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A Man Called Ove: A Novel

Fredrik Backman - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

Read the New York Times bestseller that has taken the world by storm! In this "charming debut" (People) from one of Sweden's most successful authors, a grumpy yet loveable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next...
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The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

Jonas Jonasson - Hyperion
Format: Paperback

The international publishing sensation--over six million copies sold worldwide!A reluctant centenarian much like Forrest Gump (if Gump were an explosives expert with a fondness for vodka) decides it's not too late to start over . . .After a long and eventful life, Allan Karlsson ends...
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Trust Your Eyes

Linwood Barclay - NAL Hardcover; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

#1 international bestselling author Linwood Barclay's novels have been praised as "compelling" (The Associated Press), "gripping" (The Wall Street Journal), and "fast-paced" (The Washington Post). Now, Barclay returns with a thrilling story in which two brothers...
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Water for elephants : a novel

Sara Gruen - Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Format: Hardcover

Ninety-something-year-old Jacob Jankowski remembers his time in the circus as a young man during the Great Depression, and his friendship with Marlena, the star of the equestrian act, and Rosie, the elephant, who gave them hope.
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Harriet Wolf's Seventh Book of Wonders: A Novel

Julianna Baggott - Little Brown and Company
Format: Print book

"A mesmerizing tale of star-crossed love and of the dark secrets in a fracturing family . . . This novel is so full of wonders that it leaves you haunted, amazed, and, like every great read, irrevocably changed."--Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures...
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Good as Gone

Amy Gentry - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

Thirteen-year-old Julie Whitaker was kidnapped from her bedroom in the middle of the night, witnessed only by her younger sister. Her family was shattered, but managed to stick together, hoping against hope that Julie is still alive. And then one night: the doorbell rings. A young woman...
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