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Ariel Lawhon
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Zoe Sivak


A sweeping historical adventure inspired by the life of Grace O’Malley, the legendary Irish folk heroine who risked everything to defend her people. Venture onto the high seas with the thrilling latest from the New York Times bestselling author of The Frozen River and I Was Anastasia.

Based on the true story of Alessandro de’ Medici, this sweeping novel follows a Black woman’s secret plot to put her son on a Renaissance throne.

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The Pirate Queen
Ariel Lawhon
Cool Machine
Colson Whitehead
Land
Maggie O'Farrell
Burn Down Master’s House
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I, Medusa
Ayana Gray
Cold Dead Cash
William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone
I’m Here to Kill You
William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone
Hard Men to Kill
William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone
Dead Broke, Colorado
William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone
Shot in the Back
J.A. Johnstone and William W. Johnstone
Purgatory Crossing
William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone
The Stolen Queen
Fiona Davis
Preacher’s Strike
William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone
Blood Bounty of the Mountain Man
William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone
The Hanging Party
William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone
The Edge of Nowhere
William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone
By Any Other Name
Jodi Picoult
Fort Buzzard
William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone
Some Die Young
William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone
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The Heart of Winter
Jonathan Evison
Innocent Rouge Omnibus Volume 3
Shin'ichi Sakamoto
Resurrection Kill
Laura Joh Rowland
A Gentleman in Moscow: Deluxe Edition
Amor Towles
Grand
Nick Park
Hadrian’s Eagles
Damion Hunter
The Foreign Correspondent’s Wife
Jenna Helwig
Mystery Play
Elizabeth Kostova
The Three
Kelsey O'Brien
Samantha: The Next Chapter
Fiona Davis
I, Claudius; Claudius the God
Robert Graves
Odette Rising
Julianne Edwards
How To Travel Incognito
Ludwig Bemelmans
Mother Tongue
Fabio Morábito
The Sun Also Rises
Ernest Hemingway
Golden Terrace (Novel) Vol. 2
Cang Wu Bin Bai
Mothers
Brenda Lozano
The Dark Army
P. W. Finch
Star Wars Star Pilots
Chris Kempshall
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Mystery Play
Elizabeth Kostova
The Pirate Queen
Ariel Lawhon
Numb Were the Beadsman’s Fingers
Alan Bradley
The Ghost of Rataskaevu Street
Indrek Hargla
The Turning Tide
Admiral James Stavridis, USN
How the West Was Won (Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures)
Louis L'Amour
The Last Prince of Florence
Zoe Sivak
I, Medusa
Ayana Gray
The Curse of Feathers: Deluxe Stenciled Edges
Kimberly Bea
The First Ladies’ Guide to Murder
Amanda Flower
The Light Years
Elizabeth Jane Howard
I Am the Clay
Chaim Potok
When We Were Brilliant
Lynn Cullen
The Heart Note
Vanessa McCausland
Departure(s)
Julian Barnes
Star Wars The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire
Chris Kempshall
Crucible
John Sayles
The Case of the Unknown Woman
P.D. Lennon
Huguette
Cara Black
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Award Winners

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James (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Percival Everett
Sad Tiger
Neige Sinno
Hamnet (Movie Tie-in Edition)
Maggie O'Farrell
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Thornton Wilder
The Famished Road
Ben Okri
Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi
Sacred Hunger (Booker Prize Winner)
Barry Unsworth
The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Man Booker Prize Winner)
Richard Flanagan
A Brief History of Seven Killings (Booker Prize Winner)
Marlon James
Possession
A. S. Byatt
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (with bonus content)
Michael Chabon
The Remains of the Day
Kazuo Ishiguro
Doctor Zhivago
Boris Pasternak
All Clear
Connie Willis
The Help
Kathryn Stockett
The English Patient
Michael Ondaatje
My Name Is Red
Orhan Pamuk
The Book of Night Women
Marlon James
Blackout
Connie Willis
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