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Good Joy, Bad Joy by Mikki Brammer
Good Joy, Bad Joy
by Mikki Brammer

From the bestselling author of The Collected Regrets of Clover comes a vibrant, heartfelt novel about friendship over the decades, self-discovery, and what it means to have a life well-lived.
 
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The Fourth Option by Jack Carr
The Fourth Option
by Jack Carr

When law enforcement, the courts, and the prison system fail, there is a fourth and final option. #1 New York Times bestselling author Jack Carr launches a new thriller series cowritten with New York Times bestselling author M.P. Woodward. Get ready for a new kind of hero. Justice is coming.
 
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The Parisian Chapter by Janet Skeslien Charles
The Parisian Chapter
by Janet Skeslien Charles

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Library and Miss Morgan's Book Brigade, a charming and richly populated novel about two small-town girls with big dreams who move to Paris to become artists. But dreams don't just come true. They require nurturing, as do friendships.  
 
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The Young Will Remember by Eve J. Chung
The Young Will Remember
by Eve J. Chung

Moving and triumphant, The Young Will Remember sheds light on a Forgotten War, the resilience of love within our darkest histories, and the indefatigable determination of mothers to protect their children.
 
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A Murder in Hollywood by Michael Crichton
A Murder in Hollywood
by Michael Crichton

Writing as John Lange, comes a new Hollywood mystery thriller, originally written in 1973 by Crichton but never before published, that will keep you guessing until the very end.
 
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A Founding Mother: A Novel of Abigail Adams by Stephanie Dray
A Founding Mother
by Stephanie Dray

In time for the 250th Anniversary of the birth of the United States comes a sweeping, intimate portrayal of Abigail Adams--wife of one president and mother to another--whose wit, willpower, and wisdom helped shape the fledgling republic. 
 
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The Anniversary: A Thriller by Alex Finlay
The Anniversary
by Alex Finlay

From the national bestselling author of Parents Weekend, comes one of the most anticipated thrillers of the year.Twisty, high-concept, and emotionally charged, The Anniversary is an addictive murder mystery and nail-biting thriller--but it's also a tender, heartrending story about fate, innocence lost, and two people bound by a single day. With its masterful structure and propulsive tension, The Anniversary reaffirms Alex Finlay as one of the leading thriller writers today.
 
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Our Perfect Storm by Carley Fortune
Our Perfect Storm
by Carley Fortune

Best friends have one week in paradise to fix their friendship or fall apart in this heart-stopping, utterly romantic new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Every Summer After and One Golden Summer.
 
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Enormous Wings by Laurie Frankel
Enormous Wings
by Laurie Frankel

Enormous Wings is an urgent novel about female agency and bodily autonomy, morality and mortality. It's about what happens when you don't get to choose. It's about motherhood and family, sex and love and friendship, and how those bedrocks-even so late in the day-can still change, and then change everything.
 
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Summer State of Mind by Kristy Woodson Harvey
Summer State of Mind
by Kristy Woodson Harvey

In a novel that proves that Kristy Woodson Harvey is the go-to for elevated beach reads, they will each learn that with love, understanding--and a community theater production of Hello, Dolly --sometimes life conspires to bring us just exactly where we belong.
 
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Moonlight Murder: A Detective Aunty Novel by Uzma Jalaluddin
Moonlight Murder
by Uzma Jalaluddin

Kausar Khan returns to dispense more vigil-aunty justice in the second installment of the critically acclaimed Detective Aunty series--and this time, the crime Kausar is investigating is dredging up memories she buried long ago.
 
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The Foursome by Christina Baker Kline
The Foursome
by Christina Baker Kline

Spanning five decades and unfolding against the backdrop of a fractured nation hurtling toward war, The Foursome is both intimate and epic: a story of love and constraint, identity and reinvention. With piercing insight and emotional precision, Kline brings to life a forgotten chapter of American history and the complex, boundary-defying marriages at its center.
 
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Caller Unknown by Gillian McAllister
Caller Unknown
by Gillian McAllister

How far would you go to rescue your child? A mother races against the clock--and finds herself on the wrong side of the law--in a desperate fight to save her teenage daughter in this pulse-pounding thriller from the author of Reese's Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller Wrong Place Wrong Time.
 
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26 Beauties: A Women's Murder Club Thriller by James Patterson
26 Beauties: A Women's Murder Club Thriller
by James Patterson

From the world's #1 bestselling author, the Women's Murder Club goes searching for 26 Beauties--young women missing in San Francisco. Lindsay's been investigating the deaths of a Jane Doe washed up on a nearby beach, and a young woman found in Golden Gate Park. What if all these cases are connected? The answers lie with the 26 Beauties on the run and in the wind.
 
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The Last Mandarin by Louise Penny
The Last Mandarin
by Louise Penny

A mother and a daughter race against time in this all-too-real thriller that reaches from Tiananmen Square all the way to the White House.
 
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The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett
The Calamity Club
by Kathryn Stockett

The Calamity Club will make you laugh, cry, and cheer--an epic testament to underestimated women who know that calamity can be the spark of new beginnings. This is Kathryn Stockett at her most confident, heartfelt, and hilarious--the triumphant return of one of the most beloved storytellers of our time.
 
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The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout
The Things We Never Say
by Elizabeth Strout

Elizabeth Strout, as we have come to expect, delivers a profound exploration of the human condition - one that brims with deep compassion for each and every one of her characters. With exquisite prose and gentle intimacy, Artie Dam takes one man's fears and loneliness and makes them universal. And in the same breath, captures the mysterious love that sustains and holds us through it all.
 
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John of John by Douglas Stuart
John of John
by Douglas Stuart

John of John is a singular novel about duty, passion, and the transformative power of the truth. It is a magnificent literary work that cements Douglas Stuart's reputation as one of our greatest novelists working today.
 
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