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Leave the World Behind by Rumaan AlamSheltering in a New York beach house with a couple that has taken refuge during a massive blackout, a family struggles for information about the power failure while wondering if the cut-off property is actually safe.
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Over the Woodward Wall by A. Deborah BakerWriting as A. Deborah Baker, New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Seanan McGuire introduces readers to a world of talking trees and sarcastic owls, of dangerous mermaids and captivating queens in Over the Woodward Wall, an exceptional tale for readers who are young at heart.
If you trust her you’ll never make it home…
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Machine by Elizabeth BearA sequel to Ancestral Night finds a thriving doctor to alien species challenged by an unknown ailment involving two ships, one ancient and one new, whose mysterious dilemma threatens an entire space station.
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In the Lion's Den by Barbara Taylor BradfordA sequel to Master of His Fate finds James Lionel Falconer's unlikely rise to the head of a prestigious London shipping company challenged by a devastating fire, a paramour's life-changing secret and his evolving feelings for runaway Alexis Malvern.
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The Sentinel by Lee ChildA latest entry in the best-selling series, co-written with the author’s brother, finds Jack Reacher following his lizard-brain instincts on a seemingly uneventful night in Nashville, where a recently fired man nurses an increasingly violent grudge.
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The Lost Love Song by Minnie DarkeA heartbroken man whose late pianist fiancée died while composing a song for their wedding and an unpublished poet seeking a home after years of travel find unexpected healing in their shared love of music.
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The Silence by Don DeLilloFive people gathered together in a Manhattan apartment in 2022 react to a mysterious, catastrophic event that severs all of modern life's digital connections in this new novel from the National Book Award-winning author of White Noise.
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How the Multiverse Got Its Revenge by K. EasonA sequel to How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse finds space pirate Rory Thorne and her crew tracing an abandoned ship to vicious advanced alien tech and a sentient floral plant designed to be a massive biological weapon.
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The Noel Letters by Richard Paul EvansA latest entry in the best-selling series by the award-winning author of The Christmas Box explores themes of faith, love and redemption during an illuminating holiday season.
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The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop by Fannie FlaggTaking a final visit to the ghost town where his mother Ruth’s Whistle Stop Café made its famous fried green tomatoes, Bud Threadgoode discovers new friends and surprises about the community’s women while triggering unexpected changes in his daughters’ lives.
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The Searcher by Tana FrenchLooking to start a new life in a small Irish village, former Chicago police officer Cal Hooper comes out of retirement to help find a missing kid and uncovers layers of darkness beneath his picturesque retreat.
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A Time for Mercy by John GrishamCourt-appointed lawyer Jake Brigance puts his career and the safety of his family on the line to defend a 16-year-old murder suspect who is facing the death penalty.
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The Lost Shtetl by Max GrossA tiny Jewish shtetl that has peacefully escaped the devastations of the Holocaust and Cold War is wrenchingly forced into the 21st century by a marriage dispute that spins out of control.
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The Archive of the Forgotten by A. J. HackwithIn the second installment of this richly imagined fantasy adventure series, a new threat from within the Library itself could destroy those within it. The Library of the Unwritten in Hell was saved from total devastation, but hundreds of potential bookswere destroyed, and the dreams that were held within them will never be realized. When the remnants of those books begin to leak a strange ink, and damsels keep disappearing and reappearing in the Arcane Wing, former librarian Claire realizes that the challenges within the Library have only just begun. Claire and Brevity the muse are immediately at odds concerning how to treat the ink, but the power that it presents has not gone unnoticed. Verity, a representative from the Muses Corps, arrives at the Library to advise Brevity on what to do with the ink, while Claire and the angel Rami hunt for a lost companion. Brevity will have to decide where her allegiances lie, and that choice will have the potential to remake the Library itself
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The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. HarrowIn the late 1800s, three sisters use witchcraft to change the course of history in a Hugo award-winning author's novel of magic amid the suffragette movement.
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The Duke of Caladan by Brian HerbertTo save the Imperium, Duke Leto Atreides, surrounded by conspirators and would-be assassins, puts his life, and the lives of his family, on the line for the sake of duty.
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Troubles in Paradise by Elin HilderbrandAs drama unfolds around her and her family after the death of her husband, who was leading a double life, Irene Steele gets some help from a mysterious source and a new beginning in the paradise of St. John after the truth is finally revealed.
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Magic Lessons : the Prequel to Practical Magic by Alice HoffmanA prequel to the movie-inspiring novel unveils the origin story of Maria Owens, who after being discovered as an abandoned baby in rural 17th-century Salem is taught in the “Unnamed Arts” before cursing her own family in love.
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Every Now and Then by Lesley KagenThe summer of 1960 was the hottest ever for Summit, Wisconsin. For kids seeking relief from the heat, there was a creek to be swum in, sprinklers to run through, and ice cream at Whitcomb's Drugstore. But for Frankie, Viv, and Biz, eleven-year-old best friends, it would forever be remembered as the summer that evil paid a visit to their small town--and took their young lives as they'd known them as a souvenir.
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Love Your Life by Sophie KinsellaDiscarding her dating app to enjoy a post-breakup anonymous writers' retreat in coastal Italy, Ava shares an idyllic love affair with a fellow romantic before their return to London forces them to acknowledge their true identities.
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Elsewhere by Dean R. KoontzOlive is mistaken to think that starting junior high is the most terrifying thing to happen when the wicked Annabelle McMartin returns, two dangerous forces are unlocked, her best friend moves away and her ally starts to rebel.
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In a Holidaze by Christina LaurenFinding herself caught in a time loop that has her repeating the same disastrous family Christmas in a snowy Utah cabin, Mae endures one hilarious setback after another to break the cycle and find true love under the mistletoe.
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Bright and Dangerous Objects by Anneliese MackintoshDiscovering she is on the short list to become one of the first humans to colonize Mars, a commercial deep-sea diver reevaluates her commitment to starting a family with her partner.
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Jingle All the Way by Debbie MacomberUrged by her mother to take a cruise for the holidays, workaholic Everly tours the Amazon under the guidance of a charming naturalist who helps her discover that her relationships are more important than her career.
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How to Raise an Elephant by Alexander McCall SmithPrecious Ramotswe and the rest of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency must come together to raise a small elephant, in this two-ton case that employs Precious’s maternal instincts.
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Country Proud by Linda Lael MillerA sequel to Country Strong finds Painted Pony Creek sheriff, Eli Garrett, reconnecting with a woman from his past, who he discovers is hiding a difficult secret.
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Cardiff, by the Sea : four novellas of suspense by Joyce Carol OatesThis haunting collection by one of the most important contemporary American writers contains four psychologically daring, chillingly suspenseful stories about women facing threats past and present.
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Three Women Disappear by James PattersonWhen three female suspects in the murder of an accountant, who was a master manipulator, go missing, Detective Sean Walsh, who has a personal connection to the case, discovers why the women have to stay hidden from both the law and each other.
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he Midnight Bargain by C. L. PolkThe award-winning author of Witchmark presents a romantic fantasy set in a magical Regency England, where a sorceress must balance magic-ending familial duty with her ambition to become her world’s first great sorceress.
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The Sowing Season by Katie PownerForced to sell his family farm after sacrificing everything, sixty-three-year-old Gerrit Laninga no longer knows what to do with himself. Fifteen-year-old Rae Walters has growing doubts about The Plan her parents set to help her follow in her father's footsteps. When their paths cross just as they need a friend the most, Gerrit's and Rae's lives change in unexpected ways.
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The Tower of Fools by Andrzej SapkowskiFrom the New York Times best-selling author of the legendary Witcher series—the books that inspired the Netflix show and the hit video games—comes the first in an epic new trilogy.
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The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart TurtonSailing back to Amsterdam as a prisoner accused of an unknown crime, Detective Pipps relies on his faithful sidekick to help solve an onboard mystery in the new novel from the author of The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle.
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The Cold Millions by Jess WalterEnduring the corruption of their union employment, two young day laborers are respectively drawn to a feminist activist and a vaudeville singer whose experiences reflect an unjust world on the brink of upheaval.
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Shakeup by Stuart WoodsLooking forward to relaxing with his girlfriend after returning from a dangerous coastal adventure, Stone Barrington finds his plans thwarted by the arrival of a grisly crime on his doorstep, along with some suspicious new clients eager for his help.
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America and Iran : a history, 1720 to the present by John H. GhazvinianA portrait of the two-centuries-long entwined histories of Iran and America, and the first book to examine, in all its aspects, the rich and fraught relations between these two powers—once allies, now adversaries.
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War : how conflict shaped us by Margaret MacMillanFrom the internationally renowned historian and bestselling author of Paris 1919 comes a provocative argument that war is an essential aspect of human nature, and that peace is an aberration in history.
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African American Poetry : A Library of America Anthology by Kevin YoungA wide-ranging anthology of black poetry represents 250 famous and less-recognized poets from the colonial era to the present who used their powerful words to illuminate such issues as racism, slavery and the threatened African Diaspora identity.
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Eleanor : a life by David MichaelisThe award-winning author of Schulz and Peanuts presents a breakthrough portrait of America’s longest-serving First Lady that includes coverage of her major contributions throughout critical historical events and her essential role in advancing international human rights.
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