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Adults

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Bad Summer People

Emma Rosenblum
A History of Burning

Janika Oza
Fatherland

Burkhard Bilger
The Forgotten Girls

Monica Potts
The Story of Art Without Men

Katy Hessel
Chain Gang All Stars

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Dark Angel

John Sandford
Worthy Opponents

Danielle Steel
The House of Wolves

James Patterson, Mike Lupica
Clive Cussler The Serpent's Eye

Robin Burcell
I Will Find You

Harlan Coben
Where Are the Children Now?

Mary Higgins Clark, Alafair Burke
Essex Dogs

Dan Jones
Stealing

Margaret Verble
The Villa

Rachel Hawkins
Cold People

Tom Rob Smith
Big Swiss

Jen Beagin
Someone Else's Shoes

Jojo Moyes
Pests

Bethany Brookshire
A Dangerous Business

Jane Smiley
Stella Maris

Cormac McCarthy
Cursed Bunny

Bora Chung
Scatterlings

Resoketswe Martha Manenzhe
Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion

Bushra Rehman
We All Want Impossible Things

Catherine Newman
Foster

Claire Keegan
Small Game

Blair Braverman
Meredith, Alone

Claire Alexander
Hollywood: The Oral History

Jeanine Basinger, Sam Wasson
The Forever Witness

Edward Humes

Teens

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Spice Road

Maiya Ibrahim
Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling

Elise Bryant
The Black Queen

Jumata Emill
The Stranded

Sarah Daniels
Live Your Best Lie

Jessie Weaver
Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

Talia Hibbert
The Winter Soldier

Mackenzi Lee
This Is Not a Personal Statement

Tracy Badua
Unraveller

Frances Hardinge
The Scarlet Circus

Jane Yolen
A Pho Love Story

Loan Le
Barakah Beats

Maleeha Siddiqui
Pumpkin

Julie Murphy
As Good as Dead

Holly Jackson
All Our Hidden Gifts

Caroline O'Donoghue
Burden Falls

Kat Ellis
The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks

Mackenzi Lee
Amari and the Night Brothers

B. B. Alston
Okoye to the People

Ibi Zoboi
Any Way the Wind Blows

Rainbow Rowell

Kids

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Apple Pie Picnic

Alicia Duran
How It Happened! Gum

Paige Towler, Wonderlab Group
Hurry, Little Tortoise, Time for School!

Carrie Finison
Unti KA Mid Grade Novel #2 - Weikum

Katherine Applegate
Frank and Bert

Chris Naylor-Ballesteros
The Firefly Summer

Morgan Matson
I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know

Leslie Odom, Jr., Nicolette Robinson
A World of Dancers

Ginjer L. Clarke
My Brain Is Magic

Prasha Sooful
Akim Aliu: Dreamer (Original Graphic Memoir)

Akim Aliu, Greg Anderson Elysée
Our Dragon

Mem Fox
The Book of Stolen Dreams

David Farr
I'm Sticking with You--and the Chicken Too!

Smriti Prasadam-Halls
InvestiGators: Agents of S.U.I.T. 1

John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings
How the Crayons Saved the Rainbow

Monica Sweeney
Fox Point's Own Gemma Hopper

Brie Spangler
Little Rosetta and the Talking Guitar

Charnelle Pinkney Barlow
Emily Windsnap and the Castle in the Mist: #3

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Starring Steven Spielberg

Gene Barretta
Tim Possible & All That Buzz

Axel Maisy

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Looking for your next read?

Adults

Bad Summer People

A History of Burning

Fatherland

The Forgotten Girls

The Story of Art Without Men

Chain Gang All Stars

Dark Angel

Worthy Opponents

The House of Wolves

Clive Cussler The Serpent's Eye

I Will Find You

Where Are the Children Now?

Essex Dogs

Stealing

The Villa

Cold People

Big Swiss

Someone Else's Shoes

Pests

A Dangerous Business

Stella Maris

Cursed Bunny

Scatterlings

Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion

We All Want Impossible Things

Foster

Small Game

Meredith, Alone

Hollywood: The Oral History

The Forever Witness

Teens

Spice Road

Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling

The Black Queen

The Stranded

Live Your Best Lie

Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

The Winter Soldier

This Is Not a Personal Statement

Unraveller

The Scarlet Circus

A Pho Love Story

Barakah Beats

Pumpkin

As Good as Dead

All Our Hidden Gifts

Burden Falls

The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks

Amari and the Night Brothers

Okoye to the People

Any Way the Wind Blows

Kids

Apple Pie Picnic

How It Happened! Gum

Hurry, Little Tortoise, Time for School!

Unti KA Mid Grade Novel #2 - Weikum

Frank and Bert

The Firefly Summer

I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know

A World of Dancers

My Brain Is Magic

Akim Aliu: Dreamer (Original Graphic Memoir)

Our Dragon

The Book of Stolen Dreams

I'm Sticking with You--and the Chicken Too!

InvestiGators: Agents of S.U.I.T. 1

How the Crayons Saved the Rainbow

Fox Point's Own Gemma Hopper

Little Rosetta and the Talking Guitar

Emily Windsnap and the Castle in the Mist: #3

Starring Steven Spielberg

Tim Possible & All That Buzz