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Sarah's Favorite Audiobooks
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Harry Potter : A History of Magic
by British Library
Fiction - An official companion book to the special ""Harry Potter: A History of Magic"" exhibit at the New York Historical Society includes extraordinary genre artifacts, exclusive bonus material and original drafts and drawings by J. K. Rowling.
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The Green Mile : The Complete Serial Novel
by Stephen King
Fiction - A prison guard on death row is intrigued by the gentle black man waiting his turn in the electric chair for the murder of two young sisters in the deep South of the 1930s.
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The Poet X
by Elizabeth Acevedo
Teen Fiction - The daughter of devout immigrants discovers the power of slam poetry and begins participating in a school club as part of her effort to understand her mother's strict religious beliefs and her own developing relationship to the world. A first novel.
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Turtles all the Way Down
by John Green
Teen Fiction - In his long-awaited return, the author of #1 best-selling The Fault in Our Stars shares the story of Aza Holmes, a young woman navigating daily existence within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts.
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The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane : a novel
by Lisa See
Fiction - Explores the lives of a Chinese mother and her daughter, who has been adopted by an American couple, tracing the very different cultural factors that compel them to consume a rare native tea that has shaped their family's destiny for generations.
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Uglies
by Scott Westerfeld
Teen Fiction - Just before their sixteenth birthdays, when they will will be transformed into beauties whose only job is to have a great time, Tally's best friend runs away and Tally must find her and turn her in, or never become pretty at all.
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Norse Mythology
by Neil Gaiman
Nonfiction - In Norse Mythology, Gaiman fashions primeval stories into a novelistic arc that begins with the genesis of the legendary nine worlds; delves into the exploits of the deities, dwarves, and giants; and culminates in Ragnarok, the twilight of the gods and the rebirth of a new time and people. Gaiman stays true to the myths while vividly reincarnating Odin, the highest of the high, wise, daring, and cunning; Thor, Odin's son, incredibly strong yet not the wisest of gods; and Loki, the son of a giant, a trickster and unsurpassable manipulator.
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Fangirl
by Rainbow Rowell
Teen Fiction - Being consummate fans of the Simon Snow series helped Cath and her twin sister, Wren, cope as little girls whose mother left them, but now, as they start college but not as roommates, Cath fears she is unready to live without Wren holding her hand--and without her passion for Snow.
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Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
by Gail Honeyman
Audiobook / Fiction - A socially awkward, routine-oriented loner teams up with a bumbling IT guy from her office to assist an elderly accident victim, forging a friendship that saves all three from lives of isolation and secret unhappiness.
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The Poe Estate
by Polly Shulman
Kid Fiction - Sukie braves the twists and turns of the spooky Poe Annex at the New-York Circulating Material Repository in order to untangle ancient family secrets, find hidden treasure and help the ghosts who are haunting her house.
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The Grimm Legacy
by Polly Shulman
Kid Fiction - Taking a new job at an unusual library that lends out objects instead of books and keeps powerful magical objects from the Brothers Grimm fairy tales in a secret room, Elisabeth embarks on a dangerous quest to clear her name when the magical artifacts begin disappearing. By the author of Enthusiasm.
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The Girl on the Train
by Paula Hawkins
Fiction - Obsessively watching a breakfasting couple every day to escape the pain of her losses, Rachel witnesses a shocking event that inextricably entangles her in the lives of strangers.
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A Man Called Ove : a novel
by Fredrik Backman
Fiction - A curmudgeon hides beneath a cranky and short-tempered exterior a terrible personal loss while clashing with new neighbors, a boisterous family whose chattiness and habits lead to unexpected friendship. A first novel by the Swedish author of Things My Son Needs to Know About Life.
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Yes Please
by Amy Poehler
Nonfiction - The actress best known for her work on "Parks and Recreation" and "Saturday Night Live" reveals personal stories and offers her humorous take on such topics as love, friendship, parenthood, and her relationship with Tina Fey.
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Ready Player One
by Ernest Cline
Fiction - Immersing himself in a mid-21st-century technological virtual utopia to escape an ugly real world of famine, poverty and disease, Wade Watts joins an increasingly violent effort to solve a series of puzzles by the virtual world's super-wealthy creator, who has promised that the winner will be his heir.
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See Me : a novel
by Nicholas Sparks
Fiction - Colin Hancock, a young man with a dark, destructive past now focused on keeping his life straight, has his plans to remain single challenged by Maria Sanchez, a hardworking lawyer.
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Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
by Becky Albertalli
Audiobook / Teen Fiction - When an email falls into the wrong hands, sixteen-year-old, not-so-openly gay Simon is blackmailed into playing wingman for a classmate or risk having his sexual identity revealed and the privacy of the boy he has been emailing compromised.
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