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January
Hell bent
by Leigh Bardugo

Assembling a team of dubious allies, Galaxy “Alex” Stern is
determined to find a gateway to the underworld and rescue
Darlington from purgatory, in the second novel of the series
following Ninth House.
The Mitford affair : a novel
by Marie Benedict

Diana, divorces her wealthy husband to marry a fascist leader.
Her sister, Unity, follows Diana to Munich, inciting rumors that
she's become Hitler's mistress. After uncovering disquieting
documents, 
novelist Nancy Mitford, must make difficult choices
as Great Britain goes to war with Germany.
Alone with you in the ether : a love story
by Olivie Blake

A doctoral student who manages his destructive thoughts with
time travel calculations and a bipolar counterfeit artist undergoing
court-ordered psychotherapy meet at the Art Institute in a new
novel from the best-selling author of The Atlas Six.
Love, Clancy : diary of a good dog
by W. Bruce Cameron

Told from the viewpoint of Clancy, a very good dog who keeps a
diary, this deeply moving story follows an unforgettable cast of characters as they jointly and separately navigate the challenges
of life, love and other pets, including Clancy's worst enemy.
The shards
by Bret Easton Ellis

In 1981 Los Angeles, 17-year-old Bret and his friends at the
exclusive Buckley prep school welcome new student Robert Mallory
into their fold until MalloryÂ’s unsettling preoccupation with the
Trawler, a serial killer targeting teenagers throughout the city,
takes a horrific turn.
The faraway world : stories
by Patricia Engel

From the New York Times best-selling author of Infinite Country,
this collection of 10 haunting, award-winning short stories bring
to life the liminality of regret, the vibrancy of community, and the
epic deeds and quiet moments of love.
December
Window shopping
by Tessa Bailey

Two weeks before Christmas and all through Manhattan,
shop windows are decorated in red and green satin. I'm standing
alone in front of the famous Vivant department store, when a
charming man named Aiden asks my opinion of the décor.
The light pirate
by Lily Brooks-Dalton

Born during a powerful hurricane, Wanda, an unusual woman in
a rapidly changing world, loses family, gains community and
ultimately seeks adventure, love and purpose in a place abandoned
by civilization and remade by nature.
All the blood we share : a novel of the
bloody Benders of Kansas

by Camilla Bruce

The family of a gifted medium who can receive messages from
Beyond are welcomed by the town of Cherrvale, but no one knows
about their other business, in a novel based on the true story of
old West serial killers.
Tom Clancy red winter
by Marc Cameron

When a possible Soviet defector offers the CIA details of his
government's espionage plans in return for asylum, former
Marine and brilliant CIA analyst Jack Ryan goes behind the
Iron Curtain to find answers before the Cold War turns into
a Red Winter.
The bookshop on the corner : a novel
by Jenny Colgan

A "literary matchmaker" who takes joy in pairing readers with
perfect books moves from the city to a sleepy village. In the
village, she becomes a bookmobile driver. She rediscovers her
senses of adventure and home, while searching for a happy
ending of her own. By the best-selling author of Little Beach
Street Baker
.
The Christmas bookshop : a novel
by Jenny Colgan

Out of a job just in time for the holidays, Carmen, with little cash
and few options, is forced to move in with her "perfect" sister. She
takes a job at a book store that desperately needs her help and
helps her in return.
Night shift : a novel
by Robin Cook

Laurie Montgomery's longtime friend, Dr. Sue Passero, dies
mysteriously in the hospital parking garage. The newly appointed
chief medical examiner, Laurie asks her husband to investigate.
An action which pits him against a clever and deranged killer
determined to administer another lethal blow.
Judas 62
by Charles Cumming

Master spy Lachlan Kite discovers that a mission of 30 years ago
has resulted in his name being put on the JUDAS list, a record of enemies of Russia. The JUDAS list members have been targeted for assassination. Lachlan must win a deadly game of cat-and-mouse
with the Russian secret state to survive.
A history of fear : a novel
by Luke Dumas

A University of Edinburgh student takes on a ghostwriting job for
a mysterious stranger. He begins to suspect he is working for the
devil himself in the new novel by the author of The Cabin at the
End of the World
.
November
Astrid Parker doesn't fail
by Ashley Herring Blake

Tempers rise on a popular home improvement show when an
interior designer, Astrid Parker, repeatedly bumps heads with a
carpenter trying to preserve the history of her family's inn, until
the tension flares into something more.
All the broken places
by John Boyne

An elderly London resident befriends the little boy who moves
in downstairs, but his parents fighting brings her back to her
harrowing escape from Nazi Germany at age 12 and grim post-war
ears in France with her mother.
Small game : a novel
by Blair Braverman

Survivalist Mara and her four teammates are cast in a new show called Civilization. After something goes horribly wrong, they are stranded in the northern wilds and face terrifying decisions as survival becomes more than a game.
Kiss her once for me : a novel
by Alison Cochrun

Ellie must choose between the safety of a fake relationship
and the risk of something real. Perfect for fans of Written in
the Stars
and One Day in December, Kiss Her Once for Me is
the queer holiday rom-com that you'll want to cozy up with
next to the fire.
Hunting time : a Colter Shaw novel
by Jeffery Deaver

A wealthy entrepreneur hires Colter Shaw to track down and
protect his employee, Allison Parker, a brilliant engineer, who is
on the run from her ex-husband with her teenage daughter,
in the fourth novel of the series following The Never Game.
A Christmas memory
by Richard Paul Evans

Reeling from the loss of his brother in Vietnam, Richard moves
with his family from California to his grandmother's abandoned
house in Utah, where he finds the holiday spirit with the help of
an elderly neighbor and his dog.
Dr. No : a novel
by Percival Everett

With the help of a brainwashed astrophysicist, a professor of mathematics, who claims to be an expert at nothing, partners with an aspiring villain who wants to break into Fort Knox to steal a shoebox containing nothing.
The Lindbergh nanny : a novel
by Mariah Fredericks

In 1932 New Jersey, Lindbergh nanny Betty Gow, after toddler
Charles Lindbergh Jr. is kidnapped, becomes a suspect in the
eyes of both the media and public, and must find the truth in
order to clear her name and find justice for the child she loves. 
October
Jackal : a novel
by Erin E. Adams

A Black woman returning to her Rust Belt hometown for a
wedding uncovers a sinister pattern of black girls going missing
from the area. Then her friend's daughter disappears from the
reception, leaving behind only a bloody piece of fabric.
Long shadows
by David Baldacci

The latest edge-of-your-seat thriller in the #1New York Times
best-selling series.
The singularities
by John Banville

Released from prison, a man with a borrowed name arrives at
the estate of his youth where he must vie with the idiosyncratic
Godley family, who are descendants of a world-famous scientist.
At the same time he must answer a wealthy and beautiful woman
from his past who comes bearing an unusual request.
The atlas paradox
by Olivie Blake

This is the electrifying sequel to the viral sensation, The Atlas Six. 
The members of a secret society, headed by a man whose plans to change life as we know it are already under way. Each must each
pick a side; preserve the world or destroy it.
Ghost Town
by Kevin Chen

Fleeing the oppression of his village in Berlin to find acceptance as
a gay man, Chen Tien-Hong, the only son of a traditional Taiwanese family, returns home after 10 years and a prison sentence to find his family gone.
No plan B : a Jack Reacher novel
by Lee Child

Witnessing a woman pushed to her death in front of a bus, Jack
Reacher, following the killer on foot, is unaware that this is part of
a secret conspiracy with many moving parts with no room for error
and any threats will be permanently removed, including Reacher.
The furies : two Charlie Parker novels
by John Connolly

When murder and mayhem arrive in Portland, Maine, Charlie
Parker is faced with two connected crimes involving the enigmatic
sisters Strange, new clients who are more capable of taking care of themselves than anyone could have imagined as the city shuts
down in the face of a global pandemic.
Before I do
by Sophie Cousens

On the eve of her wedding, Audrey begins questioning whether
or not Josh really is the one, especially after his sister shows up
at the rehearsal dinner with one of Audrey's exes and everything that
could go wrong.
The maze : a John Corey novel
by Nelson DeMille

Former NYPD Homicide Detective John Corey is called out of
retirement by his former lover to investigate a serial killer
targeting prostitutes. As he digs deeper into the killings,
which have garnered national attention, he discovers that there
are sinister forces at work that don't want this case solved.
Thief of fate
by Jude Deveraux

After changing the course of history when he stole Cora McLeod
from her destined soulmate, Finley Walsh, in 1844, Liam O'Conner, desperately trying to make amends, has three months to restore
the balance by reuniting Cora and Finn or pay the ultimate price.
The favor
by Nicci French

When she agrees to pick up an ex-boyfriend at the train station,
Jude is shocked when the police show up instead of him. 
Realizing she knows nothing about the man  he is, Jude
becomes entangled in his life as she tries to uncover the truth.
September
Next in line
by Jeffrey Archer

In this edge-of-your-seat thriller, William Warwick and Ross Hogan
return in an explosive adventure that will take them to the very
heart of power.
Shrines of gaiety : a novel
by Kate Atkinson

In London after the Great War, Nellie Carter, the notorious and
ruthless queen of a dazzling, seductive and corrupt new world in
the clubs of Soho, finds her success breeding enemies as she faces threats from without and within, revealing the dark underbelly
beneath Soho's gaiety.
Elizabeth Finch : a novel
by Julian Barnes

After taking a class, Culture and Civilization, with the commanding, exacting Professor Elizabeth Finch, Neil develops an obsessive, intellectual crush on her in this novel of platonic, unrequited love
by the Booker award-winning author of The Sense of an Ending.
The Deceptions
by Jill Bialosky

Seeking answers to the paradoxes of love, desire and parenthood
among the Greek and Roman gods at the Metropolitan Museum of
Art, a narrator, as secret betrayals and deceptions come to light
and rage threatens to overwhelm her, is forced to choose between
reality and myth to free herself.
I Walk Between the Raindrops : Stories
by T. Coraghessan Boyle

The best-selling writer of Talk to Me and Outside Looking In presents a collection of new short stories filled with biting satire, resonant wit and boundless, irrepressible imagination.
The house in the orchard
by Elizabeth Brooks

In 1945, war widow Peggy, inheriting Orchard House from her
husband's Aunt Maude, arrives to find a rambling property shrouded
by dark mysteries, and finding Maude's teenage diary, searches for answers in these pages that reveal corrupted innocence and a
violent tragedy bringing the past to the present.
The house party : a novel
by Rita Cameron

When the good kids trash her newly built home just weeks before
she moves in, Maja Jensen finds her marriage put to the ultimate
test as the repercussions from what should've been the party of the
year divides the town over questions of privilege and responsibility.
How not to drown in a glass of water
by Angie Cruz

Forced back into the job market after losing her factory gig during
the Great Recession, 50-something Cara Romero narrates the story
of her life to her career counselor and confronts her darkest secrets
and regrets.
Lizzie Blake's best mistake : a novel
by Mazey Eddings

Lizzie's two-night stand results in an unexpected pregnancy,
which leads her through a series of mishaps. Through both a
totally platonic single bed sharing and an underground erotic
baking scheme, Lizzie realizes even the biggest mistakes can
have the most beautiful consequences.
Daisy Darker
by Alice Feeney

A family gathering for their matriarch's 80th birthday in her
crumbling, gothic house on a tiny island begin disappear to one
by one, in the new novel from the New York Times best-selling
author of Rock Paper Scissors.
The housekeeper : a novel
by Joy Fielding

Hiring a housekeeper named Elyse to help care for her father
and his wife Audrey, who has Parkinsons, successful real estate
agent Jodi Bishop soon discovers that the attractive 60-something
widow is attempting to take over their lives when Audrey's
condition rapidly worsens.
All good people here : a novel
by Ashley Flowers

Twenty years after a fellow 6-year-old was abducted and
murdered, Margot returns to Wakarusa, Indiana, and is shocked
when another child similarly goes missing, in the debut novel from
the host of the popular true crime podcast, Crime Junky.
The means
by Amy Fusselman

Wealthy stay-at-home mom, Shelly Means, determined to have a summer home in the Hamptons, has a vision board, an architect
and a plan, but when things go awry, she goes into beast mode
to realize the house of her dreams.
August
The hundred waters : a novel
by Lauren Acampora

When Gabriel, a young artist-environmentalist arrives in the
affluent town of Nearwater, Connecticut, former model and
photographer Louisa Rader, who is trying to vitalize the provincial
local art center, and her preteen daughter are pulled under his spell,
with consequences that disrupt the Rader's world forever.
Overkill
by Sandra Brown

Eban, scion of a wealthy North Carolina family who brutally attacked Rebecca Pratt, leaving her on life support gets an early release from prison. Brilliant state prosecutor Kate Lennon asks former Super Bowl MVP quarterback and Rebecca's ex-husband to make an impossible decision for justice.
Big Red : a novel starring Rita Hayworth
and Orson Welles

by Jerome Charyn

Rusty Redburn, a feisty but B-level gossip columnist from Kalamazoo
is hired by a Columbia Pictures movie mogul to spy on the stars, in a novel of old Hollywood glamour that reimagines the careers of Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles.
The lies I tell : a novel
by Julie Clark

Determined to expose con artist Meg Williams, the woman who
upended her life 10 years earlier, for who she really is, Kat Roberts begins to question her long-held assumptions as the two women
grow close, leading her to wonder who Megs real target is.
Welcome to the school by the sea
by Jenny Colgan

At Downey House, a charming English boarding school on the sea,
new teacher Maggie is determined to make her mark, which
jeopardizes her relationship with her safe, dependable boyfriend,
while new student Simone tries to fit in and fellow student Fliss
tries to get out.
Rules at the school by the sea
by Jenny Colgan

Engaged to her longtime boyfriend, Maggie Adair, a teacher at
Downey House the sea in Cornwall, must stop thinking about her colleague at the boys school down the road, while her boss, headmistress Veronica Deveral, must confront a scandalous secret
she thought shed buried forever.
The book eaters
by Sunyi Dean

"Part of The Family" is a secret line of people for whom books are
food. Devon, raised on a carefully curated diet of fairytales and cautionary stories, discovers that real life doesn't always come
with happy endings when her son is born with an insatiable
hunger for human minds.
Haven : a novel
by Emma Donoghue

Two monks leave seventh-century Ireland in a boat searching for
an isolated spot to found a new monastery, but instead drift out to
sea and wind up on a bare, steep island inhabited by thousands
of birds.
Stories from the tenants downstairs
by Sidik Fofana

This collection of short stories follows each tenant in the
Banneker Homes, a low-income high rise in Harlem where
gentrification weighs on everyone's mind, as they weave in and
out of each others lives, endeavoring to escape from their pasts
and forge new paths forward.
The many daughters of Afong Moy:
a novel

by Jamie Ford

The New York Times best-selling author of Hotel on the Corner
of Bitter and Sweet returns
with a powerful exploration of the
love that binds one family across the generations.
July
Joan : a novel
by Katherine J. Chen

In Katherine J. Chen's hands, the myth and legend of Joan of Arc
is transformed into a flesh-and-blood young woman: reckless,
steel-willed, and brilliant. This stunningly-researched novel is a
sweeping narrative of her life, from a childhood steeped in both
joy and violence, to her meteoric rise to fame at the head of the
French army.
Fellowship point : a novel
by Alice Elliott Dark

A retiring children's book author looking to secure her legacy tries
to get the beautiful Maine coast, where her novels are set donated
to a trust, but must first convince the shareholders, one of which
is her best friend.
June
Counterfeit : a novel
by Kirstin Chen

Ava Wong, a strait-laced Chinese American lawyer and her former
college roommate from Mainland China, who dropped out under mysterious circumstances, join forces in an ingenious counterfeit operation selling replica luxury handbags.
It all comes down to this
by Therese Fowler

Three sisters, Beck, a freelance journalist; Claire, a pediatric
cardiologist; and Sophie, an Instagram influencer come together
to sell the family's summer cottage in Maine. This endeavor
becomes complicated by an enigmatic ex-con with his own
hidden past. By a New York Times best-selling author.
May
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