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• Asian American Is Not a Color

  Conversations on Race, Affirmative Action, and Family

  Poon, OiYan,

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  A mother and race scholar seeks to answer her daughter’s many questions about race and racism with an earnest exploration into race relations and affirmative action from the perspectives of Asian Americans.

• The Backyard Bird Chronicles

  Tan, Amy,

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  "The lovely latest from novelist Tan (Where the Past Begins) brings together selections from “nine personal journals filled with sketches and handwritten notes of naive observations” about birds spotted in her northern California backyard between…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Calamity of Souls

  Baldacci, David,

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  "Best seller Baldacci (Simply Lies) tries something new here, a thriller set in the 1960s in his hometown of Richmond, VA, during desegregation." - Library Journal

• The Cemetery of Untold Stories

  a Novel

  Alvarez, Julia,

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  "The best-selling Alvarez has a committed readership, and word of this inventive novel will also attract new followers." - Booklist

• City in Ruins

  a Novel

  Winslow, Don, 1953-

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  "Winslow (City of Dreams) concludes his Danny Ryan trilogy—and his career as a novelist—with an addictive finale that charts the Rhode Island mobster turned Las Vegas casino mogul’s turbulent business dealings and deadly feuds." - Publishers Weekly

• Close to Death

  a Novel

  Horowitz, Anthony, 1955-

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  "An absolutely engrossing tale, including a locked-room second murder, written with the abundance of whimsy and dark humor that seems to permeate nearly everything that Horowitz creates. Kudos to anyone who can figure this one out!" - Booklist

• The Demon of Unrest

  a Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

  Larson, Erik, 1954-

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  "In this twisty and cinematic account, bestseller Larson (The Splendid and the Vile) recreates the five-month period between Abraham Lincoln’s 1861 election and the outbreak of the Civil War, focusing on the intensifying showdown over Fort Sumter in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Everything War

  Amazon's Ruthless Quest to Own the World and Remake Corporate Power

  Mattioli, Dana,

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  "Mattioli spins the legal wrangling into surprisingly riveting reading, and the meticulous accounts of Amazon’s nefarious practices outrage. This is investigative journalism at its finest." - Publishers Weekly

• The Familiar

  Bardugo, Leigh,

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  "Bardugo (Hell Bent) masterfully weaves magical realism with historical fiction and romance, which makes this book impossible to put down." - Library Journal

• Funny Story

  Henry, Emily,

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  "Henry perfectly balances sorrow and discord with love and humor, and romance fans will appreciate watching the growth of the characters’ relationships and of Daphne as a person. This is a heartwarming take on summer love." - Publishers Weekly

• Indian Burial Ground

  Medina, Nick,

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  "As suspicious deaths mount on a reservation in Louisiana, Noemi begins to uncover secrets about what is menacing the tribal lands." - Library Journal

• Just for the Summer

  Jimenez, Abby,

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  "Justin and Emma, who are dating each other just to try to break a curse (all their exes find true love after leaving them), find a lot more than they bargained for when deeper feelings develop." - Library Journal

• Knife

  Meditations After An Attempted Murder

  Rushdie, Salman,

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  From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account of enduring—and surviving—an attempt on his life thirty years after the fatwa that was ordered against him.

• The Last Word

  Griffiths, Elly,

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  "Edwin, age 84, and the much younger Natalka, unlikely partners in a detective agency, go undercover at a creative-writing retreat to solve the murder of a local writer." - Library Journal

• Lucky

  Smiley, Jane,

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  "Every novel by Smiley is a surprise, and her ardent readership will be intrigued by her latest." - Booklist

• The Moment

  Thoughts on the Race Reckoning That Wasn't and How We All Can Move Forward Now

  Sellers, Bakari, 1984-

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  "Politician, CNN political analyst, and best-selling author of My Vanishing Country, Sellers continues the conversation he started in that book, focusing upon Black lives in the U.S. and examining inequities across healthcare, education, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Never Leave the Dogs Behind

  a Memoir

  Madia, Brianna,

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  "An intimate memoir of shattering pain." - Kirkus

• One of Us Knows

  a Thriller

  Cole, Alyssa,

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  "Diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder, Kenetria "Ken" Nash and her other identities get a job as caretaker of an island estate. As a nor'easter begins to brew, a murder also storms in, washing Ken up as the main suspect. She and her alters…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Open Wide

  a Cookbook for Friends

  Blanco, Benny,

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  A cookbook by the artist, actor and producer.

• The Paris Novel

  Reichl, Ruth,

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  "Food critic and novelist Reichl (Delicious!) serves up a delectable story of an introverted copy editor’s life-changing visit to Paris in the 1980s." - Publishers Weekly