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The Guy Not Taken
by Jennifer Weiner
A collection of short stories exploring the complexities of relationships, love, and self-discovery.
Jennifer Weiner's talent shines like never before in this collection of short stories, following the tender, often hilarious, progress of love and relationships over the course of a lifetime. We meet ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Man of My Dreams
by Curtis Sittenfeld
Hannah Gavener navigates through her relationships with men, family, and herself in this coming-of-age novel.
Hannah Gavener is fourteen in the summer of 1991. In the magazines she reads, celebrities plan elaborate weddings; in Hannah’s own life, her parents’ marriage is crumbling. And somewhere in between ... (Goodreads)
Hope Never Dies
by Andrew Shaffer
Joe Biden and Barack Obama team up to solve a mystery involving a train conductor's suspicious death. A bromance-filled, comedic thriller.
It's been several months since the 2016 presidential election, and "Uncle Joe" Biden is puttering around his house, grouting the tile in his master bathroom, feeling lost and adrift in an America ... (Goodreads)
The Year of Fog
by Michelle Richmond
A woman's fiancé's daughter disappears on a foggy beach, and she must navigate the complexities of memory and grief to find her.
Life changes in an instant. On a foggy beach. In the seconds when Abby Mason—photographer, fiancée soon-to-be-stepmother—looks into her camera and commits her greatest error. Heartbreaking, ... (Goodreads)
George
by Alex Gino
George is a transgender fourth-grader who wants to play Charlotte in the school play. A heartwarming story about identity and acceptance.
George by Alex Gino follows Melissa, a transgender girl who her family, and the rest of the world view as George. Melissa is in the fourth grade. Her class is about to begin their production of ... (Wikipedia)
Good Grief
by Lolly Winston
A young widow navigates the grieving process, finding solace in unexpected places and learning to live again.
A brilliantly funny and heartwarming debut about a young woman who stumbles, then fights to build a new life after the death of her husband. The perfect book for anyone who has ever been heartbroken, ... (Barnes & Noble)
Watch Me Disappear
by Janelle Brown
A woman disappears on a solo hike, leaving her family to unravel the secrets of her past.
It’s been a year since Billie Flanagan — a beautiful, charismatic Berkeley mom with an enviable life — went on a solo hike in Desolation Wilderness and vanished from the trail. No body—only a hiking ... (Goodreads)
The Last Wife of Henry VIII
by Carolly Erickson
The story of Catherine Parr, the sixth and final wife of King Henry VIII, and her struggle for power and survival in the Tudor court.
Courageous, attractive, romantic, intelligent, Catherine Parr became the sixth wife of Henry VIII. Her story, as Carolly Erickson re-creates it, is page-turning drama: from the splendors of the Field ... (Goodreads)
Caramelo
by Sandra Cisneros
A Latina girl's story of growing up and coming to terms with her cultural identity.
Every year, Ceyala “Lala” Reyes' family—aunts, uncles, mothers, fathers, and Lala's six older brothers—packs up three cars and, in a wild ride, drive from Chicago to the Little Grandfather and Awful ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Tea Dragon Festival
by Kay O'Neill
A young blacksmith apprentice discovers the art of tea dragon caretaking and learns about the value of preserving traditions.
"A lovely, gentle fantasy." –– KIRKUS Revisit the enchanting world of Tea Dragons with an all-new companion story to the two-time Eisner Award-winning graphic novel The Tea Dragon Society ! Rinn has ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Face of a Stranger
by Anne Perry
A gripping mystery surrounding the identity of a murdered man and the secrets that lie beneath.
His name, they tell him, is William Monk, and he is a London police detective. But the accident that felled him has left him with only half a life; his memory and his entire past have vanished. As he ... (Goodreads)
The Christmas Shoes
by Donna VanLiere
A journey of redemption and the power of love during the Christmas season.
Sometimes, the things that can change your life will cross your path in one instant-and then, in a fleeting moment, they're gone. But if you open your eyes, and watch carefully, you will believe.... ... (Goodreads)
Wreckage
by Emily Bleeker
A woman searches for answers about her past, uncovering secrets that will change her life.
Lillian Linden is a liar. On the surface, she looks like a brave survivor of a plane crash. But she’s been lying to her family, her friends, and the whole world since rescue helicopters scooped her ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Wednesday Letters
by Jason F. Wright
A family's journey of faith, forgiveness, and healing following a tragedy.
The surprise, New York Times, bestseller, from an author who delivers “American storytelling at its best.”,The story of marriage, family, and forgiveness that has become not just a bestseller but an ... (Goodreads)
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
by Kathleen Rooney
An elderly woman's journey through the streets of New York, reflecting on her extraordinary life.
It’s the last day of 1984, and 85-year-old Lillian Boxfish is about to take a walk. As she traverses a grittier Manhattan, a city anxious after an attack by a still-at-large subway vigilante, she ... (Goodreads)
Cocaine Blues
by Kerry Greenwood
Phryne Fisher, a glamorous detective, investigates a cocaine smuggling ring in 1920s Melbourne.
Cocaine Blues opens with a theft at the country house belonging to Phryne Fisher's family, during a dinner party described as the 'social event of the year'. A valuable diamond necklace belonging to ... (Wikipedia)
The Persian Pickle Club
by Sandra Dallas
A group of women in Kansas during the Great Depression, finding friendship and courage through quilting.
In her magical, memorable novel, Sandra Dallas explores the ties of loyalty and friendship that unite the women in a, quilting circle in Depression-era Kansas,It is the 1930s, and hard times have hit ... (Barnes & Noble)
Paper Girls, Vol. 4
by Brian K. Vaughan
Four newspaper delivery girls travel through time to save the world from an alien invasion.
The mind-bending, time-warping adventure from BRIAN K.,VAUGHAN and CLIFF CHIANG continues, as intrepid newspaper deliverer Tiffany is launched from the prehistoric past into the year 2000! In this ... (Barnes & Noble)
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good
by Helene Tursten
Maud is an elderly lady with a dark side, who uses her intelligence and wit to commit murder.
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781641290111 Content: - An elderly lady has accommodation problems - An elderly lady on her travels - An elderly lady seeks peace at Christmas time - The antique ... (Goodreads)
Taltos
by Anne Rice
A vampire's pursuit of immortality, set against a backdrop of ancient secrets and dark magic.
Rice's new novel continues the epic occult saga that began with The Witching Hour and Lasher. Taltos takes readers back through the centuries to a civilization part human and part of wholly ... (Goodreads)
Prep
by Curtis Sittenfeld
A teenage girl's struggle to find her place and identity in an elite prep school.
Curtis Sittenfeld’s debut novel, Prep , is an insightful, achingly funny coming-of-age story as well as a brilliant dissection of class, race, and gender in a hothouse of adolescent angst and ... (Goodreads)
Sloppy Firsts
by Megan McCafferty
A teenage girl's struggles with growing up, family life, and relationships.
“My parents suck ass. Banning me from the phone and restricting my computer privileges are the most tyrannical parental gestures I can think of. Don’t they realize that Hope’s the only one who keeps ... (Goodreads)
Annie on My Mind
by Nancy Garden
A tender story of two teenage girls falling in love and finding their place in the world.
Liza Winthrop first meets Annie Kenyon at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on a rainy day. The two become fast friends, although they come from different backgrounds and have differing levels of ... (Wikipedia)
In the Unlikely Event
by Judy Blume
A small town is shaken by a series of plane crashes, forcing its inhabitants to confront painful truths.
In her highly anticipated new novel, Judy Blume, the New York Times # 1 best-selling author of Summer Sisters and of young adult classics such as Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, creates a ... (Goodreads)
The Appeal
by John Grisham
Political thriller about an innocent man accused of murder who fights to expose a corrupt court system.
Mississippi attorneys Wes and Mary Grace Payton have battled New York City-based Krane Chemical in an effort to seek justice for Jeannette Baker, whose husband and son died from carcinogenic ... (Wikipedia)
Heartstone
by C.J. Sansom
An historical mystery set in 1540s England, exploring the power of secrets and loyalty.
Summer, 1545. England is at war. Henry VIII's invasion of France has gone badly wrong. Meanwhile Matthew Shardlake is given an intriguing legal case by an old servant of Queen Catherine Parr. He is ... (Goodreads)
Into the Darkest Corner
by Elizabeth Haynes
Woman's struggle to escape her abusive past, and reclaim control of her life.
When young, pretty Catherine Bailey meets Lee Brightman, she can't believe her luck. Gorgeous, charismatic Lee seems almost too perfect to be true. But what begins as flattering attention and ... (Barnes & Noble)
A Mercy
by Toni Morrison
An exploration of the human condition and the consequences of slavery in America.
In the 1680s the slave trade in the Americas is still in its infancy. Jacob Vaark is an Anglo-Dutch trader and adventurer, with a small holding in the harsh North. Despite his distaste for dealing in ... (Goodreads)
From a Buick 8
by Stephen King
A small Pennsylvania town discovers a mysterious car that holds ancient mysteries and supernatural secrets.
The novel is a series of recollections by the members of Troop D, a Pennsylvania State Police barracks in western Pennsylvania . After Curtis Wilcox, a well-liked member of Troop D, is killed by a ... (Wikipedia)
We Are Water
by Wally Lamb
A family's struggle to reconcile their differences and make peace with their past.
In middle age, Annie Oh—wife, mother, and outsider artist—has shaken her family to its core. After twenty-seven years of marriage and three children, Annie has fallen in love with Viveca, the ... (Goodreads)
