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Shortly after Dracula appears inprint, Tillie’s sister lies dead, drainedof blood. As the victims pile up, Tilliestruggles to find a more rationalexplanation than vampires, but thelaudanum isn’t helping. Mystery/Fantasy.

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This coming-of-age tale followsExcel, an undocumented Filipinoteenager, as he struggles todistance himself from his mom andovercome the secrecy of hischildhood. Contemporary Fiction.

THE SON OF GOOD FORTUNE

A young psychiatrist takes on thetreatment of his hospital’s mostnotorious patient, a man who hasdriven everyone who has attemptedto help him to madness or suicide.Thriller.

Elizabeth is struggling to survivewhile trying to fulfill her roles of wife,mother, and teacher in NYC whenshe throws out a lifeline to an oldfriend who is also facing a crisis.Literary Fiction.

An in-depth look at people whohave gone missing in the wildernessand the individuals who aredetermined to find them.  For fansof John Krakauer and DouglasPreston. Non-fiction.

OPIUM AND ABSINTHEby Lydia Kang

by Lysley Tenorio

THE PATIENTby Jasper DeWitt

WANTby Lynn Steger Strong

THE COLD VANISHby Jon Billman

Alternating between a volcanoeruption in 1935 and decades prior,this novel follows a JapaneseAmerican family as they forge a lifein an immigrant community inHawaii. Historical Fiction.

THE COLOR OF AIRby Gail Tsukiyama

46-year-old married, working mom,Abby, begins to spot her youngerself around New York City and asher life starts to unravel, her doublepresents her with a dangerousproposition. Suspense.

YOU AGAINby Debra Jo Immergut

Are you a fan of The Bachelorette? Ifso, you’ll love this novel about whathappens when Bea, a plus-sizefashion blogger, agrees to star in areality TV dating show. Romance.

ONE TO WATCHby Kate Stayman-London

In the wake of a tragedy, the Adlerfamily is forced to reckon withsecrets kept and how far they’ll goto protect the ones they love.  Forfans of Saints for All Occasions orThe Boston Girl. Historical Fiction.

FLORENCE ADLER SWIMSFOREVERby Rachel Beanland

Alice Marble was a famous tennisplayer and trendsetter in the 1930s,but her private life was shrouded inmystery. Imagine if Serena Williamswas rumored to be a spy! Biography/Sports.

THE DIVINE MISS MARBLEby Robert Weintraub

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When Sam and her former crush,Duncan, reunite at the school whereshe works, Duncan has drasticallychanged. Will Sam be able to helphim find joy again? For fans of JojoMoyes. Contemporary Fiction.

The creeping horror of PaulTremblay meets Tommy Orange’sThere There in this own voices taleof four men who are haunted by adisturbing event from their youth.Horror.

Evan Ryder, a field agent for a black-ops arm of the DOD, is determinedto protect the United States fromNemesis, a mysterious cabal benton its destruction, in this new series.Political Thriller.

Immanuelle does her best toconform to the land of Bethel’s rigidrules, but when she is given herdead mother’s journal, she starts tolearn the truth. For fans of TheHandmaid’s Tale. Fantasy.

WHAT YOU WISH FORby Katherine Center

Follow the members of the fictionalband Utopia Avenue through theturbulent years of the late 1960s asthey journey from the clubs of Sohoto the Top of the Pops. For fans ofDaisy Jones and the Six. Historical/Literary Fiction.

UTOPIA AVENUEby David Mitchell

THE ONLY GOOD INDIANSby Stephen Graham Jones

THE NEMESIS MANIFESTOby Eric Van Lustbader

by Alexis Henderson

Dublin, 1918. In a maternity ward forpregnant women who are infectedwith the Spanish flu, Julia, Kathleenand Bridie work together to savemothers and babies. HistoricalFiction.

THE PULL OF THE STARSby Emma Donoghue

Siblings Beth, Portia and Eddie areforced to recreate a cross-countryroad trip taken with their grandfather20 years ago in order to secure theirinheritance.  What could go wrong?Psychological Thriller.

HE STARTED ITby Samantha Downing

Cora discovers that there has been asecret, extraterrestrial presence onEarth for decades and decides tobecome an intermediary in order toexpose the government cover-up.Science Fiction.

AXIOM'S ENDby Lindsay Ellis

The Night Circus meets TheUnderground Railroad in thisunsettling novel, set against thedarkly glamorous backdrop of NYC,where an assassin falls in love andtries to change her fate at the dawnof World War II. Fantasy/HistoricalFiction.

TROUBLE THE SAINTSby Alaya Dawn Johnson

This is the story of a daughterreckoning with the brutal murder ofher mother at the hands of herformer stepfather, as well as thestory of a poet coming into her ownin the wake of a tragedy. Memoir.

MEMORIAL DRIVEby Natasha Trethewey

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Julia, a young editor, tries toconvince Grant to republish hisbook of seven perfect detectivestories only to find inconsistenciesthat are clues to a mystery shemust solve. For fans of Eight PerfectMurders. Mystery.

For 15 years Alice and Nick havebeen plagued by the memories of afateful night when two of Nick’sfriends drove a passed-out Alexhome from a high school party andthe rumors started. Thriller.

London, 1703. Cecily, a youngbotanist, is invited to the home ofBarnaby Mayne to see the wondershe has collected, but when her hostis murdered, she must find his killer.Mystery/Historical Fiction.

In this funny, heartfelt novel, Charlielands a job as the personal assistantto Kathi Kannon, a bestselling authorand award winning actress, and getsmuch more than he bargained for.Contemporary Fiction.

A STAR IS BOREDby Byron Lane

A Parisian bookbinder stumblesacross a manuscript containingthree stories each as unlikely as theother in this novel in three parts,designed to be read in two differentdirections, that spans 150 years and 7lifetimes. Historical Fiction/Fantasy.

CROSSINGSby Alex Landragin

THE EIGHTH DETECTIVEby Alex Pavesi

TRUE STORYby Kate Reed Petty

by Elsa Hart

Jasmine and Ashton are co-stars ina bilingual romantic comedy, butwhen their on-screen chemistrydraws media attention, theirbudding relationship might notsurvive. Romance.

YOU HAD ME AT HOLAby Alexis Daria

Alternating between 1913 and 1993,two generations of women deal withmysterious thefts from the New YorkPublic Library. For fans of BeatrizWilliams. Historical Fiction.

THE LIONS OF FIFTH AVENUEby Fiona Davis

As much about Vivek’s life as hisdeath, this coming-of-age story setin Nigeria follows a family’s struggleto understand a child whose spirit isboth gentle and mysterious. LiteraryFiction.

THE DEATH OF VIVEK OJIby Akwaeke Emezi

Overachiever Alex lands her dreamjob at a high-powered law firm onlyto discover the brutal realities of thecorporate world. How far is shewilling to go to succeed? For fans ofWhisper Network and Sweetbitter.Contemporary Fiction.

THE BOYS' CLUBby Erica Katz

Identical twins, Yvette and Yvonne,escape West Texas in this epic saga.One ends up a member of Parisianhigh society and the other commitsto a lifetime of service in aColombian convent. Historical/Literary Fiction.

A SAINT FROM TEXASby Edmund White

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When Blaire launches her cupcakeshop on the same day that Ronanopens his sports bar next door, thetwo begin a battle for customers.Will a new competitor force them tocall a truce? Romance.

KISS MY CUPCAKEby Helena Hunting

In an attempt to save her daughter,Bea and her family join a group ofvolunteers who leave the pollutionof the City to settle in theWilderness, an unpredictable anddangerous land. Dystopian.

THE NEW WILDERNESSby Diane Cook

Journal entries and unansweredletters tell the story of KatharineWright and her fracturedrelationship with her brother,Orville.  For fans of Paula McLainand Elise Hooper. Historical Fiction.

THE WRIGHT SISTERby Patty Dann

After suffering tragedies, agrandmother from a quiet villageand her granddaughter living inLondon both need a change ofscenery and agree to switch homes.For fans of Evvie Drake Starts Over.Romance/Contemporary Fiction.

THE SWITCHby Beth O'Leary

ORDINARY HAZARDS

As Emma settles in for a night at herhometown bar, the past comesbarreling back and she mustconfront the choices she has madeand what she is running from. Forfans of Ask Again, Yes and LittleFires Everywhere. Literary Fiction.

by Anna Bruno

An MIT astrophysicist must reinventherself in the wake of tragedy anddiscovers the power of connectionon this planet, even as she searchesour galaxy for another Earth.Memoir.

THE SMALLEST LIGHTSIN THE UNIVERSEby Sara Seager

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacksmeets Get Out in this true story ofhow a Black man’s heart was used inthe first heart transplant in the South,without his family’s permission orknowledge. Non-fiction/History.

THE ORGAN THIEVESby Chip Jones

The author of H is for Hawk returnswith this collection of essaysfocusing on the nature of captivity,freedom, immigration, and flight.Non-fiction/Nature.

VESPER FLIGHTSby Helen Macdonald

For readers of StationEleven and Flight Behavior, adebut novel set on the brink ofcatastrophe, as a young womanchases the world’s last birds - and herown final chance for redemption.Literary Fiction/Science Fiction.

MIGRATIONSby Charlotte McConaghy

Virgil Wounded Horse’s jobbecomes personal when heroinmakes its way into the reservationwhere he is the local enforcer. Whenhe traces the drugs, he makes somesurprising discoveries. For fans ofC.J. Box. Mystery.

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