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Updated April 21, 2025
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Bunny
Awad, Mona
Paper Book
"Jon Swift + Witches of Eastwick + Kelly 'Get In Trouble' Link + Mean Girls + Creative Writing Degree Hell! No punches pulled, no hilarities dodged, no meme unmangled! O Bunny you are sooo genius!" --Margaret Atwood, via Twitter "A wild, audacious and ultimately unforgettable novel."...
Catherine House : a novel
Thomas, Elisabeth
Paper Book
Come and get it : a novel
Reid, Kiley
Paper Book
THE UNMISSABLE NEW NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF BESTSELLING PHENOMENON SUCH A FUN AGE *A 2024 Book of the Year for the Washington Post, New Yorker, Elle, Vulture and Harper's Bazaar* * THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES<...
A deadly education : a novel
Novik, Naomi,
Paper Book
From the leading talent in fantasy, a magical coming-of-age trilogy with a hilarious female anti-hero - a darker more intelligent Harry Potter for adults. ____________ The Sunday Times bestselling novel from the award-winning author of...
Educated : a memoir
Westover, Tara
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER * One of the most acclaimed books of our time: an unforgettable memoir about a young woman who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University ...
Know my name : a memoir
Miller, Chanel
Paper Book
She was known to the world as Emily Doe when she stunned millions with a letter. Brock Turner had been sentenced to just six months in county jail after he was found sexually assaulting her on Stanford's campus. Her victim impact statement was posted on Buzzfeed, where it instantly went viral -...
Never saw me coming
Kurian, Vera
Paper Book
'Gripping! With a college campus setting, charming psychopaths, and a bitingly clever voice, Never Saw Me Coming is a dazzling debut from a bold new talent.' Tess Gerritsen Meet Chloe. First-year student, ordinary, legging-wearing, girl next door...and highly...
Norwegian wood
Murakami, Haruki
Paper Book
A special movie-tie in edition for the long-awaited film release based on this beloved novel by Haruki Murakami: the story of one college student's romantic coming-of-age, a journey to that distant place of a young man's first, hopeless, and heroic love. Toru, a quiet and...
Required reading for the disenfranchised freshman
Lee, Kristen R.
Paper Book
A striking debut novel about racism on elite college campuses. Fans of Dear White People will embrace this activist-centered contemporary novel about a college freshman grappling with the challenges of attending an elite university with a disturbing racist history, which may not be as...
The secret history
Tartt, Donna.
Paper Book
The teacher
McFadden, Freida
Paper Book
A mind-bending, psychological thriller from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Housemaid! Lesson #1- trust no one Eve has a good life. She gets up each day, gets a kiss from her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at...

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