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• Splinters

  Another Kind of Love Story

  Jamison, Leslie, 1983-

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  In her first memoir, Leslie Jamison turns her unrivaled powers of perception on some of the most intimate relationships of her life: her consuming love for her young daughter, a ruptured marriage once swollen with hope, and the shaping legacy of her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Martyr!

  Akbar, Kaveh,

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  An alcoholic, addict and poet, Cyrus Shams, the orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, finds his obsession with martyrs leading him to examine the mysteries of his past and to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum.

• The Morningside (PROJECTED PUB DATE: MARCH 2024)

  Obreht , Tea

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  Enchanted by Ena’s stories, Silvia begins seeing the world with magical possibilities and becomes obsessed with the mysterious older woman who lives in the penthouse of the Morningside. Bezi Duras is an enigma to everyone in the building. She has…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Grief Is for People

  Crosley, Sloane,

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  Grief Is for People is a deeply moving and surprisingly suspenseful portrait of friendship, and a book about loss packed with verve for life. After the pain and confusion of losing her closest friend to suicide, Crosley looks for answers in friends,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Book of Love

  a Novel

  Link, Kelly,

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  Brought back to life by their high school music teacher, Laura, Daniel and Mo, desperate to reclaim their lives, agree to perform a series of magical tasks, but when their resurrection attracts the notice of supernatural figures, they must solve the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Mayor of Maxwell Street

  Cunningham, Avery,

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  An epic love story that explores the American Dream between the monolith of Jim Crow, the inflexible world of the original Black upper class, and the violence of 1920s Chicago

• Wandering Stars

  Orange, Tommy, 1982-

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  Wandering Stars traces the legacies of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 and the Carlisle Industrial School for Indians through to the shattering aftermath of Orvil Redfeather's shooting in There There

• Womb City

  Tsamaase, Tlotlo,

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  When a drug-fueled evening causes her to commit a desperate crime, daring to hope she can keep one last secret, Nelah, as the ghost of her victim hunts down the people she loves, must unravel the political conspiracy they were on the verge of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Fate Inked in Blood

  Jensen, Danielle L.,

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  A shield maiden blessed by the gods battles to unite a nation under a power-hungry king—while also fighting her growing desire for his fiery son—in the first book of a Norse-inspired fantasy romance series from the bestselling author of The Bridge…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Hunter

  a Novel

  French, Tana,

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  It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is coming home. Both of them are coming to get rich. One of them is coming to die.

• Murder Road

  St. James, Simone,

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  Safety tip: When traveling, avoid any local route called Murder Road. Newlyweds April and Eddie learn this the hard way when they stop to pick up a hitchhiker outside a small town in Michigan. Turns out the road has a long and bloody history, the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Annie Bot

  a Novel

  Greer, Sierra,

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  For fans of Never Let Me Go and My Dark Vanessa, a powerful, provocative novel about the relationship between a female robot and her human owner, exploring questions of intimacy, power, autonomy, and control.

• The Women

  Hannah, Kristin,

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  In 1965, nursing student Frankie McGrath, after hearing the words "Women can be heroes, too," impulsively joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows her brother to Vietnam where she is overwhelmed by the destruction of war, as well as the unexpected…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• There's Always This Year

  on Basketball and Ascension

  Abdurraqib, Hanif, 1983-

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  There’s Always This Year is a triumph, brimming with joy, pain, solidarity, comfort, outrage, and hope. No matter the subject of his keen focus—whether it’s basketball, or music, or performance—Hanif Abdurraqib’s exquisite writing is always poetry,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The House of Hidden Meanings

  a Memoir

  RuPaul, 1960-

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  Supermodel, supermogul, and international drag superstar RuPaul gets intensely personal in his new memoir, digging deep into memories of growing up poor, Black, and queer in San Diego. RuPaul’s stated goal with the new book is to strip away the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Anita De Monte Laughs Last

  a Novel

  Gonzalez, Xochitl, 1977-

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  Xochitl Gonzalez delivers a mesmerizing novel about a first-generation Ivy League student who uncovers the genius work of a female artist decades after her suspicious death. Moving back and forth through time and told from the perspectives of both…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• James

  a Novel

  Everett, Percival,

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  The enslaved Jim still hides out on Jackson Island when he overhears news that he's to be sold—and thus separated from his family—and Huck still encounters him while running away from an abusive father and faking his own death.

• Table for Two

  Fictions

  Towles, Amor,

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  Written with his signature wit, humor, and sophistication, Table for Two is another glittering addition to Towles’s canon of stylish and transporting fiction.

• Real Americans

  a Novel

  Khong, Rachel, 1985-

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  From the award-winning author of Goodbye, Vitamin: How far would you go to shape your own destiny? An exhilarating novel of American identity that spans three generations in one family and asks: What makes us who we are? And how inevitable are our…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lies and Weddings

  Kwan, Kevin,

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  From the iconic internationally bestselling author of the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy: A forbidden affair erupts volcanically amid a decadent tropical wedding in this outrageous comedy of manners from the iconic author of Crazy Rich Asians.