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When You Read This: A Novel

Mary Adkins - Harper
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Maria Semple and Rainbow Rowell, a comedy-drama for the digital age: an epistolary debut novel about the ties that bind and break our hearts.Iris Massey is gone. But she's left something behind. For four years, Iris Massey worked side by side with PR maven Smith Simonyi, helping...
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Beartown: A Novel

FREDRIK BACKMAN - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestseller * The #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove returns with a dazzling, profound novel about a small town with a big dream - and the price required to make it come true. "You'll love this engrossing novel." - People...
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Professor Chandra Follows His Bliss: A Novel

Rajeev Balasubramanyam - The Dial Press
Format: Hardcover

Follow the completely infuriating, utterly charming Professor Chandra as he tries to answer the biggest question of all: What makes us happy? "Professor Chandra is as acerbic and unbending a curmudgeon as one could wish to find scowling from the pages of a novel. Brilliant, pompous,...
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Death and Other Happy Endings: A Novel

Melanie Cantor - Pamela Dorman Books
Format: Hardcover

There's nothing like being told that in three months you'll be dead to make you think about what you really want in lifeJennifer Cole has just been told that she has a terminal blood disorder and has just three months to live--ninety days to say goodbye to friends and family, and to put her affairs...
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The Helpline: A Novel

Katherine Collette - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

An eccentric woman who is great with numbers - but not so great with people - realizes it's up to her to pull a community together in this charming, big-hearted debut perfect for fans of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine and The Rosie Project. Germaine Johnson doesn't need...
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Less: A Novel

ANDREW SEAN GREER - Lee Boudreaux Books
Format: Hardcover

A struggling novelist travels the world to avoid an awkward wedding in this hilarious Pulitzer Prize-winning novel full of "arresting lyricism and beauty" (The New York Times Book Review) .WINNER OF THE PULITZER...
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Summer Hours at the Robbers Library: A Novel

Sue Halpern - Harper Perennial
Format: eBook

From journalist and author Sue Halpern comes a wry, observant look at contemporary life and its refugees. Halpern's novel is an unforgettable tale of family...the kind you come from and the kind you create.People are drawn to libraries for all kinds of reasons. Most come for the books...
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The Keeper of Lost Things: A Novel

Ruth Hogan - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

Full of character, wit, and wisdom, The Keeper of Lost Things is heartwarming tale that will enchant fans of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, Garden Spells, Mrs Queen Takes the Train, and The Silver Linings Playbook.Lime green plastic flower-shaped hair bobbles - Found, on the playing...
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Evvie Drake Starts Over: A Novel

Linda Holmes - Random House Audio
Format: Hardcover

New York Times best seller Read with Jenna Book Club Pick as Featured on Today "Everything a romantic comedy should be: witty, relatable, and a little complicated." (People) A heartfelt debut about the unlikely relationship between a young woman whos lost her husband and a Major...
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Miss Benson's Beetle: A Novel

Rachel Joyce - Dial Press Trade Paperback
Format: Paperback

From the bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry comes an uplifting, irresistible novel about two very different women on a life-changing adventure where they must risk everything, break all the rules, and discover their best selves - together. She's going too far to go it alone....
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The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett: A Novel

Annie Lyons - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

Infused with the emotional power of Me Before You and the irresistible charm of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine and Be Frank with Me, a moving and joyous novel about an elderly woman ready to embrace death and the little girl who reminds her what it means to live.Eudora Honeysett is done...
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The Lido

Libby Page - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

**INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER** "In many ways, this meditation on community and swimming follows in the footsteps of the enormously popular A Man Called Ove ... Both are charming and heartwarming." - Kirkus Reviews WE'RE NEVER TOO OLD TO MAKE NEW FRIENDS - OR TO MAKE...
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Dear Mrs. Bird: A Novel

A J Pearce - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

"A marvelous treat. Charming and delightful." - Nina Stibbe, author of Love, Nina An irresistible debut set in London during World War II about an adventurous young woman who becomes a secret advice columnist - a warm, funny, and enormously moving story for fans of The...
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The Authenticity Project: A Novel

Clare Pooley - Pamela Dorman Books
Format: Hardcover

"A clever, uplifting book that entertains and makes you think."--Sophie Kinsella, #1 New York Times bestselling author The story of a solitary green notebook that brings together six strangers and leads to unexpected friendship, and even loveJulian Jessop, an eccentric, lonely...
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The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

Abbi Waxman - Berkley
Format: Paperback

"Abbi Waxman is both irreverent and thoughtful." - #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily GiffinThe author of Other People's Houses and The Garden of Small Beginnings delivers a quirky and charming novel chronicling the life of confirmed introvert Nina...
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Something Like Happy

Eva Woods - Harlequin Audio
Format: Audiobook

A deeply moving, wildly uplifting tale of two strangers with nothing to lose and an unlikely friendship that will grab hold of your heart and never let go. Annies heart cant be broken - or so she thinks. After a series of tragic events tore a hole through the perfect life shed built, theres...
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