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Updated January 24, 2025
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Accidentally Amy
Painter, Lynn
Paper Book
Isabella Shay is usually a very honest person. But when she's running late for her first day at her dream job and the barista yells for 'Amy' three times with no answer, she does the unthinkable. Izzy takes that PSL. It's the exact drink she ordered and paid for, only way further ahead in the queue...
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Beneath the trees where nobody sees
Horvath, Patrick (Filmmaker)
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Live, laugh, shed blood. Dexter meets Richard Scarry's Busy, Busy Town in this twisted debut graphic novel! Don't. Murder. The locals. This is small-town serial killer, upstanding citizen, and adorable brown bear Samantha Strong's cardinal rule. After...
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The confidence games
Amy, Tess
Paper Book
Emma Oxley and Nellie Yarrow have been inseparable their whole lives. Ever since they reinvented themselves, changing their names and wiping clean their digital footprints, they have made a game of following wherever the next adventure leads and challenging themselves to thefts, street cons, and...
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A controversial cover
Barrett, Lorna
Paper Book
Tricia Miles is ready to close the book on all her amateur sluething - she's tired of finding dead bodies and being accused of murder. But even the best laid plans often go awry. Stoneham is all abuzz when Lauren Barker, a famous children's book author, arrives for an event at the local library....
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Deadbeat
Hamdy, Adam
Paper Book
A "standout work of smart, tough crime fiction" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) about a desperate single father as he searches for the anonymous employer who hired him as a hitman. Peyton Collard was a good man once, but his life changed after a horrific car...
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The Edge of Nowhere
Johnstone, William W.
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In this bold, new Western from the bestselling Johnstones, a lonely drifter finds himself snowbound with a lovely widow, her young son-and a gang of trigger-happy thieves . . . Johnstone Country. Where Miracles Need Bullets. Patrick Foley is a haunted...
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The empusium : a health resort horror story
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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We do not part : a novel
Han, Kang
Paper Book
THE NEW NOVEL FROM HAN KANG, WINNER OF THE 2024 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE "[Han Kang's] intense poetic prose . . . confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life."--The Nobel Committee for Literature, in the citation for the Nobel Prize ...
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The Goddess of Warsaw : a novel
Barr, Lisa
Paper Book
USA TODAY BESTSELLER "Utterly gripping. . . a transformative and immersive story so powerful and captivating that I could not put it down. . . . Truly one of the best books I've read."--Liv Constantine, bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish "Lisa Barr's new historical fiction,...
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Keep your friends close
Berry, Lucinda
Paper Book
From the bestselling author of The Best of Friends comes a fast-paced thriller about how one woman's murder unravels the tangled web of lies and deceit connecting a group of Hollywood elite. When Kiersten McCann, president of the West Hollywood Moms' Club, turns up dead in...
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Kill Me Tomorrow
Johnstone, William W.
Paper Book
Texas good-old-boys Doolin and Tubbs take on a pair of copy-cat outlaws¿and prove they¿re not getting older, they¿re getting deadlier.
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The knife before Christmas
Carlisle, Kate
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Contractor Shannon Hammer hopes for a peaceful Christmas with her fiancé, Mac, until murder throws a wrench in her holiday plans in a brand-new installment of the USA Today bestselling Fixer-Upper Mystery Series. Christmas has come to Lighthouse Cove, but business...
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A lamb to the slaughter
Johnstone, William W.
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Johnstone Country. Where Life Is A Gamble. The national bestselling authors of violent, bullet-riddled Old West yarns return to the Texas frontier town where Sheriff Buck Jackson and Deputy Flint Moran are quickly learning that enforcing the law means being fastest on the draw-or...
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The last drop of hemlock
Schellman, Katharine
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In The Last Drop of Hemlock, the dazzling follow up to Last Call at the Nightingale, even a dance can come with a price... The rumor went through the Nightingale like a flood, quietly rising, whispers hovering on lips in pockets of silence. ...
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The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus : A Novel
Knight, Emma.
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY "Undeniably delicious." --The New York Times "A spellbinding debut about friendship, motherhood, first love, and the choices that bind us. . . I couldn't put...
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The lost boy of Santa Chionia
Grames, Juliet
Paper Book
One unidentified skeleton. Three missing men. A village full of secrets. The best-selling author of The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna brings us a sparkling--by turns funny and moving--novel about a young American woman turned amateur detective in a small village in Southern...
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The Lotus Shoes
Yang, Jane
Paper Book
"Brilliantly written, masterful storytelling, and hard to put down. This story will stay with me for a very, very long time." --Heather Morris, #1 bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz An empowering, uplifting tale of two women from opposite sides...
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Lucy undying : a Dracula novel
White, Kiersten
Paper Book
A vampire escapes the thrall of Dracula and embarks on her own search for self-discovery and true love in this epic and seductive gothic fantasy from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hide. "Fiercely empowering and gloriously vengeful."--Heather Walter,...
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The man from Waco
Johnstone, William W.
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Meet John Bannack. Jailed for a crime he didn't commit. Busted out of a Texas State Prison. Running for freedom and gunning for justice. They call him . . .THE MAN FROM WACO. As a young man, John Bannack worked hard on his brother's farm-until times got tough and his...
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The marriage sabbatical : a novel
Dolan, Lian
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What if you could take a vacation from your marriage A couple decides to give it a shot in this fun, adventurous novel by Lian Dolan, the popular author of The Sweeney Sisters and Lost and Found in Paris. After twenty-three years of building careers and raising kids together,...
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A merry little murder plot
McKinlay, Jenn
Paper Book
'Tis the season in Briar Creek, and this year festivities become fatalities in the newest Library Lover's Mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of Fatal First Edition. During the most wonderful time of the year, famous author Helen Monroe arrives...
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My name is Shingo. 1
Umezu, Kazuo
Paper Book
The classic science fiction-horror manga from the mind of Kazuo Umezz, creator of The Drifting Classroom, Orochi, and Cat-Eyed Boy! A chilling science fiction tale of humanity and artificial intelligence from classic horror manga creator Kazuo Umezz...
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No road home : a novel
Fram, John
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In this "whip-smart, horror-tinged whodunnit in the style of early Stephen King" (Julia Bartz, New York Times bestselling author), a young father must clear his name and protect his queer son when his wealthy new wife's televangelist grandfather is found murdered. ...
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Oye : a novel
Mogollon, Melissa
Paper Book
A coming-of-age comedy. A telenovela-worthy drama. A moving family saga. All in a phone call you won't want to hang up on. "A portrait of love, heartache, and hilarity that transcends its medium."--Elle (The Best Literary Fiction Books of 2024, So Far) "Brilliant...
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Return to Wyldcliffe Heights : a novel
Goodman, Carol
Paper Book
Jane Eyre meets The Thirteenth Tale in this new modern gothic mystery from two-time Mary Higgins Clark Award-winner Carol Goodman, about a reclusive writer who is desperate to rewrite the past. Losing yourself inside of a book can be dangerous. Not everyone...
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The road to Dalton : a novel
Bowring, Shannon
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A NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR From debut author Shannon Bowring comes a novel of small town America that Pulitzer-winner Richard Russo calls, "measured, wise, and beautiful." In most small towns, the private is also public. In the town of Dalton, one local makes an unthinkable...
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Skin & Bones
Watson, Renee
Paper Book
Best Book of May 2024 by New York Post. Finalist for the 2024 Westport Prize for Literature. From the acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a soulful and lyrical novel exploring sisterhood, motherhood, faith, love, and...
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The snowbirds : a novel
Clancy, Christina
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The Last Thing He Told Me meets Fleishman Is in Trouble in this page-turning story of a couple who flee winter in the Midwest for Palm Springs, where they find their relationship at a crossroads. Kim and Grant are at a turning point. A couple for thirty years,...
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Something is killing the children. Volume five
Tynion, James, IV
Paper Book
Erica Slaughter strikes out on her own in the bestselling, award-winning series! After a year since we last saw her in Archer's Peak, Erica Slaughter resurfaces to take on the case of a girl who's seen a new kind of monster, one with terrifying implications. But Erica's broken...
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Something is killing the children. Volume six
Tynion, James, IV
Paper Book
Monster hunter Erica Slaughter becomes the hunted and faces her doom alone! With the last person in her corner gone and a ruthless agent from the Order of St. George closing in, Erica Slaughter finds herself alone and without a prayer. Can she take on this horrific new monster...
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Something is killing the children. Volume seven
Tynion, James, IV
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The final chapter of the Tribulation saga and the decisive showdown between Erica Slaughter and Cutter! After narrowly surviving the Duplicitype, Erica Slaughter must still reckon with the murderous Cutter in order to save the people of Tribulation. Separated from Dolly and...
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Something is killing the children. Volume eight
Tynion, James, IV
Paper Book
A special standalone of brand new stories set in the award-winning Slaughterverse-a perfect starting place for new readers ahead of the Netflix series! Journey into Erica Slaughter's past during her formative years set before the events of the foundational Archer's Peak saga....
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The sorority
Bush, Nancy
Paper Book
In a chilling, masterfully twisting new novel of suspense, the New York Times bestselling author of The Camp explores the dark side of friendship . . . "I pledge my own life and soul to The Sorority." Every school has its cool girls...
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Spitting gold : a novel
Lowkis, Carmella
Paper Book
A deliciously haunting, "lush, and twist-filled tale" (CrimeReads) that blends gothic mystery with a captivating sapphic romance as two estranged sisters--celebrated (and fraudulent) spirit mediums--come back together for one last con in 19th-century Paris. Paris, 1866:...
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Storybook ending : a novel
Alexander, Poppy
Paper Book
From the author of The Littlest Library--a heartwarming novel about a widowed children's book author who moves into a cottage in the English countryside and finds herself face-to-face with the handsome and brooding blacksmith who lives next door. In her books she can...
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The summer club : a novel
McKinnon, Hannah Roberts
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Hannah McKinnon, the acclaimed author of the "charming and warmhearted" (PopSugar) The Summer House, returns with a fresh beach read about a group of outsiders threatening the status quo at an exclusive New England beach club. Mayhaven is the best keep secret in...
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Swiped
Chilton, L. M.
Paper Book
A young woman must unmask a serial killer and prove her innocence, all before her best friend's wedding in this hilarious "sultry summer thriller" (The New York Times). Gwen Turner has made a bloody mess of her life. She recently broke up with the best man...
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Syndicate
Francis, Felix
Paper Book
"The master of suspense and intrigue" (Country Life) is back with the next thrilling novel in the Dick Francis series, perfect for fans of Michael Connelly. Chester Newton has built his fortune organizing racehorse syndicates, where top horses are co-owned and managed by several...
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Three Days in June: A Novel
Tyler, Anne
Paper Book
A new Anne Tyler novel destined to be an instant classic: a socially awkward mother of the bride navigates the days before and after her daughter's wedding. Gail Baines is having a bad day. To start, she loses her job--or quits, depending on whom you ask. Tomorrow her daughter,...
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We love the nightlife
Croft, Rachel Koller
Paper Book
A USA TODAY BESTSELLER! Locked in a toxic female friendship, two vampires careen toward catastrophe in this dark and dazzling page-turner, set amidst London's glittering disco scene. London 1979. Two women with a deep love for disco meet one fateful night on...
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William : a novel
Coile, Mason
Paper Book
Psychological horror meets cyber noir in this delicious one-sitting read--a haunted house story in which the haunting is by AI. Henry is a brilliant engineer who, after untold hours spent in his home lab, has achieved the breakthrough of his career--he's created an artificially...
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