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Updated March 21, 2024
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American Prometheus : the triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Bird, Kai.
Paper Book
THE INSPIRATION FOR THE ACADEMY AWARD®-WINNING MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OPPENHEIMER * "A riveting account of one of history's most essential and paradoxical figures."--Christopher Nolan #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * PULITZER PRIZE WINNER * The definitive biography of J. Robert...
Any day now /
Carr, Robyn
Paper Book
Available on Crave in Canada and The CW in the US. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the hit Netflix series, Virgin River! For Sierra Jones, Sullivan's Crossing is meant to be a brief stopover. She's put her troubled past behind...
Sullivan's Crossing series book 2
Apples never fall
Moriarty, Liane
Paper Book
#1 New York Times bestselling author Liane Moriarty is back with a novel that looks at marriage, sibling rivalry, and the lies we tell others and ourselves. Apples Never Fall is the work of a writer at the top of her game. The Delaney family love one another dearly...
Argylle
Conway, Elly
Paper Book
" The globe-trotting spy thriller that inspired the upcoming action blockbuster Argylle, featuring a star-studded cast including Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard, Samuel L. Jackson, and John Cena, directed by Matthew Vaughn of Kingsman trilogy fame. ...
Bad luck and trouble : a Jack Reacher novel
Child, Lee.
Paper Book
From a helicopter high above the empty California desert, a man is sent free-falling into the night…. In Chicago, a woman learns that an elite team of ex–army investigators is being hunted down one by one.... And on the streets of Portland, Jack Reacher—soldier, cop, hero—is...
The best of us : a Sullivan's Crossing novel
Carr, Robyn
Paper Book
A #1 New York Times Bestselling AuthorA Sullivan's Crossing NovelDr. Leigh Culver loves practicing medicine in Timberlake, Colorado, but she misses her aunt Helen, who lovingly raised her after she was orphaned. After retiring from teaching, Helen has become a successful mystery writer who loves to...
Sullivan's Crossing series book 4
Black cake :
Wilkerson, Charmaine,
Paper Book
NOW A HULU STREAMING SERIES * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY * Two estranged siblings delve into their mother's hidden past--and how it all connects to her traditional Caribbean black cake--in this immersive family saga, "a...
The boys in the boat : nine Americans and their epic quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Brown, Daniel
Paper Book
For readers of Laura Hillenbrand's "Seabiscuit" and "Unbroken," the dramatic story of the American rowing team that stunned the world at Hitler's 1936 Berlin Olympics " "Daniel James Brown's robust book tells the story of the University of Washington's 1936 eight-oar crew and their epic quest...
Bridgerton : the duke & I
Quinn, Julia
Paper Book
A #1 New York Times Bestseller  From #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the story of Daphne Bridgerton, in the first of her beloved Regency-set novels featuring the charming, powerful Bridgerton family, now a series created...
Bridgerton series book 1
Capote's women : a true story of love, betrayal, and a swan song for an era
Leamer, Laurence
Paper Book
DON'T MISS FX's FEUD: CAPOTE VS. THE SWANS--THE ORIGINAL SERIES BASED ON THE BESTSELLING BOOK--NOW AVAILABLE TO STREAM ON HULU! New York Times bestselling author Laurence Leamer reveals the complex web of relationships and scandalous true stories behind Truman...
Catching fireflies
Woods, Sherryl
Paper Book
The Sweet Magnolias is now a Netflix Original Series! From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Sherryl Woods When bullying threatens to destroy a teen's life, painful memories resurface for dedicated high school teacher Laura Reed and pediatrician J. C. Fullerton. With the...
The Sweet Magnolias series book 9
The changeling : a novel
LaValle, Victor
Paper Book
'A dark fairy tale of New York, full of magic and loss, myth and mystery, love and madness ... a mesmerising, monumental work.' - Marlon James
The color purple
Walker, Alice
Paper Book
Read the original inspiration for the new, boldly reimagined film from producers Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg, starring Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, and Fantasia Barrino. Celebrating its fortieth anniversary, The Color Purple writes a message of healing,...
The Country Guesthouse
Carr, Robyn
Paper Book
Available on Crave in Canada and The CW in the US. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the hit Netflix series, Virgin River! #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr delivers an emotional and triumphant novel about the fierce...
Sullivan's Crossing series book 5
Daisy Jones & The Six : a novel
Reid, Taylor Jenkins
Paper Book
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER * OVER TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD! A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous breakup--from the author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Malibu Rising, and...
Dear Edward : a novel
Napolitano, Ann.
Paper Book
Dune
Herbert, Frank
Paper Book
Frank Herbert's epic masterpiece--a triumph of the imagination and one of the bestselling science fiction novels of all time. This deluxe hardcover edition of Dune includes: · An iconic new cover · A stamped and foiled case featuring a quote from the Litany Against...
Eileen
Moshfegh, Ottessa, author.
Paper Book
"So here we are. My name was Eileen Dunlop. Now you know me. I was twenty-four years old then, and had a job that paid fifty-seven dollars a week as a kind of secretary at a private juvenile correctional facility for teenage boys. I think of it now as what it really was for all intents and purposes...
Erasure : a novel
Everett, Percival
Paper Book
Introduced by Brandon Taylor - Booker-shortlisted author of Real Life - Erasure is an unforgettable, satirical but tender novel about race and cultural expectations in contemporary America.
The expatriates : a novel
Lee, Janice Y. K.
Paper Book
"Raise a glass: The first great book-club novel of 2016 has arrived." --USA Today, 4/4 stars "A female, funny Henry James in Asia, Janice Y. K. Lee is vividly good on the subject of Americans abroad." --The New York Times Book Review "Sex...
The family gathering /
Carr, Robyn
Paper Book
Available on Crave in Canada and The CW in the US. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the hit Netflix series, Virgin River! An exceptional storyteller, #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr beautifully captures the...
Sullivan's Crossing series book 3
Feels like family
Woods, Sherryl
Paper Book
The Sweet Magnolias is now a Netflix Original Series! From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Sherryl Woods On the road to success, good friends are never far apart in the world of the Sweet Magnolias. Helen Decatur spent a lifetime setting goals--getting...

The Sweet Magnolias series book 3

Find a way : one untamed and courageous life
Nyad, Diana
Paper Book
The ultimate sporting memoir from the world's greatest ultra-distance swimmer, Diana Nyad."This book is an inspiration" The Wall Street JournalIn the 1970s, Diana Nyad was widely regarded as the greatest long-distance swimmer in the world and set many world records, such as circling Manhattan Island...
Fool me once
Coben, Harlan
Paper Book
A #1 New York Times Bestselling AuthorIn this impossible-to-put-down thriller, Maya, a former special ops pilot home from the war, sees an unthinkable image captured by her nanny cam while she is at work: her two-year-old daughter playing with Maya's husband, Joe -- who had been brutally murdered...
Foundation
Asimov, Isaac
Paper Book
The first novel in Isaac Asimov's classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series THE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATION * Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read   ...
A gentleman in Moscow
Towles, Amor
Paper Book
The mega-bestseller with more than 2 million readers * A New York Times "Readers' Choice: Best Books of the 21st Century" Pick From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway and Table for Two, a beautifully transporting novel about a...
Home in Carolina /
Woods, Sherryl.
Paper Book
The Sweet Magnolias is now a Netflix original series! High school sweethearts Ty and Annie reunite in a star-crossed story of love, fate, and friendship. Annie Sullivan had always envisioned returning to her hometown and starting a life with her childhood best friend, Tyler...

The Sweet Magnolias series book 5

Honeysuckle summer
Woods, Sherryl.
Paper Book
The Sweet Magnolias is now a Netflix Original Series! From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Sherryl Woods Her devastating marriage behind her, Raylene Hammond is truly thankful for her best friends, the Sweet Magnolias. They've taken her in, shielding her from the world...

The Sweet Magnolias series book 7

It's in his kiss
Quinn, Julia
Paper Book
Meet Our Hero . . . Gareth St. Clair is in a bind. His father, who detests him, is determined to beggar the St. Clair estates and ruin his inheritance. Gareth's sole bequest is an old family diary, which may or may not contain the secrets of his past . . . and the key to his future. The...

Bridgerton series book 7

Killers of the Flower Moon : the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI
Grann, David
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history, from the author of The Wager and The Lost City of Z, "one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today."--New York...
Lessons in chemistry
Garmus, Bonnie
Paper Book
#1 GLOBAL BESTSELLER WITH MORE THAN 8 MILLION COPIES SOLD * Meet Elizabeth Zott: "a gifted research chemist, absurdly self-assured and immune to social convention" (The Washington Post) in 1960s California whose career takes a detour when she becomes the unlikely star of a ...
The Lord God made them all
Herriot, James
Paper Book
The seventh instalment in James Herriot's classic series of memoirsThe fourth volume of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC series All Creatures Great and Small Finally home from London after his wartime service in the RAF, James Herriot is settling back into life as a country vet. While...
All Creatures Great and Small series
Masters of the air : how the bomber boys broke down the Nazi war machine
Miller, Donald L.
Paper Book
Now a major television event from Apple TV and Steven Spielberg (starring Austin Butler, Callum Turner and Anthony Boyle) and companion to Band of Brothers and The Pacific. 'Seconds after Brady's plane was hit, the Hundredth's entire formation was broken up and...
Midnight promises
Woods, Sherryl
Paper Book
The Sweet Magnolias is now a Netflix Original Series! From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Sherryl Woods When Elliott Cruz first courted struggling single mom Karen Ames, it was a romance worthy of any Sweet Magnolia fantasy. The sexy personal trainer made it his...

The Sweet Magnolias series book 8

An offer from a gentleman
Quinn, Julia
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller From #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the story of Benedict Bridgerton, in the third of her beloved Regency-set novels featuring the charming, powerful Bridgerton family, now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix.<...

Bridgerton series book 3

On the way to the wedding
Quinn, Julia
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller From #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the story of Gregory Bridgerton, in the final installment of her beloved Regency-set novels featuring the charming, powerful Bridgerton family, now a series created by Shondaland...

Bridgerton series book 8

One day
Nicholls, David
Paper Book
⭐ Now in paperback: David Nicholls's new novel You Are Here ⭐ One Day: the multi-million copy bestseller, now a major Netflix series 'A wonderful, wonderful book' THE TIMES ...
Poor things : episodes from the early life of Archibald McCandless M.D., Scottish public health officer
Gray, Alasdair
Paper Book
WINNER OF FOUR ACADEMY AWARDS, FIVE BAFTAS, and TWO GOLDEN GLOBES. STARRING EMMA STONE, FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE FAVOURITE Winner of the Whitbread Novel Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize A life without freedom to choose is...
Romancing Mister Bridgerton
Quinn, Julia
Paper Book
Everyone knows that Colin Bridgerton is the most charming man in London . . . Penelope Featherington has secretly adored her best friend's brother for . . . well, it feels like forever. After half a lifetime of watching Colin Bridgerton from afar, she thinks she knows...

Bridgerton series book 4

Shogun : the epic novel of Japan
Clavell, James.
Paper Book
SOON TO BE AN FX LIMITED SERIES * A bold English adventurer. An invincible Japanese warlord. A beautiful woman torn between two ways of life. All brought together in an extraordinary saga aflame with passion, conflict, ambition, and the struggle for power. ...
A slice of heaven
Woods, Sherryl
Paper Book
"Sherryl Woods writes emotionally satisfying novels about family, friendship and home. Truly feel-great reads!" --#1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber Return to the world of the Sweet Magnolias, where friends are closer than family, and fun and scandal are always part of...

The Sweet Magnolias series book 2

Stealing home
Woods, Sherryl.
Paper Book
The Sweet Magnolias is now a Netflix Original Series! From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Sherryl Woods For the Sweet Magnolias, friendship lasts a lifetime... Maddie Townsend might live in a town called Serenity and have the best friends a woman could...

The Sweet Magnolias series book 1

Swan Point
Woods, Sherryl
Paper Book
#1 New York Times bestselling author  Sherryl Woods draws readers back into  the world of strong friendships and heartfelt emotions in Serenity, South Carolina  Determined to build a new life for her family after her divorce, Adelia Hernandez has bought a home in the...

The Sweet Magnolias series book 11

Sweet tea at sunrise
Woods, Sherryl
Paper Book
The Sweet Magnolias is now a Netflix Original Series! From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Sherryl Woods Any problem can be solved with sweet tea, sunshine and good friends. After her disastrous marriage ended in...

The Sweet Magnolias series book 6

The three-body problem
Liu, Cixin
Paper Book
The inspiration for the Netflix series 3 Body Problem! WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL Over 1 million copies sold in North America "A mind-bending epic."--The New York Times * "War of the Worlds for...
Tiny Beautiful Things :
Strayed, Cheryl
Paper Book
NOW A HULU ORIGINAL SERIES * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK * An anniversary edition of the bestselling collection of "Dear Sugar" advice columns written by the author of #1 bestseller Wild--featuring a new preface and six additional columns. ...
To Sir Phillip, with love
Quinn, Julia
Paper Book
She wrote him a letter . . . and he stole her heart. Sir Phillip knew that Eloise Bridgerton was a spinster, and so he'd proposed, figuring that she'd be homely and unassuming, and more than a little desperate for an offer of marriage. Except . . . she wasn't. The beautiful...

Bridgerton series book 5

Victim F : from crime victims to suspects to survivors
Huskins, Denise
Paper Book
In March 2015, Denise Huskins and her boyfriend Aaron Quinn awoke from a sound sleep into a nightmare. Armed men bound and drugged them, then abducted Denise. Warned not to call the police or Denise would be killed. Aaron agonized about what to do. Finally he put his trust in law enforcement and...

"American Nightmare" documentary series on Netflix

The viscount who loved me
Quinn, Julia
Paper Book
# 1 New York Times Bestseller The inspiration for season two of BRIDGERTON, a series created by Shondaland for Netflix, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn: the story of Anthony Bridgerton in the second of her beloved Regency-set novels featuring the...

Bridgerton series book 2

We were the lucky ones
Hunter, Georgia
Paper Book
It is the spring of 1939 and three generations of the Kurc family are doing their best to live normal lives, even as the shadow of war grows closer. The talk around the family Seder table is of new babies and budding romance, not of the increasing hardships threatening Jews in their hometown of...
Welcome to Serenity
Woods, Sherryl.
Paper Book
The Sweet Magnolias is now a Netflix Original Series! From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Sherryl Woods When Jeanette Brioche helped launch The Corner Spa in Serenity, South Carolina, she found a whole lot more than professional satisfaction. She discovered the deep...

The Sweet Magnolias series book 4

What we find
Carr, Robyn
Paper Book
A #1 New York Times Bestselling AuthorA RITA Award-winning AuthorIn her hardcover debut, bestselling author Robyn Carr explores the healing powers of rural Colorado in a brand-new series opener -- a story of fresh starts, budding relationships and one woman's journey to finding the happiness she's...
Sullivan's Crossing series book 1
When he was wicked
Quinn, Julia
Paper Book
In every life there is a turning point. A moment so tremendous, so sharp and breathtaking, that one knows one's life will never be the same. For Michael Stirling, London's most infamous rake, that moment came the first time he laid eyes on Francesca Bridgerton. After a lifetime of...

Bridgerton series book 6

Where azaleas bloom
Woods, Sherryl.
Paper Book
The Sweet Magnolias is now a Netflix Original Series! From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Sherryl Woods Single mom Lynn Morrow is determined to put food on the table for her son and daughter. Her soon-to-be-ex-husband has failed to meet his obligations time and again-...

The Sweet Magnolias series book 10

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