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The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster
With almost 5 million copies sold 60 years after its original publication, generations of readers have now journeyed with Milo...
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In Sapiens, he explored our past. In Homo Deus, he looked to our future....
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The Monster at the End of this Book
Jon Stone
The Monster at the End of This Book is THE bestselling Sesame Street Little Golden Book of all time. Now...
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Pet
Akwaeke Emezi
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • STONEWALL BOOK AWARD WINNER • ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL...
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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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Old Man's War
John Scalzi
John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife’s grave. Then he joined the army....
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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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New York Times Bestseller From the legendary author of Native Son and Black Boy, the novel he was unable to...
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Greenland
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Stacey's Remarkable Books
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