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Entitlement
Alam, Rumaan
Paper Book
NAMED ONE OF NPR'S "BOOKS WE LOVE" 2024 ONE OF THE NEW YORKER'S "BEST BOOKS WE'VE READ IN 2024" ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST'S 50 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2024 ONE OF KIRKUS'S "BEST BOOK CLUB FICTION OF 2024" ONE OF...
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Death at the Sign of the Rook: A Novel
Atkinson, Kate
Paper Book
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER WELCOME TO ROOK HALL. THE STAGE IS SET. THE PLAYERS ARE READY. BY NIGHT'S END, A MURDERER WILL BE REVEALED. Ex-detective Jackson Brodie is staving off a bad case of midlife malaise when he is called to a sleepy Yorkshire town and the seemingly...
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The Wedding : A Novel
Basran, Gurjinder.
Paper Book
You're invited to The Wedding, an electrifying novel about the joining of two South Asian families, and the secrets, resentments, and unspoken truths boiling just beneath the surface. Interweaving themes of identity, culture clashes, and the immigrant experience as found in The Namesake by...
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What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust
Bradley, Alan.
Paper Book
In this newest installment of the beloved series, Flavia de Luce, along with her pestilent younger cousin, investigates the murder of a former public hangman and uncovers secrets that bring the greatest shock of her life. Flavia de Luce has taken on the mentorship of her odious, moon-faced cousin...
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A sunny place for shady people : stories
Enriquez, Mariana
Paper Book
A diabolical collection of stories featuring achingly human characters whose lives intertwine with ghosts, goblins, and the macabre, by "Buenos Aires's sorceress of horror" (Samanta Schweblin, The New York Times) "Entertaining, political and exquisitely gruesome, these stories...
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The Lovers.
Faubion, Rebekah.
Paper Book
If Kit Larson believes one thing, it's that the cards never lie. She's seen it proven time and time again as a tarot reader and mystic influencer. But unfortunately the cards didn't warn her about her most recent breakup or her parents' divorce, so when Kit is offered a gig at another influence's...
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The life impossible
Haig, Matt, 1975- author.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER New York Times Bestseller The remarkable new novel from Matt Haig, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Midnight Library, which has sold more than nine million copies worldwide "What looks like magic is simply a part of life we don't...
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Somewhere Beyond the Sea
Klune, T. J.
Paper Book
A #1 NEW YORK TIMES, #1 USA TODAY and #1 INDIE BESTSELLER! Hope is the thing with feathers. And hope is the thing with fire. EXCLUSIVE DELUXE EDITION--Featuring gorgeous golden yellow sprayed edges! Somewhere Beyond the Sea is the hugely...
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Creation Lake
Kushner, Rachel
Paper Book
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 BOOKER PRIZE* *LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD* *AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* *NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2024 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE ATLANTIC, VULTURE, VOGUE, THE WASHINGTON POST, KIRKUS REVIEWS,...
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Something, Not Nothing : A Story of Grief and Love
Leavitt, Sarah
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A poignant graphic memoir about the power of art to transform and heal after the death of a loved one In April 2020, cartoonist Sarah Leavitt's partner of twenty-two years, Donimo, died with medical assistance after years of severe chronic pain and a rapid decline at the end of her life....
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Guide Me Home
Locke, Attica
Paper Book
In this stunning culmination of the award-winning Highway 59 trilogy, Detective Darren Mathews is pulled out of an early retirement to investigate the case of a missing black college student from an all-white sorority and soon finds a town that will stop at nothing to keep its secrets hidden&...
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Bringer of Dust
Miro, J. M.
Paper Book
One of Indigo's Most Anticipated Books * One of the CBC's Canadian Fiction Books to Read in Fall 2024 In the highly-anticipated second book of the Talents Trilogy, the world of the dead is closer than you think. Agrigento, Sicily, 1883. With the orsine destroyed,...
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The Capital of Dreams
O'Neill, Heather.
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER Finalist for the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction A breathtaking dark fairy tale of survival and betrayal from the vivid imagination of Heather O'Neill Fourteen-year-old Sofia Bottom lives in a small country that Europe has forgotten. But inside...
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Sunshine and spice
Palit, Aurora
Paper Book
Naomi Kelly will do anything to make her new brand consulting business a success. When she lands a career saving contract to rebrand the Mukherjee family's failing local bazaar, she knows there can be no mistakes. But as the 'oops' baby of a free-spirited Bengali mother, Naomi's lack of connection...
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Playground.
Powers, Richard.
Paper Book
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 KIRKUS PRIZE From the Pulitzer Prize-winning and #1 internationally bestselling author of The Overstory comes an epic tale of love, friendship and humanity's next great adventure. When two...
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Intermezzo
Rooney, Sally.
Paper Book
THE INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year Named as an Essential Read by The New Yorker Named Best Book of the Year by: The New York Times * The Globe and Mail * TIME * The...
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The cottage around the corner : a novel
Soria, Destiny
Paper Book
A feisty witch and a handsome mage must put their heated business rivalry aside to save their small town from supernatural forces in this charming contemporary fantasy romcom from the author of Thief Liar Lady. "Delightful and sweet . . . the magic and the romance both...
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We Solve Murders
Osman, Richard
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! "Madcap fun, with an entertaining new cast of characters and Osman's trademark wit. Delightful!" --Shari Lapena From the #1 bestselling author of The Thursday Murder Club Series A brand new mystery. An...
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Colored television
Senna, Danzy
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2024 A WASHINGTON POST TOP 10 BOOK OF THE YEAR "A laugh-out-loud cultural comedy... This is the New Great American Novel,...
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The night we lost him : a novel
Dave, Laura
Paper Book
An instant New York Times bestseller from the author of The Last Thing He Told Me "Dave's signature blend of twisty mystery, family drama, and moving love story is top-notch" (The Boston Globe) in this instant New York Times bestseller where...
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