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• Trust

  Díaz, Hernan, 1973-

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  An unparalleled novel about money, power, intimacy, and perception. Winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Also available in eBook format on cloudLibrary and Libby and in eAudiobook format on Libby.

• The Light We Carry

  Overcoming in Uncertain Times

  Obama, Michelle, 1964-

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  The former First Lady Michelle Obama shares practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in today's highly uncertain world. 2023 NAACP Image Award Nominee for Biography/Autobiography. Also available in Large Print, in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Sell a Haunted House

  Hendrix, Grady,

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  Grady Hendrix takes on the haunted house in a thrilling new novel that explores the way your past—and your family—can haunt you like nothing else. Also available in Large Print and in eBook and eAudiobook formats on Libby.

• The Vanishing Half

  Bennett, Brit,

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  Twin sisters, inseparable as children, ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds, one black and one white. 2021 NAACP Image Award Nominee for Fiction.

• The Poppy War

  Kuang, R. F. (Rebecca F.),

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  An epic historical military fantasy, inspired by the bloody history of China’s twentieth century and filled with treachery and magic. 2018 Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel. Also available in eBook format on cloudLibrary and hoopla and in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Unmasked

  My Life Solving America's Cold Cases

  Holes, Paul,

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  From the detective who found The Golden State Killer, a memoir of investigating America’s toughest cold cases and the rewards--and toll--of a life solving crime. Also available in eBook format on cloudLibrary.

• The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

  White, Andrew Joseph,

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  Featuring an autistic trans protagonist in a historical setting, Andrew Joseph White’s much-anticipated sophomore novel does not back down from exposing the violence of the patriarchy and the harm inflicted on trans youth who are forced into…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Family Style

  Memories of An American From Vietnam

  Pham, Thien,

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  A moving young adult graphic memoir about a Vietnamese immigrant boy's search for belonging in America. Pham will join us for a reading at the Library on Feb. 25, 2024.

• Clean Sweep

  Andrews, Ilona,

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  In this urban fantasy novel, an innkeeper teams up with a werewolf and a vampire to protect her guests from a vicious creature. Also available in eBook format and full cast eAudiobook format on hoopla.

• A Guest in the House

  Carroll, Emily,

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  In this graphic novel by Emily Carroll, a young woman marries a kind dentist only to discover a dark mystery surrounding his former wife’s death.

• The Prisoner

  Hwang, Sŏg-yŏng, 1943-

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  A sweeping account of imprisonment—in time, in language, and in a divided country—from Korea’s most acclaimed novelist.

• Saga. Volume Ten

  Vaughan, Brian K.,

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  The sci-fi fantasy epic returns after a long hiatus. 2023 Hugo Award Nominee for Best Graphic Story or Comic. Also available in eBook format on hoopla.

• My Heart Is a Chainsaw

  Jones, Stephen Graham, 1972-

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  In her quickly gentrifying rural town, teenage outcast Jade uses her encyclopedic knowledge of slasher films to protect herself from violence on the lake. Also available in Large Print.

• The Buried Giant

  a Novel

  Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954-

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  The Buried Giant begins as a couple set off across a troubled land of mist and rain in the hope of finding a son they have not seen in years. Also available in eBook format on cloudLibrary and Libby and in eAudiobook format on Libby.

• The Secret History of Black Punk

  Record Zero

  Buchanan, Raeghan,

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  An illustrated roll-call for punk, post-punk, hardcore, no-wave, and experimental bands from ground zero 'til now. Also available in eBook format on hoopla.

• Bunny

  Awad, Mona,

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  MFA scholarship student Samantha prefers the company of her own dark imagination until she receives an invitation to join a clique of rich girls in their ritualistic off-campus "Workshop."

• Yours Truly

  Jimenez, Abby,

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  A novel of terrible first impressions, hilarious second chances, and the joy in finding your perfect match. Also available in eBook format on cloudLibrary and Libby.

• The Mysteries of Thorn Manor

  Rogerson, Margaret,

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  In this sequel novella to Sorcery of Thorns, Elisabeth, Nathaniel, and Silas must unravel the magical trap keeping them inside Thorn Manor in time for their Midwinter Ball.

• A Terrible Country

  a Novel

  Gessen, Keith,

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  A wise, sensitive novel about Russia, exile, family, love, history and fate that asks what you owe the place you were born and what it owes you. Also available in Large Print.

• Breath

  the New Science of a Lost Art

  Nestor, James,

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  Drawing on thousands of years of medical texts and recent cutting-edge studies in pulmonology, psychology, biochemistry, and human physiology, journalist James Nestor turns the conventional wisdom of what we thought we knew about our most basic…Read moreRead more of this annotation