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The cemetery of untold stories : a novel
Alvarez, Julia
Paper Book
Literary icon and great American novelist Julia Alvarez, bestselling author of In the Time of the Butterflies and How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, returns with a luminescent novel about storytelling that reads like an instant classic. ...
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Mal goes to war
Ashton, Edward (Science fiction writer)
Paper Book
The humans are fighting again. Go figure. As a free A.I., Mal finds the war between the modded and augmented Federals and the puritanical Humanists about as interesting as a battle between rival anthills. He's not above scouting the battlefield for salvage, though, and when the...
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A calamity of souls
Baldacci, David
Paper Book
Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially-charged murder case sets a duo of white and Black lawyers against a deeply unfair system as they work to defend their wrongfully-accused Black defendants in this courtroom drama from #1 New York Times ...
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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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Truly, madly, deeply : a novel
Bellefleur, Alexandria
Paper Book
Sparks fly when a lovelorn romance novelist and a divorce lawyer who has sworn off relationships agree to cohost a podcast series offering dating advice to viewers, in Truly, Madly, Deeply, the next steamy queer rom-com from Lambda Literary Award winner and national bestselling author Alexandria...
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888 love and the divine burden of numbers
Chang, Abraham
Paper Book
Goodreads Editor's Pick * Publishers Weekly Author to Watch "Packed with pop culture.... A beautifully tender and funny examination of love, of identity, of making your way in a world that is getting bigger and smaller at the same time." --Kevin Wilson,...
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To gaze upon wicked Gods
Chang, Molly X.
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * She has power over death. He has power over her. When two enemies strike a dangerous bargain, will they end a war . . . or ignite one? "A thrilling tale of magic and murder, intrigue and betrayal."--Cassandra Clare, #1 New York Times bestselling...
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The night in question
Fletcher, Susan
Paper Book
A lyrical and emotionally engaging novel infused with mystery and wisdom about love, friendship, and the power of forgiveness. Florrie Butterfield--eighty-seven, one-legged, and of cheerful disposition--believes there can't be any more adventures or surprises in...
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The library of borrowed hearts
Gilmore, Lucy (Romance fiction writer)
Paper Book
Librarian Chloe Sampson has been struggling- to take care of her three younger siblings, to find herself, to make ends meet. She's just about at the end of her rope when she stumbles across a rare edition of a book from the 1960s at the local flea market. Deciding it's a sign of her luck turning,...
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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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Close to death : a novel
Horowitz, Anthony
Paper Book
In New York Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz's ingenious fifth literary whodunnit in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series, Detective Hawthorne is once again called upon to solve an unsolvable case--a gruesome murder in an idyllic gated community in which suspects abound. Riverside...
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Just for the summer
Jimenez, Abby
Paper Book
Instant #1 New York Times bestseller and a Good Morning America Book Club Pick! This witty, slow-burn rom-com is the "ideal beach read." --Elle Justin has a curse, and thanks to a Reddit thread, it's now all over the internet. Every woman he dates...
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Every time I go on vacation, someone dies : a novel
Mack, Catherine
Paper Book
A USA Today Bestseller #1 Toronto Star Bestseller in Canadian FictionA Globe and Mail Bestseller in Canadian Fiction A Vancouver Sun Bestseller in New Releases An Indie Next List Pick (May 2024) An...
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The Sicilian inheritance : a novel
Piazza, Jo
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER One of the NY Post's Best Beach Reads, an US Weekly pick for "mystery novels to read on the beach", a Woman's World "captivating beach read you won't be able to put down this summer" ("a riveting saga"), an Eater food-filled beach...
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Bad habit : a novel
Portero, Alana
Paper Book
"[Bad Habit] shows us that a 'trans novel' can actually be anything it wants to be." -New York Times "A novel that could very well serve as a surrogate mother for future children who grow up lonely and trans." -Washington Post "I urge you, read Alana S. Portero's Bad Habit ...
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A sweet sting of salt : a novel
Sutherland, Rose
Paper Book
Once a young woman uncovers a dark secret about her neighbor and his mysterious new wife, she'll have to fight to keep herself-and the woman she loves-safe in this stunning queer reimagining of the classic folktale"The Selkie Wife." "Laced with a slow-building sense of Gothic...
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Table for two : fictions
Towles, Amor
Paper Book
An Instant New York Times Bestseller "A knockout collection. ... Sharp-edged satire deceptively wrapped like a box of Neuhaus chocolates, Table for Two is a winner." --The New York Times "Superb ... This may be Towles' best book yet. Each tale is as...
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Butter : a novel of food and murder
Yuzuki, Asako
Paper Book
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER The cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer, and the journalist intent on cracking her case, inspired by a true story There are two things that I simply cannot tolerate: feminists and...
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