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  • Bullseye by Patterson, James
    James Patterson

    Bullseye

    In a stunning thriller from the world's #1 bestselling writer, New York Detective Michael Bennett is caught in the crossfire of a deadly standoff, and he must kill . . . or be killed. Snow blankets the avenues of Manhattan's exclusive Upper West Side....
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  • Carousel Square by Gangelhoff, Richard
    Richard Gangelhoff

    Carousel Square

    Dear reader: It's 2009, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Chitchee Chichester works in a used bookstore called BookSmart at Lake & Hennepin in Uptown. By working there as an apprentice, Chitchee intends to open his own used bookstore, Ulysses & Sons. He quickly grasps the inner workings...
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  • Manhattan Transfer by Dos Passos, John
    John Dos Passos

    Manhattan Transfer

    A masterpiece of modernist fiction that creates a vividly impressionistic portrait of a teeming and multi-faceted New York City In a series of overlapping stories, John Dos Passos's Manhattan Transfer takes us from the Gilded Age to the Jazz Age in a narrative collage...
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  • Aviary by McNamer, Deirdre
    Deirdre McNamer

    Aviary

    Winner of the 2022 Governor's Arts AwardA 2022 Reading the West Award FinalistA Refinery29 Best New Book to Read in 2021From Deirdre McNamer, a masterful exploration of the rich and hidden facets of human character, as illuminated by the mysterious connections among the residents...
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  • Last Exit to Brooklyn by Selby, Hubert
    Hubert Selby

    Last Exit to Brooklyn

    Last Exit to Brooklyn remains undiminished in its awesome power and magnitude as the novel that first showed us the fierce, primal rage seething in America's cities. Selby brings out the dope addicts, hoodlums, prostitutes, workers, and thieves brawling in the back alleys of...
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  • The Blackmailer's Guide to Love by Thurm, Marian
    Marian Thurm

    The Blackmailer's Guide to Love

    Chosen by Kirkus Reviews as one of the best books of fiction of 2021One of the many well-educated Ivy League graduates with literary ambitions who flock to New York City every year, 25-year-old Melissa Fleischer has the great fortune to work as the assistant...
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  • Ragged Company by Wagamese, Richard
    Richard Wagamese

    Ragged Company

    Four chronically homeless people-Amelia One Sky, Timber, Double Dick and Digger-seek refuge in a warm movie theatre when a severe Arctic Front descends on the city. During what is supposed to be a one-time event, this temporary refuge transfixes them. They fall in love...
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  • How to Be a Revolutionary by Davids, C. a.
    C. a. Davids

    How to Be a Revolutionary

    Winner of the 2023 UJ PrizeWinner of the 2023 Sunday Times Literary Award An extraordinary, ambitious, globe-spanning novel about what we owe our consciences Fleeing her moribund marriage in Cape Town, Beth accepts a diplomatic posting to Shanghai. In this anonymous city she hopes...
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  • The Sun Collective by Baxter, Charles
    Charles Baxter

    The Sun Collective

    A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR - A timely and unsettling novel about the people drawn to--and unmoored by--a local activist group more dangerous than it appears. From the winner of the PEN/Malamud Award and "one of our most gifted writers"...
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  • Life of David Hockney by Cusset, Catherine
    Catherine Cusset

    Life of David Hockney

    Named a Best Book of the Year by The Advocate "Catherine Cusset's book caught a lot of me. I could recognize myself." --David Hockney With clear, vivid prose, this meticulously researched novel draws an intimate, moving portrait of the most famous living English painter....
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  • The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald, F. Scott
    F. Scott Fitzgerald

    The Great Gatsby

    "One of the most important works in American literature -- and, to many, the great American novel." -- Time. "I want to write something new, " F. Scott Fitzgerald told his editor, Maxwell Perkins, "something extraordinary and beautiful and simple and intricately patterned." A...
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  • Metropolitan Stories by Coulson, Christine
    Christine Coulson

    Metropolitan Stories

    "Only someone who deeply loves and understands the Metropolitan Museum could deliver such madcap, funny, magical, tender, intimate fables and stories." --Maira Kalman, artist and bestselling author of The Principles of Uncertainty From a writer who worked at the Metropolitan Museum for more than...
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  • Jane of Battery Park by Viner, Jaye
    Jaye Viner

    Jane of Battery Park

    Jane is a Los Angeles nurse who grew up in a Christian cult that puts celebrities on trial for their sins. Daniel is a has-been actor whose career ended when the cult family members nearly killed him for flirting with her. Eight years after...
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  • Tropic of Capricorn by Miller, Henry
    Henry Miller

    Tropic of Capricorn

    Banned in America for almost thirty years because of its explicit sexual content, this companion volume to Miller's Tropic of Cancer chronicles his life in 1920s New York City. Famous for its frank portrayal of life in Brooklyn's ethnic neighborhoods and Miller's outrageous sexual...
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  • The Wedding Party by Xinwu, Liu
    Liu Xinwu

    The Wedding Party

    In this sprawling, award-winning novel, celebrated Chinese writer Liu Xinwu cordially invites you to an epic, riotous, and moving neighborhood feast.On a December morning in 1982, the courtyard of a Beijing siheyuan--a lively quadrangle of homes--begins to stir. Auntie Xue's son Jiyue is getting...
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  • Boston Adventure by Stafford, Jean
    Jean Stafford

    Boston Adventure

    A provocative story of class struggle, privilege, and poverty that put American author Jean Stafford on the map. Growing up in a fishing village north of Boston between the wars, Sonie, the child of immigrants, is so poor that she must "sleep on a...
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  • Flowers of Mold & Other Stories by Ha, Seong-Nan
    Ha Seong-Nan

    Flowers of Mold & Other Stories

    On the surface, Ha Seong-nan's stories seem pleasant enough, yet there's something disturbing just below the surface, ready to permanently disrupt the characters' lives. A woman meets her next-door neighbor and loans her a spatula, then starts suffering horrific gaps in her memory. A...
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  • Frying Plantain by Reid-Benta, Zalika
    Zalika Reid-Benta

    Frying Plantain

    Set in the neighbourhood of "Little Jamaica," Frying Plantain follows a girl from elementary school to high school graduation as she navigates the tensions between mothers and daughters, second-generation immigrants experiencing first-generation cultural expectations, and Black identity in a predominantly white society.Kara Davis is...
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  • Shaky Town by Mathews, Lou
    Lou Mathews

    Shaky Town

    In Shaky Town, Lou Mathews has written a timeless novel of working-class Los Angeles. A former mechanic and street racer, he tells his story in cool and panoramic style, weaving together the tragedies and glories of one of L.A.'s eastside neighborhoods. From a teenage...
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  • The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald, F. Scott
    F. Scott Fitzgerald

    The Great Gatsby

    *LARGE PRINT EDITION* "Leaves the reader in a mood of chastened wonder . . . A revelation of life . . . A work of art." --Los Angeles Times Set in during the Roaring Twenties, this masterful story by F. Scott Fitzgerald is told...
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  • Follow Me Darkly by Hardt, Helen
    Helen Hardt

    Follow Me Darkly

    She's a take-charge woman. But he's a master of control. Skye Manning knows what she wants. Her job as assistant and photographer for a major social media influencer isn't perfect, but it's a rung on the ladder to bigger and better things. She's confident...
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  • Love Lettering: A Witty and Heartfelt Love Story by Clayborn, Kate
    Kate Clayborn

    Love Lettering: A Witty and Heartfelt Love Story

    In this warm and witty romance from acclaimed author Kate Clayborn, one little word puts a woman's business-and her heart-in jeopardy . . .Meg Mackworth's hand-lettering skill has made her famous as the Planner of Park Slope, designing custom journals for her New York...
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  • How Much I Love by Force, Marie
    Marie Force

    How Much I Love

    It wouldn't be fair to drag her into my life when my future is so uncertain. But I can't resist her.WyattMy name is Wyatt Blake. I'm a cardiothoracic surgeon in Phoenix. When I was 17, I had a heart transplant that saved me. That's...
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  • City of Night by Rechy, John
    John Rechy

    City of Night

    " Rechy's] tone rings absolutely true, is absolutely his own. . . . He tells the truth, and tells it with such passion that we are forced to share in the life he conveys. . . . This is a most humbling and liberating...
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  • Killer Content by Blacke, Olivia
    Olivia Blacke

    Killer Content

    It's murder most viral in this debut mystery by Olivia Blacke. Bayou transplant Odessa Dean has a lot to learn about life in Brooklyn. So far she's scored a rent free apartment in one of the nicest neighborhoods around by cat-sitting, and has a...
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  • The Dark Hours by Connelly, Michael
    Michael Connelly

    The Dark Hours

    A Wall Street Journal and South Florida Sun-Sentinel Best Book of the Year "A masterpiece"--LAPD detective Ren馥 Ballard must join forces with Harry Bosch to find justice in a city scarred by fear and social unrest after a methodical killer strikes on New Year's...
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  • The Goodby People by Lambert, Gavin
    Gavin Lambert

    The Goodby People

    First published in 1971, The Goodby People is perhaps the greatest novel ever written about post-Manson, pre-Disney Los Angeles. "His elegant, stripped-down prose caught the last gasp of Old Hollywood in a way that has yet to be rivalled." (Armistead Maupin) "The bisexual draft...
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  • Pleasantview by Mohammed, Celeste
    Celeste Mohammed

    Pleasantview

    Winner of the 2022 CLMP Firecracker Award for FictionWinner of the 2022 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature"In one of Chekhov's stories, a character says that every happy man should have someone who taps at his door with a little hammer, reminding him that...
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  • Hot Time: A Mystery by Flint, W. H.
    W. H. Flint

    Hot Time: A Mystery

    For fans of The Knick, The Alienist, and The Last Days of Night, an entertaining, atmospheric crime thriller set in the Gilded Age. New York, August 1896. A "hot wave" has settled on the city with no end in sight, leaving tempers short and...
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  • Paper Airplanes by Forney, Tabitha
    Tabitha Forney

    Paper Airplanes

    When Erin loses her husband on September 11, she thinks her life is lost, too. She surrenders to fate by diving into a self-destructive cocktail of grief, guilt, and substance abuse. But when the road to destiny presents a twist, she realizes she has...
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  • The Delivery by Mendelsund, Peter
    Peter Mendelsund

    The Delivery

    Enter the world of the Delivery Boy, who must pedal his way to five-star customer ratings--and, perhaps, freedom--in novelist and graphic designer Peter Mendelsund's The Delivery. Countries go wrong sometimes, and sometimes the luckier citizens of those countries have a chance to escape and...
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  • Amnesty by Adiga, Aravind
    Aravind Adiga

    Amnesty

    An "urgent and significant book [that] speaks to our times" (The New York Times Book Review) from the bestselling, Man Booker Prize-winning author of The White Tiger and Selection Day about a young illegal immigrant who must decide whether to report crucial information about...
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  • Scenes of Bohemian Life by Murger, Henri
    Henri Murger

    Scenes of Bohemian Life

    Scenes of Bohemian Life (1851) is a novel by Henri Murger. Written at the beginning of his career as a popular French poet and novelist, Scenes of Bohemian Life is composed of vignettes inspired by the author's experience as a starving artist in Paris'...
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  • The Bookseller's Secret: A Novel of Nancy Mitford and WWII by Gable, Michelle
    Michelle Gable

    The Bookseller's Secret: A Novel of Nancy Mitford and WWII

    "A novel of Nancy Mitford and WWII"--Cover.Author: Michelle GableISBN-10: 143289353XISBN-13: 9781432893538Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/22/2021Pages: 595Format: Library BindingWeight: 1.35lbsSize: 8.60h x 5.70w x 1.10dLarge Print
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  • Ghosting: A Witty, Heartfelt, & Modern Love Story by Skilton, Tash
    Tash Skilton

    Ghosting: A Witty, Heartfelt, & Modern Love Story

    Online Dating Ghostwriting Rules to Live by: - Do not present a "perfect" image. No one will trust it. Nor should they. - Think of your quirks--such as cosplaying B-movies from the 1980s--as a "Future Honesty." Save these as a reward only for those...
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  • How to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 Days by Jackson, K. M.
    K. M. Jackson

    How to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 Days

    USA Today bestselling author K.M. Jackson delivers a hilarious road-trip rom-com perfect for fans of Meet Cute and When Harry Met Sally.Bethany Lu Carlisle is devastated when the tabloids report actor Keanu Reeves is about to tie the knot. What?! How could the world's...
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  • It Had to Be You by Clark, Georgia
    Georgia Clark

    It Had to Be You

    For the past twenty years, Liv and Eliot Goldenhorn have run In Love in New York, Brooklyn's beloved wedding-planning business. When Eliot dies unexpectedly, he even-more-unexpectedly leaves half of the business to his younger, blonder girlfriend, Savannah. Liv and Savannah are not a match...
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  • The Runaways by Bhutto, Fatima
    Fatima Bhutto

    The Runaways

    "Dazzling. A novel that holds up to scrutiny a world of claustrophobic war zones, virulent social media and cities collapsing upon themselves, and then sets it down again, transformed by the grace of storytelling." - Siddartha Deb, author of The Point of Return Anita...
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  • Sensation Machines by Wilson, Adam
    Adam Wilson

    Sensation Machines

    A razor-sharp, darkly funny, and deeply human rendering of a Post-Trump America in economic free fall Michael and Wendy Mixner are a Brooklyn-based couple whose marriage is failing in the wake of a personal tragedy. Michael, a Wall Street trader, is meanwhile keeping a...
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  • Speculative Los Angeles by Hamilton, Denise
    Denise Hamilton

    Speculative Los Angeles

    "A stimulating anthology of 14 futuristic L.A. fables . . . Some of the best of these tales seem illumined by the humanistic spirit of the late Ray Bradbury, poet laureate of Southern California fantasy literature." --Wall Street JournalAs an incubator of the future,...
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  • There Is Confusion by Fauset, Jessie Redmon
    Jessie Redmon Fauset

    There Is Confusion

    A rediscovered classic about how racism and sexism tests the spirit, ambition, and character of three children growing up in Hell's Kitchen and Harlem, from the literary editor of The Crisis, the official magazine of the NAACP With an introduction by New York Times...
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  • The Company She Keeps by McCarthy, Mary
    Mary McCarthy

    The Company She Keeps

    This is the author's first novel, which relates the experiences of a young bohemian intellectual. The six episodes create a fascinating portrait of a New York social circle of the 1930s. McCarthy's bold insight and virtuoso style won her immediate recognition as one of...
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  • Clean Sweep by Lee, E. B.
    E. B. Lee

    Clean Sweep

    Retirement was supposed to bring her time to paint. Instead, she would find a purpose.Carli Morris is ready for her next chapter. Selling her Madison Avenue ad agency for billions, the self-assured career woman pursues her love of art and spends her spare hours...
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  • The Reading List by Adams, Sara Nisha
    Sara Nisha Adams

    The Reading List

    A BEST OF SUMMER READ ACCORDING TO NEWSWEEK, PARADE MAGAZINE, NBC NEWS, LITHUB, AND POPSUGAR!An unforgettable and heartwarming debut about how a chance encounter with a list of library books helps forge an unlikely friendship between two very different people in a London suburb.Widower...
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  • Patsy by Dennis-Benn, Nicole
    Nicole Dennis-Benn

    Patsy

    Heralded for writing "deeply memorable . . . women" (Jennifer Senior, New York Times), Nicole Dennis-Benn introduces readers to an unforgettable heroine for our times: the eponymous Patsy, who leaves her young daughter behind in Jamaica to follow Cicely, her oldest friend, to New...
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  • Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles
    Charles Dickens

    Our Mutual Friend

    A dead body is dredged from the Thames, presumed to be the son of wealthy miser John Harmon, in Dickens' final novel, Our Mutual Friend. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and...
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  • The Reading List by Adams, Sara Nisha
    Sara Nisha Adams

    The Reading List

    A BEST OF SUMMER READ ACCORDING TO NEWSWEEK, PARADE MAGAZINE, NBC NEWS, LITHUB, AND POPSUGAR!"The most heartfelt read of the summer...a surprising delight of a novel."--ShondalandAn unforgettable and heartwarming debut about how a chance encounter with a list of library books helps forge an...
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  • Tower of Babel by Sears, Michael
    Michael Sears

    Tower of Babel

    Shamus Award-winning author Michael Sears brings Queens, New York, to literary life in this crime series debut featuring a somewhat seedy lawyer with a heart of gold (or at least gold plate). Queens, New York--the most diverse place on earth. Native son Ted Molloy...
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  • Along the Path of Torment by Morrison, Chandler
    Chandler Morrison

    Along the Path of Torment

    Ty Seward is a sick man. Anorexic, sexually aberrant, and haunted by a ghostly apparition residing in his closet. Living in the shadow of an in-remission cancer he fully expects to return, Ty bitterly earns his meager living by working as an assistant to...
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  • A Dark Matter: Volume 1 by Johnstone, Doug
    Doug Johnstone

    A Dark Matter: Volume 1

    Three generations of women from the Skelfs family take over the family funeral home and PI businesses in the first book of a taut, gripping page-turning and darkly funny new series. ***Shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Best Scottish Crime Book of the Year***...
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