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  • THE CAT WHO SAVED BOOKS GIFT EDITION
    THE CAT WHO SAVED BOOKS GIFT EDITION
    NATSUKAWA, SOSUKE
    A beautifully designed gift edition of the #1 Japanese bestseller--a celebration of books, cats, and the people who love them, infused with the heartwarming spirit of The Guest Cat and The Travelling Cat Chronicles.Bookish high school student Rintaro Natsuki is about to close the secondhand bookstore he inherited from his beloved bookworm grandfather. Then, a talking cat named ...
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  • MISS KIM KNOWS
    MISS KIM KNOWS
    CHO, NAM-JOO
    Written in Cho Nam-joo's signature razor-sharp prose, Miss Kim Knows follows eight women as they confront how gender shapes and orders their lives. A woman is born. A woman is filmed in public without consent. A woman is gaslit. A woman is discriminated against at work. A woman grows old. A woman becomes famous. A woman is hated, and loved, and then hated again. As with Kim Jiy...
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  • CELESTINA'S HOUSE
    CELESTINA'S HOUSE
    CLARISSA TRINIDAD GONZALEZ
    The House of the Spirits meets Mexican Gothic in a tale of love and betrayal, belonging and exile, and the supernatural forces that pervade life in the Philippines.The secrets of the house are the secrets of the heart.It begins with an act of betrayal that destroys the tenuous bonds of Celestina Errantes’s family. For years afterwards, Celestina longs for an escape from her unh...
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  • THE USE OF PHOTOGRAPHY
    THE USE OF PHOTOGRAPHY
    ERNAUX, ANNIE / MARIE, MARC / ALISON L. STRAYER
    WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE**Serialized in The New Yorker**An account of Annie Ernaux’s love affair with journalist Marc Marie while she was undergoing treatment for cancer, and their combined project to document images and memories.Includes 14 color still-life photographs by the authors.A LitHub Most Anticipated Book of 2024“A must-read for lovers of words, im...
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  • THE OTHER MOTHERS
    THE OTHER MOTHERS
    KATHERINE FAULKNER
    A shocking murder rattles an exclusive London neighborhood in this “fast-paced, decadent skewering of upper middle-class motherhood” (Sarah Bonner, New York Times bestselling author) from the author of Greenwich Park. In this whip-smart novel that “pulls out all the psychological thriller stops—and then some” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), a young nanny is found dead under m...
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  • THE VASTER WILDS
    THE VASTER WILDS
    LAUREN GROFF
    AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2023NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR, TIME, ESQUIRE, VOGUE, LA TIMES, SLATE, HARPER'S BAZAAR and others “Part historical, part horror, part breathless thriller, part wilderness survival tale, The Vaster Wilds is a story about the lengths to which we will go to stay alive."—NPR staff pick “Lauren Gro...
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  • THE LIGHTNING BOTTLES
    THE LIGHTNING BOTTLES
    MARISSA STAPLEY
    The author of New York Times bestseller and Reese’s Book Club pick Lucky returns with a spellbinding story of rock ’n’ roll and star-crossed love—about grunge-era musician Jane Pyre’s journey to find out what really happened to her husband and partner in music, who abruptly disappeared years earlier.He was the troubled face of rock ’n’ roll…until he suddenly disappeared without...
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  • THE WOMEN BEHIND THE DOOR
    THE WOMEN BEHIND THE DOOR
    RODDY DOYLE
    “A showdown between mother and daughter that is about as emotionally painful as it gets.” —Fiona Maazel, The New York TimesA powerful, moving mother-daughter story filled with struggle and redemption by Booker-Prize winning author Roddy DoyleAt sixty-six, Paula Spencer—mother, grandmother, widow, addict, survivor—has finally started to live her life. She has a job at the dry cl...
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  • SKY FULL OF ELEPHANTS
    SKY FULL OF ELEPHANTS
    CEBO CAMPBELL
    “Bold and imaginative.” —Tananarive Due “This stunning allegory will spark much discussion.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “A truly powerful and riveting story.” —Booklist In a world without white people, what does it mean to be Black?One day, a cataclysmic event occurs: all of the white people in America walk into the nearest body of water. A year later, Charlie Brunton ...
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  • THE LIFE IMPOSSIBLE
    THE LIFE IMPOSSIBLE
    HAIG, MATT
    The remarkable next novel from Matt Haig, the author of #1 New York Times bestseller The Midnight Library, with more than nine million copies sold worldwide“What looks like magic is simply a part of life we don’t understand yet…”When retired math teacher Grace Winters is left a run-down house on a Mediterranean island by a long-lost friend, curiosity gets the better of her. She...
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  • COLORED TELEVISION
    COLORED TELEVISION
    DANZY SENNA
    A brilliant take on love and ambition, failure and reinvention, and the racial-identity-industrial complex from the bestselling author of CaucasiaJane has high hopes that her life is about to turn around. After a long, precarious stretch bouncing among sketchy rentals and sublets, she and her family are living in luxury for a year, house-sitting in the hills above Los Angeles. ...
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  • ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL
    ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL
    MAHER, KERRI
    “[A] powerful, thought-provoking novel… not only important and timely, but deeply humanizing.” —Good Morning America“Remarkable.” —The Washington Post“Powerful. Dramatic. Insightful…. It’s not only a timely novel, but storytelling at its finest – a must-read.” —NPRAn NPR Books We Love selection for 2023A gripping and uplifting novel based on the true story of the Jane Collectiv...
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  • LUCKY
    LUCKY
    MARISSA STAPLEY
    REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A thrilling roller-coaster ride about a heist gone terribly wrong, with a plucky protagonist who will win readers’ hearts.What if you had the winning ticket that would change your life forever, but you couldn’t cash it in? Lucky Armstrong is a tough, talented grifter who has just pulled off a million-dollar heist with her boyfrie...
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  • THREE WOMEN
    THREE WOMEN
    LISA TADDEO
    SOON TO BE A SERIES ON STARZ STARRING SHAILENE WOODLEY * BETTY GILPIN * DeWANDA WISE * GABRIELLE CREEVY * with BLAIR UNDERWOOD “Staggeringly intimate...Groundbreaking.” —Entertainment Weekly “A breathtaking and important book.” —Cheryl Strayed “Extraordinary...A nonfiction literary masterpiece.” —Elizabeth Gilbert #1 New York Times Bestseller and a Best Book of the Year by: T...
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  • THE GHOST CAT
    THE GHOST CAT
    ALEX HOWARD
    A charming novel for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold and How to Stop Time, following a cat through his nine lives in Edinburgh, moving through the ever-changing city and meeting its inhabitants over centuries Early morning, 1902. At 7/7 Marchmont Crescent, Eilidh the charlady tips coal into a fire grate and sets it alight. Overhearing, Grimalkin the cat ambles over to curl...
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  • DEMON COPPERHEAD
    DEMON COPPERHEAD
    BARBARA KINGSOLVER
    WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE * WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION New York Times Readers' Pick: Top 100 Books of the 21st Century * An Oprah's Book Club Selection * An Instant New York Times Bestseller * An Instant Wall Street Journal Bestseller * A #1 Washington Post Bestseller * A New York Times "Ten Best Books of the Year" "Demon is a voice for the ages--akin to Huck Fi...
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  • BY ANY OTHER NAME
    BY ANY OTHER NAME
    JODI PICOULT
    From the New York Times bestselling co-author of Mad Honey comes a novel about two women, centuries apart—one of whom is the real author of Shakespeare’s plays—who are both forced to hide behind another name.Young playwright Melina Green has just written a new work inspired by the life of her Elizabethan ancestor Emilia Bassano. But seeing it performed is unlikely, in a theater...
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  • NIGHT WATCH
    NIGHT WATCH
    JAYNE ANNE PHILLIPS
    From one of our most accomplished novelists, a mesmerizing story about a mother and daughter seeking refuge in the chaotic aftermath of the Civil War—and a brilliant portrait of family endurance against all oddsIn 1874, in the wake of the War, erasure, trauma, and namelessness haunt civilians and veterans, renegades and wanderers, freedmen and runaways. Twelve-year-old ConaLee,...
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  • THE INSTRUMENTALIST
    THE INSTRUMENTALIST
    HARRIET CONSTABLE
    A stunning debut novel of music, intoxication, and betrayal inspired by the true story of Anna Maria della Pietà, a Venetian orphan and violin prodigy who studied under Antonio Vivaldi and ultimately became his star musician—and his biggest muse.Anna Maria della Pietà was destined to drown in one of Venice’s canals. Instead, she became the greatest violinist of the 18th century...
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  • THERE ARE RIVERS IN THE SKY
    THERE ARE RIVERS IN THE SKY
    SHAFAK, ELIF
    From the Booker Prize finalist, author of The Island of Missing Trees, an enchanting new tale about three characters living along two great rivers, all connected by a single drop of water."Make place for Elif Shafak on your bookshelf. Make place for her in your heart too. You won't regret it."—Arundhati Roy, winner of the Booker PrizeIn the ancient city of Nineveh, on the bank ...
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  • PEGGY
    PEGGY
    REBECCA GODFREY
    dazzling, richly imagined novel about Peggy Guggenheim—a story of art, family, love, and becoming oneself—by the award-winning author of Under the Bridge, now a Hulu limited series starring Riley Keough and Lily Gladstone“Godfrey brilliantly resurrects the avant-garde adventurer Peggy Guggenheim as a feminist icon for our times.”—Jenny Offill, author of Dept. of Speculation“Mag...
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  • THE PALACE OF EROS
    THE PALACE OF EROS
    CARO, ROBERT A.
    Featured in “65 Queer Books You Need to Read in Summer 2024” by Electric Literature Perfect for fans of Circe and Black Sun, this bold and subversive feminist retelling of the Greek myth of Psyche and Eros explores the power of queer joy and freedom.Young, headstrong Psyche has captured the eyes of every suitor in town and far beyond with her tempestuous beauty, which has made ...
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  • THE SEVENTH VEIL OF SALOME
    THE SEVENTH VEIL OF SALOME
    SILVIA MORENO-GARCIA
    A young woman wins the role of a lifetime in a film about a legendary heroine—but the real drama is behind the scenes in this sumptuous historical epic from the author of Mexican Gothic.1950s Hollywood: Every actress wants to be Salome, the star-making role in a big-budget movie about the legendary woman whose story has inspired artists since ancient times. So when the film's m...
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  • THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH HER
    THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH HER
    KATE WEINBERG
    "Beautiful." —Sarah Jessica Parker"The best thing you'll read this year." —Kiley Reid, author of Such a Fun AgeA raw, tenderly comic, and perfectly off-kilter novel about a woman who occasionally finds herself in "The Pit”—a delirious state of semiconsciousness—and the improbable, sometimes imagined people who meet her there.Vita Woods is on the brink. She produces a popular po...
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  • FIVE-STAR STRANGER
    FIVE-STAR STRANGER
    KAT TANG
    In Kat Tang's exciting and resonant debut, a "Rental Stranger"--a companion hired under various guises--walks the line between personal and professional in surprising new ways. Would you hire someone to be the best man at your wedding? Your stand-in brother? Your husband? In an age where online ratings are all-powerful, Five-Star Stranger follows the adventures of a top-rated m...
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  • HOW TO CARE FOR A HUMAN GIRL
    HOW TO CARE FOR A HUMAN GIRL
    ASHLEY WURZBACHER
    From “a writer at the top of her game” (The New York Times) comes a bighearted and sharply funny debut novel about two estranged sisters and the crossroads they face after becoming unexpectedly pregnant at the same time.Two years after the death of their mother, Jada and Maddy Battle both navigate unplanned pregnancies. Jada, a thirty-one-year-old psychology PhD student living ...
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  • MEDUSA'S SISTERS
    MEDUSA'S SISTERS
    LAUREN J. A. BEAR
    A vivid and moving reimagining of the myth of Medusa and the sisters who loved her.Even before they were transformed into Gorgons, Medusa, Stheno, and Euryale were unique among their immortal family. Curious about mortals and their lives, Medusa and her sisters entered the human world in search of a place to belong, yet quickly found themselves at the perilous center of a dange...
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  • PEARL
    PEARL
    SIÂN HUGHES
    LONG-LISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • Heartbreaking and redeeming, Pearl is the story of a young woman in a small English village who is struggling with the disappearance of her mother, what feels like a lifetime ago."A masterful novel, shot through with legend and song. It can be read on many levels: as a mystery, as a story of grief and healing, as a response to a poem. But most...
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  • THE ENGLISH EXPERIENCE
    THE ENGLISH EXPERIENCE
    SCHUMACHER, JULIE
    A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR • PEOPLE MAGAZINE’S BOOK OF THE WEEK • Beleaguered Professor Jason Fitger chaperones Payne University’s annual “Experience: Abroad” to London and beyond, with eleven undergrads in tow • The hilarious and heartfelt conclusion to the Dear Committee Members trilogy.“Wise and hilarious and heartbreaking.”—Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning aut...
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  • LIARS
    LIARS
    MANGUSO, SARAH
    An “eviscerating” (The New York Times) novel about being a wife, a mother, and an artist, and how marriage makes liars of us all—from the author of Very Cold People and 300 Arguments“Painful and brilliant—I loved it.”—Elif Batuman, author of The Idiot and Either/Or“A bracing story of a woman on the verge.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)A nuclear family can destroy a woman arti...
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