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• Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

  Yagisawa, Satoshi, 1977-

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  Yagisawa's endearing English-language debut pays tribute to the power of books, family, and friendship.

• All Fours

  July, Miranda, 1974-

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  In the hilarious, sexy, and wonderfully weird latest from July (The First Bad Man), a 40-something artist tries to reinvent herself while reckoning with middle age.

• Big Swiss

  Beagin, Jen,

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  The Bollinger short-listed author confronts sexuality, relationships, addiction, violence, and small-town living in a novel featuring damaged people striving to become whole.

• Paved Paradise

  How Parking Explains the World

  Grabar, Henry,

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  An entertaining, enlightening, and utterly original investigation into one of the most quietly influential forces in modern American life--the humble parking spot.

• Unraveling

  What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater

  Orenstein, Peggy,

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  The author sets out to make a sweater from scratch--shearing, spinning, dyeing wool--and in the process discovers how we find our deepest selves through craft.

• When Women Ran Fifth Avenue

  Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion

  Satow, Julie,

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  A glittering, glamorous portrait of the golden age of American department stores and of three visionary women who led them, from the award-winning author of The Plaza.

• North Woods

  Mason, Daniel (Daniel Philippe),

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  Mason follows the inhabitants of a secluded western Massachusetts home and their tragedies across centuries in this spectacular ghost story.

• Biography of X

  Lacey, Catherine, 1985-

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  In this captivating fictional biography the narrator tells us that "people try to escape their past through characters." The character here is a female artist/songwriter/novelist/performer, known as X, who possessively hides her childhood…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Healing of America

  a Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care

  Reid, T. R.

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  Washington Post correspondent Reid (The United States of Europe) explores health-care systems around the world in an effort to understand why the U.S. remains the only first world nation to refuse its citizens universal health care.

• Sparrow

  Hynes, James,

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  In a brothel on the Spanish coast during the waning years of the Roman Empire, a young enslaved boy of unknown parentage is growing up. Sparrow is an enthralling, heartbreaking novel of identity, endurance, and love in a dangerous and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Say Nothing

  a True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

  Keefe, Patrick Radden, 1976-

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  A stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions.

• Whalefall

  Kraus, Daniel, 1975-

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  This gripping sci-fi thriller from bestseller Kraus (who previously coauthored the novelization of The Shape of Water with Guillermo del Torro) takes readers quite literally into the belly of the beast.

• My Favorite Thing Is Monsters

  Ferris, Emil,

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  Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late '60s Chicago, and narrated by 10-year-old Karen Reyes, Monsters is told through a fictional graphic diary employing the iconography of B-movie horror imagery and pulp monster magazines.

• All the Colors of the Dark

  Whitaker, Chris,

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  In 1975 Missouri, 13-year-old orphan Saint Brown and her scruffy, eye patch–wearing classmate, Patch Macauley, are drawing closer by the day when Patch's disappearance rips them apart—setting in motion this lyrical, decades-spanning outing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All About Me!

  My Remarkable Life in Show Business

  Brooks, Mel, 1926-

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  The legendary comedian, actor, and film producer and director traces his rise from a Depression-era kid in Brooklyn to his stellar film career, offering insight into the inspiration for his ideas and the many close friendships and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Who Have Never Known Men

  Harpman, Jacqueline,

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  Back in print for the first time since 1997, I Who Have Never Known Men is a haunting, heartbreaking post-apocalyptic novel of female friendship and intimacy, and the lengths people will go to maintain their humanity in the face of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mr. Churchill's Secretary

  a Novel

  MacNeal, Susan Elia

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  Watch out for the smart girl who can crack codes with her slide rule. The appeal of real-life characters populating the story works well in this historical cozy debut.

• Yellowface

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

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  A struggling novelist passes off a manuscript left by her dead college friend in this excellent satire.

• The Summer Book

  Jansson, Tove

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  Tove Jansson (1914'2001) was born in Helsinki into Finland's Swedish-speaking minority. Her father was a sculptor and her mother a graphic designer and illustrator. Winters were spent in the family's art-filled studio and summers in a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Elena Knows

  Piñeiro, Claudia, 1960-

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  Born in Buenos Aires in 1960, Claudia Piñeiro is a best-selling author, known internationally for her crime novels. Taking place in a single, this is the story of Elena's trek across Buenos Aires to learn the truth about her daughter's…Read moreRead more of this annotation