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1) Funny Story
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English
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"A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry, Daphne always loved the way Peter told their story. How they met, fell in love, and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. Too bad it turned out to be more of a prequel, a complication to Peter's actual love story, the one that ends with him dumping Daphne before their wedding to...
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially-charged murder case sets a duo of white and Black lawyers against a deeply unfair system as they work to defend their wrongfully-accused Black defendants When two wealthy white landowners are found dead, the whole country immediately thinks it must be Jerome Washington, the hired help, who killed them. He was standing over the bodies when the police responded to an anonymous call...
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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"The doors of the Inn at Gloucester are always open to anyone running from trouble or hiding from life. Its owner, former Boston police detective Bill Robinson, welcomes them with no questions asked. Until two strangers arrive for a temporary stay and a longtime resident starts looking over his shoulders. There's another newcomer in town who puts the Inn under surveillance. When the surveillance turns into a series of attacks. Robinson launches an...
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Publisher
TOR Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A View from the Stars is a collection of short fiction and nonfiction pieces from Cixin Liu, the New York Times bestselling author of The Three-Body Problem. Included are essays and interviews that shed light on Liu's experiences as a reader, writier, and lover of science fiction throughout his life, as well as short fiction that gives glimpses into the evolution of his imaginative voice over the years"--Back cover.
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"In this brash and unputdownable collection, we meet a sex bot trying to outlast her return policy, a skeptical lesbian grappling with her wife's mysterious pregnancy, and a post-Earth colonist struggling to maintain her faith in humanity as she travels to "Planet B." Whether they exist in the grounded realism of a college dance studio or the speculative world of Deep Space, these women push against social norms and family expectations to reclaim...
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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of a bereaved and pursued musician embarking under sail on a sentient Lake Superior in search of his departed, deeply beloved, bookselling wife. Rainy, an endearing bear of an Orphean narrator, seeks refuge in the harbors, fogs, and remote islands of the inland sea. Encountering lunatic storms and rising corpses from the warming depths, Rainy finds on land an increasingly desperate...
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Publisher
Third State Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Lissie is the middle of three sisters, orphaned and taken in by their aunt and uncle. Both she and her older sister, Jenny, work in the family restaurant while pursuing their education and career dreams. When Lissie accidentally serves a dish containing shellfish paste to an allergic customer, she runs afoul of the wealthy Lin family. Their golden boy, Preston, star swimmer and Stanford Ph.D. student, is as handsome as he is self-righteous. Lissie...
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Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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Fans of Verity will be engrossed by this unpredictable novel of suspense as a new bride's fairytale marriage becomes a prison of secrets. From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Perfect Ruin, this insidiously sexy, twist-filled psycho-drama is reminiscent of the classic gothic tale Rebecca.
"Sexy, scandalous, and striking, this twist-filled psychodrama, like a cosmo, is definitely...
"Sexy, scandalous, and striking, this twist-filled psychodrama, like a cosmo, is definitely...
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Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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"Beautifully written and endlessly absorbing, this is a novel to read with the covers up around your chin and a candle burning."—Sarah Taylor Stewart, author of the Maggie D'arcy mysteries
When Nora agrees to help her new husband, Paul, and his family fix up Hidden Lake Camp, she didn't expect it to be in such a state of ruin. The dock full of rotten boards, smashed windows, cabins falling apart—it's
...10) Tyrants Fall
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Tommy Barton
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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The last battle to determine the fate of the kingdoms is about to begin. Erimos suffers under the cruel grip of the Queen of Black. Queen Dianna hunts the last dragon threatening Viridian. Unbeknownst to them, monsters gather to destroy the world. Our heroes must band together to fight the ultimate evil.
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Series
Publisher
Tachyon Publications
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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Otherwise Award Honor List
World Fantasy Award Finalist
Nebula, Locus, and Ignyte Awards Finalist
Two transgender elders must learn to weave from Death in order to defeat an evil ruler—in the debut full-length work set in R. B. Lemberg's award-winning queer fantasy Birdverse universe
"The Four Profound Weaves is the anti-authoritarian, queer-mystical fairy tale we need...
World Fantasy Award Finalist
Nebula, Locus, and Ignyte Awards Finalist
Two transgender elders must learn to weave from Death in order to defeat an evil ruler—in the debut full-length work set in R. B. Lemberg's award-winning queer fantasy Birdverse universe
"The Four Profound Weaves is the anti-authoritarian, queer-mystical fairy tale we need...
12) Petrograd
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Publisher
Oni Press
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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The year is 1916. The fate of millions of people hangs in the balance, and in Russia's capital city of Petrograd, corruption rules the day and conspiracy rules the night. But to British intelligence officer Cleary, the Petrograd post is all drunken nights, bleary-eyed mornings, and the occasional report back to London. However, when rumors circulate that the tsarina's most trusted advisor is counseling the tsar to make peace with Germany, Cleary–to...
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Series
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
She never expected this Cahill to be her hero - or the only man she'd need It's hard to forget a beautiful woman who picks your pocket the first time you meet. Darby Cahill recognizes Mariah Ayres the moment she walks into his bar looking for a job. He shouldn't hire her... or crave more after one impulsive kiss. But what starts as curiosity about her motives turns to concern when he senses how much danger she's in. Mariah has been running ever since...
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Publisher
Crooked Lane Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Maple Bishop is ready to put WWII and the grief of losing her husband, Bill, behind her. But when she discovers that Bill left her penniless, Maple realizes she could lose her Vermont home next and sets out to make money the only way she knows how: by selling her intricately crafted dollhouses. Business is off to a good start--until Maple discovers her first customer dead, his body hanging precariously in his own barn. Something about the supposed...
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Series
Origami Yoda books volume 2
Publisher
ABRAMS
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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The hilarious, clever, and much-anticipated follow-up to the breakout hit, The Strange Case of Origami Yoda!
It is a dark time at Ralph McQuarrie Middle School. After suffering several Origami Yoda–related humiliations, Harvey manages to get Dwight suspended from school for being a "troublemaker." Origami Yoda pleads with Tommy and Kellen to save Dwight by making a new case file—one that will show how Dwight's presence
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Publisher
Grove Atlantic
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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Winner of Publishing Triangle's Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction
A searingly honest and resonant debut from a Nigerian writer and queer liberation activist, exploring what love and freedom cost in a society steeped in homophobia
The inaugural title from the most buzzed-about new imprint in years, And Then He Sang a Lullaby is a powerful, luminous debut that establishes its young author as a masterful talent.
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Publisher
Avon
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
"After being freed from the hellish barbarians who held him captive, Ronan Sinclare knows he must return to his clan to claim his powerful heritage. But first he must destroy the woman who ruined everything. Even as he seizes Carissa and makes her his prisoner, Ronan is tormented by memories of the woman he loved and lost: the gentle Hope, whose death by Carissa's hand he has sworn to avenge. Carissa knows nothing but survival. Raised by a brutal...
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Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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2010 Maverick Award winner, 2011 Aesop Prize Winner – Children's folklore section, and a 2011 Eisner Award Nominee. All cultures have tales of the trickster – a crafty creature or being who uses cunning to get food, steal precious possessions, or simply cause mischief. He disrupts the order of things, often humiliating others and sometimes himself. In Native American traditions, the trickster takes many forms, from coyote or rabbit to...
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Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing LLC
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
A FAIRY TALE ENDING?
After rumors begin spreading that Kaede is allegedly in a relationship with pin-up model Mikuru Fujii, Hinana realizes just how different their two worlds are. Fearing that Kaede might break up with her, she prepares to move on with her life without him... But to Hinana's surprise, Kaede asks her to someday marry him instead! Hinana is overjoyed at the proposal, but is later left with a choice when she receives an offer...
After rumors begin spreading that Kaede is allegedly in a relationship with pin-up model Mikuru Fujii, Hinana realizes just how different their two worlds are. Fearing that Kaede might break up with her, she prepares to move on with her life without him... But to Hinana's surprise, Kaede asks her to someday marry him instead! Hinana is overjoyed at the proposal, but is later left with a choice when she receives an offer...
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