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Book Club Picks of 2022 Great ideas for discussion
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The secret history
by Donna Tartt
Richard Papen, a relatively impoverished student at a New England college, falls in with an exclusive clique of rich, worldly Greek scholars and soon learns the dreadful secret that keeps them together
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The Cloisters : a novel
by Katy Hays
A sinister, atmospheric novel follows a circle of researchers as they uncover a mysterious deck of tarot cards and shocking secrets in New Yorks famed Met Cloisters.
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The Whalebone Theatre
by Joanna Quinn
In 1928, 12-year-old orphan Cristabel Seagrave and the rest of the household build a theatre from a whales skeletal rib cage, where imagination comes to life and where her acting comes into play years later as she becomes a British secret agent on a dangerous mission in Nazi-occupied France.
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Solito : a memoir
by Javier Zamora
A young poet reflects on his 3,000-mile journey from El Salvador to the United States when he was nine years old, during which he was faced with perilous boat trips, relentless desert treks, pointed guns, arrests and deceptions during two life-altering months alongside a group of strangers who became an unexpected family.
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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.
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The measure : a novel
by Nikki Erlick
"Age of Miracles meets The Immortalists in this spirit-lifting, high-concept blockbuster debut set in a world where people can find out how much time they have left to live"
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These impossible things
by Salma El-Wardany
Each navigating love, sex and the one night that changes it all, three Muslim best friends, Malak, Kees and Jenna, as their lives begin to take different paths, must find a way back to each other as they reconcile faith, family and tradition.
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Remarkably bright creatures : a novel
by Shelby Van Pelt
"For fans of A Man Called Ove, a luminous debut novel about a widow's unlikely friendship with a giant Pacific octopus reluctantly residing at the local aquarium-and the truths she finally uncovers about her son's disappearance 30 years ago"
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Memphis : a novel
by Tara M. Stringfellow
Told over the course of 70 years, this spellbinding debut novel traces three generations of a Southern Black family and one daughter, who, channeling her rage into art, discovers with the power of her paint brush, she can change her familys legacy. (general fiction). Simultaneous.
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Groundskeeping
by 1990- Cole, Lee
An aspiring writer, Owen, moves in with his Trump-supporting uncle and grandfather in Kentucky where he takes a job as a groundskeeper where he falls for Alma, a liberal, Bosnian immigrant in the days leading up to the 2016 election.
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Black cake : a novel
by Charmaine Wilkerson
Two estranged siblings try to reclaim the closeness they once shared while trying to piece together their late mothers life story and fulfill her last request of sharing a traditional Caribbean black cake when the time is right.
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The school for good mothers : a novel
by Jessamine Chan
After one moment of poor judgment involving her daughter Harriet, Frida Liu falls victim to a host of government officials who will determine if she is a candidate for a Big Brother-like institution that measures the success or failure of a mothers devotion. 150,000 first printing.
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The marriage portrait
by Maggie O'Farrell
In Florence during the 1550s, captivating young duchess Lucrezia de Medici, having barely left girlhood behind, marries the ruler of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio, and now, in an unfamiliar court where she has one dutyto provide an heirfights for her very survival. (historical fiction). Simultaneous.
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Tiny beautiful things : advice from Dear Sugar
by Cheryl Strayed
Collects postings on life and relationships from The Rumpus' popular "Dear Sugar" online advice column, sharing recommendations on everything from infidelity and grief to marital boredom and financial hardships
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Our missing hearts : a novel
by Celeste Ng
In a society consumed by fear, 12-year-old Bird Gardner, after receiving a mysterious letter, sets out on a quest to find his mother??a Chinese-American poet who left when he was 9 years old??leading him to NYC where a new act of defiance may be the beginning of much-needed change.
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On the rooftop : a novel
by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
The talk of the Jazz-Era Fillmore, The Salvationssisters Ruth, Esther and Chloefind their personal ambitions on a collision course with those of their mother, whose dreams of musical stardom for them forces her to confront the parts of her life that threaten to splinter.
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Wrong place wrong time : a novel
by Gillian McAllister
After witnessing her teenage son kill a man, a mother falls asleep in despair, wakes up and it is yesterday, and wakes up again and it is the day before yesterday, getting chance after chance to stop the murder and save her son.
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Honey and spice
by Bolu Babalola
A young black British woman with a popular student radio show that dishes out relationship advice finds her show and her reputation on the line after she publicly makes out with a man she publicly denounced. 150,000 first printing.
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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.
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The dictionary of lost words : a novel
by Pip Williams
Deciding to create her own dictionary the Dictionary of Lost Words Esme, who has collected objectionable words a team of male scholars omit from the first Oxford English Dictionary, leaves her sheltered world behind to meet the people whose words will fill those pages.
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True biz : a novel
by Sara Nović
Taking readers into a residential school for the deaf, this coming-of-age novel follows three peoplea rebellious transfer student, the schools golden boy and the headmistressas they each deal with personal and political crises and find their lives inextricable from one anotherand changed forever.
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The club : a novel
by Ellery Lloyd
"The Home Group is a glamorous collection of celebrity members' clubs dotted across the globe...The most spectacular of all is Island Home...But behind the scenes, tensions are at breaking point: the ambitious and expensive project has pushed the Home Group's CEO and his long-suffering team to their absolute limits...tempers fray and behavior worsens, as things get more sinister by the hour and the body count piles up"
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The Christie affair
by Nina de Gramont
Brilliantly reimagining the unexpected 11-day disappearance of Agatha Christie that captivated the world, this novel is told from the point of Miss Nan ODea, who infiltrated the Christies wealthy, rarified world to destroy their marriage. 250,000 first printing.
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Anatomy : a love story
by Dana Schwartz
When Hazel, an aspiring female surgeon, meets Jack, a resurrection man who sells bodies for a living, they work together to uncover the secrets buried not just in unmarked graves but in the very heart of Edinburgh society. 100,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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