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The Masked City: An Invisible Library Novel

Genevieve Cogman · Roc
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

Librarian-spy Irene and her apprentice Kai are back in the second in this "dazzling"* book-filled fantasy series from the author of The Invisible Library. The written word is mightier than the sword - most of the time... Working in an alternate version of Victorian London,...
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Love Warrior: A Memoir

Glennon Doyle Melton · Flatiron Books
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

The highly anticipated new memoir by bestselling author Glennon Doyle Melton tells the story of her journey of self-discovery after the implosion of her marriage.Just when Glennon Doyle Melton was beginning to feel she had it all figured out -- three happy children, a doting spouse, and a writing...
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Here I Am: A Novel

Jonathan Safran Foer · Farrar
Pages: 592
Format: Print book

A monumental new novel from the bestselling author of Everything Is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close In the book of Genesis, when God calls out, "Abraham!" before ordering him to sacrifice his son, Isaac, Abraham responds, "Here I am." Later, when...
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Leave Me: A Novel

Gayle Forman · Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

Every woman who has ever fantasized about driving past her exit on the highway instead of going home to make dinner, and every woman who has ever dreamed of boarding a train to a place where no one needs constant attention--meet Maribeth Klein. A harried working mother who's so busy taking...
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A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information Age

Daniel J Levitin · Dutton
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

From The New York Times bestselling author of THE ORGANIZED MIND and THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC, a primer to the critical thinking that is more necessary now than ever. We are bombarded with more information each day than our brains can process - especially in election season. It's raining...
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Razor girl.

Carl Hiaasen · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 352
Format: Book

The new full-tilt, unstoppably hilarious and entertaining novel from the best-selling author of "Skinny Dip" and "Bad Monkey". When Lane Coolman's car is bashed from behind on the road to the Florida Keys, what appears to be an ordinary accident is anything but (this...

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Downfall: A Brady Novel of Suspense

J A Jance · William Morrow & Company
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

Arizona sheriff Joanna Brady returns in this outstanding new mystery set in the beautiful desert country of the Southwest. With a baby on the way, sudden deaths in the family from which to recover, a re-election campaign looming, and a daughter heading off for college, Cochise County Sheriff...
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Best. State. Ever.: A Florida Man Defends His Homeland

Dave Barry · Putnam
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

A brilliantly funny exploration of the Sunshine State from the man who knows it best: Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times-bestselling author Dave Barry.

We never know what will happen next in Florida. We know only that, any minute now, something will.
Every...
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Dear Mr. M: A Novel

Herman Koch · Hogarth Pr
Pages: 416
Format: Print book

The tour-de-force, hair-raising new novel from Herman Koch, the New York Times bestselling author of The Dinner and Summer House with Swimming Pool

Once a celebrated writer, M had his greatest success with a suspense novel based on a real-life...
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Mischling

Affinity Konar · Lee Boudreaux Books
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

"One of the most harrowing, powerful, and imaginative books of the year" (Anthony Doerr) about twin sisters fighting to survive the evils of World War II.

Pearl is in charge of: the sad, the good, the past.

Stasha must care for: the funny, the future, the bad.

It's...
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She Made Me Laugh: My Friend Nora Ephron

Richard Cohen · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Nora Ephron, one of the most famous writers, film makers, and personalities of her time is captured by her long-time and dear friend in a hilarious, blunt, raucous, and poignant recollection of their decades-long friendship.

Nora Ephron (1941-2012) was a phenomenal personality,...
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Manitou Canyon: A Novel

William Kent Krueger · Atria Books
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

One of today's automatic buy-today-read-tonight series... thoughtful but suspenseful, fast but lasting, contemporary but strangely timeless. (Lee Child) In the extraordinary new Cork O Connor thriller from "New York Times" bestselling and Edgar Award winning author William...
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Lady Cop Makes Trouble

Amy Stewart · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

The best-selling author of Girl Waits with Gun returns with another adventure featuring the fascinating, feisty, and unforgettable Kopp sisters.

After besting (and arresting) a ruthless silk factory owner and his gang of thugs in Girl Waits with Gun, Constance...
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The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life

John Le Carr · Viking
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

"Out of the secret world I once knew, I have tried to make a theatre for the larger worlds we inhabit. First comes the imagining, then the search for reality. Then back to the imagining, and to the desk where I'm sitting now."

From his years serving in British...
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