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AUTHOR: Louise Penny
GENRE: Mystery
PAGES: 389
The six-time Agatha Award-winning author of such best-sellers as Still Life and The Cruelest Month presents the latest entry in her popular Chief Inspector Gamache series.
AUTHOR: Adriana Trigiani
GENRE: Historical Fiction
PAGES: 320
Love, ambition, and the consequences of both lie at the heart of this spellbinding epic of two working-class kids who become a successful singing act during the big band era of the 1940s.
AUTHOR: Caroline Hulse
GENRE: Fiction
PAGES: 365
A couple (now separated), plus their daughter, plus their new partners, all on an epic Christmas vacation. What could go wrong? This razor-sharp novel puts a darkly comic twist on seasonal favorites like Love Actually and The Holiday.
AUTHOR: Lucia Berlin
GENRE: Short Stories
PAGES: 244
A follow-up to the award-winning A Manual for Cleaning Women features 22 previously uncompiled selections from the late author's remaining story collection.
Thanks a Thousand
AUTHOR: A.J. Jacobs
GENRE: Nonfiction
PAGES: 137
A New York Times best-selling author describes a journey of gratitude as he attempts to thank every person involved in producing his morning cup of coffee, from Minnesota coal miners to farmers in Columbia and the marketers on Madison Avenue.
AUTHOR: Oyinkan Braithwaite
GENRE: Fiction
PAGES: 226
A short, darkly funny, hand grenade of a novel about a Nigerian woman whose younger sister has a very inconvenient habit of killing her boyfriends.
Feral Detective
AUTHOR: Jonathan Lethem
GENRE: Mystery
PAGES: 326
Nearly two decades after his last mystery, Motherless Brooklyn, the accomplished author delivers a stunning tale about a New York woman tracking her friend's missing daughter to the outskirts of California's Inland Empire.
North of Dawn
AUTHOR: Nuruddin Farah
GENRE: Fiction
PAGES: 384
From Somalia's most celebrated novelist comes this bold story about a couple whose life abroad is irrevocably transformed by the arrival of their son's widow and children.
How Long 'Til Black Future Month?
AUTHOR: N.K. Jemisin
GENRE: Short Stories/Sci-Fi
PAGES: 400
This first short story collection from the celebrated speculative fiction author features her signature blend of sharply observed, provocative tales of magic steeped in realism and social commentary.
Once Upon a River
AUTHOR: Diane Setterfield
GENRE: Historical Fiction
PAGES: 480
In the celebrated author's latest novel, when the seemingly dead body of a child reanimates hours after arriving at an ancient inn on the Thames, three families try to claim her.
Last Modified April 24, 2024