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The Secret, Book & Scone Society
by Ellery Adams
Mystery. When a visiting businessman reaches out to Nora of Miracle Books for advice on the perfect novel to read, she knows exactly which ones will help, but before he can keep their appointment, he’s found dead on the train tracks.
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In the Midst of Winter: A Novel
by Isabel Allende
Fiction. A minor traffic accident becomes a catalyst for an unexpected bond among a human rights scholar, his Chilean lecturer tenant and an undocumented immigrant from Guatemala, who explore firsthand the difficulties of immigrants and refugees in today's world. By the best-selling author of The House of the Spirits.
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How the Finch Stole Christmas!: A Meg Langslow Mystery
by Donna Andrews
Mystery. When her husband organizes a full-scale production of A Christmas Carol with a famous veteran actor in the starring role, Meg Langslow finds herself navigating unexpected challenges in the star's baggage and enemies. By the award-winning author of Duck the Halls.
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Tell Tale: Stories
by Jeffrey Archer
Short Stories. A highly anticipated next collection of short tales by the acclaimed author of Best Kept Secrets features a series of protagonists reflecting the author's experiences with the people he has met and the cultures he has visited throughout the past decade.
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Parting Shot
by Linwood Barclay
Thriller. A standalone spin-off from the Promise Falls trilogy finds Cal Weaver investigating threats made against an accused killer's family in spite of local outrage, a case that embroils him in a vicious revenge plot. By the best-selling author of Trust Your Eyes.
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Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead: Return to Woodbury
by Jay R Bonansinga
Horror/Post-Apocalyptic Thriller. Despite surviving four years of the zombie apocalypse, Lilly Caul still dreams of her former home in Woodbury, Georgia, and leads a tattered group of survivors back there, in the latest novel of the series based on Robert Kirkman’s popular comic books.
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Crazy Like a Fox: A Novel
by Rita Mae Brown
Mystery. Trying to stop the activities of a wily fox that has been poaching farms throughout Virginia hunt country, Master of the Hunt "Sister" Jane Arnold; her gentleman friend, Gray Lorillard; the members of the Jefferson Hunt Club and their loyal hounds find themselves confronted by an all-too-human adversary.
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Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery
by Jenny Colgan
Holiday Romance. Cornish Bakery owner Polly is busy with preparations for the Christmas season and looking forward to spending the holiday with her beekeeper boyfriend until a massive storm cuts off the coastal village from the mainland.
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Smile
by Roddy Doyle
Fiction. Approached by a man he does not remember who claims they attended secondary school together, a man on his own for the first time in years reluctantly reflects on unhappy memories from the past, including those of a brutal teacher who left him traumatized and struggling to hold fast to his sanity.
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Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe
by Melissa De la Cruz
Fiction. Forced by her mother's illness to return to the Pemberley of her childhood during the Christmas holidays, power-driven professional Darcy Fitzwilliam unexpectedly falls for humble carpenter Luke Bennet, a member of a family of slacker brothers.
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Act of Betrayal
by Matthew Dunn
Thriller. A former intelligence operative investigates the poisoning of a CIA agent who uncovered a mysterious situation involving the assassination of a terrorist financier. By the author of A Soldier’s Revenge.
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Manhattan Beach: A Novel
by Jennifer Egan
Fiction. Years after she is placed in the hands of a stranger vital to her family's survival, Anna takes a job at the Brooklyn Naval Yard during the war while meeting with the man who helped them and learning important truths about her father's disappearance. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Visit from the Goon Squad.
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Murder in an English Village
by Jessica Ellicott
Mystery. The boisterous and brash American Beryl couldn’t be less alike than the prim and proper British Edwina, but as sleuths in an England recovering from the Great War, they’re the perfect match to catch a killer.
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Pulse
by Felix Francis
Mystery. When a smartly dressed man dies in the hospital after being found unconscious at a local racetrack, doctor Chris Reynolds, a specialist struggling with mental health challenges, searches for the victim's identity and clues about what happened only to be targeted by a ruthless killer. By the author of Triple Crown.
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The Rooster Bar: A Novel
by John Grisham
Legal Thriller. Mark, Todd, and Zola came to law school to change the world, to make it a better place. But now, as third-year students, these close friends realize they have been duped. They all borrowed heavily to attend a third-tier, for-profit law school so mediocre that its graduates rarely pass the bar exam, let alone get good jobs. And when they learn that their school is one of a chain owned by a shady New York hedge-fund operator who also happens to own a bank specializing in student loans, the three know they have been caught up in The Great Law School Scam. But maybe there's a way out. Maybe there’s a way to escape their crushing debt, expose the bank and the scam, and make a few bucks in the process.
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The It Girls: A Novel
by Karen Harper
Historical Fiction. Promoting themselves from genteel poverty to fame, two beautiful sisters, one a daring fashion designer and the other a writer of scandalous novels, become each other's most staunch supporter and harshest critic in the face of misunderstandings and confidences.
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Strange Weather: Four Short Novellas
by Joe Hill
Horror. A collection of four novellas by the award-winning author of The Fireman includes the tales, "Snapshot," "Aloft," "Rain" and "Loaded."
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The Trouble with Twelfth Grave
by Darynda Jones
Paranormal Mystery. Navigating the son of Satan's violent determination to destroy his heavenly Brother's world, Charley struggles to redomesticate her husband and protect humanity in ways that involve covering up a murder. By the award-winning author of First Grave on the Right.
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The Diamond Empire
by K'wan
Urban Fiction. When his crew is usurped by an ambitious rival, an exiled Diamond carefully plans his comeback only to be outmaneuvered by an unexpected enemy from the past; while a grieving Pearl finds herself pushed into the very life her father worked to prevent. By the award-winning author of Gangsta.
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Hiddensee: A Tale of the Once and Future Nutcracker
by Gregory Maguire
Fiction. The best-selling author of Wicked presents an imaginative tale rooted in early 19th-century German Romanticism that explores parallels between the origin legend of the famous Nutcracker with the life of Drosselmeier, the toymaker who carves him.
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After the Fire
by Henning Mankell
Fiction. A final novel by the late award-winning author of the Kurt Wallander mysteries traces the experiences of an aging man whose quiet, solitary life on an isolated island off the coast of Sweden is turned upside-down when his house catches fire.
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The Murderer's Maid: A Lizzie Borden Novel
by Erika Mailman
Fiction. The Murderer’s Maid interweaves the stories of two women: one, the servant of infamous Lizzie Borden, and the other a modern-day barista fleeing from an attempt on her life. Trapped by servitude and afraid for her own safety, Irish maid Bridget finds herself an unwilling witness to the tensions in the volatile Borden household. As Lizzie seethes with resentment, Bridget tries to perform her duties and keep her mouth shut. Unknowingly connected to the legendary crime of a century ago, Brooke, the illegitimate daughter of an immigrant maid, struggles to conceal her identity and stay a jump ahead of the men who want to kill her. When she unexpectedly falls in love with Anthony, a local attorney, she has to decide whether to stop running and begin her life anew.
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The Final Word
by Liza Marklund
Thriller. As a journalist, Annika Bengtzon has always been at the front line of criminal reporting, alongside the investigating officers. And now a court case that she’s been reporting on—the savage murder of a homeless man—has begun to attract a lot of attention. With the stakes rising by the day, Annika is once again flung to the heart of a complex case. But nagging at the back of her mind is her sister’s mysterious absence. After a series of anxious text messages, she’s not heard another word. In the midst of a tense public situation, Annika’s own complicated past looks set to rear its head.
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The Devil You Know
by Mary Monroe
Fiction. Lola seeks revenge on her nasty relatives who cheated her out of everything she worked for while Joan reels from her husband’s devastating betrayal, in the final novel in the series following Never Trust a Stranger.
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Molly's Christmas Orphans
by Carol Rivers
Historical Fiction. Molly Swift, at 27, has already suffered the tragic loss of her two-year-old daughter Emily, to the flu outbreak of 1935. Now she waits for news of her shopkeeper husband Ted, who volunteered at the outbreak of war, for the British Expeditionary Forces. Molly is intent on running the general store with the help of her retired father, Bill Keen and ex-proprietor of the business. But after the building is hit during a bombing raid and Bill is severely injured, Molly faces difficult times. Alone in the hospital corridor as Bill is treated, Molly tries to keep positive. But the Blitz is well underway and she is forced to take shelter in the hospital’s basement. It’s here, as the bombs fall around docklands, that Molly meets Andy Miller and his two young children, Evie and Mark. An unlikely friendship begins as Molly offers the homeless group safe lodgings for the following night, and soon their lives are entwined, bringing unexpected joy and heartache for them all.
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Can't Let Go
by Gena Showalter
Romance. Ryanne, a bartender with trust issues, and Jude, a former army ranger who has suffered unimaginable losses both in battle and in life, begin a cautious, but heated romance.
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Grant
by Ron Chernow
Biography. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Washington: A Life presents a meticulously researched portrait of the complicated Civil War general and 18th President, challenging the views of his critics while sharing insights into his prowess as a military leader, the honor with which he conducted his administration and the rise and fall of his fortunes.
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The Chicago Cubs: Story of a Curse
by Rich Cohen
Sports. Combining reportage with memoir, the author chronicles the history of the Chicago Cubs and—drawing on interviews and travels with recent Cubs players, owners and coaching staff—tracks the famous curse that was placed on the team in 1945 by the owner of the Billy Goat Tavern. By the author of Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football.
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A Good Cry: What We Learn from Tears and Laughter
by Nikki Giovanni
Memoir. A celebrated American poet offers an intimate, affecting and revealing look at her personal history and the mysteries of her own heart, taking us into her confidence as she ruminates on her life and the people who have helped shape her into the woman she has become.
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Craig & Fred: A Marine, a Stray Dog, and How They Rescued Each Other
by Craig Grossi
Memoir. A Marine Corps veteran and Purple Heart recipient shares the inspirational story of his friendship with a stray dog he met on an Afghan battlefield and how, against military regulations, he worked to bring the dog home, where the pair battled PTSD and began touring America to work with veteran programs.
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Joni: The Anthology
by Barney Hoskyns
Biography/Music. A tribute to the legendary singer songwriter is comprised of 60 detailed magazine articles that capture her journey as an artist and span her entire career, from her first performance at the Troubadour in 1968 to a 1998 interview with MOJO.
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Pretty Fun: Creating and Celebrating a Lifetime of Traditions
by Kate Hudson
Entertaining. The popular actress and author of the best-selling Pretty Happy outlines illustrated tips for celebrating special events, sharing advice on organizing meaningful gatherings while offering a range of recipes for healthy, indulgent and memorable snacks and beverages.
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Delusions of Certainty
by Siri Hustvedt
Science. Prizewinning novelist, feminist, and scholar Siri Hustvedt turns her brilliant and critical eye toward the metaphysical issues of neuropsychology in this lauded, standalone volume. Originally published in her “canonical” (Publishers Weekly) and “absorbing” (Kirkus Reviews) collection A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women, The Delusions of Certainty exposes how the age-old, unresolved mind-body problem has shaped—and often distorted and confused—contemporary thought in neuroscience, psychiatry, genetics, artificial intelligence, and evolutionary psychology.
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Soar!: Build Your Vision from the Ground Up
by T. D Jakes
Business/Spirituality. A guide for escaping an unfulfilling job to pursue a more meaningful existence that establishes a healthier foundation for one's family blends spiritual and professional strategies designed to help readers discover their life's purpose and pursue entrepreneurial goals.
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Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
by Lydia Kang
History/Medicine. A darkly whimsical chronicle of medicine's greatest mistakes incorporates vintage images and ads for historical cures, from morphine for colicky babies and strychnine for impotence to leeches for the common cold and liquefied gold for immortality.
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An American Family: A Memoir of Hope and Sacrifice
by Khizr Khan
Memoir. The Pakistani immigrant turned U.S. citizen, Gold Star parent and popular DNC speaker documents the story of his family's pursuit of the American dream, urging readers to respond to today's tumultuous challenges by stepping forward and advocating on behalf of what they find most important.
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Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit
by Christopher Matthews
Biography. A revelatory new portrait of Robert F. Kennedy by the anchor of MSNBC's Hardball depicts him as a perpetual family underdog, sharing insights into his decision to join the military as a common sailor, his ability to connect with voters from all walks of life and his assassination during his 1968 campaign.
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Where the Past Begins: A Writer's Memoir
by Amy Tan
Memoir. The best-selling author of such novels as The Joy Luck Club presents an intimate memoir on her life as a writer that explores formative experiences from her childhood and her evolving perspectives on the symbiotic relationship between fiction and emotional memory.
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