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• Death of the Author

  Okorafor, Nnedi,

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  In this exhilarating tale by New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor, a disabled Nigerian American woman pens a wildly successful Sci-Fi novel, but as her fame rises, she loses control of the narrative--a surprisingly…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Booked for Murder

  Nelson, P. J.,

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  In this atmospheric southern cozy debut, Madeline Brimley returns to the bookstore she inherited, discovering that small towns hold deadly secrets. – provided by publisher

• The City and Its Uncertain Walls

  Murakami, Haruki, 1949-

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  A love story, a quest, an ode to books and to the libraries that house them, and a parable for these strange post-pandemic times, The City and Its Uncertain Walls is a singular and towering achievement by one of modern literature's most important…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The In-between Bookstore

  a Novel

  Underhill, Edward,

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  A whimsical and healing novel about a trans man in New York who-almost 30, laid off, broke-moves back to his small Illinois hometown, walks into the bookstore he worked at in high school. . . and slips through time to come face-to-face with his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Story She Left Behind

  a Novel

  Henry, Patti Callahan,

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  Inspired by a true literary mystery, New York Times bestselling author of the mesmerizing The Secret Book of Flora Lea returns with the sweeping story of a legendary book, a lost mother, and a daughter's search for them both.

• The Quiet Librarian

  Eskens, Allen, 1963-

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  After the murder of her best friend, a librarian's search for answers leads back to her own dark secrets in this sweeping novel about a woman transformed by war, family, vengeance, and love, from award-winning writer Allen Eskens.

• Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books

  a Novel

  Miller, Kirsten, 1973-

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  Lula Dean wants to rid her town's libraries of all inappropriate books, none of which she's ever read, and starts her own lending library in front of her home. But one of Lula's enemies discovers the library and decides to turn the tables on her,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Very Bad Thing

  Ellison, J. T.,

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  When celebrated novelist Columbia Jones is murdered on her book tour, her daughter and publicist, Darian, must navigate a web of secrets from her mother's past, unraveling the mystery before more lives are shattered. – provided by Novelist

• The Boxcar Librarian

  a Novel

  Labuskes, Brianna,

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  Inspired by true events, a thrilling Depression-era novel from the author of The Librarian of Burned Books about a woman's quest to uncover a mystery surrounding a local librarian and the Boxcar Library--a converted mining train that brought books…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Reading Together

  Share in the Wonder of Books With a Parent-child Book Club

  Brown, Noah, 2001-

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  An inspiring handbook for parents looking to start a parent-child book club of their own to nurture a love of reading in their kids, filled with booklists with recommendations for middle grade and YA readers across genres.

• The Library Game

  Pandian, Gigi, 1975-

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  In The Library Game, Tempest Raj and Secret Staircase Construction are renovating a classic detective fiction library that just got its first real-life mystery. – provided by publisher

• Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

  Skeslien Charles, Janet,

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  1918: As the Great War rages, Jessie Carson takes a leave of absence from the New York Public Library to work for the American Committee for Devastated France. Upon arrival, Jessie strives to establish something that the French have never…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Library

  a Fragile History

  Pettegree, Andrew,

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  A fascinating exploration of libraries and the people who built them, from the ancient world to the digital age.

• Parasol Against the Axe

  Oyeyemi, Helen,

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  In Prague, a city with a penchant for playing tricks on the unsuspecting, on a bachelorette weekend hosted by her estranged friend Sofie, Hero Tojosoa finds the lines between illusion and delusion, fact and interpretation blurring as tensions…Read moreRead more of this annotation