
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OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK A Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year From the beloved, critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author comes a spectacularly moving and intense novel of secrecy, misunderstanding, and love, the story of Eilis...
Long Island compromise : a novel
Brodesser-Akner, Taffy
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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 York<...
The mighty red : a novel
Erdrich, Louise
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK * LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FOR FICTION * 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...
Moon of the turning leaves : a novel
Rice, Waubgeshig
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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER Twelve years after the lights go out . . . An epic journey to a forgotten homeland The hotly anticipated sequel to the bestselling novel Moon of the Crusted Snow. In the years since a mysterious cataclysm...
More or Less Maddy
Genova, Lisa
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Instant #1 Bestseller The powerhouse New York Times bestselling author and Harvard-trained neuroscientist returns with a breathless, exhilarating, and heartbreaking novel about a young woman diagnosed with bipolar disorder and the ripple effects her mental health has on...
Real Americans : a novel
Khong, Rachel
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * READ WITH JENNA'S MAY BOOK CLUB PICK * From the award-winning author of Goodbye, Vitamin: How far would you go to shape your own destiny? An exhilarating novel of American identity that spans three generations in one family and asks: What makes us...
Same as it ever was
Lombardo, Claire
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER * NAMED A BEST BOOK BY PEOPLE AND PARADE * The New York Times bestselling author of The Most Fun We Ever Had ("wonderfully immersive...deliciously absorbing"--NPR) returns with another brilliantly observed family drama in which the...
Six days in Bombay
Joshi, Alka
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"A sparkling travelogue and a poignant journey of self-discovery all in one. . . . Alka Joshi is simply the best!" --Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network and The Rose Code From the New York Times bestselling author of The Henna...
Small things like these
Keegan, Claire
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**OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK 2024** **NEW YORK TIMES BOOK CLUB PICK 2024** NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CILLIAN MURPHY A New York Times Bestseller * Shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize * Winner of the Orwell Prize for...
Sociopath : a memoir
Gagne, Patric
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The acclaimed New York Times bestselling memoir of the author's struggle to understand her own sociopathy and shed light on the often maligned and misunderstood mental disorder. "A cross between a podcast by relationship therapist Esther Perel and a salacious tell-all."...
The storm we made : a novel
Chan, Vanessa
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK * LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION 2024 FIRST NOVEL PRIZE In this "espionage-laden family epic" (Vanity Fair), an ordinary housewife becomes an unlikely spy--and her dark secrets will test even the...
Swift River
Chambers, Essie
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A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK | A National Bestseller | Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize | One of The Washington Post's Best Books of 2024 | An NPR Best Book of 2024 | An Elle Best Book of 2024 | A Boston Globe Best Book of 2024 |...
There are rivers in the sky : a novel
Shafak, Elif
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FINALIST FOR THE 2025 ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION From the Booker Prize finalist, author of The Island of Missing Trees, an enchanting new tale about three characters living along two great rivers, all connected by a single drop of water. "Make place for...
There's something about Mira : a novel
Dev, Sonali
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From USA Today bestselling author Sonali Dev comes the heartfelt story of a woman determined to reunite a lost ring with its owner, who ends up finding herself along the way. Mira Salvi has the perfect life--a job she loves, a fiancé everyone adores, and the secure future she...
This motherless land
May, Nikki
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READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR "A vibrant coming-of-age story." -- Charmaine Wilkerson "I was completely immersed." -- Nita Prose From the acclaimed author of Wahala, a stunning reimagining of Jane...
The Three Lives of Cate Kay
Fagan, Kate
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REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK! "This story swept me away with its big dreams, love, and unexpected twists." --Reese Witherspoon "[A] propulsive puzzle of a novel." --Nina LaCour, New York Times Book Review In this electric, voice-driven debut...
True biz : a novel
Nović, Sara
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK * A "tender, beautiful and radiantly outraged" (The New York Times Book Review) novel that follows a year of seismic romantic, political, and familial shifts for a teacher and her students at a boarding school for the deaf, from the...
The twilight garden : a novel
Adams, Sara Nisha
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Two feuding neighbors unite to resurrect a neglected city garden in this uplifting and quietly joyful novel by Sara Nisha Adams, author of the beloved The Reading List. In a small pocket of London, between the houses of No.77 and No.79 Eastbourne Road, lies a neglected community garden. It...
Wandering stars
Orange, Tommy
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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * Longlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize * Longlisted for the 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medal in Excellence for Fiction * A New York Times Editors' Choice * An NPR Book of the Day * Named a Best Book of 2024 (So Far) by the New York Times, Esquire, Vulture<...
Warrior girl unearthed
Boulley, Angeline
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An Instant New York Times bestseller! A #1 Indies Bestseller! Six Starred Reviews! #1 New York Times bestselling author of Firekeeper's Daughter Angeline Boulley takes us back to Sugar Island in this high-stakes thriller about the power of discovering your stolen...
Woman, life, freedom
Satrapi, Marjane
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Winner, ALA ALEX Award An urgent, groundbreaking and visually stunning new collection of graphic storytelling about the present Iranian revolution, using comics to show what would be censored in photos and film in Iran. Marjane Satrapi, author of Persepolis,...
Women rowing north : navigating life's currents and flourishing as we age
Pipher, Mary Bray
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New York Times Bestseller * USA Today Bestseller* Los Angeles Times Bestseller * Publishers Weekly Bestseller A guide to wisdom, authenticity, and bliss for women as they age by the author of Reviving Ophelia.
Yellowface : a novel
Kuang, R. F.
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK "Hard to put down, harder to forget." -- Stephen King, #1 New York Times bestselling author White lies. Dark humor. Deadly consequences... Bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says she...

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