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A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel

Amor Towles · Viking
Pages: 448
Format: Book

Recommended by Karen in Riverside

From the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Civility - a transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel

With his breakout...

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The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper

Phaedra Patrick · Mira Books
Pages: 384
Format: Book

Recommended by Betsy in Bel Air

In this poignant and curiously charming debut, a lovable widower embarks on a life-changing adventure

Sixty-nine-year-old Arthur Pepper lives a simple life. He gets out of bed at precisely 7:30 a.m.,...

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Eligible: A modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice

Curtis Sittenfeld · Random House
Pages: 492
Format: Book

Recommended by Debbie R. in Riverside

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Wonderfully tender and hilariously funny, Eligible tackles gender, class, courtship, and family as Curtis Sittenfeld reaffirms herself as one of the most dazzling...

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The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss

Anderson Cooper · Harper
Pages: 290
Format: Book

Recommended by Debbie N. in Riverside

"A charming, intimate and fascinating collection of correspondence between broadcaster and #1 New York Times bestselling author Anderson Cooper and his mother, the celebrated Gloria Vanderbilt"--

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What Doesn't Kill Her: A Novel

Carla Norton · Minotaur Books
Pages: 320
Format: Book

Recommended by Katie in Riverside

"Reeve LeClaire is a college student, dammit, not Daryl Wayne Flint's victim. Not anymore-not when Reeve is finally recovering a life of her own after four years of captivity. Flint is safely locked up in Olshaker Psychiatric...

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The Charm Bracelet: A Novel

Viola Shipman · Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pages: 298
Format: Book

Recommended by Shelley in Riverside

Lose yourself to the magic of The Charm Bracelet.

Through an heirloom charm bracelet, three women will rediscover the importance of family and a passion for living as each charm changes their lives.

On...

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Our Souls at Night: A novel

Kent Haruf · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 179
Format: Book

Recommended by Margaret in Abingdon

A spare yet eloquent, bittersweet yet inspiring story of a man and a woman who, in advanced age, come together to wrestle with the events of their lives and their hopes for the imminent future. In the familiar setting of Holt,...

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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

Siddhartha Mukherjee · Scribner; 1 edition
Format: Book

Recommended by Kristina in Edgewood

The Emperor of All Maladies is a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer—from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure,...

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