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Updated December 5, 2023
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Dungeons and Drama
Boyce, Kristy.
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER . When it comes to romance, sometimes it doesn't hurt to play games. A fun YA romcom full of fake dating hijinks! A COSMOPOLITAN BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE YEAR No one loves musicals more than Riley Morris-her dream is to be a Broadway...
All the living and the dead : from embalmers to executioners, an exploration of the people who have made death their life's work
Campbell, Hayley
Paper Book
A deeply compelling exploration of the death industry and the people--morticians, detectives, crime scene cleaners, embalmers, executioners--who work in it and what led them there. We are surrounded by death. It is in our news, our nursery rhymes, our true-crime podcasts. Yet...
Things you save in a fire
Center, Katherine
Paper Book
**INDIE NEXT PICK FOR AUGUST** **AN AUGUST 2019 LIBRARYREADS SELECTION** **BOOK OF THE MONTH PICK FOR JULY** **AN AMAZON EDITOR'S PICK FOR AUGUST** "Center gives readers a sharp and witty exploration of love and...
Summerlost : a novel
Condie, Allyson Braithwaite
Paper Book
A tender and compelling contemporary novel for young readers about facing loss and finding friendship, from Ally Condie, international bestselling author of the Matched series. Nominated by the Mystery Writers of America for the 2017 Edgar Award   "Kids are...
The house of my mother : a daughter's quest for freedom
Franke, Shari
Paper Book
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Heart-wrenchingly personal...dizzying." --Rolling Stone From eldest daughter Shari Franke, the shocking true story behind the viral 8 Passengers family vlog--now the subject of a new Hulu...
Remember : the science of memory and the art of forgetting
Genova, Lisa
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A fascinating exploration of the intricacies of how we remember, why we forget, and what we can do to protect our memories, from the Harvard-trained neuroscientist and bestselling author of Still Alice. "Using her expertise as a...
Still Alice : a novel.
Genova, Lisa
Paper Book
In Lisa Genova's extraordinary New York Times bestselling novel, an accomplished woman slowly loses her thoughts and memories to Alzheimer's disease--only to discover that each day brings a new way of living and loving. Now a major motion picture starring Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kate...
The doomsday mother : Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and the end of an American family
Glatt, John
Paper Book
In The Doomsday Mother, bestselling true crime author John Glatt tells the twisted tale of Lori Vallow, accused of having her two children murdered to start a new life with her new husband, doomsday prepper Chad Daybell. At first, the residents of Kauai Beach Resort...
The midnight library. [large print]
Haig, Matt, 1975-
Paper Book
An instant New York Times bestsellerA GOOD MORNING AMERICA Book Club Pick Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived. To see how things would be if you had...
Evvie Drake starts over : a novel
Holmes, Linda, (Radio talk show host)
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Read with Jenna Book Club Pick as Featured on Today * "Everything a romantic comedy should be: witty, relatable, and a little complicated."--People A heartfelt debut about the unlikely relationship between a young...
The boys : a memoir of Hollywood and family /
Howard, Ron, 1954-
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "This extraordinary book is not only a chronicle of Ron's and Clint's early careers and their wild adventures, but also a primer on so many topics--how an actor prepares, how to survive as a kid working in Hollywood, and how to be the best parents in the...
At home in Mitford.
Karon, Jan, 1937-
Paper Book
A "village novel" about ordinary people living ordinary lives in the small town of Mitford, North Carolina. Seen through the eyes of Father Tim, Mitford's Episcopal priest, the village becomes a kind of extended family, bursting with secrets, heartaches, hopes, joys, fears and failures.
My not so perfect life : a novel
Kinsella, Sophie
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Part love story, part workplace drama, this sharply observed novel is a witty critique of the false judgments we make in a social-media-obsessed world. New York Times bestselling author Sophie Kinsella has written her most timely novel yet.
Eight perfect hours : a novel
Louis, Lia
Paper Book
ONE OF THE BEST FEEL-GOOD BOOKS OF 2021 BY THE WASHINGTON POST "I read Eight Perfect Hours in one sitting, in four perfect hours, because I couldn't bear to put it down without knowing the ending." --Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author...
Ordinary heroes : a memoir of 9/11
Pfeifer, Joseph
Paper Book
Ordinary Heroes is the unforgettable and intimate account of what Chief Pfeifer witnessed at Ground Zero on 9/11 and the days that followed. Through his eyes, we see the horror of the attack and the courage of the firefighters who ran into the burning towers to save others. We see him send his own...
The book woman of Troublesome Creek.
Richardson, Kim Michele
Paper Book
In 1936, Bluet is the last of the Kentucky Blues. In the dusty Appalachian hills of Troublesome Creek, nineteen and blue-skinned, Bluet has used up her last chance for "respectability" and a marriage bed. Instead, she joins the historical Pack Horse Library Project of Kentucky and becomes a...
The Christmas pig
Rowling, J. K.
Paper Book
A heartwarming, page-turning adventure about one child's love for his most treasured thing, and how far he will go to find it. A tale for the whole family to fall in love with, from one of the world's greatest storytellers. One boy and his toy are about to change everything... Jack...
Field notes on love.
Smith, Jennifer E.
Paper Book
"Utterly romantic." --Jenny Han, NYT bestselling author of To All the Boys I've Loved Before The bestselling author of Windfall and The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight returns with a meet-cute romance about Hugo and Mae, two teens who...
Get well soon : [online electronic book] history's worst plagues and the heroes
Wright, Jennifer Ashley, 1986-
Ebook
A witty, irreverent tour of history's worst plagues--from the Antonine Plague, to leprosy, to polio--and a celebration of the heroes who fought them In 1518, in a small town in Alsace, Frau Troffea began dancing and didn't stop. She danced until she was carried away six days...

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