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  • MRS. PORTER CALLING
    MRS. PORTER CALLING
    PEARCE, A.J.
    From the author of the bestselling “jaunty, heartbreaking winner” (People) Dear Mrs. Bird, a charming and irresistible novel featuring aspiring journalist Emmy Lake as she navigates life, love, and friendship in London during World War II—perfect for fans of The Paris Library and Lessons in Chemistry.London, April 1943. Twenty-five-year-old Emmy Lake is doing her part for the w...
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    Q. 290

  • A DAY OF FIRE
    A DAY OF FIRE
    KATE QUINN / DRAY, STEPHANIE / BEN KANE / ELIZA KNIGHT / SOPHIE PERINOT / VICKY ALVEAR
    From six bestselling authors, including New York Times bestseller Kate Quinn, comes a vividly imagined novel following the lives of those in ancient Pompeii on the fateful day Mount Vesuvius erupts.Pompeii was a lively resort flourishing in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius at the height of the Roman Empire. When Vesuvius erupted in an explosion of flame and ash, the entire town wou...
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    Q. 200

  • THE APOLOGY
    THE APOLOGY
    JIMIN HAN
    This "sweeping intergenerational saga" tells the story of a pampered and defiant South Korean matriarch thrust into the afterlife from which she seeks a second chance to make amends (Kirstin Chen)--and fights off a tragic curse that could devastate generations to come.In South Korea, a 105-year-old woman receives a letter. Ten days later, she has been thrust into the afterlife,...
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    Q. 290

  • DEAD FALL
    DEAD FALL
    THOR, BRAD
    Lethal operative Scot Harvath is dispatched to avenge the killing of American citizens abroad in #1 New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Brad Thor’s new pulse-pounding thriller.In the war-ravaged borderlands of Ukraine, a Russian mercenary unit has gone rogue. Its members, conscripted from the worst prisons and mental asylums across Russia, are the most ...
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    Q. 310

  • REPUTATION
    REPUTATION
    SARAH VAUGHAN
    “Astonishingly timely and clever, utterly gripping.” —Lucy Foley, #1 New York Times bestselling author“Sarah Vaughan has done it again. Superb.” —Shari Lapena, New York Times bestselling authorThe bestselling author of Anatomy of a Scandal—now a hit Netflix series—returns with a psychological thriller about a politician whose less-than-perfect personal life is thrust into the s...
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    Q. 190

  • THE WHALEBONE THEATRE
    THE WHALEBONE THEATRE
    JOANNA QUINN
    NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK • A transporting, irresistible debut novel that takes its heroine, Cristabel Seagrave, from the gargantuan cavity of a beached whale into undercover operations during World War II—a story of love, bravery, lost innocence, and self-transformation.“Absolute aces...Quinn’s imagination and adventuresome spirit ...
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    Q. 190

  • CROOK MANIFESTO
    CROOK MANIFESTO
    COLSON WHITEHEAD
    Colson Whitehead continues his Harlem saga in a novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy glory.It's 1971. Trash piles up on the streets, crime is at an all-time high, the city is careening towards bankruptcy, and a shooting war has broken out between the NYPD and the Black Liberation Army. Amidst this collective nervous breakdown furniture store owner and ex-fence Ray...
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    Q. 300

  • THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT
    THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT
    O'FARRELL, MAGGIE
    WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION FINALIST - REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK - NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - The author of award-winning Hamnet brings the world of Renaissance Italy to jewel-bright life in this unforgettable fictional portrait of the captivating young duchess Lucrezia de' Medici as she makes her way in a troubled court."I could not stop reading this incredible true story." --Ree...
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    Q. 130

  • MUST LOVE FLOWERS
    MUST LOVE FLOWERS
    DEBBIE MACOMBER
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Two women at different stages of life find themselves on a journey of renewal after undergoing hardships in this uplifting novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber.“Wise, warm, witty, and charmingly full of hope, this story celebrates the surprising and unexpected ways that family, friendship, and love can lift us up.”—Kristin ...
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    Q. 290

  • THE CLOISTERS
    THE CLOISTERS
    KATY HAYS
    This instant New York Times bestseller that is “captivating in every sense of the word” (Sarah Pearse, New York Times bestselling author) follows a group of researchers uncovering a mysterious deck of tarot cards and shocking secrets in New York’s famed Met Cloisters.When Ann Stilwell arrives in New York City, she expects to spend her summer working as a curatorial associate at...
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    Q. 190

  • LITTLE MONSTERS
    LITTLE MONSTERS
    BRODEUR, ADRIENNE
    "A juicy story...Simmers with tension as secrets explode out into the open." --The Washington Post * "So alluring...I raced happily through the pages." --The New York Times Book Review * "An absolutely captivating read." --Elin Hilderbrand * "Gorgeously told...The work of a seasoned and wonderfully wise storyteller." --Paula McLainFrom the author of the bestselling memoir Wild ...
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    Q. 290

  • THRUST
    THRUST
    YUKNAVITCH, LIDIA
    INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLERTHRUST IS:“Epic.” –The New York Times “A triumph.” —Elle “Stunningly beautiful.” —The Daily Beast “Both of the moment and utterly timeless.” —Chicago Review of Books “A book to take in wide-eyed.”  —Rebecca MakkaiNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POSTAs rising waters—and an encroaching police state—endanger her life and family, a girl wi...
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    Q. 140

  • THE GLASS CHÂTEAU
    THE GLASS CHÂTEAU
    STEPHEN P. KIERNAN
    From the critically acclaimed author of Universe of Two and The Baker's Secret, a novel of hope, healing, and the redemptive power of art, set against the turmoil of post-World War II France and inspired by the life of Marc Chagall.One month after the end of World War II, amid the jubilation in the streets of France, there are throngs of people stunned by the recovery work ahea...
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    Q. 310

  • THE MYTHMAKERS
    THE MYTHMAKERS
    KEZIAH WEIR
    A must-read twisty literary mystery.A journalist searches for answers after discovering herself in an enigmatic author's final, unpublished manuscript.Sal Cannon's life is in shambles. Her relationship is crumbling, and her career in journalism hits a low point after it's revealed that her profile of a playwright is full of inaccuracies. She's close to rock-bottom when she read...
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    Q. 290

  • DEMOISELLES OF NUMIDIA
    DEMOISELLES OF NUMIDIA
    LEFTAH, MOHAMED
    The acclaimed Moroccan author’s debut novel, this stunning portrait of the world of sex work describes its sordid reality with beautiful, poetic prose.Available now for the first time in English, Demoiselles of Numidia offers an intimate glimpse into the lives of young women working in a Casablanca brothel—their relationships with each other and with their pimps, their dramas, ...
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    Q. 180

  • CLIVE CUSSLER FIRE STRIKE
    CLIVE CUSSLER FIRE STRIKE
    MADEN, MIKE / CUSSLER, CLIVE
    Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon must battle an army of genetically engineered mercenaries to stop a hypersonic missile attack in this explosive new adventure in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. When Cabrillo is hired to extract an undercover operative in Kenya, he finds himself on the trail of a deadly international plot. A Saudi prince seeks to unleash a d...
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    Q. 310

  • CARRIE SOTO IS BACK
    CARRIE SOTO IS BACK
    REID, TAYLOR JENKINS
    ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, NPR, PopSugar, Glamour, Reader’s DigestCarrie Soto is fierce, and her determination to win at any cost has not made her popular. But by the time she retires from tennis, she is the best player the world has ever seen. She has shattered every record and claimed twenty Grand Slam titles. And if you ask Carrie, she is entitled to every one....
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    Q. 130

  • DOUBLE-DECKER DREAMS
    DOUBLE-DECKER DREAMS
    LINDSAY MACMILLAN
    Perfect for fans of Emily Henry and Sophie Cousens, bestselling author Lindsay MacMillan gives us a refreshing take on love at first sight.American consultant Kat is staffed on a six-month project in London and has two very small, very reasonable ambitions before returning home: get promoted to partner and fall in love with a handsome English aristocrat. No problem, right?But w...
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    Q. 200

  • A QUITTER'S PARADISE
    A QUITTER'S PARADISE
    ELYSHA CHANG
    A Michelle Obama's Reach Higher Summer Reading List Pick - An NPR Critics Summer Pick - A Good Morning America Pick of the Month - A Good Reads Big Buzz Debut - A Tertulia Staff Pick of the Month"Compelling . . . Studded with sublime wit." --New York Times Book Review"A glorious, pondering, heartbreaking, extremely funny, very special book." --Sarah Jessica ParkerIn A Quitter's...
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    Q. 290

  • MY MOTHER SAYS
    MY MOTHER SAYS
    PILGAARD, STINE / SIMPSON, HUNTER
    "Reeling from a breakup, a young Danish woman recovers her sense of self through conversations with parents, friends, and strangers. A sweet and quirky debut about heartbreak, memory, and the endless potential of language." -Kirkus ReviewsThe narrator's long-term girlfriend has just broken things off, forcing her to move back in with her father, a Pink Floyd-loving priest. Whil...
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    Q. 190

  • DEEP AS THE SKY, RED AS THE SEA
    DEEP AS THE SKY, RED AS THE SEA
    RITA CHANG-EPPIG
    For readers of Outlawed, Piranesi, and The Night Tiger, a dazzling historical novel about a legendary Chinese pirate queen, her fight to save her fleet from the forces allied against them, and the dangerous price of power.As Recommended ByThe TODAY Show * Washington Post * Goodreads * LitHub * Real Simple * Time * Popsugar * HuffPost * Los Angeles Times * Ms. Magazine * Book Ri...
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    Q. 300

  • THE UNSINKABLE GRETA JAMES
    THE UNSINKABLE GRETA JAMES
    JENNIFER E. SMITH
    An indie musician reeling from tragedy and a public breakdown reconnects with her father on a weeklong cruise in “a pitch-perfect story about the ways we recover love in the strangest places” (Rebecca Serle, bestselling author of In Five Years)“The characters are drawn with a generosity that allows them to be wrong but also right, loving but also prone to missteps, and ultimate...
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    Q. 180

  • THE MIDNIGHT NEWS
    THE MIDNIGHT NEWS
    JO BAKER
    From the best-selling author of Longbourn, a gripping novel of one young woman’s unraveling during the Blitz—a story of World War II intrigue, love, and danger It is 1940 and twenty-year-old Charlotte Richmond watches from her attic window as enemy planes fly over London. Still grieving her beloved brother, who never returned from France, she is trying to keep herself out of ho...
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  • TRUST (PULITZER PRIZE WINNER)
    TRUST (PULITZER PRIZE WINNER)
    HERNAN DIAZ
    Even through the roar and effervescence of the 1920s, everyone in New York has heard of Benjamin and Helen Rask. He is a legendary Wall Street tycoon; she is the daughter of eccentric aristocrats. Together, they have risen to the very top of a world of seemingly endless wealth--all as a decade of excess and speculation draws to an end. But at what cost have they acquired their ...
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    Q. 130

  • MOOREWOOD FAMILY RULES
    MOOREWOOD FAMILY RULES
    DIMON, HELENKAY
    Knives Out and Ocean’s 8 meets The Nest in this hilariously twisty novel by award-winning author HelenKay Dimon, about a woman who returns home from prison to her dysfunctional con artist family and tries to get them to go legit.One day a con man met an heiress, wooed her, married her, had two kids…and kept on conning. Jillian Moorewood is the oldest child from that meet-c...
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    Q. 200

  • BRITISH COLUMBIANA
    BRITISH COLUMBIANA
    JOSIE TEED
    A young woman leaves the city for a remote mountain town to work in an immersive gold rush heritage site where she becomes embroiled in local culture while navigating her own place in the rapidly evolving twenty-first-century world.A job as a heritage interpreter at a remote gold rush site propels an insecure and anxious twenty-four-year-old to find what she truly desires from ...
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    Q. 210

  • THE RETREAT
    THE RETREAT
    ZARA RAHEEM
    In Zara Raheem's newest novel we meet Nadia Abbasi--whose attempts to save her marriage create unexpected complications--and follow her as she navigates the twists and turns of love. Perfect for fans of Sonali Dev, Christina Lauren, and Sara Desai.Nadia Abbasi's marriage is falling apart. It starts with a gifted Roomba, but when she stumbles upon some questionable photos in her...
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  • DEEP TIDE
    DEEP TIDE
    GRIFFIN, LAURA
    An undercover FBI agent and an independent coffee shop owner must team up when a local barista is found dead and danger circles their coastal Texas town in this new romantic thriller from New York Times bestselling author Laura Griffin.   With two brothers on the police force, Leyla Breda is well aware of the rising crime in her small beach town, but she never expected it to sh...
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    Q. 145

  • THE GOOD LEFT UNDONE
    THE GOOD LEFT UNDONE
    ADRIANA TRIGIANI
    AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"[An] immersive saga. . . . A celebration of family and a paean to the power of storytelling."--People, "Book of the Week""Trigiani conveys the beauty of Italy, the hardships of war, the taste of family recipes, and the enduring love of family."--Library Journal (starred)"The beauty of any book by Adriana Trigiani is her ability to interweave...
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    Q. 190

  • THE FIVE SORROWFUL MYSTERIES OF ANDY AFRICA
    THE FIVE SORROWFUL MYSTERIES OF ANDY AFRICA
    STEPHEN BUORO
    Fifteen-year-old Andrew Aziza lives in Kontagora, Nigeria, where his days are spent about town with his droogs, Slim and Morocca, grappling with his fantasies about white girls – especially blondes – and wondering who his father is. When he's not in church, at school or attempting to form 'Africa's first superheroes', he obsesses over mathematical theorems, ideas of black power...
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