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Most Requested BooksSeptember 2024 |
Our Librarians have selected 10 of the most requested books in Marin. |
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A Great Marriageby Frances MayesDara and Austin begin a whirlwind romance and engagement after meeting at a New York City gallery - only to have their love shattered by a life-altering family secret that forces the cancellation of their big day.
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Cue the Sun: The Invention of Reality TV by Emily NussbaumThe Pulitzer Prize-winning New Yorker writer offers this history of reality television, focused on its origins as told through the voices of those who built it - as well as the consequences of the hunt for something real inside something fake.
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Margo's Got Money Troublesby Rufi ThorpeWhen an affair leading to an unexpected pregnancy leaves the child of a Hooters waitress and an ex-pro wrestler on her own with an infant and in desperate need of cash, she starts an OnlyFans account that turns her into a runaway success - but with a high price.
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Liarsby Sarah MangusoAfter marrying filmmaker John Bridges, who wants the same things she does - to be in love and live a successful, creative life - writer Jane becomes subsumed by his ambitions, whims and ego until her career flourishes, causing him to leave her, offering her a much-needed opportunity to live life her way.
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The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation by Victor Davis HansonThe military historian narrates a series of sieges and sackings that span the age of antiquity to the conquest of the New World, depicting war's drama, violence and folly and delivering a sobering call to heed the lessons of obliteration in order to avoid catastrophe once again.
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Off the Booksby Soma Mei Sheng FrazierAfter dropping out of Dartmouth and armed with a knack for discretion, Mei becomes a routine chauffeur for sex workers and is led on a life-changing trip from San Francisco to Syracuse with a new client who turns this transactional journey into one of moral stakes and dangerous consequences.
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The Housemaid Is Watching by Freida McFaddenThe New York Times best-selling author presents another addictive psychological thriller, in which the housemaid, now with a family of her own, moves to the suburbs, leaving her dark secrets behind - but soon finding that this seemingly perfect neighborhood is the most dangerous place of all.
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How To Age Disgracefully by Clare PooleyThe quirky members of the Senior Citizen's Social Club join forces with the tiny members of the daycare next door to thwart the city council's planned sale of the building housing both centers.
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Telltale Hearts: A Public Health Doctor, His Patients, and the Power of Story by Dean-David SchillingerThe primary care physician shares his patients' stories, which provide a narrative roadmap, guiding us to a deeper understanding of the societal forces that shape health, disease and recovery - in this call to action that urges us to reshape public policy in order to improve the nation's health.
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Getting To Know Death: A Meditation by Gail GodwinThe three-time National Book Award finalist recounts her long path to recovery after a major injury at age 86 and discusses the lessons she has learned as she enters the twilight of her life.
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