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• The Lincoln Highway

  Towles, Amor,

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  It's June, 1954, and 18 year-old Emmett Watson has just been released from having served 15 months on a juvenile work farm for involuntary manslaughter. His plans to begin his life anew in California are disrupted when he discovers two friends from…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tracy Flick Can't Win

  a Novel

  Perrotta, Tom, 1961-

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  Fan's of Perrotta's earlier novel, Election, will enjoy this sequel. Now Tracy Flick is a hard-working assistant principal in suburban New Jersey who is feeling a bit stuck and underappreciated in mid-life. An unexpected opportunity for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

  Zevin, Gabrielle,

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  A modern love story about two childhood friends, Sam, raised by an actress mother in LA's Koreatown, and Sadie, from the wealthy Jewish enclave of Beverly Hills, who reunite as adults to create video games and find an intimacy in digital worlds that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Book of Goose

  Li, Yiyun, 1972-

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  Agnès receives news in America that her childhood best friend, Fabienne, is dead. Agnès is far from the French countryside where the two girls were raised--the place that Fabienne helped Agnès escape ten years ago. Now, Agnès is free to tell her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lavender House

  Rosen, Lev AC,

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  It's 1952 and Andy, an ex-cop who was fired after been outed during a raid at a gay bar, has been hired to investigate the murder of Irene Lamontaine, matriarch of a soap empire. He's seduced by the safety and freedom found behind the gates of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Happy Ever After Playlist

  Jimenez, Abby,

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  A chance encounter between the widowed Sloan Monroe and Jason Larsen, rock n' roll's newest prodigy, involving Jason's dog, leads to an unlikely romance.

• City of Orange

  Yoon, David,

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  A man wakes up in an unknown landscape, injured and alone. He used to live in a place called California, but how did he wind up here? Nothing is what he thought it was, neither the present nor the past. This is a novel is a novel about reassembling…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Hotel Nantucket

  a Novel

  Hilderbrand, Elin,

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  A quick-paced tale about a summer scandal at a storied Nantucket hotel.

• The House Across the Lake

  a Novel

  Sager, Riley,

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  The new thriller from a best-selling author in which a recently fired Broadway star flees to a remote Vermont lake house, only to find out that the area has a history of missing women.

• Someone Else's Shoes

  Moyes, Jojo, 1969-

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  A heartfelt story of mix-ups, mess-ups and making the most of second chances, highlighting how, for any of us, just one little thing can suddenly change everything.

• Mad Honey

  a Novel

  Picoult, Jodi, 1966-

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  Olivia's picture-perfect life is turned upside down when her son, Asher's, girlfriend dies and Asher is questioned by the police. As the case against him unfolds, she realizes Asher has hidden more than he's shared with her.

• Yours Truly

  Jimenez, Abby,

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  Two emergency room doctors, both recovering from breakups, form a comforting friendship that blossoms into something more after exchanging a series of letters. A story about terrible first impression, hilarious second chances and the joy in finding…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Homecoming

  a Novel

  Morton, Kate, 1976-

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  Called home to care for her grandmother after a fall, Jess, a journalist, discovers a book chronicling the police investigation into an old unsolved murder that has a shocking connection to her family.

• One Italian Summer

  a Novel

  Serle, Rebecca,

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  Reeling from the recent death of her mother, Carol, Katy decides to embark solo on a mother-daughter trip to the Amalfi coast they had planned together. There she meets Carol, a younger version of her mother, and Katy gets to know Carol not as her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Silent Patient

  Michaelides, Alex, 1977-

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  Alicia Berenson is a famous painter and married to an in-demand fashion photographer. When her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot one evening, Alicia shoots him five times in the face then never speaks another word. What really…Read moreRead more of this annotation