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The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Sympathizer | Viet Thanh Nguyen | BUY BOOK
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House in the Cerulean Sea | TJ Klune
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On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous | Ocean Vuong
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous | Ocean Vuong | BUY BOOK
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Giovanni’s Room | James Baldwin
GIOVANNI’S ROOM | James Baldwin | BUY BOOK
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Where The Truth Lies | Anna Bailey
WHERE THE TRUTH LIES | Anna Bailey | BUY BOOK
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Come on Over: 111 Fantastic Recipes for the Family That Cooks, Eats, and Laughs Together |Jeff Mauro
COME ON OVER: 111 Fantastic Recipes for the Family That Cooks, Eats, and Laughs Together...
A Gentleman in Moscow | Amor Towles
A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW | Amor Towles | BUY BOOK
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Parable of the Sower | Octavia Butler
PARABLE OF THE SOWER | Octavia Butler | BUY BOOK
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The Black Panther Party | David F. Walker
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The Zookeepers’ War: An Incredible True Story from the Cold War | J. W. Mohnhaupt
THE ZOOKEEPER'S WAR | J. W. Mohnhaupt | BUY BOOK
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I don’t usually read history books...
A Little Life | Hanya Yanagihara
A LITTLE LIFE | Hanya Yanagihara | BUY BOOK
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This book follows four friends from their...
In the Dream House | Carmen Maria Machado
IN THE DREAM HOUSE | Carmen Maria Machado | BUY BOOK
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Three Women | Lisa Taddeo
THREE WOMEN | Lisa Taddeo | BUY BOOK
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In this extraordinary work of journalism, Lisa...
Good Neighbors | Sarah Langan
GOOD NEIGHBORS | Sarah Langan | BUY BOOK
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A book that can only be described as...
The Wife Upstairs | Rachel Hawkins
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A rivalry between friends, dead spouses, a young woman...
Just As I Am | Cicely Tyson
JUST AS I AM | BUY BOOK
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When asked by Gayle King, in one of...
Fangs | Sarah Andersen
FANGS | BUY BOOK
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"A love song between a vampire and a werewolf," but it's...
Women, Race, and Class | Angela Y. Davis
WOMEN, RACE, AND CLASS | BUY BOOK
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In Women, Race, and Class, celebrated activist, author...
Black Bottom Saints | Alice Randall
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A fun historical romp through Detroit's Black Bottom district,...
The Girls of Bracken Hill | Kate Moretti
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Seventeen years after her sister vanished, Hannah...
March (Trilogy Slipcase Set) | John Lewis
MARCH (Trilogy Slipcase Set) | BUY BOOK
This three-volume history of the civil rights movement in...
Night Boat to Tangier | Kevin Barry
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This stunningly poetic novel tells the stories of...
A Children’s Bible | Lydia Millet
A CHILDREN'S BIBLE | Lydia Millet | BUY BOOK
This new thrilling novel by Lydia Millet...
The Valedictorian of Being Dead | Heather Armstrong
Heather Armstrong has struggled with depression her whole life, but after an especially rough 18-month...
The Hatching | Ezekiel Boone
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This is the first novel in a trilogy of epic proportions reminiscent...
The Forever War | Joe Haldeman
ISBN: 9780312536633 | BUY HERE
This is the best SF war novel and best SF title...
Such a Fun Age
ISBN: 9780525541905 | BUY HERE
Emira is just doing her job and babysitting her young charge....
The Only Woman in the Room | Marie Benedict
A well-written portrait that captures the resilience of Hedy Lamarr. Stretching from the 1930s in...
The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom
THE ZEALOT AND THE EMANCIPATOR | H. W. Brands | BUY BOOK
The simplest way to...
The Midnight Library | Matt Haig
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Have you ever wished you could relive key moments in your life? After you've committed...
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue | V.E. Schwab
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This was a welcome surprise after reading a number of books that stunk. In France...
I Miss You When I Blink | Mary Laura Philpott
ISBN: 9781982102807 | BUY HERE
Contrary to popular opinion, the title of this book is NOT...
It Can’t Happen Here | Sinclair Lewis
Originally published in October 1935, this novel describes the rise of a demagogic populist politician...
The Outsiders | S. E. Hinton
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This story is for anyone who is searching for a little reassurance...
Big Lies in a Small Town
ISBN: 9781250087331 | BUY HERE
The novel opens in 2018 in North Carolina, where artist Morgan...
Recollections of My Nonexistence: A Memoir
ISBN: 9780593083338 | BUY HERE
Rebecca Solnit does a fantastic job writing about her humble roots...
The Kingdom of Copper | S.A. Chakrabort
The continuation of the Daevabad trilogy goes deeper down the rabbit hole. Taking place five...
When You See Me | Lisa Gardner
ISBN: 9781524745004 | BUY HERE
Lisa Gardner. FBI Special Agent Kimberly Quincy and Sergeant DD Warren...
The Giver of Stars | Jojo Moyes
ISBN: 9780399562488 | BUY HERE
A novel that takes place during the Great Depression and follows...
All the Broken People | Leah Konen
ISBN: 9780593085479 | BUY HERE
Lucy King leaves her hometown behind and moves to a rustic...
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
ISBN: 9780307279286 | BUY HERE
Not a story for anyone who wants a light read. In...
Three Books About The Haymarket Tragedy
Several years ago, I joined a discussion group on Chicago history at my neighborhood library. The...
Extreme: An Anthology for Social and Environmental Justice
An Anthology for Earth Day
This year will mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. (The...
The Last Wish (Introducing the Witcher)
ISBN: 9780316438964 | BUY HERE
A lot of people don't realize this series began all the...
The War Before the War: Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America’s Soul from the Revolution to the Civil War
THE WAR BEFORE THE WAR | Andrew Delbanco | Buy Here
Andrew Delbanco—a professor of American...
Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power: Community Organizing in Radical Times
ISBN: 9781935554660 | BUY HERE
Amy Sonnie and James Tracy give you an excellent summary of...
Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction
ISBN: 9780062571946 | BUY HERE
If you love science fiction, this is a must-read. This history/bio...
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
ISBN: 9780316486637 | BUY HERE
One of the best nonfiction books I've read this year. Farrow...
The Black Company: The First Novel of ‘The Chronicles of the Black Company’
ISBN: 9780812521399 | BUY HERE
The first novel in the eponymous series that sparked a genre...