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Shining City: A Novel

Tom Rosenstiel · Ecco
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

A polished and gripping political debut that Michael Connelly calls "an edge of your seat thriller," Shining City is set in DC amid a harrowing Supreme Court nomination fight.

"Amazing. . . . Pulses with momentum. . . . A debut that will be remembered for years."...

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All Grown Up

Jami Attenberg · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Middlesteins comes a wickedly funny novel about a thirty-nine-year-old single, childfree woman who defies convention as she seeks connection.

Who is Andrea Bern? When her therapist asks the question, Andrea...
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The Weight of This World

David Joy · Putnam
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

Critically acclaimed author David Joy, whose debut, Where All Light Tends to Go, was hailed as "a savagely moving novel that will likely become an important addition to the great body of Southern literature" (The Huffington Post) , returns to the mountains of North Carolina with...
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In the Name of the Family: A Novel

Sarah Dunant · Random House
Pages: 448
Format: Print book

The author of Blood and Beauty returns with another captivating novel about Renaissance Italy and one of history's most notorious families. Before the Corleones, before the Lannisters, there was the Borgias.

Bestselling novelist Sarah Dunant has long been drawn to the high...
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The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley: A Novel

Hannah Tinti · The Dial Press
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

A coming-of-age novel and a literary thrill ride about the price we pay to protect the people we love most.

"A father-daughter road trip you won't soon forget." - Richard Russo


Samuel Hawley isn't like the other fathers in Olympus, Massachusetts. A loner...
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The Devil and Webster

Jean Hanff Korelitz · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

From the bestselling author of You Should Have Known and Admission, a twisty new novel about a college president and a student protest that mirrors today's campus unrest.

Naomi Roth is the first female president of Webster College, a once conservative school now known for producing...
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The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane

Lisa See · Scribner
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

A thrilling new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa See explores the lives of a Chinese mother and her daughter who has been adopted by an American couple.

Li-yan and her family align their lives around the seasons and the farming of tea. There is ritual and routine,...
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I'll take you there

Wally Lamb · Harper
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

New York Times bestselling author Wally Lamb weaves an evocative, deeply affecting tapestry of one Baby Boomer's life - Felix Funicello, introduced in Wishin' and Hopin' - and the trio of unforgettable women who have changed it, in this radiant homage to the resiliency, strength, and power...

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Meantime: A Novel

Katharine Noel · Grove
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Katharine Noel - the award-winning, critically acclaimed author of Halfway House - returns with a wise and moving second novel about the bond between two sisters whose stable lives are suddenly uprooted.

Claire has never had a typical family. When she was nine, her father...
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Conclave: A novel

Robert Harris · Knopf Publishing Group
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The best-selling author of Enigma and Fatherland turns to today's Vatican in a ripped-from-the-headlines novel, and gives us his most ambitious, page-turning thriller yet--where the power of God is nearly equaled by the ambition of men.

The pope is dead. Behind...
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We Were On a Break

Lindsey Kelk · Harper
Pages: 416
Format: Print book

Is it a break? Or is it a blip?'You've just had a holiday,' I pointed out, trying not to yawn. 'Wasn't that enough of a break?''I don't mean that kind of break.'There's nothing worse than the last day of holiday. Oh wait, there is. When what should...
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The Animators: A Novel

Kayla Rae Whitaker · Random House
Pages: 372
Format: Print book

"A wildly original novel that pulses with heart and truth . . . That this powerful exploration of friendship, desire, ambition, and secrets manages to be ebullient, gripping, heartbreaking, and deeply deeply funny is a testament to Kayla Rae Whitaker's formidable gifts....
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This Is Not Over: A Novel

Holly Brown · William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback

You'll have your deposit within seven business days, just like it says on Getaway.com. I've put through a refund to your credit card for the full amount, minus $200 to replace the stained sheets...

Miranda

When 30-year-old Dawn reads Miranda's email, she sees red. People...

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The Fire by Night: A Novel

Teresa Messineo · William Morrow
Pages: 306
Format: Print book

A powerful and evocative debut novel about two American military nurses during World War II that illuminates the unsung heroism of women who risked their lives in the fight - a riveting saga of friendship, valor, sacrifice, and survival combining the grit and selflessness of Band of Brothers...

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Perfect Little World: A Novel

Kevin Wilson · Ecco
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

Kevin Wilson's anticipated follow-up to The Family Fang, Perfect Little World is a warm-hearted and emotional story about a young woman charting her own course.

"[A] moving novel about love, parenting, and the families we create for ourselves." - Library Journal

When...

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Class

Lucinda Rosenfeld · Little
Pages: 341
Format: Print book

A satirical novel about a mother whose life spirals out of control when she's forced to rethink her bleeding heart liberal ideals

For idealistic forty-something Karen Kipple, it isn't enough that she works full-time in the non-profit sector, aiding an organization that helps hungry...
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The Runaway Midwife: A Novel

Patricia Harman · William Morrow
Pages: 6
Format: Hardcover

From the USA Today bestselling author of the Hope River series comes a new contemporary midwife novel.

Say "goodbye" to your old life, and "hello" to the life you've been waiting for ...

Midwife Clara Perry is accustomed to comforting her pregnant patients...

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Her Every Fear: A Novel

Peter Swanson · William Morrow
Pages: 333
Format: Print book

The author of the wildly popular The Kind Worth Killing returns with an electrifying and downright Hitchcockian psychological thriller - as tantalizing as the cinema classics Rear Window and Wait Until Dark - involving a young woman caught in a vise of voyeurism, betrayal, manipulation,...

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Novels, Tales, Journeys: The Complete Prose of Alexander Pushkin

Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 512
Format: Print book

From the award-winning translators: the complete prose narratives of the most acclaimed Russian writer of the Romantic era and one of the world's greatest storytellers. The father of Russian literature, Pushkin is beloved not only for his poetry but also for his brilliant stories, which...
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The Crossing

Andrew Miller · Europa Editions
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

Andrew Miller's The Crossing is a fascinating modern tale of a brave and uncompromising woman's attempt to seize control of her life and fate. Who else has entered Tim's life the way Maud did? This girl who fell past him, lay seemingly dead on the ground, then stood and walked....
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