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The Vaster Wilds
Lauren Groff
The Wildest Sun
Asha Lemmie


A taut and electrifying novel from celebrated bestselling author Lauren Groff, about one spirited girl alone in the wilderness, trying to survive.

Following her New York Times bestselling debut Fifty Words for Rain, Asha Lemmie’s next sweeping and evocative novel introduces a determined young woman’s search for the larger-than-life literary figure she believes to be her father — Ernest Hemingway.

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The Armor of Light
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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride
Crook Manifesto
Crook Manifesto
Colson Whitehead
Do Tell
Do Tell
Lindsay Lynch
The First Ladies
The First Ladies
Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
Loyalty
Loyalty
Lisa Scottoline
Remember Love
Remember Love
Mary Balogh
Shrines of Gaiety
Shrines of Gaiety
Kate Atkinson
Lessons
Lessons
Ian McEwan
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Horse
Horse
Geraldine Brooks
The Lioness
The Lioness
Chris Bohjalian
The Dictionary of Lost Words
The Dictionary of Lost Words
Pip Williams
Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Hernan Diaz
Lilac Girls
Lilac Girls
Martha Hall Kelly
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The Books of Jacob
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Fiona Davis
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We Were the Lucky Ones
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All the Broken Places
John Boyne
The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: Vol. 2
The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: Vol. 2
Gisèle Gordon and Kent Monkman
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The Woman Back from Moscow: In Pursuit of Beauty
Ha Jin
From a Dark Horizon
From a Dark Horizon
Luke McCallin
Wings of Red
Wings of Red
James W. Jennings
The Ball at Versailles
The Ball at Versailles
Danielle Steel
Innocent Omnibus Volume 1
Innocent Omnibus Volume 1
Shin'ichi Sakamoto
The Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko
The Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko
Derek Tyler Attico
The Other Side of Midnight
The Other Side of Midnight
Simone St. James
About Ed
About Ed
Robert Gluck
A Dangerous Business
A Dangerous Business
Jane Smiley
The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: Vol. 1
The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: Vol. 1
Kent Monkman and Gisèle Gordon
Again and Again
Again and Again
Jonathan Evison
A Christmas Vanishing
A Christmas Vanishing
Anne Perry
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City of Fortune
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The Wizard of the Kremlin
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Ariel Lawhon
When She Dreams
When She Dreams
Amanda Quick
City of Betrayal
City of Betrayal
Victoria Thompson
The Ball at Versailles
The Ball at Versailles
Danielle Steel
Of Talons and Teeth
Of Talons and Teeth
Niall Griffiths
An Inquiry into Love and Death
An Inquiry into Love and Death
Simone St. James
The Lace Widow
The Lace Widow
Mollie Ann Cox
Orlando
Orlando
Virginia Woolf
Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel) Vol. 3
Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel) Vol. 3
Meng Xi Shi
Sergeant Lamb's America
Sergeant Lamb’s America
Robert Graves
The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years
The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years
Shubnum Khan
You Dreamed of Empires
You Dreamed of Empires
Alvaro Enrigue
Horse
Horse
Geraldine Brooks
Unconfessed
Unconfessed
Yvette Christiansë
Picasso's Lovers
Picasso’s Lovers
Jeanne Mackin
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Symphony of Secrets
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An Unthinkable Thing
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Thornton Wilder
Hamnet
Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell
The Famished Road
The Famished Road
Ben Okri
Homegoing
Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi
Sacred Hunger
Sacred Hunger
Barry Unsworth
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Richard Flanagan
A Brief History of Seven Killings (Booker Prize Winner)
A Brief History of Seven Killings (Booker Prize Winner)
Marlon James
Possession
Possession
A. S. Byatt
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (with bonus content)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (with bonus content)
Michael Chabon
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day
Kazuo Ishiguro
Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago
Boris Pasternak
All Clear
All Clear
Connie Willis
The Help
The Help
Kathryn Stockett
The English Patient
The English Patient
Michael Ondaatje
My Name Is Red
My Name Is Red
Orhan Pamuk
The Book of Night Women
The Book of Night Women
Marlon James
Blackout
Blackout
Connie Willis
The Lazarus Project
The Lazarus Project
Aleksandar Hemon
The View from Castle Rock
The View from Castle Rock
Alice Munro
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