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The Brittanys
Brittany Ackerman
Bursting with bittersweet nostalgia, a funny, poignant, perfectly voiced debut that captures what it's like to be a teenage girl—“full...
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MaddAddam
Margaret Atwood
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testamants—this final volume of the internationally celebrated...
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V.
Thomas Pynchon
The wild, macabre tale of the twentieth century and of two men -- one looking for something he has lost,...
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The Dark Matter of Mona Starr
Laura Lee Gulledge
A bold and original YA graphic novel about battling your inner doubts and fears--and finding your genius Sometimes, the world...
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Flight of the Diamond Smugglers
Matthew Gavin Frank
“Unforgettable. . . . An outstanding adventure in its lyrical, utterly compelling, and heartbreaking investigations of the world of diamond...
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Lapvona
Ottessa Moshfegh
An Instant New York Times Bestseller! “Lapvona flips all the conventions of familial and parental relations, putting hatred where love...
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The Man Who Lived Underground
Richard Wright
New York Times Bestseller From the legendary author of Native Son and Black Boy, the novel he was unable to...
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