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How Not to Age: The Scientific Approach to Getting Healthier as You Get Older By Michael Greger, M.D. Cover Image
$39.99
ISBN: 9781250796332
Availability: Estimated arrival to store from West coast warehouse: 2 days. From East coast warehouse: 8 to 10 days.
Published: Flatiron Books - December 5th, 2023

Uncover the evidence-based science to slowing the effects of aging, from the New York Times bestselling author of the How Not to Die series


The Frozen River: A Novel By Ariel Lawhon Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780385546874
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Published: Doubleday - December 5th, 2023

AN NPR BOOK OF THE YEAR • From the New York Times bestselling author of I Was Anastasia and Code Name Hélène comes a gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history.


The Wildest Sun: A Novel By Asha Lemmie Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593185711
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Published: Dutton - December 5th, 2023

Following her New York Times bestselling debut Fifty Words for Rain, Asha Lemmie's next sweeping and evocative novel introduces a determined young woman’s search for the larger-than-life literary figure she believes to be her father.


The End of the World Is a Cul de Sac: Stories By Louise Kennedy Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593540923
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Published: Riverhead Books - December 5th, 2023

Brilliant, dark stories of women’s lives by “a very major talent” (Joseph OConnor, Irish Times)


Bad Cree: A Novel By Jessica Johns Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593467947
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Published: Anchor - December 5th, 2023

In this gripping, horror-laced debut, a young Cree woman’s dreams lead her on a perilous journey of self-discovery that ultimately forces her to confront the toll of a legacy of violence on her family, her community and the land they call home.


The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder By Douglas Preston, David Grann (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Douglas Preston, David Grann (Foreword by)
$30.00
ISBN: 9781538741221
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Published: Grand Central Publishing - December 5th, 2023

Douglas Preston, the #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God, presents the jaw-dropping discovery of a vast Egyptian tomb containing dozens of sealed burial chambers, as well as recounting tales of pirate treasure, mysterious deaths, archaeological mysteries, and more… 

What’s it like to be the first to enter an Egyptian burial chamber


Legend of the Star Dragon: A Branches Book (Dragon Masters #25) By Tracey West, Graham Howells (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Tracey West, Graham Howells (Illustrator)
$6.99
ISBN: 9781338777000
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Published: Scholastic Inc. - December 5th, 2023

The legendary Star Dragon must battle the powerful Shadow Dragon in the latest action-packed installment of this New York Times bestselling series!

Pick a book. Grow a Reader!

This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers.


Welcome Home, Stranger: A Novel By Kate Christensen Cover Image
$28.99
ISBN: 9780063299702
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Published: Harper - December 5th, 2023

Kate Christensen’s new novel, Welcome Home, Stranger, is a revelation, offering characters as real as your family and friends, a rich, vividly drawn setting, grab-you-by-the-throat drama and always, lurking in the shadows, a fierce authorial intelligence. What more could you ask?—Richard


Ooo, Baby Baby!: A Little Book of Love By Sandra Boynton Cover Image
$7.99
ISBN: 9780316514934
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - December 5th, 2023

This uplifting board book from New York Times bestselling author Sandra Boynton beautifully captures the wonder of being a new parent.

From the moment I saw you and whispered your name, nothing, no nothing, has been quite the same.

Welcoming a baby transforms life in many ways, including the wondrous opportunity to see the world through a child's eye


The Other Mothers By Katherine Faulkner Cover Image
$28.99
ISBN: 9781668024782
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Published: Gallery Books - December 5th, 2023

The author of the “twisty, fast-paced” (The Sunday Times, London) Greenwich Park returns with a fresh and deftly paced thriller about murder, class, and motherhood in an exclusive London community.

When a young nanny is found dead in mysterious circumstances, new mom, Tash, is intrigued.


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Parable of the Sower By Octavia E. Butler Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781538759394
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Published: Grand Central Publishing - December 19th, 2023

The collector's edition of the acclaimed post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror by the visionary Octavia Butler, now with a new introduction by LeVar Burton.   

When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California becomes full of dangers, from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anything to li


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Heartstopper #5: A Graphic Novel By Alice Oseman, Alice Oseman (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Alice Oseman, Alice Oseman (Illustrator)
$15.99
ISBN: 9781338807486
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Published: Graphix - December 19th, 2023

*Now an acclaimed live-action Netflix series!*

Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. The bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel about life, love, and everything that happens in between: this is the fifth volume of the much-loved HEARTSTOPPER series, featuring gorgeous two-color artwork.

Nick and Charlie are in love.


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Parable of the Talents By Octavia E. Butler Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781538759400
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Published: Grand Central Publishing - December 19th, 2023

A beautiful collector's edition of the acclaimed post‑apocalyptic follow-up to Parable of the Sower by the visionary Octavia Butler, with a new introduction by the New York Times bestselling author Akwaeke Emezi. 

In 2032, Lauren Olamina has survived the destruction of her home and family, and realized her vision of a peaceful communit


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All Good People Here: A Novel By Ashley Flowers Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780593496497
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Published: Bantam - December 26th, 2023

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In the propulsive debut novel from the host of the #1 true crime podcast Crime Junkie, a journalist uncovers her hometown’s dark secrets when she becomes obsessed with the unsolved murder of her childhood neighbor—and the disappearance of another girl twenty years later.


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How to Sell a Haunted House By Grady Hendrix Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780593201275
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Published: Berkley - January 2nd, 2024

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"Wildly entertaining."-The New York Times

"Ingenious."-The Washington Post

New York Times bestselling author 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.
 


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Age of Vice: A Novel By Deepti Kapoor Cover Image
$20.00
ISBN: 9780593328804
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Published: Riverhead Books - January 2nd, 2024

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK

Named a Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly, Oprah Daily and NPR!

“Dazzling...Finally free from the book’s grip, now all I want to do is get others hooked.”— The Washington Post


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The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years: A Novel By Shubnum Khan Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593653456
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Published: Viking - January 9th, 2024

“A dark and heady dream of a book” (Alix E. Harrow) about a ruined mansion by the sea, the djinn that haunts it, and a curious girl who unearths the tragedy that happened there a hundred years previous


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The Bandit Queens: A Novel By Parini Shroff Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780593498972
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Published: Ballantine Books - January 9th, 2024

GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK • A young Indian woman finds the false rumors that she killed her husband surprisingly useful—until other women in the village start asking for her help getting rid of their own husbands—in this razor-sharp debut.


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The Fetishist By Katherine Min Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593713655
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - January 9th, 2024

In this hilariously savage, poignant novel by acclaimed author Katherine Min, a grieving daughter’s revenge on the man who caused her mother’s death sets off a series of unexpected reckonings.


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Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands By Heather Fawcett Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593500194
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Published: Del Rey - January 16th, 2024

When mysterious faeries from other realms appear at her university, curmudgeonly professor Emily Wilde must uncover their secrets before it’s too late, in this heartwarming, enchanting second installment of the Emily Wilde series.


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Horse: A Novel By Geraldine Brooks Cover Image
$19.00
ISBN: 9780399562976
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Published: Penguin Books - January 16th, 2024

“Brooks’ chronological and cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling.” —The New York Times Book Review

Horse isn’t just an animal story—it’s a moving narrative about race and art.” —TIME


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Martyr!: A novel By Kaveh Akbar Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593537619
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Published: Knopf - January 23rd, 2024

A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a remarkable search for a family secret that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum. Electrifying, funny, and wholly original, Martyr! heralds the arrival of an essential new voice in contemporary fiction


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Come and Get It By Kiley Reid Cover Image
$29.00
ISBN: 9780593328200
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - January 30th, 2024

From the celebrated New York Times bestselling author of Such a Fun Age comes a fresh and provocative story about a residential assistant and her messy entanglement with a professor and three unruly students.


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Victory City: A Novel By Salman Rushdie Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780593243411
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - January 30th, 2024

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The epic tale of a woman who breathes a fantastical empire into existence, only to be consumed by it over the centuries—from the transcendent imagination of Booker Prize–winning, internationally bestselling author Salman Rushdie


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Bride By Ali Hazelwood Cover Image
$19.00
ISBN: 9780593550403
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Published: Berkley - February 6th, 2024

A dangerous alliance between a Vampyre bride and an Alpha Werewolf becomes a love deep enough to sink your teeth into in this new paranormal romance from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Love, Theoretically and The Love Hypothesis.


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The Book of Love: A Novel By Kelly Link Cover Image
$31.00
ISBN: 9780812996586
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Published: Random House - February 13th, 2024

In the long-awaited debut novel from bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize finalist Kelly Link, three teenagers become pawns in a supernatural power struggle.

“A dizzying dream ride you will never forget.”—Leigh Bardugo
An incredible achievement.—Cassandra Clare


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Wandering Stars: A novel By Tommy Orange Cover Image
$29.00
ISBN: 9780593318256
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Published: Knopf - February 27th, 2024

The Pulitzer Prize-finalist and author of the breakout bestseller There There ("Pure soaring beauty."The New York Times Book Review) delivers a masterful follow-up to his already classic first novel.


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The Hunter: A Novel By Tana French Cover Image
$32.00
ISBN: 9780593493434
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Published: Viking - March 5th, 2024

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Searcher and “one of the greatest crime novelists writing today” (Vox), a spellbinding new novel set in the Irish countryside.


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James: A Novel By Percival Everett Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780385550369
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Published: Doubleday - March 19th, 2024

A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. •  From the “literary icon” (Oprah Daily), Pulitzer Prize Finalist, and one of the most decorated writers of our lifetime


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The Morningside: A Novel By Téa Obreht  Cover Image
$29.00
ISBN: 9781984855503
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Published: Random House - March 19th, 2024

From the critically beloved, New York Times bestselling author of The Tiger’s Wife and Inland, a magical novel of mothers and daughters, displacement and belonging, and myths both old and new


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Table for Two: Fictions By Amor Towles Cover Image
$32.00
ISBN: 9780593296370
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Published: Viking - April 2nd, 2024

From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility, a richly detailed and sharply drawn collection of stories, including a novella featuring one of his most beloved characters
 


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Maybe You Should Talk To Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed By Lori Gottlieb Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9780358299233
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Published: Harper Perennial - April 16th, 2024

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!


Now being developed as a television series with Eva Longoria and ABC!


*Paperback includes an exclusive interview with the author and a reader's guide*


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Funny Story By Emily Henry Cover Image
$29.00
ISBN: 9780593441282
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Published: Berkley - April 23rd, 2024

A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry.


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The Backyard Bird Chronicles By Amy Tan, David Allen Sibley (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Amy Tan, David Allen Sibley (Foreword by)
$35.00
ISBN: 9780593536131
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Published: Knopf - April 23rd, 2024

A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight, written and illustrated by the best-selling author of The Joy Luck Club • With a foreword by David Allen Sibley

“Unexpected and spectacular” —Ann Patchett, best-selling author of These Precious Days


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Real Americans: A novel By Rachel Khong Cover Image
$29.00
ISBN: 9780593537251
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Published: Knopf - April 30th, 2024

From the award-winning author of Goodbye, Vitamin: How far would you go to shape your own destiny? An exhilarating novel of American identity that spans three generations in one family and asks: What makes us who we are? And how inevitable are our futures?


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The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War By Erik Larson Cover Image
$35.00
ISBN: 9780385348744
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Published: Crown - April 30th, 2024

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War—a simmering crisis that finally tore a deeply divided nation in two.


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The Measure: A Read with Jenna Pick By Nikki Erlick Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780063204218
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - June 25th, 2024

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!

"A story of love and hope as interweaving characters display: how all moments, big and small, can measure a life. If you want joy, love, romance, and hope—read with us." —Jenna Bush Hager


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What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures By Ayana Elizabeth Johnson Cover Image
$34.00
ISBN: 9780593229361
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Published: One World - July 16th, 2024

Our climate future is not yet written. What if we act as if we love the future?

Sometimes the bravest thing we can do while facing an existential crisis is imagine life on the other side. This provocative and joyous book maps an inspiring landscape of possible climate futures.


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Into the Uncut Grass By Trevor Noah Cover Image
$26.00
ISBN: 9780593729960
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Published: One World - October 15th, 2024

A story for all ages from the author of the #1 bestselling Born a Crime
 
“What will we find in the uncut grass?”
“It depends on what we’re looking for.”