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    Alternate Side

    by Anna Quindlen

    A provocative novel that explores what it means to be a mother, a wife, and a woman at a moment of reckoning, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Miller’s Valley and Still Life with Bread Crumbs.
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    Grant

    by Ron Chernow

    Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most compelling generals and presidents, Ulysses S. Grant.
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    Big Little Lies

    by Liane Moriarty

    From the author of Nine Perfect Strangers, Truly Madly Guilty, and The Husband’s Secret comes a novel about the dangerous little lies we tell ourselves just to survive. A murder…A tragic accident…Or just parents behaving badly? What’s indisputable is that someone is dead.
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    Crazy Rich Asians

    by Kevin Kwan

    New Yorker Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young. But Nick has failed to give his girlfriend a few key details. One, that his childhood home looks like a palace; two, that he grew up riding in more private planes than cars; and three, that he just happens to be the country’s most eligible bachelor.
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    The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

    by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

    A remarkable tale of the island of Guernsey during the German Occupation, and of a society as extraordinary as its name. Written with warmth and humor as a series of letters, this novel is a celebration of the written word in all its guises and of finding connection in the most surprising ways.
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    Killers of the Flower Moon (Movie Tie-in Edition)

    by David Grann

    From the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Lost City of Z, a twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history.
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    Origin

    by Dan Brown

    Navigating the dark corridors of hidden history and extreme re­ligion, Robert Langdon  must evade an enemy whose all-knowing power seems to emanate from Spain’s Royal Palace.
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    Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans

    by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger

    Another pageturning New York Times bestseller by the authors of George Washington’s Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates.
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    A Column of Fire

    by Ken Follett

    As Europe erupts, can one young spy protect his queen? International bestselling author Ken Follett takes us deep into the treacherous world of powerful monarchs, intrigue, murder, and treason with his magnificent new epic, A Column of Fire.
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    Uncommon Type

    by Tom Hanks

    A collection of shorts that explore—with great affection, humor, and insight—the human condition in all its foibles. The stories are linked by one thing: in each of them, a typewriter plays a part, sometimes minor, sometimes central.
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    Artemis

    by Andy Weir

    The #1 New York Times bestseller. 1 million copies sold! From thought leader Brené Brown, a transformative new vision for the way we lead, love, work, parent, and educate that teaches us the power of vulnerability.
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    Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine: Reese’s Book Club

    by Gail Honeyman

    Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is the smart, warm, and uplifting story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine whose deadpan weirdness and unconscious wit make for an irresistible journey as she realizes. . . The only way to survive is to open your heart.
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    Altered Carbon

    by Richard K. Morgan

    In the twenty-fifth century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy, monitored by the watchful eye of the U.N. While divisions in race, religion, and class still exist, advances in technology have redefined life itself.
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    White Houses

    by Amy Bloom

    White Houses is the captivating account of the love between Eleanor Roosevelt and “first friend” Lorena Hickok. Amy Bloom’s new novel moves elegantly through fascinating places and times, written in compelling prose and with emotional depth, wit, and acuity.
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    The Underground Railroad

    by Colson Whitehead

    In Colson Whitehead’s ingenious conception, the Underground Railroad is no mere metaphor: engineers and conductors operate a secret network of actual tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil. This novel is both the gripping tale of one woman’s will to escape the horrors of bondage—and a powerful meditation on the history we all share.
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    Lullaby Road

    by James Anderson

    Local truck driver Ben Jones is launched into danger when he discovers a mute child at a seedy rest station and takes him under his wing.
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    Made Out of Stars

    by Meera Lee Patel

    From the bestselling author of Start Where You Are and My Friend Fear, a beautifully illustrated journal that celebrates what makes each of us uniquely amazing.
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    One Day in December: Reese’s Book Club

    by Josie Silver

    One Day in December is a joyous, heartwarming and immensely moving love story to escape into and a reminder that fate takes inexplicable turns along the route to happiness.
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    Still Me

    by Jojo Moyes

    Funny, romantic, and poignant, Still Me follows Lou as she discovers who she is and who she was always meant to be—and to live boldly in her brave new world.
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    The Stranger in the Woods

    by Michael Finkel

    Many people dream of escaping modern life. Most will never act on it—but in 1986, twenty-year-old Christopher Knight did just that when he left his home in Massachusetts, drove to Maine, and disappeared into the woods. He would not have a conversation with another person for the next twenty-seven years.
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    Sirens

    by Joseph Knox

    A riveting thriller about a damaged undercover detective navigating a web of politicians, drug lords, missing persons, and his own flawed department, perfect for readers of Tana French, Don Winslow and Dennis Lehane.
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    His Perfect Wife

    by Natasha Bell

    Before she disappeared, Alexandra Southwood lived an average, happy life. But now, held in a room against her will, Alexandra is forced to imagine how her family is coping in the wake of her disappearance. She escapes to memories of their past, remembering her courtship with Marc and their marriage—all that he saved her from, all that she’s lost.
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    Nightflyers: The Illustrated Edition

    by George R. R. Martin

    Soon to be an original series on SYFY, a gorgeous illustrated edition of a classic novella from the #1 bestselling author of A Game of Thrones—a chilling mystery set on a seemingly haunted spaceship.
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