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Closing time by Brenda ChapmanOfficer Kala Stonechild is on a canoe trip with her foster niece at Pine Hollow Lodge in the wilderness north of Sault Ste. Marie. When a teenage girl is found murdered, Stonechild reluctantly agrees to help with the investigation.Genre: Mysteries; Police proceduralsThemes: Vacation interruptedCharacter: Strong femaleWriting Style: Compelling; Gritty
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Trace elements by Donna LeonA woman’s cryptic dying words in a Venetian hospice lead Guido Brunetti to uncover a threat to the entire region in Donna Leon’s haunting twenty-ninth Brunetti novel.Genre: Mysteries; Police proceduralsCharacter: Introspective; LikeablePace: Leisurely pacedTone: Strong sense of place; Thought-provoking
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To the land of long lost friends by Alexander McCall SmithMma Ramotswe’s efforts to help an old friend’s daughter are complicated by family drama, Charlie’s girlfriend’s apparent preference for Fanwell and the schemes of nemesis Violet Sephotho.Genre: Cozy mysteries; Gentle readsPace: Leisurely pacedTone: Amusing; Heartwarming; Strong sense of place; UpbeatWriting Style: Descriptive; Engaging
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First comes scandal by Julia QuinnIn a prequel to the best-selling series, medical student and earl's son Nicholas Rokesby embarks on an unorthodox courtship to convince his next-door neighbor, financially troubled Georgiana Bridgerton, to accept his proposal to a marriage of convenience.Genre: Georgian romances; Historical romancesThemes: Marriage of conveniencePace: Fast-pacedWriting Style: Banter-filled; Engaging
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The honey-don't list by Christina LaurenAccompanying a reality-show couple on a book-signing tour, a country girl who desperately needs her job and an MIT engineer fall for each other behind the scenes while struggling to keep their employers’ rocky marriage intact.Genre: Romantic comediesThemes: Road trippingTone: Irreverent; UpbeatWriting Style: Engaging
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The bridge to Belle Island by Julie KlassenInvestigating a mysterious death on a remote island on the Thames, a disgraced lawyer is unexpectedly drawn to the case’s chief suspect, an enigmatic woman who has been having recurring nightmares about the victim.Genre: Christian historical romancesTone: Atmospheric; ChasteWriting Style: Engaging
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Chick-Lit & Women's Fiction
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The numbers gameby Danielle SteelSetting aside her dreams to raise a family, Eileen reevaluates her sacrifices in the wake of her husband's affair with a famous actress's daughter, who discovers that she needs to find herself before committing to someone else. Genre: Domestic fiction; Women's lives and relationships Themes: Bouncing back
Character: Large cast of characters Pace: Fast-paced
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Sisters by choice by Susan MalleryThree cousins navigate the joys and dramas of family life, including a former business owner struggling to adapt to small-town dynamics, an aspiring college student and a wife who must choose between her husband and her dreams.Genre: Women's lives and relationshipsThemes:Bouncing backTone: MovingWriting Style: Engaging
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In five yearsby Rebecca SerleAn ambitious young lawyer on the brink of having it all disregards a vivid dream about how different her life will be in five years, before meeting the man in her vision nearly five years later.Genre: Mainstream fiction; Women's lives and relationshipsThemes: Time slipCharacter: SympatheticTone: Heartwarming; Sardonic; Strong sense of place; WhimsicalWriting Style: Witty
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This lovely city by Louise HareAn atmospheric and utterly compelling debut novel about a Jamaican immigrant living in postwar London, This Lovely City shows that new arrivals have always been the prime suspects — but that even in the face of anger and fear, there is always hope.Genre: Literary fiction; Historical MysteriesThemes: Facing racism; Immigrant experiencesCharacter: Culturally diverse; Well-developedWriting Style: Compelling; Stylistically complex
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The glass hotel by Emily St. John MandelA tale of crisis and survival in the hidden landscapes of homeless campgrounds, luxury hotels, private clubs and federal prisons, where a massive Ponzi scheme is tied to a woman’s disappearance at sea.Genre: Literary fiction; Magical realism; Multiple perspectivesCharacter: Complex; Flawed; SympatheticTone: Atmospheric; HauntingWriting Style: Compelling; Lyrical; Stylistically complex
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The enlightenment of the Greengage tree by Shokoofeh AzarFrom the pen of one of Iran’s rising literary stars, The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree is a family story about the unbreakable connection between the living and the dead.Genre: Literary fiction; Magical realismCharacter: Culturally diverseStoryline: Own voicesTone: MysticalWriting Style: Descriptive; Richly detailed
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The city we became by N. K. JemisinTakes readers into the dark underbelly of New York City where a roiling, ancient evil stirs in the halls of power, threatening to destroy the city and her six newborn avatars.Genre: African American fiction; Urban fantasyCharacter: Large cast of characters; LGBTQIA diverseStoryline: Intricately plotted; Own voicesTone: Strong sense of place; Thought-provokingWriting Style: Candid; Compelling; Incisive; Lyrical
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The last Emperox by John ScalziThis thrilling conclusion to the best-selling Interdependency series follows Emperox Grayland II as she fights a desperate final battle for her crown and empire while striving to save her citizens from eternal intergalactic isolation.Genre: Science fiction; Space operaThemes: Lost in spaceCharacter: Large cast of characters; SnarkyStoryline: Action-packed; Intricately plotted; World-building
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The book of Koli by M. R. CareyThe Book of Koli is the unforgettable story of a young boy struggling to find his place in a world where nature itself has turned against humanity.Genre: Apocalyptic fiction; First person narratives; Science fictionThemes: Climate change apocalypseStoryline: World-buildingWriting Style: Dialect-filled; Engaging
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The four never-before-published novellas in this collection represent horror master King at his finest, using the weird and uncanny to riff on mortality, the price of creativity, and the unpredictable consequences of material attachments. Genre: Horror; Short stories
Tone: Creepy, Menacing Writing Style: Descriptive
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The remakingby Clay McLeod ChapmanAn actress who is caught in a cycle of horror stemming from a role she played -- that of a girl burned at the stake for witchcraft -- sees her chance to finally be free of her curse when a true-crime investigator tracks her down to interview her for his popular podcast.Genre: Horror; Multiple perspectives; Parallel narrativesThemes: Cursed!; Witchcraft and the occultTone: Creepy; Disturbing; MenacingWriting Style: Compelling
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The Southern book club's guide to slaying vampires by Grady HendrixSet in South Carolina in the '90s, this novel follows a women's book club that must protect its suburban community from a mysterious stranger who turns out to be a real monster.Genre: Horror; Southern fictionThemes: Suburban malaise; Vampire menaceTone: Atmospheric; Creepy; Gruesome; Menacing
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Follow me by Kathleen BarberThis suspenseful new novel follows the experiences of a thriving social-media personality whose detailed postings about her new job capture the attentions of a predatory follower.Genre: Psychological suspenseStoryline: Plot-drivenTone: Suspenseful
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Little secrets by Jennifer HillierA year after the disappearance of her son, Marin, a shadow of herself, hires a P.I. to pick up where the police left off, only to discover that her husband is having an affair with a younger woman, which is a problem Marin wants to fix by any means necessary.Genre: Psychological suspenseStoryline: Intricately plottedPace: IntensifyingTone: Suspenseful
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The big lie by James GrippandoWhen a corrupt President is narrowly reelected by the Electoral College but not the popular vote, Miami attorney Jack Swyteck is embroiled in a political frenzy involving an opponent's refusal to concede and a lobbyist's fateful decision.Genre: Legal thrillers; Thrillers and suspenseStoryline: Intricately plottedPace: Fast-pacedWriting Style: Compelling
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The night watchmanby Louise ErdrichA historical novel based on the life of the author’s grandfather traces the experiences of a Chippewa Council night watchman in mid-19th-century rural North Dakota who fights Congress to enforce Native American treaty rights.Genre: Biographical fiction; Historical fiction; Literary fictionCharacter: Authentic; Culturally diverseStoryline: Own voicesTone: Atmospheric; Dramatic; Heartwrenching
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Three hours in Paris by Cara BlackA suspenseful historical tale based on the mystery of Hitler’s abrupt departure from newly occupied 1940 Paris follows the mission of a British intelligence markswoman who, while trying to assassinate the Führer, discovers that she has been set up.Genre: Historical fiction; Historical thrillers; Spy fictionStoryline: Intricately plottedPace: Fast-pacedTone: Atmospheric; Suspenseful
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A long petal of the seaby Isabel AllendeSponsored by the poet Pablo Neruda to flee the violence of the Spanish Civil War, a pregnant widow and an army doctor unite in an arranged marriage, only to be swept up by the early days of World War II.Genre: Historical fiction; TranslationsStoryline: SweepingTone: Dramatic; RomanticWriting Style: Engaging
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Hidden Valley Road : inside the mind of an American family by Robert KolkerTells the heartrending story of a midcentury American family with 12 children, 6 of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science's great hope in the quest to understand the disease.Genre: Collective biographies; Life stories; Science writingTone: HauntingWriting Style: Compelling; Well-researched
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Wow, no thank youby Samantha IrbyA new collection of humorous and edgy essays from the author of Meaty and We Are Never Meeting in Real Life that highlight the ups and downs of aging, marriage and living with step-children in small-town Michigan. Genre: Autobiographies and memoirs; Essays; Humor writing; Storyline: Own voices Tone: Irreverent; Racy humor; Sardonic Writing Style: Candid; Engaging
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