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**Let's Party: Recipes and Menus for Celebrating Every Day**\
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by Dan Pelosi \
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**Whale Eyes: A Memoir About Seeing and Being Seen**\
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by James Robinson, illustrated by Brian Rea \
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**Your Steps on the Stairs**\
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by Antonio Muñoz Molina, translated by Curtis Bauer \
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**Daikon**\
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by Samuel Hawley \
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**Hansel and Gretel**\
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by Stephen King, illustrated by Maurice Sendak \
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**The Summer of the Bone Horses**\
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by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, illustrated by Steph Littlebird \
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**The Art of Jacques Pépin: Favorite Recipes and Paintings from My Life in the Kitchen**\
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by Jacques Pépin \
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**Wolf Bells**\
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by Leni Zumas \
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**The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)**\
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by Rabih Alameddine \
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**One Crazy Summer: The Graphic Novel**\
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by Rita Williams-Garcia, illustrated by Sharee Miller \
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**Girl Dinner**\
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by Olivie Blake \
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**The Tokyo Suite**\
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by Giovana Madalosso, translated by Bruna Dantas Lobato \
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**Tall Is Her Body**\
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by Robert de la Chevotière \
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**Dear Writer: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life**\
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by Maggie Smith \
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**The Poems of Seamus Heaney**\
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by Seamus Heaney, edited by Rosie Lavan, Bernard O'Donoghue, and Matthew Hollis \
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**Bread of Angels: A Memoir**\
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by Patti Smith \
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**The Colony**\
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by Annika Norlin, translated by Alice E. Olsson \
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**The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life**\
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by Suleika Jaouad \
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**The Experiment**\
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by Rebecca Stead \
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**The Compound**\
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by Aisling Rawle \
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**Long Day? Cook This. Easy East Asian Recipes with a Twist**\
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by Justin Tsang \
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**The CIA Book Club: The Secret Mission to Win the Cold War with Forbidden Literature**\
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by Charlie English \
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**Don't Trust Fish**\
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by Neil Sharpson, illustrated by Dan Santat \
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**El Dorado Drive**\
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by Megan Abbott \
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**Glitz, Glam, and a Damn Good Time: How Mamie Fish, Queen of the Gilded Age, Partied Her Way to Power**\
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by Jennifer Wright \
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**No Fault: A Memoir of Romance and Divorce**\
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by Haley Mlotek \
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**I'll Tell You When I'm Home: A Memoir**\
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by Hala Alyan \
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**My Friends**\
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by Fredrik Backman, translated by Neil Smith \
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**The Last Tiger**\
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by Julia Riew and Brad Riew \
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**Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist**\
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by Daniel Pollack-Pelzner \
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**Darkenbloom**\
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by Eva Menasse, translated by Charlotte Collins \
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**Celebrate: Joyful Baking All Year Round**\
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by Paul Hollywood \
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**Milk Street Backroads Italy: Finding Italy's Forgotten Recipes**\
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by Christopher Kimball and J.M. Hirsch \
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**Greyhound: A Memoir**\
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by Joanna Pocock \
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**The Feather Detective: Mystery, Mayhem, and the Magnificent Life of Roxie Laybourne**\
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by Chris Sweeney \
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**Alabama Village: Faith, Hope, and Survival in a Southern Town**\
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by J. Malcolm Garcia \
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**Murder Ballads: Illustrated Lyrics & Lore**\
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by Katy Horan \
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**Poets Square: A Memoir in Thirty Cats**\
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by Courtney Gustafson \
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**Cursed Daughters**\
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by Oyinkan Braithwaite \
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**The White Hot**\
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by Quiara Alegría Hudes \
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**Raising Hare: A Memoir**\
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by Chloe Dalton \
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**Island Storm**\
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by Brian Floca, illustrated by Sydney Smith \
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**Heart Lamp: Selected Stories**\
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by Banu Mushtaq, translated by Deepa Bhasthi \
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**The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse: A Memory of Vietnam**\
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by Vinh Nguyen \
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**Good and Evil and Other Stories**\
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by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell \
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**Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People**\
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by Imani Perry \
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**Dream On**\
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by Shannon Hale, illustrated by Marcela Cespedes \
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**The Devil Reached Toward the Sky: An Oral History of the Making and Unleashing of the Atomic Bomb**\
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by Garrett M. Graff \
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**The Ephemerata: Shaping the Exquisite Nature of Grief**\
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by Carol Tyler \
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**Nothing More of This Land: Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity**\
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by Joseph Lee \
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**Brave**\
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by Weshoyot Alvitre \
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**Dorie's Anytime Cakes**\
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by Dorie Greenspan, illustrated by Nancy Pappas \
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**Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: From China to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption, and Separated Twins**\
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by Barbara Demick \
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**Strangers and Intimates: The Rise and Fall of Private Life**\
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by Tiffany Jenkins \
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**Fundamentally**\
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by Nussaibah Younis \
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**A Flower Traveled in My Blood: The Incredible True Story of the Grandmothers Who Fought to Find a Stolen Generation of Children**\
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by Haley Cohen Gilliland \
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**Dinner: 120 Vegan and Vegetarian Recipes for the Most Important Meal of the Day**\
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by Meera Sodha \
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**The War of Art: A History of Artists' Protest In America**\
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by Lauren O'Neill-Butler \
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**Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television**\
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by Todd S. Purdum \
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**One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This**\
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by Omar El Akkad \
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**Joyride: A Memoir**\
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by Susan Orlean \
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**Coded Justice: A Thriller**\
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by Stacey Abrams \
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**Looking at Women Looking at War: A War and Justice Diary**\
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by Victoria Amelina \
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**When the Going Was Good: An Editor's Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines**\
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by Graydon Carter with James Fox \
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**This Beautiful, Ridiculous City: A Graphic Memoir**\
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by Kay Sohini \
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**You Must Take Part In Revolution**\
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by Badiucao and Melissa Chan \
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**The Naming of the Birds**\
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by Paraic O'Donnell \
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**The Manor of Dreams**\
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by Christina Li \
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**Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil**\
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by V.E. Schwab \
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**The Waterbearers: A Memoir of Mothers and Daughters**\
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by Sasha Bonét \
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**The Three Lives of Cate Kay**\
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by Kate Fagan \
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**Crumble**\
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by Meredith McClaren, illustrated by Andrea Bell \
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**Tomorrow Is Yesterday: Life, Death, and the Pursuit of Peace in Israel/Palestine**\
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by Hussein Agha and Robert Malley \
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**Stag Dance: A Novel & Stories**\
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by Torrey Peters \
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**Pakistan: Recipes and Stories from Home Kitchens, Restaurants, and Roadside Stands**\
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by Maryam Jillani \
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**John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs**\
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by Ian Leslie \
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**The Isle in the Silver Sea**\
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by Tasha Suri \
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**All of Us Murderers**\
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by KJ Charles \
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**Onyx Storm**\
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by Rebecca Yarros \
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**Something from Nothing: A Cookbook**\
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by Alison Roman \
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**Recipes from the American South**\
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by Michael W. Twitty \
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**Dream Count**\
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by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie \
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**The Trouble Up North**\
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by Travis Mulhauser \
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**Cry for Me, Argentina: My Life as a Failed Child Star**\
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by Tamara Yajia \
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**Dream School: Finding the College That's Right for You**\
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by Jeffrey Selingo \
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**The Rest of Our Lives**\
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by Benjamin Markovits \
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**A World Without Summer: A Volcano Erupts, a Creature Awakens, and the Sun Goes Out**\
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by Nicholas Day, illustrated by Yas Imamura \
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**Happy Land**\
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by Dolen Perkins-Valdez \
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**The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage that Made an American Icon**\
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by Laurie Gwen Shapiro \
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**The History of We**\
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by Nikkolas Smith \
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**Blessings and Disasters: A Story of Alabama**\
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by Alexis Okeowo \
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**A Guardian and a Thief**\
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by Megha Majumdar \
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**Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism**\
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by Sarah Wynn-Williams \
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**Sounds Like Love**\
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by Ashley Poston \
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**Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance**\
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by Laura Delano \
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**History Matters**\
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by David McCullough, Dorie McCullough Lawson (contributor), Michael Hill (contributor) \
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**Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service**\
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by Michael Lewis (editor) \
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**Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist**\
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by Liz Pelly \
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**Kirby's Lessons for Falling (in Love)**\
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by Laura Gao \
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**Saint of the Narrows Street**\
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by William Boyle \
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**Dealing with the Dead**\
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by Alain Mabanckou \
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**Mother Emanuel: Two Centuries of Race, Resistance, and Forgiveness in One Charleston Church**\
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by Kevin Sack \
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**Salsa Daddy: A Cookbook: Dip Your Way Into Mexican Cooking**\
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by Rick Martínez \
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**On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters**\
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by Bonnie Tsui \
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**Blood in the Water**\
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by Tiffany D. Jackson \
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**Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves**\
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by Sophie Gilbert \
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**The Eyes of Gaza: A Diary of Resilience**\
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by Plestia Alaqad \
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**This Might Surprise You: A Breast Cancer Story**\
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by Hayley Gullen \
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**Pilgrim Codex**\
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by Vivian Mansour, illustrated by Emmanuel Valtierra, translated by Carlos Rodríguez Cortez \
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**The Interpreter**\
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by Olivia Abtahi, illustrated by Monica Arnaldo \
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**Umma: A Korean Mom's Kitchen Wisdom and 100 Family Recipes**\
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by Sarah Ahn and Nam Soon Ahn \
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**The Tragedy of True Crime: Four Guilty Men and the Stories That Define Us**\
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by John J. Lennon \
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**Self-Sabotage: And Other Ways I've Spent My Time**\
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by Jeffery Self \
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**An Oral History of Atlantis: Stories**\
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by Ed Park \
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**Oceans of Time: The Musical Autobiography of Billy Hart**\
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by Billy Hart and Ethan Iverson \
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**The Killing Fields of East New York: The First Subprime Mortgage Scandal, a White-Collar Crime Spree, and the Collapse of an American Neighborhood**\
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by Stacy Horn \
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**The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus**\
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by Emma Knight \
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**I Regret Almost Everything: A Memoir**\
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by Keith McNally \
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**Spent: A Comic Novel**\
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by Alison Bechdel \
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**Photographic Memory: William Henry Jackson and the American West**\
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by Bill Griffith \
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**The Village Beyond the Mist**\
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by Sachiko Kashiwaba, illustrated by Miho Satake, translated by Avery Fischer Udagawa \
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**Harlem Rhapsody**\
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by Victoria Christopher Murray \
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**Waiting on the Moon: Artists, Poets, Drifters, Grifters, and Goddesses**\
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by Peter Wolf \
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**The Emperor of Gladness**\
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by Ocean Vuong \
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**Meet Me at the Crossroads**\
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