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Adults

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The Sleepwalkers

Scarlett Thomas
Only the Brave

Danielle Steel
James

Percival Everett
Expiration Dates

Rebecca Serle
Charlie Hustle

Keith O'Brien
Nuclear War

Annie Jacobsen
Oath and Honor

Liz Cheney
The Lost Tomb

Douglas Preston
The Other Mothers

Katherine Faulkner
Manner of Death

Robin Cook
The Wonder of It All

Barbara Taylor Bradford
The Frozen River

Ariel Lawhon
Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs, and Juice: A Cocktail Recipe Book

Toni Tipton-Martin
All the Demons Are Here

Jake Tapper
Snacking Bakes

Yossy Arefi
Oodles and Oodles of Vegan Noodles: Soba, Ramen, Udon & More?Easy Recipes for Every Day

Cheynese Khachame
Black Wolf

Kathleen Kent
Alex Cross Must Die

James Patterson
Dirty Thirty

Janet Evanovich
The Manager's Handbook

David Dodson
I Could Nosh

Jake Cohen
The Coming Wave

Mustafa Suleyman
But Will You Love Me Tomorrow?

Laura Flam, Emily Sieu Liebowitz
The Lost Supper

Taras Grescoe
A Myriad of Tongues

Caleb Everett
Crook Manifesto

Colson Whitehead
Must Love Flowers

Debbie Macomber
The Collector

Daniel Silva
Obsessed

James Patterson, James O. Born
Promise

Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Teens

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Defiant

Brandon Sanderson
The Chaperone

M. Hendrix
The Ballad of Darcy and Russell

Morgan Matson
Faker

Gordon Korman
Icarus

K. Ancrum
Six of Sorrow

Amanda Linsmeier
The Ones Who Come Back Hungry

Amelinda Berube
Sunday Money

Maggie Hill
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Chalice of the Gods

Rick Riordan
My Salty Mary

Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows
The Second Chance of Darius Logan

David F. Walker

Kids

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No Cats in the Library

Lauren Emmons
Explorer Academy Vela: The Sailor Cipher (Book 1)

Trudi Trueit
Penguin Huddle

Ross Montgomery
Worries Big and Small

Hannah Wilson
Ethan and the Strays

John Sullivan
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I Want 100 Dogs

Stacy McAnulty
The Monster Above the Bed

Kailei Pew
Outdoor School: Gardening

Bridget Heos
Kevin Goes First

Hala Tahboub
Daughters of the Lamp

Nedda Lewers
The Owl Who Dared

Stephanie Stansbie
Bear's Big Dreaming

Michael Rosen
Trim Helps Out

Deborah Hopkinson
The Golden Imaginarium

Ellen Potter
The Big Squeeze

Molly Harris
Dot the Ladybug: The Missing Dot

Kallie George
Two Together

Brendan Wenzel
Willow the White House Cat

Jill Biden
10 Things I Love About Dinosaurs

Samantha Sweeney
Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #12): From the Creator of Captain Underpants

Dav Pilkey

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Looking for your next read?

Adults

The Sleepwalkers

Only the Brave

James

Expiration Dates

Charlie Hustle

Nuclear War

Oath and Honor

The Lost Tomb

The Other Mothers

Manner of Death

The Wonder of It All

The Frozen River

Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs, and Juice: A Cocktail Recipe Book

All the Demons Are Here

Snacking Bakes

Oodles and Oodles of Vegan Noodles: Soba, Ramen, Udon & More?Easy Recipes for Every Day

Black Wolf

Alex Cross Must Die

Dirty Thirty

The Manager's Handbook

I Could Nosh

The Coming Wave

But Will You Love Me Tomorrow?

The Lost Supper

A Myriad of Tongues

Crook Manifesto

Must Love Flowers

The Collector

Obsessed

Promise

Teens

Defiant

The Chaperone

The Ballad of Darcy and Russell

Faker

Icarus

Six of Sorrow

The Ones Who Come Back Hungry

Sunday Money

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Chalice of the Gods

My Salty Mary

The Second Chance of Darius Logan

Kids

No Cats in the Library

Explorer Academy Vela: The Sailor Cipher (Book 1)

Penguin Huddle

Worries Big and Small

Ethan and the Strays

I Want 100 Dogs

The Monster Above the Bed

Outdoor School: Gardening

Kevin Goes First

Daughters of the Lamp

The Owl Who Dared

Bear's Big Dreaming

Trim Helps Out

The Golden Imaginarium

The Big Squeeze

Dot the Ladybug: The Missing Dot

Two Together

Willow the White House Cat

10 Things I Love About Dinosaurs

Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #12): From the Creator of Captain Underpants

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