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Fairy Tale: A Novel
by Stephen King
Fiction: A troubled teenager befriends an elderly recluse, who dies and leaves him a taped message explaining that his shed is the portal to another world, in the new novel by the extremely prolific and popular best-selling author of It.
Recommended by Terri, Ewing Branch
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Spare
by Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex
Memoir: With its raw, unflinching honesty, Prince Harry's memoir—in which he discusses the effect of his mother Princess Diana's death on his life—is full of insight, revelation, self-examination and hard-won wisdom about the eternal power of love over grief.
Recommended by David, Hickory Corner Branch
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Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice
by Bill Browder
Non-fiction: Expelled from Russia after exposing corruption in Russian companies, an investment broker describes how his attorney was detained, tortured and beaten to death for testifying against Russian law enforcement officers who stole millions in taxes paid to the government.
Recommended by Emily, Hightstown Memorial Branch
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The Atlas Six
by Olivie Blake
Science Fiction: Chosen to compete for five spots within The Alexandrian Society, the protectors and benefactors of the world's greatest source of knowledge, six powerful, young magicians must decide how much they are willing to sacrifice to win one of the coveted spots.
Recommended by Alyssa, Hollowbrook Branch
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My Favorite Half-Night Stand
by Christina Lauren
Fiction: Joining an online dating service with her fellow professors, Millie invents an online persona and begins an intimate anonymous correspondence with a friend with whom she once shared a night of passion.
Recommended by Dana, Hopewell Branch
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The Door
by Magda Szabâo
Fiction: The Door is an unsettling exploration of the relationship between two very different women. Magda is a writer, educated, married to an academic, public-spirited, with an on-again-off-again relationship with Hungary's Communist authorities. Emerence is a peasant, illiterate, impassive, abrupt, seemingly ageless. She lives alone in a house that no one else may enter, not even her closest relatives. She is Magda's housekeeper and she has taken control over Magda's household, becoming indispensable to her. And Emerence, in her way, has come to depend on Magda. They share a kind of love--at least until Magda's long-sought success as a writer leads to a devastating revelation. Len Rix's prizewinning translation of The Door at last makes it possible for American readers to appreciate the masterwork of a major modern European writer.
Recommended by Albena, Lawrence Headquarters Branch
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Lessons in Chemistry
by Bonnie Garmus
Fiction: In the early 1960s, chemist and single mother Elizabeth Zott, the reluctant star of America's most beloved cooking show due to her revolutionary skills in the kitchen, uses this opportunity to dare women to change the status quo.
Recommended by Ilene, Robbinsville Branch
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The Water Dancer: A Novel
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Fiction: 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.
Recommended by McKenna, Twin Rivers Branch
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Front Desk
by Kelly Yang
Juvenile Fiction: Recent immigrants from China and desperate for work and money, ten-year-old Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown motel in Southern California, even though the owner, Mr. Yao is a nasty skinflint who exploits them; while her mother (who was an engineer in China) does the cleaning, Mia works the front desk and tries to cope with demanding customers and other recent immigrants--not to mention being only one of two Chinese in her fifth grade class, the other being Mr. Yao's son, Jason.
Recommended by Elena, West Windsor Branch
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The $150,000 Rugelach
by Allison Marks
Juvenile Fiction: Fame-obsessed Jack and somber Jillian, who is mourning the loss of her mother, become a mismatched duo selected to compete for $150,000 in a high-stakes baking contest jam-packed with hilarious high jinks.
Recommended by Caitlin, Acquisitions and Cataloging Department
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