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Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be

Nichole Perkins - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Paperback

Pop culture is the Pandora's Box of our lives. Racism, wealth, poverty, beauty, inclusion, exclusion, and hope -- all of these intractable and unavoidable features course through the media we consume. Examining pop culture's impact on her life, Nichole Perkins takes readers on a rollicking...
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A Master of Djinn

P. Djèlí Clark - Tordotcom
Format: Hardcover

Cairo, 1912: Though Fatma el-Sha'arawi is the youngest woman working for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities, she's certainly not a rookie, especially after preventing the destruction of the universe last summer.So when someone murders a secret brotherhood...
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Crisis Zone

Simon Hanselmann - Fantagraphics
Format: Paperback

In March 2020, as the planet began to enter lockdown, acclaimed cartoonist Simon Hanselmann decided that what the world needed most was free, easily accessible entertainment, so he set out to make the greatest webcomic ever created! The result is also certain to be one of the most acclaimed...
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The Lincoln Highway: A Novel

Amor Towles - Viking
Format: Hardcover

In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett's...
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The Final Revival of Opal & Nev

Dawnie Walton - 37 Ink
Format: Hardcover

Opal is a fiercely independent young woman pushing against the grain in her style and attitude, Afro-punk before that term existed. Coming of age in Detroit, she can't imagine settling for a 9-to-5 job - despite her unusual looks, Opal believes she can be a star. So when the aspiring...
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The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans--and How We Can Fix It

Dorothy A. Brown
Format: Hardcover

Dorothy A. Brown became a tax lawyer to get away from race. As a young black girl growing up in the South Bronx, she'd seen how racism limited the lives of her family and neighbors. Her law school classes offered a refreshing contrast: Tax law was about numbers, and the only color that...
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The Night Always Comes: A Novel

Willy Vlautin - Harper
Format: Hardcover

Award-winning author Willy Vlautin explores the impact of trickle-down greed and opportunism of gentrification on ordinary lives in this scorching novel that captures the plight of a young woman pushed to the edge as she fights to secure a stable future for herself and her family.Barely...
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A Small Kindness

Stacy McAnulty - Running Press Kids
Format: Hardcover

It was like a game of tag, with one small act of kindness spreading throughout a small community of kids and teachers alike. Award-winning children's book author Stacy McAnulty packs a powerful punch with minimal text, providing a sweet message about all the small ways one can be kind....
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Amari and the Night Brothers

B. B. Alston
Format: Hardcover

Artemis Fowl meets Men in Black in this exhilarating debut middle grade fantasy, the first in a trilogy filled with #blackgirlmagic. Perfect for fans of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, the Percy Jackson series, and Nevermoor. Amari Peters has never stopped believing her missing...
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The Vanished Days

Susanna Kearsley - Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Paperback

"I've loved every one of Susanna's books! Bedrock research and a butterfly's delicate touch with characters - historical fiction that sucks you in and won't let go!" - DIANA GABALDON, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Outlander From international bestselling...
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The Nature of Witches

Rachel Griffin - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Hardcover

One of the Most Anticipated Young Adult Debuts of 2021! From a stunning new voice in YA comes the fierce, romantic story about a world on the brink of destruction, the one witch who holds the power to save it, and the choice that could cost her everything she loves. For centuries, witches...
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Hour of the Witch: A Novel

Chris Bohjalian - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

Boston, 1662. Mary Deerfield is twenty-four-years-old. Her skin is porcelain, her eyes delft blue, and in England she might have had many suitors. But here in the New World, amid this community of saints, Mary is the second wife of Thomas Deerfield, a man as cruel as he is powerful. When...
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Bewilderment

Richard Powers - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

The astrobiologist Theo Byrne searches for life throughout the cosmos while single-handedly raising his unusual nine-year-old, Robin, following the death of his wife. Robin is a warm, kind boy who spends hours painting elaborate pictures of endangered animals. He’s also about to be expelled...
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Yearbook

Seth Rogen - Crown
Format: Hardcover

Hi! I'm Seth! I was asked to describe my book, Yearbook, for the inside flap (which is a gross phrase) and for websites and shit like that, so ... here it goes!!! Yearbook is a collection of true stories that I desperately hope are just funny at worst, and life-changingly amazing...
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The Inheritance of Orqudea Divina: A Novel

Zoraida Córdova - First Atria Books
Format: Book

The Montoyas are used to a life without explanations. They know better than to ask why the pantry never seems to run low or empty, or why their matriarch won’t ever leave their home in Four Rivers--even for graduations, weddings, or baptisms. But when Orquídea Divina invites...
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Because I'm New

Brad Sneed - Sleeping Bear Press
Format: Hardcover

A new baby in the family means a lot of changes--from late night diaper changes to learning new ways to play--but in this sweet offering from Brad Sneed, baby tells their older sibling just what to expect. This is a heartfelt celebration of those first months with baby and the genesis of the sibling...
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Daughter of Sparta

Claire Andrews - Jimmy Patterson
Format: Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Daphne has spent her entire life honing her body and mind into that of a warrior, hoping to be accepted by the unyielding people of ancient Sparta. But an unexpected encounter with the goddess Artemis - who holds Daphne's brother's fate in her hands - upends the life...
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A Court of Silver Flames

Sarah J. Maas - Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Hardcover

The war is finally over, and Feyre's sister Nesta shines in this stunning, sexy new book in the Court of Thorns and Roses series by global #1 bestselling author Sarah J. Maas.
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My Monster and Me

Nadiya Hussain - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A touching story about a little boy whose worry monster follows him everywhere he goes. It's there when he gets dressed, when he wants to play with his toys, and even when his friends come over to visit. How can he escape his worries?Having struggled with anxiety for as long as she can remember,...
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Bad Cat!

Nicola O'Byrne - Nosy Crow
Format: Hardcover

Fluffykins is a perfect cat. He wouldn't do anything naughty . . . would he? But what's this? He's knocked over the flowers, tangled up all the yarn, bent the blinds, and scratched the sofa . . . and he won't apologize. What a bad cat! Whatever will Fluffykins do next? This...
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The Death of Jane Lawrence: A Novel

Caitlin Starling - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Practical, unassuming Jane Shoringfield has done the calculations, and decided that the most secure path forward is this: a husband, in a marriage of convenience, who will allow her to remain independent and occupied with meaningful work. Her first choice, the dashing but reclusive doctor...
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Lore Olympus: Volume One

Rachel Smythe - Del Rey
Format: Hardcover

Persephone, young goddess of spring, is new to Olympus. Her mother, Demeter, has raised her in the mortal realm, but after Persephone promises to train as a sacred virgin, she's allowed to live in the fast-moving, glamorous world of the gods. When her roommate, Artemis, takes her to a party,...
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Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside

Nick Offerman - E P Dutton
Format: Paperback

Nick Offerman has always felt a particular affection for the Land of the Freenot just for the people and their purported ideals but to the actual land itself: the bedrock, the topsoil, and everything in between that generates the health of your local watershed. In his new book, Nick takes...
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The Spanish Love Deception

Elena Armas - Independently published
Format: Paperback

A wedding. A trip to Spain. The most infuriating man. And three days of pretending. Or in other words, a plan that will never work.Catalina Martn, finally, not single. Her family is happy to announce that she will bring her American boyfriend to her sister's wedding. Everyone is invited...
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The Love Hypothesis

Ali Hazelwood - Berkley
Format: Paperback

As a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn't believe in lasting romantic relationships--but her best friend does, and that's what got her into this situation. Convincing Anh that Olive is dating and well on her way to a happily ever after was always going to take more than...
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Imagine a Wolf

Lucky Platt
Format: Hardcover

What do you see when you imagine a wolf? Sharp, pointy teeth? Big, hungry eyes? A soft sweater and a friendly smile?Wait a minute!The wolf in this story would rather knit than huff, puff, or blow anyone's house down. But that doesn't stop the townsfolk from crying wolf anyway. What's...
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Crying in H Mart: A Memoir

Michelle Zauner - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humor and heart, she tells of growing up one of the few Asian American kids at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of struggling with...
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The Lost Apothecary: A Novel

Sarah Penner - Harlequin Audio
Format: Audiobook

Instant New York Times Best SellerNamed Most Anticipated of 2021 by Newsweek, Good Housekeeping, Hello! magazine, Oprah.com, Bustle, Popsugar, Betches, Sweet July, and GoodReads!March 2021 Indie Next Pick and Number One LibraryReads Pick"A bold, edgy, accomplished debut!" (Kate...
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Nothing But Blackened Teeth

Cassandra Khaw - Tor Nightfire
Format: Hardcover

A Heian-era mansion stands abandoned, its foundations resting on the bones of a bride and its walls packed with the remains of the girls sacrificed to keep her company.It's the perfect venue for a group of thrill-seeking friends, brought back together to celebrate a wedding.A night...
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The Rock from the Sky

Jon Klassen

Turtle really likes standing in his favorite spot. He likes it so much that he asks his friend Armadillo to come over and stand in it, too. But now that Armadillo is standing in that spot, he has a bad feeling about it . . . Here comes The Rock from the Sky, a hilarious meditation on the workings...
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Northern Spy: A Novel

Flynn Berry - Viking
Format: Book

Flynn Berry returns with her most thrilling novel to date: the story of two sisters who become entangled with the IRA. Producer at the Belfast bureau of the BBC, Tessa is at work one day when the news of another raid comes on the air. The IRA may have gone underground after the Good Friday...
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Drive the Race Car

Dave Mottram - Chronicle Books; Illustrated edition
Format: Novelty Book

Beep beep! Zoom! Get behind the wheel of a speedy race car as it flies around the track. With sturdy handles on each page for babies and parents to grab and steer, this rollicking, rhyming board book makes it easy and fun to take the wheel and win the race!* INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE: Each...
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100 Things to Do in Toledo Before You Die

Tedd Long - Reedy Press
Format: Paperback

From a hip urban downtown overflowing with arts and culture, to exciting activities and must-visit spots surrounding the city's core, the Toledo region is a wonderful metropolis waiting to be discovered. Near western Lake Erie's Maumee Bay, you'll find a world-class art museum...
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Madam: A Novel

Phoebe Wynne - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

For 150 years, high above rocky Scottish cliffs, Caldonbrae Hall has sat untouched, a beacon of excellence in an old ancestral castle. A boarding school for girls, it promises that the young women lucky enough to be admitted will emerge "resilient and ready to serve society."Into...
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Feral Creatures

Kira Jane Buxton - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Once upon an apocalypse, there lived an obscenely handsome American crow named S.T. . . . When the world last checked-in with its favorite Cheeto addict, the planet had been overrun by flesh-hungry beasts, and nature had started re-claiming her territory from humankind. S.T., the intrepid...
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Project Hail Mary: A Novel

Andy Weir - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission--and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows...
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We Want a Dog

Lo Cole
Format: Hardcover

From the author-illustrator of Ten on a Twig comes a hysterical dog book for kids and adults alike, perfect for any pet lover!We want a dog! What kind of dog...?This hilarious rhyming texts takes us through twenty-seven unexpected and amusing varieties of dogs that one could have, like...
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Stick and Stone: Best Friends Forever!

Beth Ferry - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Stick has always wanted to find his family tree. It's probably big and beautiful! Is it an oak? A maple? What other sticks might he meet? Stone is happy to accompany his friend on the journey to find the tree he comes from - until it gets dark, and a bit scary in the forest . . . With...
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Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness

Kristen Radtke - Pantheon
Format: Hardcover

There is a silent epidemic in America: loneliness. Shameful to talk about and often misunderstood, loneliness is everywhere, from the most major of metropolises to the smallest of towns. In Seek You, Kristen Radtke's wide-ranging exploration of our inner lives and public selves, Radtke...
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The Guncle

Steven Rowley
Format: Hardcover

Patrick, or Gay Uncle Patrick (GUP, for short) , has always loved his niece, Maisie, and nephew, Grant. That is, he loves spending time with them when they come out to Palm Springs for weeklong visits, or when he heads home to Connecticut for the holidays. But in terms of caretaking and relating...
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While Justice Sleeps: A Novel

Stacey Abrams - Doubleday
Format: Book

Plunged into an explosive role she never anticipated, Avery Keene, now the legal guardian of power of attorney for the legendary Justice Howard Wynn, must...
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The Four Winds: A Novel

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

The Four Winds, by #1 New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah, is an epic novel of love and heroism and hope, set against the backdrop of one of America's most defining eras--the Great Depression. "If I close my eyes, I can still taste the dust..."Texas, 1934. Millions...
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Rhapsody

Mitchell James Kaplan - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

One evening in 1924, Katharine "Kay" Swift - the restless but loyal society wife of wealthy banker James Warburg and a serious pianist who longs for recognition - attends a concert. The piece: Rhapsody in Blue. The composer: a brilliant, elusive young musical genius named George...
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Our Woman in Moscow: A Novel

Beatriz Williams
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Her Last Flight returns with a gripping and profoundly human story of Cold War espionage and family devotion that proves again why Elin Hilderbrand says Beatriz Williams "is writing the best historical fiction out there."In the autumn of 1948,...
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Feelings: A Story in Seasons

Manjit Thapp - Random House; Illustrated edition
Format: Hardcover

Enter Manjit Thapp's world, where you'll find moods that change as quickly as the weather; the different shades of anxiety and hope that each new season brings; and the stages of joy and pain that fuel our growth. From the spark of possibility and jolt of creativity in High Summer,...
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Neon Gods: A Scorchingly Hot Modern Retelling of Hades and Persephone (Dark Olympus Book 1)

Katee Robert - Sourcebooks Casablanca
Format: Hardcover

He was supposed to be a myth. But from the moment I crossed the River Styx and fell under his dark spell...he was, quite simply, mine.*A scorchingly hot modern retelling of Hades and Persephone thats as sinful as it is sweet.*Society darling Persephone Dimitriou plans to flee the ultra-modern...
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It Happened One Summer: A Novel

Tessa Bailey - Avon
Format: Paperback

Tessa Bailey is back with a Schitt's Creek-inspired rom-com about a Hollywood "It Girl" who's cut off from her wealthy family and exiled to a small Pacific Northwest beach town... where she butts heads with a surly, sexy local who thinks she doesn't belong. Piper Bellinger...
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Malibu Rising: A Novel

Taylor Jenkins Reid - Ballantine
Format: Hardcover

Malibu: August 1983. It's the day of Nina Riva's annual end-of-summer party, and anticipation is at a fever pitch. Everyone wants to be around the famous Rivas: Nina, the talented surfer and supermodel; brothers Jay and Hud, one a championship surfer, the other a renowned photographer;...
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Golden Girl

Elin Hilderbrand - Little, Brown & Company
Format: Hardcover

Golden Girl follows Nantucket novelist Vivi, who gets one final summer -- after she is killed in a hit-and-run accident -- to protect her secrets and learn from her mistakes while her loved ones still on earth try to solve the mystery of her death. Vivian Howe, author of 13 beach novels...
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The Push: A Novel

Ashley Audrain - Pamela Dorman Books
Format: Book

A tense, page-turning psychological drama about the making and breaking of a family--and a woman whose experience of motherhood is nothing at all what she hoped for--and everything she feared. Blythe Connor is determined that she will be the warm, comforting mother to her new baby Violet...
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That Summer: A Novel

Jennifer Weiner - Atria
Format: Hardcover

Daisy Shoemaker can’t sleep. With a thriving cooking business, full schedule of volunteer work, and a beautiful home in the Philadelphia suburbs, she should be content. But her teenage daughter can be a handful, her husband can be distant, her work can feel trivial, and she has lots...
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Winter's Orbit

Everina Maxwell
Format: Hardcover

A famously disappointing minor royal and the Emperor's least favorite grandchild, Prince Kiem is summoned before the Emperor and commanded to renew the empire's bonds with its newest vassal planet. The prince must marry Count Jainan, the recent widower of another royal prince of the empire.But...
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Playing the Cards You're Dealt

Varian Johnson - Scholastic Press
Format: Book

Varian Johnson explores themes of toxic masculinity and family legacy in this heartfelt, hopeful story of one boy discovering what it really means to be a man. SECRETS ARE ALWAYS A GAMBLE. Ten-year-old Anthony Joplin has made it to double digits! Which means he's finally old enough...
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How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America

Clint Smith - Little, Brown & Company
Format: Hardcover

Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks—those that are honest about the past and those that are not—that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nation’s...
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Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood

Kwame Mbalia - Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Black boy joy is ... Picking out a fresh first-day-of-school outfit.Saving the universe in an epic intergalactic race.Finding your voice - and your rhymes - during tough times.Flying on your skateboard like nobody's watching. And more! From seventeen acclaimed Black male and non-binary...
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The Good Sister: A Novel

Sally Hepworth
Format: Hardcover

From the outside, everyone might think Fern and Rose are as close as twin sisters can be: Rose is the responsible one, with a home and a husband and a fierce desire to become a mother. Fern is the quirky one, the free spirit, the librarian who avoids social interaction and whom the world...
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Bodies Are Cool

Tyler Feder - Dial Books; Illustrated edition
Format: Hardcover

From the way a body jiggles to the scars a body bears, this picture book is a pure celebration of all the different human bodies that exist in the world. Highlighting the various skin tones, body shapes, and hair types is just the beginning in this truly inclusive book. With its cheerful...
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Different--A Great Thing to Be!

Heather Avis - WaterBrook
Format: Hardcover

Macy is a girl who's a lot like you and me, but she's also quite different, which is a great thing to be. With kindness, grace, and bravery, Macy finds her place in the world, bringing beauty and laughter wherever she goes and leading others to find delight in the unique design...
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Kafka and the Doll

Larissa Theule - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Inspired by a true story, Kafka and the Doll recounts a remarkable gesture of kindness from one of the world's most bewildering and iconic writers. In the fall of 1923, Franz Kafka encountered a distraught little girl on a walk in the park. She'd lost her doll and was inconsolable....
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The Madness of Crowds

Louise Penny - Minotaur Books
Format: Book

When a visiting professor spreads lies so that fact and fiction are so confused it's near impossible to tell them apart, leading to murder, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache must investigate this case as well as this extraordinary popular delusion -- and the madness of crowds.
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The Rose Code: A Novel

Kate Quinn - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Huntress and The Alice Network returns with another heart-stopping World War II story of three female code breakers at Bletchley Park and the spy they must root out after the war is over.1940. As England prepares to fight the Nazis,...
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The Man with the Silver Saab: A Detective Varg Novel

Alexander McCall Smith
Format: Hardcover

Life--and crime--is not always as it seems for Ulf Varg and the other fearless detectives in Malmo's Department of Sensitive Crimes. There are always surprising new cases to take on, and the latest batch is no exception. And that's not to mention Ulf's struggle to contain his feelings...
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The Box in the Woods

Maureen Johnson
Format: Hardcover

After solving the case of Truly Devious, Stevie Bell investigates her first mystery outside of Ellingham Academy in this spine-chilling and hilarious stand-alone mystery from New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson.Amateur sleuth Stevie Bell needs a good murder. After catching...
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Change Sings: A Children's Anthem

Amanda Gorman
Format: Hardcover

In this stirring, much-anticipated picture book by presidential inaugural poet and activist Amanda Gorman, anything is possible when our voices join together. As a young girl leads a cast of characters on a musical journey, they learn that they have the power to make changesbig or smallin...
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Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre

Carole Boston Weatherford
Format: Hardcover

Celebrated author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Floyd Cooper provide a powerful look at the Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history. The book traces the history of African Americans in Tulsa's Greenwood district and chronicles...
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Flip! How the Frisbee Took Flight

Margaret Muirhead - Charlesbridge
Format: Hardcover

Fred Morrison is credited as the inventor of the Frisbee, but for centuries folks have been flipping for flying discs. Ancient Greeks flicked discs, and beginning in the 1920s, college kids at Yale University were tossing pie tins. Fred lived in California and had no idea about ancient...
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Living With Mochi

Gemma Gené - Andrews McMeel Publishing
Format: Paperback

When architect-turned-cartoonist Gemma Gen first met her pet pug, Mochi, she felt as if time stopped. This dramatic moment and her adoring relationship with the rambunctious pug led her to begin chronicling her adventures with Mochi in a series of incredibly cute webcomics that have gained...
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Razorblade Tears: A Novel

S. A. Cosby - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

Ike Randolph has been out of jail for fifteen years, with not so much as a speeding ticket in all that time. But a black man with cops at the door knows to be afraid.The last thing he expects to hear is that his son Isiah has been murdered, along with Isiah's white husband, Derek. Ike had never...
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The Shape of Thunder

Jasmine Warga - Balzer Bray
Format: Book

Estranged from the best friend whose brother killed her sister in a school shooting, a grieving Cora receives a message on her twelfth birthday from her friend, asking for her help with creating a time portal to prevent the tragedy.
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Outlawed

Anna North
Format: Hardcover

The Crucible meets True Grit in this riveting adventure story of a fugitive girl, a mysterious gang of robbers, and their dangerous mission to transform the Wild West.In the year of our Lord 1894, I became an outlaw. The day of her wedding, 17 year old Ada's life looks good; she loves...
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People We Meet On Vacation

Emily Henry - Berkley
Format: Paperback

With one week to win back the best friend she might just be in love with, a travel writer plans the trip of a lifetime in this sparkling new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read. 
  
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Dial A for Aunties

Jesse Q. Sutanto
Format: Hardcover

When Meddelin Chan ends up accidentally killing her blind date, her meddlesome mother calls for her even more meddlesome aunties to help get rid of the body. Unfortunately, a dead body proves to be a lot more challenging to dispose of than one might anticipate, especially when it is inadvertently...
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Blush

Jamie Brenner
Format: Hardcover

For decades, the lush vineyards and majestic manor house of the Hollander Estates winery made it the North Fork of Long Island's premier destination for lavish parties and romantic day trips. Now the Hollander family fortunes have suffered, and as matriarch Vivian Hollander prepares...
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The Blacktongue Thief

Christopher Buehlman - Tom Doherty Associates
Format: Book

Kinch Na Shannack owes the Takers Guild a small fortune for his education as a thief, which includes (but is not limited to) lock-picking, knife-fighting, wall-scaling, fall-breaking, lie-weaving, trap-making, plus a few small magics. His debt has driven him to lie in wait...
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Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know

Adam Grant - Viking
Format: Hardcover

Intelligence is usually seen as the ability to think and learn, but in a rapidly changing world, there's another set of cognitive skills that might matter more: the ability to rethink and unlearn. In our daily lives, too many of us favor the comfort of conviction over the discomfort...
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Concrete Rose

Angie Thomas - Balzer Bray
Format: Hardcover

International phenomenon Angie Thomas revisits Garden Heights seventeen years before the events of The Hate U Give in this searing and poignant exploration of Black boyhood and manhood.If there's one thing seventeen-year-old Maverick Carter knows, it's that a real man takes care...
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