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The Poisonwood Bible (Oprah's Book Club)

Barbara Kingsolver
Format: Paperback

In 1959, Nathan Price, a fierce, evangelical Baptist, takes his four young daughters, his wife, and his mission to the Belgian Congo -- a place, he is sure, where he can save needy souls. But the seeds they plant bloom in tragic ways within this complex culture. Set against one of the most...
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To Kill a Mockingbird, 50th Anniversary Edition

Harper Lee - Harper
Format: Hardcover

"Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes...
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A Discovery of Witches: A Novel

Deborah Harkness - Viking
Format: Hardcover

A richly inventive novel about a centuries-old vampire, a spellbound witch, and the mysterious manuscript that draws them together. Deep in the stacks of Oxford's Bodleian Library, young scholar Diana Bishop unwittingly calls up a bewitched alchemical manuscript in the course of her research....
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A Sudden Light: A Novel

Garth Stein - Simon & Schuster; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

The bestselling author of The Art of Racing in the Rain presents a long-awaited new novel in which a boy trying to save his parents' marriage uncovers a vast legacy of family secrets.In the summer of 1990, fourteen-year-old Trevor Riddell gets his first glimpse of Riddell House. Built...
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The Hundred-Year House

Rebecca Makkai - Viking; First Ed 1st Printing edition
Format: Hardcover

The acclaimed author of The Borrower returns with a dazzlingly original, mordantly witty novel about the secrets of an old-money family and their turn-of-the-century estate, Laurelfield."Rebecca Makkai is a writer to watch, as sneakily ambitious as she is unpretentious."-Richard...
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The Girl from the Well

Rin Chupeco - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Hardcover

"[A] Stephen Kinglike horror story...A chilling, bloody ghost story that resonates." - KirkusFrom the highly acclaimed author of the Bone Witch trilogy comes a chilling story of a Japanese ghost looking for vengeance and the boy who has no choice but to trust her, lauded as a "a...
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The Art of Racing in the Rain

Garth Stein - Harper
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling novel from Garth Stein-a heart-wrenching but deeply funny and ultimately uplifting story of a dog's efforts to hold together his family in the face of a divisive custody battle. Enzo knows he is different from other dogs: a philosopher with a nearly human...
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The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry: A Novel

Gabrielle Zevin - Algonquin Books
Format: Hardcover

Don't miss Gabrielle Zevin's new novel, Young Jane Young, coming in August 2017. A New York Times Bestseller, a #1 Indie Next Pick, and a #1 LibraryReads Selection "This novel has humor, romance, a touch of suspense, but most of all love--love of books and bookish people...
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First Impressions: A Novel of Old Books, Unexpected Love, and Jane Austen

Charlie Lovett - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

A thrilling literary mystery costarring Jane Austen from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bookman's Tale Charlie Lovett first delighted readers with his New York Times bestselling debut, The Bookman's Tale. Now, Lovett weaves another brilliantly imagined mystery, this...
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The Goldfinch: A Novel

Donna Tartt - Little Brown & Company
Format: Hardcover

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE"The Goldfinch is a rarity that comes along perhaps half a dozen times per decade, a smartly written literary novel that connects with the heart as well as the mind....Donna Tartt has delivered an extraordinary work of fiction."--Stephen King,...
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