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Summer Reading: The Hottest New Books of the Season
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  • When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain
    When the Stars Go Dark
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    Release date: Apr 13, 2021
    We're giving away 25 copies of WHEN THE STARS GO DARK!

    “A powerhouse of a novel that is guaranteed to keep the reader up all night.”—Kristin Hannah     ...more
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    Availability: 25 copies available, 19472 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: May 20 - Jun 19, 2021

    Countries available: U.S.

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    New Releases in Young Adult

    Tokyo Ever After (Tokyo Ever After, #1)
    How to Become a Planet
    Aetherbound
    Lucky Girl
    May the Best Man Win
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    New Releases in Romance

    When Heroes Fall (Anti-Heroes in Love, #1)
    Undercover Duke (Duke Dynasty, #4)
    Tempting Fate (Goode Girls, #4)
    The Scot Who Loved Me (Scottish Treasures, #1)
    White as Frost (Darkwood Trilogy, #1)
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    New Releases in Historical Fiction

    Within Without (John Nyquist #4)
    Sixteen Scandals
    Paint and Nectar (Heirloom Secrets, #2)
    A Peculiar Combination (Electra McDonnell #1)
    In a Far-Off Land
    More new releases in historical fiction...

    New Releases in History & Biography

    Winning Independence: The Decisive Years of the Revolutionary War, 1778-1781
    Alexandria: The Quest for the Lost City
    Thirteen Clocks: How Race United the Colonies and Made the Declaration of Independence
    Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service
    The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for Justice
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    New Releases This Month

    Malibu Rising
    On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
    Grace and Glory (The Harbinger, #3)
    The Other Black Girl
    Neon Gods (Dark Olympus, #1)
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    New Releases This Year

    Outlawed
    Project Hail Mary
    When the Stars Go Dark
    How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
    A Vow So Bold and Deadly (Cursebreakers, #3)
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    Recent Award Winners

    Bina by Anakana Schofield
    Bina: A Novel in Warnings
    by
    Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award (2021)


    Song of the Crocodile by Nardi Simpson
    Song of the Crocodile
    by
    Miles Franklin Literary Award Nominee for Longlist (2021)


    Stone Sky Gold Mountain by Mirandi Riwoe
    Stone Sky Gold Mountain
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    Miles Franklin Literary Award Nominee for Longlist (2021)


    The Animals in That Country by Laura Jean McKay
    The Animals in That Country
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    Miles Franklin Literary Award Nominee for Longlist (2021)


    Infinite Splendours by Sofie Laguna
    Infinite Splendours
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    Miles Franklin Literary Award Nominee for Longlist (2021)


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