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Summer Reading: The Hottest New Books of the Season
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Summer Reading: The Hottest New Books of the Season
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  • Hell of a Book by Jason Mott
    Hell of a Book
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    Release date: Jun 29, 2021
    "[A} dazzling exploration." —Kiese Laymon

    "Playful, searching, raw and necessary." —Charles Yu

    "Powerful, timely, and provocative." —Abi Daré     ...more
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    Availability: 25 copies available, 2528 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: May 14 - Jun 13, 2021

    Countries available: U.S.

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    New Releases in History & Biography

    Out of the Shadows: Six Visionary Victorian Women in Search of a Public Voice
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    The Nation Must Awake: My Witness to the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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    New Releases in Mystery & Thriller

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    The Album of Dr. Moreau
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    New Releases in Memoir & Autobiography

    Persist
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    Because He's Jeff Goldblum: The Movies, Memes, and Meaning of Hollywood's Most Enigmatic Actor
    What It Feels Like for a Girl
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    New Releases This Month

    One Two Three
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    The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
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    New Releases This Year

    Every Last Fear
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    The Rose Code
    Chain of Iron (The Last Hours, #2)
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    Popular This Week

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    Recent Award Winners

    Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Díaz
    Postcolonial Love Poem
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    Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (2021)


    The Dead Are Arising by Les Payne
    The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X
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    Pulitzer Prize for Biography (2021)


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    Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America
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    Pulitzer Prize for History (2021)


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    Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy
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    The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
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