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Dork Diaries 15: Tales from a Not-So-Posh Paris Adventure By Rachel Renée Russell, Rachel Renée Russell (Illustrator) Cover Image
$14.99
ISBN: 9781534480483
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Published: Aladdin - September 26th, 2023

Nikki Maxwell deals with the trials and triumphs of middle school in this fifteenth installment of the #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series!

Ooh la la! Nikki Maxwell and her band are on their way to Paris, but they run into some roadblocks on the way… And Nikki’s French skills may not be as reliable as she hoped!


Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Chalice of the Gods (Percy Jackson & the Olympians) By Rick Riordan Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781368098175
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Published: Disney Hyperion - September 26th, 2023

The original heroes from The Lightning Thief are reunited for their biggest challenge yet: getting Percy to college when the gods are standing in his way.


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The Passenger (Vintage International) By Cormac McCarthy Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780307389091
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Published: Vintage - September 26th, 2023

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • The first of a two-volume masterpiece, The Passenger series, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Road • The story of a salvage diver, haunted by loss, afraid of the watery deep, pursued for a conspiracy beyond his understanding, and longing for a death he cannot reconcile with God.


The Fragile Threads of Power By V. E. Schwab Cover Image
$29.99
ISBN: 9780765387493
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Published: Tor Books - September 26th, 2023

V. E. Schwab, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, opens another door to a new fantasy series set in the dazzling world of Shades of Magic.

Prepare for tangled schemes and perilous adventures with friends old and new in The Fragile Threads of Power.


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The Iliad By Homer, Emily Wilson (Translated by) Cover Image
By Homer, Emily Wilson (Translated by)
$39.95
ISBN: 9781324001805
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - September 26th, 2023

The greatest literary landmark of antiquity masterfully rendered by the most celebrated translator of our time.


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Stella Maris (Vintage International) By Cormac McCarthy Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780307389107
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Published: Vintage - September 26th, 2023

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • The second volume of The Passenger series, from The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Road • An intimate portrait of grief and longing, as a young woman in a psychiatric facility seeks to understand her own existence.


Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America By Heather Cox Richardson Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9780593652961
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Published: Viking - September 26th, 2023

“Engaging and highly accessible.”—Boston Globe

“A vibrant, and essential history of America's unending, enraging and utterly compelling struggle since its founding to live up to its own best ideals… It's both a cause for hope, and a call to arms.”--Jane Mayer, author Dark Money


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Land of Milk and Honey: A Novel By C Pam Zhang Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593538241
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Published: Riverhead Books - September 26th, 2023

NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, VULTURE, THE MILLIONS, KIRKUS AND MORE!

“One of the most pleasurable, inventive reads of the year… fiendishly, deliciously fun."—San Francisco Chronicle


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The Unsettled: A novel By Ayana Mathis Cover Image
$29.00
ISBN: 9780525519935
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Published: Knopf - September 26th, 2023

From the best-selling author of The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, a searing multi-generational novel—set in the 1980s in racially and politically turbulent Philadelphia and in the tiny town of Bonaparte, Alabama—about a mother fighting for her sanity and survival


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The MANIAC By Benjamin Labatut Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593654477
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Published: Penguin Press - October 3rd, 2023

From one of contemporary literature’s most exciting new voices, a haunting story centered on the Hungarian polymath John von Neumann, tracing the impact of his singular legacy on the dreams and nightmares of the twentieth century and the nascent age of AI


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Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Likes to Walk Outside By Nick Offerman Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781101984703
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Published: Dutton - October 3rd, 2023

A humorous and rousing set of literal and figurative sojourns as well as a mission statement about comprehending, protecting, and truly experiencing the outdoors, fueled by three journeys undertaken by actor, humorist, and New York Times bestselling author Nick Offerman


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Starling House By Alix E. Harrow Cover Image
$28.99
ISBN: 9781250799050
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Published: Tor Books - October 3rd, 2023

Starling House is a gorgeously modern gothic fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January.

I dream sometimes about a house I’ve never seen….


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Family Meal: A Novel By Bryan Washington Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593421093
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Published: Riverhead Books - October 10th, 2023

From the bestselling, award-winning author of Memorial and Lot, an irresistible, intimate novel about two young men, once best friends, whose lives collide again after a loss.


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Liberation Day: Stories By George Saunders Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780525509615
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - October 10th, 2023

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “One of our most inventive purveyors of the form returns with pitch-perfect, genre-bending stories that stare into the abyss of our national character. . . . An exquisite work from a writer whose reach is galactic.”—Oprah Daily
 


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Sword Catcher By Cassandra Clare Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9780525619994
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Published: Del Rey - October 10th, 2023

Two outcasts find themselves caught in a web of forbidden love, dangerous magic, and dark secrets that could change the world forever in the start of a riveting epic fantasy series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Shadowhunter Chronicles.

“Everything I look for in fantasy.”—George R. R. Martin


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Roman Stories By Jhumpa Lahiri, Jhumpa Lahiri (Translated by), Todd Portnowitz (Translated by) Cover Image
By Jhumpa Lahiri, Jhumpa Lahiri (Translated by), Todd Portnowitz (Translated by)
$27.00
ISBN: 9780593536322
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Published: Knopf - October 10th, 2023

The first short story collection by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author and master of the form since her number one New York Times best seller Unaccustomed Earth • Rome—metropolis and monument, suspended between past and future, multi-faceted and metaphysical—is the protagonist, not the setting, of these nine stories


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And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle By Jon Meacham Cover Image
$25.00
ISBN: 9780553393989
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - October 17th, 2023

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Jon Meacham chronicles the life of Abraham Lincoln, charting how—and why—he confronted secession, threats to democracy, and the tragedy of slavery to expand the possibilities of America.

“Meacham has given us the Lincoln for our time.”—Henry Louis Gates, Jr.


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Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones By Dolly Parton, Holly George-Warren (With), Rebecca Seaver (With) Cover Image
$50.00
ISBN: 9781984862129
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Published: Ten Speed Press - October 17th, 2023

A beautiful celebration of Dolly Parton’s iconic sense of style through entertaining personal stories and 450 full-color photographs, including exclusive images from her private costume archive


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The Exchange: After The Firm (The Firm Series #2) By John Grisham Cover Image
$29.95
ISBN: 9780385548953
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Published: Doubleday - October 17th, 2023

#1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham delivers high-flying international suspense in a stunning new legal thriller that marks the return of Mitch McDeere, the brilliant hero of The Firm.


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Signal Fires: A novel By Dani Shapiro Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593467961
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Published: Vintage - October 24th, 2023

NATIONAL BEST SELLER • From the beloved author of Inheritance: "a haunting, moving, and propulsive exploration of family secrets” (Meg Wolitzer, author of The Interestings)

Two families. One night. A constellation of lives changed forever.


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Let Us Descend: A Novel By Jesmyn Ward Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9781982104498
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Published: Scribner - October 24th, 2023

From Jesmyn Ward—the two-time National Book Award winner, youngest winner of the Library of Congress Prize for Fiction, and MacArthur Fellow—comes a haunting masterpiece, sure to be an instant classic, about an enslaved girl in the years before the Civil War.

“‘Let us descend,’ the poet now began, ‘and enter this blind world.’”


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The Secret: A Jack Reacher Novel By Lee Child, Andrew Child Cover Image
$28.99
ISBN: 9781984818584
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Published: Delacorte Press - October 24th, 2023

The gripping new Jack Reacher thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child
 
1992. All across the United States respectable, upstanding citizens are showing up dead. These deaths could be accidents, and they don’t appear to be connected—until a fatal fall from a high-floor window attracts some unexpected attention.


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Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things By Adam Grant Cover Image
$32.00
ISBN: 9780593653142
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Published: Viking - October 24th, 2023

“This brilliant book will shatter your assumptions about what it takes to improve and succeed. I wish I could go back in time and gift it to my younger self. It would’ve helped me find a more joyful path to progress.”
—Serena Williams, 23-time Grand Slam singles tennis champion


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I Must Be Dreaming By Roz Chast Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9781620403228
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Published: Bloomsbury Publishing - October 24th, 2023

#1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast's new graphic narrative, exploring the surreal nighttime world inside her mind-and untangling one of our most enduring human mysteries: dreams.


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Iron Flame (The Empyrean #2) By Rebecca Yarros Cover Image
$29.99
ISBN: 9781649374172
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Published: Entangled: Red Tower Books - November 7th, 2023

NOTE TO READERS: Preorder now and receive the stunning, LIMITED FIRST PRINT RUN—featuring spray-painted edges with gorgeously detailed map endpapers. This breathtaking first edition is only available for a limited time and while supplies last.


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How to Smile (Mindfulness Essentials #10) By Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illustrator)
$9.95
ISBN: 9781952692437
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Published: Parallax Press - November 28th, 2023

The final book in the bestselling How To series: simple, refreshing meditations of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh give us inspiration and tools for transforming our suffering and cultivating happiness


House of Sky and Breath (Crescent City #2) By Sarah J. Maas Cover Image
$19.00
ISBN: 9781639731756
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Published: Bloomsbury Publishing - September 26th, 2023

The second book in Sarah J. Maas's sexy, groundbreaking, #1 New York Times bestselling Crescent City series!

Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar are trying to get back to normal-they may have saved Crescent City, but with so much upheaval in their lives lately, they mostly want a chance to relax. Slow down. Figure out what the future holds.


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My Name Is Barbra By Barbra Streisand Cover Image
$47.00
ISBN: 9780525429524
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Published: Viking - November 7th, 2023

The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television


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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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Day: A Novel By Michael Cunningham Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780399591341
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Published: Random House - November 14th, 2023

A “quietly stunning” (Ocean Vuong) exploration of love and loss, the struggles and limitations of family life—and how we all must learn to live together and apart—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Hours
 


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Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes) By Travis Baldree Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250886101
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Published: Tor Books - November 7th, 2023

When an injury throws a young, battle-hungry orc off her chosen path, she may find that what we need isn't always what we seek.

Set in the world of New York Times bestselling Legends & Lattes, Travis Baldree's Bookshops & Bonedust takes us on a journey of high fantasy, first loves, and second-hand books.


Something, Someday By Amanda Gorman, Christian Robinson (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Amanda Gorman, Christian Robinson (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780593203255
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Published: Viking Books for Young Readers - September 26th, 2023

The stunning new picture book by presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman and Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator Christian Robinson

You’re told that
This won’t work,
But how will you know
If you never try?


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Making It So: A Memoir By Patrick Stewart Cover Image
$35.00
ISBN: 9781982167738
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Published: Gallery Books - October 3rd, 2023

The long-awaited memoir from iconic, beloved actor and living legend Sir Patrick Stewart!

From his acclaimed stage triumphs to his legendary onscreen work in the Star Trek and X-Men franchises, Sir Patrick Stewart has captivated audiences around the world and across multiple generations with his indelible command of stage and screen.


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The Big Cheese (The Food Group) By Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illustrator)
$19.99
ISBN: 9780063329508
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Published: HarperCollins - November 7th, 2023

Don’t miss the seventh picture book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Food Group series from Jory John and Pete Oswald!


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Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon By Michael Lewis Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9781324074335
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - October 3rd, 2023

From the #1 best-selling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the story of FTX’s spectacular collapse and the enigmatic founder at its center.


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Absolution: A Novel By Alice McDermott Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780374610487
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - October 31st, 2023

A riveting account of women’s lives on the margins of the Vietnam War, from the renowned winner of the National Book Award.

You have no idea what it was like. For us. The women, I mean. The wives.