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DEWITT, PATRICK
NATIONAL BESTSELLER From bestselling and award-winning author Patrick deWitt comes the story of Bob Comet, a man who has lived his life through and for literature, unaware that his own experience is a poignant and affecting narrative in itself. Bob Comet is a retired librarian...
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COVENANT OF WATER
VERGHESE, ABRAHAM
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...
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TOM LAKE
PRATCHETT, ANN
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America's finest writers. "Patchett leads us to a truth that feels like life rather than...
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CROOKED MANIFESTO
WHITEHEAD, COLSON
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of Harlem Shuffle continues his Harlem saga in a powerful and hugely-entertaining novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy glory. A Best Book of the Year: The New...
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YELLOWFACE
KUANG, R.F.
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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INVISIBLE HOUR
HOFFMAN, ALICE
The latest New York Times bestseller from beloved author Alice Hoffman celebrates the enduring magic of books and is a "wonderful story of love and growth" (Stephen King). One June day when Mia Jacob can no longer see a way to survive, the power of words saves her. The...
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GUEST
CLINE, EMMA
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A young woman pretends to be someone she isn't in this "spellbinding" (Vogue), "smoldering" (The Washington Post) novel by the New York Times bestselling author of The Girls. "Under Cline's command, every...
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VICTORY CITY
RUSHDIE, SALMAN
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The epic tale of a woman who breathes a fantastical empire into existence, only to be consumed by it over the centuries--from the transcendent imagination of Booker Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author Salman Rushdie Salman...
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HELLO BEAUTIFUL
NAPOLITANO, ANN
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK * From the author of Dear Edward comes a "powerfully affecting" (People) family story that asks: Can love make a broken person whole? "Another tender tearjerker . . . Napolitano chronicles life's...
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PINEAPPLE STREET
JACKSON, JENNY
A New York Times bestseller | A Good Morning America Book Club Pick "The season's first beach read, a delicious romp of a debut featuring family crises galore."-- The New York Times "A delicious new Gilded Age family drama... a guilty pleasure that...
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I am homeless if this is not my home
Moore, Lorrie
A NEW YORKER ESSENTIAL READ * From "one of the most acute and lasting writers of her generation" (The New York Times)--a ghost story set in the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries, an elegiac consideration of grief, devotion (filial and romantic), and the vanishing and...
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LADY TAN'S CIRCLE OF WOMEN
SEE, LISA
*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!* From "one of those special writers capable of delivering both poetry and plot" (The New York Times Book Review) an immersive historical novel inspired by the true story of a woman physician in 15th-century China--perfect for fans of...
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Weyward : a novel
Hart, Emilia
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An Indie Next March 2023 Pick * A LibraryReads March 2023 Pick * An Amazon "Best Books of the Year So Far" 2023 Pick "A brave and original debut, Weyward is a spellbinding story about what may...
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LET US DESCEND
WARD, JESMYN
OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK * Instant New York Times Bestseller * Shortlisted for the 2024 Carnegie Medal for Excellence From Jesmyn Ward--the two-time National Book Award winner, youngest winner of the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, and MacArthur Fellow--comes a...
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HANG THE MOON
WALLS, JEANNETTE
"A rollicking tale." --The Washington Post *"Propulsive." --Associated Press * "Wild, smart, energetic." --Los Angeles Times * "Brilliant and effervescent." --NPR From the #1 bestselling author of The Glass Castle, the instant New York Times bestseller a...
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BEE STING
MURRAY, PAUL
Shortlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize and the 2023 Nero Book Award for Fiction Winner of the 2023 An Post Irish Book Award for Novel of the Year Finalist for the 2023 Kirkus Prize for Fiction A Top 10 Best Book of 2023 by The New York...
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Family lore : a novel
Acevedo, Elizabeth
NATIONAL BESTSELLER A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK! Shortlisted for The Center for Fiction 2023 First Novel Prize From National Book Award-winning author Elizabeth Acevedo comes the story of one Dominican American family told through the voices of its women<...
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Wellness
Hill, Nathan
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK * The New York Times best-selling author of The Nix is back with a poignant and witty novel about a modern marriage and the bonds that keep people together. Mining the absurdities of contemporary society,...
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TREMOR
COLE, TEJU
An "extraordinary, ambitious" (The Times UK) novel that masterfully explores what constitutes a meaningful life in a violent world--from the award-winning author of Open City New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * "Cole's mind is so agile that it's easy to...
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HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU
MAKKAI, REBECCA
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A twisty, immersive whodunit perfect for fans of Donna Tartt's The Secret History." --People "Spellbinding." --The New York Times Book Review "[An] irresistible literary page-turner." --...
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LEARNED BY HEART
DONOGHUE, EMMA
"A wrenching love story" (Chris Bohjalian, The Washington Post) based on the true story of two girls who fall secretly, deeply, and dangerously in love at boarding school in 19th century York, from the bestselling author of Room and The Wonder. Drawing on years of...
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Birnam Wood
Catton, Eleanor
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times Book Review, NPR, Time, The Financial Times, The Chicago Public Library, Kirkus A Notable Book of the Year at The Washington PostA...
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HOUSE OF DOORS
ENG, TAN TWAN
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER, NPR, FINANCIAL TIMES, AND A WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE WORK A NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR'S CHOICE From the...
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MAKING OF ANOTHER MAJOR MOTION PICTURE MASTERPIECE
HANKS, TOM
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER * From the legendary actor and best-selling author: a novel about the making of a star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film...and the humble comic books that inspired it. Funny, touching, and wonderfully thought-provoking, while also capturing the...
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SOMEBODY'S FOOL
RUSSO, RICHARD
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls returns to North Bath, in upstate New York, and to the characters that captured the hearts and imaginations of millions of readers in his beloved best sellers Nobody's Fool and Everybody's...
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The mythmakers : a novel
Weir, Keziah
A must-read twisty literary mystery. A journalist searches for answers after discovering herself in an enigmatic author's final, unpublished manuscript. Sal Cannon's life is in shambles. Her relationship is crumbling, and her career in journalism...
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ZERO-SUM: STORIES
OATES, JOYCE CAROL
Zero-sum games are played for lethal stakes in these arresting stories by one of America's most acclaimed writers, the award-winning, best-selling author of Blonde A brilliant young philosophy student bent on seducing her famous philosopher-mentor finds herself...
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Old God's time
Barry, Sebastian
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE Named a Best Book of 2023 by the New Yorker, Washington Post, NPR, and Kirkus Reviews "You should be reading Sebastian Barry. [He] has a special understanding of the human heart." --The Atlantic
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ENGLISH EXPERIENCE
SCHUMACHER, JULIE
A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR * Beleaguered Professor Jason Fitger chaperones Payne University's annual "Experience: Abroad" to London and beyond, with eleven undergrads in tow * The bestselling author of Dear Committee Members and The Shakespeare Requirement completes her...
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Maame
George, Jessica
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! * A Today Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club Pick * A February 2023 Indie Next Pick "Sparkling." --The New York Times "An utterly charming and deeply moving portrait of the joys<...
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Banyan Moon : a novel
Thai, Thao
A TODAY Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club Pick "A riveting mother-daughter tale." -- Elle "Radiant. ... An intimate account of one family's planting of roots in American soil and the sacrifices great and small that each member makes along the way." -- Washington Post A...
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LOOT
JAMES, TANIA
LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION * A spellbinding historical novel set in the eighteenth century: a hero's quest, a love story, the story of a young artist coming of age, and an exuberant heist adventure that traces the bloody legacy of colonialism across two continents and...
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HALF MOON
KEANE, MARY BETH
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HALF-LIFE OF A STOLEN SISTER
CANTOR, RACHEL
Reimagines the lives of the Brontë siblings--Charlotte, Emily, Anne, and brother Branwell--from their precocious childhoods, to the writing of their great novels, to their early deaths. A form-shattering novel by an author praised as "laugh-out-loud hilarious and thought...
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FIVE STAR WEEKEND
HILDERBRAND, ELIN
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hotel Nantucket: After tragedy strikes, food blogger Hollis Shaw gathers four friends from different stages in her life to spend an unforgettable weekend on Nantucket. Hollis Shaw's life seems...
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DEARBORN: STORIES
ZEINEDDINE, GHASSAN
Spanning several decades, Ghassan Zeineddine's debut collection examines the diverse range and complexities of the Arab American community in Dearborn, Michigan. In ten tragicomic stories, Zeineddine explores themes of identity, generational conflicts, war trauma, migration, sexuality, queerness,...
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CHAIN-GANG ALL-STARS
ADJEI-BRENYAH, NANA KWAME
A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR * FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION * A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK * NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from...
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Be mine
Ford, Richard
From Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Ford: the final novel in the world of Frank Bascombe, one of the most indelible characters in American literature Over the course of four celebrated works of fiction and almost forty years, Richard Ford has crafted an ambitious, incisive, and...
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DISRUPTIONS: STORIES
MILLAHUSER, S TEVEN
An exquisite new collection from a Pulitzer Prize-winning master of the short story, the culmination of a five-decade career: work that takes us beneath the placid surface of suburban life into the elusive strangeness of the everyday Here are eighteen stories of astonishing range...
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The collected regrets of Clover
Brammer, Mikki
"This weird, lovely and sweetly satisfying novel [is] engaging and accessible...Clover's emergence from a shuttered life is moving enough to elicit tears, and Brammer's take on death and grieving is profound enough to feel genuinely instructional." --The New York Times Book Review...
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WIND KNOWS MY NAME
ALLENDE, ISABEL
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * "The lives of a Jewish boy escaping Nazi-occupied Europe and a mother and daughter fleeing twenty-first-century El Salvador intersect in this ambitious, intricate novel about war and immigration" (People), from the author of A Long Petal of the Sea and...
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BANDIT QUEENS
SHROFF, PARINI
GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK * A young Indian woman finds the false rumors that she killed her husband surprisingly useful--until other women in the village start asking for her help getting rid of their own husbands--in this razor-sharp debut. "A...
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Swim home to the vanished
Basham, Brendan Shay
"Swim Home to the Vanished is a lush and fantastic journey through strange lands and minds from an incandescent new voice full of my kind of melancholic brilliance and unromantic magic."--Tommy Orange, author of There, There After the death of his brother, a grief-stricken young man seeks...
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