A Man Called Ove
A grumpy widower plans to end his life after losing his wife, but new neighbors keep interrupting him. Backman blends grief, humor, and community in this…
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A Tale of Two Cities
Lucie Manette frees her father from the Bastille while Sydney Carton loves her from afar through London and Paris revolt.
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A Wrinkle in Time
Meg Murry, Charles Wallace and Calvin tessar past Mrs Whatsit, Mrs Who and Mrs Which to Camazotz to free Mr Murry from IT.
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Allegiant
Tris and Tobias leave walled Chicago to learn what lies past the fence. Allegiant closes the Divergent trilogy with Bureau secrets, exile, and a painful final…
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American Gods
Shadow Moon leaves prison to work for Mr Wednesday and gets pulled into war between old gods and new.
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Anna Karenina
Anna leaves Karenin for Vronsky while Levin seeks faith and farming outside Moscow.
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Anne of Green Gables
L. M. Montgomery brings talkative Anne Shirley to Green Gables on Prince Edward Island, where mistakes, school rivalries, and fierce friendship slowly turn…
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Becoming
Michelle Obama traces her path from South Side Chicago through Princeton, Harvard law and the White House years in this warm, candid memoir of family, work and…
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Big Little Lies
In Pirriwee three mothers collide over school, marriage, and secrets until a trivia night death forces the truth about Perry abuse, Celeste fear, and Jane past.
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Book Lovers
Sharp literary agent Nora Stephens gets dragged to small-town Sunshine Falls with her sister and keeps colliding with brooding editor Charlie Lastra.
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Bossypants
Tina Fey moves from Pennsylvania childhood through improv and SNL to 30 Rock in this funny 2011 memoir. Expect backstage stories, jokes about work and…
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Bridget Jones's Diary
Thirty-something Bridget Jones logs calories, cigarettes and bad dates in London while torn between Daniel Cleaver and Mark Darcy.
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