About This Contest
Welcome to Publishers Weekly’s Summer/Fall 2023 Grab a Galley. We’re excited to share some of the buzziest titles hitting the shelves next season with you.
Our wonderful publishing partners have not held back. With nearly 200 titles, this Grab a Galley has it all: Cold War spy thrillers, epic love stories, moving memoirs, YA fantasy, LGBTQ romance, coming-of-age middle grade novels, hilarious picture books, and maybe even a ghost story tucked into a family drama.
Spanning every age group and category, this outstanding collection also includes highly anticipated books from speakers at the U.S. Book Show. Browse through the collection either by category or by selecting All Titles on the navigation bar, and stock up on captivating reads. Choose the Thumbnail display option below to view an entire category or use the Slideshow to flip through one title at a time.
Enter to win as many books as you’d like. There’s no limit on the number of entries. Simply select the books you want, add them to your swag bag and click View Swag Bag on the navigation bar. The list of books you’ve selected will appear, and you can remove or add titles. When your list is complete, click Enter to Win Now.
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1 of 188 titles
24 Hours in Italy
Wattpad Books
Two years after 24 Hours in Paris, Mira and Jake collide again, this time on the gorgeous Amalfi Coast. With a destination wedding only one day away, love is in the air, but that doesn’t mean things will go smoothly. Safe to say Mira and Jake’s quest for a happy ending will be as rocky as the Italian coastline.
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2 of 188 titles
After You Vanished
Disney Publishing Group
Sadie meets We Were Liars in this YA heartfelt mystery, in which one girl desperately searches to find out what happened to her missing sister. After You Vanished is a mystery that will have readers trying to piece together the secret life of a sister who’s gone.
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3 of 188 titles
All Is Not Forgiven
Blackstone Publishing
In this debut crime novel by Investigation Discovery and Homicide Hunter star Joe Kenda, the rookie Det. Kenda investigates a 1975 case that begins with the murder of a beloved Colorado society figure whose husband, a gambler and womanizer, appears to have an air-tight alibi.
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4 of 188 titles
Alterations
Union Square Kids
In this debut middle-grade graphic novel, cartoonist and animator Ray Xu tells a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story highlights the struggle of feeling invisible while yearning to be seen. Although he lives in a crowded Toronto apartment above the family’s store, he mostly goes unnoticed. And as one of the few Asian kids in school, he gets unwelcome attention. Will Kevin’s class trip finally turn his life around.
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5 of 188 titles
American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church
Brazos Press
Here is the descriptive copy: Power. Fear. Violence. These three idols of Christian nationalism are corrupting American Christianity. In American Idolatry, Andrew Whitehead reveals how Christian nationalism threatens the spiritual lives of American Christians and the church. He uses two key examples--racism and xenophobia--to demonstrate that these idols violate core Christian beliefs. Through stories, he illuminates expressions of Christianity that confront Christian nationalism and offer a faithful path forward.
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6 of 188 titles
American Purgatory: Prison Imperialism and the Rise of Mass Incarceration
The New Press
In this explosive new book, historian Benjamin D. Weber reveals how the story of American prisons is inextricably linked to the expansion of American power. For readers of The New Jim Crow, here is a bold new effort to tell the full story of prisons and incarceration as well as a powerful future vision of a world without prisons.
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7 of 188 titles
Ana Turns
Turner Publishing
(Keylight Books) unspools over the twenty-four hours of a woman’s sixtieth birthday. Ana Turns spirals through past, present, and the looming future, culminating in a watershed dinner party, with Ana’s family members’ true colors on display. By sunset, the bounds of her own identity illuminated, Ana turns towards a vision of what she wants next in this blink of a life.
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8 of 188 titles
Angel and the Paper Trail
Clavis Publishing
Angel has trouble making friends at his new school. A mysterious note inside a book at the library sets him off to find the author. Before he knows it, he is surrounded by new friends who are all keen on deciphering the mystery as well! A cheerful story about new friendships, new experiences and one intriguing quest.
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9 of 188 titles
The Antiquity Affair
Harper Muse
In this women-centered nod to the beloved Indiana Jones stories, The Antiquity Affair is a high-stakes, international thrill ride, with the page-turning excitement and romance of classic adventure novels and a poignant story of sisterhood at its core.
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10 of 188 titles
The Art of Being a Vampire
West 44 Books
When her mother dies, Shelby finds herself in a dark place. She turns away from everyone, except a mysterious classmate named Brandt. Shelby doesn’t realize that Brandt is a vampire—until it’s too late. Overwhelmed by new cravings for blood, Shelby must decide whether to abandon her values to satisfy her hunger—or fight for the life she’s always wanted.
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11 of 188 titles
Artifice
Scholastic Press
A dramatic story of duplicity and resistance, betrayal and loyalty, set against the backdrop of World War II, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Light in Hidden Places. Isa de Smit was raised in the vibrant, glittering world of her parents’ small art gallery in Amsterdam, a hub of beauty, creativity, and expression, until the Nazi occupation wiped the color from her city’s palette. The “degenerate” art of the Gallery de Smit is confiscated, the artists in hiding or deported, her best friend, Truus, fled to join the shadowy Dutch resistance. And masterpiece by masterpiece, the Nazis are buying and stealing her country’s heritage, feeding the Third Reich’s ravenous appetite for culture and art.
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12 of 188 titles
Be More Dog
Floris Books
Sam the dog helps his best friend to find happiness in this uplifting story about learning to live in the moment. Bursting with positivity and curious dog energy, this heartfelt book encourages all of us to be a little less sad and a little more dog!
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13 of 188 titles
bell hooks’ Spiritual Vision: Buddhist, Christian, and Feminist
Fortress Press
When Black feminist and scholar bell hooks died in 2021, she was widely remembered for writing more than three dozen books across genres including memoir, poetry, theory, and criticism. This book offers readers a window into spirituality's role in hooks' writing on her life, love, feminism, and society. It speaks both to hooks's longtime followers and to newcomers to her writing.
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14 of 188 titles
Bessie: A Novel
She Writes Press
Drawing on biographical and historical sources, Bessie reimagines the early life of Bess Myerson, the talented daughter of poor Russian Jewish immigrants, who, in the bigoted milieu of 1945, remarkably rises to become Miss America. This intimate fictional portrait reveals Myerson’s inner struggles to escape her roots and fulfill her fierce desire to make her mark on the world.
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15 of 188 titles
The Big Book of Baking for Kids: Favorite Recipes to Make and to Share from American Girl
Weldon Owen
American Girl’s BIGGEST baking book yet! Packed with more than 100 delicious recipes for cookies, cakes, brownies and more that kids love to bake, eat, and share!
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16 of 188 titles
Big Little Spells
Graydon House
It's been ten years since Rebekah was stripped of her magic and banished from at the age of eighteen. Now the Joywood Coven has summoned her with an impending death sentence, and her secret tutor…and secret impossible crush, Nicholas, is her only hope. Is her magic a threat to witchkind…or is she simply powerful enough to save the world?
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17 of 188 titles
Bride of the Tornado
Quirk Books
When a young woman learns of mysterious tornadoes that plague her midwestern town every generation—and her connection to a teen boy holding off total annihilation, known as the tornado killer—she must escape before the primeval power that binds them all comes to claim her. Stephen King’s The Mist meets David Lynch’s Twin Peaks in this inventive, mind-bending horror-thriller.
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18 of 188 titles
A Bright Heart
Union Square & Co.
A brilliant young woman gets the chance to change her destiny when she wakes up two years before her murder in this debut YA tale of vengeance, court intrigue, and romance, inspired by a wildly popular trope in Chinese books and television.
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19 of 188 titles
Brushed Aside: The Untold Story of Women in Art
Rowman & Littlefield
How many female artists can you name? Artemisia Gentileschi, Frida Kahlo, Georgia O’Keeffe? Here’s a 360-degree look at the role women have played in art history, including the influence and empowerment of women through art beyond those who have taken up a brush or a chisel.
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20 of 188 titles
Buddy the Bucket Filler
Cardinal Rule Press
Buddy, a city boy, can’t wait to visit his Uncle Frank on his farm. When Buddy’s dad drops him off, he gives Buddy his allowance. Buddy can spend the money on anything he wants! Can there be anything better than sweets and new toys? Find out through this heartfelt story that illustrates kindness through the concept of bucket filling.
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21 of 188 titles
The Centre
Gillian Flynn Books
Anisa Ellahi dreams of being a translator of “great works of literature,” but mostly spends her days subtitling Bollywood movies. When her mediocre white boyfriend, Adam, learns to speak Urdu practically overnight, Anisa forces him to reveal his secret. The Centre, an elite, invite-only program that guarantees complete fluency, in just ten days. But as Anisa enmeshes herself further within the organization, seduced by all that it’s made possible, she soon realizes the hidden cost of its services.
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22 of 188 titles
Chasing the Panther: Adventures and Misadventures of a Cinematic Life
Harper Horizon
A cinematic and vibrant coming-of-age memoir, Chasing the Panther captures the thrilling and, at times, heartbreaking early years of Carolyn Pfeiffer, a pioneering film producer and one of Hollywood's first female executives—a “mini-mogul” in the words of the Wall Street Journal.
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23 of 188 titles
Children of the Phoenix Vol. 1
Papercutz
When Elias and Alice’s mother disappears in a nearby forest, they embark on a journey to find her. But nothing can prepare them for what’s ahead. They soon face a crew of aliens who whisk them away to a spaceship where they meet terrifying creatures, dangerous attackers, and a secret that changes all they have ever known about their family.
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24 of 188 titles
Christmas Presents
The Mysterious Press
A bookseller’s dark past comes back to haunt her when a celebrity true crime podcaster comes to her lakeside hometown to investigate the serial killer that murdered her best friend — and almost murdered her — in this seasonal novella from the New York Times bestselling author of Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six.
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25 of 188 titles
Clara Poole and the Long Way Round
Pixel+Ink
When an unintended flight over Michigan in her class science project—a lawn chair held aloft by balloons—brings her instant celebrity, Clara Poole is invited to be the spokesperson for a round-the-world adventure race. But when her father refuses, Clara forges his signature and runs away to Paris to take her place in the skies. If only she’d read the fine print first.
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26 of 188 titles
Coleman Hill
SJP Lit
Coleman Hill is the exhilarating story of two American families whose fates become intertwined in the wake of the Great Migration. Braiding fact and fiction, it is a remarkable, character-rich tour de force exploring the ties that bind three generations.
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27 of 188 titles
The Color of Always
A Wave Blue World
The flutter of first dates, the thrill of a text-back, the heart-stopping seconds before coming out, and the rush when finally discovering who you truly are – all of these life-changing moments across the full spectrum of LGBTQIA+ experience are ready to explore in this bright and inspiring comics anthology!
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28 of 188 titles
The Comfort of Crows
Spiegel & Grau
From New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author Margaret Renkl comes a “howling love letter to the world” (Ann Patchett). The Comfort of Crows is a literary devotional charting a year in Margaret’s life and yard. In fifty-two essays, with fifty-two pieces of stunning original art by Margaret’s brother, Billy, she illuminates, as few writers can, the cycles of life and death, love and loss, worry and hope, that define our lives and our place within the natural world. And answers answer the question: How can one person make a difference amid such destabilizing changes?
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29 of 188 titles
Confetti Realms
Maverick
A group of teens are transported from a graveyard to another realm where they must collect teeth— and learn about themselves— in order to return home. Featuring a diverse cast of characters, this Tim Burton-esque, comedic, modern, and high-energy story is written by Eisner Award-winner Nadia Shammas, with art by Karnessa and colors by Hackto Oshiro.
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30 of 188 titles
Cooking With Monsters
IDW Publishing
Fast-paced monster fights and burgeoning high school romances are both on the menu in this exciting young adult debut from Jordan Alsaqa and Vivian Truong.
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31 of 188 titles
Countering the Financing of Terrorism: Good Practices to Enhance Effectiveness
IMF Publications
Countries face significant challenges in improving the effectiveness of their fight against terrorism financing. This book is intended to assist policymakers and practitioners in identifying key challenges and good practices for strengthening the effectiveness of counter terrorism financing frameworks. The book presents contributions by experts from the IMF, United Nations, Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units, INTERPOL, and Europol.
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32 of 188 titles
The Couscous Chronicles: Stories of Food, Love, and Donkeys from a Life between Cultures
Disruption Books
Azzedine Downes moves between cultures, places, and time in this wryly comedic, at times mysterious, and always curious memoir of a lifelong nomad. The Couscous Chronicles is for anyone who believes that the only real failure is to remain unchanged and in place, that true love is always a blind leap, and that a good story over a cup of tea holds the power to change one’s destiny.
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33 of 188 titles
Creeples!
Greenleaf Book Group
It’s GREMLINS meets GOOSEBUMPS set at a present-day Hogwarts School of “Weird Science.” Three desperate students hastily crowdfund a science experiment that accidentally creates six diminutive, magical humanoids - the CREEPLES. But more shocking, it uncovered an insider’s evil plan for demonic supremacy from their academy’s hidden powers of sorcery.
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34 of 188 titles
Curlfriends: New in Town
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
New Kid meets The Baby-sitters Club in this graphic novel series opener about the Curlfriends, four inseparable Black girls who show us the meaning of true friendship—and being your true self.
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35 of 188 titles
Daisy
Austin Macauley Publishers
Have you ever wondered what happened to Daisy Buchanan after the Great Gatsby was murdered in his swimming pool on Long Island in the summer of 1922? Pamela Buchanan has reconstructed Daisy’s life in Paris, in England, and in Spain where Daisy left the privileged life she knew to become involved on the loyalist side of the Spanish Civil War.
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36 of 188 titles
The Dance of the Dolls
Union Square & Co.
This is the story of identical twin ballerinas rehearsing for Coppélia with a twisted obsession. As the sisters rehearse, danger lurks. In this novel about obsessive love set in the world of ballet in pre-war London, the story of Coppélia and the dancing doll threatens to become a dark and sinister reality.
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37 of 188 titles
Death Valley
Scribner
The most profound book yet from the visionary author of Milk Fed and The Pisces, a darkly funny novel about grief that becomes a desert survival story.
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38 of 188 titles
Digital Lizards of Doom Vol. 1
Papercutz
In a world where science and sorcery have brought peace to the galaxy, young warrior Dizzy Doom’s belief system is shattered when an evil robot and an ancient witch attack his kingdom. He must now make unlikely alliances and journey across the stars to save the day. Join the Digital Lizards of Doom on unforgettable action adventures through the cosmos!
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39 of 188 titles
The Door-to-Door Bookstore
Hanover Square Press
The bookseller Carl Christian Kollhoff delivers books to special customers in the evening hours after closing time, walking through the picturesque alleys of the city. When Kollhoff unexpectedly loses his job, it takes the power of books and a nine-year-old girl to make them all find the courage to rebuild their bonds with each other.
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40 of 188 titles
Dracula Daily
Andrews McMeel Publishing
The wildly popular email newsletter that has been described as an "internet sensation" (The New York Times) and "the coolest book club on the internet" (Fast Company) is breathing new life into Bram Stoker's classic vampire novel. Now, the internet phenomenon can be experienced in this deluxe hardcover book that includes hilarious commentary and artwork from Dracula Daily readers.
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41 of 188 titles
Dragging Mason County
Annick Press
A laugh-out-loud YA debut that examines the realities of small-town queer life and celebrates the transformative power of drag—perfect for fans of RuPaul’s Drag Race and Pumpkin. At turns touching, sharply funny, and a little absurd, Dragging Mason County explores the pains and pleasures of queer community through one teen’s journey to self-acceptance.
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42 of 188 titles
Eagle Drums
Roaring Brook Press
“A masterpiece!” —Angeline Boulley, author of Firekeeper's Daughter
Part cultural folklore, part origin myth about the Iñupiaq Messenger’s Feast, this magical adventure novel follows a young hunter who travels to a mountaintop and is confronted by a terrifying eagle god. Faced with a choice between death or following the god, the boy embarks on a harrowing journey. Along the way, he learns some unexpected lessons about the natural world, the past that shapes us, and the community that binds us.
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43 of 188 titles
Earthdivers
IDW Publishing
The New York Times–bestselling author of The Only Good Indians and My Heart Is a Chainsaw makes his comics debut with this time-hopping horror thriller about far-future Indigenous outcasts on a mission to kill Christopher Columbus.
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44 of 188 titles
Emma Just Medium: The Beach Dilemma
Red Chair Press
Even though her family calls her Emma Bemma, Emma knows she is really just Medium. That’s because she’s the middle kid between her two brothers, who everyone calls Big and Little. Big thinks he's the coolest kid on the planet now that he's 10. And everyone thinks Little is just adorable even when he picks his nose! What if she could get out of being the middle by taking on a new role? What if she acted BIG? Or even bigger than that?
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45 of 188 titles
Emotional Intelligence Game Changers: 101 Simple Ways to Win at Work and Life
Dexterity Books
Emotional Intelligence expert Harvey Deutschendorf offers practical and actionable advice for leveraging emotional intelligence to achieve success. Avoiding confusing jargon, he provides simple practices that readers can implement immediately. With 101 tips, this book can be easily referenced for specific needs or read chronologically. An insightful and effective guide for achieving desired results through small, doable changes.
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46 of 188 titles
Enlighten Me
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Award-winning author Minh Lê and New York Times bestselling illustrator Chan Chau team up for a fun and enlightening graphic novel about one kid’s journey to finding inner peace and belonging. Perfect for fans of Measuring Up and New Kid.
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47 of 188 titles
Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant: A Memoir
Little, Brown and Company
“Vivid, moving, funny, and heartfelt,” raves Lisa Ko, author of The Leavers, “Curtis Chin’s memoir is one man’s story of growing up gay, Chinese American, and working class in 1980s Detroit, finding a place in a large and loving immigrant family and in a changing city—and in doing so, carving out a place in the world for himself.”
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48 of 188 titles
Everything/Nothing/Someone
Spiegel & Grau
"This brutal, illuminating account reads like a contemporary Girl, Interrupted.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) Alice Carrière Everything/Nothing/Someone is an electrifying, compulsively readable debut of a young woman’s coming-of-age in the bohemian ’90s, as her adolescence gives way to a struggle with a dissociative disorder. Alice finds love and untangles the stories told by her parents, the American psychiatric complex, and her broken mind to craft a unique and mesmerizing narrative of emergence and, finally, cure. For readers of masterful memoirs like The Collected Schizophrenias, Crying in H Mart, and Girl, Interrupted.
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49 of 188 titles
The Favor
Sourcebooks Landmark
For readers of Rebecca Serle and Jennifer Close. Vintage fashion-store clerk Nora struggles with infertility and money. But when fabulous socialite Evelyn wanders into the shop and wants to be friends, Nora can’t turn her away, even when the ensuing friendship becomes even more complicated when Evelyn offers to carry Nora’s baby.
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50 of 188 titles
The Fiction Writer
Park Row Books
From USA Today-bestselling Jillian Cantor, The Fiction Writer follows a mid-list writer hired by a handsome billionaire to write about his family history with Daphne du Maurier and finds herself drawn into a tangled web of obsession, marital secrets, and stolen manuscripts.
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51 of 188 titles
The First Rule of Mastery: Stop Worrying about What People Think of You
Harvard Business Review Press
Renowned high-performance psychologist Michael Gervais—Seattle Seahawks, Red Bull Stratos, Team USA—presents a guide for overcoming what may be the single greatest constrictor of human potential: our fear of people's opinions (FOPO).
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52 of 188 titles
Forever Twelve
Random House Children’s Books
Award-winning author of The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl, Stacy McAnulty, immerses readers in a thrilling magical story that asks the impossible question: What if you could live forever? This is the first book in an eagerly anticipated duology about three kids ensnared by a centuries-old secret to immortality that will change their lives forever . . . and ever.
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53 of 188 titles
Frankinschool Book 1: Monster Match
Red Chair Press
Book 1 in the series set in a school is about a boy named Fred who "turns into "Frankenstein's monster after an author visit gone wrong. While Fred is out sick, the author signs Fred's book “To Frank”. When Fred's classmate suggests Fred must really be “Frank” in school, this sparks an idea for Fred's creative writing assignment. Fred's What-If poem is coming together wonderfully, until--a mist fills the room, and the writing assignment comes to life.
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54 of 188 titles
Freaking Romance Vol. 1
Webtoon Unscrolled
For fans of Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me, This One Summer and Bloom comes a sexy supernatural story about being out on your own and discovering that your dream apartment is haunted by a handsome spectral stranger from another dimension. Sure, he can’t see you and you can’t touch him, but who said every relationship starts out perfectly?
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55 of 188 titles
Free Your Joy: The 12 Keys to Sustainable Happiness
Health Communications Inc.
Bestselling author and creator of Joy School Lisa McCourt outlines her unique formula for sustainable happiness, offering a year's worth of activities, prompts, and techniques that raise your “joy setpoint” so you can cultivate authentic, lasting peace and fulfillment in your daily life.
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56 of 188 titles
Fry Guys
Andrews McMeel Publishing
In this colorful graphic novel, the Fry Guys—a team of three French fries—must do whatever it takes to defend their home against an invasion of evil UFO-nion Rings. ZZZAT! Ketchup blast. Ah, good grease. This graphic novel is fun for everyone. With hilarious text by author Eric Geron and art by Jannie Ho, it’s perfect for young readers.
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57 of 188 titles
The Future Normal: How We Will Live, Work and Thrive in the Next Decade
Ideapress Publishing
Launched on the main stage at SXSW23 by Wall Street Journal bestselling author and futurist Rohit Bhargava, along with trend expert Henry Coutinho-Mason, The Future Normal shares groundbreaking insights into the trends and technologies that are shaping our world. These are the stories of the future normal, and they are coming sooner than you think.
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58 of 188 titles
The Future
Simon & Schuster
The bestselling, award-winning author of The Power delivers a dazzling tour de force where a handful of friends plot a daring heist to save the world from the tech giants whose greed threatens life as we know it.
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59 of 188 titles
Garvey’s Choice: The Graphic Novel
Astra Books for Young Readers
Award-winning author Nikki Grimes’s beloved novel in verse, Garvey’s Choice, is now a graphic novel. This is the story of Garvey, who is interested in astronomy, science fiction, reading—anything but the sports his father wants him to practice. But then Garvey discovers chorus and through it, finds a way to accept himself and finally reach his distant father.
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60 of 188 titles
The German Baking Book: Cakes, Tarts, Breads, and More from the Black Forest and Beyond
Weldon Owen
From Jürgen Krauss, called “possibly the best-loved contestant in Great British Baking Show history," comes a celebration of German home baking. Make classic German pastries, from apple strudel and stolen to show stopping celebration desserts such as Black Forest cake and “Blushing Maid.” It’s sehr gut!
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61 of 188 titles
Geronimo Stilton Reporter Volume 14: The Gem gang
Papercutz
Geronimo Stilton reports on an incredible chess match-up. On one side, Gary Goudov, world-renowned chess champion, and on the other side, a super chess-playing computer! But then, the infamouse Gem Gang commits a string of robberies that only the Stiltons can untangle. Can Geronimo and friends protect the good mice of New Mouse City from the greedy Gem Gang?
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62 of 188 titles
Gilmore Girls: At Home in Stars Hollow
Insight Editions
Take a walk down memory lane with the Gilmore Girls as they reminisce on the moments that made Stars Hollow the perfect home for a young mother and daughter. Full-color illustrations as charming as the town square, and sweet memories appropriate for fans of all ages, bring the Gilmore Girls to a new generation.
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63 of 188 titles
Girls of the World: 250 Portraits of Awesome
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Travel from Kabul to Texas with author and photographer Mihaela Noroc and experience astonishing diversity and a shared humanity in Girls of the World: 250 Portraits of Awesome. The inspiring stories of these young women are the stories of our planet. Their gaze into the camera reveals their strength and tenacity, their joy and fun-seeking spirits, even in the face of hardships and extraordinary challenges.
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64 of 188 titles
Going on Offense: A Leader’s Playbook for Perpetual Innovation
Ideapress Publishing
Written by bestselling author, award-winning teacher, scholar, and global advisor, Behnam Tabrizi, Going on Offense is a must-read for any organization looking to stay innovative and competitive in today's rapidly changing market. Armed with this book, a company will be able to go on offense—continually improving its culture, adapting to new environments, and expanding into new territories.
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65 of 188 titles
Good Awkward: How to Embrace the Embarrassing and Celebrate the Cringe to Become the Bravest You
Ideapress Publishing
Awkwardness isn’t a weakness - it’s your greatest asset. In a time of blurred realities, embracing your awkwardness may seem counterintuitive. As TEDx Speaker and Executive Coach Henna Pryor shows, relishing your “Good Awkward” is essential to becoming more bold, boosting your confidence, and taking the necessary risks that help you be braver and meet your true potential.
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66 of 188 titles
Grave Mistakes
Disney Publishing Group
A twelve-year-old's family is deadly embarrassing (literally) in this modern middle grade coming-of-age mystery that crosses the madcap macabre humor of The Addams Family with a poignant depiction of friendship, grief, and finding your way home (even if your home is in a graveyard).
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67 of 188 titles
Grizzly 399’s Hibernation Pandemonium
Green Kids Club, Inc.
Grizzly 399 lives in Teton National Park. In the spring of 2020, she emerged from her den with four cubs. This story is an imaginary tale about what might happen in the bear family's first year. It includes a science section about Grizzly 399 and hibernation, along with stunning photos of the real Grizzly 399 and cubs.
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68 of 188 titles
Half-Life of a Stolen Sister
Soho Press
Chapter by chapter, Half-Life of a Stolen Sister brings together diaries, letters, home movies, television and radio interviews, deathbed monologues, and fragments of juvenilia to form a kaleidoscopic, form-shattering novel reimaging the lives of the Brontë siblings—Charlotte, Emily, Anne, and brother Branwell—from their precocious childhoods, to the writing of their great novels, to their early deaths.
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69 of 188 titles
He Should Have Told the Bees
Revell
Beekeeper Beckett Walsh was living her dream working alongside her father on their small farm until his unexpected death thrusts a new part-owner into her world. Callie Peterson threatens not only her livelihood, but her beliefs about the goodness of the man she’d always perceived to be her kind and faithful father.
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70 of 188 titles
Healing Honestly: The Messy and Magnificent Path to Overcoming Self-Blame and Self-Shame
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
The Least Retraumatizing Read on Childhood Sexual Abuse. For Survivors, by a Survivor. Healing Honestly is a candid, poignant, and often funny survivor-to-survivor guide to navigating the salty waters of untrue stories and victim-blaming narratives that survivors of child sex abuse hear every day.
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71 of 188 titles
Herc
Hanover Square Press
This should be the story of Hercules: his twelve labors, his endless adventures…everyone’s favorite hero, right? Well, it’s not. This is the story of everyone else. It’s time to hear their stories. Told with humor and heart, Phoenicia Rogerson's transporting debut gives a voice to silenced characters in this intoxicating queer, revisionist retelling of the classic Hercules myth.
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72 of 188 titles
Hopeless In Hope
HighWater Press
Eva’s life is like her shoes: rapidly falling apart. With Nohkum in the hospital, Eva’s mother struggles to keep things together and loses custody of her. As Eva tries to adjust to living in a group home, can she find forgiveness within the pages of an old diary? A compelling and relatable novel about identity and the power of compassion.
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73 of 188 titles
The Housekeepers
Graydon House
It’s the night of London's grandest ball, and a bold group of women downstairs launch a daring revenge heist against Mayfair society in this dazzling historical novel about power, gender, and class. Never underestimate the women downstairs…
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74 of 188 titles
How I Won a Nobel Prize: A Novel
Little, Brown and Company
An incisive, wickedly funny debut novel about a graduate student who decides to follow her disgraced mentor to a university that gives safe harbor to scholars of ill repute, igniting a crisis of work and a test of her conscience (and marriage).
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75 of 188 titles
How to Make a Peanut Butter Sandwich in 17 Easy Steps
Owlkids Books
A slightly overcomplicated and highly hilarious guide to making a peanut butter sandwich with all your critter friends. Brimming with humor and charm, this debut picture book encourages readers to think outside the box and reimagine how simple tasks can be accomplished in creative ways.
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76 of 188 titles
How to Navigate Middle School: Kid Confident Book 4
American Psychological Association / Magination Press®
How to Navigate Middle School shows readers how to handle the increasing academic demands of middle school, organizational skills and time management, how to be self-determined, have grit, and a sense of agency. This book will help you separate fact from fiction and give you the tools and strategies you will need to find your place and be your best self in middle school.
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77 of 188 titles
How to Smile
Parallax Press
The final book in the bestselling How To series: simple, refreshing meditations of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh give us inspiration and tools for transforming our suffering and cultivating happiness In inspiring passages and simple exercises, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh teaches us what he calls “the art of suffering.” He gives us teachings and tools for transforming suffering as well as ways to touch moments of happiness and smile even while suffering is still there.
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78 of 188 titles
How We Got By: 111 People Share Stories of Survival, Resilience, and Hope through Hardship
Andrews McMeel Publishing
When your world is upended, how do you react? Who do you become? New York Times columnists, illustrator Julia Rothman and writer Shaina Feinberg, seek answers to these questions and more in this gorgeously illustrated collection of sometimes heartbreaking, always illuminating first-person stories. These personal accounts touch on a wide variety of subjects, from money and business to relationships, family, trauma, and death.
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79 of 188 titles
The Hungry Season: A Journey of War, Love, and Survival
Little, Brown and Company
In the tradition of Katherine Boo and Tracy Kidder, a deeply reported drama ranging from the mist-covered mountains of Laos to the sunbaked flatlands of Fresno, California, tracing one woman’s quest to overcome the wounds inflicted by war and family alike.
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80 of 188 titles
The Hurricane Girls
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
A coming-of-age middle grade novel about three best friends born in the wake of Hurricane Katrina who must confront storms of their own 12 years later, from a National Book Award winning author.
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81 of 188 titles
Hush Harbor
Hanover Square Press
After the murder of an unarmed Black teenager by the hands of the police, protests spread like wildfire in Bliss City. A resistance group takes control of an abandoned housing project. But when a new mayor with ties to white supremacists threatens the group’s pseudo-sanctuary and locks the city down, the collective must come to a decision for their survival.
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82 of 188 titles
I Am Somebody
Running Press Kids
An empowering picture book about the importance of stepping up (and speaking up) to address injustice and effect change within our daily lives, from the author of I Affirm Me: The ABCs of Inspiration for Black Kids.
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83 of 188 titles
I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me
Henry Holt and Co.
Laure Mesny will do anything to prove herself in the cutthroat world of the Parisian ballet. But when reaches her breaking point, she unearths the monster within and strikes a deal with a pulsating river of blood. As she descends into madness, she is faced with the ultimate choice: settling for scraps of validation or succumbing to the darkness that wants her exactly as she is—monstrous heart and all.
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84 of 188 titles
I Will Swim Next Time
Floris Books
This gently powerful story about taking your time and listening to yourself, with lyrical words from Emily Joof, reminds us that it's okay for progress to be gradual. Bold and dynamic illustrations from Matilda Ruta bring the journey to life with warmth and vibrancy. A perfect book for any child who is feeling nervous about new experiences.
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85 of 188 titles
An Impossible Thing to Say
HarperCollins Children’s Books
The Poet X meets A Very Large Expanse of Sea in the bold novel-in-verse An Impossible Thing to Say (Allida) from debut author Arya Shahi, about Persian American teen Omid as he navigates his first crush, his family’s post-9/11 dynamics, and the role of language in defining who we are.
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86 of 188 titles
In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America’s Child
Grand Central Publishing
Paced like a thriller and full of insider information on the history and science of Crime Scene Investigation, In Light of All Darkness embeds readers in one of the most famous true-crime stories of our generation—the kidnapping of Polly Klaas—a case as pivotal in the history of the FBI as the Unabomber or Oklahoma City bombing.
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87 of 188 titles
The Ins and Outs of In-N-Out Burger: The Inside Story of California’s First Drive-Through and How It Became a Beloved Cultural Icon
Nelson Books
President and CEO Lynsi Snyder delivers the official story of In-N-Out Burger of how three generations created a thriving, family-owned company, why its fans are so wildly loyal, and what led to its explosive growth and evolution into an iconic part of American culture.
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88 of 188 titles
INVINCIBLE: Fathers and Mothers of Black America
Astra Books for Young Readers
In this lyrical picture book, acclaimed Black author Wade Hudson explores the birth of Black America, focusing on the little-known men and women who fought for justice and for an America where freedom truly rang for all. Ending with a call to action, Invincible is a powerful and inspiring account of a history that deserves to be better known.
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89 of 188 titles
The Invisible Ache: Black Men Identifying Their Pain and Reclaiming Their Power
Balance
Celebrated actor Courtney B. Vance and famed psychologist Dr. Robin Smith team up for this book that offers guidance and support to Black men looking to reclaim mental well-being and find whole, full-hearted living. A moving combination of memoir, psychology, and practical tools for Black men navigating life’s ups and downs.
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90 of 188 titles
It’ll Be Irie
Cardinal Rule Press
Raymond can’t wait to move to America. He is determined to be the most American American ever! But when he gets to his new school, his plan backfires as his Jamaican roots show through. Now Raymond must figure out a way to fit in. Come join Raymond as he discovers how to be the most Raymond Raymond ever.
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91 of 188 titles
It’s Not Your Fault: The Subconscious Reasons We Self-Sabotage and How to Stop
Health Communications Inc.
A guide to help readers uncover the subconscious reasons they hold themselves back along with an exploration of the ways negative childhood experiences have impacted their lives and fed into the problem.
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92 of 188 titles
Jawbreaker
Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Younger Readers
A Summer/Fall 2023 Indies Introduce pick!
Max Plink’s life is complicated. Her parents aren’t getting along, the school bullies are relentless, and now Max has to wear painful (and totally awkward) orthodontic headgear nicknamed “the jawbreaker.”
Even worse, the journalism competition Max wants to enter has a video component. But being on camera means showing her face. Going viral is the last thing Max needs, but winning this competition is what she wants most. Turns out, following her dreams is complicated, too.
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93 of 188 titles
John Tiffany
Mad Cave Studios
Filled with car chases, intrigue, and beautiful women, 'John Tiffany' is exactly the sort of gut punch fans of international spy stories love. John Tiffany is one of the best bounty hunters in the world, but someone has turned against him. With a bounty now on his head, It’s a race against time as he must survive being the high-priced target.
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94 of 188 titles
Jukebox Empire: The Mob and the Dark Side of the American Dream
Rowman & Littlefield
From the biggest bank robbery in the world to the largest money laundering scheme in history, Jukebox Empire follows the many twists and turns in one man’s pursuit of the American dream.
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95 of 188 titles
The Keeper of Hidden Books
Hanover Square Press
It is 1939, and nothing could prepare Marta and Janina for the Nazi occupation of Warsaw. As the bombs rain down on Warsaw and Hitler’s forces surround the city, a series of tragedies spur them to action. They find ways to join the war efforts using one of the only weapons that still feel safe to them: literature.
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96 of 188 titles
The Kid with Big, Big Ideas
Beaming Books
"There once was a kid with glittery nails who always wore colorful socks, and all around town, this child was known for thinking outside of the box." Following the bestselling, The Boy with Big, Big Feelings and The Girl with Big, Big Questions comes a new story about a nonbinary kid with ideas so big and wild that grown-ups often dismiss them.
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97 of 188 titles
Kiki Can! Go To School
Encantos
It’s the first day of school for Kiki and her brothers, and Kiki is nervous—especially when she sees she’ll be heading to her classroom all by herself! Kids will love joining this brave little chickie as she explores her new class, finds her voice, and even makes some new friends!
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98 of 188 titles
The King Is Dead
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
In this romantic thriller perfect for fans of Ace of Spades, James—the shy, handsome, mixed-race heir to the British throne—must choose between love and duty amidst a dangerous scandal and a tabloid media desperate for his downfall.
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99 of 188 titles
Kiss the Girl
Hyperion Avenue
A modern tale of unexpectedly falling in love and finding your voice. Don’t miss the novel Jasmine Guillory calls “a sheer delight”!
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100 of 188 titles
Know What Matters: Lessons from a Lifetime of Transformations
Harvard Business Review Press
Ron Shaich, founder and former CEO of Panera Bread, built a life creating mega-successful restaurant chains, inventing a whole new category of restaurant—fast casual—in the process. Now he shares his principles for success in work and life by discovering what will matter tomorrow and building toward it today.
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101 of 188 titles
La Tercera
Soho Press
In her first novel since Insurrecto, Gina Apostol assembles a vision of Philippine history from the 19th century to present day in the fragmented story of the Delgados, a family surviving across generations of colonization, catastrophe, and war. ·
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102 of 188 titles
The Last Love Note
Zibby Books
A novel with heart and soul. After her husband's tragically early death, Kate is determined to find new happiness, but she has to start looking in the right place. The Last Love Note sweeps readers into unabated hopefulness and delivers them home with tears of laughter, loss, and joy - and a renewed faith in the resilience of the human heart.
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103 of 188 titles
The Last Stardog
Nobrow
Stardog is the last of her kind, shining in the sky. Until, heavy with loneliness, she falls to Earth. With her star magic lost, she sets out on a journey to restore it and find other stardogs like her. Her quest will be no easy feat, but, along the way, she will find strength and joy in the most unlikely of friendships.
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104 of 188 titles
Letting Magic In: A Memoir of Becoming
Running Press
From Maia Toll, the best-selling author of the Wild Wisdom series and The Night School, comes the enchanted story of her own magical awakening, a journey from Brooklyn to Ireland that will inspire readers to uncover their own inner magic.
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105 of 188 titles
A Little Book About Fire
Susan Schadt Press
Burning within each one of us is the promise of a flame. Sometimes it’s a wildfire, or just an ember, or it might even be kindling in need of a spark. This book is the flint and steel to set your heart ablaze. It’s an introspective look into how we might harness what’s inside us and live life in all its brilliance. It is a beautifully illustrated story that appeals to our humanity – reminding us of who we are and what we are capable of. From the quirky mind of Aileen Bennett this little book feels like a best friend who can see the real you and believes in everything you can be.
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106 of 188 titles
Long Dog Road
Polished Stone
From award-winning writer Kent Nerburn, praised as “one of the few American writers who can successfully bridge the gap between Native and non-Native cultures,” comes Lone Dog Road, a picaresque tale of compassion and redemption played out against the haunting backdrop of the American high plains during the drought-stricken summer of 1950.
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107 of 188 titles
Long Goes to Dragon School
Yeehoo Press
Wrapped in Eastern and Western dragon lore, this fantasy tale celebrates perseverance, cultural inclusion, and self-discovery. Inspired by the author's experience as a minority immigrant student, this picture book follows a Chinese dragon who struggles to breathe fire in his new Western dragon school, only to discover he must carve his own path to finding a sense of belonging.
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108 of 188 titles
Lost At Sea! Shipwrecks
Lonely Planet Kids
Discover over 12 gripping retellings of notable shipwrecks in this mind-blowing kid's book packed with heroic escapes, daring rescues and danger on the high seas. Find amazing illustrations, historic photography and interactive elements that reveal extra twists and surprises: a must-buy for curious minds fascinated by dramatic real-life events.
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109 of 188 titles
The Love Report
Astra Books for Young Readers
A stylish manga-style series opener translated from French and perfect for fans of Judy Blume. Lola and Grace are BFFs who have questions about tween romance—why do some couples work and others don’t? To unravel the mystery, they'll interview, and record observations about, their junior high classmates—and discover loads about female friendships, and about each other.
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110 of 188 titles
Lump
Rare Machines
A dark, satiric novel about a woman whose attempt to escape crises in her health and marriage ends up causing more chaos. Lump is an incisive dark comedy about marriage, motherhood, privilege, and power, “a page-turner and a disquieting and complex take on marriage, illness, and privilege.” (Zoe Whittall, author of The Best Kind of People)
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111 of 188 titles
The Madstone: A Novel
Little, Brown and Company
With echoes of Lonesome Dove and News of the World, the riveting story of a pregnant young mother, her child, and the frontier tradesman who helps them flee across Texas from outlaws bent on revenge, even as an unlikely love blossoms.
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112 of 188 titles
Main Character Energy
Park Row Books
For fans of People We Meet in Vacation, Main Character Energy follows a plus-sized woman resigned to settle in life who finds herself on a whirlwind adventure traveling to the French Riviera to chase a mysterious inheritance and reclaiming her role as the main character in her own life.
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113 of 188 titles
Managing the Matthews
CamCat Books
Being the talent manager for Hollywood's three hottest brothers used to be fun. Not anymore, since one of them broke her heart and another wants to ruin their friendship. Kell needs a new job––easier said than done when a new reality show promises fame and fortune of unknown proportions.
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114 of 188 titles
Manga Sampler
Viz
A compilation of new manga from Viz Media! Read sample chapters from eight (8!) exciting new titles and series from the leader in Manga: Akane-banashi Cat-Eyed Boy: The Perfect Edition Insomniacs After School My Special One Until I Love Myself: The Journey of a Nonbinary Manga Artist Wolf Girl and Black Prince Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead
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115 of 188 titles
The Many Lives of Mama Love
Simon & Schuster
New York Times bestselling author Lara Love Hardin recounts her slide from soccer mom to opioid addict to jailhouse shot-caller and her unlikely comeback as a highly successful ghostwriter in this harrowing, hilarious, no-holds-barred memoir.
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116 of 188 titles
Mariko Between Worlds
Mad Cave Studios
Mariko and Rem are breaking up but they have one last night together in the Mall of Portals, an inter-dimensional consumerist heaven full of unending vice, before Rem takes his new job doing data entry on the Moon of Plenty.
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117 of 188 titles
The Marksman
Level 4 Press
Novelization of hit film starring Liam Neeson. A troubled rancher on the Arizona-Mexico border becomes the unlikely defender of a young Mexican boy desperately fleeing the cartel assassins who’ve pursued him into the United States. An exploration of immigration, grief, and the meaning of home. “Propulsive, exciting, and deeply moving” – Lili St. Germain, USA Today Bestselling author
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118 of 188 titles
Mass Supervision: Probation, Parole, and the Illusion of Safety and Freedom
The New Press
The most comprehensive critique of probation and parole—and a provocative and compelling argument for abolishing both—from the former Probation Commissioner of New York City. Mass Supervision combines firsthand experience with deep research to illustrate how these forms of state supervision have strayed from their original goal of providing constructive and rehabilitative alternatives to prison.
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119 of 188 titles
The Mayor of Maxwell Street
Hyperion Avenue
Debut author Avery Cunningham’s epic love story explores the American Dream between the monolith of Jim Crow, the inflexible world of the original Black upper class, and the violence of 1920s Chicago.
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120 of 188 titles
The Mistress of Bhatia House
Soho Crime
India, 1922: Bombay’s only female solicitor, Perveen Mistry, grapples with class divisions, sexism, and complex family dynamics as she seeks justice for a mistreated young woman in this thrilling new installment in Sujata Massey’s award-winning series.
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121 of 188 titles
Monster Support Group: The Mummy’s Curse
Flying Eye Books
Follow Anatiti as she joins Monster Support Group in her quest to ascend! Anatiti, a young pharoh who refused to listen to her advisors, is on a journey to the afterlife. But the underworld is riddled with dangerous challenges that she cannot unlock, leaving her trapped between life and death. Will she finally learn to take advice and cross over into the afterlife?
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122 of 188 titles
Mudflowers
Rare Machines
In this “pulsing” debut (Cassidy McFadzean), broke glass artist Sophie navigates a complicated love triangle between her oldest love, Alex, and newest love, Maggie. Dynamics unfold in surprising ways, leading Sophie back to her home to reconcile her past and her future. Mudflowers examines the impact of family that one is born into and family one chooses, exploring new and unconventional intimacies.
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123 of 188 titles
My Culture, My Gender, Me
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
The first picture book introducing children to the amazing gender identities and cultures that exist around the world.
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124 of 188 titles
My Father, The Panda Killer
Random House Children’s Books
A poignant coming-of-age story about war and its impact across multiple generations told in two alternating voices: Jane, a California teenager in 1999 railing against the Vietnamese culture, juxtaposed with her father, Phúc, in 1975 as an eleven-year-old boat person on a harrowing and traumatic refugee journey from Vietnam to the United States.
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125 of 188 titles
My Name Is Faraj: Love and Slavery in the Gulf
Ishmael Tree
Captured from Zanzibar and sold into slavery, Faraj becomes the best pearl diver in all of Arabia. When he falls in love with Oaysheh, the beautiful daughter of a slave and her Noble Master, Faraj discovers the masters’ chains have no hold on him like forbidden love. Faraj must become a free man in order to marry Oaysheh. Mohammed Ali Abdullah is one of Qatar's Pioneer Artists whose Award Winning talents and expertise in Fine Art and Architectural History in the Gulf have been a source of great cultural enlightenment.
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126 of 188 titles
Necessary Death: What Horror Movies Teach Us About Navigating the Human Experience
Health Communications Inc.
Based on very real and practical commentary, life experience, and occasionally, tongue-in-cheek-misfortunes of horror legends, Necessary Death explores how the horror genre, its motifs and characters, offer individuals a unique opportunity for insight and understanding of their own lives.
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127 of 188 titles
Nell & The Netherbeast
Andrews McMeel Kids
The Netherbeast, a slinking creature with an overwhelming stench impossibly charms young Nell. Befriending this shapeshifter propels Nell into an unforgettable summer. A beast, a haunting, a fire, and a basement that should be avoided at all costs are just part of the adventures Nell didn’t ask for. This story is equally heart-pounding and heartwarming.
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128 of 188 titles
NetGalley’s Book Advocate Toolkit
NetGalley
Everything members need to succeed can be found in NetGalley's Book Advocate Toolkit. Including guidelines for creating or updating your Profile, tips for maintaining a strong Feedback Ratio, review writing advice, and steps for curating bookish social media platforms--these pages are packed with advice for utilizing NetGalley to your advantage. Download the kit and get started.
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129 of 188 titles
Night and Dana
Lerner Publishing Group
When special-effects obsessives Dana and Lily begin work on an eco-horror movie, tempers flare. But as everything starts going up in flames, Dana begins to forge her voice as an activist. This is a creative coming-of-age story for the climate-change generation, a graphic novel about making art and growing up when it feels like the world is on fire.
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130 of 188 titles
Not That Fancy: Simple Lessons on Living, Loving, Eating, and Dusting Off Your Boots
Harper Celebrate
In her first book in over two decades, actress and country music legend Reba McEntire takes you behind the scenes and shares the stories, recipes, and Oklahoma-style truths that guide her life. Not That Fancy is ideal for Reba fans, country music lovers, or anyone who enjoys an easygoing Western lifestyle.
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131 of 188 titles
Office Gods
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Iris, a young human woman, is swept into the world of divine bureaucracy when she's recruited to work in the office of the gods, in the department of Hermes. Can she survive Eros’ antics, Aphrodite’s temper, and getting caught between a love triangle with the demigod sons of Athena and Hades?
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132 of 188 titles
Old-Fashioned on Purpose
Park Row Books
In the vein of Pioneer Woman and The Rural Diaries, and from the creator of "The Prairie Homestead," Old-Fashioned on Purpose draws from personal stories, history, and lessons from life on the homestead, encouraging readers to embrace the joys of old-fashioned living in order to reclaim a life of purpose and meaning.
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133 of 188 titles
One Blood
Forge Books
Homegoing meets The Mothers where three women are tied together by blood, love, and family secrets in this searing novel by New York Times bestselling author Denene Millner.
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134 of 188 titles
One Summer in Savannah
Sourcebooks Landmark
For fans of Seven Days in June and This Close to Okay, two people discover what it means to truly forgive in this emotionally wrought story about a woman desperate to protect her daughter from the family of the man who assaulted her while trying to heal her own wounds from the past.
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135 of 188 titles
The Out Side
Andrews McMeel Publishing
In this vibrant and affirming comics anthology, 29 trans & nonbinary comic artists share their personal journeys of self-discovery and acceptance. Equal parts encouraging, comforting, and life-affirming, The Out Side is a love letter to the trans and nonbinary community, designed to inspire anyone who may be struggling with their own identity and to help educate those who seek greater understanding.
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136 of 188 titles
The Paris Agent
Graydon House
A family's innocent search for answers brings a long-forgotten, twenty-five-year-old mystery to light, in the riveting new novel from the bestselling author of The Things We Cannot Say.
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137 of 188 titles
Plan A
Random House Children’s Books
A sixteen-year-old girl’s road trip across the country to get an abortion becomes a transformative journey of vulnerability, strength, and above all, choice. From the acclaimed author of A Heart in a Body in the World, this is both an achingly tender love story and a bold, badly needed battle cry about bodily autonomy and the experiences that connect us.
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138 of 188 titles
Potatoes for Pirate Pearl
Feeding Minds Press
When Pirate Pearl and her parrot Petunia are in search of something tasty, they row ashore to find a farm where friendly Farmer Fay shows them how to grow and cook potatoes.
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139 of 188 titles
The Premonition: A Novel
Counterpoint
The internationally beloved author of Kitchen and Dead-End Memories returns with a beautiful and heartfelt story of a young woman haunted by her childhood and the inescapable bitterness that inevitably comes from knowing the truth
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140 of 188 titles
The Prophet: A Graphic Novel Adaptation
Graphic Mundi
The most popular work of free verse published in the English language during the 20th century, Khalil Gibran’s The Prophet tells the story of Almustafa leaving his refugee home of Orphalese after twelve years of banishment. Faithful to the original text, this adaptation includes interwoven flashback sequences about Almustafa and an afterword by A. David Lewis.
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141 of 188 titles
Radiant Rebellion: Reclaim Aging, Practice Joy, and Raise a Little Hell
Broadleaf Books
What if aging is something to aspire to, not to dread? What if together we could forge a radiant rebellion against the idea of aging as a season of decline? Join Karen Walrond, author of The Lightmaker's Manifesto, in this intriguing investigation into how we can reclaim aging, cultivate joy, and resist ageism.
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142 of 188 titles
Rain Dodging: A Scholar’s Romp Through Britain in Search of a Stuart Queen
She Writes Press
Journey through Godwin’s free-spirited life into the 17th century court of Queen Mary of Modena, fourteen when coerced into marriage with a future king of England, yet cultivating a rarely-had female court of writers. In imaginative voice, Godwin writes of troubled family, wild college days, and music scenes in L.A. and Nashville to growth as teacher, writer, and solo traveler.
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143 of 188 titles
Rain Falling on Embers
Vesuvian Books
A rebellious, fish out of water thirteen-year-old struggles to survive her new reality after the death of her father, moving to a strange town with family she doesn’t know, and an escalating conflict with the son of a powerful man who has ties to her family’s past. A blend of adventure and psychological insight recommended for preteen book discussion circles and fans of Beverly, Right Here.
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144 of 188 titles
Red
Union Square & Co.
A conservative teen girl is groomed by her church youth minister and is then shunned by her community when she gets an abortion. A retelling of The Scarlet Letter.
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145 of 188 titles
The Responsive Enterprise
Ideapress Publishing
It's time to re-architect your business to be fully responsive. The most responsive 15% of companies consistently deliver better results, from sales growth to share price. They don’t just withstand or flex — they embrace change and continuously exploit it. Responsive Enterprise will show you how to embrace change and turn it into your biggest competitive advantage.
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146 of 188 titles
Saving Myles
Oceanview
Wade, a respected banker, learns that his teenage son snuck off to Tijuana to buy drugs—and was kidnapped. Wade must work with a shady bank to secure the ransom, but when he makes a deal with the bank owner, Wade realizes he’s wrapped up in more crime than just a kidnapping—he’s now indebted to a cartel.
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147 of 188 titles
Scarback: the wolf
Gwen Austin Studios
Scarback is the tale of an aging wolf who feared he had lost the power of youth - until he discovered he could fly! Scarback: the wolf is a comforting story of the transition from this life to what comes next.
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148 of 188 titles
The Secret Hours
Soho Crime
From the author of Slow Horses, comes a gripping standalone spy thriller about the cover-up of a disastrous MI5 mission in Cold War Berlin. At once unnerving, poignant, and laugh-out-loud funny, The Secret Hours is a dazzling entry point into Mick Herron’s novels and an absolute must-read for Slough House fans.
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149 of 188 titles
Secrets to Sustainable Solutions: Tips From Business, Science & Non-Profit Experts
Richter Publishing
Everyone is dealt a deck of cards at birth. Each person has a role to play in the game of life. Interdependence is key to our individual and collective survival, whether it’s finding one’s professional niche, handling difficult customers, or developing creative ideas to stop climate change. Lisa helps readers identify their “superpowers” and use those to impact their personal lives.
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150 of 188 titles
Seek: How Curiosity Can Transform Your Life and Change the World
Balance
Open your mind, heal your relationships, and connect across divides with this "energizing, creative, and exciting" (Gretchen Rubin) approach to deep curiosity from an internationally-recognized curiosity expert. “In our lonely, polarized world, Seek couldn’t come at a better time.” —Adam Smiley Poswolsky, bestselling author of The Quarter Life Breakthrough.
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151 of 188 titles
Shipwrecked: A True Civil War Story of Mutinies, Jailbreaks, Blockade-Running, and the Slave Trade
Rowman & Littlefield
The riveting story of Appleton Oaksmith, a swashbuckling sea captain whose life intersected with some of the most important moments, movements, and individuals of the mid-19th century, from the California Gold Rush, filibustering schemes in Nicaragua, Cuban liberation, and the Civil War and Reconstruction.
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152 of 188 titles
The Six
Scribner
In the bestselling tradition of Hidden Figures and Code Girls, the remarkable true story of America’s first women astronauts—six extraordinary women, each making history going to orbit aboard NASA’s Space Shuttle.
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153 of 188 titles
So Long as It’s Wild: Standing Strong After My Famous Walk Across America
Dexterity Books
NYT bestselling author Barbara Jenkins shares her story of walking 3,000 miles across America. From her impoverished childhood in the Ozarks to the aftermath of the infamous 1970's walk, Jenkins recounts her story with grit and determination. This long-awaited memoir captures her newfound courage and strength to step out from the shadow of her husband and claim her own story.
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154 of 188 titles
Soberish: The Science Based Guide to Taking Your Power Back from Alcohol
Watkins Publishing
An inclusive non-judgemental guide to becoming “soberish". Whether you’re tired of hangxiety and want to go booze free, or are looking to make small adjustments to your current drinking habits, this book will give you the tools you need to take your power back and create a relationship with alcohol that works for you.
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155 of 188 titles
Sons of Ashgard: Ill Met in Elmgard
Dark Horse Comics
Full of action, adventure and some comedy and heart, the Sons of Ashgard saga follows a group of adventurous squirrels across a Norse-flavored landscape finding commonality in a bond birthed through mutual struggle and discovery. Each story is stand-alone but also able to tie into a larger narrative woven between tales.
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156 of 188 titles
The Spells We Cast
Disney Publishing Group
Best-selling author Jason June presents a story of spell-slinging, lasso-swinging, and star-crossed love. Nigel must face Ori at the Culling, a spell-casting competition that determines which of the world’s teenage magicians will be stripped of their powers to preserve magical balance. They soon realize the greatest threat to magic, their future, and humanity might be the connection growing between them.
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157 of 188 titles
The Spirit Glass
Disney Publishing Group
Inspired by Roshani Chokshi's Filipino heritage this story follows, Corazon who wants to learn babaylan magic so she can keep her ghostly parents in her life. Corazon and her gecko companion befriend a ghost boy named Leo who acts as their guide through the spirits world as she collects the blessings she needs to put a vengeful specter to rest.
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158 of 188 titles
Spooky Stories of the World
Lonely Planet Kids
This spine-tingling collection of spooky stories features over 20 eerie tales from across the globe. Discover bewitching retellings of ghost- and monster-filled myths regaled with ghoulish relish, and journey continent-by-continent through this haunting book. With shocks and twists like you wouldn’t believe – are you brave enough to read them all?
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159 of 188 titles
Star Bringer
Red Tower Books
Firefly meets The Breakfast Club in this high-concept, LGBTQ romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author Tracy Wolff and award-winning author Nina Croft. The only thing standing between a dying sun and ultimate salvation is seven unlikely misfits -- a princess, a prisoner, a con artist, a warrior, a priestess, a mercenary, and the asshole in charge of them all.
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160 of 188 titles
Stars in Your Eyes
Forever
The National Book Award-winning author of Felix Ever After delivers a beautifully tender story of two actors navigating their love story both on and offscreen. A heartfelt, hopeful, and nuanced story about identity, healing, and growth.
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161 of 188 titles
Sun House: A Novel
Little, Brown and Company
An epic comedy about love, spirit, and the quest for transcendence in an anything-but-transcendent America, from the author of the perennial cult bestsellers The River Why and The Brothers K. “One of the greatest imaginative achievements I’ve encountered in a lifetime of reading,” raves author William DeBuys.
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162 of 188 titles
The Sun Sets in Singapore
Grand Central Publishing
Basking in Singapore’s sunshine and luxury goods market, Dara, Amaka, and Lillian are living the glamorous expat dream—until their carefully constructed lives are upended by a handsome and mysterious new arrival. "Wanderlust-inducing . . . A rich celebration of the nuanced complexities of Black womanhood and friendship" (Lola Akinmade Åkerström, international bestselling author of In Every Mirror She's Black).
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163 of 188 titles
Take the Long Way Home
Kensington Books
An epic novel spanning seven decades and two continents – from a cloistered 1950s Mississippi town founded by freed slaves to the striking diversity of Paris and Rome in the 1960s and 70s, through the glamor of 1980s Wall Street, to present day New York – bestselling author Rochelle Alers chronicles one woman’s remarkable journey through some of history’s most turbulent eras—and the four men who impact her life along the way.
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164 of 188 titles
A Tall Dark Trouble
Zando Young Readers
Practical Magic meets Erika L. Sanchez in this dazzling YA fantasy about a Cuban American family of brujas who get entangled in love, magic, and murder, alternating between 1980s Cuba and present-day Miami.
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165 of 188 titles
Techlash: Who Makes the Rules in the Digital Gilded Age?
Rowman & Littlefield
As with the industrial revolution and the Gilded Age it created, new digital technology has changed commerce and culture, creating great wealth in the process, while being essentially unsupervised. Wheeler calls for an era of public interest oversight that embraces new protections for consumers and competition and encourages continued innovation.
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166 of 188 titles
Tessa Miyata Is No Hero
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
A thrilling and charming middle grade fantasy steeped in Japanese lore and mythology. Perfect for fans of Rick Riordan and Graci Kim, this brand new fantasy adventure will grip readers from the very first page and never let go.
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167 of 188 titles
There’s an Elephant on My Chest
End Game Press
Allie wakes up with a BIG problem – an elephant sitting on her chest. There's no way she will make it to school on time unless she finds a way to shrink it. With some help, Allie may find a way to fix her problem. This book offers practical solutions for children facing anxiety and ways to talk with trusted adults.
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168 of 188 titles
Those People Behind Us
She Writes Press
It’s the summer of 2017 in Wellington Beach, California, a suburban coastal town increasingly divided by politics, protests, and escalating housing prices—divisions that change the lives of five neighbors as they search for home and community in a neighborhood where no one can agree who belongs.
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169 of 188 titles
Those Who Saw the Sun: African American Oral Histories from the Jim Crow South
Levine Querido
In THOSE WHO SAW THE SUN, Jaha Nailah Avery – a lawyer, scholar, and reporter with roots in North Carolina stretching back over 300 years – collects the oral histories of African American elders from around the South and all walks of life.
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170 of 188 titles
The Time Machine
Cardinal Rule Press
Bailey's building a time machine... not to visit ancient Egypt or King Arthur's court, but to take her to last Thursday. That’s the day she said the Thing that made her best friend so mad. But when it's complete, Bailey discovers the only thing harder than building a time machine is having the courage to revisit a moment you regret.
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171 of 188 titles
To Be a Cheetah
Sunbird Books
“A cheetah is what I want to be…nothing would be faster than me!” As a mother tucks her little dreamer into bed, she lets him know that wherever he goes, he can always come home. This loving bedtime story transports readers to the savannas of Africa and back home again. Rich illustrations capture the warmth of a mother-son relationship.
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172 of 188 titles
Totally Psychic
Inkyard Press
Paloma Ferrer is psychic. In fact, everyone in her family line has “the gift.” Now that Paloma has come into her powers, she dreams of becoming a famous medium, just like her beloved grandma. Perfect for fans of Sal and Gabi Break the Universe, this debut middle grade features a Cuban-American tween medium navigating friends, family and ghosts!
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173 of 188 titles
Toxic Relationship Recovery
Adams Media
Let go of your toxic partner, heal your emotional wounds, and set healthy boundaries with this guide to overcoming toxic relationships. With Toxic Relationship Recovery, you’ll address ways that you were wronged during your relationship, learn strategies for trusting others and yourself again, find warning signs of toxicity in others, and reframe negative thoughts to a positive outlook on life.
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174 of 188 titles
The Truthful Witness
Severn River Publishing
In a quiet Wyoming town, lawyer Sam Johnstone seeks solace from his past. However, when a close friend is charged with murder and confesses, Sam is compelled to join the defense. Facing an unethical prosecutor with a vendetta, he must risk everything to help his friend. In a case fraught with deception and hidden truths, Sam is pushed to the brink. How far will he go to expose the astonishing truth?
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175 of 188 titles
Uncertain: The Wisdom and Wonder of Being Unsure
Prometheus Books
Featuring cutting-edge research and in-depth reporting, this paradigm-shifting book shows us how to skillfully confront the unexpected and unknown, and how to seek not-knowing in the service of curiosity, wisdom, and discovery.
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176 of 188 titles
The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic
Alcove Press
For fans of Practical Magic, debut novel The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic explores the shields we build around our hearts to retain our own magic. Readers who love the magic of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake and the sense of community in The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches will enjoy this warm, witchy novel.
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177 of 188 titles
Unknown Rider
Severn River Publishing
Navy pilot and TOP GUN instructor Colt Bancroft discovers a global conspiracy after a near-fatal incident with his stealth fighter. Sent to investigate mysterious lights near his aircraft carrier, disaster strikes, endangering his life and reputation. In a high-stakes game of espionage, Colt must navigate treachery, aerial combat, and trust no one to clear his name and stop an insidious enemy. To prevail, he must rely on his skill and training while unmasking the elusive UNKNOWN RIDER.
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178 of 188 titles
Unshakeable: Trauma Informed Mindfulness and Collective Awakening
Parallax Press
With three decades working in marginalized communities in the US, Israel, and the West Bank, mindfulness teacher and psychotherapist Jo-ann Rosen offers a wealth of wisdom and gentle humor in supporting people to access their inner strength and stability—even amidst outer chaos and catastrophe. Rosen draws on the example and practices of her teacher, the peace activist and Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, who founded Plum Village mindfulness practice centers worldwide as places of healing and restoration, to show how meditation can aid collective awakening.
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179 of 188 titles
Upside Down Dreams
End Game Press
Lilly Padilly, an adventurous 8-year-old, drawn to the thrill of flight, faces skepticism from peers and her own self-doubt. A pivotal moment with her grandpa and an inspirational encounter with one special pilot banished Lilly’s uncertainty and solidified her dream. Inspired by the firsthand interactions author Michelle “MACE” Curran had with many girls during her time as a Thunderbird Pilot.
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180 of 188 titles
What Was Shakespeare Really Like?
Cambridge University Press
Stanley Wells brings a lifetime of reflection to bear on some of the most tantalising questions about Shakespeare. How did he think, feel, and work? What were his relationships like? What made him laugh? What did he believe about death? Shakespeare’s elusive personality now comes to vibrant life.
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181 of 188 titles
What You Are Looking for is in the Library
Hanover Square Press
What are you looking for? is the question that Tokyo’s most enigmatic librarian, Sayuri Komachi, poses to those who come to her for their next book. The list of recommendations she gives, however, always contains one unexpected addition that promises to give its the borrower the motivation they didn’t realize they needed to change their life.
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182 of 188 titles
When the Whole World Tips: Parenting Through Crisis with Mindfulness and Balance
Parallax Press
Move from helplessness to stability as a parent through the ancient practice of equanimity, or balance. Drawn from Buddhist wisdom and with practices included, this new approach to mindful parenting is about slowing down, letting go of the illusion of control, and caring for yourself so that you can show up as a presence of love and care for your children even in their most difficult moments.
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183 of 188 titles
Whisper of the Woods
Mad Cave Studios
What happens when a foreigner doesn't listen to the local's warnings and dives head-first into a haunted forest? In search of his missing friend, Adam travels to the heart of Romania's supernatural forest, Hoia Baciu. Disregarding the local's warnings of iele, and a witch's premonition of his impending death, he remains steadfast in his decision to find his friend.
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184 of 188 titles
The Woman in the Castello
Kensington Books
In 1960s Italy, a desperately broke American actress is cast to star in an enigmatic horror film being shot on location at a crumbling medieval castle outside of Rome. Parts ghost story, mystery, romance, and family drama, Kelsey James’s debut blends reality with the supernatural, everyday existence with the movies, and history with family dynamics in a propulsive, anything-can-happen story.
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185 of 188 titles
Women of the Post
Park Row Books
For fans of A League of Their Own, a debut historical novel that gives voice to the pioneering Black women of the of the Six Triple Eight Battalion who made history by sorting over one million pieces of mail overseas for the US Army.
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186 of 188 titles
Wonderhell
Ideapress Publishing
AS SEEN ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA! NOW A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER! Success has always been the end goal, but when you achieve it ... something infuriatingly predictable happens. You start wondering what more you can do. The latest book from bestselling author Laura Gassner Otting teaches us how to embrace the contradiction of achieving success while still wanting more.
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187 of 188 titles
Wrong Fit, Right Fit: Why How We Work Matters More Than Ever
IT Revolution
How do we make work feel less like work? The issue isn’t culture, but the fit between our ideal way of working and that of the company. Based on decades of experience and exhaustive research, including interviews with knowledge workers and leaders from all walks of life, organizational psychologist Dr. André Martin guides employees and organizations to create right fit.
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188 of 188 titles
Yes Means Yes
Ulysses Press
Teach kids about the importance of consent and body boundaries in this charming book. Yes Means Yes explores "everyday" scenarios, like the desire to touch someone’s hair, play that frustrates or hurts someone, and how someone might feel uncomfortable being touched or approached. Readers are reminded: “Only you get to control your body. And others get to control their own!”
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