Fiction

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Camino Island is John Grisham’s much-anticipated 30th novel. It tells the story of the theft of priceless F.

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Artist/Illustrator Jean Jullien applies his artistry and distinct observations on routine life situations in a delightful children’s board book entitled Before & After.

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suspenseful, gritty, well plotted and written, but not a pleasant book to read. . . . ultra-realistic crime fiction.”

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“a complex and seductive page-turner that will not disappoint devoted fans and casual readers of the New York Times bestselling series.”

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“a talented new voice in contemporary Nigerian literature.”

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Gabe Habash’s debut is a masterful exploration of the human condition and survival through a fragile, flawed character.

Sarah Dessen knows her literary lane and wisely sticks to it.

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“an enjoyable feast of nostalgia coupled with the poignant joi de vivre of the teenaged male.”

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Jordan Harper’s fast-paced debut novel, She Rides Shotgun, opens with a disturbingly haunting introduction to “Crazy” Craig Hollington, the leader of a gang known as Aryan Steel.

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Somewhere after every NFL Super Bowl one will find many die-hard fans weeping for the team that lost, so it is with presidential elections.

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"Readers, be warned—you are entering enchanted territory."

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This novel tells the story of an unsung heroine of the American century, Katharine Wright, sister of Orville and Wilbur. It is at once heartwarming and heartbreaking.

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Carnivalesque by Neil Jordan tells the story of Andy, a young boy on the cusp of adolescence, who, upon visiting a carnival with his parents, enters the hall of mirrors where he becomes tr

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The Whitechapel district of London’s East End in the latter decades of the 19th century was a popular place for immigrants and the poor working class.

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“an original and charming story. . . . dramatic, emotional, and ultimately satisfying.”

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There’s a log of big in this book: the Big Sky country of Montana, where a big family runs two big businesses on a really big spread; and when the problems come, they’re big ones.

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Nobody does Kafkaesque quite like Franz Kafka.

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“like a sonnet whose beautiful lines are undermined by its flawed argument.”

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"The book is a smorgasbord of rich delights."

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“the kind of comics that kept the nightlights on and made children check under their beds.” 

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“a preposterous, fun, but perilous escapade, written in an easy-to-read narrative, with a slight stream-of-consciousness air . . .”

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“Dragon Teeth is an effective, page-turning combination of historical fact and fast-paced fiction.”

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Lars Martin Johansson, retired head of the Swedish National Criminal Police, stops at a well-known hotdog kiosk for a quick bite to eat before heading home.

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Set in Oxford (home to more murders per capita than any other city on the planet, it seems) in 1985, a student and wealthy heiress is found with her throat cut in the rooms of a college tutor.

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For dedicated fans of Richard Russo these four stories mark a break with his usual “blue-collar” territory.

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