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New Must Read eBooks at HPL! September 2020
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You can access the eRead Illinois catalog to search and browse all titles here. You can access the OverDrive catalog to search and browse all titles here. On mobile devices download the Axis 360 App for eRead Illinois and Libby App for Overdrive.
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One by One by Ruth WareWhen an offsite company retreat is upended by an avalanche that strands them in a remote mountain chalet, eight coworkers are forced to set aside their corporate rankings and mutual distrust in order to survive.
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Monogamy : A Novel by Sue MillerDerailed by the sudden passing of her husband of 30 years, an artist on the brink of a gallery opening struggles to pick up the pieces of her life before discovering harrowing evidence of her husband’s affair.
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The Last Story of Mina Lee by Nancy Jooyoun KimSuspecting foul play in the wake of her mother’s accidental death, Margot Lee investigates her mother’s past as a Korean War orphan and undocumented immigrant before uncovering profound secrets.
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Total Power by Kyle MillsWhen an ISIS plot devastates America’s power grid, Mitch Rapp and his CIA team race to find the responsible cyberterrorists to prevent the nation from succumbing to total collapse. By the best-selling author of Red War.
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All the Devils Are Here by Louise PennyHorrified when his billionaire godfather is targeted in a near-fatal accident, Chief Inspector Gamache follows clues deep within the Paris Archives to uncover gruesome, decades-old secrets.
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Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa GyasiA follow-up to the best-selling Homegoing finds a sixth-year PhD candidate grappling with the childhood faith of the evangelical church in which she was raised while researching the science behind the suffering that has devastated her Ghanaian immigrant family.
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The Lying Life of Adults by Elena FerranteThe best-selling author of My Brilliant Friend presents the story of an Italian teen who searches for a sense of identity and clear perspectives when she finds herself torn between the refinements and excesses of a divided Naples.
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The Evening and the Morning by Ken FollettA prequel to the best-selling The Pillars of the Earth follows the experiences of a young boatbuilder, a scholarly monk and a Norman noblewoman against a backdrop of the Viking attacks at the end of the 10th century in England.
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The Exiles : A Novel by Christina Baker KlineSent to a Tasmanian penal colony after conceiving her employer’s grandchild, a young governess befriends a talented midwife and an orphaned Aboriginal chief’s daughter while confronting the harsh realities of British colonialism and oppression in 19th-century Australia.
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When No One Is Watching by Alyssa ColeFinding unexpected support from a new friend while collecting stories from her rapidly vanishing Brooklyn community, Sydney uncovers sinister truths about a regional gentrification project and why her neighbors are moving away.
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A Rogue of One's Own by Evie DunmoreA sequel to Bringing Down the Duke finds an Oxford suffragist’s campaign to use a hard-won publishing house as a voice of protest challenged by an irresistible rogue bent on taking control away from her.
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Piranesi by Susanna ClarkeLiving in a labyrinthine house of endless corridors, flooded staircases and thousands of statues, Piranesi assists the dreamlike dwelling’s only other resident throughout a mysterious research project before evidence emerges of an astonishing alternate world.
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Anxious People by Fredrik BackmanTaken hostage by a failed bank robber while attending an open house, eight anxiety-prone strangers—including a redemption-seeking bank director, two couples who would fix their marriages and a plucky octogenarian—discover their unexpected common traits.
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Vesper Flights : New and Collected Essays by Helen MacdonaldThe award-winning author of H Is for Hawk presents a collection of top-selected essays about humanity's relationship with nature, exploring subjects ranging from captivity and immigration to ostrich farming and the migrations of songbirds from the Empire State Building.
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Children of Ash and Elm : A History of the Vikings by Neil PriceA Viking Age historian from Sweden’s Uppsala University traces the unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian populations between 750 and 1050 CE, drawing on archaeological and textual evidence to discuss their politics, culture and beliefs.
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Having and Being Had by Eula Biss"Having just purchased her first home, the author embarks on a self-audit of the value system she has bought into. The essays in this volume offer an interrogation of work, leisure, and the lived experience of capitalism"
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