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The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea Cover Image

The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea (Hardcover)

By Maggie Tokuda-Hall
$18.99
ISBN: 9781536204315
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Published: Candlewick - May 5th, 2020

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

$26.99
SKU: 9780062862754a
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A Winter's Promise: Book One of the Mirror Visitor Quartet Cover Image

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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Figure It Out: Essays (Paperback)

By Wayne Koestenbaum
$16.95
ISBN: 9781593765958
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Published: Soft Skull Press - May 5th, 2020
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Just a Boy and a Girl in a Little Canoe Cover Image

Just a Boy and a Girl in a Little Canoe (Hardcover)

By Sarah Mlynowski
$18.99
ISBN: 9780062397102
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Published: HarperTeen - May 19th, 2020

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

$13.99
SKU: 9781984896841a
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The Ten Thousand Doors of January Cover Image

The Ten Thousand Doors of January (Paperback)

By Alix E. Harrow
$16.99
ISBN: 9780316421973
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Published: Redhook - May 12th, 2020
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City of Girls: A Novel Cover Image

City of Girls: A Novel (Paperback)

By Elizabeth Gilbert
$17.00
ISBN: 9781594634741
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Riverhead Books - April 7th, 2020
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Extraordinary Birds (Paperback)

By Sandy Stark-Mcginnis
$8.99
ISBN: 9781547601431
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Published: Bloomsbury Children's Books - April 28th, 2020

Simon the Fiddler: A Novel (Hardcover) - SIGNED BY PAULETTE JILES

$27.99
SKU: 9780062966742a

The List of Things That Will Not Change (Hardcover) - SIGNED BY REBECCA STEAD

$16.99
SKU: 9781101938096a
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A Book for Escargot (Hardcover)

By Dashka Slater, Sydney Hanson (Illustrator)
$16.99
ISBN: 9780374312862
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) - April 7th, 2020
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The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna: A Novel Cover Image

The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna: A Novel (Paperback)

By Juliet Grames
$17.99
ISBN: 9780062862839
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Published: Ecco - April 28th, 2020
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The Map of Knowledge: A Thousand-Year History of How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found Cover Image

The Map of Knowledge: A Thousand-Year History of How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found (Paperback)

By Violet Moller
$17.95
ISBN: 9781101974063
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Anchor - April 14th, 2020
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Disappearing Earth Cover Image

Disappearing Earth (Paperback)

By Julia Phillips
$16.95
ISBN: 9780525436225
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Published: Vintage - April 7th, 2020
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The Poet X (Paperback)

By Elizabeth Acevedo
$12.99
ISBN: 9780062662811
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Published: Quill Tree Books - April 7th, 2020
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Sex and Vanity: A Novel Cover Image

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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Humankind: A Hopeful History Cover Image

Humankind: A Hopeful History (Hardcover)

By Rutger Bregman, Elizabeth Manton (Translated by), Erica Moore (Translated by)
$30.00
ISBN: 9780316418539
Availability: Available in our Warehouse: Usually Ships in 3-8 Days
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
Availability: Available in our Warehouse: Usually Ships in 3-8 Days
Published: Scholastic Inc. - June 2nd, 2020
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The Guest List: A Novel Cover Image

The Guest List: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Lucy Foley
$27.99
ISBN: 9780062868930
Availability: Available in our Warehouse: Usually Ships in 3-8 Days
Published: William Morrow - June 2nd, 2020
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The Beekeeper of Aleppo: A Novel Cover Image

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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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning Cover Image

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
Availability: Backordered
Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - March 10th, 2020
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The Girl from Widow Hills: A Novel Cover Image

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 Cover Image

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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One Hundred Daffodils: Finding Beauty, Grace, and Meaning When Things Fall Apart Cover Image

One Hundred Daffodils: Finding Beauty, Grace, and Meaning When Things Fall Apart (Hardcover)

By Rebecca Winn
$27.00
ISBN: 9781538732700
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Grand Central Publishing - March 24th, 2020
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Aster and the Accidental Magic Cover Image

Aster and the Accidental Magic (Paperback)

By Thom Pico, Karensac (Illustrator)
$12.99
ISBN: 9780593118849
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Published: Random House Graphic - March 3rd, 2020
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The Nickel Boys: A Novel Cover Image

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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Exhalation (Paperback)

By Ted Chiang
$16.95
ISBN: 9781101972083
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Published: Vintage - June 30th, 2020
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Swan Song: An Odyssey Cover Image

Swan Song: An Odyssey (Hardcover)

By Lisa Alther
$26.95
ISBN: 9780525657545
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Published: Knopf - June 9th, 2020
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Pizza Girl: A Novel Cover Image

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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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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Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants Cover Image

Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants (Paperback)

By Mathias Énard, Charlotte Mandell (Translated by)
$14.95
ISBN: 9780811228947
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Published: New Directions - October 29th, 2019
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The Secrets We Kept: A novel Cover Image

The Secrets We Kept: A novel (Paperback)

By Lara Prescott
$16.95
ISBN: 9780525566106
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Published: Vintage - June 30th, 2020
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All Systems Red: The Murderbot Diaries Cover Image

All Systems Red: The Murderbot Diaries (Paperback)

By Martha Wells
$15.99
ISBN: 9780765397539
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Published: Tor.com - May 2nd, 2017
Cloud Atlas: A Novel Cover Image

Cloud Atlas: A Novel (Paperback)

By David Mitchell
$17.00
ISBN: 9780375507250
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - August 17th, 2004
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Wilder Girls Cover Image

Wilder Girls (Paperback)

By Rory Power
$10.99
ISBN: 9780525645610
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Published: Ember - June 2nd, 2020
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In Pieces Cover Image

In Pieces (Paperback)

By Sally Field
$17.99
ISBN: 9781538763032
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Published: Grand Central Publishing - October 15th, 2019
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Such a Fun Age Cover Image

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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Virtuoso (Paperback)

By Yelena Moskovich
$16.99
ISBN: 9781937512873
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Published: Two Dollar Radio - January 14th, 2020
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This Is How You Lose the Time War Cover Image

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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The City We Became: A Novel (The Great Cities Trilogy #1) Cover Image

The City We Became: A Novel (The Great Cities Trilogy #1) (Hardcover)

By N. K. Jemisin
$28.00
ISBN: 9780316509848
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Published: Orbit - March 24th, 2020
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In the Dream House: A Memoir Cover Image

In the Dream House: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Carmen Maria Machado
$26.00
ISBN: 9781644450031
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Published: Graywolf Press - November 5th, 2019
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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 (Hardcover)

By Olga Tokarczuk, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translated by)
$27.00
ISBN: 9780525541332
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Published: Riverhead Books - August 13th, 2019
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The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas Illustrated Cover Image

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas Illustrated (Hardcover)

By Gertrude Stein, Maira Kalman (Illustrator)
$30.00
ISBN: 9781594204609
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Published: Penguin Press - March 3rd, 2020
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Wow, No Thank You.: Essays Cover Image

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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Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir Cover Image

Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Dolly Alderton
$22.99
ISBN: 9780062968784
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Published: Harper - February 25th, 2020
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Magic for Liars: A Novel Cover Image

Magic for Liars: A Novel (Paperback)

By Sarah Gailey
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250174628
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Published: Tor Books - May 5th, 2020
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The Turn of the Key (Paperback)

By Ruth Ware
$16.99
ISBN: 9781501188787
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Published: Gallery/Scout Press - May 12th, 2020
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Network Effect: A Murderbot Novel (The Murderbot Diaries #5) Cover Image

Network Effect: A Murderbot Novel (The Murderbot Diaries #5) (Hardcover)

By Martha Wells
$26.99
ISBN: 9781250229861
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Published: Tor.com - May 5th, 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
$16.00
ISBN: 9781524758776
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Published: Broadway Books - July 9th, 2019

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