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• Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep

  a Novel

  Tremblay, Paul

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  Philip K. Dick meets the Coen Brothers in this genre-bending, near-future, tech nightmare that is as bitingly funny as it is horrifically believable from the New York Times bestselling author of Horror Movie.

• The Shampoo Effect

  Jackson, Jenny (Editor)

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  An ambitious young woman insinuates herself into a tight-knit social set, shaking up friendships and marriages in a small seaside town. A frothy novel of love, money, sex, and friendship, from the New York Times bestselling author of Pineapple…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wasp's Nest

  Stoddard, Kat

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  A modern retelling of The Philadelphia Story, Wasp’s Nest is a witty, gripping love triangle unfolding over the course of seven chaotic days at a Cape Cod wedding.

• Not What It Seems

  Jackson, Lisa

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  Bestselling author Lisa Jackson brings her own brand of Southern Gothic back to the Spanish moss-draped shade of Savannah and the swampy marshes of Lowcountry Georgia. Crime writer Nikki Gillette and her husband, Detective Pierce Reed, race to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Teach the Torches to Burn

  Dodd, Christina

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  Romeo and Juliet (yes, that Romeo and Juliet) invite you to join them in celebrating the union of their spinster daughter, Rosie (she’s 20!) to Escalus the younger, prince of Verona, where murder is the unexpected guest at the wedding. Latest in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Until Midnight

  Rice, Luanne

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  Rhode Island’s picturesque Ocean House is the perfect setting for Kate Woodward and Conor Reid’s fairy-tale wedding weekend. But there may not be a happily-ever-after. When lies and betrayals are exposed, the perfect wedding becomes a nightmare in a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Incredibly Fast and Not at All Fun

  Bentley, Tadgh

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  The world’s first roller coaster was invented almost entirely by mistake. Bear calls it the Honey Runner and builds it as a quick and easy way to get to his beehives. It is a bit steep. The corners take some getting used to. And, it is way too fast!…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Warriors Graphic Novel: The New Prophecy, Part One of Three

  Hunter, Erin

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  The wild cats of the forest have lived in peace for many moons—but when Brambleclaw, a warrior of ThunderClan, receives an ominous prophecy from StarClan that speaks of a mysterious danger, he must rally the fiercest warriors from all the Cislans to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Thornbird

  Kennedy, E

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  The daughter of a notorious serial killer races to solve the crimes of her family’s twisted past—before it’s too late in this highly anticipated young adult thriller from the pen name of Elle Kennedy, bestselling author of the Off Campus series!

• Monkeypig

  Aaron, Huw

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  She's a monkey! No, she's a pig! She's . . . Monkeypig? Molly happily resides in the jungle alongside all the other monkeys, living her best monkey life among the treetops. There's just one problem. She's actually a pig. And head monkey Norman knows…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Through the Black Gate

  Caceres, Alfredo

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  A well-reviewed graphic novel for middle grades about an orphaned girl and a music-loving boy who venture into the land of the dead with the hope of seeing their loved ones again.

• Beware the Abbott Boys

  Ichaso, Chelsea

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  The Abbott boys, fraternal triplets Henry, Bram, and Adam, live in a mansion on the outskirts of Silver Creek. For decades, their family's been at odds with the town, long before Mariana Flores died in a fiery accident on the Abbott property last…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Whiskey Woods

  Johnstone, William W.

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  In a thrilling new series set during the explosive Texas Whiskey Wars, a proud family of distillers faces off with a ruthless rival who’s trading shots of liquor with hot lead.

• Esther's Army: The Christian Women Who Power the American Right

  Gaddini, Katie

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  Observing Christian women’s activism from grassroots networks to conservative universities to public politics and jobs at the White House―as they borrow feminist rhetoric to “lean in” to their executive skills while rejecting liberal…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Enter the Nightmare

  Castle, Jayne

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  Alice wakes up in a ward for the criminally insane, accused of murdering her husband on their wedding night. Strange thing is, she doesn't remember the wedding--or the husband. So she runs away to reinvent herself one more time, ending up in a place…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• On Courage

  How to Be a Dissident in An Age of Fear

  Angwin, Julia

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  From a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and a former White House senior advisor, a deeply reported manual about how anyone can defy an authoritarian--based on original interviews with more than 100 dissidents, activists, and theorists…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• D Is for Daisy

  Gray, Shelley Shepard

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  Mervin and Ruthie Miller, a 50-something couple planning for early retirement, learn even the simple life can sometimes be complicated when they decide to buy a 30-acre, ramshackle farm in the middle of an Amish community. Romance blossoms between…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Not Built in a Day: How Slavery Made the Roman Empire

  Southon, Emma

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  From the acclaimed historian and author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Emma Southon, comes a groundbreaking history of ancient Rome that explores how the empire was built, fueled, and shaped by its enslaved people.

• Cancel Me If You Can

  Portnoy, Dave

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  In his unfiltered style, Dave Portnoy details the journey of how he built his polarizing media empire, Barstool Sports, while refusing to bend the knee to those who tried to tear him down, staying true to himself and blocking out the haters.

• Fury Over Texas

  Johnstone, William W.

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  The bestselling masters of the Great American Western pit heroes and villains, men and women, survivors and the unlucky, against the shocking power of Mother Nature in this epic standalone adventure set on the Texas frontier.