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Sing, Unburied, Sing: A Novel

JESMYN WARD · Scribner
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction "The heart of Jesmyn Ward's Sing, Unburied, Sing is story - the yearning for a narrative to help us understand ourselves, the pain of the gaps we'll never fill, the truths that are failed by words and must be translated through ritual...
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The Ultimate Book of Zombie Warfare and Survival: A Combat Guide to the Walking Dead

Scott Kenemore · Skyhorse Pub Co Inc
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The Gory Guide to the Walking DeadWhile most people know what zombies look like, do they actually know how they act? What they do during their spare time? What their work ethic is? Probably not.Enter The Ultimate Book of Zombie Warfare and Survival. From bestselling zombie author Scott...
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Dead But Not Forgotten: Stories from the World of Sookie Stackhouse

Charlaine Harris · Ace
Format: Hardcover

There's more to Sookie Stackhouse than you ever knew ... The #1 New York Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris spawned a hit TV show and captivated fans around the world - including other authors. Now this group of writers, specifically chosen by Charlaine,...
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The Summer Dragon: First Book of the Evertide

Todd Lockwood · DAW Books
Pages: 496
Format: Print book

The debut novel from the acclaimed illustrator--a high fantasy adventure featuring dragons and deadly politics.Maia and her family raise dragons for the political war machine. As she comes of age, she hopes for a dragon of her own to add to the stable of breeding parents. But the war goes...
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Sea of Rust: A Novel

C ROBERT CARGILL · Harper Voyager
Pages: 365
Format: Hardcover

A scavenger robot wanders in the wasteland created by a war that has destroyed humanity in this evocative post-apocalyptic "robot western" from the critically acclaimed author, screenwriter, and noted film critic.It's been thirty years since the apocalypse and fifteen years since...
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Get in Trouble: Stories

Kelly Link · Random House
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST FICTION BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY TIME AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BookPage * BuzzFeed * Chicago Tribune * Kirkus Reviews * NPR * San Francisco Chronicle * Slate * Toronto Star * The Washington PostShe has been hailed by Michael Chabon as "the...
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Eggshells

Caitriona Lally · Melville House
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

- Irish Book of the Year Finalist!A whimsical, touching debut about loneliness, friendship and hope... Vivian doesn't feel like she fits in - and never has. As a child, she was so whimsical that her parents told her she was "left by fairies." Now, living alone in Dublin, the neighbors...
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A Vision of Fire: A Novel

Gillian Anderson · Simon & Schuster/ Simon451
Format: Hardcover

The first novel from iconic X-Files star Gillian Anderson and New York Times bestselling author Jeff Rovin: a science fiction thriller of epic proportions.Renowned child psychologist Caitlin O’Hara is a single mom trying to juggle her job, her son, and a lackluster dating life. Her world...
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The One

John Marrs · Hanover Square Press
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

How far would you go to find THE ONE? One simple mouth swab is all it takes. A quick DNA test to find your perfect partner - the one you're genetically made for. A decade after scientists discover everyone has a gene they share with just one other person, millions have taken the test, desperate...
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Thrawn: Alliances

TIMOTHY ZAHN · Del Rey
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Grand Admiral Thrawn and Darth Vader ally against a threat to the Empire in this new novel from bestselling author Timothy Zahn. The sequel to New York Times bestseller Thrawn, Thrawn: Alliances will continue to follow the rise of Grand Admiral Thrawn to the heights of Imperial power...
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The Calculating Stars: A Lady Astronaut Novel

MARY ROBINETTE KOWAL · Tor Books
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback

Mary Robinette Kowal's science fiction debut, The Calculating Stars, explores the premise behind her award-winning "Lady Astronaut of Mars." Winner 2019 RUSA Reading List for Science Fiction -- American Library AssociationLocus Bestseller ListChicago Review of Books -- Top 10 Science...
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Stranger Things: Darkness on the Edge of Town

Adam Christopher · Del Rey
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

Chief Jim Hopper reveals long-awaited secrets to Eleven about his old life as a police detective in New York City, confronting his past before the events of the hit show Stranger Things. Christmas, Hawkins, 1984. All Chief Jim Hopper wants is to enjoy a quiet first Christmas with Eleven,...
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Magicians Impossible: A Novel

ROBERT BRADLEY ABRAHAM · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

"Magicians Impossible is a mind-bending page-turner! A brilliant and unique mash-up of spells, myth and mayhem, once it got its claws in me I couldn't put it down. Like a veteran stage magician, Brad Abraham has created a hip thriller that turns convention on its ear with misdirection...
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Dark Heir: A Jane Yellowrock Novel

Faith Hunter · Roc
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback

Shapeshifting skinwalker Jane Yellowrock is the best in the business when it comes to slaying vampires. But her latest fanged foe may be above her pay grade ... For centuries, the extremely powerful and ruthless vampire witches of the European Council have wandered the Earth, controlling...
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Tarkin: Star Wars

James Luceno · LucasBooks
Format: Hardcover

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. . . .Bestselling Star Wars veteran James Luceno gives Grand Moff Tarkin the Star Wars Darth Plagueis treatment, bringing the legendary character from A New Hope to full, fascinating life.Hes the scion of an honorable and revered family. A dedicated...
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