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Memorial: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Bryan Washington
$27.00
ISBN: 9780593087275
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Published: Riverhead Books - October 27th, 2020
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Hench: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Natalie Zina Walschots
$27.99
ISBN: 9780062978578
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Published: William Morrow - September 22nd, 2020
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Skunk and Badger (Skunk and Badger 1) (Hardcover)

By Amy Timberlake, Jon Klassen (Illustrator)
$18.95
ISBN: 9781643750057
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Published: Algonquin Young Readers - September 15th, 2020
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The Office of Historical Corrections: A Novella and Stories (Hardcover)

By Danielle Evans
$27.00
ISBN: 9781594487330
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Published: Riverhead Books - November 10th, 2020

Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes (Hardcover) - SIGNED BY ELIZABETH LESSER

$27.99
SKU: 9780062887184a
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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)

By V. E. Schwab
$26.99
ISBN: 9780765387561
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Published: Tor Books - October 6th, 2020
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Black Heroes of the Wild West: Featuring Stagecoach Mary, Bass Reeves, and Bob Lemmons: A Toon Graphic Cover Image

Black Heroes of the Wild West: Featuring Stagecoach Mary, Bass Reeves, and Bob Lemmons: A Toon Graphic (Paperback)

By James Otis Smith, Kadir Nelson (Introduction by)
$9.99
ISBN: 9781943145522
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Published: Toon Graphics - September 15th, 2020
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Each of Us a Desert (Hardcover)

By Mark Oshiro
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250169211
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Published: Tor Teen - September 15th, 2020
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Piranesi (Hardcover)

By Susanna Clarke
$27.00
ISBN: 9781635575637
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Published: Bloomsbury Publishing - September 15th, 2020
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Transcendent Kingdom: A novel (Hardcover)

By Yaa Gyasi
$27.95
ISBN: 9780525658184
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Published: Knopf - September 1st, 2020

Watch Over Me (Hardcover) - SIGNED BY NINA LACOUR

$17.99
SKU: 9780593108970a
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The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future Cover Image

The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future (Hardcover)

By Chris Whipple
$30.00
ISBN: 9781982106409
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Published: Scribner - September 15th, 2020
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When No One Is Watching: A Thriller (Paperback)

By Alyssa Cole
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062982650
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - September 1st, 2020
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Millionaires for the Month (Hardcover)

By Stacy McAnulty
$16.99
ISBN: 9780593175255
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Published: Random House Books for Young Readers - September 1st, 2020
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Forbidden Colors (Vintage International) (Paperback)

By Yukio Mishima, Alfred H. Marks (Translated by)
$16.95
ISBN: 9780375705168
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Published: Vintage - February 22nd, 1999
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Axiom's End: A Novel (Noumena #1) (Hardcover)

By Lindsay Ellis
$27.99
ISBN: 9781250256737
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Published: St. Martin's Press - July 21st, 2020
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One by One (Hardcover)

By Ruth Ware
$27.99
ISBN: 9781501188817
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Published: Gallery/Scout Press - September 8th, 2020
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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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Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)

By Silvia Moreno-Garcia
$27.00
ISBN: 9780525620785
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Published: Del Rey - June 30th, 2020
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Anxious People: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Fredrik Backman
$28.00
ISBN: 9781501160837
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Published: Atria Books - September 8th, 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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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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Luster: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Raven Leilani
$26.00
ISBN: 9780374194321
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - August 4th, 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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Vesper Flights (Hardcover)

By Helen MacDonald
$27.00
ISBN: 9780802128812
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Published: Grove Press - August 25th, 2020
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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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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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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) - BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY HILARIE BURTON MORGAN

$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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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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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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The Memoir of the Minotaur (Paperback)

By Tom Shachtman
$18.95
ISBN: 9781948692380
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Published: Madville Publishing - September 24th, 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: Tordotcom - July 14th, 2020
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I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are (Hardcover)

By Rachel Bloom
$28.00
ISBN: 9781538745359
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Published: Grand Central Publishing - November 17th, 2020
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No Presents Please: Mumbai Stories (Paperback)

By Jayant Kaikini, Tejaswini Niranjana (Translator)
$16.95
ISBN: 9781948226905
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Published: Catapult - July 28th, 2020
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Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times (Hardcover)

By Katherine May
$24.00
ISBN: 9780593189481
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Published: Riverhead Books - November 10th, 2020
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Slow Horses (Deluxe Edition) (Slough House #1) (Paperback)

By Mick Herron
$16.95
ISBN: 9781641292979
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Published: Soho Crime - November 24th, 2020
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The Starless Sea: A Novel (Paperback)

By Erin Morgenstern
$16.95
ISBN: 9781101971383
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Published: Anchor - August 4th, 2020
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This Is Your Time (Hardcover)

By Ruby Bridges
$15.99
ISBN: 9780593378526
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Published: Delacorte Books for Young Readers - November 10th, 2020
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Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven but Nobody Wants to Die: Bioethics and the Transformation of Health Care in America Cover Image

Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven but Nobody Wants to Die: Bioethics and the Transformation of Health Care in America (Paperback)

By Amy Gutmann, Jonathan D. Moreno
$17.95
ISBN: 9781631498008
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Published: Liveright - November 10th, 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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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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The Brother You Choose: Paul Coates and Eddie Conway Talk about Life, Politics, and the Revolution Cover Image

The Brother You Choose: Paul Coates and Eddie Conway Talk about Life, Politics, and the Revolution (Paperback)

By Susie Day, Ta-Nehisi Coates (Afterword by)
$16.95
ISBN: 9781642591545
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Published: Haymarket Books - October 13th, 2020
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Sleep Donation (Vintage Contemporaries) (Paperback)

By Karen Russell
$16.00
ISBN: 9780525566083
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Published: Vintage - September 29th, 2020
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The Time of Green Magic (Hardcover)

By Hilary McKay
$17.99
ISBN: 9781534462762
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Published: Margaret K. McElderry Books - July 28th, 2020
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Becoming a Good Creature (Hardcover)

By Sy Montgomery, Rebecca Green (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780358252108
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Published: HMH Books for Young Readers - September 29th, 2020
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Kate DiCamillo: Six Classic Novels (Paperback)

By Kate DiCamillo
$47.94
ISBN: 9781536215786
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Published: Candlewick - September 8th, 2020
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Dear Justyce (Hardcover)

By Nic Stone
$18.99
ISBN: 9781984829665
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Published: Crown Books for Young Readers - September 29th, 2020
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The Flight Portfolio: A novel (Vintage Contemporaries) (Paperback)

By Julie Orringer
$16.95
ISBN: 9780307949714
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Published: Vintage - June 30th, 2020
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Repo Virtual (Hardcover)

By Corey J. White
$26.99
ISBN: 9781250218728
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Published: Tor.com - April 21st, 2020
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Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings Cover Image

Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings (Hardcover)

By Neil Price
$35.00
ISBN: 9780465096985
Availability: Backordered
Published: Basic Books - August 25th, 2020
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White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color Cover Image

White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color (Paperback)

By Ruby Hamad
$16.95
ISBN: 9781948226745
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Published: Catapult - October 6th, 2020
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Leave the World Behind: A Novel Cover Image

Leave the World Behind: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Rumaan Alam
$27.99
ISBN: 9780062667632
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Published: Ecco - October 6th, 2020
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Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema Cover Image

Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema (Hardcover)

By Lindy West
$27.00
ISBN: 9780316449823
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Published: Hachette Books - October 20th, 2020
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Where the Wild Ladies Are (Paperback)

By Aoko Matsuda, Polly Barton (Translator)
$16.95
ISBN: 9781593766900
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Published: Soft Skull Press - October 20th, 2020
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Lifestyles of Gods and Monsters (Paperback)

By Emily Roberson
$10.99
ISBN: 9781250619891
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Published: Square Fish - October 20th, 2020
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Ninth House (Paperback)

By Leigh Bardugo
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250751362
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Published: Flatiron Books - October 20th, 2020
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Olive, Again: A Novel (Paperback)

By Elizabeth Strout
$18.00
ISBN: 9780812986471
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - November 3rd, 2020
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The Wanderer (Hardcover)

By Peter Van den Ende
$21.99
ISBN: 9781646140176
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Published: Levine Querido - October 6th, 2020
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The Girl in the Mirror: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Rose Carlyle
$27.99
ISBN: 9780063030145
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Published: William Morrow - October 20th, 2020
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Soulswift (Hardcover)

By Megan Bannen
$17.99
ISBN: 9780062674180
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Published: Balzer + Bray - November 17th, 2020
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The Future of Another Timeline (Paperback)

By Annalee Newitz
$18.99
ISBN: 9780765392114
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Published: Tor Books - October 6th, 2020

Julián at the Wedding (Hardcover) - SIGNED BY JESSICA LOVE

$16.99
SKU: 9781536212389R
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Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts (Paperback)

By Kate Racculia
$15.99
ISBN: 9780358410768
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Published: Mariner Books - October 6th, 2020
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Among the Beasts & Briars (Hardcover)

By Ashley Poston
$17.99
ISBN: 9780062847362
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Published: Balzer + Bray - October 20th, 2020
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Medallion Status: True Stories from Secret Rooms (Paperback)

By John Hodgman
$17.00
ISBN: 9780525561125
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Published: Penguin Books - October 13th, 2020
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Imaginary Friend (Paperback)

By Stephen Chbosky
$16.99
ISBN: 9781538731352
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Published: Grand Central Publishing - October 6th, 2020
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Caterpillar Summer (Paperback)

By Gillian McDunn
$7.99
ISBN: 9781547603145
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Published: Bloomsbury Children's Books - October 6th, 2020
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Goodnight Beautiful: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Aimee Molloy
$27.99
ISBN: 9780062881922
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Published: Harper - October 13th, 2020
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Recollections of My Nonexistence: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Rebecca Solnit
$26.00
ISBN: 9780593083338
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Published: Viking - March 10th, 2020
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Someone Is Out to Get Us: A Not So Brief History of Cold War Paranoia and Madness Cover Image

Someone Is Out to Get Us: A Not So Brief History of Cold War Paranoia and Madness (Hardcover)

By Brian Brown
$30.00
ISBN: 9781538728031
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Published: Twelve - November 5th, 2019
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Red, White & Royal Blue: A Novel (Paperback)

By Casey McQuiston
$16.99
ISBN: 9781250316776
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Published: St. Martin's Griffin - May 14th, 2019
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Death Is Stupid (Ordinary Terrible Things) (Hardcover)

By Anastasia Higginbotham, Anastasia Higginbotham (Illustrator)
$19.95
ISBN: 9781948340397
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Published: Dottir Press - August 4th, 2020
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Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art (Hardcover)

By James Nestor
$28.00
ISBN: 9780735213616
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Published: Riverhead Books - May 26th, 2020
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Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close (Hardcover)

By Aminatou Sow, Ann Friedman
$26.00
ISBN: 9781982111908
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Published: Simon & Schuster - July 14th, 2020
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Girl on a Motorcycle (Hardcover)

By Amy Novesky, Julie Morstad (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780593116296
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Published: Viking Books for Young Readers - September 8th, 2020
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The Magic Fish (Paperback)

By Trung Le Nguyen
$16.99
ISBN: 9781984851598
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Published: Random House Graphic - October 13th, 2020
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Basic Income: A Radical Proposal for a Free Society and a Sane Economy (Paperback)

By Philippe Van Parijs, Yannick Vanderborght
$18.95
ISBN: 9780674237469
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Published: Harvard University Press - April 22nd, 2019

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