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Available as an e-book on Libby & OverDrive.
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Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnOn a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne's fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick's clever and beautiful wife disappears. Husband-of-the-Year Nick isn't doing himself any favors with cringe-worthy daydreams about the slope and shape of his wife's head, but passages from Amy's diary reveal the alpha-girl perfectionist could have put anyone dangerously on edge. Under mounting pressure from the police and the media—as well as Amy's fiercely doting parents—the town golden boy parades an endless series of lies, deceits, and inappropriate behavior. Nick is oddly evasive, and he's definitely bitter—but is he really a killer? Available as an audiobook and e-book on Libby & OverDrive.
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Available as an audiobook on Libby & OverDrive.
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Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin KwanWhen New Yorker Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble family home and quality time with the man she hopes to marry. But Nick has failed to give his girlfriend a few key details. One, that his childhood home looks like a palace; two, that he grew up riding in more private planes than cars; and three, that he just happens to be the country's most eligible bachelor.
On Nick's arm, Rachel may as well have a target on her back the second she steps off the plane, and soon, her relaxed vacation turns into an obstacle course of old money, new money, nosy relatives, and scheming social climbers. Available as an audiobook and e-book on Libby & OverDrive.
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Available as an audiobook on Libby & OverDrive.
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Life of Pi: A Novel by Yann MartelPossessing encyclopedia-like intelligence, unusual zookeeper's son Pi Patel sets sail for America, but when the ship sinks, he escapes on a life boat and is lost at sea with a dwindling number of animals until only he and a hungry Bengal tiger remain. Available as an e-book on Libby & OverDrive.
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It : A Novel by Stephen KingIt began--and ended--in 1958 when seven children searched in the drains beneath Derry for an evil creature, but in 1985, Mike, once one of those children, makes six phone calls and disinters an unremembered promise that sets off the ultimate terror. Available as an e-book on Libby & OverDrive.
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High Fidelity by Nick HornbyFollows the love affairs and belated growing up of a "Generation X" pop music fanatic and record store owner. Available as an e-book on Libby & OverDrive.
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Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn"A brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter Camille Preaker faces a troubling assignment: she must return to her tiny hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls. For years, Camille has hardly spoken to her neurotic, hypochondriac mother or to thehalf-sister she barely knows: a beautiful thirteen-year-old with an eerie grip on the town. Now, installed in her old bedroom in her family's Victorian mansion, Camille finds herself identifying with the young victims--a bit too strongly. Dogged by her own demons, she must unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past if she wants to get the story--and survive this homecoming. " Available as an audiobook and e-book on Libby & OverDrive.
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Little Fires Everywhere : A Novel by Celeste NgWhen a custody battle divides her placid town, straitlaced family woman Elena Richardson finds herself pitted against her enigmatic tenant and becomes obsessed with exposing her past, only to trigger devastating consequences for both families. Available as an audiobook and e-book on Libby & OverDrive.
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Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
Follows three mothers, each at a crossroads, and their potential involvement in a riot at a school trivia night that leaves one parent dead in what appears to be a tragic accident, but which evidence shows might have been premeditated. Available as an audiobook and e-book on Libby & OverDrive.
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The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodOffred, a Handmaid, describes life in what was once the United States, now the Republic of Gilead, a shockingly repressive and intolerant monotheocracy, in a satirical tour de force set in the near future. Available as an e-book on Libby & OverDrive.
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Good Omens : A BBC Radio 4 Full-cast Dramatisation by Terry PratchettThe world is going to end next Saturday, but there are a few problems--the Antichrist has been misplaced, the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse ride motorcycles, and the representatives from heaven and hell decide that they like the human race. Available as an audiobook on Libby & OverDrive.
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Shrill : Notes from a Loud Woman by Lindy WestPresents a series of essays by the American writer and comedian, dealing with issues of body image, popular culture, feminism, and social justice. Available as an audiobook on Libby & OverDrive.
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