Fiction

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Divorced mom Jackie Reed worries about her oldest son Wade. His actions have become questionable. But is it teenage angst, or is something really bothering the 17 year old?

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“Rudy has illustrated her picture book with an elaborate world made of fabrics and scavenged materials, and populated it with handmade felt and fur mice . . .”

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“A fantastic start to a new series that will have the reader wondering how author Rice can top this first entry.”

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“A story the reader will select with a wriggle of delight and a frisson of dread.”

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“A powerful and thought-provoking story filled with the use of Native American legends and arcane magic.”

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“If you know an 18 year old or an 80 year old who is in love with the creation of art, there is no better book for them to read . . .”

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The cover of Goat Songs is a goat, a giant goat staring at you with hypnotic eyes and a bulbous nose. It immediately evokes memories of the film the Men Who Stare at Goats.

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“Vaseline Buddha is a brilliant example of contemporary South Korean literature.”

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“Only Killers and Thieves is a powerful debut.”

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Mike Hodge, a reporter with the Tribune in 1920s Chicago, sets off on a quest to find the person or persons responsible for the murder of his girlfriend, Annie Walsh.

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This intense character-exploration story draws you along wondering, What the heck happened to Kit to make her so closed to human relationships?

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With suspense and medical drama her forte, Mattie Winston, once an ER nurse and now a medical-legal death investigator, deals with the intricacies of investigative and forensic aspects in a job one

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“A brilliant and fanciful young adult novel inspired by the supposed survival of Anastasia, daughter of the last Romonov ruler of Russia.”

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“I thought about the fact that there is such a high cost to anything a woman chose to do with her life, unless she simply aimed low. But I knew that already, didn’t I?”

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As one of 2018’s most anticipated books, Kristin Hannah’s The Great Alone had an enormous amount of buzz and early praise to live up to.

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The United States has passed the Personhood Amendment, giving fertilized human eggs full legal rights as citizens. As a result, abortion is banned.

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When you have an imagination like Gareth Powell’s, you must write or paint or otherwise vent that imagination through art so your head won’t explode.

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Gluttony Bay is the sixth book in the Sin du Jour Affair by Matt Wallace, preparing fans for the Martini Shot of the series.

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Atia Abawi, a journalist and an Afghan refugee who made it to Germany as a child, has written a deeply gripping and affecting novel about the global refugee crisis that continues across Europe toda

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“a haunting story of one man’s determination to assuage his grief by keeping the dead alive and another man’s struggle to give them peace.”

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“Anyone who enjoys literary or psychological fiction won’t be able to put this whip smart novel down.”

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“page-flipping race to see who survives and who dies on the lunar surface . . .”

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“an offbeat, occasionally absurd but haunting tale of life, death, heartbreak, and ultimately, redemption . . .”

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While it seems to be universally the case that authors would rather have their books written about than not, it is also the case that it is sometimes better not to review a given book than to revie

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How can a book with only 112 words be so satisfying?

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