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  • ONE DAY
    ONE DAY
    DAVID NICHOLLS
    It’s 1988 and Dexter Mayhew and Emma Morley have only just met. But after only one day together, they cannot stop thinking about one another. Over twenty years, snapshots of that relationship are revealed on the same day—July 15th—of each year. Dex and Em face squabbles and fights, hopes and missed opportunities, laughter and tears. And as the true meaning of this one crucial d...
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    Q. 190

  • TROPIC OF CAPRICORN
    TROPIC OF CAPRICORN
    HENRY MILLER
    Banned in America for almost thirty years because of its explicit sexual content, this companion volume to Miller’s Tropic of Cancer chronicles his life in 1920s New York City. Famous for its frank portrayal of life in Brooklyn’s ethnic neighborhoods and Miller’s outrageous sexual exploits, The Tropic of Capricorn is now considered a cornerstone of modern literature. ...
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  • HIGH FIDELITY
    HIGH FIDELITY
    NICK HORNBY
    Now a major motion picture from Touchstone Pictures.Rob is a pop music junkie who runs his own semi-failing record store. His girlfriend, Laura, has just left him for the guy upstairs, and Rob is both miserable and relieved. After all, could he have spent his life with someone who has a bad record collection? Rob seeks refuge in the company of the offbeat clerks at his store, w...
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  • TROPIC OF CANCER
    TROPIC OF CANCER
    HENRY MILLER
    Now hailed as an American classic, Tropic of Cancer, Henry Miller’s masterpiece, was banned as obscene in this country for twenty-seven years after its first publication in Paris in 1934. Only a historic court ruling that changed American censorship standards, ushering in a new era of freedom and frankness in modern literature, permitted the publication of this first volume of ...
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    Q. 190

  • INDEPENDENCE DAY
    INDEPENDENCE DAY
    RICHARD FORD
    The Pulitzer-Prize Winning novel for 1996.In this visionary sequel to The Sportswriter, Richard Ford deepens his portrait of one of the most unforgettable characters in American fiction, and in so doing gives us an indelible portrait of America.Frank Bascombe, in the aftermath of his divorce and the ruin of his career, has entered an "Existence Period," selling real estate in H...
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    Q. 180

  • THE CITY AND ITS UNCERTAIN WALLS
    THE CITY AND ITS UNCERTAIN WALLS
    MURAKAMI, HARUKI
    "Truth is not found in fixed stillness, but in ceaseless change/movement. Isn't this the quintessential core of what stories are all about?" —Haruki Murakami, from the afterword to The City and Its Uncertain Walls The long-awaited new novel from Haruki Murakami, his first in six years, revisits a Town his readers will remember, a place where a Dream Reader reviews dreams and wh...
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    Q. 330

  • SPATRIATI
    SPATRIATI
    DESIATI, MARIO / MICHAEL F. MOORE
    Following two outcasts’ tumultuous friendship, this brilliant, Strega Prize–winning novel captures the probing, passionate nature of a generation of global citizens, exploring sexuality and identity.I never understood, of the two of us, which one was warm and which cold, but I consider myself lucky to have met my opposite front in Claudia Fanelli, the spatriata, the name people...
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    Q. 190

  • THE MANIAC
    THE MANIAC
    BENJAMÍN LABATUT
    Named One of the 10 Best Books of 2023 by The Washington Post and Publishers Weekly • One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2023 • A National Bestseller • A New York Times Editor's Choice pick • Nominated for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction“Captivating and unclassifiable, at once a historical novel and a philosophical foray . . . Labatut is a writer of thr...
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    Q. 140

  • BEACH READ
    BEACH READ
    EMILY HENRY
    Emily Henry’s beloved New York Times bestselling novel now in this stunning hardcover collector’s edition featuring: • A shimmering revamped cover • Sunset sky art endpapers and sprayed edges • Gold foil stamped case, and... • A new introduction from the author and a bonus January and Gus epilogue, “The Layover” A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary wr...
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    Q. 360

  • THE MIDNIGHT CLUB
    THE MIDNIGHT CLUB
    MARGOT HARRISON
    Four friends. A campus reunion. A dark new way to relive the past."A strange, riveting, brilliant fable. Like a fever-dream of Donna Tartt's The Secret History." --LEV GROSSMAN"How could you leave the past undisturbed when it was hiding parts of you from yourself?"It's been twenty-five years since The Midnight Club last convened. A tight-knit group of college friends bonded by ...
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    Q. 290

  • TELL ME EVERYTHING: OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB
    TELL ME EVERYTHING: OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB
    STROUT, ELIZABETH
    OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a “generous, compassionate novel” (San Francisco Chronicle) about new friendships, old loves, and the very human desire to leave a mark on the world. “A rich tapestry, intricately wrought yet effortlessly realized, both suspenseful and meditative.”—The Boston Globe With her remarkable insight int...
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    Q. 310

  • HERE ONE MOMENT
    HERE ONE MOMENT
    LIANE MORIARTY
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the beloved author of Big Little Lies, Apples Never Fall, and The Husband’s Secret comes a moving novel of love, marriage, family, and trying to find certainty in a fragile world. “A riveting story so wild you don’t know how she’ll land it, and then she does, on a dime.”—Anne LamottLife is full of twists and turns you never see coming. But what ...
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    Q. 210

  • BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD BOXED SET
    BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD BOXED SET
    TOSHIKAZU KAWAGUCHI
    What would you do if you could travel back in time? Discover the internationally bestselling novels of Toshikazu Kawaguchi's Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, now a worldwide phenomenon and BookTok sensation, in this special new box set. Step inside Tokyo's whimsical Café Funiculi Funicula and travel back in time with a cast of unforgettable characters, including: Before th...
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    Q. 430

  • WE'LL PRESCRIBE YOU A CAT
    WE'LL PRESCRIBE YOU A CAT
    SYOU ISHIDA / E. MADISON SHIMODA
    A cat a day keeps the doctor away…Discover the award-winning, bestselling Japanese novel that has become an international sensation in this utterly charming, vibrant celebration of the healing power of cats.Tucked away in an old building at the end of a narrow alley in Kyoto, the Kokoro Clinic for the Soul can only be found by people who are struggling in their lives and genuin...
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    Q. 170

  • MINA'S MATCHBOX
    MINA'S MATCHBOX
    YOKO OGAWA
    After the death of her father, twelve-year-old Tomoko is sent to live for a year with her uncle in the coastal town of Ashiya. It is a year which will change her life.The 1970s are bringing changes to Japan and her uncle's magnificent colonial mansion opens up a new and unfamiliar world for Tomoko; its sprawling gardens are even home to a pygmy hippo the family keeps as a pet. ...
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    Q. 180

  • THE BOOKBINDER
    THE BOOKBINDER
    PIP WILLIAMS
    A young British woman working in a book bindery gets a chance to pursue knowledge and love when World War I upends her life in this new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the Reese’s Book Club pick The Dictionary of Lost Words.“Williams spins an immersive and compelling tale, sweeping us back to the Oxford she painted so expertly in The Dictionary of Lost Words...
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    Q. 200

  • THE ARMOR OF LIGHT
    THE ARMOR OF LIGHT
    FOLLETT KEN
    The long-awaited sequel to A Column of Fire, The Armor of Light, heralds a new dawn for Kingsbridge, England, where progress clashes with tradition, class struggles push into every part of society, and war in Europe engulfs the entire continent and beyond.The Spinning Jenny was invented in 1770, and with that, a new era of manufacturing and industry changed lives everywhere wit...
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    Q. 110

  • CATALINA
    CATALINA
    KARLA CORNEJO VILLAVICENCIO
    A year in the life of the unforgettable Catalina Ituralde, a wickedly wry and heartbreakingly vulnerable student at an elite college, forced to navigate an opaque past, an uncertain future, tragedies on two continents, and the tantalizing possibilities of love and freedom “Diabolically charming and magnetic. I enjoyed the hell out of this little exploding geyser of a book.”—Ira...
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    Q. 290

  • THE BURNOUT
    THE BURNOUT
    SOPHIE KINSELLA
    Sparks fly in this delightful novel about two burned out professionals who meet at a ramshackle resort on the British seaside—from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Party Crasher.“I devoured The Burnout in one greedy gulp. It’s funny, sad, relatable, and brilliantly done. Sophie Kinsella is the queen of romantic comedy.”—Jojo MoyesShe can do anything . . . just no...
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    Q. 190

  • THE LION WOMEN OF TEHRAN
    THE LION WOMEN OF TEHRAN
    KAMALI, MARJAN
    From the nationally bestselling author of the “powerful, heartbreaking” (Shelf Awareness) The Stationery Shop, a heartfelt, epic new novel of friendship, betrayal, and redemption set against three transformative decades in Tehran, Iran.In 1950s Tehran, seven-year-old Ellie lives in grand comfort until the untimely death of her father, forcing Ellie and her mother to move to a t...
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    Q. 300

  • THE LOVE OF MY AFTERLIFE
    THE LOVE OF MY AFTERLIFE
    KIRSTY GREENWOOD
    "This book has it all. Humor, heart, and a heroine I was desperately rooting for. Kirsty Greenwood has a new fan!” —Colleen Hoover, New York Times bestselling authorA recently deceased woman meets “the one” in the afterlife waiting room, scoring a second chance at life (and love!) if she can find him on earth before ten days are up…If she wasn’t dead already, Delphie would be d...
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    Q. 200

  • A NOVEL LOVE STORY
    A NOVEL LOVE STORY
    ASHLEY POSTON
    A professor of literature finds herself caught up in a work of fiction…literally, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Year Slip and The Dead Romantics.Eileen Merriweather loves to get lost in a good happily-ever-after. The fictional kind, anyway. Because at least imaginary men don’t leave you at the altar. She feels safe in a book. At home. Which might be wh...
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    Q. 130

  • TOM CLANCY WEAPONS GRADE
    TOM CLANCY WEAPONS GRADE
    DON BENTLEY / CLANCY, TOM
    The aftermath of a shocking crime sends Jack Ryan, Jr., down a path that leads to international destruction in the latest entry in this #1 New York Times bestselling series.The quiet of a Texas night is shattered by the sounds of screeching brakes, crumpling metal and, most shockingly, rapid gunfire. The auto accident Jack Ryan Jr thought he witnessed turned out to be a profess...
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    Q. 120

  • FOUR SEASONS IN JAPAN
    FOUR SEASONS IN JAPAN
    BRADLEY, NICK
    A heartwarming and profound novel about the power of books and connection between generations, that is also a love letter to Japan and its literature. 'Transportive, mesmerising and beautiful... Every book worm would love this.' Glamour 'A finely drawn evocation of Japan, of youth, age, dreams, disillusionment, struggles and strength... A poignant and beautiful book.' Hazel P...
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    Q. 200

  • SUMMER ROMANCE
    SUMMER ROMANCE
    ANNABEL MONAGHAN
    “A BINGEABLE FIVE-STAR READ.” —ABBY JIMENEZ, New York Times bestselling author of Yours TrulyThe romantic and hilarious story of a professional organizer whose life is a mess, and the summer she gets unstuck with the help of someone unexpected from her past, by the bestselling author of Nora Goes Off Script. “I loved it—brims with heart, wit, and longing.” — CARLEY FORTUNE, #1 ...
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    Q. 140

  • ERUPTION
    ERUPTION
    CRICHTON, MICHAEL / PATTERSON, JAMES
    The biggest thriller of 2024: A history-making eruption is about to destroy the Big Island of Hawaii. But a secret held for decades by the US military is far more terrifying than any volcano. Michael Crichton, creator of Jurassic Park and Westworld, had a passion project he'd been pursuing for years ahead of his untimely death. Knowing how special it was, his widow held back hi...
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    Q. 330

  • THE RACHEL INCIDENT
    THE RACHEL INCIDENT
    O'DONOGHUE, CAROLINE
    A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A USA TODAY BESTSELLER • A brilliantly funny novel about friends, lovers, Ireland in chaos, and a young woman desperately trying to manage all three • “O'Donoghue deepens the familiar coming-of-age premise with riveting moral complications." —People"If you’ve ever been unsure what to do with your degree in English; if you’ve ever wondered when the rug-...
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    Q. 190

  • I HOPE THIS FINDS YOU WELL
    I HOPE THIS FINDS YOU WELL
    NATALIE SUE
    As far as Jolene is concerned, her interactions with her colleagues should start and end with her official duties as an admin for Supershops, Inc. Unfortunately, her irritating, incompetent coworkers don't seem to understand the importance of boundaries. Her secret to survival? She vents her grievances in petty email postscripts, then changes the text color to white so no one c...
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    Q. 190

  • ALL FOURS
    ALL FOURS
    MIRANDA JULY
    A semi-famous artist announces her plan to drive cross-country, from LA to NY. Thirty minutes after leaving her husband and child at home, she spontaneously exits the freeway, checks into a nondescript motel, and immerses herself in an entirely different journey.Miranda July’s second novel confirms the brilliance of her unique approach to fiction. With July’s wry voice, perfect...
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    Q. 200

  • LOVE AT FIRST BOOK
    LOVE AT FIRST BOOK
    JENN MCKINLAY
    When a librarian moves to a quaint Irish village where her favorite novelist lives, the last thing she expects is to fall for the author’s prickly son… until their story becomes one for the books, from the New York Times bestselling author of Summer Reading.Emily Allen, a librarian on Martha’s Vineyard, has always dreamed of a life of travel and adventure. So when her favorite ...
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    Q. 190