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Behold the Dreamers: A Novel

Imbolo Mbue · Random House, 2015.
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

For fans of Americanah and The Lowland comes a debut novel about an immigrant couple striving to get ahead as the Great Recession hits home. With profound empathy, keen insight, and sly wit, Imbolo Mbue has written a compulsively readable story about marriage, class, race, and the trapdoors...
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel

Taylor Jenkins Reid · Atria Books
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

From Taylor Jenkins Reid, "a genius when it comes to stories about life and love" (Redbook) , comes an unforgettable and sweeping novel about one classic film actress's relentless rise to the top - the risks she took, the loves she lost, and the long-held secrets the public...
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The Identicals: A Novel

ELIN HILDERBRAND · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

Identical twin sisters who couldn't look more alike...or live more differently.Harper Frost is laid-back, easygoing. She doesn't care what anyone thinks of her. She likes a beer and a shot and wouldn't be caught dead wearing anything fashionable. She's inherited her father's rundown house...
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The Lost Letter: A Novel

Jillian Cantor · Riverhead Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

A historical novel of love and survival inspired by real resistance workers during World War II Austria, and the mysterious love letter that connects generations of Jewish families. A heart-breaking, heart-warming read for fans of The Nightingale, Lilac Girls, and Sarah's Key. Austria,...
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The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

Arundhati Roy · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 464
Format: Print book

A richly moving new novel--the first since the author's Booker Prize-winning, internationally celebrated debut, The God of Small Things, went on to become a beloved best seller and enduring classic.The Ministry of Utmost Happiness transports us across a subcontinent on a journey of many...
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Before We Were Yours: A Novel

LISA WINGATE · BALLANTINE
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

Two families, generations apart, are forever changed by a heartbreaking injustice in this poignant novel, inspired by a true story, for readers of Orphan Train and The Nightingale. Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family's...
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The Alice Network: A Novel

Kate Quinn · William Morrow
Pages: 528
Format: Print book

In an enthralling new historical novel from national bestselling author Kate Quinn, two women - a female spy recruited to the real-life Alice Network in France during World War I and an unconventional American socialite searching for her cousin in 1947 - are brought together in a mesmerizing...
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Kiss Carlo: A Novel

Adriana Trigiani · Harpercollins
Pages: 448
Format: Print book

From Adriana Trigiani, the beloved New York Times-bestselling author of The Shoemaker's Wife, comes an exhilarating epic novel of love, loyalty, and creativity--the story of an Italian-American family on the cusp of change. It's 1949 and South Philadelphia bursts with opportunity during...
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The Gamble

KRISTEN ASHLEY · Forever
Pages: 672
Format: Paperback

"I adore Kristen Ashley's books!"---Maya Banks, New York Times bestselling authorLove is the greatest gamble of all . . . Nina Sheridan desperately needs a timeout vacation. With a fiancé who can't even remember how she takes her coffee, Nina wants some distance to rethink...
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Salt Houses

Hala Alyan · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

"Reading Salt Houses is like having your coffee grounds read: cosmic, foreboding and titillating all at once. In this magnificent debut, Alyan's powerful and poetic voice guides us into the dark recesses of history and leads us right up to the present tensions between East & West,...
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The Coroner's Daughter: A Novel

Andrew Hughes · Pegasus Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

When a young woman uncovers evidence that a recent suicide may have been murder, her investigations attract the attention of a dangerous man stalking the streets of nineteenth-century Dublin. Dublin, 1816. A young nursemaid conceals a pregnancy and then murders her newborn in the home of the Neshams,...
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The Frozen Hours: A Novel of the Korean War

JEFF SHAARA · Ballantine Books
Pages: 560
Format: Hardcover

The master of military historical fiction turns his discerning eye to the Korean War in this riveting new novel, which tells the dramatic story of the Americans and the Chinese who squared off in one of the deadliest campaigns in the annals of combat: the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, also...
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The Shadow Sister: Book Three

Lucinda Riley · Atria Books
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover

Travel through the lush English countryside and explore the magnificent estates of the British aristocracy in this next spellbinding love story in The Seven Sisters series by #1 internationally bestselling author Lucinda Riley.Star D'Aplièse is at a crossroads in her life after the sudden...
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Chemistry

Weike Wang · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Named a "Most Anticipated Novel of 2017" by Entertainment Weekly, The Millions, and Bustle A luminous coming-of-age novel about a young female scientist who must recalibrate her life when her academic career goes off track; perfect for readers of Lab Girl and Celeste Ng's Everything...
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The Sisters Chase

Sarah Healy · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A gripping novel about two sisters who are left homeless by their mother's death and the lengths the fierce older sister will go to protect her beloved young chargeThe hardscrabble Chase women - Mary, Hannah, and their mother Diane - have been eking out a living running a tiny seaside motel...
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The Little French Bistro: A Novel

NINA GEORGE · Crown
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of The Little Paris Bookshop, an extraordinary novel about self-discovery and new beginnings. Marianne is stuck in a loveless, unhappy marriage. After forty-one years, she has reached her limit, and one evening in Paris she decides...
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The Baker's Secret: A Novel

STEPHEN P KIERNAN · William Morrow
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

From the multiple-award-winning, critically acclaimed author of The Hummingbird and The Curiosity comes a dazzling novel of World War II - a shimmering tale of courage, determination, optimism, and the resilience of the human spirit, set in a small Normandy village on the eve of D-Day.On...
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Seven Stones to Stand or Fall: A Collection of Outlander Fiction

DIANA GABALDON · Delacorte Press
Pages: 576
Format: Hardcover

A magnificent collection of short fiction - including two never-before-published novellas - featuring Jamie Fraser, Lord John Grey, Master Raymond, and many more, all extending the story of Outlander in thrilling new directions "The Custom of the Army" begins with Lord John Grey...
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The Hope Chest: A Novel

Viola Shipman · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

The discovery of one woman's heirloom hope chest unveils precious memories and helps three people who have each lost a part of themselves find joy once again.Ever since she was diagnosed with ALS, fiercely independent Mattie doesn't feel like herself. She can't navigate her beloved home,...
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Secrets in Summer: A Novel

NANCY THAYER · Ballantine Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

"The queen of beach books" (The Star-Ledger) returns to the shores of Nantucket in a novel about one memorable summer when flirtations flourish, family dramas play out, and scandalous secrets surface. Memorial Day weekend means that seasonal visitors have descended on the glamorous...
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The Mother's Promise

Sally Hepworth · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Sally Hepworth novels are "sure to appeal to fans of Jojo Moyes, Jodi Picoult, and Lisa Genova; book clubs will be lining up." -- Library Journal (starred review) All their lives, Alice Stanhope and her daughter, Zoe, have been a family of two, living quietly in Northern California....
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Ascension of Larks

Rachel Linden · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

When globetrotting photographer Magdalena Henry loses the only man she's ever loved, she risks her stellar career to care for his widow and young children on a remote island in the Pacific Northwest. Free-spirited and fiercely independent, Maggie adores her life of travel and adventure....
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Jonathan Unleashed: A Novel

MEG ROSOFF · Penguin Books
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

"[A] comic masterpiece." - People magazine's "Book of the Week""A charming comedy on love, friendship, and the surprising influence of man's best friend." - Harper's BazaarNational Book Award finalist and bestselling author Meg Rosoff's charming,...
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The Royal Nanny: A Novel

Karen Harper · William Morrow
Pages: 14
Format: Print book

Based on a seldom-told true story, this novel is perfect for everyone who is fascinated by Britain's royal family - a behind the scenes look into the nurseries of little princes and the foibles of big princes.April, 1897: A young nanny arrives at Sandringham, ancestral estate of the Duke...
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Today Will Be Different

MARIA SEMPLE · Back Bay Books
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

* Instant New York Times Bestseller *Named a Notable Book of 2016 by the Washington Post, one of Amazon's Top 100 Books of the Year, one of New York Times Book Review's 100 Notable Books, one of The Guardian's Best Books of 2016, one of NPR's Best Books of 2016, a Must-Read...
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Allie and Bea

Catherine Ryan Hyde · Amazon Publishing
Pages: 350
Format: Print book

Bea has barely been scraping by since her husband died. After falling for a telephone scam, she loses everything and is forced to abandon her trailer. With only two-thirds of a tank in her old van, she heads toward the Pacific Ocean with her cat - on a mission to reclaim what's rightfully...
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The Practice House

Laura McNeal · Little A
Pages: 482
Format: Paperback

Nineteen-year-old Aldine McKenna is stuck at home with her sister and aunt in a Scottish village in 1929 when two Mormon missionaries ring the doorbell. Aldine's sister converts and moves to America to marry, and Aldine follows, hoping to find the life she's meant to lead and the person...
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Girl on the Leeside: A Novel

KATHLEEN ANNE KENNEY · Nan A. Talese
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A young, aspiring poet in a quiet Irish village thinks her life of books suits her perfectly until a charismatic newcomer from America broadens her horizons. Siobhan Doyle grew up with her Uncle Kee at their family pub The Leeside, in rural Ireland. Kee has been staunchly overprotective...
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The Confusion of Languages

Siobhan Fallon · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

A searing debut novel from the award-winning author of You Know When the Men are Gone, about jealousy, the unpredictable path of friendship, and the secrets kept in marriage, all set within the U.S. expat community of the Middle East during the rise of the Arab Spring."A gripping,...
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Beneath a Scarlet Sky: A Novel

Mark T. Sullivan · Lake Union Publishing
Pages: 524
Format: Print book

Based on the true story of a forgotten hero, Beneath a Scarlet Sky is the triumphant, epic tale of one young man's incredible courage and resilience during one of history's darkest hours.Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He's a normal Italian teenager - obsessed...
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The Cafe by the Sea: A Novel

JENNY COLGAN · William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback

The beloved author of The Bookshop on the Corner returns with a sparkling, sunny, soulful new novel perfect for fans of Elin Hilderbrand. Years ago, Flora fled the quiet Scottish island where she grew up -- and she hasn't looked back. What would have done on Mure? It's a place...
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