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    • Small Great Things Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Small Great Things by ​Jodi Picoult​ (2016) is a grip­ping nov­el that explores ​racism, priv­i­lege, and jus­tice​ in mod­ern Amer­i­ca. The sto­ry fol­lows ​Ruth Jef­fer­son, an expe­ri­enced Black labor and deliv­ery nurse, who is for­bid­den from car­ing for a new­born after the white suprema­cist par­ents request “no African Amer­i­can staff.” When the baby goes into car­diac arrest and Ruth hes­i­tates to inter­vene, she is charged…
    • [Joe Pickett 18] • The Disappeared Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin In The Dis­ap­peared, Wyoming game war­den ​Joe Pick­ett​ is drawn into a high-stakes mys­tery when a British ​CEO’s daugh­ter, ​Kate Shelford-Long­den, van­ish­es from an exclu­sive ​guest ranch​ near ​Sarato­ga. Tasked with inves­ti­gat­ing by Gov­er­nor ​Colter Allen, Joe uncov­ers a web of secrets involv­ing: A ​van­ished ranch employ­ee​ with a vio­lent past A ​ruth­less Sil­i­con Val­ley investor​ with ties to the ranch A ​local jour­nal­ist​ dig­ging…
      Mystery • Thriller • True Crime
    • Long Island Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Long Island is a 2024 nov­el by Colm Tóibín, which serves as a con­tin­u­a­tion of his crit­i­cal­ly acclaimed nov­el Brook­lyn. The sto­ry fol­lows the life of Eilis Lacey, now in her 40s, liv­ing on Long Island with her hus­band Tony Fiorel­lo and their two teenage chil­dren. Despite her years in Amer­i­ca, Eilis has remained deeply con­nect­ed to her Irish roots and has nev­er returned…
    • Champion Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Cham­pi­on is the explo­sive finale to Marie Lu’s best­selling Leg­end tril­o­gy, a dystopi­an saga blend­ing polit­i­cal intrigue, high-stakes action, and heart-wrench­ing romance. Set in a frac­tured future where the Repub­lic and Colonies wage a cold war, the sto­ry fol­lows two icon­ic pro­tag­o­nists: ​June Iparis, the Republic’s bril­liant prodi­gy turned rebel, now a high-rank­ing offi­cial strug­gling to pre­vent war. ​Day, the Republic’s most want­ed crim­i­nal-turned-hero, whose dete­ri­o­rat­ing health…
      Fiction • Political Fiction • Science • Thriller • Young Adult
    • All Fours Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Miran­da July’s 2024 nov­el All Fours fol­lows a 45-year-old semi-famous artist who dis­rupts her sta­ble Los Ange­les life with her hus­band and child by impul­sive­ly announc­ing a cross-coun­try road trip. The jour­ney becomes a cat­a­lyst for self-dis­cov­ery as she grap­ples with midlife crises, sex­u­al awak­en­ing, and per­i­menopause, cul­mi­nat­ing in an unex­pect­ed affair. Blend­ing humor and poignan­cy, the nov­el explores themes of desire, iden­ti­ty, and…
    • The Runes of the Earth: The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant — Book One Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin A decade after The Chron­i­cles of Thomas Covenant, Stephen R. Don­ald­son res­ur­rects his icon­ic uni­verse with The Runes of the Earth. ​Lin­den Avery, the for­mer com­pan­ion of Covenant, is now a griev­ing doc­tor haunt­ed by the past—until her adopt­ed son ​Jere­mi­ah​ is abduct­ed, and she is vio­lent­ly thrust back into the ​Land. But this is not the Land she remem­bers. Rav­aged by ​Lord Foul’s​ machi­na­tions and…
      Fantasy • Fiction • Psychological
    • Black House Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Black House is the long-await­ed sequel to The Tal­is­man, reunit­ing read­ers with ​Jack Sawyer—now a retired LAPD detec­tive liv­ing in small-town Wis­con­sin. But when a series of grue­some child mur­ders plague the com­mu­ni­ty, Jack is drawn back into the hor­rors of the ​Ter­ri­to­ries, the alter­nate uni­verse he once tra­versed as a boy. Team­ing up with an aging bik­er named ​Hen­ry Ley­den​ and a boy with super­nat­ur­al…
      Fantasy • Fiction • Horror • Thriller
    • The Fifth Season Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin The Fifth Sea­son is the first book in N. K. Jemisin’s ground­break­ing Bro­ken Earth tril­o­gy, a mas­ter­piece that rede­fines epic fan­ta­sy. Set on a super­con­ti­nent called the Still­ness, where cat­a­stroph­ic cli­mate dis­as­ters (known as “Fifth Sea­sons”) reg­u­lar­ly dev­as­tate civ­i­liza­tion, the sto­ry fol­lows three inter­twined nar­ra­tives: ​Essun, a woman search­ing for her miss­ing daugh­ter in a world col­laps­ing into chaos. ​Damaya, a young girl with dan­ger­ous pow­ers, tak­en…
    • The Giver of Stars Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Set in the rugged moun­tains of ​1930s Ken­tucky, The Giv­er of Stars fol­lows ​Alice Wright, a spir­it­ed Eng­lish­woman who escapes her sti­fling mar­riage by join­ing the ​Pack­horse Library Project—a WPA ini­tia­tive that deliv­ers books to remote Appalachi­an com­mu­ni­ties. Along­side a group of extra­or­di­nary women, includ­ing the fear­less ​Margery O’Hare, Alice braves harsh ter­rain, soci­etal prej­u­dice, and per­son­al demons to bring lit­er­a­cy and hope to the iso­lat­ed…
    • Prodigy Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Prodi­gy is the grip­ping sec­ond install­ment in Marie Lu’s Leg­end tril­o­gy, esca­lat­ing the stakes in a dystopi­an war between the Repub­lic and the Colonies. After their dra­mat­ic escape in Leg­end, ​June​ and ​Day​ join the rebel Patri­ot group, hop­ing to over­throw the Republic’s tyran­ni­cal gov­ern­ment. But trust is fragile—June’s loy­al­ty is ques­tioned due to her elite past, while Day grap­ples with grief and the weight of becom­ing a…
      Dystopian • Fiction • Political Fiction • Thriller • Young Adult
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