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• Adjustment Day

  Palahniuk, Chuck,

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  As the politicians bring the nation to the brink of war, a mysterious book appears offering directives and carrying wisdom to prepare people for Adjustment Day.

• America Again

  Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't

  Colbert, Stephen, 1964-

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  Covering subjects ranging from healthcare to the economy to food, Stephen gives America the dose of truth it needs to get back on track.

• American Born Chinese

  Yang, Gene Luen

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  Alternates three interrelated stories about the problems of young Chinese Americans trying to participate in the popular culture. Presented in comic book format.

• Animal Farm

  the Graphic Novel

  Odyr,

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  A beautiful graphic adaptation of George Orwell's timeless and timely allegorical novel.

• The_atmospherians

  McElroy, Isle,

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  Sasha Marcus was once the epitome of contemporary success: an internet sensation, social media darling, and a creator of a high profile wellness brand for women. But a confrontation with an abusive troll has taken a horrifying turn, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Birds Aren't Real

  the True Story of Mass Avian Murder and the Largest Surveillance Campaign in US History

  McIndoe, Peter,

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  This urgent manifesto features a host of useful illustrations, activities, and leaked classified documents that will convince even the most outspoken skeptic that birds aren't real. The truth is out there: will you stand and fight before…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Breakfast of Champions

  Or, Goodbye Blue Monday!

  Vonnegut, Kurt

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  A satirical novel that critiques American society, particularly its treatment of marginalized groups like the poor and people of color, through the story of Dwayne Hoover, a disillusioned Pontiac car salesman. The book is known for its…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Candide

  Voltaire, 1694-1778

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  Candide is the story of a gentle man who, though pummeled and slapped in every direction by fate, clings desperately to the belief that he lives in "the best of all possible worlds." On the surface a witty, bantering tale, this…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Canterbury Tales

  Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400

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  The procession that crosses Chaucer's pages is as full of life and as richly textured as a medieval tapestry. The Knight, the Miller, the Friar, the Squire, the Prioress, the Wife of Bath, and others who make up the cast of characters --…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Catch-22

  Heller, Joseph

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  Set in the closing months of World War II in an American bomber squadron off the coast of Italy, Catch-22 is the story of a bombardier named Yossarian who is frantic and furious because thousands of people he has never even met keep trying…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Chain-gang All-stars

  Adjei-Brenyah, Nana Kwame,

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  The explosive, hotly-anticipated debut novel from the New York Times-bestselling author of Friday Black, about two top women gladiators fighting for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from America's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Circle

  a Novel

  Eggers, Dave

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  The Circle is the exhilarating new novel from Dave Eggers, best-selling author of A Hologram for the King, a finalist for the National Book Award. What begins as the captivating story of one woman's ambition and idealism soon becomes a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Clockwork Orange

  Burgess, Anthony, 1917-1993

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  Told through a central character, Alex, the disturbing novel creates an alarming futuristic vision of violence, high technology, and authoritarianism. A modern classic of youthful violence and social redemption set in a dismal dystopia…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dictatorship

  It's Easier Than You Think!

  Kendzior, Sarah,

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  Do you crave the power to shape the world in your image? Can you tell lies without blinking an eye? Do you see enemies all around you? If you answered yes to all of the above, then this is the job for you! And if becoming a dictator sounds…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Eat Your Heart Out

  deVos, Kelly,

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  Six disgruntled teens are forced to spend their winter break at fat camp during Flagstaff, Arizona's worst blizzard in a century, only to find that Camp Featherlite is even worse than expected because it is crawling with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fake Accounts

  Oyler, Lauren,

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  Ending her relationship with a man who she discovers is a popular anonymous internet conspiracy theorist, a woman activist travels from Washington, DC, to Berlin, where she struggles with increasingly manipulative dynamics in her online,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

  a Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

  Thompson, Hunter S.

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  Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is the chronicle of drug-soaked, addle-brained, rollicking good times ever committed to the printed page. It is also the tale of a long weekend road trip that has gone down in the annals of American pop…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Friday black

  Adjei-Brenyah, Nana Kwame,

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  From the start of this extraordinary debut, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah's writing will grab you, haunt you, enrage and invigorate you. By placing ordinary characters in extraordinary situations, Adjei-Brenyah reveals the violence, injustice,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Innocents Abroad

  Or, The New Pilgrims` Progress, Being Some Account of the Steamship Quaker City`s Pleasure Excursion to Europe and the Holy Land

  Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

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  The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress is a travel book by American author Mark Twain published in 1869 which humorously chronicles what Twain called his "Great Pleasure Excursion" on board the chartered vessel Quaker City…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Interior Chinatown

  Yu, Charles, 1976-

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  From the infinitely inventive author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe comes a deeply personal novel about race, pop culture, assimilation, and escaping the roles we are forced to play.