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The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermottA portrait of the Irish-American experience is presented through the story of an Irish immigrant's suicide and how it reverberates through innumerable lives in early 20th-century Catholic Brooklyn. By the National Book Award-winning author of Charming Billy. Kirkus and Library Journal Best Books of 2017
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Glass Houses by Louise PennyA suspicious figure that appears on the village green on a cold November day leaves a dead body in its wake, compelling Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec to pursue an investigation that has difficult consequences. By the Edgar Award-winning author of A Great Reckoning. Kirkus - Best Mysteries of 2017
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Magpie Murders by Anthony HorowitzIgnoring the troubling behavior of an eccentric crime writer with whom she has worked for years, editor Susan Ryeland is dismayed when a subplot hidden in the author's latest manuscript reveals a real-world murder. By the best-selling author of Moriarty. Kirkus - Best Mysteries of 2017
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My Absolute Darling : a novel by Gabriel TallentEnduring an isolated existence after the death of her mother, 14-year-old Turtle roams the rocky shores and tide pools of the California coast and refutes every outside attempt to engage her before an unexpected friendship with a newcomer helps her realize the vulnerabilities of her life with her charismatic father. Kirkus - Best Debut Novel 2017
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Sing, Unburied, Sing : a novel by Jesmyn WardLiving with his grandparents and toddler sister on a Gulf Coast farm, Jojo navigates the challenges of his tormented mother's addictions and his grandmother's terminal cancer before the release of his father from prison prompts a road trip of danger and hope. By the National Book Award-winning author of Salvage the Bones. Washington Post, Library Journal, Kirkus, and Publishers Weekly Best of 2017
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Lincoln in the Bardo : a novel by George SaundersA long-awaited first novel by the National Book Award-nominated, New York Times best-selling author of Tenth of December traces a night of solitary mourning and reflection as experienced by the 16th President after the death of his 11-year-old son at the dawn of the Civil War. Washington Post, Kirkus, and Library Journal Best Fiction of 2017
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Ill Will : a novel by Dan ChaonA psychologist is unwittingly embroiled in two spectacular unsolved murders, three decades apart, when the foster brother convicted of killing their family years earlier is exonerated, making him question the testimony that led to the conviction. By the award-winning author of Among the Missing. Publishers Weekly Best of 2017
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The Alice Network by Kate QuinnIn 1947, pregnant Charlie St. Clair, an American college girl banished from her family, arrives in London to find out what happened to her beloved cousin Rose, who disappeared in Nazi-occupied France during the war, and meets a former spy who, torn apart by betrayal, agrees to help her on her mission. Kirkus Best Historical Fiction 2017
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Five-Carat Soul by James McBrideThe National Book Award-winning author presents a never-before-published collection of stories that are funny and poignant, insightful and unpredictable and imaginative and authentic, and explore the ways we learn from the world and the people around us. NYT 100 Most Notable Books of 2017
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The Lost Order by Steve BerryWhen rival factions of a dangerous clandestine organization begin a race to find billions in stolen treasure hidden by their progenitors, Justice Department agent Cotton Malone finds the case complicated by his unsuspected ties to the organization and the political schemes of an unscrupulous politician. Library Journal Best of 2017
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