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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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

  • MY MURDER
    MY MURDER
    WILLIAMS, KATIE
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND GLAMOUR!“One of those rare emotionally intelligent books that are also fun reads… Going to keep readers turning pages late into the night.” –The New York Times “Ingenious…fresh and unpredictable.” –The Washington Post“Gleefully overturn[s] the age-old ‘woman-in-trouble’ plot…eerie and inventive.” –NPR's Fresh Air Wh...
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    Q. 150

  • 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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  • 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

  • DEATH VALLEY
    DEATH VALLEY
    MELISSA BRODER
    In Melissa Broder's astonishingly profound new novel, a woman arrives alone at a Best Western seeking respite from an emptiness that plagues her. She has fled to the California high desert to escape a cloud of sorrow--for both her father in the ICU and a husband whose illness is worsening. What the motel provides, however, is not peace but a path discovered on a nearby hike.Out...
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    Q. 190

  • SMALL JOYS
    SMALL JOYS
    ELVIN JAMES MENSAH
    “This funny and bighearted debut is an ode to queer friendship and chosen family. . . . A tender and generous novel about finding your people, getting vulnerable, and celebrating every joy—big or small.”—BuzzFeedCould I one day inspire happiness in others, the same way he seemed to do in me?Harley is a young queer black man struggling to find his way in nineties Britain. Return...
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  • THE BOOK CENSOR'S LIBRARY
    THE BOOK CENSOR'S LIBRARY
    BOTHAYNA AL-ESSA / ABDELRAHMAN, RANYA / HUSSAIN, SAWAD
    A perilous and fantastical satire of banned books, secret libraries, and the looming eye of an all-powerful government, from award-winning Kuwaiti author Bothayna Al-Essa. The newly-appointed censor hasn't slept soundly in weeks. By day he combs through manuscripts at a government office, skimming for anything that would make a book unfit to publish--like allusions to queerness...
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    Q. 190

  • ROMANTIC COMEDY
    ROMANTIC COMEDY
    CURTIS SITTENFELD
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • A comedy writer thinks she’s sworn off love, until a dreamy pop star flips the script on all her assumptions—a “smart, sophisticated, and fun” (Oprah Daily) novel from the author of Eligible, Rodham, and Prep.   “Full of dazzling banter and sizzling chemistry.”—People   “If you ever wanted a backstage pass to Saturday Night L...
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    Q. 130

  • THE WISHING GAME
    THE WISHING GAME
    MEG SHAFFER
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Years ago, a reclusive mega-bestselling children’s author quit writing under mysterious circumstances. Suddenly he resurfaces with a brand-new book and a one-of-a-kind competition, offering a prize that will change the winner’s life in this absorbing and whimsical novel.“Clever, dark, and hopeful . . . a love letter to reading and the power that childhood ...
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    Q. 190

  • IN MEMORIAM
    IN MEMORIAM
    ALICE WINN
    A haunting, virtuosic debut novel about two young men who fall in love during World War I • “Dazzling and wrenching, witty and wildly romantic, with echoes of Brideshead Revisited and Atonement.” —Lev Grossman, bestselling author of The MagiciansIt’s 1914, and World War I is ceaselessly churning through thousands of young men on both sides of the fight. The violence of the fron...
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  • EXPIRATION DATES
    EXPIRATION DATES
    SERLE,REBECCA
    From the New York Times bestselling author of In Five Years and One Italian Summer comes a love story that will define a generation. Being single is like playing the lottery. There’s always the chance that with one piece of paper you could win it all.Daphne Bell believes the universe has a plan for her. Every time she meets a new man, she receives a slip of paper with his name...
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  • JAMES
    JAMES
    PERCIVAL EVERETT
    NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR BY TIME, NPR, THE SEATTLE TIMES, ELLE, THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION, AND OPRAH DAILYA brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view • From the “literary icon” (Oprah Daily) and Pulitzer Prize Finalist whose novel Erasure is the...
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  • HAPPY PLACE
    HAPPY PLACE
    EMILY HENRY
    INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!“The beach-read master hooks us again."—People Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by BuzzFeed · Paste Magazine · Elle · Southern Living · SheReads · Culturess · Medium · Her Campus · Readers Digest · Zibby Mag and more!A couple who broke up months ago pretend to still be together for their annual weeklong vacation with their best friends ...
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  • THE OTHER VALLEY
    THE OTHER VALLEY
    SCOTT ALEXANDER HOWARD
    A Goodreads Most Anticipated Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror Book of 2024 For fans of Never Let Me Go and The Giver, an elegant and exhilarating literary speculative novel about an isolated town neighbored by its own past and future, and a young girl who spots two elderly visitors from across the border: the grieving parents of the boy she loves.Sixteen-year-old Odile is a...
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  • WANDERING STARS
    WANDERING STARS
    TOMMY ORANGE
    Colorado, 1864. Star, a young survivor of the Sand Creek Massacre, is brought to the Fort Marion Prison Castle, where he is forced to learn English and practice Christianity by Richard Henry Pratt, an evangelical prison guard who will go on to found the Carlisle Industrial School for Indians, an institution dedicated to the eradication of Native history, culture, and identity. ...
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  • WELCOME TO THE HYUNAM-DONG BOOKSHOP
    WELCOME TO THE HYUNAM-DONG BOOKSHOP
    BO REUM, HWANG
    AN INDIE NEXT PICK * A Debutiful Most Anticipated Book of 2024 * Powell's Pick of the MonthThe Korean smash hit available for the first time in English, a slice-of-life novel for readers of Matt Haig's The Midnight Library and Gabrielle Zevin's The Storied Life of AJ Fikry.Yeongju is burned out. She did everything she was supposed to: go to school, marry a decent man, get a res...
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  • I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU
    I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU
    REBECCA MAKKAI
    A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Named a Best Book of 2023 by The Washington Post, People, USA Today, NPR, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Real Simple, The Boston Globe, CrimeReads and more“A twisty, immersive whodunit perfect for fans of Donna Tartt’s The Secret History.” —People "Spellbinding." —The New York Times Book Review"[An] irresistible literary page-turner." —The Boston GlobeT...
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    Q. 140

  • THE THREE OF US
    THE THREE OF US
    ORE AGBAJE-WILLIAMS
    Best Book of the Year Time • Real Simple • Oprah DailyA Belletrist Book Club Pick"As short and sharp as a pairing knife . . . Moves along so briskly and with such sly wit . . . Deliciously wicked." —Ron Charles, The Washington PostLong-standing tensions between a husband, his wife, and her best friend finally come to a breaking point in this sharp domestic comedy of manners, to...
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  • THE KAMOGAWA FOOD DETECTIVES
    THE KAMOGAWA FOOD DETECTIVES
    KASHIWAI, HISASHI
    The Kamogawa Food Detectives is the first book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Japanese series, for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold.What’s the one dish you’d do anything to taste just one more time?Down a quiet backstreet in Kyoto exists a very special restaurant. Run by Koishi Kamogawa and her father Nagare, the Kamogawa Diner serves up deliciously extravagant meals. Bu...
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