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The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
by Kamala Harris
A New York Times bestseller
From Kamala Harris, one of America's most inspiring political leaders and Joe Biden's pick for his 2020 running mate, a book about the core truths that unite us, and the long struggle to discern what those truths are and how best to... (read more)
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The Bright Sword: A Novel of King Arthur
by Lev Grossman
A Today.com & Lit Hub Most Anticipated Book of 2024
"For anyone who's ever craved a seat at the Round Table. Utterly enchanting." —Rebecca Yarros, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Fourth Wing and Iron Flame... (read more)
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Yellow Bus
by Loren Long
Perfect for fans of Love and Hello, Lighthouse, The Yellow Bus from #1 New York Times bestselling Loren Long is a tender and hopeful new classic about a forgotten school bus that finds... (read more)
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
by J.D. Vance
From a former marine and Yale Law School graduate, a powerful account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America's white working class
Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis--that of... (read more)
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What Guinea Pigs Can Teach Us About Life
by Virginia Cafaro
Capitalism is a bummer. We’re told that our value lies solely in our work, and “grind culture” has become the norm. However, there is one shining beacon of resistance in our capitalist hellscape: guinea pigs. Having been the proud mama of piggies since the start of the pandemic,... (read more)
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God of the Woods
by Liz Moore
When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn't just any thirteen-year-old: she's the daughter of the family that owns the... (read more)
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Book of Elsewhere BRZRKR
by Keanu Reeves and China Miéville
The legendary Keanu Reeves and inimitable writer China Miéville team up on this genre-bending epic of ancient powers, modern war, and an outcast who cannot die.
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Station Eleven
by Emily St. John Mandel
A National Book Award Finalist
A PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist
Kirsten Raymonde will never forget the night Arthur Leander, the famous Hollywood actor, had a heart attack on stage during a production of King Lear. That was the night when a devastating flu pandemic arrived in the city,... (read more)
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The Warmth Of Other Suns: The Epic Story Of America's Great Migration
by Isabel Wilkerson
One of the New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of the Year.
In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South... (read more)
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#13
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
by Peter C. Brown and Henry L. Roediger and Mark A. McDaniel
To most of us, learning something "the hard way" implies wasted time and effort. Good teaching, we believe, should be creatively tailored to the different learning styles of students and should use strategies that make learning easier. Make It Stick turns fashionable ideas like these on their... (read more)
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Demon Copperhead
by Barbara Kingsolver
"Kingsolver is a writer who can help us understand and navigate the chaos of these times." — Minneapolis Star Tribune
From the New York Times bestselling author of Unsheltered and Flight Behavior, a brilliant novel which... (read more)
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#15
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
by Audre Lorde
Presenting the essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider celebrates an influential voice in twentieth-century literature.
In this charged collection of fifteen essays and speeches, Lorde takes on sexism, racism, ageism,... (read more)
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Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen
A profound, startling, and beautifully crafted debut novel, The Sympathizer is the story of a man of two minds, someone whose political beliefs clash with his individual loyalties. In dialogue with but diametrically opposed to the narratives of the Vietnam War that have preceded it, this novel... (read more)
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LiarTown: The First Four Years 2013-2017
by Sean Tejaratchi
Welcome to Liartown A place where reality is skewered with a hilarious combination of comedic genius and graphic design wizardry. There's an Apple Cabin Foods on every corner, and your favorite Corduroy Porn mags are always in stock. Liartown is a convulsively funny... (read more)
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Catalina
by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
A year in the life of the unforgettable Catalina Ituralde, a wickedly wry and heartbreakingly vulnerable student at an elite college, forced to navigate an opaque past, an uncertain future, tragedies on two continents, and the tantalizing possibilities of love and freedom (read more)
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#20
Trust
by Hernan Diaz
From an award-winning chronicler of our nation’s history and its legends comes his much-anticipated novel about wealth and talent, trust and intimacy, truth and perception.
Even through the roar and effervescence of the 1920s, everyone in New York has heard of... (read more)
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#21
The Mercy of Gods - Signed Edition
by James S. A. Corey
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Expanse comes a spectacular new space opera that sees humanity fighting for its survival in a war as old as the universe itself. "The start of something truly epic." ― Fonda Lee, author of Jade CityHow humanity came to... (read more)
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The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood
In the world of the near future, who will control women's bodies?
Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read. She... (read more)
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#23
Never Let Me Go
by Kazuo Ishiguro
From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day and When We Were Orphans, comes an unforgettable edge-of-your-seat mystery that is at once heartbreakingly tender and morally courageous about what it means to be human. Hailsham seems like a pleasant English boarding... (read more)
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Kindred
by Octavia Butler
Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum South. Rufus, the white son of a plantation owner, is drowning, and Dana has been summoned to save him. Dana is drawn... (read more)
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#26
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
by Matthew Desmond
From Harvard sociologist and MacArthur "Genius" Matthew Desmond, a landmark work of scholarship and reportage that will forever change the way we look at poverty in America
In this brilliant, heartbreaking book, Matthew Desmond takes us into the poorest... (read more)
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Superheroes Are Everywhere
by Kamala Harris, Mechal Renee Roe
From Senator Kamala Harris comes a picture book with an empowering message: Superheroes are all around us--and if we try, we can all be heroes too. Now a #1 New York Times bestseller
Before Kamala Harris became a district attorney and a United States senator, she was a... (read more)
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#29
Roberts Rules of Order Newly Revised 12th edition
by Henry M III Robert, Daniel H Honemann, Thomas J Balch
The only current authorized edition of the classic work on parliamentary procedure--now in a new updated edition Robert's Rules of Order is the recognized guide to smooth, orderly, and fairly conducted meetings. This 12th edition is the only current manual to... (read more)
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#30
Recognitions
by William Gaddis
A postmodern masterpiece about fraud and forgery by one of the most distinctive, accomplished novelists of the last century.
The Recognitions is a sweeping depiction of a world in which everything that anyone recognizes as beautiful or true or good emerges... (read more)
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#31
A Court of Thorns and Roses (Court of Thorns and Roses #1)
by Sarah J. Maas
The sexy, action-packed first book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses series from Sarah J. Maas.
When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a... (read more)
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A Court of Mist and Fury (Court of Thorns and Roses #2)
by Sarah J. Maas
The seductive and stunning #1 New York Times bestselling sequel to Sarah J. Maas's spellbinding A Court of Thorns and Roses.
Feyre has undergone more trials than one human woman can carry in her heart. Though she's now been granted the powers and... (read more)
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Never Whistle at Night
by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst
A bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection that dares to ask the question: "Are you ready to be un-settled?"
"Never failed to surprise, delight, and shock." — Nick Cutter, author of The Troop and Little Heaven... (read more)
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James
by Percival Everett
A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. — From the "literary icon" (Oprah Daily), Pulitzer Prize Finalist, and one of the most decorated writers of... (read more)
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The Nightingale
by Kristin Hannah
In love we find out who we want to be.
In war we find out who we are.
FRANCE, 1939
In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac says goodbye to her husband, Antoine, as he heads for the Front. She doesn't believe that the Nazis will invade France... but invade they do, in... (read more)
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The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey
by Rinker Buck
#1 New York Times Bestseller * #1 Indie Next Pick
An epic account of traveling the length of the Oregon Trail the old-fashioned way—in a covered wagon with a team of mules, an audacious journey that hasn’t been attempted in a century—which also... (read more)
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#41
Conclave
by Robert Harris
The best-selling author of Enigma and Fatherland turns to today's Vatican in a ripped-from-the-headlines novel, and gives us his most ambitious, page-turning thriller yet--where the power of God is nearly equaled by the ambition of men. The pope is dead. Behind the locked... (read more)
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Piranesi
by Susanna Clarke
New York Times Bestseller
Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction
World Fantasy Awards Finalist
The instant New York Times bestselling novel from the author of Jonathan... (read more)
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#45
Book of Wilding
by Isabella Tree
A blueprint for how to rewild the world around us. The enormity of climate change and biodiversity loss can leave us feeling overwhelmed. How can an individual ever make a difference? Isabella Tree and Charlie Burrell know firsthand how spectacularly nature can bounce back if you... (read more)
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#46
Our Share of Night
by Mariana Enriquez and Megan McDowell
A woman's mysterious death puts her husband and son on a collision course with her demonic family in the long-awaited debut novel from the International Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Dangers of Smoking in Bed — "the most exciting discovery I've made in fiction for... (read more)
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Frozen River
by Ariel Lawhon
From the New York Times bestselling author of I Was Anastasia and Code Name H l ne comes a gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history.... (read more)
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All Fours
by Miranda July
NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024 BY OPRAH DAILY, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, NYLON AND THE GUARDIAN
The New York Times (read more)
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