The Desert Sky Before Us
By: Anne Valente
3.65
Format: 429 pages, Paperback
From award-winning author Anne Valente comes this poignant and unforgettable literary novel of two …
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1. Wishin' and Hopin'
By: Wally Lamb
3.59
Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition
Wally Lamb, the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hour I First Believed, I Know T… read more
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- adult
- fiction
2. Salem Falls
By: Jodi Picoult
4.28
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Jack buries his past, content to become the mysterious stranger who has appeared out of the blue. A… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
3. Mercy
By: Jodi Picoult
4.28
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Police chief of a small Massachusetts town, Cameron McDonald makes the toughest arrest of his life … read more
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- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
4. Swing Time
By: Zadie Smith
4.16
Format: 347 pages, Hardcover
Two brown girls dream of being dancers--but only one, Tracey, has talent. The other has ideas: abou… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
5. Finding Gobi: The true story of a little dog and an incredible journey
By: Dion Leonard
3.86
Format: 568 pages,
A man, a dog, and the lengths to which love will go to sacrifice for its companion. Finding Gobi is… read more
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6. The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
By: Jim DeFede
4.37
Format: None pages, Paperback
Perfect for fans of the hit Broadway musical Come from Away When 38 jetliners bound for the United … read more
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- adult
7. Shopaholic & Baby (Shopaholic, #5)
By: Sophie Kinsella
3.44
Format: 220 pages, Hardcover
Becky Brandon (nee Bloomwood) is pregnant! She couldn't be more overjoyed-especially since discover… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
8. And Then She Was Gone
By: Rosalind Noonan
3.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
Eleven-year-old Lauren O'Neil vanished one sunny afternoon as she walked home from school. Six year… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
9. What the Waves Know
By: Tamara Valentine
3.32
Format: None pages, Paperback
In the graceful narrative tradition of Sue Monk Kidd and Beth Hoffman comes an exquisite debut nove… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
10. Death Comes for the Archbishop
By: Willa Cather
3.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
There is something epic--and almost mythic--about this sparsely beautiful novel by Willa Cather, al… read more
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11. Nine Women, One Dress
By: Jane L. Rosen
4.58
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A charming, hilarious, irresistible romp of a novel that brings together nine unrelated women, each… read more
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12. There There
By: Tommy Orange
3.98
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780525520375. Tommy Orange's wondrous and shattering novel foll… read more
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- literary fiction
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"Everything is new and doomed."-Tommy Orange, There There
"Being Indian has never been about returning to the land. The land is everywhere or nowhere."-Tommy Orange, There There
"...nothing is original, everything comes from something that came before, which was once nothing. Everything is new and doomed."-Tommy Orange, There There
"We've all been through a lot we don't understand in a world made to either break us or make us so hard we can't break even when it's what we need most to do."-Tommy Orange, There There
13. Fox Creek (Cork O’Connor, #19)
By: William Kent Krueger
4.21
Format: 388 pages, Hardcover
Cork races against time to save his wife, a mysterious stranger, and an Ojibwe healer from bloodthi… read more
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- fiction
14. Community Board
By: Tara Conklin
3.34
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of The Last Romantics delivers a wise, timely, big-hearted no… read more
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- literary fiction
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
15. Shutter
By: Melissa Larsen
2.80
Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition
A young woman agrees to star in a filmmaker's latest project, but soon realizes the movie is not wh… read more
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- fiction
16. Death Valley
By: Melissa Broder
3.49
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A woman arrives alone at a Best Western seeking respite from an emptiness that plagues her. She has… read more
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- literary fiction
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"My body is the real problem here. If I could be bodiless - or at least, senseless - I’d be better off."-Melissa Broder, Death Valley
"This is the problem with human relationships: you come to a person with one feeling and they’re having another."-Melissa Broder, Death Valley
"I am going to die out here. I might. I could. Die. All this time I should have been practising for dying. What was I doing instead? Reading reviews for sweatpants."-Melissa Broder, Death Valley
"Stop placing so much value on the known, I tell myself. Fake like this is the hero’s journey. It’s good to get lost. Good for the soul. But how lost is the good amount of lost? If I die here, is that…"-Melissa Broder, Death Valley
17. The Levee
By: William Kent Krueger
3.51
Format: 4 pages, Audio CD
An audio original novella from the bestselling author of Ordinary Grace and This Tender Land, The L… read more
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- adult
- fiction
18. The Vulnerables
By: Sigrid Nunez
3.61
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times –bestselling, National Book Award–winning author of The Friend and What Are You … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"Only when I was young did I believe that it was important to remember what happened in every novel I read. Now I know the truth: what matters is what you experience while reading, the states of feeli…"-Sigrid Nunez, The Vulnerables
19. She Is a Haunting
By: Trang Thanh Tran
3.39
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A house with a terrifying appetite haunts a broken family in this atmospheric horror, perfect for f… read more
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- fiction
"Who am I but someone others define? It's easier to be a stereotype. It hurts when you are yourself."-Trang Thanh Tran, She Is a Haunting
"Revenge has always been easy to understand, but hunger implies that something can be filled. What is a ghost's limit when they have no real body?"-Trang Thanh Tran, She Is a Haunting
"Blood slides from the sill and onto the wall, where it inches toward the floor. I'll let it stain, because it's exactly what he wanted: a mark on Vietnam."-Trang Thanh Tran, She Is a Haunting
"My heart is here, the Lady of Many Tongues had said days before. Here, where I see how beautiful Đà Lạt is. I had thought the same of Saigon, despite the smoke and lights and buildings—how it could'v…"-Trang Thanh Tran, She Is a Haunting
20. Search
By: Michelle Huneven
3.87
Format: 393 pages, Hardcover
A sharp and funny novel of a congregational search committee, told as a memoir with recipes Dana… read more
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- literary fiction
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
21. The Seamstress of Sardinia
By: Bianca Pitzorno
3.83
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A bestselling Italian writer makes her American debut with this delightful dramedy of manners, fami… read more
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- adult
- fiction
22. Stranger in the Lake
By: Kimberly Belle
3.62
Format: 346 pages, Paperback
“Spellbinding. Another outstanding novel by Kimberly Belle, masterfully written to lure you in and … read more
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- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
23. Things I Learned from Falling
By: Claire Nelson
4.08
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In 2018, writer Claire Nelson made international headlines when she fell over 25 feet after wanderi… read more
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- travel
24. The Night She Went Missing
By: Kristen Bird
3.63
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
"A great new voice in suspense...Perfect for fans of Big Little Lies who thrive on stories of decei… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
25. The Resting Place
By: Camilla Sten
3.58
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A spine-chilling, propulsive psychological suspense from international sensation Camilla Sten. T… read more
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- adult
- fiction
26. Confessions on the 7:45
By: Lisa Unger
3.91
Format: 448 pages, Mass Market Paperback
From master of suspense Lisa Unger comes a riveting thriller about a chance encounter that unravels… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"When we narrate our experience, we take control of it. And in controlling the story of our past, we can create a better future."-Lisa Unger, Confessions on the 7:45
"Write it, said Beth. When we narrate our experience, we take control of it. And in controlling the story of our past, we can create a better future."-Lisa Unger, Confessions on the 7:45
27. Familiaris
By: David Wroblewski
4.21
Format: 979 pages, Hardcover
The follow-up to the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling modern classic The Story of Edgar Sawtel… read more
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- literary fiction
- adult
- fiction
"Suppose you could do one impossible thing."-David Wroblewski, Familiaris
"Time is a snake-oil remedy if you ask me. Some wounds just keep hurting as bad as they ever did. That's what I think."-David Wroblewski, Familiaris
"John once claimed that the way to convince a person to do something outlandish was to ask them to do something even more outlandish."-David Wroblewski, Familiaris
"You can never watch too many pups climb through the straw for the first time, but there are just so many dogs you can bear watch to die."-David Wroblewski, Familiaris
28. The Women Could Fly
By: Megan Giddings
3.59
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Reminiscent of the works of Margaret Atwood, Shirley Jackson, and Octavia Butler, a biting social c… read more
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- fiction
29. The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees
By: Meredith May
4.32
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An extraordinary story of a girl, her grandfather and one of nature’s most mysterious and beguiling… read more
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"On a deep level, the bees were teaching me the importance of taking care of myself. I could see, with my very own eyes, that defeat was not a natural way to be, even for insects."-Meredith May, The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees
30. The Other Me
By: Sarah Zachrich Jeng
3.56
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Two lives. The one you wanted. The one that wanted you. Her birthday should be like any other ni… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
31. The Desert Sky Before Us
By: Anne Valente
3.65
Format: 429 pages, Paperback
From award-winning author Anne Valente comes this poignant and unforgettable literary novel of two … read more
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- literary fiction
- travel
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
