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| | Novelist Kate Quinn presents an irresistible premise in her new literary fantasy, The Astral Library: there's an archive where bibliophiles can enter their favorite stories. Her characters leap into classics such as Jane Eyre and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, because the books must be in public domain--for ethical reasons. So that begged the question: Given the chance, where would I leap?
My first thought was Moby-Dick, adventure on the high seas! But then again, I'm certainly not rugged enough to last very long on the Pequod. Another idea was The Age of Innocence, but I'm much too uncouth to rub elbows with Newland Archer and the countess Ellen Olenska. At last, it struck me like a croquet mallet. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland might be the only setting in the public domain where I could imagine spending the day, wandering aimlessly, nibbling on suspicious snacks, and pondering life's essential questions, like, Why is a raven like a writing desk?
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 | | Rebel English Academy | | | Mohammed Hanif |
| | | Dangerous love and subversive politics collide in this cleverly plotted, darkly satirical, and wildly entertaining historical drama set in late 1970s Pakistan.
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| | Footeprint: Eunice Newton Foote at the Dawn of Climate Science and Women's Rights | | | Lindsay H. Metcalf |
| | | A delightful YA novel-in-verse corrects the history books on climate science by spotlighting the incredible life of scientist and women's rights activist Eunice Newton Foote.
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| | Cleaner | | | Jess Shannon |
| | | This debut novel is a dark, strange, but ultimately entertaining story of a woman's search for meaning and art through cleaning.
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| | The Astral Library | | | Kate Quinn |
| | | Kate Quinn's wry, gripping The Astral Library takes a flying leap into a magical library, complete with book portals, literary ghosts, a sinister foe, and--of course--dragons.
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| | | | | | This Is Not About Us by Allegra Goodman is the story of the Rubinstein family and their myriad resentments, all of which come to the fore after a death and an argument over homemade apple cake.
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| | | | This funny, perceptive Swedish novel stars an irascible octogenarian woman and a grieving young man searching for connection.
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| | | | A man who should have died discovers a hidden world of beauty and danger in a small Catskills community in this debut novel that pays equal love and attention to its cryptid and human characters.
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| | | | Jasmin Kirkbride's gorgeous debut novel, The Forest on the Edge of Time, follows two sisters cast into the future and ancient Greece to attempt to avert climate change.
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| | | | This witty workplace romance pairs a sex-toy engineer with a software developer in a steamy, no-strings-attached arrangement that becomes something more.
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| | | | In Mark Haddon's moving, collage-like memoir, significant moments in the author's life add up to a wondrous whole and provocative worldview.
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| | | | Shelley Puhak uncovers the truth behind the scurrilous legend of Elizabeth Bathory, whose sole crime was being a powerful political woman during a time of religious strife and persecution.
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| | | | Charles Scribner III's skill as a storyteller infuses these charming essays on publishing, art history, and classical music.
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| | | | In this daring, format-bending picture book, an older sister learns to navigate the frustrating dynamics of her relationship with her rambunctious siblings.
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| | | | Three middle schoolers forge an inspiring bond when they become stranded together during Hurricane Harvey in this touching novel about forgiveness, friendship, and resilience.
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| | | | This endearingly comedic and heartwarming middle-grade graphic novel reminds readers it's okay to not be perfect--and even more okay to cheer on friends.
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| | | | Sarabeth's Garage is an entertaining and inspiring picture book about a strong, independent child who is not afraid to pursue her dreams--spark plugs, carburetors, and all.
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| | |  In The Blood Countess: Murder, Betrayal, and the Making of a Monster, Shelley Puhak delves into the lurid legend of Elizabeth Bathory, searching for a truth that has been buried under myth and misogyny for centuries. Here Puhak discusses the power of whisper campaigns, conspiracy theories, and the troubling ways ordinary people can be manipulated into believing the worst about their neighbors. (continued)
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| | | |  Suzannah Lessard, an author and writer for the New Yorker "who examined the ways in which people are marked by place--and the ways in which they, in turn, mark the landscape--and whose best-selling memoir, The Architect of Desire: Beauty and Danger in the Stanford White Family, explored the dark history of Mr. White, the Gilded Age architect who was her great-grandfather," died January 29. (continued)
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