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Dead Letters: A Novel
Dead Letters: A Novel

Caite Dolan-Leach · Random House
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

A missing woman leads her twin sister on a twisted scavenger hunt in this clever debut novel of suspense for readers of Luckiest Girl Alive and Reconstructing Amelia. "Ahoy, Ava! Welcome home, my sweet jet-setting twin! So glad you were able to wrest yourself away from your dazzling...
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The Inkblots: Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, and the Power of Seeing
The Inkblots: Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, and the Power of Seeing

Damion Searls · Crown Publishing
Pages: 416
Format: Print book

The captivating untold story of Hermann Rorschach and his famous inkblot test, which has shaped our view of human personality and become a fixture in popular culture In 1917, working alone in a remote Swiss asylum, psychiatrist Hermann Rorschach devised an experiment to probe the human...
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Rusty Puppy
Rusty Puppy

Joe R Lansdale · Little
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Hap and Leonard investigate a racially motivated murder that threatens to tear apart their East Texas town. While Hap, a former 60s activist and self-proclaimed white trash rebel, is recovering from a life-threatening stab wound, Louise Elton comes into Hap and Leonard's PI office to tell...
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Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

Yuval Noah Harari · Harpercollins
Pages: 448
Format: Print book

Yuval Noah Harari, author of the critically-acclaimed New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon Sapiens, returns with an equally original, compelling, and provocative book, turning his focus toward humanity's future, and our quest to upgrade humans into gods.Over the past century...
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Things We Lost in the Fire: Stories
Things We Lost in the Fire: Stories

Mariana Enriquez · Hogarth
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

An arresting collection of short stories, reminiscent of Shirley Jackson and Julio Cortazar, by an exciting new international talent.
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The Nearness of You: A Novel
The Nearness of You: A Novel

Amanda Eyre Ward · Ballantine
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

In this profound and lyrical novel, acclaimed author Amanda Eyre Ward explores the deeper meanings of motherhood - from the first blissful hello to the heart-wrenching prospect of saying goodbye. Brilliant heart surgeon Suzette Kendall is stunned when Hyland, her husband of fifteen years,...
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Setting Free the Kites
Setting Free the Kites

Alex George · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

From the author of the "lyrical and compelling" (USA Today) novel A Good American comes a powerful story of two friends and the unintended consequences of friendship, loss, and hope. For Robert Carter, life in his coastal Maine hometown is comfortably predictable. But in 1976,...
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The Mother's Promise
The Mother's Promise

Sally Hepworth · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

With every book, Sally Hepworth becomes more and more known for her searing emotional portraits of families -- and the things that test their bonds. In The Mother's Promise, she delivers her most powerful novel yet: the story of a single mother who is dying, the troubled teenaged daughter...
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A Piece of the World: A Novel
A Piece of the World: A Novel

Christina Baker Kline · William Morrow
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the smash bestseller Orphan Train, a stunning and atmospheric novel of friendship, passion, and art, inspired by Andrew Wyeth's mysterious and iconic painting Christina's World. "Later he told me that he'd been afraid to show me the painting....
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I See You
I See You

Clare Mackintosh · Berkley
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

The author of the smash bestseller, I Let You Go, propels readers into a dark and claustrophobic thriller, in which a normal, everyday woman becomes trapped in the confines of her normal, everyday world... Every morning and evening, Zoe Walker takes the same route to the train station,...
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Shining City: A Novel
Shining City: A Novel

Tom Rosenstiel · Ecco
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

Peter Rena is a "fixer." With his partner, Randi Brooks, he is hired by the powerful elite to make problems disappear. Whether it's the Speaker of the House looking to get a scandal-ridden congresswoman to resign or the NFL calling about an out of control quarterback, Rena and Brooks...
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Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life
Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life

Yiyun Li · Random House
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

In her first nonfiction book, award-winning novelist Yiyun Li explores a question we ask ourselves: How does one make life livable?"What a long way it is from one life to another, yet why write if not for that distance?"Startlingly original and shining with quiet wisdom, this...
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