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  • Those Who Knew
    Those Who Knew: A Novel
    Idra Novey
    Hardcover: 11/06/2018
     
    A taut, timely novel about what a powerful politician thinks he can get away with and the group of misfits who...
  • Unsheltered
    Unsheltered: A Novel
    Barbara Kingsolver
    Hardcover: 10/16/2018
     
    A timely novel that interweaves past and present to explore the human capacity for resiliency and compassion ...
  • Never Coming Back
    Never Coming Back
    Alison McGhee
    Paperback: 10/09/2018
     
    Never Coming Back is a brilliant and piercing story of a young woman finding her way in life, determined to ...
  • A Spark of Light
    A Spark of Light
    Jodi Picoult
    Hardcover: 10/02/2018
     
    A powerful and provocative new novel about ordinary lives that intersect during a heart-stopping crisis.
  • The Floating World
    The Floating World
    C. Morgan Babst
    Paperback: 10/02/2018
     
    A dazzling debut about family, home, and grief.
  • Home After Dark
    Home After Dark
    David Small
    Hardcover: 09/11/2018
     
    David Small's long-awaited graphic novel is a savage portrayal of male adolescence gone awry like no other ...
  • Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree
    Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree
    Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
    Hardcover: 09/04/2018
     
    Based on interviews with young women who were kidnapped by Boko Haram, a Muslim terrorist group, this poignant...

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