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Books mentioned on the Booklovers Podcast
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Beach read
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Emily Henry
An acclaimed but blocked literary master and a best-selling novelist who has stopped believing in true love agree to a summer-long writing project that challenges them write well in each others’ styles. Original.
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Less : a novel
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Andrew Sean Greer
Receiving an invitation to his ex-boyfriend's wedding, Arthur, a failed novelist on the eve of his fiftieth birthday, embarks on an international journey that finds him falling in love, risking his life, reinventing himself, and making connections with the past
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With the fire on high by Elizabeth Acevedo Navigating the challenges of finishing high school while caring for a daughter, talented cook Emoni Santiago struggles with a lack of time and money that complicate her dream of working in a professional kitchen. By the National Book Award-winning author of The Poet X.
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Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens agenda by Becky Albertalli Closeted gay teen Simon Spier is challenged to come out on his own terms when he is threatened with exposure, a situation that is complicated by his friends' views and his crush on an adorable if confusing guy. A first novel.
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After the end
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Clare Mackintosh
Disagreeing for the first time when their son falls ill and they receive conflicting doctor recommendations, a devoted couple finds a unique way for both of their preferences to become possible. By the best-selling author of Let Me Lie
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Faithful
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Alice Hoffman
Overwhelmed by guilt when she walks away from an accident that destroys her best friend's future, Shelby connects with a circle of lost and found souls, including a guardian angel, to fight her way back to her own future. By the best-selling author of The Marriage of Opposites. (general fiction).
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Love lettering
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Kate Clayborn
When a word of warning she had hidden in a wedding program one year earlier leads Reid Sutherland back into her life, skilled hand letterer Meg Mackworth finds both her heart and business in danger unless she can read the messages he is sending her before it’s too late. Original.
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Passion on Park Avenue
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Lauren Layne
Naomi Powell, the strong-willed CEO of one of the biggest jewelry empires in the country, fights to find her place in Manhattan’s upper class while engaging in a battle of wits with her new neighbor — and former childhood tormentor — Oliver Cunningham. Original.
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The sweetness at the bottom of the pie : a Flavia de Luce mystery
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Alan Bradley
Eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison, begins her adventure when a dead bird is found on the doorstep of her family's mansion in the summer of 1950, thus propelling her into a mystery that involves an investigation into a man's murder where her father is the main suspect. Reprint. An international best-seller.
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Crooked house
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Agatha Christie
Criminologist Charles Hayward becomes a special assistant to Scotland Yard when his fiancée's grandfather is murdered, and her entire family comes under suspicion
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Children of blood and bone
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Tomi Adeyemi
Coming of age in a land where her magi mother was killed by the zealous king's guards along with other former wielders of magic, Zélie embarks on a journey alongside her brother and a fugitive princess to restore her people's magical abilities. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook.
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The Young Elites
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Marie Lu
Scarred and cast out after surviving the blood plague, Adelina finds a place for herself among the Young Elites who use their magical powers to advocate on behalf of young innocents and who are targeted by the white-robed soldiers of the Inquisition Axis. By the best-selling author of the Legend series. Simultaneous eBook.
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The marriage game
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Sara Desai
Set up by traditional-minded parents who would arrange her marriage, a first-generation Indian-American immigrant is chaperoned on dates by a successful family friend who has reservations about how his sister’s arranged marriage turned out. Original.
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Pride, prejudice, and other flavors : a novel by Sonali Dev A neurosurgeon from a politically ambitious immigrant family clashes with a talented dessert chef who would prove he is more than his pedigree. By the award-winning author of ""A Distant Heart"". Original.
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The little shop of found things
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Paula Brackston
A woman who takes over an antique shop with her mother finds herself transported back to the 17th century while examining a beautiful silver chatelaine. By the New York Times best-selling author of The Witch's Daughter
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The book charmer by Karen Hawkins "Sarah Dove is no ordinary bookworm. To her, books have always been more than just objects: they live, they breathe, and sometimes they even speak. When Sarah grows up to become the librarian in her quaint Southern town of Dove Pond, her gift helps placeevery book in the hands of the perfect reader. Recently, however, the books have been whispering about something out of the ordinary: the arrival of a displaced city girl named Grace Wheeler. If the books are right, Grace could be the savior that Dove Pond desperately needs. The problem is, Grace wants little to do with the town or its quirky residents--Sarah chief among them.
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St. Lucy's home for girls raised by wolves : stories by Karen Russell A debut anthology of short stories, set against the backdrop of the Florida Everglades, features original tales, including "Haunting Olivia," "Z.Z.'s Sleepaway Camp for Disordered Dreamers," "Out to Sea," and the title story, about fifteen young girls who had been raised by wolves and who are painstakingly re-educated by nuns. A first collection.
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The bazaar of bad dreams : stories
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Stephen King
An array of short stories by the award-winning author of 11/22/63 includes several new pieces, with each tale complemented by autobiographical commentary on what inspired it.
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