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The Dutch House: A Novel

Ann Patchett · Harper
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Ann Patchett, the New York Times bestselling author of Commonwealth and State of Wonder, returns with her most powerful novel to date: a richly moving story that explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go.

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The Water Dancer

Ta-Nehisi Coates · One World
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK * From the National Book Award-winning author of Between the World and Me, a boldly conjured debut novel about a magical gift, a devastating loss, and an underground war for freedom.

"This potent book about America's most disgraceful sin establishes...
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Red at the Bone: A Novel

Jacqueline Woodson · Riverhead Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

An extraordinary new novel about the influence of history on a contemporary family, from the New York Times-bestselling and National Book Award-winning author of Another Brooklyn and Brown Girl Dreaming.

Two families from different social classes are joined together...
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No Judgments: A Novel

Meg Cabot · William Morrow
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

The storm of the century is about to hit Little Bridge Island, Florida - and it's sending waves crashing through Sabrina "Bree" Beckham's love life ...

When a massive hurricane severs all power and cell service to Little Bridge Island - as well as its connection to the mainland...

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The Stranger Inside: A Novel

Lisa Unger · Park Row
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Even good people are drawn to do evil things ...

Twelve-year-old Rain Winter narrowly escaped an abduction while walking to a friend's house. Her two best friends, Tess and Hank, were not as lucky. Tess never came home, and Hank was held in captivity before managing to escape....
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Land of Wolves

Craig Johnson · Viking
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

The new novel in Craig Johnson's beloved New York Times bestselling Longmire series.

Attempting to recover from his harrowing experiences in Mexico, in Land of Wolves Wyoming Sheriff Walt Longmire is neck deep in the investigation of what could or could not be the suicidal...
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Elevator Pitch: A Novel

Linwood Barclay · William Morrow
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of A Noise Downstairs and No Time for Goodbye returns with an edge-of-your-seat thriller that does for elevators what Psycho did for showers and Jaws did for the beach - a heart-pounding tale in which a series of disasters paralyzes New York City...

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Don't You Forget About Me: A Novel

Mhairi McFarlane · William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback

"Don't You Forget About Me is one of those books I couldn't put down. Crackling with energy and wit, I lost count of how many times I laughed out loud. Mhairi McFarlane's voice is as clear as a bell - she makes you laugh, but she also makes you feel. I adore her!" - Sally...

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Mycroft and Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar · Titan Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

The new novel by NBA All-Star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, starring brothers Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes.

It is 1873, and as the economies of Europe threaten to crumble, Mycroft Holmes finds himself in service to the Crown once again. A distant relative of Queen Victoria has been slain by the Fire...
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Last Seance, The: Tales of the Supernatural

Agatha Christie · William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback

From the Queen of Suspense, an all-new collection of her spookiest and most sinister stories, including an Agatha Christie story never before published in the USA, The Wife of Kenite!

"Reading a perfectly plotted Agatha Christie is like crunching into a perfect apple: that...

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Here Comes Santa Paws

Laurien Berenson · Kensington
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

It's the most wonderful time of the year in Connecticut, but Melanie Travis finds surviving this December may take a real Christmas miracle when a yuletide murderer comes to town . . .

As Melanie attempts to deck the halls in a house overrun by pampered Poodles, her event...
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Heaven, My Home

Attica Locke · Mulholland Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The thrilling follow-up to the award-winning Bluebird, Bluebird: Texas Ranger Darren Matthews is on the hunt for a boy who's gone missing - but it's the boy's family of white supremacists who are his real target
9-year-old Levi King knew he should have left for home sooner; now he's...
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A Cosmology of Monsters: A Novel

Shaun Hamill · Pantheon
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

"If John Irving ever wrote a horror novel, it would be something like this. I loved it." - Stephen King

Noah Turner sees monsters.

His father saw them - and built a shrine to them with The Wandering Dark, an immersive horror experience that the whole family operates.

His...
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Opioid, Indiana

Brian Allen Carr · Soho Press
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

During a week-long suspension from school, a teenage transplant to impoverished rural Indiana searches for a job, the whereabouts of his vanished drug-addicted guardian, and meaning in the America of the Trump years.

Seventeen-year-old Riggle is living in rural Indiana with his uncle...
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Blood in the Water

Jack Flynn · Minotaur Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Jack Flynn's Blood in the Water is an edge-of-the-seat ride in a roller coaster, action-packed thriller with international terrorism at its core and family at its heart.

Boston is in the grip of the coldest winter on record, but in its criminal underworld the temperature...

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Night Boat to Tangier: A Novel

Kevin Barry · Doubleday
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of the international sensations City of Bohane and Beatlebone, a striking and gorgeous new novel of two aging criminals at the butt ends of their damage-filled careers. A superbly melancholic melody of a novel full of beautiful phrases and terrible...
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Kopp Sisters on the March

Amy Stewart · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

In the fifth installment of Amy Stewart's clever and original Kopp Sisters series, the sisters learn some military discipline - whether they're ready or not - as the U.S. prepares to enter World War I.

It's the spring of 1917 and change is in the air. American women have done something...
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The Words between Us

Erin Bartels · Revell
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback

Robin Windsor has spent most of her life under an assumed name, running from her family's ignominious past. She thought she'd finally found sanctuary in her rather unremarkable used bookstore just up the street from the marina in River City, Michigan. But the store is struggling and the past...
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Tempted at Midnight

Cheris Hodges · Dafina
Pages: 384
Format: Mass Market Paperback

For hopeless romantic Sylvie Gates, there's nothing quite as magical as a New Year's Eve kiss. So as the clock nears midnight at her best friend's party, Sylvie makes a beeline for the sexiest guy in the room. A happily-ever-after would be nice of course, but Sylvie's trying to live in the moment....
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Grave Importance

Vivian Shaw · Orbit
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback


A charmingly witty fantasy adventure in the world of Strange Practice, starring Dr. Greta Helsing, doctor to the undead, who must solve a dangerous medical mystery at a secret French spa for mummies.
Oasis Natrun: a private, exclusive, highly secret luxury health spa for mummies,...
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Fudge Bites

Nancy Coco · Kensington
Pages: 352
Format: Mass Market Paperback

Halloween on Mackinac Island is a season of fun tricks, but finding a corpse is no treat for fudge shop owner Allie McMurphy . . .

NIGHT OF THE REALLY DEAD

It's late October, off-season for tourists, but locals are up and lurching for the annual zombie walk charity event....
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Chilling Effect

Valerie Valdes · Harper Voyager
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback

A hilarious, offbeat debut space opera that skewers everything from pop culture to video games and features an irresistible foul-mouthed captain and her motley crew, strange life forms, exciting twists, and a galaxy full of fun and adventure.

Captain Eva Innocente and the crew...

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