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Light Bringer
Pierce Brown
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Darrow returns as Pierce Brown’s New York Times bestselling Red Rising series continues in the...
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We Were the Lucky Ones
Georgia Hunter
The New York Times bestseller with more than 1 million copies sold worldwide | Now a Hulu limited series starring...
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The Bluest Eye
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Evergreen
Matthew Cordell
A picture book by Caldecott medal winner Matt Cordell about a timid squirrel who makes a brave journey to help...
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Big Hard Sex Criminals
Matt Fraction
Suzie's just a regular gal with an irregular gift: when she has sex, she stops time. One day she meets...
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Merriment
Joe Steinhardt, Marissa Paternoster
As many of us do, Mack is having a hard time coping with life in New Jersey. Watching her friends...
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The Minotaur at Calle Lanza
Zito Madu
One of Washington Post's 50 most notable non-fiction books of 2024 National Books Critics Circle - 2024 Longlist: Autobiography The...
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The Stonekeeper's Curse
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