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Popular FictionOctober 2019
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Akin : a novel by Emma DonoghueA retired New York professor’s life is thrown into chaos when he takes a young great-nephew to the French Riviera in hopes of uncovering his own mother’s wartime secrets. By the best-selling author of Room. (historical fiction).
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Final Option by Clive CusslerChairman Juan Cabrillo and his team of government-sponsored operatives hide their state-of-the-art weaponry and cutting-edge scientific technologies while navigating a dangerous mission aboard the Oregon. By the authors of Piranha
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Olive, Again by Elizabeth StroutA sequel to Olive Kitteridge finds Olive struggling to understand herself while bonding with a teen suffering from loss, a woman who gives birth unexpectedly, a nurse harboring a longtime crush and a lawyer who resists an unwanted inheritance.
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Christmas Shopaholic : a novel by Sophie Kinsella"The misadventures of Becky Brandon Née Bloomwood continue in a new novel full of holiday cheer and--of course--lots of shopping!"
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Noel Street by Richard Paul Evans"In this new offering from "the king of Christmas fiction" (The New York Times), #1 bestselling author Richard Paul Evans shares a story of heart, loyalty, and hope as he explores the deeper meaning of the holiday season and asks what it truly means to love and forgive"
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A Dog's Promise by W. Bruce CameronA latest entry in the series that includes, A Dog’s Journey, continues the story of Bailey, who is joined by another special dog, Lola, in an effort to fulfill a promise over the course of several lives.
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The Christmas Spirits on Tradd Street by Karen WhiteA woman’s holiday season with her husband and twin babies is upended by the unearthing of a Colonial-era cistern on her property that unleashes restless ghosts throughout her historic home.
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The House of Brides : a novel by Jane CockramA disgraced social-media influencer targeted for endorsing a controversial product flees to the safety of a British estate, where she uncovers dark truths about generations of women who married into her family.
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Christmas at Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop by Jenny ColganEmbarking on a beautiful holiday season in the Derbyshire hills, confectionary owner Rosie taps the power of family and community in the wake of a devastating tragedy at the heart of her close-knit town.
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The Grammarians by Cathleen SchineA comic love letter to sibling rivalry and the English language by the author of The Three Weissmanns of Westport follows the experiences of identical twins whose respective literary careers are upended by their battle to claim an heirloom dictionary.
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Find Me by André AcimanThe author of the worldwide best-seller Call Me by Your Name revisits that novel’s complex and beguiling characters decades after their first meeting.
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All This Could Be Yours by Jami Attenberg"From New York Times best-selling author Jami Attenberg comes a sharp, funny, and emotionally powerful novel about a family reuniting at the deathbed of its patriarch. In reckoning with his secret past, can they rebuild and begin anew?"
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A Particular Kind of Black Man by Tope FolarinA Rhodes Scholar and winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing offers a novel about a Nigerian family living in Utah and their uncomfortable assimilation into American life.
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Your House Will Pay by Steph ChaTwo teenagers in Los Angeles, one Korean-American and the other African-American, deal with the ripple effects of a shooting from decades ago after a new incident brings their families’ painful memories hurtling back.
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The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah LevyStaging a photograph in tribute to a Beatles album cover as a gift to his hosts in Communist East Berlin, a narcissistic young historian endures a near-miss that changes his life trajectory. By the award-winning author of Hot Milk.
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Opioid, Indiana by Brian Allen CarrA recently orphaned teen in rural Indiana finds himself suspended from school and searching for both a job and his drug-addled uncle, now his legal guardian, to get the rent paid in five days.
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On Swift Horses by Shannon PufahlA lonely newlywed and her wayward brother-in-law follow divergent and dangerous paths through the postwar American West.
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The Deep by Rivers SolomonThe historian of the water-dwelling descendants of pregnant African slaves thrown overboard by slavers keeps all the memories of her people both painful and miraculous, until she discovers that their future lies in returning to the past.
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