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  • MEN WITHOUT WOMEN
    MEN WITHOUT WOMEN
    MURAKAMI, HARUKI
    Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways, find themselves alone. Here are lovesick doctors, students, ex-boyfriends, actors, bartenders, and even Kafka’s Gregor Samsa, brought together to tell stories that speak to us all. In Men Without Women Murakami has crafted another contemporary classic, marked...
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    Q. 140

  • CHINA RICH GIRLFRIEND
    CHINA RICH GIRLFRIEND
    KEVIN KWAN
    Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians, is back with a wickedly funny new novel of social climbing, secret e-mails, art-world scandal, lovesick billionaires, and the outrageous story of what happens when Rachel Chu, engaged to marry Asia's most eligible bachelor, discovers her birthfather. On the eve of her wedding to Nicholas Young, heir to one of the greate...
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  • THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW
    THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW
    FINN, A J
    The #1 Instant New York Times Bestseller – Soon to be a Major Motion Picture"Astounding. Thrilling. Amazing." —Gillian Flynn"Unputdownable." —Stephen King"A dark, twisty confection." —Ruth Ware"Absolutely gripping." —Louise PennyFor readers of Gillian Flynn and Tana French comes one of the decade’s most anticipated debuts, published in forty-one languages around the world and i...
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    Q. 130

  • KILLING COMMENDATORE: A NOVEL
    KILLING COMMENDATORE: A NOVEL
    MURAKAMI, HARUKI
    In Killing Commendatore, a thirty-something portrait painter in Tokyo is abandoned by his wife and finds himself holed up in the mountain home of a famous artist, Tomohiko Amada. When he discovers a previously unseen painting in the attic, he unintentionally opens a circle of mysterious circumstances. To close it, he must complete a journey that involves a mysterious ringing be...
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    Q. 150

  • STONE COLD HEART
    STONE COLD HEART
    GRIFFIN, LAURA
    New York Times bestselling author Laura Griffin “delivers another top-notch thriller" (RT Book Reviews) in her beloved Tracers series, about a leading forensic anthropologist who uncovers eerie clues in a high-stakes case that threatens to deliver her to the doorstep of a cold-blooded murderer. When local rock climbers stumble upon abandoned human bones in a remote Texas gorge,...
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    Q. 100

  • ORYX AND CRAKE
    ORYX AND CRAKE
    ATWOOD, MARGARET
    Oryx and Crake is at once an unforgettable love story and a compelling vision of the future. Snowman, known as Jimmy before mankind was overwhelmed by a plague, is struggling to survive in a world where he may be the last human, and mourning the loss of his best friend, Crake, and the beautiful and elusive Oryx whom they both loved. In search of answers, Snowman embarks on a jo...
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    Q. 160

  • A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW
    A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW
    AMOR TOWLES
    The mega-bestseller with more than 1.5 million readers that is soon to be a major television seriesOne of five Summer 2019 reading picks by Bill Gates"The novel buzzes with the energy of numerous adventures, love affairs, [and] twists of fate." —The Wall Street JournalHe can’t leave his hotel. You won’t want to.From the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Civility—a t...
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    Q. 130

  • CONVENIENCE STORE WOMAN
    CONVENIENCE STORE WOMAN
    MURATA, SAYAKA
    The surprise hit of the summer and winner of Japan's prestigious Akutagawa Prize, Convenience Store Woman is the incomparable story of Keiko Furukura, a thirty-six-year-old Tokyo resident who has been working at the Hiiromachi "Smile Mart" for the past eighteen years. Keiko has never fit in, neither in her family, nor in school, but in her convenience store, she is able to find...
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    Q. 170

  • THE LAST MRS. PARRISH
    THE LAST MRS. PARRISH
    CONSTANTINE, LIV
    Amber Patterson is fed up. She’s tired of being a nobody: a plain, invisible woman who blends into the background. She deserves more—a life of money and power like the one blond-haired, blue-eyed goddess Daphne Parrish takes for granted.To everyone in the exclusive town of Bishops Harbor, Connecticut, Daphne—a socialite and philanthropist—and her real-estate mogul husband, Jack...
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    Q. 180

  • ABSOLUTELY ON MUSIC: CONVERSATIONS
    ABSOLUTELY ON MUSIC: CONVERSATIONS
    MURAKAMI, HARUKI
    A deeply personal, intimate conversation about music and writing between the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author and the former conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.In Absolutely on Music, internationally Haruki Murakami sits down with his friend Seiji Ozawa, the revered former conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, for a series of conversations on their s...
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    Q. 120

  • PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION
    PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION
    EMILY HENRY
    Two best friends. Ten summer trips. One last chance to fall in love.Poppy and Alex. Alex and Poppy. They have nothing in common. She’s a wild child; he wears khakis. She has insatiable wanderlust; he prefers to stay home with a book. And somehow, ever since a fateful car share home from college many years ago, they are the very best of friends. For most of the year they live fa...
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    Q. 135

  • RIDGELINE
    RIDGELINE
    MICHAEL PUNKE
    The thrilling, long-awaited return of the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The RevenantIn 1866, with the country barely recovered from the Civil War, new war breaks out on the western frontier—a clash of cultures between the Native tribes who have lived on the land for centuries and a young, ambitious nation. Colonel Henry Carrington arrives in Wyoming’s Powder River Val...
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    Q. 285

  • THE JUDGE'S LIST: A NOVEL
    THE JUDGE'S LIST: A NOVEL
    GRISHAM, JOHN
    Nonstop suspense from the #1 New York Times bestselling author: Investigator Lacy Stoltz follows the trail of a serial killer, and closes in on a shocking suspect—a sitting judge. In The Whistler, Lacy Stoltz investigated a corrupt judge who was taking millions in bribes from a crime syndicate. She put the criminals away, but only after being attacked and nearly killed. Thre...
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    Q. 240

  • CHRONICLES FROM THE LAND OF THE HAPPIEST PEOPLE ON
    CHRONICLES FROM THE LAND OF THE HAPPIEST PEOPLE ON
    SOYINKA, WOLE
    The first Black winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature gives us a tour de force, his first novel in nearly half a century: a savagely satiric, gleefully irreverent, rollicking fictional meditation on how power and greed can corrupt the soul of a nation. In an imaginary Nigeria, a cunning entrepreneur is selling body parts stolen from Dr. Menka's hospital for use in ritualistic...
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    Q. 200

  • THE LAST DUEL (MOVIE TIE-IN): A TRUE STORY OF CRIME, SCANDAL, AND TRIAL BY COMBAT
    THE LAST DUEL (MOVIE TIE-IN): A TRUE STORY OF CRIME, SCANDAL, AND TRIAL BY COMBAT
    ERIC JAGER
    SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • “A taut page-turner with all the hallmarks of a good historical thriller.”—Orlando Sentinel The gripping true story of the duel to end all duels in medieval France as a resolute knight defends his wife’s honor against the man she accuses of a heinous crime In the midst of the devastating Hundred Years’ War between France and England, Jean de ...
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    Q. 140

  • BOOK LOVERS
    BOOK LOVERS
    HENRY, EMILY
    An insightful, delightful, instant #1 New York Times bestseller from the author of Beach Read and People We Meet on Vacation.Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by Oprah Daily · Today · Parade · Marie Claire · Bustle · PopSugar · Katie Couric Media · Book Bub · SheReads · Medium · The Washington Post · and more!One summer. Two rivals. A plot twist they didn't see coming...Nor...
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    Q. 140

  • ARTHURIAN MYTHS & LEGENDS
    ARTHURIAN MYTHS & LEGENDS
    (ANONYMOUS), ANÓNIMO
    Gorgeous Collector's Edition. Many medieval writers, especially from France and Wales, wrote stories about the great British leader, King Arthur. Legends, folklore and myths from this period come together to paint a picture of who he was with some describing him as a great warrior, defending Britain from its enemies, while others suggest Arthur had magical qualities. Throughout...
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    Q. 140

  • THE GODFATHER
    THE GODFATHER
    MARIO PUZO
    With its brilliant and brutal portrayal of the Corleone family, The Godfather burned its way into our national consciousness. This unforgettable saga of crime and corruption, passion and loyalty continues to stand the test of time, as the definitive novel of the Mafia underworld.A #1 New York Times bestseller in 1969, Mario Puzo’s epic was turned into the incomparable film of t...
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    Q. 135

  • THE NEW YORK TRILOGY
    THE NEW YORK TRILOGY
    PAUL AUSTER
    Paul Auster's signature work, The New York Trilogy, consists of three interlocking novels: City of Glass, Ghosts, and The Locked Room; haunting and mysterious tales that move at the breathless pace of a thriller. ...
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    Q. 210

  • THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY, RIPLEY UNDER GROUND, RIPLEY'S GAME
    THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY, RIPLEY UNDER GROUND, RIPLEY'S GAME
    PATRICIA HIGHSMITH
    Three classic crime novels by a master of the macabre appear here together in hardcover for the first time. SOON TO BE A NETFLIX SERIES STARRING ANDREW SCOTT, JOHNNY FLYNN, AND DAKOTA FANNING.Suave, agreeable, and completely amoral, Patricia Highsmith's hero, the inimitable Tom Ripley, stops at nothing--not even murder--to accomplish his goals. In achieving for himself the opul...
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    Q. 360

  • INFINITE JEST
    INFINITE JEST
    DAVID FOSTER WALLACE
    A gargantuan, mind-altering tragi-comedy about the Pursuit of Happiness in America.Infinite Jest is the name of a movie said to be so entertaining that anyone who watches it loses all desire to do anything but watch. People die happily, viewing it in endless repetition. The novel Infinite Jest is the story of this addictive entertainment, and in particular how it affects a Bost...
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    Q. 260

  • DEAD POETS SOCIETY
    DEAD POETS SOCIETY
    N. H. KLEINBAUM
    Todd Anderson and his friends at Welton Academy can hardly believe how different life is since their new English professor, the flamboyant John Keating, has challenged them to "make your lives extraordinary! Inspired by Keating, the boys resurrect the Dead Poets Society--a secret club where, free from the constraints and expectations of school and parents, they let their passio...
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    Q. 100

  • THE SICILIAN
    THE SICILIAN
    MARIO PUZO
    After Mario Puzo wrote his internationally acclaimed The Godfather, he has often been imitated but never equaled. Puzo's classic novel, The Sicilian, stands as a cornerstone of his work--a lushly romantic, unforgettable tale of bloodshed, justice, and treachery. . . .The year is 1950. Michael Corleone is nearing the end of his exile in Sicily. The Godfather has commanded Michae...
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    Q. 110

  • NORWEGIAN WOOD
    NORWEGIAN WOOD
    MURAKAMI, HARUKI
    First American PublicationThis stunning and elegiac novel by the author of the internationally acclaimed Wind-Up Bird Chronicle has sold over 4 million copies in Japan and is now available to American audiences for the first time. It is sure to be a literary event.Toru, a quiet and preternaturally serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a beautiful and int...
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