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When We Were Birds
by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
In Trinidad, Yejide, who has the power to guide the city's souls into the afterlife, and Darwin, a grave digger going against his mother's wishes never to interact with the dead, meet at an ancient cemetery where fate beckons them both.
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Glory
by Noviolet Bulawayo
From the award-winning author of the Booker-prize finalist We Need New Names comes a novel that chronicles the fall of an oppressive regime, and the chaotic, kinetic potential for real liberation that rises in its wake.
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Life Without Children
by Roddy Doyle
The Booker Prize-winning author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, through 10 short stories, paints a portrait of our strange times and how living under lockdown changes each of us in different ways.
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The Candy House
by Jennifer Egan
Told through lives of multiple characters, this electrifying, deeply moving novel, spanning 10 years, follows Own Your Unconscious, a new technology that allows access to every memory you've ever had, and to share every memory in exchange for access to the memories of others.
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Sea of Tranquility
by Emily St. John Mandel
Hired to investigate the black-skied Night City, Detective Gaspery-Jacques Roberts discovers an anomaly in the North American Wilderness, where he encounters a strange group of individuals who have all glimpsed a chance to do something extraordinary that could disrupt the timeline of the universe.
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Cover Story
by Susan Rigetti
During a summer internship at a magazine, an aspiring writer strikes up a friendship with the contributing editor and enigmatic daughter of a clean-energy mogul, who convinces her to drop out of NYU and become her ghostwriter.
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The Unsinkable Greta James
by Jennifer E. Smith
After the death of her beloved mother, failed indie singer-songwriter Greta James joins her father on a week-long Alaskan cruise, which becomes a journey of discovery for them both as they work to heal old wounds, giving her confidence she needs to move forward.
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The Next Thing You Know
by Jessica Strawser
Taking a younger man's case, which is unique and tragic, Nova Husson, an end-of-life doula, is determined to show singer-songwriter Mayson Shaykor that there is life, even as death approaches, while dealing with her own inner turmoil.
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French Braid
by Anne Tyler
Follows the Garrett family from 1959 onward as they discover that their actions advance across decades and ripple through generations, in the new novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Breathing Lessons.
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Four Treasures of the Sky
by Jenny Zhang
A Chinese girl struggles to find her place in the 1880s American West after being kidnapped and smuggled, working at a calligraphy school and a San Francisco brothel as anti-Chinese sentiment sweeps across the country.
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