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Wretch: Or, the Unbecoming of Porcelain Khaw
by Eric Larocca
After his husband dies, Simeon Link finds himself overcome by grief
and seeking comfort in an unusual support group called The Wretches, who offer an addictive and dangerous source of relief. They introduce Simeon to a curious figure known as Porcelain Khaw--a man with the ability to let those who are grieving have one last intimate moment
with their beloved...for a price. Hallucinatory, fiendish, and
destructively beautiful, Wretch transports us to a world where not everything is as it seems, and those we love may be the ones who
haunt us most.
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The Beheading Game
by Rebecca Lehmann
The Beheading Game begins in the hours after Anne Boleyn’s
beheading, when she wakes to find herself unceremoniously laid to
rest in a makeshift coffin, her head wrapped in linen at her knees. Discarded by King Henry VIII for being unable to give him a male heir and reviled by Cromwell for being too smart for her own good, she
was ultimately executed based on trumped-up charges of adultery, incest, and high treason. Anne escapes the Tower of London, sews
her head back on, then sets out on a quest to kill Henry VIII before
he can marry her own lady-in-waiting Jane Seymour.
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The Complex
by Karan Mahajan
In a sprawling complex in Delhi, the sons and daughters of SP Chopra, one of India's political architects, live together vying for influence in a family shaped by the great man's legacy. By the late 1970s, his descendants are scrambling to define their own futures in a still-young nation on the brink of transformation. As India erupts in violence and long-buried secrets come to light, the embattled Chopras must reckon with the cost of power, the weight of tradition, and the shifting nature
of love and allegiance. Equal parts brilliant family saga and piercing political drama, The Complex is a virtuosic novel of revenge and redemption, ambition and undoing, loyalty and love, by one of the
most lauded voices in contemporary fiction.
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The Geomagician
by Jennifer Mandula
Mary Anning wants to be a geomagician--a paleontologist who uses fossils to wield magic--but since the Geomagical Society of London refuses to admit women, she's stuck selling her discoveries to tourists instead. Then an ancient egg hatches in her hands, revealing a lovable baby pterodactyl that Mary names Ajax, and she knows that this is a scientific find that could make her career--if she's strategic. But when Mary contacts the Society about her discovery, they demand to take possession of Ajax. Their emissary is none other than Henry Stanton, a distinguished (and infuriatingly handsome) scholar . . . and the man
who once broke Mary's heart. She knows she can't trust her fellow scholars, who want to discredit her and claim Ajax for their own, but Henry insists he believes in the brilliant Mary and only wants to help
her obtain the respect she deserves. Now Mary has a new mystery to solve that's buried deeper than any dinosaur skeleton: She must
uncover the secrets behind the Society and the truth about Henry.
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Son of Nobody
by Yann Martel
The Psoad is an Ancient Greek epic in free verse that follows a goatherd’s son, Psoas of Midea, who leaves his wife and family to fight with the Greeks at Troy. This commoner’s story was lost to time―until Harlow Donne, a Canadian academic who has left his own wife and daughter behind to study at Oxford, discovers its relics nearly thirty centuries later. As sole translator and interpreter of The Psoad, Harlow dedicates the poem and its footnotes to his daughter, Helen. Under his gaze, a personal message to his beloved child appears in the ancient text, like a palimpsest. Despite the thousands of years and hundreds of miles that separate Psoas and Harlow, a thread hasn’t frayed: the universal song of homesickness and regret, of love, ambition, and grief.
Son of Nobody takes readers from the plains of Troy to the halls of Oxford, from the classical to the contemporary, from ancient verses to modern footnotes. It is a dazzling, masterful feat of myth, history, and domesticity that explores how stories become facts, the price we pay to share them, and how we live―then, now, always.
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Westward Women
by Alice Martin
It starts with an itch. In homes across the country, women ages
eighteen to thirty-five begin to slow down. Tired. Blank. Restless.
Drawn to the Pacific Ocean like it's calling them home. They abandon their lives--jobs, families, their very selves. And once they reach the West, they vanish forever. At the center of the story are three young women caught in the pull of something unstoppable. Aimee follows the trail of her missing best friend to a man called the Piper--known for leading infected women West. Teenie, afflicted and unraveling, clings
to a single memory as she looks out the window of the Piper's van.
And Eve, a former journalist, is chasing the story that might just consume her. Each on the edge of transformation, drawn toward the unknown, in search of a way forward.
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A Good Animal
by Sara Maurer
Staying is his dream. Leaving is hers. One secret threatens them both.
In the farm country outside Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, most kids want out. Not Everett Lindt. He's set on staying put, rebuilding his family's sheep farm, and carving a future from the land he loves. Then he
meets Mary, a new girl in town with restless energy and bigger plans. When their relationship reaches a crossroads, Everett sees a life together. Mary, however, is desperate to find a way out. Together, they make an impulsive choice-one that could change everything.
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Clutch
by Emily Nemens
Five friends, twenty years, one reunion trip. As undergrads, Gregg,
Reba, Hillary, Bella, and Carson formed the kind of rare bond that
college brochures promise--friendship that lasts a lifetime. Two decades later, the women are spread across the country but remain firmly tethered through their ever-unfurling group chat. They've made it through COVID and childbirth and midcareer challenges, but no one
can anticipate what's coming down the pike. The five women converge on Palm Springs for a long overdue reunion. Twenty years into their shared friendship, the stakes are higher than ever, and they must help one another reconcile professional ambition with personal tumult. Clutch is a big, beautiful, and deeply absorbing novel that asks how much
space and heart we can give to our friends and our families, and what space we can save for ourselves.
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Sheer
by Vanessa Lawrence
Told over nine charged days, Sheer is the gripping tale of a
controversial beauty mogul's insatiable ambition and the slippery
ground between empowerment and abuse of power. It's 2015 and Maxine Thomas, the founder and creative director of the cult makeup company Reveal, has just been suspended by her own Board for a scandalous transgression. Housebound in her New York City apartment, where she awaits the verdict on her future, Max recounts her version
of the events that have brought her to this moment. Who has she become in her relentless pursuit of success? And what will happen if
she loses it all?
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Theo of Golden
by Allen Levi
One spring morning, a stranger arrives in the small southern city of Golden. No one knows where he has come from...or why. His name is Theo. And he asks a lot more questions than he answers. Theo visits the local coffeehouse, where ninety-two pencil portraits hang on the walls, portraits of the people of Golden done by a local artist. He begins purchasing them, one at a time, and putting them back in the hands of their rightful owners. With each exchange, a story is told, a friendship born, and a life altered.
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You & Me and You & Me and You & Me
by Josie Lloyd
Married for nearly twenty-five years and stuck in a rut, their future
looks, well, boring. Then Adam stumbles across a box of old mixtapes
he and Jules made for each other when they were young and falling in love. He dusts off his vintage stereo, inserts one of the cassettes, presses Play ...and the unbelievable happens. With the power to travel back in time, Jules and Adam can recapture the headiness of falling in love. But they soon realize that visiting the past could be as dangerous as it is addictive because the temptation to change just a few tiny
things is irresistible. As the consequences start to spiral out of control, can they find a way back to their messy and imperfect, yet glorious,
real life? Or will they lose each other forever?
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In Her Defense
by Philippa Malicka
As a sensational celebrity libel trial unfolds, everyone is watching. Only one person knows the truth. Beloved TV star and national treasure Anna Finbow stands in court, accusing her daughter's therapist, Jean Guest, of brainwashing her daughter, Mary, for her own financial gain. Jean insists Mary's traumatic memories arise from her upbringing and her time studying at a prestigious art school in Rome. But as the trial unfolds, it's Augusta Gus Bird, Anna's former employee, who holds the key to unraveling the tangled web of lies and deceit. What really happened to Mary in Rome?
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How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder
by Nina McConigley
The Creel sisters welcome their aunt, uncle, and young cousin - newly arrived from India - into their house in rural Wyoming, where they'll all live together. That is, until the sisters decide that it's time for their
uncle to die.
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Half His Age
by Jennette McCurdy
Waldo is ravenous. Blunt. Naive. Wise. Impulsive. Lonely. Angry.
Forceful. Hurting. Perceptive. Endlessly wanting. And the thing she
wants most of all: Mr. Korgy, her creative writing teacher with the wife and the kid and the mortgage and the bills, with the dead dreams and the atrophied looks and the growing paunch. Startlingly perceptive, mordantly funny, and keenly poignant, Half His Age is a rich character study of a yearning seventeen-year-old who disregards all obstacles
in her effort to be seen, to be desired, to be loved.
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Dear Debbie
by Freida McFadden
Debbie Mullen is losing it. For years, she has compiled all of her best advice into her column, Dear Debbie, where the wives of New England come for sympathy and neighborly advice. Through her work, Debbie has heard from countless women who are ignored, belittled, or even abused by their husbands. And Debbie does her best to guide them in the right direction. Or at least, she did. These days, Debbie's life
seems to be spiraling out of control. Debbie's done being the bigger person. She's done being reasonable and practical. It's time to take
her own advice. And now it's time for payback against all the people
in her life who deserve it the most.
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Eradication: A Fable
by Jonathan Miles
Reeling from tragedy, a former jazz musician-turned-schoolteacher named Adi answers a job listing advertising a chance to save the world. The assignment: to spend five weeks alone on the tiny, isolated Pacific Island of Santa Flora righting an ecological balance that's gone severely out of whack, with the aim of preserving countless bird and plant species from certain extinction. What follows, however, is anything but balanced. The threats to the once-Edenic island, Adi soon learns, aren't exactly what his employers said they were--and, complicating things further, he discovers he's not alone on the island. Fearful for his own life, and for the fate of the island's, Adi spends his sun-drenched days rooting out the true threat to Santa Flora, and, by extension, to the world it occupies--and the desperate steps he must take to eradicate it.
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Eating Ashes
by Brenda Navarro
Alone and adrift in Barcelona, an unnamed narrator is haunted by the death of her teenage brother, Diego. Now, his ashes in hand, she must return to Mexico. Plagued by memories, she recounts their young lives leading up to the tragedy in blistering detail. Caught between rage and heartbreak over the loss of Diego, she pieces together a story of alienation, but also of surprising courage and hope.
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Hamnet : a novel of the plague
by Maggie O'Farrell
The award-winning author of I Am, I Am, I Am presents the evocative story of a young Shakespeare’s marriage to a talented herbalist. The ravaging death of their 11-year-old son shatters a family ravaged by
grief and loss. And shapes the production of Shakespeare's greatest play.
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Evil Genius
by Claire Oshetsky
In this sly, darkly funny novel, a young woman becomes increasingly obsessed with tales of love and death, and begins subconsciously plotting to murder her abusive husband.
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Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating
by Christina Lauren
A 'rom-com' standalone romance by writing duo Christina Lauren.
Foul-mouthed, quirky, sharp-as-a-whip Hazel never thought she
would win the heart of her gorgeous college TA, Josh. And, in fact,
she didn't. But what a difference ten years can make. Well, ten
years, and a lot of legwork.
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The Aquatics
by Osvalde Lewat
An extraordinary novel of loyalty, strife, and empowerment from
Peabody Award-winning Cameroonian filmmaker Osvalde Lewat.
In the fictional African country of Zambuena, Katmé Abbia enjoys
a life of privilege and influence married to Tashun, the powerful
prefect of Zambuena's capital. Yet after years spent playing the
obedient, demure wife to a husband who has ceased to notice
her, Katmé grows increasingly restless.
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Robert Ludlum's the Bourne Revenge
by Brian Freeman
The identity of a deadly Chinese spy lies hidden in Jason
Bourne's lost memory in this latest entry in the #1 New
York Times bestselling series. As he gets closer to his
shadowy adversary, Bourne begins to suspect that he's walking
into a trap. But it's a trap with an almost irresistible bait - the
chance to recover his forgotten memories. Now Bourne must
decide how far he'll go to get his life back.
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The Day I Lost You
by Ruth Mancini
The internationally bestselling author of The Woman on the Ledge returns with a twisty thriller about a missing child and three adults whose shared secrets and hidden history could prove deadly.
So what really happened to Baby Sam? And who still has
secrets to hide? One child. Two mothers. And a past that won't
let them go.
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The Rest of Our Lives
by Ben Markovits
When Tom Layward's wife had an affair twelve years ago, he
resolved to leave her as soon as his youngest child left the nest.
Now, while driving his college-bound daughter to Pittsburgh, he remembers his promise to himself. He is also on the run from his
own health issues and a forced leave from work. So, rather than returning to his wife in Westchester, Tom keeps driving west, with
the vague plan of visiting people from his past--an old college friend,
his ex-girlfriend, his brother, his son--en route, maybe, to California.
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An Academic Affair
by Jodi McAlister
Two English professors enter a fake marriage in order to secure
partner hire, but soon realize their feelings for each other aren't
as fake as they'd once thought.
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Through Gates of Garnet and Gold
by Seanan McGuire
A fan-favorite character returns in this action-packed installment of
the Hugo Award-winning Wayward Children series. After Nancy was
cast out of the Halls of the Dead and forced to enroll at Eleanor
West's School for Wayward Children, she never believed she'd find her door again. When she did, she didn't look back. She disappeared from the school to resume her place in the Halls, never intending to return.
Years have passed. A darkness has descended on the Halls, and the living statues who populate them are dying at the hands of the
already dead. Nancy is forced to leave the Halls again as she
attempts to seek much-needed help from her former schoolmates. But who would volunteer to quest in a world where the dead roam freely? And why are the dead so intent on adding to their number?
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Skylark
by Paula McLain
The New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Wife weaves a mesmerizing tale of Paris above and below--where a woman's quest
for artistic freedom in 1664 intertwines with a doctor's dangerous mission during the German occupation in the 1940s, revealing a
story of courage and resistance that transcends time.
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The Viper: A Zig & Nola Novel
by Brad Meltzer
Brad Meltzer is back with his thrilling Zig and Nola series,
unraveling a shocking cold case with a personal--and deadly--twist.
Andrew Fechmeier is a master at hiding. He'd better be--he's spent decades concealing a secret that could get him killed. So when he's diagnosed with a terminal disease, he heads for the local funeral home carrying the blue suit he eventually wants to be buried in. But what no one knows is that Fechmeier secretly tucked something inside, turning the suit into a final, untraceable hiding spot.It's a perfect plan. Until Fetch is brutally murdered by a mysterious killer who will stop at
nothing to find the priceless object hidden in the suit.
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This Is Where the Serpent Lives
by Daniyal Mueenuddin
Moving from Pakistan's dazzling chaotic cities to its lawless feudal countryside, This Is Where the Serpent Lives powerfully evokes contemporary feudal Pakistan. It follows the destinies of a dozen unforgettable characters whose lives are linked through violence and tragedy, triumph, and love. In matters of power and money and the heart, Mueenuddin's characters struggle to choose between paths
that are moral and just, and more worldly choices that allow them to survive in the systems of caste, capital, and social power.
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Meet the Newmans
by Jennifer Niven
For two decades, Del and Dinah Newman and their sons Guy and
Shep have ruled television as America's favorite family. Millions of viewers tune in every week to watch them play flawless,
black-and-white versions of themselves. But now it's 1964,
and the Newmans' perfection suddenly feels woefully out of touch. Ratings are in free fall, as are the Newmans themselves. Del is
keeping an explosive secret from his wife, and Dinah is slowly
going numb--literally. Steady, stable Guy is hiding the truth about
his love life, and rock 'n roll idol Shep may finally be in real trouble.
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The Burning Library
by Gilly MacMillan
When Dr. Anya Brown garners international attention for her
translation of the cryptic Folio 9, she is handpicked by Diana
Cornish, a professor and high-ranking member of the Fellowship,
to join the exclusive Institute of Manuscript Studies in St. Andrews. Unbeknownst to Anya she's been recruited at great personal
danger to translate ancient texts that the Fellowship believes
critical to their mission.
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Blood of Hercules Collector's Edition
by Jasmine Mas
I'm just a girl. And it turns out, I'm Hercules. I'm struggling to
survive in a Titan infested world where Spartans, immortals from
twelve royal families who have god-like powers and obscene wealth,
rule over all. A shy-stammering foster child with nothing, I keep
my head down, cover my scars, and focus on excelling in school.
At least, I try to.
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Bonds of Hercules (Deluxe Limited Edition)
by Jasmine Mas
Men are fighting over me. Mysteries are unfolding left and right.
And I've had enough. Everybody better beware because I'm
fighting in the Gladiator Competition and seizing my power.
Things are about to get very messy. For Sparta.
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The Silver Book
by Olivia Laing
It is September 1974. Two men meet in Venice. One is a young
English artist, in panicked flight from London. The other is Danilo
Donati, the magician of Italian cinema, the designer responsible
for realizing the spectacular visions of Fellini and Pasolini. Donati
is in Venice to produce sketches for Fellini's Casanova. A young apprentice is just what he needs. He sweeps Nicholas to Rome
and introduces him to the looking-glass world of Cinecittâa, the
studio where Casanova's Venice will be ingeniously assembled.
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The Land of Sweet Forever: Stories
and Essays
by Harper Lee
A posthumous collection of newly discovered short stories and
previously published essays and magazine pieces, offering a
fresh perspective on the literary mind of Harper Lee.
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Flat Earth
by Anika Jade Levy
Avery is a grad student in New York working on a collection of
cultural reports and flailing financially and emotionally. In an act
of desperation, Avery takes a job at a right-wing dating app.
Meanwhile, her best friend, Frances, an effortlessly chic emerging filmmaker from a wealthy Southern family, drops out of grad school,
gets married, and somehow still manages to finish her first feature documentary. Frances's triumphant return to New York as the toast
of the art world sends Avery into a final tailspin, pushing her to
make a series of devastating decisions.
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False Witness
by Phillip Margolin
A lawyer who was set-up, imprisoned, and disbarred, only to be vindicated and reinstated, is determined to find out who set her
up and cover their tracks with a trail of dead bodies Defense
Attorney Karen Wyatt exposed corruption in the police force
and the District Attorney's office while getting her client exonerated
in court. But in doing so, she put a target on her back and she
was set-up on fake drug charge, imprisoned and disbarred until
the conspiracy unraveled and her innocence was proven.
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Blood Like Ours
by Stuart Neville
In this chilling follow-up to Blood Like Mine by Stephen King's
true heir (Will Dean), one mother faces the ultimate supernatural
horror: the monster she must become to protect her child. El Paso, Texas: Rebecca Carter awoke on a morgue table with only two
desires: to find her daughter, Moonflower; and to sate her
gnawing hunger. Rebecca sets out on a desperate quest, fighting
her murderous craving for blood, and pursued by a vengeful
FBI agent.
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Bog Queen
by Anna North
In the gorgeous new novel by the New York Times bestselling
author of Outlawed, a strangely well-preserved Iron Age body
turns up in an English bog, and the American forensic anthropologist
on the case is thrust into an absorbing, complex mystery.
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