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Black Klansman : A Memoir
by Ron Stallworth
Memoir: Relates how African American detective Ron Stallworth went undercover to investigate the Ku Klux Klan in Colorado Springs in 1978, describing how he disrupted Klan activities and exposed white supremacists in the military during the months-long investigation
Recommended by Sarah, Ewing Branch
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Smoke Bitten
by Patricia Briggs
Science Fiction: Centuries after the banishment of the fae allows magical creatures to run wild, a violent escaped shape-shifter is pursued by a were-coyote and her pack of protective half-humans. By the best-selling author of Storm Cursed.
Recommended by Patricia, Hickory Corner Branch
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I Am Not Your Perfect Mecian Daughter
by Erika L. Sánchez
Y Fiction: When the sister who delighted their parents by her faithful embrace of Mexican culture dies in a tragic accident, Julia, who longs to go to college and move into a home of her own, discovers from mutual friends that her sister may not have been as perfect as believed.
Recommended by Liz, Hightstown Memorial Branch
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Circe : A Novel
by Madeline Miller
Fiction: A highly anticipated follow-up to the award-winning The Song of Achilles follows the banished witch daughter of Titans as she hones her powers and interacts with famous mythological beings before a conflict with one of the most vengeful Olympians forces her to choose between the worlds of the gods and mortals.
Recommended by Christine, Hollowbrook Branch
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Euphoria : A Novel
by Lily King
Fiction: Frustrated by his research efforts and depressed over the death of his brothers, Andre Banson runs into two fellow anthropologists, a married couple, in 1930s New Guinea and begins a tumultuous relationship with them.
Recommended by Katie, Hopewell Branch
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City of Girls
by Elizabeth Gilbert
Fiction: The best-selling author of Eat, Pray, Love traces the experiences of a theater insider in 1940s New York who discovers that she does not have to be a "good girl" in order to be a good person.
Recommended by Laura, Lawrence Headquarters Branch
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American Dirt
by Jeanine Cummins
Fiction: Selling two favorite books to an unexpectedly erudite drug-cartel boss, a bookstore manager is forced to flee Mexico in the wake of her journalist husband’s tell-all profile and finds her family among thousands of migrants seeking hope in America. Maps. Tour.
Recommended by Ilene, Robbinsville Branch
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Die : Fantasy Heartbreaker Volume 1,
by Kieron Gillen
Graphic Novel: DIE is a pitch-black fantasy where a group of forty-something adults have to deal with the returning, unearthly horror they only just survived as teenage role-players.
Recommended by Christopher, Twin Rivers Branch
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Chirp
by Kate Messner
J Fiction Moving to Vermont after breaking her arm in seventh grade, Mia makes new friends and spends time with a beloved grandparent, a stroke patient who is experiencing progressive impairments. By the award-winning author of The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z.
Recommended by Melissa, West Windsor Branch
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The Turn of the Key
by Ruth Ware
Fiction: When a high-paying nanny job at a luxurious Scottish Highlands home ends with her imprisonment for a child's murder, a young woman struggles to explain to her lawyer the unravelling events that led to her incarceration.
Recommended by Jennifer, Business Office
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