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The Last Word
by Taylor Adams
After posting a one-star review for a poorly written—but gruesome—horror novel, Emma Carpenter is dragged into an online argument with the author himself, but when disturbing incidents start happening at night, Emma digs into his life and work, discovering a sadistic man who is capable of anything.
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I, robot
by Isaac Asimov
Republished to coincide with the movie adaptation's release, a collection of tales chronicles the near-future development of the robot and features models that have the ability to read minds, experience human emotions, and take over the world.
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Cryptid Club
by Sarah Andersen
Do you hate social gatherings? Dodge cameras? Enjoy staying up just a little too late at night? You might have more in common with your local cryptid than you think! Enter the world of Cryptid Club, a look inside the adventures of elusive creatures ranging from Mothman to the Loch Ness Monster. This humorous new series celebrates the unique qualities that make cryptids so desperately sought after by mankind (to no avail). After all, it's what makes us different that also makes us beautiful.
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No Two Persons
by Erica Bauermeister
Alice has always wanted to be a writer. Her talent is innate, but her stories remain safe and detached, until a devastating event breaks her heart open, and she creates a stunning debut novel. Her words, in turn, find their way to readers, from a teenager hiding her homelessness, to a free diver pushing himself beyond endurance, an artist furious at the world around her, a bookseller in search of love, a widower rent by grief. Each one is drawn into Alice's novel; each one discovers something different that alters their perspective, and presents new pathways forward for their lives. Together, their stories reveal how books can affect us in the most beautiful and unexpected of ways-and how we are all more closely connected to one another than we might think.
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First Lie Wins
by Ashley Elston
A woman with many faces and identities, Evie Porter, covertly moves from job to job for her unknown employer until her latest mark, Ryan Summer gets under her skin and makes her envision a different sort of life.
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It Ends With Us
by Colleen Hoover
Falling for a stubborn but sensitive neurosurgeon after a youth spent working hard to earn an education and start her own business, Lily is frustrated by his aversion to commitment before reconnecting with a first love from the past she left behind.
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It Starts With Us
by Colleen Hoover
Lily and her ex-husband, Ryle, have just settled into a civil co-parenting rhythm when she suddenly bumps into her first love, Atlas, again. After nearly two years separated, she is elated that for once, time is on their side, and she immediately says yes when Atlas asks her on a date. But her excitement is quickly hampered by the knowledge that, though they are no longer married, Ryle is still very much a part of her life--and Atlas Corrigan is the one man he will hate being in his ex-wife and daughter's life.
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Wrong Place Wrong Time
by Gillian McAllister
After witnessing her teenage son kill a man, a mother falls asleep in despair, wakes up and it is yesterday, and wakes up again and it is the day before yesterday, getting chance after chance to stop the murder and save her son.
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Other Terrors
by Vince A. Liaguno
Collecting original stories from some of the biggest names in horror as well as some of the hottest up-and-coming talents, this anthology puts a terrifying spin on what it means to be different—also known as “the other.”
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A Study in Drowning
by Ava Reid
Entering a contest to redesign late author Emrys Myrddin's estate, aspiring architect Effy Sayre arrives at Hiraeth Manor where she meets a stodgy young literature scholar who draws her into a battle against dark forces—both mortal and magical—that threatens to consume them both.
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Lady Tan's Circle of Women
by Lisa See
Sent into an arranged marriage, Tan Yunxian, forbidden to continue her work as a midwife-in-training as well as see her forever friend Meiling, is ordered to act like proper wife and seeks a way to continue treating women and girls from every level of society in 15th-century China.
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The Secret History
by Donna Tartt
Richard Papen, a relatively impoverished student at a New England college, falls in with an exclusive clique of rich, worldly Greek scholars and soon learns the dreadful secret that keeps them together.
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Remarkably Bright Creatures
by Shelby Van Pelt
For fans of A Man Called Ove, a luminous debut novel about a widow's unlikely friendship with a giant Pacific octopus reluctantly residing at the local aquarium-and the truths she finally uncovers about her son's disappearance 30 years ago.
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The Inheritance Games
by Jennifer Barnes
When a Connecticut teenager inherits vast wealth and an eccentric estate from the richest man in Texas, she must also live with his surviving family and solve a series of puzzles to discover how she earned her inheritance
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The Roar
by Emma Clayton
Living behind walls they believe keeps them safe from the animals outside, Mika and Ellie discover a harsh reality when one suddenly vanishes and the sinister truth about their concrete world is suddenly revealed.
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If I See You Again Tomorrow
by Robbie Couch
Clark, who has relived the same Monday 309 times, finds something different about Day 310 when Beau, a boy he's never seen before, appears, and as they spend this one day together, Clark falls hard and fast for someone with whom he'll have no tomorrow.
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Throne of Glass
by Sarah J. Maas
Appearing before the Crown Prince after a year of hard labor in the salt mines, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is offered her freedom in exchange for representing the throne during a competition to find a new royal assassin, a challenge that is marked by grueling training and the murders of fellow contestants.
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Cinder
by Marissa Meyer
When Cinder, a gifted cyborg with a mysterious past, becomes entangled with the handsome Prince Kai, she finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle to save humankind from a deadly plague and ruthless lunar beings.
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Kings of B'more
by R. Eric Thomas
When his best friend announces he is moving, Harrison gives him a send-off à la Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and as they do things they've been scared to do, they learn the scariest thing is saying goodbye to someone you love.
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The Guinevere Deception
by Kiersten White
A first entry in a planned trilogy by the best-selling author of the Slayer series reimagines the Arthurian legend, casting Guinevere as a secret changeling who would protect the imperiled king of a magical Camelot from a black-haired woman on horseback.
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Crimson Twill: Witch in the City
by K. George
Unlike any other witch, Crimson Twill, who loves polka dots and puppies and wears a big crimson bow on her hat, goes on a big-city shopping adventure to Broomingdale's—a store that may not be prepared for her uniqueness.
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A Tale Dark & Grimm
by Adam Gidwitz
In a mischievous and utterly original debut, Hansel and Gretel walk out of their own story and into eight other classic Grimm-inspired tales that have never been more irreverent or subversive, as the siblings learn to take charge of their destinies and become the clever architects of their own happily ever after.
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Brick Dust and Bones
by M. R. Fournet
Twelve-year-old cemetery boy Marius Grey navigates New Orleans' gritty monster bounty-hunting market with the help of a flesh-eating mermaid to get the mystic coins he needs to bring his mother back from the dead.
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Eagle Drums
by Nasuêgraq Rainey Hopson
This magical origin story of the Iñupiaq Messenger Feast, a Native Alaskan tradition, follows a young, skilled hunter who, confronted by a terrifying eagle god, is led on a harrowing journey during which he learns unexpected lessons about the natural world.
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Skeletina and the Greedy Tooth Fairy
by Susie Jaramillo
Skeletina helps a frightened little girl turn a scary dream into something much more fun, showing her how to conquer her fears and get her teeth back from a very greedy tooth fairy.
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Aniana del Mar Jumps In
by Jasminne Mâendez
Aniana del Mar belongs in the water like a dolphin belongs to the sea. But she and Papi keep her swim practices and meets hidden from Mami, who has never recovered from losing someone she loves to the water years ago. That is, until the day Ani's stiffness and swollen joints mean she can no longer get out of bed, and Ani is forced to reveal just how important swimming is to her. What follows is the journey of a girl who must grieve who she once was in order to rise like the tide and become the young woman she is meant to be.
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Meet the Wolfy Kids!
by Patty Michaels
The PJ Masks battle the Wolfy Kids, three werewolves who love to do bad stuff at night
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How to Count to One
by Caspar Salmon
In this interactive, laugh-out-loud story where readers must only ever count to one, children can find ways to outsmart the book... and count all the way up to 100!
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Sukun
by Kazim Ali
A selection of verse and prose poems published in earlier books along with previously unpublished new poems.
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Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning
by Liz Cheney
The House Republican leader who dared to take a stand against the January 6th insurrection, which she witnessed first-hand, and then helped lead the ensuing investigation, tells the story of this perilous moment in our history, the betrayal of the American people and the Constitution and the risks we still face.
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Counting the Cost
by Jill Duggar
For the first time, discover the unedited truth about the Duggars, the traditional Christian family that captivated the nation on TLC's hit show 19 Kids and Counting. Jill Duggar and her husband Derick are finally ready to share their story, revealing the secrets, manipulation, and intimidation behind the show that remained hidden from their fans.
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Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism
by Safiya Umoja Noble
In Algorithms of Oppression, Safiya Umoja Noble challenges the idea that search engines like Google offer an equal playing field for all forms of ideas, identities, and activities. Data discrimination is a real social problem; Noble argues that the combination of private interests in promoting certain sites, along with the monopoly status of a relatively small number of Internet search engines, leads to a biased set of search algorithms that privilege whiteness and discriminate against people of color, specifically women of color. Through an analysis of textual and media searches as well as extensive research on paid online advertising, Noble exposes a culture of racism and sexism in the way discoverability is created online. As search engines and their related companies grow in importance-operating as a source for email, a major vehicle for primary and secondary school learning, and beyond-understanding and reversing these disquieting trends and discriminatory practices is of utmost importance.
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How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler
by Ryan North
What would you do if you had a time machine that took you hundreds or thousands of years into the past . . . and then broke? How would you survive? Could you improve on civilization's original timeline? And how hard would it be to domesticate a giant wombat? In How to Invent Everything, bestselling author and time-travel enthusiast Ryan North answers all these questions so you don't have to. This guide contains all the science, engineering, mathematics, art, music, philosophy, facts, and figures required for even the most clueless stranded time traveler to build a civilization from the ground up. It will be one in which humanity matured quickly and efficiently, instead of spending 200,000 years stumbling around in the dark without language, not knowing that tying a rock to a string would unlock navigating the entire world, and thinking disease was caused by weird smells.
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XOXO, Cody
by Cody Rigsby
The beloved Peloton Instructor and Dancing with the Stars finalist chronicles his journey from small town North Carolina to New York City stardom in an empowering essay collection that reveals his secret to success: not taking yourself-or life-too seriously.
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Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture
by Virginia Sole-Smith
By the time they reach kindergarten, most kids have learned that "fat" is bad. As they get older, kids learn to pursue thinness in order to survive in a world that ties our body size to our value. Multibillion-dollar industries thrive on consumers believing that we don't want to be fat. Our weight-centric medical system pushes "weight loss" as a prescription, while ignoring social determinants of health and reinforcing negative stereotypes about the motives and morals of people in larger bodies. And parents today, having themselves grown up in the confusion of modern diet culture, worry equally about the risks of our kids caring too much about being "thin" and about what happens if our kids are fat. Sole-Smith shows how the reverberations of this messaging and social pressures on young bodies continue well into adulthood-and what we can do to fight them.
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The Teen Witches' Guide to Palm Reading
by Xanna Eve Chown
Inside you'll find everything that you need to get started with this exciting branch of divination. Discover the secrets of hand shapes, minor and major lines, and the art of palmistry. Find out what your hands say about your personality, what your life path has in store for you-- and do the same for your friends too.
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This Book is Gay
by James Dawson
A British author of teen fiction offers basic information about the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender experience, including terms, religious issues, coming out, and sex acts, for people of all orientations, including the merely curious
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Think for Yourself
by Andrea Debbink
A nonjudgmental and nonpartisan guide instructs middle school students on how to ask questions, evaluate evidence and consider all sides of an issue to draw well-informed conclusions, covering subjects ranging from misleading articles to stereotyping.
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Unequal
by Michael Eric Dyson
This gripping account of the struggles that shaped America and the insidiousness of racism demonstrates how inequality still persists today and provides a framework for addressing racial injustice.
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Crash From Outer Space
by Candace Fleming
Setting her sights on one of the most thrilling mysteries in recent history, an award-winning author investigates the infamous 1947 “crash from outer space” in Roswell, New Mexico, which inspired a surge of UFO sightings and conspiracy theories.
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Family Style: Memories of an American From Vietnam
by Thien Pham
Told through the lens of meaningful food and meals, this graphic novel chronicles the author's childhood immigration to America where food takes on new meaning as he and his family search for belonging, for happiness and for the American dream.
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Mexikid
by Pedro Martin
Pedro Martin's grown up in the U.S. hearing stories about his legendary abuelito, but during a family road trip to Mexico, he connects with his grandfather and learns more about his own Mexican identity in this moving and hilarious graphic memoir.
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Jovita Wore Pants
by Aida Salazar
Presents the remarkable true story of Jovita Valdovinos, a Mexican revolutionary who disguised herself as a man to fight for her rights.
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The Illustrated Edgar Allan Poe: 25 essential poems
by Edgar Allan Poe
This lavishly illustrated collection of poems introduces 25 of Poe's most beloved works, including “The Raven” and “The Bells,” and provides brief commentary and helpful definitions for each poem.
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Weyward
by Emilia Hart
Told over five centuries through three connected women, this riveting novel follows Kate, in 2019, as she seeks refuge in Weyward Cottage; Altha, in 1619, as she uses her powers to maintain her freedom; and Violet, in 1942, as she searches for the truth about her mother's death.
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The Painter
by Peter Heller
Struggling with dark impulses after serving time for attempted murder, a successful artist gives in to his obsessions to kill an abusive troublemaker before fleeing authorities and the man's vengeful clan.
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Hello Beautiful
by Ann Napolitano
Awarded a college basketball scholarship away from his childhood home, which was silenced by tragedy, a young man befriends a spirited young woman who welcomes him into her loving, loud, chaotic household.
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After That Night
by Karin Slaughter
After surviving a brutal attack that changed her life forever, an ER doctor battles to save a young woman who was similarly attacked, linking the crimes, in the 11th novel of the series following The Silent Wife.
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Authentically, Izzy
by Pepper Basham
In this charming epistolary romance, a book-loving librarian is unwillingly enrolled in an online matchmaking service and embarks on a journey toward love that starts with emails to a quirky islander and ends in a choice that will change her future forever.
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The Couple in the Photo
by Helen Cooper
When she sees a photo of her best friend's husband vacationing with another woman, whom she learns has disappeared, Lucy searches for answers and uncovers secrets about her friends and her own husband that could destroy the wonderful lives they've built.
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Learned by Heart
by Emma Donoghue
Based on a true story and a five-million-word secret journal, this extraordinary work of fiction follows an orphaned heiress, banished from India to England, and a brilliant, troublesome tomboy who meet at the Manor School for young ladies in 1805 York where they fall secretly, deeply and dangerous in love.
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Demon Copperhead
by Barbara Kingsolver
The son of an Appalachian teenager uses his good looks, wit and instincts to survive foster care, child labor, addiction, disastrous loves and crushing losses, in the new novel from the best-selling author of Unsheltered.
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The Night Market
by Jonathan Moore
Investigating a crime scene in a luxurious city home where a victim's body has been contaminated by an unknown substance, Inspector Ross Carver is confronted by FBI agents and awakens in his bed under the care of a neighbor who tells him a suspicious story about what happened.
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Inverse Cowgirl
by Alicia Roth Weigel
From a celebrated activist on the forefront of fighting for intersex representation and rights-and a subject of the forthcoming documentary Every Body, from the filmmakers behind RBG-a funny, thought-provoking collection of essays about owning your identity and living your truth.
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Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You
by Lucinda Williams
The three-time Grammy winner discusses her traumatic childhood in the Deep South, how she fought through years of music industry anonymity and hostility, and the events that helped shaped her music.
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Iron flame
by Rebecca Yarros
After surviving her first year at Basgiath War College, dragon rider Violet Sorrengail discovers that the real danger is just beginning
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