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Updated December 31, 2024
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Acevedo, Elizabeth
Paper Book
The second poignant, powerful and passionate novel in verse from the 2019 Carnegie Medal winning author of The Poet X.
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Americanah
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEY'S WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 'A delicious, important novel' The Times 'Alert, alive and gripping' Independent 'Some novels tell a great story and others make you change the way you look at the world. Americanah does both.' Guardian As...
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Violeta : a novel
Allende, Isabel
Paper Book
_______________THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING NOVEL FROM LITERARY LEGEND ISABEL ALLENDE_______________'Epic, beautifully crafted . . . Gripping from start to finish' DAILY TELEGRAPH'A moving exploration of both the pain and the freedom of...
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The City of Brass A Novel
Chakraborty, S. A.
Paper Book
Discover this spellbinding debut from S.A. Chakraborty. 'An extravagant feast of a book - spicy and bloody, dizzyingly magical, and still, somehow, utterly believable' Laini Taylor, Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Among the bustling markets of...
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The galaxy, and the ground within
Chambers, Becky
Paper Book
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How not to drown in a glass of water
Cruz, Angie
Paper Book
'Cruz once again offers a fresh glimpse of immigration, womanhood, aspiration and gentrification . . . told in Cara's unfailingly frank, sometimes hilarious, voice' Washington Post Write this down: Cara Romero wants to work. When Cara left the...
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What my bones know : a memoir of healing from complex trauma
Foo, Stephanie
Audiobook
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Homegoing A novel
Gyasi, Yaa.
Paper Book
A BBC Top 100 Novels that Shaped Our World Effia and Esi: two sisters with two very different destinies. One sold into slavery; one a slave trader's wife. The consequences of their fate reverberate through the generations that follow. Taking us from the Gold Coast of Africa to...
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The devil takes you home : a barrio noir
Iglesias, Gabino
Paper Book
Father. Husband. Hitman. He lost it all - he'll kill to get it back. Perfect read for fans of Breaking Bad and Stephen King. *GUARDIAN BEST CRIME AND THRILLER BOOKS OF 2022* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE BEST NOVEL PRIZE...
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Tokyo ever after
Jean, Emiko
Paper Book
A Reese Witherspoon Book Club YA Pick!Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean is a hilarious and heartfelt novel perfect for fans of To All the Boys I've Loved Before and The Princess Diaries.Izumi Tanaka has lived an uneventful seventeen years in her small town, keenly aware of all the ways in which her...
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Happiness falls : a novel
Kim, Angie
Paper Book
A gripping, heart-wrenching, missing-person story, Happiness Falls is about family, the pursuit of happiness and how far we go to protect the ones we love.
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Babel : or the necessity of violence : an arcane history of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
Kuang, R. F.
Paper Book
THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES AND #1 NYT BESTSELLER 'One for Philip Pullman fans' THE TIMES 'This one is an automatic buy' GLAMOUR 'Ambitious, sweeping and epic' EVENING STANDARD 'Razor-sharp' DAILY MAIL 'An ingenious...
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Interpreter of maladies : stories
Lahiri, Jhumpa.
Ebook
Pulitzer-winning, scintillating studies in yearning and exile from a Bengali Bostonian woman of immense promise. A couple exchange unprecedented confessions during nightly blackouts in their Boston apartment as they struggle to cope with a heartbreaking loss; a student arrives in new...
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Pachinko
Lee, Min Jin.
Paper Book
* The million-copy bestseller* * National Book Award finalist * * One of the New York Times's 10 Best Books of 2017 * * Selected for Emma Watson's Our Shared Shelf book club * 'This is a captivating book... Min Jin Lee's novel takes us through...
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Arsenic and adobo
Manansala, Mia P.
Audiobook
A RUSA Award-winning novel! The first book in a new culinary cozy series full of sharp humor and delectable dishes--one that might just be killer.... When Lila Macapagal moves back home to recover from a horrible breakup, her life seems to be following all the...
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Behold the Dreamers A Novel
Mbue, Imbolo.
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK A powerful and timely story of marriage, class, race and the pursuit of the American Dream. Behold the Dreamers is a dazzling debut novel about life, liberty and the pursuit of...
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A place for us
Mirza, Fatima Farheen
Paper Book
** The New York Times bestseller ** 'To be taken hostage by Fatima Mirza's heartrending and timely story is a gutting pleasure... She captures your mind and heart with an urgency that defies you to stop reading. I guarantee you will be different when you close the book'...
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Delphine Jones takes a chance
Morrey, Beth
Paper Book
'Glorious!' CLARE POOLEY 'Compelling' SUNDAY EXPRESS 'Beautiful, uplifting and deeply moving' FREYA SAMPSON From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Saving Missy A mother. A daughter. A...
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The committed
Nguyen, Viet Thanh
Paper Book
'A voice that shakes the walls of the old literary comfort zone' New Yorker 'Goes toe to toe with the original then surpasses it. A masterwork' Marlon James, Booker Prize-winning author of a Brief History of Seven Killings 'Fierce and...
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Born a Crime Stories from a South African Childhood
Noah, Trevor.
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE THURBER PRIZE The compelling, inspiring, (often comic) coming-of-age story of Trevor Noah, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed. One of the comedy world's brightest new voices, Trevor Noah is a...
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True biz : a novel
NovicÌ, Sara
Paper Book
'Original, tender, thoughtful and true. Can't wait for people to read!' Reese Witherspoon 'Part tender coming of age story, part electrifying tale of political awakening, part heartfelt love letter to Deaf culture, True Biz<...
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There there
Orange, Tommy
Paper Book
**The debut novel from the Booker-longlisted author of Wandering Stars** One of Barack Obama's best books of the year, the New York Times bestselling novel about contemporary America from a bold new Native American voice 'A thunderclap' Marlon...
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A Woman of No Importance The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
Purnell, Sonia.
Paper Book
'A METICULOUS HISTORY THAT READS LIKE A THRILLER' BEN MACINTYRE, TEN BEST BOOKS TO READ ABOUT WORLD WAR II An astounding story of heroism, spycraft, resistance and personal triumph over shocking adversity. 'A rousing tale of derring-do'...
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The island of missing trees
Shafak, Elif
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022 THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER & REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK ***** You don't fall in love in Cyprus in the summer of 1974. Not here, not now. In 1974, two...
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Dial A for Aunties
Sutanto, Jesse Q.
Paper Book
Winner of the Comedy Women In Print Prize 2021 'Whip-smart, original and so funny. I found it impossible to put down and lost count of the number of times I laughed out loud' Beth O'Leary, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Road Trip Your...
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They called us enemy
Takei, George
Ebook
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The Fellowship of the Ring Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings
Tolkien, J.R.R.
Paper Book
Classic hardback edition of the first volume of The Lord of the Rings, featuring Tolkien's original unused dust-jacket design. Includes special packaging and the definitive edition of the text with fold-out map and colour plate section. Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to...
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A gentleman in Moscow
Towles, Amor
Paper Book
OVER 4 MILLION COPIES SOLD A Showtime/Paramount+ series starring Ewan McGregor as Count Alexander Rostov From the number one New York Times-bestselling author, a beautifully transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life...
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Crying in H Mart : a memoir
Zauner, Michelle
Paper Book
'That book f**king destroyed me,' - Olivia Rodrigo 'Michelle Zauner explores what it means to cook your feelings... she uses the lens of food and cooking to explore her Korean identity after she loses her mother to cancer.' Jungkook of BTS From the indie rockstar Japanese Breakfast, an unflinching,...
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No land to light on
Zgheib, Yara
Audiobook
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No land to light on : a novel
Zgheib, Yara
Audiobook
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Four treasures of the sky
Zhang, Jenny
Paper Book
A propulsive and dazzling debut novel set against the backdrop of the Chinese Exclusion Act, and one Chinese girl fighting to claim her place 'An engulfing, bighearted and heartbreaking novel' ANN PATCHETT, author of Women's Prize longlisted The Dutch House<...
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