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• The Secrets We Kept

  Prescott, Lara

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  For fans of 'The Alice Network'. Lara Prescott presents a sweeping work of historical fiction centered around the smuggling and subsequent publication of Boris Pasternak's 'Dr. Zhivago.' it is inspired by true events, set in Moscow, and surveys…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Transcription

  Atkinson, Kate

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  For fans of 'The Alice Network'. 10 years after Juliet Armstrong worked in a branch of MI5 transcribing the correspondence of Nazi sympathizers, she comes to realize that no actions are without their consequences.

• The Last Cato

  a Novel

  Asensi, Matilde, 1962-

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  This readalike for 'The Da Vinci Code' involves a race to find the secret location of the Vera Cruz, the True Cross on which Christ was crucified, and the ancient brotherhood sworn to protect it.

• The School of Night

  a Novel

  Bayard, Louis

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  This readalike for 'The Da Vinci Code' is a contemporary mystery infused with 16th-century history.

• The Fifth Season

  Jemisin, N. K.

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  For fans of 'Game of Thrones'. The Fifth Season is the first book in the 'Broken Earth Series'. The mighty empire Sanze is collapsing as a rift has been torn in the land blanketing the sky in ash. Essun must traverse this dying world in an effort to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Grace of Kings

  Liu, Ken, 1976-

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  For fans of 'Game of Thrones', Kuni Garu and Mata Zundu quickly become best friends as they work together to overthrow a corrupt emperor. However, once the adventures of fighting against vast armies, airships, and shapeshifting gods is over, they…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Notorious Countess Confesses

  Long, Julie Anne (Romance author)

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  A readalike for the Bridgerton series and part of the Pennyroyal Green series, this historical romance features the adventures of a former courtesan-turned-noblewoman and a handsome country vicar.

• Wedded Bliss

  Bradley, Celeste

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  A readalike for the Bridgerton series and part of the Wicked Worthingtons series, this novel is a warmhearted romance leading to the inevitable discovery of true love after some hilarious Shakespearean type mistaken identity escapades.

• Book of Night

  Black, Holly

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  This is a new urban fantasy of shadowy thieves and secret societies.

• The Unspoken Name

  Larkwood, A. K.

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  For fantasy readers who love intricate details and incredible world-building. The Unspoken Name is a triumphant debut novel about the epic journey of Csorwe, a 14-year-old orc princess who knows the day she will die.

• Uprooted

  Novik, Naomi

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  In this exceptional and award-winning fantasy novel, a village relies on the wizard to protect them from evil forces that dwell in the forest. However, the wizard demands one young woman to serve him for ten years. The next choosing is at hand.

• The Book Thief

  Zusak, Markus

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  A German girl living during World War II learns to adapt to her new foster family as books and words become an important part of her life with the help of her new father. Her family shelters a Jewish man as the war threatens to tear everyone's lives…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Widows of Malabar Hill

  Massey, Sujata

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  Historical mystery set in 1921 Bombay featuring Perveen Mistry, one of India's first female lawyers, who starts investigating when a client's three widows have all signed their inheritances over to the same charity.

• Book Lovers

  Henry, Emily

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  Recommended new romance. A book agent goes on vacation with her sister and finds unexpected connection with a book editor from back in the city.

• Bringing Down the Duke

  Dunmore, Evie

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  Annabelle Archer recruits men of influence to fight in the suffrage movement in 1879 England. She sets her sights on a cold and calculating duke and their romance nearly upends British society.

• Heroes Are My Weakness

  Phillips, Susan Elizabeth

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  A down-on-her-luck actress reduced to staging kids' puppet shows finds herself trapped on a remote island off the coast of Maine with a sexy horror novelist who knows a dozen ways to kill with his bare hands -- Publisher's Description.