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A Promised Land
by Barack Obama
A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making — from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy
In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable... (read more)
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Powell's Unisex Fragrance
by Powell's
Notes:
• Wood
• Violet
• Biblichor
Description:
Like the crimson rhododendrons in Rebecca, the heady fragrance of old paper creates an atmosphere ripe with mood and possibility. Invoking a... (read more)
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#3
Ready Player Two (Event Ticket and Book - Silver Tier)
by Ernest Cline
Ernest Cline’s Ready Player Two (Ballantine) is the highly anticipated sequel to his beloved worldwide bestseller Ready Player One, the near-future adventure that inspired the blockbuster Steven Spielberg film. Days after winning OASIS founder James Halliday's contest, Wade... (read more)
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
by Isabel Wilkerson
The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.
"As we go about our daily lives, caste is the... (read more)
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#6
A Wealth of Pigeons: A Cartoon Collection
by Steve Martin and Harry Bliss
"I've always looked upon cartooning as comedy's last frontier. I have done stand-up, sketches, movies, monologues, awards show introductions, sound bites, blurbs, talk show appearances, and tweets, but the idea of a one-panel image with or without a caption mystified me. I felt like, yeah,... (read more)
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#7
The Vanishing Half
by Brit Bennett
Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2020 by Oprah Magazine, The Washington Post, Harper's Bazaar, Buzzfeed, PureWow, New York Magazine and more
"Bennett's tone and style recalls James Baldwin and Jacqueline Woodson, but it's especially reminiscent of Toni Morrison's 1970 debut... (read more)
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#8
Home Body
by Rupi Kaur
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Milk and Honey and The Sun and Her Flowers comes her greatly anticipated third collection of poetry.
Rupi Kaur constantly embraces growth, and in Home Body, she walks readers through a... (read more)
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#9
Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics
by Dolly Parton and Robert K. Oermann
Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics is a landmark celebration of the remarkable life and career of a country music and pop culture legend.
As told by Dolly Parton in her own inimitable words, explore the songs that have defined her journey. Illustrated throughout with previously... (read more)
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Grumpy Monkey
by Suzanne Lang and Max Lang
The smash-hit New York Times bestselling picture book about feeling your feelings is now available as a board book!
Jim the chimpanzee is in a terrible mood for no good reason. His friends can't understand it — how can he be in a bad mood when it's SUCH... (read more)
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#13
The Water Dancer
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK - From the National Book Award-winning author of Between the World and Me, a boldly conjured debut novel about a magical gift, a devastating loss, and an underground war for freedom.
NOMINATED FOR THE NAACP... (read more)
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#14
Warmth Of Other Suns The Epic Story Of Americas 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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#15
The Searcher
by Tana French
A spellbinding, propulsive new novel from the bestselling mystery writer who "is in a class by herself." (The New York Times)
Cal Hooper thought a fixer-upper in a bucolic Irish village would
be the perfect escape. After twenty-five... (read more)
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#16
The Nickel Boys
by Colson Whitehead
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
Time, Esquire, The Washington Post, The Guardian, Slate, NPR, Entertainment Weekly, Vox, Variety, Christian Science Monitor, The Minneapolis Star Tribune, The Dallas Morning News, Literary Hub,... (read more)
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Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
by Samin Nosrat and Wendy MacNaughton
Now a Netflix series!
New York Times Bestseller and Winner of the 2018 James Beard Award for Best General Cookbook and multiple IACP Cookbook Awards
Named one of the Best Books of 2017 by: NPR, BuzzFeed, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune,... (read more)
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#19
Rhythm of War Stormlight Archives Book 4
by Brandon Sanderson
The Stormlight Archive saga continues in Rhythm of War, the eagerly awaited sequel to Brandon Sanderson's #1 New York Times bestselling Oathbringer, from an epic fantasy writer at the top of his game.
After forming a coalition of human... (read more)
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#20
Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
by V. E. Schwab
In the vein of The Time Traveler's Wife and Life After Life, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is New York Times bestselling author V. E. Schwab's genre-defying tour de force.
A Life No One Will Remember. A Story You Will Never... (read more)
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#21
Anxious People
by Fredrik Backman
A People Book of the Week, Book of the Month Club selection, #1 Indie Next Pick, and Best of Fall in Good Housekeeping, PopSugar, The Washington Post, New York Post, Shondaland, CNN, and more!
From... (read more)
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#22
Devotions The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
by Mary Oliver
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver presents a personal selection of her best work in this definitive collection spanning more than five decades of her esteemed literary career.
Throughout her celebrated career, Mary Oliver has touched countless readers with her... (read more)
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The Best of Me
by David Sedaris
David Sedaris's best stories and essays, spanning his remarkable career — as selected by the author himself
For more than twenty-five years, David Sedaris has been carving out a unique literary space, virtually creating his own... (read more)
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A Wolf Called Wander
by Rosanne Parry and Monica Armino
A New York Times bestseller
"Don't miss this dazzling tour de force." Katherine Applegate, Newbery Medal winning author of The One and Only Ivan
This gripping novel about survival and family is based on the real story of one wolf's... (read more)
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#27
Shuggie Bain
by Douglas Stuart
WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE
"An amazingly intimate, compassionate, gripping portrait of addiction, courage, and love." — Booker Prize Judges
FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
Shuggie Bain is the unforgettable story... (read more)
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#28
I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are
by Rachel Bloom
From the charming and wickedly funny co-creator and star of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, a collection of hilarious personal essays, poems and even amusement park maps on the subjects of insecurity, fame, anxiety, and much more.
Rachel Bloom has felt abnormal... (read more)
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#29
Becoming
by Michelle Obama
An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States
In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America — the... (read more)
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#30
City of Girls
by Elizabeth Gilbert
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From the # 1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat Pray Love and The Signature of All Things, a delicious novel of glamour, sex, and adventure, about a young woman discovering that you... (read more)
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#31
Circe
by Madeline Miller
#1 New York Times Bestseller — named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, the Washington Post, People, Time, Amazon, Entertainment Weekly, Bustle, Newsweek, the A.V. Club, Christian Science Monitor, Refinery 29, Buzzfeed, Paste, Audible,... (read more)
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#32
Deacon King Kong
by James McBride
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September 1969, a fumbling, cranky old church deacon known as Sportcoat
shuffles into the courtyard of the Cause Houses housing project in south
Brooklyn, pulls a .38 from his pocket, and, in front of everybody,
shoots the project's drug dealer at point-blank range.
The... (read more)
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#33
The Thursday Murder Club
by Richard Osman
"A little beacon of pleasure in the midst of the gloom...SUCH FUN " --Kate Atkinson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Sky Four septuagenarians with a few tricks up their sleeves A female cop with her first big case A brutal murder Welcome to... THE... (read more)
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#34
A Children's Bible
by Lydia Millet
Pulitzer Prize finalist Lydia Millet's sublime new novel — her first since the National Book Award long-listed Sweet Lamb of Heaven — follows a group of twelve eerily mature children on a forced vacation with their families at a sprawling lakeside mansion. (read more)
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Solutions and Other Problems
by Allie Brosh
For the first time in seven years, Allie Brosh — beloved author and artist of the extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller Hyperbole and a Half — returns with a new collection of comedic, autobiographical, and illustrated essays.
Solutions and... (read more)
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#37
Little Weirds
by Jenny Slate
One of Vanity Fair's Great Quarantine Reads: Step into Jenny Slate's wild imagination in this "magical" (Mindy Kaling), "delicious" (Amy Sedaris), and "poignant" (John Mulaney) New York Times bestseller about love, heartbreak, and being alive — "this book is something... (read more)
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#38
Sapiens A Graphic History The Birth of Humankind Volume 1
by Yuval Noah Harari
The first volume of the graphic adaptation of Yuval Noah Harari's smash #1 New York Times and
international bestseller recommended by President Barack Obama and Bill
Gates, with gorgeous full-color illustrations and concise, easy to
comprehend text for readers of all ages. (read more)
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#39
Piranesi
by Susanna Clarke
Piranesi's house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded in an... (read more)
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#40
Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know
by Alexandra Horowitz
The bestselling book that asks what dogs know and how they think, now in paperback. The answers will surprise and delight you as Alexandra Horowitz, a cognitive scientist, explains how dogs perceive their daily worlds, each other, and that other quirky animal, the human. Horowitz introduces the... (read more)
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#41
What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism
by Dan Rather and Elliot Kirschner
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"I find myself thinking deeply about what it means to love America, as I surely do." Dan Rather
At a moment of crisis over our national identity, venerated journalist Dan Rather has emerged as a voice... (read more)
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#42
Skunk and Badger (Skunk and Badger #1)
by Amy Timberlake and Jon Klassen
Wallace and Gromit meets Winnie-the-Pooh in a fresh take on a classic odd-couple friendship, from Newbery Honor author Amy Timberlake with full-color and black-and-white illustrations throughout by Caldecott Medalist Jon Klassen.
No one wants a skunk.
... (read more)
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#43
Dune: Dune 1
by Frank Herbert
Frank Herbert’s classic masterpiece — a triumph of the imagination and one of the bestselling science fiction novels of all time — nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.
Set on the desert planet Arrakis,... (read more)
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#44
Ottolenghi Flavor
by Yotam Ottolenghi and Ixta Belfrage
The New York Times bestselling author of Plenty joins up with the Ottolenghi Test Kitchen's Ixta Belfrage to reveal how flavor is amplified in more than 100 innovative, super-delicious plant-based recipes.
Yotam Ottolenghi — the beloved chef and influencer... (read more)
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#45
Rough House
by Tina Ontiveros
Tina Ontiveros was born into timber on both sides of the family. Her mother spent summers driving logging trucks for her family's operation, and her father was the son of an itinerant logger, raised in a variety of lumber towns, as Tina herself would be.
A story of growing up in... (read more)
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#46
The Cold Millions
by Jess Walter
Most anticipated book of the season: The Millions, Vogue, People, New York Post, Medium
The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Beautiful Ruins delivers another "literary miracle" (NPR) — a propulsive, richly entertaining novel about two... (read more)
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#47
One Life
by Megan Rapinoe and Emma Brockes
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#48
The Queen's Gambit
by Walter Tevis
Eight year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable. That is until she plays her first game of chess. Her senses grow sharper, her thinking clearer, and for the first time in her life she feels herself fully in control. By the age of sixteen, shes competing for... (read more)
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#49
Space Case: Moon Base Alpha #1
by Stuart Gibbs
It’s a murder mystery on the moon in this humorous and suspenseful space adventure from the author of Belly Up and Spy School that The New York Times Book Review called "a delightful and brilliantly constructed middle grade thriller."
Like his... (read more)
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#50
The Overstory
by Richard Powers
New York Times Bestseller
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize
Longlisted for the ALA Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence
A New York Times Notable, Washington Post, Time, Oprah Magazine, Newsweek, Chicago Tribune,... (read more)
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