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• The Woman in the Library

  a Novel

  Gentill, Sulari,

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  "Ned Kelly award winning author Sulari Gentill sets this mystery-within-a-mystery in motion with a deceptively simple, Dear Hannah, What are you writing? pulling us into theornate reading room at the Boston Public Library. In every person's story,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Violeta

  a Novel

  Allende, Isabel,

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  "This sweeping novel from the author of A Long Petal of the Sea tells the epic story of Violeta Del Valle, a woman whose life spans one hundred years and bears witness to the greatest upheavals of the twentieth century."

• You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty

  a Novel

  Emezi, Akwaeke,

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  "Feyi Adekola wants to learn how to be alive again. It's been five years since the accident that killed the love of her life and she's almost a new person now--an artist with her own studio and sharing a brownstone apartment with her ride-or-die…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Time Tomorrow

  Straub, Emma,

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  "On the eve of her 40th birthday, Alice's life isn't terrible. She likes her job, even if it isn't exactly the one she expected. She's happy with her apartment, her romantic status, her independence, and she adores her lifelong best friend. But her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tracy Flick Can't Win

  a Novel

  Perrotta, Tom, 1961-

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  "...a sharp, darkly comic, and pitch-perfect reflection on our current moment. Flick fans and newcomers alike will love this compelling novel chronicling the second act of one of the most memorable characters of our time."

• These Impossible Things

  El-Wardany, Salma,

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  "It's always been Malak, Kees, and Jenna against the world. Since childhood, under the watchful eyes of their parents, aunties and uncles, they've learned to live their own lives alongside the expectations of being good Muslim women. Staying over at…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Take My Hand

  Perkins-Valdez, Dolen,

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  "A searing and compassionate new novel about a young Black nurse's shocking discovery and burning quest for justice in post-segregation Alabama, from the New York Times bestselling author of Wench."

• Nightcrawling

  Mottley, Leila, 2002-

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  "Kiara and her brother, Marcus, are scraping by in an East Oakland apartment complex optimistically called the Regal-Hi. Both have dropped out of high school, their family fractured by death and prison But while Marcus clings to his dream of rap…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cult Classic

  Crosley, Sloane,

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  "One night in New York City's Chinatown, a woman is at a work reunion dinner with former colleagues when she excuses herself to buy a pack of cigarettes. On her way back, she runs into a former boyfriend. And then another. And . . . another. Soon…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lessons in Chemistry

  a Novel

  Garmus, Bonnie,

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  "Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Remarkably Bright Creatures

  a Novel

  Van Pelt, Shelby,

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  "After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she's been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Her Last Affair

  a Novel

  Searles, John,

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  "Every marriage has its secrets.... Skyla lives alone in the shadow of the defunct drive-in movie theater that she and her husband ran for nearly fifty years. Ever since Hollis's death in a freak accident the year before, Skyla spends her nights…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When Women Were Dragons

  a Novel

  Barnhill, Kelly Regan,

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  "A rollicking feminist tale set in 1950s America where thousands of women have spontaneously transformed into dragons, exploding notions of a woman's place in the world and expanding minds about accepting others for who they really are."

• Love Marriage

  a Novel

  Ali, Monica, 1967-

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  "Yasmin Ghorami is twenty-six, in training to be a doctor (like her Indian-born father), and engaged to the charismatic, upper-class Joe Sangster, whose formidable mother, Harriet, is a famous feminist. The gulf between families is vast. So, too, is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Flying Solo

  a Novel

  Holmes, Linda (Radio talk show host),

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  "A woman returns to her small Maine hometown, uncovering family secrets that take her on a journey of self-discovery and new love, in this warm and charming novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Evvie Drake Starts Over."

• Nuclear Family

  a Novel

  Han, Joseph,

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  "Set in the months leading up to the 2018 nuclear missile false alarm, a Korean American family living in Hawai'i faces the fallout of their eldest son's attempt to run across the Demilitarized Zone into North Korea in this fresh, inventive, and at…Read moreRead more of this annotation