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Updated November 30, 2023
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The crossover
Alexander, Kwame
Paper Book
'With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . . The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all that quivering. Cuz tonight I'm delivering'12-year-old Josh and his twin Jordan have basketball in their blood. They're kings of the court, star players for their school team. Their father used to be a...
El deafo
Bell, Cece
Paper Book
Cece Bell's #1 New York Times Bestseller graphic novel El Deafo is the origin story of a student with hearing loss and a hearing aid becoming a superhero. A John Newbery Medal Winner Now an Apple+ Animated TV Series! ...
The last kids on Earth
Brallier, Max
Paper Book
The first book in the New York Times bestselling series with over ten million copies in print! 'Terrifyingly fun! Max Brallier's The Last Kids on Earth delivers big thrills and even bigger laughs.' Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid Now...
Earth awakens
Card, Orson Scott
Paper Book
'A standout tale of SF adventure that gives Ender series fans fascinating backstory to the classic Ender's Game' Library Journal on Earth Unaware TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR HUMANITY It is one hundred years before the events of Ender's Game. Tens of...
All good people here : a novel
Flowers, Ashley
Paper Book
*A gripping debut thriller from the host of the #1 podcast CRIME JUNKIE* THE NO.1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER If you liked I'LL BE GONE IN THE DARK and SHARP OBJECTS, you will love this! 'A stunning debut from a fresh new voice in the...
Gone
Grant, Michael
Paper Book
Welcome to the FAYZ! This is Book 1 in the series that Stephen King calls a 'driving, torrential narrative'. In the blink of an eye all the adults disappear in a small town in southern California and no one knows why. Cut off from the outside world, those that are left are trapped, and...
The four winds
Hannah, Kristin
Paper Book
'A powerful, stirring, wind-swept tale set in Depression-era America that makes your heart break and soar in equal measure.' - Matt Haig, author of The Midnight Library The Four Winds, an instant New York Times number one bestseller and Richard and Judy...
The great alone
Hannah, Kristin
Paper Book
Set against the beauty of the Alaskan wilderness, The Great Alone is a daring, beautiful, stay-up-all-night story about love and loss, from the bestselling author of The Four Winds, Kristin Hannah. The New York Times number one bestseller.
The Women
Hannah, Kristin.
Paper Book
An instant Sunday Times bestseller and soon to be a major motion picture! 'Astonishing. Compelling. Powerful' - Delia Owens, bestselling author of Where the Crawdads Sing 'Stuns with sacrifice. Uplifts with heroism' - Bonnie Garmus,...
The Southern book club's guide to slaying vampires
Hendrix, Grady
Paper Book
"This funny and fresh take on a classic tale manages to comment on gender roles, racial disparities, and white privilege all while creeping me all the way out. So good."-Zakiya Dalila Harris, author of The Other Black Girl Steel Magnolias meets Dracula in this New...
How to Sell a Haunted House
Hendrix, Grady.
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling author Grady Hendrix takes on the haunted house in a hilarious and terrifying new novel that explores the way your past -- and your family -- can haunt you like nothing else... Louise's parents...
28 summers : a novel
Hilderbrand, Elin
Paper Book
This sweeping love story is Hilderbrand's best ever - New York Times Their secret love affair has lasted for decades - but will it last one more summer? For the last twenty-eight summers, Mallory and Jake have met to rekindle the...
Golden Girl : a novel
Hilderbrand, Elin
Paper Book
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE PERFECT COUPLE, NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES *** 'Hilderbrand's books keep getting better and better' Bookreporter 'The queen regent of the easy-breezy summer novel' New York Post *...
A Lady's Guide to Scandal
Irwin, Sophie.
Paper Book
A good girl's guide to murder
Jackson, Holly
Paper Book
The New York Times No.1 bestselling YA crime thriller that everyone is talking about. Now a major BBC series! 'A taut, compulsively readable, elegantly plotted thriller', Guardian The case is closed. Five years ago, schoolgirl Andie Bell was murdered by Sal...
We were liars
Lockhart, E.
Ebook
THE TIKTOK PHENOMENON AND #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. ** SOON TO BE A MAJOR TV SERIES ON AMAZON PRIME! ** A beautiful and distinguished family. A private island. A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy. A group of four...
Shatter me
Mafi, Tahereh
Paper Book
OVER 8 MILLION COPIES SOLD. THE GLOBAL BESTSELLER AND TIKTOK SENSATION! "Addictive, intense, and oozing with romance" Lauren Kate, Fallen "Dangerous, sexy, romantic and intense! Kami Garcia, Beautiful Creatures "My favourite series of all time" Goodreads review ...
Bloody Jack : being an account of the curious adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy
Meyer, L. A.
Ebook
Life as a ship's boy aboard HMS Dolphin is a dream come true for Jacky Faber. Gone are the days of scavenging for food and fighting for survival on the streets of eighteenth-century London. Instead, Jacky is becoming a skilled and respected sailor as the crew pursues pirates on the high seas. ...
The night circus : a novel
Morgenstern, Erin
Paper Book
The circus arrives without warning. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Against the grey sky the towering tents are striped black and white. A sign hanging upon iron gates reads- Opens at Nightfall Closes at Dawn As dusk...
Becoming
Obama, Michelle
Paper Book
In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America-the first African-American to serve in that role-she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in...
Where the crawdads sing
Owens, Delia
Paper Book
OVER 12 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE A NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER For years, rumours of the 'Marsh Girl' have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews...
A long walk to water : based on a true story
Park, Linda Sue
Paper Book
A gripping tale of conflict and survival that has inspired millions of young readers and adults alike, with three million copies sold worldwide Eleven-year-old Salva is forced to flee on foot when his village comes under attack. Braving every imaginable hardship - including killer...
The lost apothecary
Penner, Sarah
Paper Book
Go as a River
Read, Shelley.
Paper Book
Fuzzy mud
Sachar, Louis
Paper Book
If you go down to the woods today ... Well, every child knows NOT to, don't they?Tamaya is on a scholarship to the prestigious Woodridge Academy and every day she and seventh-grader Marshall walk to school together. They never go through the woods. And when they arrive at school they stop...
Counting by 7s
Sloan, Holly Goldberg
Paper Book
A heartfelt and completely wonderful story of human connections.
Shiver
Stiefvater, Maggie
Ebook
Grace is fascinated by the wolves in the woods behind her house; one yellow-eyed wolf in particular. Every winter, she watches him, but every summer, he disappears. Sam leads two lives. In winter, he stays in the frozen woods, with the protection of the pack. In summer, he has a few precious months...
Crave
Wolff, Tracy
Ebook

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