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Spooky Lakes
by Geo Rutherford
Dive into the most mysterious waters around the world (if you dare) in Spooky Lakes, an illustrated nonfiction book from TikTok star and educator Geo Rutherford
Some of Earth's strangest--and creepiest--wonders lie... (read more)
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The Magic We Miss - Signed Edition
by Brian Parker and Josie Parker
In a city (very much inspired by Portland and its surrounding boroughs) we find a young lady riding alone on public transit. Then, out of the corner of her eye, she catches a glimpse of the strangest sight. An ogre! An actual ogre wearing a tattered overcoat, a flat cap, and reading a newspaper!... (read more)
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The Hidden History of the American Dream - Signed Edition
by Thom Hartmann
America's most popular progressive radio host and New York Times bestselling author explores the fall of the American Dream and the steps we can take to bring it back.
The widening wealth gap is all too familiar to many Millennials and GenZers,... (read more)
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Shock Induction - Signed Edition
by Chuck Palahniuk
From the bestselling author of Fight Club comes a dark, satirical parable about a string of mysterious high school disappearances, the seedy underbellies of billionaires, and the tough choices we make in the face of an uncertain future.
In Shock Induction,... (read more)
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The Wild Robot
by Peter Brown
Wall-E meets Hatchet in this New York Times bestselling illustrated middle grade novel from Caldecott Honor winner Peter Brown
Can a robot survive in the wilderness?
When robot Roz opens her eyes... (read more)
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Intermezzo
by Sally Rooney
An exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family, from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney.
Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have little in common.
Peter is a Dublin lawyer in his thirties — successful, competent,... (read more)
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#8
Playground
by Richard Powers
Finalist for the 2024 Kirkus Prize
Longlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize
A magisterial new novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning and New York Times bestselling author of The Overstory and... (read more)
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#9
Before the Ever After
by Jacqueline Woodson
WINNER OF THE NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER OF THE CORETTA SCOTT KING AUTHOR AWARD National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson's stirring novel-in-verse explores how a family moves forward when their glory days have passed, and the cost of professional sports on Black bodies.... (read more)
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#10
1984
by George Orwell
Written 70 years ago, 1984 was George Orwell's chilling prophecy about the future. And while 1984 has come and gone, his dystopian vision of a government that will do anything to control the narrative is timelier than ever...
- Nominated as one of America's... (read more)
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#11
What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures
by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
Our climate future is not yet written.
What if we act as if we love the future?
Sometimes the bravest thing we can do while facing an existential crisis is imagine life on the other side. This provocative and joyous book maps an inspiring landscape of possible climate... (read more)
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#12
JD & the Great Barber Battle
by J Dillard, Akeem S Roberts
Eight-year-old J.D. turns a tragic home haircut into a thriving barber business in this hilarious new illustrated chapter book series J.D. has a big problem--it's the night before the start of third grade and his mom has just given him his first and worst home haircut. When the steady... (read more)
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#13
The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood
In the world of the near future, who will control women's bodies?
Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read. She... (read more)
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#14
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by Maya Angelou
Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern... (read more)
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#15
Marshmallow & Jordan
by Alina Chau
Jordan's days as star player for her school's basketball team ended when an accident left her paralyzed from the waist down. Now, she's still the team captain, but her competition days seem to be behind her...until an encounter with a mysterious elephant, who she names Marshmallow, helps Jordan... (read more)
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The Fire Next Time
by James Baldwin
A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Time galvanized the nation and gave passionate voice to the emerging civil rights movement. At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin’s early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of... (read more)
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The Thursday Murder Club
by Richard Osman
A New York Times bestseller Soon to be a major motion picture from Steven Spielberg at Amblin Entertainment
"Witty, endearing and greatly entertaining." — Wall Street Journal
"Don't trust anyone, including the four... (read more)
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Strega Nona An Original Tale
by Tomie dePaola
Following the New York Times bestsellers Strega Nona's Gift, Strega Nona's Harvest and Brava, Strega Nona, Tomie dePaolas beloved Strega Nona is back, with the perfect remedy for a houseguest who overstays her welcome. Angelina is so beautiful that all... (read more)
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#21
Psalm for the Wild Built (Monk & Robot Book 1)
by Becky Chambers
In A Psalm for the Wild-Built, Hugo Award-winner Becky Chambers's delightful new Monk & Robot series gives us hope for the future.
It's been centuries since the robots of Earth gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en... (read more)
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Fifty Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers
by Caela Carter
For fans of Alyson Gerber and Kathryn Erskine comes a beautiful, personal story about the importance of patience, support, and tenacity in finding a diagnosis for neurodiversity that oftentimes gets overlooked in girls. Now in paperback!
A Kids’ Indie Next List Pick and... (read more)
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#24
Go Tell It on the Mountain
by James Baldwin
“Mountain,” Baldwin said, “is the book I had to write if I was ever going to write anything else.” Go Tell It On The Mountain, first published in 1953, is Baldwin’s first major work, a novel that has established itself as an American classic. With lyrical precision, psychological... (read more)
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Secret Series 01 Name of This Book Is Secret
by Pseudonymous Bosch
This is the story about a secret. but it also contains a secret story.
When adventurous detectives, Cass, an ever-vigilant survivalist, and Max-Ernest, a boy driven by logic, discover the Symphony of Smells, a box filled with smelly vials of colorful ingredients, they accidentally... (read more)
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#27
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
by James Nestor
A New York Times Bestseller
A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2020
"A fascinating scientific, cultural, spiritual and evolutionary history of the way humans breathe — and how we've all been doing... (read more)
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#28
God of the Woods
by Liz Moore
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
JIMMY FALLON SUMMER READS WINNER
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE READS OF SUMMER 2024
"The God of the Woods should be your next summer... (read more)
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#29
Doll Bones
by Holly Black, Eliza Wheeler
Discover the Newbery Honor winner Doll Bones, from Holly Black, the cocreator of the Spiderwick Chronicles. A Kirkus Reviews Best Book. A School Library Journal Best Book. A Booklist Editor's Choice Books for Youth. A Publishers Weekly Best Children's... (read more)
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#30
Dorothy Day Love In Action
by Patrick Jordan
By any measure, Dorothy Day lived a fascinating life. She was a journalist, activist, single mother, convert, Catholic laywoman, and co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement. A lifelong radical who took the gospels at their word, Dorothy Day lived among the poor as one of them, challenging... (read more)
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#31
Thinking, Fast and Slow
by Daniel Kahneman
Major New York Times bestseller
Winner of the National Academy of Sciences Best Book Award in 2012
Selected by the New York Times Book Review as one of the best books of 2011
A Globe and Mail Best Books of the Year 2011 Title
One of The... (read more)
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#32
Stones For Ibarra
by Harriet Doerr
"A very good novel indeed, with echoes of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Katherine Anne Porter, and even Graham Greene."--The New York Times
Richard and Sara Everton, just over and just under forty, have come to the small Mexican village of Ibarra to reopen a copper mine abandoned by Richard... (read more)
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#33
Illusions The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
by Richard Bach
In the cloud-washed airspace between the cornfields of Illinois and blue infinity, a man puts his faith in the propeller of his biplane. For disillusioned writer and itinerant barnstormer Richard Bach, belief is as real as a full tank of gas and sparks firing in the cylinders...until he meets Donald... (read more)
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#34
Wild Robot Hardcover Gift Set
by Peter Brown
Dive into the complete New York Times bestselling series The Wild Robot with this beautiful hardcover gift set. Can a robot survive in the wilderness? When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island. She has no idea... (read more)
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#35
Writing Fiction Tenth Edition A Guide to Narrative Craft
by Janet Burroway, Elizabeth Stuckey French, Ned Stuckey French
More than 250,000 copies sold A creative writer's shelf should hold at least three essential books: a dictionary, a style guide, and Writing Fiction. Janet Burroway's best-selling classic is the most widely used creative writing text in America, and for more than three decades it... (read more)
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Last Night at the Telegraph Club
by Malinda Lo
Winner of the National Book Award
A New York Times Bestseller
The queer romance we've been waiting for." Ms. Magazine
Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can't remember exactly when the feeling took root — that desire to look,... (read more)
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Demon Copperhead
by Barbara Kingsolver
WINNER OF THE 2023 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION
WINNER OF THE 2023 UK WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION (read more)
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#38
Colored Television
by Danzy Senna
Jane has high hopes that her life is about to turn around. After a long, precarious stretch bouncing among sketchy rentals and sublets, she and her family are living in luxury for a year, house-sitting in the hills above Los Angeles. The gig magically coincides with Jane's sabbatical, giving her... (read more)
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#39
We Solve Murders
by Richard Osman
From the #1 bestselling author of The Thursday Murder Club Series
A brand new mystery. An iconic new detective duo. And a thrilling new murder to solve . . .
Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life. He still does the odd bit of... (read more)
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#40
Psychedelics and the Soul - Signed Edition
by Simon Yugler
A mythological journey through 10 archetypes of psychedelic healing: ancient stories, tangible tools, and depth psychology insights
Designed for a new generation of psychedelic facilitators and seekers, Psychedelics and the Soul invokes the traditions of... (read more)
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Distant Mirror The Calamitous 14th Century
by Barbara W Tuchman
Barbara W. Tuchman (1912–1989) achieved prominence as a historian with The Zimmermann Telegram and international fame with The Guns of August—a huge bestseller and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Her other works include Bible and Sword, The Proud Tower, Stilwell and the... (read more)
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#43
The Lies of Locke Lamora
by Lynch, Scott
In this stunning debut, author Scott Lynch delivers the wonderfully thrilling tale of an audacious criminal and his band of confidence tricksters. Set in a fantastic city pulsing with the lives of decadent nobles and daring thieves, here is a story of adventure, loyalty, and survival that is one... (read more)
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Norwegian Wood
by Haruki Murakami and Jay Rubin
This stunning and elegiac novel by the author of the internationally acclaimed Wind-Up Bird Chronicle has sold over 4 million copies in Japan and is now available to American audiences for the first time. It is sure to be a literary event.
Toru, a quiet and preternaturally serious... (read more)
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#46
Circus Mirandus
by Cassie Beasley
A New York Times bestseller "A beguiling first novel"--Gregory Maguire in the New York Times "Takes readers to a marvelous place." --The Wall Street Journal
Even though his awful Great-Aunt Gertrudis doesn't approve, Micah believes in... (read more)
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#47
Twins (Twins #1)
by Varian Johnson and Shannon Wright
Coretta Scott King Honor author Varian Johnson teams up with rising cartoonist Shannon Wright for a delightful middle-grade graphic novel!
Maureen and Francine Carter are twins and best friends. They participate in the same clubs, enjoy the same foods, and are partners on all their... (read more)
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#48
A Court of Thorns and Roses (Court of Thorns and Roses #1)
by Sarah J. Maas
The sexy, action-packed first book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses series from Sarah J. Maas.
When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a... (read more)
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#49
The Wild Robot Protects
by Peter Brown
The New York Times bestselling The Wild Robot series returns, taking Roz on an action-packed under-the-ocean journey to save her beloved island!
Life for Roz and the animals on their island is perfect. But when mysterious, dangerous waters surround the... (read more)
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#50
Lovely One A Memoir
by Ketanji Brown Jackson
An inspiring, revelatory autobiography from the first Black woman ever to serve on the United States Supreme Court.
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