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UNSETTLED STATESThe story follows the lives of several citizens of fictional Granville, Connecticut, and how they each intersect with the recent horrific murder...
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JOURNEY TO THE INNER LIGHTBorn in 1946 in the small Pennsylvania town of Monongahela, young Jay Chattaway quickly developed two passions: music and sailing the...
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THE CURATORSIn 1915, the Felicitous Five—a (fictional) group of teenage Jewish girls living in Atlanta—become obsessed with the (unfortunately nonfictional)...
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CANVAS OF SECRETSRay Stone, formerly of the LAPD (until he blew his cover during a major sting operation), is biding his time in California’s sleepy, artsy town...
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THE DEVIL'S BERRIESZamor, a Black Indian from Bengal, was born into poverty and as a child was sold by his mother to a slave trader. When he was 10 years old, he...
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TALES OF WHISKEY TANGO FROM MISERY TOWERSMike Love is a struggling real estate agent who was once a “a doppelgänger for Bruce Springsteen in his mid-eighties prime.” He speaks in...
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SOLVABLEApocalyptic despair over the issue of climate change is common. However, according to veteran atmospheric chemist Solomon, it is a waste of...
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MY DADDY IS A COWBOYThe child, who narrates the story, kisses Abuelita goodbye. Then Daddy and the little one head to the ranch on his motorcycle. They greet their...
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THE TENTH MISTAKE OF HANK HOOPERMANHank is more or less used to being left to cope with caring for himself and his 3-year-old sister, Boo, for short stretches—but when their...
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TRUCKY ROADS“Some people look at the road and just see TRUCKS.” But Trucky Roads, a bearded, brown-skinned, pink-hatted vehicle enthusiast, knows that...
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BRANDON AND THE BABYFrom the get-go, listeners learn that “Brandon loved his blanket,” but “he wasn’t so sure about the baby.” Pinkney sets up a pattern whereby the...
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WHAT FIRE BRINGSBailey Meadows is not her real name. But the false identity and backstory created by her mentor, Avery Turner, win her an invitation to live as...
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NOT IN LOVERue Siebert is used to approaching everything the same way—at a distance. Though she has good friends and professional success as a biotech...
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SWAN SONGHilderbrand fans, a vast and devoted legion, will remember Blond Sharon, the notorious island gossip. In what is purportedly the last of the...
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PRINCESS OF AIRFor generations, the kingdom of Alchos has been ruled by royals who possess the magical power to bend the elements to their will. Traditionally,...
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DARK-LAND“Now, over sixty, I find myself at the center of a storm of feelings I have not known for more than fifty years,” writes prolific poet Hart (b....
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ORWELL'S GHOSTSDrawing on Orwell’s books, essays, and journalistic writings, Beers, a professor of British history and the author of Red Ellen and Your...
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GOING FAST AND FIXING THINGSBenoit, a “Harvard dropout” and “lifelong car aficionado,” has built a successful YouTube channel called Rich Rebuilds, focusing on car repairs...
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THE CONNECTION CUREMost developed nations are experiencing epidemics of loneliness, depression, and despair, issues that can underpin physical ailments ranging...
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ONE OF OUR KINDJasmyn Williams, the protagonist of Yoon’s fourth novel (and first for adults), has just moved with her husband, Kingston, and 6-year-old son,...
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MISFIT CHEFDeStefano begins his book by describing his childhood relationships with food and community. His grandparents owned Millie’s Market, a grocery...
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ROCTOGENARIANSIn the style of Mobituaries , Rocca’s 2019 encyclopedia of underappreciated greats, this book presents the stories of people who did their best...
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THE STARS TOO FONDLYIt’s the year 2061. Cleo McQueary, Abe Yang, Kaleisha Reid, and Ros Wheeler are now young adults, but they were children at the time of the...
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STONE FEATHER FANGWhen the high priestess of her religious order instructs Hildy, 15, to deliver the Telling (her people’s origin story) over three nights at the...
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TAKING LONDONA frequent collaborator with Bill O’Reilly in the gee-whiz school of history, Dugard does not confront a fact without spinning it into the moral...
