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Blacktop Wasteland: A Novel (Hardcover)

By S. A. Cosby
$26.99
ISBN: 9781250252685
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Published: Flatiron Books - July 14th, 2020
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The Death of Vivek Oji: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Akwaeke Emezi
$27.00
ISBN: 9780525541608
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Published: Riverhead Books - August 4th, 2020
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The Disaster Tourist (Paperback)

By Yun Ko-Eun, Lizzie Buehler (Translator)
$16.95
ISBN: 9781640094161
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Published: Counterpoint LLC - August 4th, 2020
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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning (Hardcover)

By Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi
$18.99
ISBN: 9780316453691
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - March 10th, 2020
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Pizza Girl: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Jean Kyoung Frazier
$24.95
ISBN: 9780385545723
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Published: Doubleday - June 9th, 2020
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A Room Called Earth: A Novel (Paperback)

By Madeleine Ryan
$17.00
ISBN: 9780143135456
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Published: Penguin Books - August 18th, 2020
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The Inugami Curse (Pushkin Vertigo) (Paperback)

By Seishi Yokomizo, Yumiko Yamakazi (Translated by)
$14.95
ISBN: 9781782275039
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Published: Pushkin Vertigo - August 25th, 2020
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The Boy in the Field: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Margot Livesey
$26.99
ISBN: 9780062946393
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Published: Harper - August 11th, 2020

Vesper Flights (Hardcover) - SIGNED BY HELEN MACDONALD - ships 8/25/20

$27.00
SKU: 9780802128812a
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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead: A Novel Cover Image

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead: A Novel (Paperback)

By Olga Tokarczuk, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translated by)
$17.00
ISBN: 9780525541349
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Published: Riverhead Books - August 11th, 2020
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Sex and Vanity: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Kevin Kwan
$26.95
ISBN: 9780385546270
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Published: Doubleday - June 30th, 2020
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The Eighth Detective: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Alex Pavesi
$26.99
ISBN: 9781250755933
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Published: Henry Holt and Co. - August 4th, 2020
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The Nickel Boys: A Novel (Paperback)

By Colson Whitehead
$15.95
ISBN: 9780345804341
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Published: Anchor - June 30th, 2020
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Swan Song: An Odyssey (Hardcover)

By Lisa Alther
$26.95
ISBN: 9780525657545
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Published: Knopf - June 9th, 2020

The Rural Diaries (Hardcover) - SIGNED BY HILARIE BURTON - estimated to ship in October 2020

$26.99
SKU: 9780062862754a
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Underland: A Deep Time Journey (Paperback)

By Robert Macfarlane
$17.95
ISBN: 9780393358094
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - August 18th, 2020
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A Winter's Promise: Book One of the Mirror Visitor Quartet (Paperback)

By Christelle Dabos, Hildegarde Serle (Translator)
$11.95
ISBN: 9781609456078
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Published: Europa Editions - May 12th, 2020
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The Missing of Clairdelune: Book Two of the Mirror Visitor Quartet (Paperback)

By Christelle Dabos, Hildegarde Serle (Translator)
$11.95
ISBN: 9781609456085
Availability: Backordered
Published: Europa Editions - August 4th, 2020

Stepping Stones (Peapod Farm) (Paperback) - SIGNED BY LUCY KNISLEY

$12.99
SKU: 9781984896841a
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Humankind: A Hopeful History (Hardcover)

By Rutger Bregman, Erica Moore (Translated by), Elizabeth Manton (Translated by)
$30.00
ISBN: 9780316418539
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Published: Little, Brown and Company - June 2nd, 2020
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The Way to Rio Luna (Hardcover)

By Zoraida Cordova, Zoraida Córdova
$17.99
ISBN: 9781338239546
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Published: Scholastic Inc. - June 2nd, 2020
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The Guest List: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Lucy Foley
$27.99
ISBN: 9780062868930
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Published: William Morrow - June 2nd, 2020
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The Beekeeper of Aleppo: A Novel (Paperback)

By Christy Lefteri
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593128176
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Published: Ballantine Books - June 23rd, 2020
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The Girl from Widow Hills: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Megan Miranda
$26.99
ISBN: 9781501165429
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Published: Simon & Schuster - June 23rd, 2020
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Echo on the Bay (Paperback)

By Masatsugu Ono, Angus Turvill (Translator)
$16.95
ISBN: 9781949641035
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Published: Two Lines Press - June 9th, 2020
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Lady in the Lake: A Novel (Paperback)

By Laura Lippman
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062390028
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - June 23rd, 2020
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Exhalation (Paperback)

By Ted Chiang
$16.95
ISBN: 9781101972083
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Published: Vintage - June 30th, 2020
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Nothing Can Hurt You (Hardcover)

By Nicola Maye Goldberg
$26.00
ISBN: 9781635574883
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Published: Bloomsbury Publishing - June 23rd, 2020
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All Systems Red: The Murderbot Diaries (Paperback)

By Martha Wells
$15.99
ISBN: 9780765397539
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Published: Tor.com - May 2nd, 2017
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Such a Fun Age (Hardcover)

By Kiley Reid
$26.00
ISBN: 9780525541905
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - December 31st, 2019
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This Is How You Lose the Time War (Paperback)

By Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone
$14.99
ISBN: 9781534430990
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Published: Gallery / Saga Press - March 17th, 2020
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Wow, No Thank You.: Essays (Paperback)

By Samantha Irby
$15.95
ISBN: 9780525563488
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Published: Vintage - March 31st, 2020
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Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World Cover Image

Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World (Paperback)

By Annie Lowrey
$17.00
ISBN: 9781524758776
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Published: Broadway Books - July 9th, 2019
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Maggie Brown & Others: Stories (Paperback)

By Peter Orner
$16.99
ISBN: 9780316516129
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Published: Back Bay Books - July 28th, 2020
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The Mall: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Megan McCafferty
$18.99
ISBN: 9781250209955
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Published: Wednesday Books - July 28th, 2020
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The Need (Paperback)

By Helen Phillips
$17.00
ISBN: 9781982113179
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Published: Simon & Schuster - July 7th, 2020
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Three Women (Paperback)

By Lisa Taddeo
$17.00
ISBN: 9781451642308
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Published: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster - July 7th, 2020
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Birthday: A Novel (Paperback)

By Meredith Russo
$10.99
ISBN: 9781250129857
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Published: Flatiron Books - July 21st, 2020
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Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb Trilogy #1) (Paperback)

By Tamsyn Muir
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250313188
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Published: Tor.com - July 14th, 2020
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Harrow the Ninth (The Locked Tomb Trilogy #2) (Hardcover)

By Tamsyn Muir
$26.99
ISBN: 9781250313225
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Published: Tor.com - August 4th, 2020
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Soaked! (Hardcover)

By Abi Cushman
$17.99
ISBN: 9781984836625
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Viking Books for Young Readers - July 14th, 2020
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Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir (Hardcover)

By Natasha Trethewey
$27.99
ISBN: 9780062248572
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Ecco - July 28th, 2020
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No Presents Please: Mumbai Stories (Paperback)

By Jayant Kaikini, Tejaswini Niranjana (Translator)
$16.95
ISBN: 9781948226905
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Catapult - July 28th, 2020
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Unspeakable Acts: True Tales of Crime, Murder, Deceit, and Obsession Cover Image

Unspeakable Acts: True Tales of Crime, Murder, Deceit, and Obsession (Paperback)

By Sarah Weinman, Patrick Radden Keefe (Introduction by)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780062839886
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Published: Ecco - July 28th, 2020
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You Again: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Debra Jo Immergut
$27.99
ISBN: 9780062747587
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Ecco - July 7th, 2020
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Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion (Paperback)

By Jia Tolentino
$18.00
ISBN: 9780525510567
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - July 14th, 2020
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Her Body and Other Parties: Stories (Paperback)

By Carmen Maria Machado
$16.00
ISBN: 9781555977887
Availability: Available in our Warehouse: Usually Ships in 3-8 Days
Published: Graywolf Press - October 3rd, 2017
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Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures Cover Image

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures (Hardcover)

By Merlin Sheldrake
$28.00
ISBN: 9780525510314
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Published: Random House - May 12th, 2020
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All the Devils Are Here: A Novel (Chief Inspector Gamache Novel #16) Cover Image

All the Devils Are Here: A Novel (Chief Inspector Gamache Novel #16) (Hardcover)

By Louise Penny
$28.99
ISBN: 9781250145239
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Published: Minotaur Books - September 1st, 2020
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The Starless Sea: A Novel (Paperback)

By Erin Morgenstern
$16.95
ISBN: 9781101971383
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Anchor - August 4th, 2020
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Shatter the Sky (The Shatter the Sky Duology) (Paperback)

By Rebecca Kim Wells
$11.99
ISBN: 9781534437913
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Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - August 4th, 2020
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Lobizona: A Novel (Wolves of No World #1) (Hardcover)

By Romina Garber
$18.99
ISBN: 9781250239129
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Published: Wednesday Books - August 4th, 2020
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No Fuzzball! (Hardcover)

By Isabella Kung, Isabella Kung (Illustrator)
$14.99
ISBN: 9781338565423
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Published: Orchard Books - August 4th, 2020
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Crabapple Trouble (Hardcover)

By Kaeti Vandorn
$12.99
ISBN: 9781984896803
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Published: Random House Graphic - August 11th, 2020
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Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything (Hardcover)

By Raquel Vasquez Gilliland
$18.99
ISBN: 9781534448636
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Published: Simon Pulse - August 11th, 2020

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