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The Testaments: A Novel

Margaret Atwood · Nan A. Talese
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE

Margaret Atwood's dystopian masterpiece, The Handmaid's Tale, has become a modern classic - and now she brings the iconic story to a dramatic conclusion in this riveting sequel.

More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's...
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The Department of Sensitive Crimes: A Detective Varg Novel

ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH · Pantheon
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

From the beloved and bestselling author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series comes a lighthearted comedic novel about a Swedish police department tasked with solving the most unusual, complicated, and, often, insignificant crimes.

The detectives who work in Malmo Police's...
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Quichotte: A Novel

Salman Rushdie · Random House
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

A dazzling Don Quixote for the modern age - an epic tour de force that is as much an homage to an immortal work of literature as it is to the quest for love and family, by Booker Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author Salman Rushdie

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE

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The Fifth Doctrine

Karen Robards · MIRA
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

With her back against the wall, everything's on the line for Bianca St. Ives. She's either going to save the world - or die trying.

It took one hell of an effort for the authorities to finally get the jump on master manipulator Bianca St. Ives, but now that they have, it's far from...
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Tidelands

Philippa Gregory · Atria Books
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author and "one of the great storytellers of our time" (San Francisco Book Review) turns from the glamour of the royal courts to tell the story of an ordinary woman, Alinor, who cannot bear to conform...
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The Beekeeper of Aleppo: A Novel

Christy Lefteri · Ballantine Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

This unforgettable novel puts human faces on the Syrian war with the immigrant story of a beekeeper, his wife, and the triumph of spirit when the world becomes unrecognizable.

"Courageous and provocative, The Beekeeper of Aleppo is a beautifully crafted novel of international...
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This Storm: A novel

James Ellroy · Knopf
Pages: 608
Format: Hardcover

A massive novel of World War II Los Angeles. The crowning work of an American master.

It is January, 1942. Torrential rainstorms hit L.A. A body is unearthed in Griffith Park. The cops rate it a routine dead-man job. They're grievously wrong. It's a summons to misalliance and all the spoils...
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The Oysterville Sewing Circle: A Novel

Susan Wiggs · William Morrow
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

"Stitched together with love, this is a story just waiting for your favorite reading chair. With her signature style and skill, Susan Wiggs delivers an intricate patchwork of old wounds and new beginnings, romance and the healing power of friendship, wrapped in a lovely little community...
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