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The girl on the train

Paula Hawkins - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover

The #1 New York Times Bestseller, USA Today Book of the Year, now a major motion picture starring Emily Blunt. Don't miss Paula Hawkins' new novel, Into the Water, coming May 2017. The debut psychological thriller that will forever change the way you look at other...
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The Last Mile

David Baldacci - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Print book

In his #1 New York Times bestseller Memory Man, David Baldacci introduced the extraordinary detective Amos Decker-the man who can forget nothing. Now, Decker returns in a spectacular new thriller . . . THE LAST MILEConvicted murderer Melvin Mars is counting down the last hours...
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15th Affair

James Patterson - Little
Format: Print book

Detective Lindsay Boxer chases an elusive, possibly very dangerous suspect...her husband, Joe.Lindsay Boxer has a beautiful baby daughter and a husband she loves unconditionally. She'd always been too focused on her career as a San Francisco police detective to wonder what domestic bliss...
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The Nightingale

Kristin Hannah - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

A #1 New York Times bestseller, Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year, and soon to be a major motion picture, this unforgettable novel of love and strength in the face of war has enthralled a generation. With courage, grace, and powerful insight, bestselling author Kristin...
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NYPD Red 4

James Patterson - Little
Format: Print book

NYPD Red chases a ruthless murderer with an uncontrollable lust for money--and blood. It's another glamorous night in the heart of Manhattan: at a glitzy movie premiere, a gorgeous starlet, dressed to the nines and dripping in millions of dollars' worth of jewelry on loan, makes her way past...
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2, Special Rehearsal Edition Script

J.K. Rowling - Arthur A. Levine Books
Format: Hardcover

"The Eighth Story. Nineteen Years Later.. Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, a new play by Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be presented...
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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing

Marie Kondō - Marie Kond
Format: Hardcover

This #1 New York Times best-selling guide to decluttering your home from Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes readers step-by-step through her revolutionary KonMari Method for simplifying, organizing, and storing.Despite constant efforts to declutter your home, do papers...
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Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates - One World
Format: Hardcover

#1NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER * NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER * NAMED ONE OFTIMES TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE * PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST * NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST * ONE OF OPRAHS "BOOKS THAT HELP ME THROUGH" * NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SPECIAL EVENT Hailed...
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

Atul Gawande - Metropolitan Books
Format: Hardcover

In Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its endingMedicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable....
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The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss

Anderson Cooper - Harper
Format: Print book

#1 New York Times Bestseller A touching and intimate correspondence between Anderson Cooper and his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, offering timeless wisdom and a revealing glimpse into their livesThough Anderson Cooper has always considered himself close to his mother, his intensely busy career...
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When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi - Random House
Format: Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST * For readers of Atul Gawande, Andrew Solomon, and Anne Lamott, this inspiring, exquisitely observed memoir finds hope and beauty in the face of insurmountable odds as an idealistic young neurosurgeon attempts to answer the question...
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Alexander Hamilton

Ron Chernow - The Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

The inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Hamilton! In the first full-length biography of Alexander Hamilton in decades, National Book Award winner Ron Chernow tells the riveting story of a man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and scandalize the newborn America. According...
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

J D Vance - HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, NAMED BY THE TIMES AS ONE OF "6 BOOKS TO HELP UNDERSTAND TRUMP'S WIN""You will not read a more important book about America this year." - The Economist "A riveting book." - The Wall Street Journal"Essential reading."...
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Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person

Shonda Rhimes - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book

In this poignant, hilarious, and deeply intimate call to arms, Hollywood's most powerful woman, the mega-talented creator of Grey's Anatomy and Scandal and executive producer of How to Get Away with Murder reveals how saying YES changed her life - and how it can change yours too.She's...
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Dimestore: A Writer's Life

Lee Smith - Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Format: Print book

For the inimitable Lee Smith, place is paramount. For forty-five years, her fiction has lived and breathed with the rhythms and people of the Appalachian South. But never before has she written her own story. Set deep in the mountains of Virginia, the Grundy of Lee Smith's youth was a place...
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Ransom Riggs - Quirk Books
Format: Audiobook

A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs.It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific...
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The 5th Wave

Rick Yancey - Listening Library
Format: Paperback

The Passage meets Enders Game in an epic new series from award-winning author Rick Yancey. After the first wave, only darkness remains. After the second, only the lucky escape. And after the third, only the unlucky survive. After the fourth wave, only one rule applies: Trust no one. Now,...
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Library of Souls: The Third Novel of Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children

Ransom Riggs - Quirk Books
Format: Hardcover

The movie adaptation of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is in theaters September 2016.The New York Times #1 best selling series A boy with extraordinary powers. An army of deadly monsters. An epic battle for the future of peculiardom. The adventure that began...
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The Fault In Our Stars

John Green - Thorndike Press; Lrg edition
Format: Hardcover

A 1 New York Times Bestseller An Amazon Best Book of the Month, January 2012 Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augusta Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support...
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Hollow City The Second Novel of Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children

Ransom Riggs - Quirk Books
Format: Paperback

Pub Date: 2014-01-14 Pages: 400 Language: English Publisher: Quirk Books Miss Peregrine & rsquo; s Home for Peculiar Children was the surprise best seller of 2011 & mdash; an unprecedented mix of YA fantasy and vintage photography that enthralled readers and critics alike. Publishers...
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck, Book 8

Jeff Kinney - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover

Greg Heffleys on a losing streak. His best friend, Rowley Jefferson, has ditched him, and finding new friends in middle school is proving to be a tough task. To change his fortunes, Greg decides to take a leap of faith and turn his decisions over to chance. Will a roll of the dice turn...
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 1

Jeff Kinney - Amulet Books
Format: Hardcover

Boys don't keep diaries -- or do they?The launch of an exciting and innovatively illustrated new series narrated by an unforgettable kid every family can relate toIt's a new school year, and Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share...
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul

Jeff Kinney - Amulet Books
Format: Hardcover

Greg Heffley and his family hit the road in author-illustrator Jeff Kinney's latest installment of the phenomenal bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid Rodrick Rules

Jeff Kinney - Amulet Books
Format: Hardcover

Whatever you do, don't ask Greg Heffley how he spent his summer vacation, because he definitely doesn't want to talk about it.As Greg enters the new school year, he's eager to put the past three months behind him . . . and one event in particular. Unfortunately for Greg, his older brother,...
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The Last Mile

David Baldacci - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Print book

In his #1 New York Times bestseller Memory Man, David Baldacci introduced the extraordinary detective Amos Decker-the man who can forget nothing. Now, Decker returns in a spectacular new thriller . . . THE LAST MILEConvicted murderer Melvin Mars is counting down the last hours...
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The Third Wheel

Jeff Kinney - Amulet Books
Format: Hardcover

Greg Heffley is not willing to be the odd man out. A dance at Gregs middle school has everyone scrambling to find a partner, and Greg is determined not to be left by the wayside. So he concocts a desperate plan to find someoneanyone!to go with on the big night. But Gregs schemes go hilariously...
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A Murder in Time: A Novel

Julie McElwain - Pegasus Books
Format: eBook

When brilliant FBI agent Kendra Donovan stumbles back in time and finds herself in a 19th century English castle under threat from a vicious serial killer, she scrambles to solve the case before it takes her life - 200 years before she was even born.Beautiful and brilliant, Kendra Donovan...
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The widow

Fiona Barton - Penguin Audio
Format: Audiobook

For fans of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train, an electrifying thriller that will take you into the dark spaces that exist between a husband and a wife.When the police started asking questions, Jean Taylor turned into a different woman. One who enabled her and her husband...
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The Nest

Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney - HarperCollins
Format: eBook

A warm, funny and acutely perceptive debut novel about four adult siblings and the fate of the shared inheritance that has shaped their choices and their lives. Every family has its problems. But even among the most troubled, the Plumb family stands out as spectacularly dysfunctional. Years...
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The Last Mile

David Baldacci - Grand Central Publishing
Format: eBook

In his #1 New York Times bestseller Memory Man , David Baldacci introduced the extraordinary detective Amos Decker-the man who can forget nothing. Now, Decker returns in a spectacular new thriller . . . THE LAST MILE Convicted murderer Melvin Mars is counting down the last hours before...
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2, Special Rehearsal Edition Script

J.K. Rowling - Arthur A. Levine Books
Format: Hardcover

"The Eighth Story. Nineteen Years Later.Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, a new play by Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be presented...
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