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  • The Alienist by Caleb Carr
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    Release date: Nov 21, 2017
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    Availability: 75 copies available, 5284 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Nov 27 - Dec 31, 2017

    Countries available: US

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    Top Reviews This Week

    The Plan by Ella James Lauren Lascola-Lesczynski's review of The Plan (Off-Limits Romance, #4) by Ella James
    31019758 " I read this book in one sitting...I could not get enough of Gabe and Marley's love hate relationship!
    They were hot and cold and hot and cold...till they were just HOT!!!! Gawd the things that Gabe did to Marley had me blushing.
    I love a second chance     ...more "
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    New Releases in History & Biography

    Becoming Hitler: The Making of a Nazi
    Case Red: The Collapse of France
    The Mayflower: The Families, the Voyage, and the Founding of America
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    When the World Seemed New: George H. W. Bush and the End of the Cold War
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    New Releases in Memoir & Autobiography

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    The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir
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    New Releases in Fiction

    Montreal Noir
    Jade City (The Green Bone Saga #1)
    Here We Are Now
    The Nine (Thieves of Fate, #1)
    Terminal Alliance
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    New Releases in Nonfiction

    Henry: A Polish Swimmer's True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America
    A Very British Christmas: Twelve Days of Discomfort and Joy
    You Do You: How to Be Who You Are and Use What You've Got to Get What You Want
    Awaiting the King: Reforming Public Theology
    Hellfire Boys: The Untold History of Soldiers, Scientists, and America's First Race for Weapons of Mass Destruction
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    New Releases This Month

    Foolish Hearts
    Ever the Brave (A Clash of Kingdoms #2)
    The Vanishing Season
    Elmet
    The Last Suppers
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    New Releases This Year

    Hunted
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    Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
    Flame in the Mist (Flame in the Mist, #1)
    The Keeper of Lost Things
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    Before We Were Yours
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    A Column of Fire (Kingsbridge)
    Origin (Robert Langdon, #5)
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    Author Interviews

    Angie Thomas
    Angie Thomas The Hate U Give
    Voters awarded two Goodreads Choice Awards to author Angie Thomas' young adult novel, The Hate U Give. This searing account of a teenage girl whose friend is killed by a police officer won both the Young Adult Fiction and Debut Author categories. Thomas talks to Goodreads about her whirlwind year.
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    Romance Author Interviews

    Kylie Scott
    Kylie Scott Twist (Dive Bar, #2)
    Feeling thirsty? Maybe one of Kylie Scott’s hunky bartenders can help. The author answers your questions about love at first sight, go-to drinks, and her new Dive Bar book, Twist.
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