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Need Book Suggestions?
If you're looking for something to read, we're happy you found us. Browse through this week's picks - there's something for everyone. "A book, too, can be a star, 'explosive material, capable of stirring up fresh life endlessly,' a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe."
- Madeleine L'Engle
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From the Jacket: Sam Hill always saw the world through different eyes. Born with red pupils, he was called "Devil Boy" or Sam "Hell" by his classmates; "God's will" is what his mother called his ocular albinism. Her words were of little comfort, but Sam persevered ... More |
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From the Jacket: In one of the year's most anticipated debut psychological thrillers, a family made infamous by a true crime documentary is found dead, leaving their surviving son to uncover the truth about their final days. "They found the bodies on a Tuesday." So begins this twisty ... More |
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 Mrs. Everything
By Jennifer Weiner
Growing up in 1950s Detroit, they live in a perfect "Dick and Jane' house, where their roles in the family are clearly defined. Jo is the tomboy, the bookish rebel with a passion to make the world more fair ...More
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 The Other Einstein
By Marie BenedictIn the tradition of The Paris Wife and Mrs. Poe, The Other Einstein offers us a window into a brilliant, fascinating woman whose light was lost in Einstein's enormous shadow. It is the story ... More
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 Caste
By Isabel Wilkerson
"As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to our assigned seats for a performance. The hierarchy of caste ...More
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 I Eliza Hamilton
By Susan Holloway Scott
n this beautifully written novel of historical fiction, bestselling author Susan Holloway Scott tells the story of Alexander Hamilton's wife, Eliza -a fascinating, strong-willed heroine in her own right and a key ... More
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 If the Creek Don't Rise
By Leah Weiss
He's gonna be sorry he ever messed with me and Loretta Lynn. Sadie Blue has been a wife for fifteen days. That's long enough to know she should have never hitched herself to Roy Tupkin ...More
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 The Tattooist of Auschwitz
By Heather Morris"In April 1942, Lale Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew, is forcibly transported to the concentration camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau. When his captors discover that he speaks several languages, he is put to work as ... More
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 Becoming
By Michelle Obama
An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States. In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic ... More
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 Magpie Murders
By Anthony HorowitzFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Moriarty and Trigger Mortis, this fiendishly brilliant, riveting thriller weaves a classic whodunit worthy of Agatha Christie into a chilling, ingeniously original ...More
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 We Were The Lucky Ones
By Georgia Hunter
Inspired by the incredible true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, determined to survive and to reunite-We Were the Lucky Ones is a sweeping...More
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 The Address
by Fiona Davis
AFTER A FAILED APPRENTICESHIP, WORKING HER WAY UP TO HEAD HOUSEKEEPER OF A POSH LONDON HOTEL IS MORE THAN SARA SMYTHE EVER THOUGHT SHE'D MAKE OF ...More
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 Lilli de Jong
by Janet Benton
A young woman finds the most powerful love of her life when she gives birth at an institution for unwed mothers in 1883 Philadelphia. She is told she must give up her daughter to avoid lifelong poverty ...More
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No One Is Coming to Save Us
By Stephanie Powell WattsThe Great Gatsby brilliantly recast in the contemporary South: a powerful first novel about an extended African-American family and their colliding visions of the American Dream. JJ Ferguson has returned... More
The Vengeance Of Mothers
By Jim Fergus
The stunning sequel to the award-winning novel One Thousand White Women: A Novel. My name is Meggie Kelly and I take up this pencil with my twin sister, Susie. We have nothing left, less than nothing... More
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 Take My Hand
By Dolen Perkins-Valdez
I learned a lot from this book. I know racial injustices exist, and the Government oversteps boundaries, mostly with minority groups, especially Blacks. But each time I learn of yet another instance of governmental ...More
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 Goodnight Beautiful
By Aimee MolloyThis book kept me guessing, and I loved it! It's an easy, satisfying read you won't want to put down. Suddenly, Sam goes missing, and everything begins to unravel. There were several twists and turns ... More
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 The Midnight Library
By Matt Haig
I would love to find a magical library that lets me explore the what-ifs of life. In fact, I think this was my favorite part of the book. Who doesn't have a regret or two, or wonder how life would be with different choices? ...More
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 West With Giraffes
By Lynda RutledgeBased on an actual event, West with Giraffes is an endearing story about transporting two young giraffes across the country in 1938. 17-year-old Woody, a dust bowl orphan, finds his way to NY during ...More
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