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A House of Ghosts
by William Ryan
Shortlisted for the Irish Book Award, this is a classic cozy big-house mystery haunted by the specters of World War I. At Blackwater Abbey, on an island off the Devon coast, Lord Highmount has arranged a spiritualist gathering to contact his two sons, both of whom died at the front. As the guests arrive, it becomes clear that each has something they would rather keep hidden. Then, when a storm descends, they find themselves trapped on the island with many unfriendly ghosts. Readers of Agatha Christie will enjoy this atmospheric cozy mystery.
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Dear Edward: A Novel
by Ann Napolitano
A 12-year-old lone survivor of a plane crash investigates the stories of his less-fortunate fellow passengers before making a profound discovery about his life purpose in the face of transcendent losses.
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Nothing To See Here by Kevin WilsonYears after Lillian and Madison were unlikely friends at boarding school, Lillian gets a letter from Madison pleading for her help. Madison's twin stepchildren are moving in, and she wants Lillian to be their caretaker. However, there's a catch: the twins spontaneously combust when they get agitated. Thinking of the life that has consistently disappointed her, Lillian figures she has nothing to lose. Over the course of one demanding summer, Lillian and the twins learn to trust each other while also staying out of the way of Madison's uptight husband. Surprised by her intense feelings of protectiveness she feels for them, Lillian ultimately begins to accept that she needs these strange children as much as they need her.
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Ninth House
by Leigh Bardugo
Alex Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale's freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug-dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. She is offered a full-ride to Yale, contingent on her accepting the responsibility of monitoring the activities of the university's secret societies. Their eight windowless "tombs" are the well-known haunts of the rich and powerful, from high-ranking politicos to Wall Street's biggest players. But their occult activities are more sinister and more extraordinary than any paranoid imagination might conceive.
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The Nickel Boys: A Novel
by Colson Whitehead
A follow up to the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning, The Underground Railroad, this novel follows the harrowing experiences of two African-American teens at an abusive reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida.
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The Alice Network
by Kate Quinn
In 1947, pregnant Charlie St. Clair, an American college girl banished from her family, arrives in London to find out what happened to her beloved cousin Rose, who disappeared in Nazi-occupied France during the war, and meets a former spy who, torn apart by betrayal, agrees to help her on her mission.
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The Water Dancer: A Novel
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
A Virginia slave narrowly escapes a drowning death through the intervention of a mysterious force that compels his escape and personal underground war against slavery. By the National Book Award-winning author of Between the World and Me.
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The Starless Sea
by Erin Morgenstern
Discovering a mysterious book of prisoner tales, a Vermont graduate student recognizes a story from his own life before following clues to a magical underground library that is being targeted for destruction. By the best-selling author of The Night Circus.
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All We Ever Wanted
by Emily Giffin
When her golden-boy son posts a controversial photograph of a scholarship student online, triggering a local scandal, a mother finds herself sympathizing more with the girl's family than her own.
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Formation: A Woman's Memoir of Stepping Out of Line
by Ryan Leigh Dostie
This is an inspiring memoir of life in the army as a woman. The author explains how she was raped by a fellow soldier after joining the army, and how, struggling with PTSD and commanders who didn't trust her story, she found herself fighting through the isolation of trauma amid the challenges of an unexpected war.
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Me: Elton John
by Elton John
An official autobiography by the influential music artist, published to coincide with the release of Rocketman, includes coverage of John’s complicated upbringing in a London suburb, his celebrity collaborations, his struggles with addiction and the establishment of his AIDS Foundation.
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When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
by Daniel H Pink
Drawing on research from psychology, biology, neuroscience, and economics, this book looks at the scientific secrets of good timing and shares practical advice and anecdotes for promoting a richer, more engaged life.
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We Are The Weather: Saving The Planet Begins at Breakfast
by Jonathan Safran Foer
This book explores the central global dilemma of our time in a surprising, deeply personal, and urgent new way. The task of saving the planet will involve a great reckoning with ourselves; with our all-too-human reluctance to sacrifice immediate comfort for the sake of the future. Only collective action will save our home and way of life. And it all starts with what we eat for breakfast.
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Hidden Figures
by Margot Lee Shetterly
You may have seen the movie, now read the incredible true account of the previously unheralded but pivotal contributions of NASA's African-American women mathematicians to America's space program.
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