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Tokyo Ueno Station
by Yu Miri
Kazu is a ghost, seemingly condemned to haunt one of Japan's busiest train stations, the grounds of ...
Delayed Rays of a Star
by Amanda Lee Koe
Amanda Lee Koe's Delayed Rays of a Star begins with a late-1920s photo of three women at a party in ...
Sleepovers
by Ashleigh Bryant Phillips
In Ashleigh Bryant Phillips' debut story collection, Sleepovers, it can be difficult to keep tabs on...
The Beekeeper of Aleppo
by Christy Lefteri
In Christy Lefteri's sophomore novel, The Beekeeper of Aleppo, the author introduces readers to ...

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The Voyage of the Morning Light
by Marina Endicott

A sweeping novel set aboard a merchant ship sailing through the South Pacific in 1912.
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by Christy Lefteri

This moving, intimate, and beautifully written novel puts human faces on the Syrian war.
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The Wedding Thief
by Mary Simses

Funny, soulful, and as sweet as buttercream, The Wedding Thief is the perfect summer read.

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