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Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone
<\/strong>by Tae Keller<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her first novel since winning the Newbery Medal for When You Trap a Tiger, Tae Keller offers a gripping and emotional story about a girl who is alienated by her friends \u2026 for believing in aliens. Keller lights up the sky with this insightful story about shifting friendships, right and wrong, and the power we all hold to influence and change one another. No one is alone.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Violin Conspiracy
<\/strong>by Brendan Slocumb<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ray McMillian is a Black classical musician on the rise \u2013 undeterred by the pressure and prejudice of the classical music world\u2013when a shocking theft sends him on a desperate quest to recover his great-great-grandfather\u2019s heirloom violin on the eve of the most prestigious music competition in the world.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A Man Called Ove
<\/strong>by Fredrik Backman<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fredrik Backman\u2019s beloved first novel about the angry old man next door is a thoughtful exploration of the profound impact one life has on countless others.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Night Watchman
<\/strong>by Louise Erdrich<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on the extraordinary life of National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich\u2019s  grandfather who worked as a night watchman and carried the fight against Native dispossession from rural North Dakota all the way to Washington, D.C., this powerful novel explores themes of love and death with lightness and gravity and unfolds with the elegant prose, sly humor, and depth of feeling of a master craftsman.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
<\/strong>by Gabrielle Zevin<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spanning decades and coasts, Zevin\u2019s epic is expertly crafted and deftly realized. An intelligent novel full of friendship, heartbreak, creativity, and love \u2026 an instant classic.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lessons in Chemistry
<\/strong>by Bonnie Garmus<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A fun, feminist charmer, Bonnie Garmus’s novel Lessons in Chemistry follows singular single mother Elizabeth Zott, a brilliant chemist in a man’s world\u20141960s America\u2014as she becomes an unlikely cooking-show host and the role model her daughter deserves.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Unhoneymooners
<\/strong>by Christina Lauren<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For two sworn enemies, anything can happen during the Hawaiian trip of a lifetime\u2014maybe even love\u2014in this romantic comedy from the New York Times bestselling authors of Roomies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Sweetness of Water
<\/strong>by Nathan Harris<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the spirit of The Known World and The Underground Railroad, an award-winning \u201cmiraculous debut\u201d (Washington Post) about the unlikely bond between two freedmen who are brothers and the Georgia farmer whose alliance will alter their lives, and his, forever.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ugly Love
<\/strong>by Colleen Hoover<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Colleen Hoover, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Starts with Us and It Ends with Us, a heart-wrenching love story that proves attraction at first sight can be messy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Small Town Big Magic
<\/strong>by Hazel Beck<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s no such thing as witches\u2026right?
Emerson Wilde has built the life of her dreams. Youngest Chamber of Commerce president in St. Cyprian history, successful indie bookstore owner, and lucky enough to have her best friends as found family? Done. But when Emerson is attacked by creatures that shouldn\u2019t be real, and kills them with what can only be called magic, Emerson finds that the past decade of her life has been\u2026a lie. St. Cyprian isn’t your average Midwestern river town\u2014it\u2019s a haven for witches. When Emerson failed a power test years ago, she was stripped of her magical memories. Turns out, Emerson\u2019s friends are all witches. And so is she.
That’s not all, though: evil is lurking in the charming streets of St. Cyprian. Emerson will need to learn to control what\u2019s inside of her, remember her magic, and deal with old, complicated feelings for her childhood friend–cranky-yet-gorgeous local farmer Jacob North\u2014to defeat an enemy that hides in the rivers and shadows of everything she loves. Even before she had magic, Emerson would have done anything for St. Cyprian, but now she\u2019ll have to risk not just her livelihood\u2026but her life.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Great or Nothing
<\/strong>by Joy McCullough & Caroline Tung Richmond & Tess Sharpe & Jessica Spotswood<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A reimagining of Little Women set in 1942, when the United States is suddenly embroiled in the second World War, this story, told from each March sister’s point of view, is one of grief, love, and self-discovery.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Autumn
<\/strong>by Ali Smith<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first novel in Ali Smith’s Seasonal Quartet is an unforgettable story about aging and time and love–and stories themselves. Autumn. Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness. Two old friends–Daniel, a centenarian, and Elisabeth, born in 1984–look to both the future and the past as the United Kingdom stands divided by a historic, once-in-a-generation summer. Love is won, love is lost. Hope is hand-in-hand with hopelessness. The seasons roll round, as ever. A luminous meditation on the meaning of richness and harvest and worth, Autumn is the first installment of Ali Smith’s Seasonal Quartet, and it casts an eye over our own time: Who are we? What are we made of? Shakespearean jeu d’esprit, Keatsian melancholy, the sheer bright energy of 1960s pop art. Autumn is wide-ranging in time-scale and light-footed through histories.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The House in the Cerulean Sea
<\/strong>by T.J. Klune<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An enchanting story, masterfully told, The House in the Cerulean Sea is about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place\u2014and realizing that family is yours.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel
<\/strong>by Taylor Jenkins Reid <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now?

Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband has left her, and her professional life is going nowhere. Regardless of why Evelyn has selected her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career.

Summoned to Evelyn\u2019s luxurious apartment, Monique listens in fascination as the actress tells her story. From making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the \u201880s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way, Evelyn unspools a tale of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love. Monique begins to feel a very real connection to the legendary star, but as Evelyn\u2019s story near its conclusion, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique\u2019s own in tragic and irreversible ways.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Book Lovers
<\/strong>by Emily Henry<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Nora Stephens’ life is books\u2014she\u2019s read them all\u2014and she is not that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. In fact, the only people Nora is a heroine for are her clients, for whom she lands enormous deals as a cutthroat literary agent, and her beloved little sister Libby. Which is why she agrees to go to Sunshine Falls, North Carolina for the month of August when Libby begs her for a sisters\u2019 trip away\u2014with visions of a small town transformation for Nora, who she\u2019s convinced needs to become the heroine in her own story. But instead of picnics in meadows, or run-ins with a handsome country doctor or bulging-forearmed bartender, Nora keeps bumping into Charlie Lastra, a bookish brooding editor from back in the city. It would be a meet-cute if not for the fact that they\u2019ve met many times and it\u2019s never been cute. If Nora knows she\u2019s not an ideal heroine, Charlie knows he\u2019s nobody\u2019s hero, but as they are thrown together again and again\u2014in a series of coincidences no editor worth their salt would allow\u2014what they discover might just unravel the carefully crafted stories they\u2019ve written about themselves.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Win Me Something
<\/strong>by Kyle Lucia Wu<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Growing up biracial between New Jersey and Upstate New York, Willa Chen got used to never fitting in. But when she begins nannying for the Adriens, a wealthy white family living in New York City\u2019s Tribeca neighborhood, Willa suddenly becomes acutely aware of all the things she never had as a girl. Winsome and tender, Wu\u2019s debut novel is about a girl who must confront her out-of-place childhood in her search for a solid sense of self.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Charm Offensive
<\/strong>by Alison Cochrun<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Card-carrying members of Bachelor Nation, look alive! Cochrun\u2019s swoon-worthy debut follows a producer on a Bachelor-esque reality show whose idealistic view of romance gets upended when he starts to develop feelings for the show\u2019s lead, a handsome\u2014and very awkward\u2014tech genius who\u2019s taken the job to rehabilitate his image.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Heart Principle
<\/strong>by Helen Hoang<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hoang\u2019s latest romance puts readers through the wringer, but the happy ending is well worth it. After accidentally going viral, violinist Anna Sun should be celebrating her success; instead, she\u2019s wrestling with burnout. When her boyfriend suggests they see other people, Anna sees it as a chance to figure out who she is apart from others\u2019 expectations of her\u2014but at what cost?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Our Country Friends
<\/strong>by Gary Shteyngart<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the first \u2014 and best \u2014 lockdown novels, Our Country Friends traps a mismatched group of over-educated and underemployed friends at a mansion in upstate New York during the first wave of Covid-19. Shteyngart leavens his scholarly premise (allusions to Boccaccio and Chekhov abound) with farcical comedy, as rivalries and romantic machinations drive his characters to breaking point.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Daughter of the Moon Goddess
<\/strong>by Sue Lynn Tan<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inspired by the legend of the Chinese moon goddess, this young adult fantasy read is about Xingyin’s journey to save her mother from the Celestial Emperor after a flare in her magic revealed her secret existence. Readers love this story for its elements of Chinese mythology, strong female warrior protagonist, and the inspiring yet perilous quest.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Every Summer After
<\/strong>by Carly Fortune<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over six summers, Percy and Sam fell in love on the lakeshore until everything tragically fell apart. A decade later, Percy returns to the lake for Sam’s mother’s funeral and while their connection is just as strong as ever, their past mistakes threaten to keep them apart and leave them with only a weekend to repair years of damage.  <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Paris Bookseller
<\/strong>by Kerri Maher<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Paris Bookseller” by Kerri Maher is a can’t-miss historical fiction title for anyone with a passion for books. In 1919, Sylvia Beach opens the famed Parisian bookstore Shakespeare and Company, which quickly becomes a gathering place for some of the brightest minds of the era, including Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and James Joyce. In fact, when Joyce’s “Ulysses” is banned, Sylvia takes a chance and publishes the title herself. This one act tests the bookseller’s friendships, puts her business at risk, and leads to a personal and professional crisis that will force her to decide just how much the bookstore means to her.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Love At First Spite
<\/strong>by Anna E. Collins<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dani Porter is only looking for sweet revenge when she buys the vacant lot next to her ex’s new house in “Love at First Spite” by Anna E. Collins. The interior decorator plans to build a vacation rental right next door to her ex-fianc\u00e9’s house to ensure he doesn’t get a moment’s peace in the home they were going to share before he cheated on her with the realtor. Unfortunately, the only way to make Spite House happen is with the help of the incredibly uptight architect Wyatt Montego. However, it doesn’t take long for Dani to realize Wyatt is way more than just a professional connection.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Ivory Key
<\/strong>by Akshaya Raman<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Ivory Key” by Akshaya Raman is a YA fantasy debut about a quartet of siblings who are each in search of the Ivory Key \u2014 the literal key of magic \u2014 for their own reasons. Vira, Ronak, Kaleb, and Riya come from a royal family, but despite their shared upbringing, they have never been close. Now, with their kingdom on the verge of running out of magic, a situation that would lead to war, they have to band together to find the key \u2014 but the catch is none of them want the key for the same reason, leaving the door open for startling double-crosses and maybe even a bit of sibling bonding along the way.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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First Time for Everything
<\/strong>by Henry Fry<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A \u201chilarious, tender, raw, and heart-stoppingly moving\u201d (Amanda Eyre Ward) debut about a down-on-his-luck gay man working out how he fits into the world, making up for lost time, and opening himself up to life\u2019s possibilities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Here Comes the Sun
<\/strong>by Nicole Dennis-Benn<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Set at a luxurious resort in Jamaica\u2019s Montego Bay, Here Comes the Sun is a story about two sisters, Margot and Thandi, who are both striving for a better life than the one they\u2019ve been conditioned to living on the fringes of opulence. When an outside threat to their community forces both sisters into action, Margot wonders if she\u2019ll finally have the chance to admit her secret love for another woman.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Real Life
<\/strong>by Brandon Taylor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wallace is black, queer, and in pursuit of a biochem degree at his Midwestern university, surrounded by a group of friends who sometimes feel as distant to him as his family back home in Alabama. When inter-friend group attraction begins to ferment, amongst some unlikely candidates, Wallace finds himself forced to reckon with his own vulnerability and desire.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Maybe In Another Life
<\/strong>by Taylor Jenkins Reid<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A breathtaking new novel about a young woman whose fate hinges on the choice she makes after bumping into an old flame; in alternating chapters, we see two possible scenarios unfold\u2014with stunningly different results.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Love & Gelato
<\/strong>by Jenna Evans Welch<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soon to be a Netflix movie! A New York Times bestseller. A summer in Italy turns into a road trip across Tuscany in this sweeping debut novel filled with romance, mystery, and adventure.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Moo
<\/strong>by Sharon Creech<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Reena, her little brother, Luke, and their parents first move to Maine, Reena doesn\u2019t know what to expect. She\u2019s ready for beaches, blueberries, and all the lobster she can eat. Instead, her parents \u201cvolunteer\u201d Reena and Luke to work for an eccentric neighbor named Mrs. Falala, who has a pig named Paulie, a cat named China, a snake named Edna\u2014and that stubborn cow, Zora. This heartwarming story, told in a blend of poetry and prose, reveals the bonds that emerge when we let others into our lives.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Black Cake
<\/strong>by Charmaine Wilkerson<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In present-day California, Eleanor Bennett\u2019s death leaves behind a puzzling inheritance for her two children, Byron and Benny: a black cake, made from a family recipe with a long history, and a voice recording. In her message, Eleanor shares a tumultuous story about a headstrong young swimmer who escapes her island home under suspicion of murder. The heartbreaking tale Eleanor unfolds, the secrets she still holds back, and the mystery of a long-lost child challenge everything the siblings thought they knew about their lineage and themselves.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Sunday Lunch Club
<\/strong>by Juliet Ashton<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every few Sundays, Anna and her extended family and friends get together for lunch. They talk, they laugh, they bicker, they eat too much. Sometimes the important stuff is left unsaid, other times it’s said in the wrong way. Sitting between her ex-husband and her new lover, Anna is coming to terms with an unexpected pregnancy at the age of forty. Also at the table are her ageing grandmother, her promiscuous sister, her flamboyantly gay brother and a memory too terrible to contemplate. Until, that is, a letter arrives from the person Anna scarred all those years ago. Can Anna reconcile her painful past with her uncertain future?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sea of Tranquility
<\/strong>by Emily St. John Mandel<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The award-winning, best-selling author of Station Eleven and The Glass Hotel returns with a novel of art, time, love, and plague that takes the reader from Vancouver Island in 1912 to a dark colony on the moon five hundred years later, unfurling a story of humanity across centuries and space.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Keeper of Lost Things
<\/strong>by Ruth Hogan<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A charming, clever, and quietly moving novel of of endless possibilities and joyful discoveries that explores the promises we make and break, losing and finding ourselves, the objects that hold magic and meaning for our lives, and the surprising connections that bind us.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Vacationers
<\/strong>by Emma Straub<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An irresistible, deftly observed novel from the New York Times-bestselling author of Modern Lovers, about the secrets, joys, and jealousies that rise to the surface over the course of an American family\u2019s two-week stay in Mallorca.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Viscount Who Loved Me
<\/strong>by Julia Quinn<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The inspiration for season two of BRIDGERTON, a series created by Shondaland for Netflix, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn: the story of Anthony Bridgerton in the second of her beloved Regency-set novels featuring the charming, powerful Bridgerton family.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Rules of Magic
<\/strong>by Alice Hoffman<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the Owens family, love is a curse that began in 1620, when Maria Owens was charged with witchery for loving the wrong man. Hundreds of years later, in New York City at the cusp of the sixties, when the whole world is about to change, Susanna Owens knows that her three children are dangerously unique. Difficult Franny, with skin as pale as milk and blood red hair, shy and beautiful Jet, who can read other people\u2019s thoughts, and charismatic Vincent, who began looking for trouble on the day he could walk. From the start Susanna sets down rules for her children: No walking in the moonlight, no red shoes, no wearing black, no cats, no crows, no candles, no books about magic. And most importantly, never, ever, fall in love. But when her children visit their Aunt Isabelle, in the small Massachusetts town where the Owens family has been blamed for everything that has ever gone wrong, they uncover family secrets and begin to understand the truth of who they are. Yet, the children cannot escape love even if they try, just as they cannot escape the pains of the human heart.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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To Capture What We Cannot Keep
<\/strong>by Beatrice Colin<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February 1887, Caitriona Wallace and \u00c9mile Nouguier meet in a hot air balloon, floating high above Paris, France–a moment of pure possibility. But back on firm ground, their vastly different social strata become clear. Cait is a widow who because of her precarious financial situation is forced to chaperone two wealthy Scottish charges. \u00c9mile is expected to take on the bourgeois stability of his family’s business and choose a suitable wife. As the Eiffel Tower rises, a marvel of steel and air and light, the subject of extreme controversy and a symbol of the future, Cait and \u00c9mile must decide what their love is worth.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tell Me Three Things
<\/strong>by Julie Buxbaum<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHere are three things about this book: (1) It\u2019s . . .  funny and romantic; (2) the mystery at the heart of the story will keep you turning the pages; (3) I have a feeling you\u2019ll be very happy you read it.\u201d \u2014Jennifer E. Smith, author of The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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One Italian Summer: A Novel
<\/strong>by Rebecca Serle<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Katy’s mother dies, she is left reeling. To make matters worse, the mother-daughter trip of a lifetime looms: two weeks in Positano, the magical town where Carol spent the summer before she met Katy’s father. But as soon as she steps foot on the Amalfi Coast, Katy begins to feel her mother’s spirit. Buoyed by the stunning waters, beautiful cliffsides, delightful residents, and – of course – delectable food, Katy feels herself coming back to life. And then Carol appears, healthy and sun-tanned\u2026 and thirty years old. Katy doesn’t understand what is happening, or how – all she can focus on is that somehow, impossibly, she has her mother back. Over the course of one Italian summer, Katy gets to know Carol, not as her mother, but as the young woman who came before. But can we ever truly know our parents? Soon Katy must reconcile the mother who knew everything with the young woman who does not yet have a clue.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Vanishing Half
<\/strong>by Brit Bennett<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it’s not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it’s everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities. Many years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same southern town she once tried to escape. The other secretly passes for white, and her white husband knows nothing of her past. Still, even separated by so many miles and just as many lies, the fates of the twins remain intertwined. What will happen to the next generation, when their own daughters’ storylines intersect?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dear Mrs. Bird
<\/strong>by AJ Pearce<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In wartime London, Emmy dreams of being a lady war correspondent but instead finds herself typing up the agony aunt page column at Woman\u2019s Friend, where she can\u2019t help but add her own advice. This charming, joyous debut is a love-letter to female friendship and the Blitz spirit. A warm hug in book form.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Authenticity Project
<\/strong>by Clare Pooley<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This story of six strangers all drawn together by a notebook in which people share their secret thoughts and feelings is a lovely read. When Monica finds a notebook in her caf\u00e9, she discovers inside it the story of neighbor Julian, a once-famous artist who is grieving his late wife. A reminder of the importance of friendship and reaching out to others.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Switch
<\/strong>by Beth O’Leary<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This story has everything you want to lift your spirits: laughs, romance and lovely characters you connect with emotionally. After high-flyer Leena is forced to take a sabbatical from work, she and her 79-year-old grandmother Eileen decide to swap lives. As Leena struggles to fit in with small village life, Eileen tries online dating in London.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Secret Women
<\/strong>by Sheila Williams<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elise Armstrong, Carmen Bradshaw, and DeeDee Davis meet in a yoga class. Though vastly different, these women discover they all have one thing in common: their mothers have recently passed away. Becoming fast friends, the trio make a pact to help each other sort through the belongings their mothers\u2019 left behind. But when they find old letters and diaries, Elise, Carmen, and DeeDee are astonished to learn that each of their mothers hid secrets\u2014secrets that will transform their own lives.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I Almost Forgot About You
<\/strong>by Terry McMillan<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In I Almost Forgot About You<\/em>, Dr. Georgia Young’s wonderful life\u2014great friends, family, and successful career\u2014aren’t enough to keep her from feeling stuck and restless. When she decides to make some major changes in her life, including quitting her job as an optometrist and moving house, she finds herself on a wild journey that may or may not include a second chance at love. Georgia\u2019s bravery reminds us that it\u2019s never too late to become the person you want to be, and that taking chances, with your life and your heart, are always worthwhile.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Some Places More Than Others
<\/strong>by Ren\u00e9e Watson<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

All Amara wants for her birthday is to visit her father’s family in New York City \u2013 Harlem. Maybe this will help her understand her family – and herself – in a new way. But New York City is not exactly what Amara thought it would be. Amara can’t help wondering, even if she does discover more about where she came from, will it help her know where she belongs?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Maid
<\/strong>by Nita Prose<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not to be confused with the memoir Maid by Stephanie Land, or the subsequent hit Netflix series starring Margaret Qualley, this is a murder mystery novel\u2014a twist-and-turn whodunit, set in a five-star hotel, from the perspective of the maid who finds the body. Think Clue. Think page-turner.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The People We Keep
<\/strong>by Allison Larkin<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As April moves through the world, meeting people who feel like home, she chronicles her life in the songs she writes and discovers that where she came from doesn\u2019t dictate who she has to be.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Capote’s Women
<\/strong>by Laurence Leamer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/em> bestselling author Laurence Leamer reveals the complex web of relationships and scandalous true stories behind Truman Capote’s never-published final novel, Answered Prayers\u2014<\/em>the dark secrets, tragic glamour, and Capote’s ultimate betrayal of the group of female friends he called his “swans.”<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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No One Will Miss Her
<\/strong>by Kat Rosenfield<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A smart, witty, crackling novel of psychological suspense in which a girl from a hardscrabble small town meets a gorgeous Instagram influencer from the big city, with a murderous twist that will shock even the most savvy reader.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Once More Upon A Time
<\/strong>b<\/em>y Roshani Chokshi<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once upon a dream, there was a prince named Ambrose
and a princess named Imelda who loved each other…
But alas, no more.
“What a witch takes, a witch does not give back!”
their friends and family warn.
They resign themselves to this loveless fate…
A year and a day pass.
And then their story truly begins…<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Neighbor’s Secret<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by L. Allison Hellner<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With its sprawling yards and excellent schools, Cottonwood Estates is the perfect place to raise children. The Cottonwood Book Club serves as the subdivision\u2019s eyes and ears, meeting once a month for discussion, gossip, and cocktails. If their selections trend toward twisty thrillers and salacious murder mysteries, it\u2019s only because the members feel secure that such evil has no place in their own cul-de-sacs.

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A Holly Jolly Diwali<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Sonya Lalli<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ever-practical Niki Randhawa finds an awfully handsome reason to throw caution to the wind in A Holly Jolly Diwali by Sonya Lalli. While attending her friend’s wedding in Mumbai, Niki meets a man who encourages her to embrace her creative side, but her new romance is threatened when a job offer back home leaves her torn between listening to her heart or doing what she feels is best for her family.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Death of Jane Lawrence<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Caitlin Starling<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Set in a dark alternate history version of post-war England, The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling is a creeping, Gothic horror novel full of unforgettable twists. For Jane, a marriage of convenience to a suitable man who will let her maintain her independence seems like a practical arrangement to enter into. But when her new husband begins to act oddly in his crumbling family home, Jane realizes there’s something very strange going on indeed.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Crossroads<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Jonathan Franzen<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jonathan Franzen serves up another American epic in Crossroads. The famed author’s latest novel follows the Hildebrandts, a family on the cusp of a seismic shift on the eve of Dec. 23, 1971, as their pastor patriarch prepares to ask his wife for a divorce \u2014 if his wife doesn’t ask him first, that is.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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With Teeth: A Nove<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>l
by Kristen Arnett <\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A sharp, often wryly funny, sometimes heart-wrenching look into parenting, queer marriage and growing up, this searing novel feels like walking across a lawn gone crispy in the sun. It’s deeply satisfying and a little painful, all at once.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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This Close to Okay: A Novel<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Leesa Cross-Smith <\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We all carry our past with us, and that’s never clearer than in this powerful story about two strangers who come together when they both need someone the most. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I Hope We Choose Love<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Kai Cheng Thom<\/em> <\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Written by a trans woman, this is a collection of essays and prose poetry that look at the world we live in and try to find a reason to create. It pushes you to acknowledge how we deal with the hard stuff, especially within marginalized communities, and how we sometimes turn that hurt to each other. But it also looks past that, saying we can do better, we can\u202flove<\/em>\u202fbetter, and that compassion will make it easier for us to rebuild the world. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Life of Pi<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Yann Martel<\/em> <\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Pi is 16 years old, he, his family, and their entire batch of zoo animals board a boat that will take them from India to North America. The ship sinks, and Pi is the sole survivor. Well, let’s revise. Pi finds himself sharing a lifeboat with a hyena, an orangutan, a wounded zebra, and Richard Parker, a massive Bengal Tiger. In long, surreal, sparkling passages, Martel describes Pi’s fight for survival and sanity over his 227-day journey. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A Man Called Ove<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Fredrik Backman<\/em> <\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After his wife dies, Ove is prepared to follow her into the Great Beyond. Too bad his new next-door neighbors \u2014 an Iranian immigrant, her Swedish husband, and their two daughters \u2014 keep asking the grumpy but handy Ove for help around the house. Reluctantly, Ove becomes pulled into the lives of his neighbors. This tale of friendship and redemption is wildly popular for a reason. It’ll make you cry. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ridgeline<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Michael Punke<\/em> <\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the aftermath of the Civil War, a new conflict between native tribes and a brash new nation breaks out on the Western frontier. Colonel Henry Carrington has arrived in Wyoming to open a new road for gold miners and settlers, while Red Cloud, a respected Lakota chief, understands exactly what this will mean for his people. From the bestselling author of \u201cThe Revenant.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Plot<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Jean Hanff Korelitz<\/em> <\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back in the day, Jacob Finch Bonner was a hotshot young novelist with a promising first book. But all that promise amounted to nothing much. Now he\u2019s teaching in a D-list MFA program and hasn\u2019t written a word in years. When an obnoxious student comes in with an amazing idea, Jacob doesn\u2019t think twice about it. But when the student mysteriously dies, the professor starts to think that a good idea shouldn\u2019t go to waste. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Palace of the Drowned<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Christine Mangan<\/em> <\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s 1966 and Frankie Croy has retreated to her friend\u2019s palazzo in Venice, looking to bounce back from a breakdown triggered by a scathing review of her debut novel. While there, she meets a young woman named Gilly, who describes herself as a huge fan. Something about Gilly seems off, but Frankie can\u2019t quite put her finger on it. Then a flood ravages the city, and the two women will never be the same. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Guncle<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Steven Rowley<\/em> <\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patrick \u2014 \u201cGay Uncle Patrick,\u201d or \u201cGUP\u201d for short \u2014 has always been a loving and fun uncle. But when his niece and nephew lose their mother and their father goes into rehab for the summer, he\u2019s suddenly in charge. Patrick might not know much about parenting, but he\u2019s determined to be the best uncle he can be, inflatable pool toys, house parties and all. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hell of a Book<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Jason Mott<\/em> <\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A black author embarks on a cross-country book tour to promote his new book, but he\u2019s followed by a (possibly imaginary) child. The author\u2019s story is intertwined with the narrative of Soot, a young black boy living in a rural town. Mott has written a clever meditation on race and violence in America. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Where the Grass is Green and the Girls are Pretty<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Lauren Weisberger<\/em> <\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peyton seemingly has it all: a job as a famous TV anchor, a loving husband and a Princeton-bound daughter. But when a college admissions scandal threatens to engulf her family, she flees to her sister\u2019s upscale NY suburb to hide out \u2014 and try to rebuild her reputation. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Color Purple<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Alice Walker<\/em> <\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walker’s masterpiece about the love between women isn’t just an LGBT classic, it’s a must-read book in just about every way. Made into a major motion picture, this National Book and Pulitzer Prize-winner follows the story of\u202ftwo sisters<\/a>\u202fliving very different lives and the unbreakable bond between them, even through impossible circumstances. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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My Year Abroad: A Novel<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Chang Rae-Lee<\/em> <\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This wildly original novel carries us across the world as Tiller, a mediocre college kid, gets tied up with Pong, an international businessman who takes him on the trip of a lifetime.\u202fWe bounce between those adventures and\u202fthe life Tiller finds afterward with\u202fVal, a single mom in witness protection, as he tries to figure out what it all means. It’s\u202fby turns dark, humorous and almost sneakily insightful. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House: A Novel<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Cherie Jones<\/em> <\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This transporting novel set in Barbados reveals the way even the most disparate lives are interconnected. It delves into wealth and class, love and crime \u2014 and the emotional turmoil that roils in\u202fa rapidly gentrifying area and the people who live there. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
By Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman<\/em> <\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now two friends, Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman, tell the story of their equally messy and life-affirming\u202fBig Friendship<\/em>\u202fin this honest and hilarious book that chronicles their first decade in one another\u2019s lives. As the hosts of the hit podcast Call Your Girlfriend, they\u2019ve become known for frank and intimate conversations. In this book, they bring that energy to their own friendship\u2014its joys and its pitfalls. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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In Five Years: A Novel <\/strong><\/strong> <\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Rebecca Serle<\/em> <\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Type-A Manhattan lawyer Dannie Kohan is asked this question at the most important interview of her career, she has a meticulously crafted answer at the ready. Later, after nailing her interview and accepting her boyfriend’s marriage proposal, Dannie goes to sleep knowing she is right on track to achieve her five-year plan. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Unexpected Joy of the Ordinary<\/strong> <\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Catherine Gray<\/em> <\/em> <\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learning how to be exalted by the everyday is the most important lesson we can possibly learn. In Catherine Gray’s hilarious, insightful, soulful (and very ordinary) book, you may learn to do just that. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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All The Light We Cannot See <\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Anthony Doerr<\/em> <\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, the stunningly beautiful instant\u202fNew York Times<\/em>\u202fbestseller about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Stamped From The Beginning<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Ibram X. Kendi<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some Americans insist that we’re living in a post-racial society. But racist thought is not just alive and well in America–it is more sophisticated and more insidious than ever. And as award-winning historian Ibram X. Kendi argues, racist ideas have a long and lingering history, one in which nearly every great American thinker is complicit.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Recollections of my Nonexistence: A Memoir<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Rebecca Solnit<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Recollections of My Nonexistence<\/em>, Rebecca Solnit describes her formation as a writer and as a feminist in 1980s San Francisco, in an atmosphere of gender violence on the street and throughout society and the exclusion of women from cultural arenas. She tells of being poor, hopeful, and adrift in the city that became her great teacher, and of the small apartment that, when she was nineteen, became the home in which she transformed herself. She explores the forces that liberated her as a person and as a writer–books themselves; the gay community that presented a new model of what else gender, family, and joy could mean; and her eventual arrival in the spacious landscapes and overlooked conflicts of the American West.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A Long Petal of the Sea<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Isabel Allende<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the late 1930s, civil war grips Spain. When General Franco and his Fascists succeed in overthrowing the government, hundreds of thousands are forced to flee in a treacherous journey over the mountains to the French border. Among them is Roser, a pregnant young widow, who finds her life intertwined with that of Victor Dalmau, an army doctor and the brother of her deceased love. In order to survive, the two must unite in a marriage neither of them desires. Together with two thousand other refugees, they embark on the SS Winnipeg<\/em>, a ship chartered by the poet Pablo Neruda, to Chile.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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It’s Not All Downhill from Here<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Terry McMillan<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Loretha Curry\u2019s life is full. On the eve of her sixty-eighth birthday, she has a booming beauty-supply empire, a gaggle of lifelong friends, and a husband whose moves still surprise. But when an unexpected loss turns her world upside down, Loretha will have to summon all her strength, resourcefulness, and determination to keep on thriving, pursue joy, heal old wounds, and chart new paths. With a little help from her friends, of course.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Wandering In Strange Lands<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Morgan Jerkins<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From 1916\u20131970, millions of black Americans left the rural South for jobs in the Midwest, North, and West, leaving their roots behind. In this deeply researched look at her own family history, as well as that of our nation, Jenkins explores what became known as the Great Migration and what it means for the cultural identity of black Americans.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Moment of Tenderness<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Madeline L\u2019Engle<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the thread of L’Engle’s lonely childhood in New York to her life as a mom in Connecticut, and the current of faith that runs throughout, this new short story collection offers a look into her world.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Stray: A Memoir<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Stephanie Danler<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a deeply personal, emotionally wrenching memoir that explores the author\u2019s complicated relationship with her parents and their own addictions. It’s an unflinching account of what we carry with us from our parents, and what we can put down if we can find the strength.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Night Watchman<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Louise Erdrich<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on the life of her grandfather, who worked as a night watchman and worked against Native dispossession from rural North Dakota to Washington, D.C., this tome explores the treatment of women and native people, as well as the vagaries of human nature, with elegant language, sly wit, and an emotional sensibility that sneaks up on you like an intruder in the night.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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All Adults Here<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Emma Straub<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A school bus accident in a small town prompts reflection for a mother and her now-grown children, in a novel which sees its characters grappling with their identities and places in life. Come for the close examination of parental and child roles, stay for goats \u2014 yes, goats.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tiny Imperfections<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Alli Frank<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This delightful romp through the world of private school admissions comes from two women who\u2019ve both worked in education for over 20 years. It follows three generations of black women and their experiences in the private school world in San Francisco, complete with mother-daughter relationships, schoolyard drama, and interracial romance.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Jane Austen Society<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Natalie Jenner<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Historical fiction with a literary twist: An odd collection of people\u2014doctor, widow, laborer, movie star\u2014gathers to mark the anniversary of Jane Austen\u2019s death. United in their love for Austen, each endures struggle and tragedy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Vanishing Half<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Brit Bennett<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twin sisters, inseparable at birth, take very different paths into adulthood and the wider world. One stays in her Southern black community; the other heads for the horizon, secretly passing as white. Author Brit Bennett digs into issues of identity and origin in a story that moves from the 1950s to the 1990s.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Hilarious World Of Depression<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by John Moe<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From radio personality and alpha podcaster John Moe mixes memoirs, scientific investigation, interviews, and first-person stories. Moe\u2019s popular podcast has long been a haven for those struggling with depression and related illnesses. The power of humor should never be underestimated. Seriously.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hollywood Park<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Mikel Jollett<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mikel Jollett has the most amazing story you\u2019ve never heard. Born into one of the era\u2019s most notorious cults, he survived a childhood of neglect, abandonment, and abuse\u2014only to endure an adolescence of poverty and trauma. Then he made it to Stanford University. Then he built a life. Then he wrote a book.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Head Over Heals<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Hanna Orenstein<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As people who love nothing more than a gymnastics floor routine, Hannah Orenstein’s third rom-com was written specifically for our interests. Follow along as gymnast Avery Abrams redefines her life after her Olympic dreams are shattered for good. Orenstein sticks the landing with this one.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Rebel Chef: In Search Of What Matters<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Dominque Crenn & Emma Brockes<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Dominique Crenn was 19, she realized that in order to pursue her dreams of becoming a prominent chef, she would have to leave France. Although her home country was ostensibly the culinary capital of the world, it still operated on sexist assumptions. Crenn writes about her winding journey to achieve her dreams through an Indonesian kitchen, a victory on Iron Chef<\/em> and eventually her first restaurant, Atelier Crenn in San Francisco, which would win multiple Michelin stars.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Memoirs and Misinformation<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Jim Carrey and Dana Vachon<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The semi-disclaimer that Jim Carrey has made about his debut book says it all: \u201cNone of this is real and all of it is true.\u201d The quasi-autobiographical novel from the actor follows a fictionalized Jim Carrey who also happens to be a movie star. This Carrey is feeling both lonely and unsatisfied in his middle age, leading him on an odd path toward creative fulfillment. In depicting his difficulties, the real-life Carrey and his co-author Dana Vachon craft a wild narrative about the lengths some will go to stay relevant.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Crooked Hallelujah<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Kelli Jo Ford<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kelli Jo Ford, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, follows four generations of Cherokee women as they persevere through poverty, broken relationships, wildfires, tornadoes, oil busts and acts of violence in her debut novel. Ford describes the roots of her work thusly,: \u201cVery nearly all of my inspiration in writing and life comes from the women who raised me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Alex Trebek<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alex Trebek has been a fixture in American culture for more than 30 years, guiding Jeopardy!<\/em> contestants through everyone\u2019s favorite trivia gauntlet with the reliability of the sun. And so it felt as if the earth had spun off its axis when the longtime gameshow host announced in 2019 that he cancer. Audience members have always been fascinated with Trebek, but the news brought a fresh wave of adoring obsession. It was this outpouring of support that helped inspire Trebek to finally write the memoir people have been asking about for decades.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Memorial Drive: A Daughter\u2019s Memoir<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Natasha Trethewey<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Natasha Trethewey contemplates the traumas of her youth in her aching new memoir. At 19 years old, Trethewey\u2019s life erupted after her stepfather brutally killed her mother. Memorial Drive <\/em>unpacks that moment and all that came before it, ruminating on Tretheway\u2019s experience growing up in Mississippi and later in Georgia. Fixating on her mother\u2019s past as well as her own, Tretheway constructs a moving reflection on racism, abuse and trauma.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Begin Again: James Baldwin\u2019s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own Life<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Begin Again<\/em>, Eddie S. Glaude Jr., chair of the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University, draws parallels between racial tensions in the U.S. today and in the years following the Civil Rights Movement, particularly the way those years were navigated by renowned essayist James Baldwin. Now, as then, communities of color experienced profound disillusionment about how just America was and claimed to be. But, Glaude writes, Baldwin still found ways to \u201creimagine hope\u201d in the face of historic adversity.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A Saint from Texas<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Edmund White<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edmund White has explored humanity through many media \u2014 in travelogues and novels, through satire and self-interrogation. In, A Saint from Texas<\/em>, he follows twin sisters from oil-rich Texas, bound for different lives. One is pursuing indulgence in Paris (where White lived for years) and the other, salvation in South America. Despite the distance, and plenty of drama, White explores how the bond of twins is hard to break.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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This Is the Night Our House Will Catch Fire<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Nick Flynn<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At seven years old, Nick Flynn\u2019s life was upended after his mother set fire to their house. Nearly a decade and a half later, she took her own life. In his new memoir, the playwright and poet returns to his hometown with his young daughter to better understand his upbringing. As he digs up his painful past, Flynn realizes how he\u2019s carried those memories with him and asks how they\u2019ve impacted his roles as both partner and parent.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Vesper Flights<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Helen Macdonald<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Naturalist Helen Macdonald dives into essays both old and new. From reflecting on the childhood where her love for animals grew to her sharp observations on the migrations of songbirds, Macdonald fills her narratives with vivid descriptions of the wildlife that surrounds us. Vesper Flights <\/em>reminds of the intricacies of nature\u2019s creatures and underlines the importance they serve in our lives.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Book of Lost Names<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Kristin Harmel<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a graduate student in 1942, Eva was forced to flee Paris after the arrest of her father, a Polish Jew. Finding refuge in a small mountain town in the Free Zone, she begins forging identity documents for Jewish children fleeing to neutral Switzerland. But erasing people comes with a price, and along with a mysterious, handsome forger named R\u00e9my, Eva decides she must find a way to preserve the real names of the children who are too young to remember who they really are. The records they keep in The Book of Lost Names<\/em> will become even more vital when the resistance cell they work for is betrayed and R\u00e9my disappears.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The New One<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Mike Birbiglia<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2016 comedian Mike Birbiglia and poet Jennifer Hope Stein took their fourteen-month-old daughter Oona to the Nantucket Film Festival. When the festival director picked them up at the airport she asked Mike if he would perform at the storytelling night. And so Mike began sharing some of his darkest and funniest thoughts about the decision to have a child. Jen and Mike revealed to each other their sides of what had gone down during Jen’s pregnancy and that first year with their child. Over the next couple years, these stories evolved into a Broadway show, and the more Mike performed it the more he heard how it resonated — not just with parents but also people who resist all kinds of change.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Big Friendship<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Aminatou Sow & Ann Friedman<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two friends, Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman, tell the story of their equally messy and life-affirming Big Friendship in this honest and hilarious book that chronicles their first decade in one another\u2019s lives. As the hosts of the hit podcast Call Your Girlfriend<\/em>, they\u2019ve become known for frank and intimate conversations. In this book, they bring that energy to their own friendship\u2014<\/strong>its joys and<\/em> its pitfalls.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Book of Rosy<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Rosayra Pablo Cruz & Julie Schweitert Callazo<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Rosayra \u201cRosy\u201d Pablo Cruz made the agonizing decision to seek asylum in the United States with two of her children, she knew the journey would be arduous, dangerous, and quite possibly deadly. But she had no choice: violence\u2014from gangs, from crime, from spiraling chaos\u2014was making daily life hell. Rosy knew her family\u2019s one chance at survival was to flee Guatemala and go north. After a brutal journey that left them dehydrated, exhausted, and nearly starved, Rosy and her two little boys arrived at the Arizona border. Almost immediately they were seized and forcibly separated by government officials under the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s new \u201czero tolerance\u201d policy. To her horror Rosy discovered that her flight to safety had only just begun.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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All Boys Aren\u2019t Blue<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by George M. Johnson<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explores his childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia. From the memories of getting his teeth kicked out by bullies at age five, to flea marketing with his loving grandmother, to his first sexual relationships, this young-adult memoir weaves together the trials and triumphs faced by Black queer boys.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Great Gatsby<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by F. Scott Fitzgerald<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This quintessential Jazz Age tale, first published in 1925 and still a best seller, stands as the supreme achievement of Fitzgerald\u2019s career and is a true classic of 20th-century literature. The story of the mysteriously wealthy Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy is exquisitely captured in this enchanting and unique edition.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Book Thief<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Markus Zusak<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can\u2019t resist\u2013books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Kite Runner<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Khaled Hosseini<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father\u2019s servant, caught in the tragic sweep of history, The Kite Runner<\/em> transports readers to Afghanistan at a tense and crucial moment of change and destruction. A powerful story of friendship, it is also about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption; and an exploration of the power of fathers over sons\u2014their love, their sacrifices, their lies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Restaurant At The End of the Universe<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Douglas Adams<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No. Not the physical end. The moment when the universe ends. This is book two in the \u201cHitchhiker\u2019s Guide To The Galaxy\u201d trilogy. What\u2019s it about? Well\u2026 There is a theory which states that if anyone discovers exactly what the universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Life, The Universe and Everything<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Douglas Adams<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book three in the critically acclaimed, simply hysterical \u201cHitchhiker\u2019s\u201d trilogy, this book wraps everything up nicely and tells us what the meaning of life is. Of course, we all know the answer is \u201c42.\u201d But what\u2019s the question?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Douglas Adams<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 4th<\/sup> book in the \u201cHitchhiker\u2019s Guide\u201d trilogy (yes. The 4th<\/sup> book in the trilogy). Back on Earth with nothing more to show for his long, strange trip through time and space than a ratty towel and a plastic shopping bag, Arthur Dent is ready to believe that the past eight years were all just a figment of his stressed-out imagination. But a gift-wrapped fishbowl with a cryptic inscription, the mysterious disappearance of Earth’s dolphins, and the discovery of his battered copy of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy all conspire to give Arthur the sneaking suspicion that something otherworldly is indeed going on.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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White Fragility<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Robin DiAngelo<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo deftly illuminates the phenomenon of white fragility and allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to \u2018bad people.\u201d Referring to the defensive moves that white people make when challenged racially, white fragility is characterized by emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and by behaviors including argumentation and silence. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium and prevent any meaningful cross-racial dialogue. In this in-depth exploration, DiAngelo examines how white fragility develops, how it protects racial inequality, and what we can do to engage more constructively.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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How To Be An Anitracist<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Ibram X. Kendi<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Antiracism is a transformative concept that reorients and reenergizes the conversation about racism\u2014and, even more fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other. At its core, racism is a powerful system that creates false hierarchies of human value; its warped logic extends beyond race, from the way we regard people of different ethnicities or skin colors to the way we treat people of different sexes, gender identities, and body types. Racism intersects with class and culture and geography and even changes the way we see and value ourselves. In How to Be an Antiracist<\/em>, Kendi takes readers through a widening circle of antiracist ideas\u2014from the most basic concepts to visionary possibilities\u2014that will help readers see all forms of racism clearly, understand their poisonous consequences, and work to oppose them in our systems and in ourselves.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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So You Want To Talk About Race<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Ijeoma Oluo<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Widespread reporting on aspects of white supremacy–from police brutality to the mass incarceration of Black Americans–has put a media spotlight on racism in our society. Still, it is a difficult subject to talk about. How do you tell your roommate her jokes are racist? Why did your sister-in-law take umbrage when you asked to touch her hair–and how do you make it right? How do you explain white privilege to your white, privileged friend? Ijeoma Oluo guides readers of all races through subjects ranging from intersectionality and affirmative action to “model minorities” in an attempt to make the seemingly impossible possible: honest conversations about race and racism, and how they infect almost every aspect of American life.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Between The World And Me<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Ta-Nehisi Coates<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation\u2019s history and current crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of \u201crace,\u201d a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men\u2014bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Untamed<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Glennon Doyle<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While speaking at a conference, Glennon looked at a woman across the room and fell instantly in love. Three words flooded her mind: There She Is<\/em>. At first, Glennon assumed these words came to her from on high. But she soon realized they had come to her from within. This was her own voice\u2014the one she had buried beneath decades of numbing addictions, cultural conditioning, and institutional allegiances. This was the voice of the girl she had been before the world told her who to be. Glennon decided to quit abandoning herself and to instead abandon the world\u2019s expectations of her. She quit being good so she could be free. She quit pleasing and started living.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Me and White Supremacy<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Layla F. Saad<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on the viral Instagram challenge that captivated participants worldwide, Me and White Supremacy<\/em> takes readers on a 28-day journey, complete with journal prompts, to do the necessary and vital work that can ultimately lead to improving race relations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Color of Law<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Richard Rothstein<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard Rothstein\u2019s The Color of Law<\/em> offers \u201cthe most forceful argument ever published on how federal, state, and local governments gave rise to and reinforced neighborhood segregation\u201d (William Julius Wilson). Exploding the myth of de facto segregation arising from private prejudice or the unintended consequences of economic forces, Rothstein describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation: with undisguised racial zoning; public housing that purposefully segregated previously mixed communities; subsidies for builders to create whites-only suburbs; tax exemptions for institutions that enforced segregation; and support for violent resistance to African Americans in white neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Just Mercy<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Bryan Stevenson<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending those most desperate and in need: the poor, the wrongly condemned, and women and children trapped in the farthest reaches of our criminal justice system. One of his first cases was that of Walter McMillian, a young man who was sentenced to die for a notorious murder he insisted he didn\u2019t commit. The case drew Bryan into a tangle of conspiracy, political machination, and legal brinksmanship\u2014and transformed his understanding of mercy and justice forever.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dream Big<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Bob Goff<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bob Goff is on a mission to help people recapture the version of their lives they dreamed about before fear started calling the shots. He wants them to dream big.

In his revelatory yet utterly practical new book, Bob takes you on a life-proven journey to rediscover your dreams and turn them into reality. Based on his enormously popular Dream Big workshop, Bob draws on a lifetime of living and dreaming large to help you reach your larger-than-life dreams.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Atomic Habits<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by James Clear<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn’t you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don’t want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. Here, you’ll get a proven system that can take you to new heights.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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All About Love<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Bell Hooks<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’re taught to think of love as something that happens to us. It’s a magical but altogether passive experience. In her deeply personal and emphatic All About Love<\/em>, renowned social activist and feminist bell hooks asserts that, in fact, love is a choice we must all make and it’s not nearly as abstract or elusive as many of us have come to believe. The book not only explores the role of love in our lives and the ways our culture has distorted its meaning, but guides us \u2014 with clear definitions and examples \u2014 toward a better understanding of how to cultivate it.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Desert Solitaire<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by Edward Abbey<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now nearly a half-century old, this book is a classic of environmental writing. In this autobiographical work, Abbey chronicles his time as a park ranger and reflects on landscape, culture, politics, tourism, environmental disregard, and degradation \u2014 doing so with a unique blend of ornery charm and breathtaking description.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Infinite Jest<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
by David Foster Wallace<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Considered by many to be the greatest American novel of the 20th<\/sup> Century. Infinite Jest<\/em> is unique; it was bred in the optimism and new frontiersmanship of the dot-com 1990s but was simultaneously an early omen of where we are today. It looks into our present beyond what were only horizons when it was written: the tensions of a global economy, the opiate of on-demand entertainment, the near-impossible pursuit of greatness in a winner-take-all society.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A People\u2019s History of the United States<\/strong><\/strong>
by Howard Zinn<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People’s History<\/em> of the United States <\/em>is the only volume to tell America’s story from the point of view of\u2014and in the words of\u2014America’s women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, the working poor, and immigrant laborers. As historian Howard Zinn shows, many of our country’s greatest battles\u2014the fights for a fair wage, an eight-hour workday, child-labor laws, health and safety standards, universal suffrage, women’s rights, racial equality\u2014were carried out at the grassroots level, against bloody resistance.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Where The Wild Things Are<\/strong>
by Maurice Sendak<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe you think of it as just a child\u2019s book. But maybe it\u2019s about what it\u2019s like to be a child. Max is the hero of this beloved children\u2019s classic in which he makes mischief, sails away, tames the wild things and returns all in time for supper.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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HumanKind <\/strong>
by Brad Aronson<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In HumanKind,<\/em> you’ll meet the mentor who changed a child’s life with a single lesson in shoe tying, the six-year-old who launched a global kindness movement, the band of seamstress grandmothers who mend clothes for homeless people, and many other heroes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Peace of Wild Things <\/strong>
By Wendell Berry<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A beautiful book of poetry with a focus on mindfulness and calm. Here are consoling verses of hope and of healing; short, simple meditations on love, death, friendship, memory and belonging; luminous hymns to the land, the cycles of nature and the seasons as they ebb and flow<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Way of the Peaceful Warrior<\/strong>
by Dan Millman<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guided by a powerful old warrior named Socrates and tempted by an elusive, playful woman named Joy, Dan, a world champion athlete, is led toward a final confrontation that will deliver or destroy him. Readers join Dan as he learns to live as a peaceful warrior. This story conveys piercing truths and humorous wisdom, speaking directly to the universal quest for happiness.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Good Poems for Hard Times<\/strong>
selected and introduced by Garrison Keillor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here, readers will find solace in works that are bracing and courageous, organized into such resonant headings as “Such As It Is More or Less” and “Let It Spill.” From William Shakespeare and Walt Whitman to R. S. Gwynn and Jennifer Michael Hecht, the voices gathered in this collection will be more than welcome to those who’ve been struck by bad news, who are burdened by stress, or who simply appreciate the power of good poetry.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse<\/strong>
by Charlie Mackesy<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charlie Mackesy offers inspiration and hope in uncertain times in this beautiful book based on his famous quartet of characters. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse <\/em>explores their unlikely friendship and the poignant, universal lessons they learn together.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A Gentleman in Moscow<\/strong>
by Amor Towles<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, and is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel\u2019s doors. Unexpectedly, his reduced circumstances provide him entry into a much larger world of emotional discovery.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Love in the Time of Cholera<\/strong>
by Gabriel Garcia M\u00e1rquez<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Nobel Prize-winning author, Gabriel Garcia M\u00e1rquez. In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a wealthy, well-born doctor, Florentino is devastated, but he is a romantic. As he rises in his business career he whiles away the years in 622 affairs–yet he reserves his heart for Fermina. Her husband dies at last, and Florentino purposefully attends the funeral. Fifty years, nine months, and four days after he first declared his love for Fermina, he will do so again.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Watership Down<\/strong>
by Richard Adams<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard Adams\u2019s Watership Down<\/em> is a timeless classic and one of the most beloved novels of all time. Set in the Hampshire Downs in Southern England, an idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale) follows a band of rabbits in flight from the incursion of man and the destruction of their home. Led by a stouthearted pair of brothers, they travel forth from their native Sandleford warren through harrowing trials to a mysterious promised land and a more perfect society.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Fault in our Stars<\/strong>
by John Green<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel\u2019s story is about to be completely rewritten. Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars<\/em> brilliantly explores the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Book of Delights: Essays<\/strong>
by Ross Gay<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A book dedicated to short stories about small pleasures. Among Gay\u2019s funny, poetic, philosophical delights: a friend\u2019s unabashed use of air quotes, cradling a tomato seedling aboard an airplane, the silent nod of acknowledgment between the only two black people in a room. More than anything other subject, though, Gay celebrates the beauty of the natural world–his garden, the flowers peeking out of the sidewalk, the hypnotic movements of a praying mantis.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Greatest Salesman in the World<\/strong>
by Og Mandino<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Greatest Salesman in the World is a book that serves as a guide to a philosophy of salesmanship, and success, telling the story of Hafid, a poor camel boy who achieves a life of abundance.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Evolution of Everything<\/strong>
by Matt Ridley<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drawing on fascinating evidence from science, economics, history, politics, and philosophy, Matt Ridley demolishes conventional assumptions that the great events and trends of our day are dictated by those on high. On the contrary, our most important achievements develop from the bottom up. The Industrial Revolution, cell phones, the rise of Asia, and the Internet were never planned; they happened. Languages emerged and evolved by a form of natural selection, as did common law. Torture, racism, slavery, and pedophilia\u2014all once widely regarded as acceptable\u2014are now seen as immoral despite the decline of religion in recent decades.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A Year of Positive Thinking: Daily Inspiration, Wisdom, and Courage<\/strong>
by Cyndie Spiegel<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether you\u2019re new to journaling or you write regularly, this book empowers you with positive thinking through quick and digestible affirmations based on positive psychology, neuroscience, and personal development. Spanning one full year, these daily prompts guide you by helping you visualize and live your best life.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind<\/strong>
by Yuval Noah Harari<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

100,000\nyears ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just\none. Us. Homo sapiens. How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance?\nHow did we come to believe in gods, nations, and human rights; to trust money,\nbooks, and laws; and to be enslaved by bureaucracy, timetables, and\nconsumerism? And what will our world be like in the millennia to come? Bold, wide-ranging and\nprovocative, Sapiens <\/em>challenges everything we thought we knew\nabout being human: our thoughts, our actions, our power … and our future.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Eat Pray Love<\/strong>
by Elizabeth Gilbert <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This beautifully written, heartfelt memoir\ntouched a nerve among both readers and reviewers. Elizabeth Gilbert tells how\nshe made the difficult choice to leave behind all the trappings of modern American\nsuccess (marriage, house in the country, career) and find, instead, what she\ntruly wanted from life. Setting out for a year to study three different aspects\nof her nature amid three different cultures, Gilbert explored the art of\npleasure in Italy and the art of devotion in India, and then a balance between\nthe two on the Indonesian island of Bali.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Pillars of the Earth<\/strong>
by Ken Follett<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a book about the construction of a cathedral in 12th<\/sup> century England. The characters and politics of the time make for a brilliant book from a brilliant author. The Pillars of the Earth<\/em> tells the story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and resourceful monk driven to build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has known\u2026of Tom, the mason who becomes his architect\u2014a man divided in his soul\u2026of the beautiful, elusive Lady Aliena, haunted by a secret shame\u2026and of a struggle between good and evil that will turn church against state and brother against brother.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lonesome Dove<\/strong>
by Larry McMurtry<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t be fooled by the bad 1980\u2019s TV series version featuring Kenny Rogers. This book won the Pulitzer for best fiction. If you only read one Western in your whole life, this is it. Journey to the dusty little Texas town of Lonesome Dove and meet an unforgettable assortment of heroes and outlaws, whores and ladies, Indians and settlers. Richly authentic, beautifully written, always dramatic, Lonesome Dove<\/em><\/strong> will make listeners laugh, weep, dream, and remember.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Life of Pi
<\/strong>by Yann Martel <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The son of a zookeeper, Pi\nhas an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior and a fervent love of stories\nand practices not only his native Hinduism but also Christianity and Islam. At\n16, his family emigrates from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo\nship along with their zoo animals bound for new homes. The ship sinks. Pi finds\nhimself alone in a lifeboat, his only companions a hyena, an orangutan, a\nwounded zebra, and Richard Parker, a 450-lb. Bengal tiger. Soon the tiger has\ndispatched all but Pi, whose fear, knowledge, and cunning allow him to coexist\nwith the tiger for 227 days lost at sea. When they finally reach the coast of\nMexico, Richard Parker flees to the jungle, never to be seen again. Japanese\nauthorities who interrogate Pi refuse to believe his story and press him to\ntell them the truth. After hours of coercion, Pi tells a second story, a story\nmuch less fantastical, much more conventional – but is it more true? <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Five People You Meet In Heaven
<\/strong>by Mitch Albom <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On his 83rd birthday, Eddie, a grizzled war veteran, dies in a tragic accident, trying to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakens in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a lush Garden of Eden, but a place where your earthly life is explained to you by five people. These people may have been loved ones or distant strangers. Yet each of them changed your path forever.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on The Appalachian Trail<\/strong>
by Bill Bryson <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Appalachian Trail stretches from Georgia to Maine and covers some of the most breathtaking terrain in America\u2013majestic mountains, silent forests, sparking lakes. If you\u2019re going to take a hike, it\u2019s probably the place to go. And Bill Bryson is surely the most entertaining guide you\u2019ll find. He introduces us to the history and ecology of the trail and to some of the other hardy (or just foolhardy) folks he meets along the way\u2013and a couple of bears.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Elanor Oliphant is Completely Fine<\/strong>
by Gail Honeyman <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eleanor Oliphant struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she\u2019s thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding social interactions, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats with Mummy. 

But everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond, the bumbling and deeply unhygienic IT guy from her office. When she and Raymond together save Sammy, an elderly gentleman who has fallen on the sidewalk, the three become the kinds of friends who rescue one another from the lives of isolation they have each been living. And it is Raymond\u2019s big heart that will ultimately help Eleanor find the way to repair her own profoundly damaged one.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Best American Essays, 2019<\/strong>
by Rebecca Solnit, Robert Atwan<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From lost languages and extinct species to life-affirming cosmologies and literary myths that offer cold comfort, the personal and the public collide in The Best American Essays 2019.<\/em> This searching, necessary collection grapples with what has preoccupied us in the past year\u2014sexual politics, race, violence, invasive technologies. It\u2019s a collection of essays that offers something for everyone.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Ensemble<\/strong>
by Aja Gabel <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brit is the second violinist, a beautiful and quiet orphan; on the viola is Henry, a prodigy who’s always had it easy; the cellist is Daniel, the oldest and an angry skeptic; and on first violin is Jana, their flinty, resilient leader. Together, they are the Van Ness Quartet. After the group’s rocky start, they experience devastating failure and wild success, heartbreak and marriage, triumph and loss, betrayal and enduring loyalty. They are always tied to each other\u2014by career, by the intensity of their art, by their secrets, by choosing each other over and over again.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Educated<\/strong>
by Tara Westover <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when one of Tara\u2019s older brothers became violent. When another brother got himself into college, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and Cambridge. Only then would she wonder if she\u2019d traveled too far, if there was still a way home. A story so amazing it can\u2019t possibly be true. But it is.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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How To Be A Woman<\/strong>
by Caitlin Moran <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caitlin Moran interweaves provocative observations on women’s lives with laugh-out-loud funny scenes from her own, from the riot of adolescence to her development as a writer, wife, and mother. With rapier wit, Moran slices right to the truth\u2014whether it’s about the workplace, love, fat, popular entertainment, or children\u2014to jump-start a new conversation about feminism. With humor, insight, and verve, How to Be a Woman<\/em> lays bare the reasons why female rights and empowerment are essential issues not only for women today but also for society itself.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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To Kill A Mockingbird<\/strong>
by Harper Lee <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the most cherished stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird<\/em> has been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than forty million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular motion picture, and was voted one of the best novels of the twentieth century by librarians across the country. A gripping, heart-wrenching, and wholly remarkable tale of coming-of-age in a South poisoned by virulent prejudice, it views a world of great beauty and savage inequities through the eyes of a young girl, as her father\u2014a crusading local lawyer\u2014risks everything to defend a black man unjustly accused of a terrible crime.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A Man Called Ove<\/strong>
by Fredrik Backman <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A feel-good story, Fredrik Backman\u2019s novel about the angry old man next door is a thoughtful exploration of the profound impact one life has on countless others. \u201cIf there was an award for \u2018Most Charming Book of the Year,\u2019 this first novel by a Swedish blogger-turned-overnight-sensation would win hands down\u201d (Booklist<\/em>, starred review).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Rosie Project<\/strong>
by Don Tillman <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The art of love is never a science: Meet Don Tillman, a brilliant yet socially inept professor of genetics, who\u2019s decided it\u2019s time he found a wife. In the orderly, evidence-based manner with which Don approaches all things, he designs the Wife Project to find his perfect partner: a sixteen-page, scientifically valid survey to filter out the drinkers, the smokers, the late arrivers. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Hitchhiker\u2019s Guide to the Galaxy
<\/strong>by Douglas Adams<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seconds before the Earth\nis demolished for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is saved by Ford Prefect, a\nresearcher for the revised Guide<\/em>. Together they stick out their thumbs to the stars and begin a wild\njourney through time and space. Completely British\u2026which means the humor is\nsubtle, biting and pretty much perfect. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Entertaining With Vegetables: A Recipe Collection for Modern Home Cooks to Make Lovely and Delicious Food With Produce
<\/strong>by Chadwick Boyd<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re all working from\nhome\u2026and there\u2019s just so much takeout we can order. A collection of some of\nfood & lifestyle expert Chadwick Boyd’s favorite recipes tried, tested and\nshared to many guests’ delight. Recipes include Butternut Squash Lasagna with\nArugula and Hazelnut Crumble, Shaved Broccoli Salad with Golden Raisins and\nAlmonds, and Tomato Peach Salad with Champagne Vinegar. Chadwick’s personal\nstories are interwoven along with easy, doable entertaining and cooking tips.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Vile and the Splendid: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
<\/strong>by Erik Larson<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Winston Churchill\u2019s\nfirst day as prime minister, Adolf Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland\nand Czechoslovakia had already fallen, and the Dunkirk evacuation was just two\nweeks away. For the next twelve months, Hitler would wage a relentless bombing\ncampaign, killing 45,000 Britons. It was up to Churchill to hold his country\ntogether and persuade President Franklin Roosevelt that Britain was a worthy\nally\u2014and willing to fight to the end.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Little Prince<\/strong>
by Antoine de Saint-Exupery<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you think this is a children\u2019s book, think again. The Little Prince is a classic tale of equal appeal to children and adults. On one level it is the story of an airman’s discovery, in the desert, of a small boy from another planet – the Little Prince of the title – and his stories of intergalactic travel, while on the other hand it is a thought-provoking allegory of the human condition.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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