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The Most Read Books of the 2019 Reading Challenge
NEWS Jun 24
The Most Read Books of the 2019 Reading Challenge
Who doesn't want to spend more time reading a great book? That's the idea behind our annual Goodreads Reading Challenge! It's... Read more
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New Releases in Historical Fiction

A Bend in the Stars
Romanov
The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna
The Medal of Purity
The Disappearance
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New Releases in History & Biography

A Well-Read Woman: The Life, Loves, and Legacy of Ruth Rappaport
The Bells of Old Tokyo: Travels in Japanese Time
Girls with Guts!: The Road to Breaking Barriers and Bashing Records
Nuking the Moon: And Other Intelligence Schemes and Military Plots Left on the Drawing Board
Red Meat Republic: A Hoof-To-Table History of How Beef Changed America
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New Releases in Mystery & Thriller

Jada Sly, Artist & Spy
Proper English
Below the Fold
Plan to Fail (The Accidental Cases of Emily Abbott, #2)
Vessel
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New Releases in Nonfiction

The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown
Lowborn: Growing Up, Getting Away and Returning to Britain’s Poorest Towns
Crossing on Time: Steam Engines, Fast Ships, and a Journey to the New World
Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide
Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations
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New Releases This Month

The Most Fun We Ever Had
One Small Sacrifice (Shadows of New York, #1)
Evvie Drake Starts Over
The Friend Zone
The Great Believers
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New Releases This Year

The Overdue Life of Amy Byler
Lost Roses (Lilac Girls #2)
The Turn of the Key
Mrs. Everything
The Priory of the Orange Tree
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Popular This Week

The Handmaid's Tale
Hunted
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
The Book Thief
The Sun Is Also a Star
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Mark Bradford: Tomorrow Is Another Day
Mark Bradford is best known for his large abstract paintings. He uses fragments of posters, billboards, newsprint, and other found objects to create commentaries on class, race, and gender through his lens as a black American artist.
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Recent Award Winners

Testament by Kim Sherwood
Testament
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Desmond Elliott Prize Nominee for Longlist (2019)


Stubborn Archivist by Yara Rodrigues Fowler
Stubborn Archivist
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Desmond Elliott Prize Nominee for Longlist (2019)


Follow Me To Ground by Sue Rainsford
Follow Me To Ground
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Desmond Elliott Prize Nominee for Longlist (2019)


Future Popes of Ireland by Darragh Martin
Future Popes of Ireland
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Desmond Elliott Prize Nominee for Longlist (2019)


Everything Under by Daisy Johnson
Everything Under
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Desmond Elliott Prize Nominee for Longlist (2019)


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