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Emezi, Akwaeke,
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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST * STONEWALL BOOK AWARD WINNER * ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by The New York Times * Time * Buzzfeed * NPR * New York Public Library * Publishers...
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A short walk through a wide world :
Westerbeke, Douglas
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"Imagine The Life of Pi, The Alchemist, and The Midnight Library rolled into one fantastical fable." --The New York Times Book Review * "An epic adventure...rich with all the possibilities the world can hold." --People NATIONAL BESTSELLER...
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How to keep house while drowning : a gentle approach to cleaning and organizing
Davis, KC
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An NPR Best Book of 2022 USA TODAY Bestseller This revolutionary approach to cleaning and organizing helps free you from feeling ashamed or overwhelmed by a messy home. If you're struggling to stay on top of your to-do list, you probably...
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Knife : Meditations after an Attempted Murder
Rushdie, Salman
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#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD * LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE * From Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account of enduring--and surviving--an attempt on his life thirty years after the fatwa that was ordered...
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Junie B. Jones is a beauty shop guy.
Park, Barbara
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"Hilarious. Barbara Park makes reading fun." --Dav Pilkey, author of Dog Man Barbara Park's #1 New York Times bestselling chapter book series, Junie B. Jones, has been keeping kids laughing--and reading--for more than twenty-five years. Over 65 million...
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My brilliant friend.
Ferrante, Elena
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#1 BEST BOOK OF THE CENTURY - NEW YORK TIMES Now an HBO series: the first volume in the New York Times-bestselling "enduring masterpiece" about a lifelong friendship between two women from Naples (The Atlantic). Beginning in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the...
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The one hundred years of Lenni and Margot.
Cronin, Marianne
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"A beautiful debut, funny, tender, and animated by a willingness to confront life's obstacles and find a way to survive. . . . It celebrates friendship, finds meaning in difficulty and lets the reader explore dark places while always allowing for the possibility of light. Lenni and Margot are...
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Parable of the sower. [online electronic book]
Butler, Octavia E.
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A New York Times Notable Book: In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey toward a better future. "A stunner." --Flea, musician and actor, TheWall Street Journal ...
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Howl's moving castle.
Jones, Diana Wynne, 1934-
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'Quite simply the best writer of magic there is' Neil Gaiman 'Truly magical ... Guaranteed to leave you gasping' The Bookseller 'She is the best writer of magical fantasy for children' Evening Standard In this beloved modern classic,...
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The frozen river :
Lawhon, Ariel.
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER * GMA BOOK CLUB PICK * AN NPR BOOK OF THE YEAR * From the New York Times bestselling author of I Was Anastasia and Code Name Hélène comes a gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a...
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The Marsh King's daughter.
Dionne, Karen.
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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER "Brilliant....About as good as a thriller can be."--The New York Times Book Review "[A] nail-biter perfect for Room fans."--Cosmopolitan "Sensationally good psychological...
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Mind games /
Roberts, Nora
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The #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Identity presents a suspenseful novel of tragedy and trauma, love and family, and the evil that awaits. Thea Fox is getting the life she always wanted. She's become a renowned videogame designer, a job that allows her to...
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Bury your gays /
Tingle, Chuck,
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The instant USA Today bestseller by Chuck Tingle about what it takes to succeed in a world that wants you dead. "Brilliantly bloody, wildly fun, and extremely scary, Bury Your Gays brings a sledgehammer down on tired tropes and makes a masterpiece of their guts."...
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Witch hat atelier. Volume 1
Shirahama, Kamome
Paper Book
Best of the Year -- AV Club, New York Public Library, Nerdist, SYFY Wire, Chicago Public Library "Harry Potter meets Kiki's Delivery Service!" -AV Club A beautifully-illustrated story about a girl who longs for magic in her life and learns that...
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Miss Rumphius /
Cooney, Barbara,
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A beloved classic is lovelier than ever! Barbara Cooney's story of Alice Rumphius, who longed to travel the world, live in a house by the sea, and do something to make the world more beautiful, has a timeless quality that resonates with each new generation. The countless lupines that...
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Icebreaker :
Grace, Hannah,
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Over 1 million copies sold! A TikTok sensation! Sparks fly when a competitive figure skater and hockey team captain are forced to share a rink. Anastasia Allen has worked her entire life for a shot at Team USA....
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Warcross /
Lu, Marie,
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"A vibrant, action-packed shot of adrenaline."--Leigh Bardugo, #1 New York Times bestselling author "The Hunger Games meets Minecraft."--Seventeen From #1 New York Times bestselling author--when a game called Warcross takes the world by storm,...
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Threads that bind /
Hatzopoulou, Kika,
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"Dripping with atmosphere and edged with danger, Threads That Bind weaves together a gorgeous dark tapestry of mystery, fated romance, and modern myth. You won't be able to put this one down." --Alexandra Bracken, New York Times bestselling author of Lore In...
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Barkskins : a novel
Proulx, Annie.
Paper Book
Now a television mini-series airing on National Geographic May 2020! A Washington Post Best Book of the Year & a New York Times Notable Book From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Shipping News and "Brokeback Mountain," comes the New York...
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A Novel Love Story
Poston, Ashley,
Paper Book
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Most Anticipated by Parade · Buzzfeed · Harper's Bazaar · Elle · She Reads · The Seattle Times · BookRiot and more! A professor of literature finds herself caught up in a work of fiction.....
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The dead romantics /
Poston, Ashley,
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Florence Day is the ghostwriter for a prolific romance author. When her new editor won't give her an extension, Florence prepares to kiss her career goodbye. But then she gets a phone call she never wanted to receive: she must return home for the first time in a decade to help bury her beloved...
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Everyone Here Is Lying : A Novel
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Another thrilling domestic suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door "The most addictive book I've read in ages--so slick and disquieting and clever. Just brilliant." --Lisa Jewell, #1 New York Times bestselling author of...
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The saboteur.
Gross, Andrew, 1952-
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Based on the true story of Operation Gunnerside--the Britain-sponsored mission that sent Norwegian commandos into the Nazi-occupied Telemark region of their country to destroy the enemy's nuclear weapons program--New York Times bestselling author Andrew Gross's The Saboteur is a...
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The one man /
Gross, Andrew,
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"As moving as it is gripping. A winner on all fronts."--Booklist (starred review) "Heart-pounding...This is Gross's best work yet, with his heart and soul imprinted on every page."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Poland. 1944. Alfred Mendl and his...
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The fifth column.
Gross, Andrew, 1952-
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"One of the best historical thriller authors in the business... [A] stellar novel." --Associated Press #1 New York Times bestselling author of The One Man Andrew Gross once again delivers a tense, stirring thriller of a family torn apart set against the...
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My beloved monster :
Carr, Caleb,
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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "The most brilliant feline portrait in literary history." -People Magazine (Book of the Week) The #1 bestselling author of The Alienist tells the extraordinary story of Masha, a half...
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All the colors of the dark
Whitaker, Chris
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the author of We Begin at the End comes a soaring thriller and an epic love story that "hits like a sledgehammer . . . an absolutely must-read novel" (Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl). Read with Jenna Book Club Pick as...
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Warm Hands of Ghosts : A Novel
Arden, Katherine
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER * During the Great War, a combat nurse searches for her brother, believed dead in the trenches despite eerie signs that suggest otherwise, in this hauntingly beautiful historical novel with a speculative twist, from the author of The Bear and the Nightingale.
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A Court of Thorns and Roses A Court of Thorns and Roses Series, Book 1
Maas, Sarah J.
Ebook
The sexy, action-packed first book in the #1 bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses series from global phenomenon Sarah J. Maas.When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous magical...
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The murder of Mr. Wickham.
Gray, Claudia
Paper Book
From New York Times-bestselling author Claudia Gray--a summer house party turns into a thrilling whodunit when Mr. Wickham, one of literature's most notorious rakes, finally gets what's coming to him in this brilliantly imagined murder mystery featuring Jane Austen's leading literary...
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The late Mrs. Willoughby.
Gray, Claudia
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The suspenseful follow-up to New York Times-bestselling author Claudia Gray's The Murder of Mr. Wickham: Juliet Tilney and Jonathan Darcy team up again to solve the murder of the scoundrel Willoughby's young wife. The Tilneys of Northanger Abbey are not entirely...
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Mother-Daughter Murder Night : A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick
Simon, Nina
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK Nothing brings a family together like a murder next door. "I just loved how intriguing the mystery is but also the dynamics between a grandmother, a mother, and a teenage daughter." --Reese Witherspoon Think: Gilmore...
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We must not think of ourselves :
Grodstein, Lauren.
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From a New York Times bestselling author Lauren Grodstein, a story inspired by a little-known piece of history in the lives of Jewish occupants of the Warsaw Ghetto in World War II. Called a "masterpiece", and as seen on The Today Show with Jenna pick (Madeline Miller). ...
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A good girl's guide to murder.
Jackson, Holly, 1992-
Paper Book
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT! An addictive must-read mystery with shades of Serial and Making a Murderer about an investigation turned obsession, full of twists and turns and with an ending you'll never expect. Everyone...
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The reappearance of Rachel Price /
Jackson, Holly,
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the author of the multimillion-copy bestselling A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series and Five Survive comes a gripping mystery thriller following one teen's search for the truth about her mother's shocking disappearance--and even more...
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Men Have Called Her Crazy :
Tendler, Anna Marie
Paper Book
*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* "This book is so many things I didn't know I needed: a testament to the work of healing, a raw howl of anger, and an indictment of misogyny's insipid, predictable, infuriating reign." --Carmen Maria Machado, author of the National Book Award...
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Killers of the Flower Moon :
Grann, David.
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history, from the author of The Wager and The Lost City of Z, "one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today."--New...
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