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Summer Reading: The Hottest New Books of the Season
NEWS May 17
Summer Reading: The Hottest New Books of the Season
Here’s some trivia for your next vacation get-together: The concept of the summer “beach read” book goes all the way back to the Victorian... Read more
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New Releases in Historical Fiction

Mary Jane
Isabelle and Alexander
Island Reich
The Nature of a Lady (The Secrets of the Isles #1)
Paint and Nectar (Heirloom Secrets, #2)
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New Releases in Nonfiction

Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993
Languages of Truth: Essays 2003-2020
The Murders That Made Us: How Vigilantes, Hoodlums, Mob Bosses, Serial Killers and Cult Leaders Built the San Francisco Bay Area
Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service
Out of the Shadows: Six Visionary Victorian Women in Search of a Public Voice
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New Releases in History & Biography

Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night
Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II
Twilight Man: Love and Ruin in the Shadows of Hollywood and the Clark Empire
War on the Border: Villa, Pershing, the Texas Rangers, and an American Invasion
The Spectre of War: International Communism and the Origins of World War II
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New Releases in Fantasy

In the Ravenous Dark
Doctor Who: The Ruby's Curse
The Album of Dr. Moreau
Undercover Wolf (STAT #2)
The House of Always (A Chorus of Dragons, #4)
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New Releases This Month

To Sir, with Love
Grace and Glory (The Harbinger, #3)
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
The Box in the Woods (Truly Devious #4)
One Two Three
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New Releases This Year

The Lost Apothecary
The Last Thing He Told Me
Realm Breaker (Realm Breaker, #1)
Second First Impressions
The Push
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Popular This Week

The Honest Truth
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)
Anxious People
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4)
Crying in H Mart
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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
by
Miles Franklin Literary Award Nominee for Longlist (2021)


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


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


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