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The Time Hop Coffee Shop
by Phaedra Patrick
Greta Perks was once the shining star of the iconic Maple Gold
coffee commercials, the quintessential TV wife and mom. Now
fame has faded, her marriage is on the rocks, her teenage daughter
has become distant, and Greta's once-glittering career feels like a
distant memory. When Greta stumbles upon a mysterious coffee
shop serving a magical brew, she wishes for the perfect life in
those past Maple Gold commercials.
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The Invisible Woman: A Thriller
by James Patterson
Elinor Gilbert was once a young woman with a thriving career
at the FBI. Now decades past solving crimes with the bureau,
she is personally and professionally forgettable--which is exactly
what her former FBI boss needs. He disguises Elinor as a middle-
aged nanny, and casts her as an agent on the inside of his investigation into a New York art dealer suspected of ties to organized crime.
But as Elinor pushes toward the truth, her superpower--anonymity--morphs into a fatal flaw. The more the invisible woman integrates into her 'host' family, the more dangerously memorable she becomes.
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The Plan of Chicago: A City in Stories
by Barry Pearce
An Irish painting contractor in a changing neighborhood struggles
with the complications of befriending a Black worker. The edgy
enclave he fled haunts a South Side exile, upending his life. A boy
who helps his father fake accidents for insurance claims reaches a turning point. A woman from a rough patch of South Shore
remembers her first girlfriend. And a Census taker learns empathy
as she counts people. Their lives weave through colorful, gritty
streets in The Plan of Chicago, Barry Pearce's absorbing debut of heartbreaking division, unexpected intersections, and dim but
possible dreams.
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The Award
by Matthew Pearl
David Trent is an aspiring novelist in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
trying to navigate his ambitions in a place that has writers around
every corner. He lives in an apartment above a Very Famous Author named Silas Hale who, beneath his celebrated image, is a bombastic, vindictive monster who refuses to allow his new neighbor even to
make eye contact with him--until young David wins a prestigious
award for his new book. Suddenly Silas is interested--if intensely
spiteful. But soon, the administrator of the award comes to David
with alarming news, forcing the writer into a desperate set of
choices.
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Heated Rivalry
by Rachel Reid
Nothing interferes with pro hockey star Shane Hollander's game.
Now that he's captain of the Montreal Voyageurs, he won't let
anything jeopardize that--definitely not the sexy rival he loves
to hate. Boston Bears captain Ilya Rozanov is everything Shane's
not. The self-proclaimed king of the ice, he's as cocky as he is
talented. No one can beat him--except Shane. Publicly, they're
enemies. Privately, they can't stop touching each other.
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Winter Stories
by Ingvild Rishøi
The internationally acclaimed and nationally bestselling author of
Brightly Shining returns with a trio of tender, powerful stories of
courage and overcoming adversity, Ingvild Rishoi is one of
Scandinavia's most revered literary voices, winner of the
Dobloug Prize.
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Television
by Lauren Rothery
Television concerns itself with phenomenal luck and its various manifestations in contemporary life: disparities in wealth, beauty,
talent, gender, and youth. Slyly humorous, with a profoundly
modern style and nimble dialogue reminiscent of early Joan
Didion, Lauren Rothery's debut novel is a staggering feat of
literary impressionism-and a significant event for American fiction.
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Tailored Realities
by Brandon Sanderson
Spanning the genres of fantasy and science fiction, this collection features stories from beyond the bounds of Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere universe [and] includes nine works of short fiction never
before gathered into one volume, many available here in print for
the first time.
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As Many Souls as Stars
by Natasha Siegel
For fans of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, an inventive and
romantic speculative novel about two women-a witch and an
immortal demon-who make a Faustian bargain and are drawn
into a cat-and-mouse chase across multiple lifetimes.
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A Box Full of Darkness
by Simone St James
Strange things happen in Fell, New York. A mysterious drowning
at the town's roadside motel. The unexplained death of a young
girl whose body is left by the railroad tracks. For the Esmie
siblings, the final straw was the shocking disappearance of their
little brother. And now after two decades running from their past,
it's time for a homecoming. Because Ben is back, and he's
ready to lead them to the answers they've longed for and
long feared.
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Next Time Will Be Our Turn
by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Izzy Chen is dreading her family's annual Chinese New Year
celebration, where they all come together at a Michelin-starred restaurant to flaunt their status and successes in hopes to one up
each other. So when her seventy-three-year-old glamorous and formidable grandmother walks in with a stunning woman on her
arm and kisses her in front of everyone, it shakes Izzy to her core.
She'd always considered herself the black sheep of the family for harboring similar feelings to the ones her Nainai just displayed.
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Flesh: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner)
by David Szalay
Teenaged Istvâan lives with his mother in a quiet apartment
complex in Hungary. Shy and new in town, he is a stranger to
the social rituals practiced by his classmates and soon becomes
isolated, with his neighbor--a married woman close to his mother's
age, whom he begrudgingly helps with errands--as his only
companion. But as these periodical encounters shift into a
clandestine relationship that Istvâan himself can barely
understand, his life soon spirals out of control, ending in
a violent accident that leaves a man dead.
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The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe:
A True Crime Thriller
by James Patterson
In life, Marilyn Monroe's superstardom defies classification. In
death, she remains shrouded in mystery. In the hours before her
death, she argues with US Attorney General Bobby Kennedy and
his brother-in-law Peter Lawford. 'Here I am, the most beautiful
woman in the world, and I do not have a date for Saturday night.'
On June 1, 2026, the world celebrates Marilyn Monroe's one
hundredth birthday--without her.
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Some Bright Nowhere
by Ann Packer
Eliot and his wife Claire have been happily married for nearly
four decades. They've raised two children in their sleepy
Connecticut town and have weathered the inevitable ups and
downs of a long life spent together. But eight years after Claire
was diagnosed with cancer, the end is near, and it's time to
gather loved ones and prepare for the inevitable.
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Return of the Spider: An Alex Cross Thriller
by James Patterson
The suspense classic Along Came a Spider introduced an
unsurpassed rivalry: Detective Alex Cross; the human superhero
versus Gary Soneji; the most deliciously wicked character since
Hannibal Lecter. But that wasn't their first meeting. Police discover
that Soneji kept a murder book, Profiles in Homicidal Genius,
detailing his transformation from substitute teacher to hardened
serial killer--including clues that imply missteps that Alex Cross
may have made a rookie homicide detective. Now, Alex must
retrace the steps of that long-ago investigation and face.
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The Eleventh Hour: A Quintet of Stories
by Salman Rushdie
From internationally renowned, award-winning author Salman
Rushdie, a spellbinding exploration of life, death, and what comes
into focus at the proverbial eleventh hour of life Rushdie turns his extraordinary imagination to life's final act with a quintet of stories
that span the three countries in which he has made his work--India, England, and America--and feature an unforgettable cast of
characters.
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The Shattering Peace
by John Scalzi
For a decade, peace has reigned in interstellar space. A tripartite agreement between the Colonial Union, the Earth, and the alien Conclave has kept the forces of war at bay, even when some
would have preferred to return to the fighting and struggle of
former times. For now, more sensible heads have prevailed - and
have even championed unity. But now, there is a new force that threatens the hard-maintained peace: The Consu, the most
advanced intelligent species humans have ever met.
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59 Minutes
by Holly Seddon
Internationally bestselling author Holly Seddon debuts in the
US for the first time with this unmissable, riveting, and heart-
wrenching 'what would you do' thriller- perfect for fans of
Mary Kubica and Gillian McAllister.
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The Page Turner
by Viola Shipman
Hiding her own romance manuscript from her disapproving
parents, Emma finds inspiration at the family cottage among
the 'fluff' they despise: the juicy summer romances that belonged
to her late grandmother. But a chance discovery unearthed from
her Gigi's belongings reveals a secret that has the power to ruin
her parents' business and destroy their reputation in the industry.
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The Color of Hope
by Danielle Steel
A hopeful new novel from Danielle Steel, whose countless #1
New York Times bestselling novels have made her one of
America's favorite storytellers.
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