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Palmetto Leaves by Harriet Beecher Stowe

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  • October 25, 2022

In Palmetto Leaves, Stowe describes Florida before its development. She was an early New England […]

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Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley

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  • October 24, 2022

Leila Mottley, a young debut author, provides readers with palpable images of Oakland, where Kiara, […]

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The Homewreckers by Mary Kay Andrews

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  • September 6, 2022

Nothing profound, but The Homewreckers is an easy-to-read engaging beach book with modern characters and […]

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After the Last Border by Jessica Goudeau

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  • August 28, 2022

Jessica Goudeau, a journalist and the author of this book, provides two engaging stories and […]

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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

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  • August 26, 2022

“I saw Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow as a book about a 30-year friendship and […]

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Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks

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  • August 17, 2022

Geraldine Brooks is masterful in creating a beautifully engaging story about the tensions between English […]

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Best. State. Ever.: A Florida Man Defends His Homeland by Dave Barry

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  • August 16, 2022

I used to read a syndicated newspaper column penned by Dave Barry, and I fondly […]

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The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

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  • August 14, 2022

The story begins in Morgen. Nebraska, where eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is returning to his hometown […]

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Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

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  • August 10, 2022

In Sea of Tranquility, the author describes the old unsettled America, depicts how the population […]

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Dinosaurs by Lydia Millet

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  • July 30, 2022

Dinosaurs by Lydia Millet was so engaging and easy to read yet so cleverly constructed […]

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  • 28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand
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  • After the Last Border by Jessica Goudeau
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  • The Age of Light by Whitney Scharer
  • All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
  • Angel of Rome and Other Stories by Jess Walter
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  • Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
  • Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty
  • At Home by Bill Bryson
  • Be My Ghost by Carol Perry
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  • Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
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  • Killing Mr. Watson by Peter Matthiessen
  • The King Tides by James Swain
  • A Land Remembered by Patrick Smith
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  • Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
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  • Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
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  • The Tender Bar: A Memoir by J. R. Moehringer
  • That Summer by Jennifer Weiner
  • This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
  • This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
  • Their Eyes Were Watching God
  • Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
  • Three Days in June by Anne Tyler
  • The Things They Carried By Tim O’Brien
  • The Trial by Kafka
  • Trust Exercise by Susan Choi
  • Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
  • Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
  • Transcendent Kingdom By Yaa Gyasi
  • Tribal by Diane Roberts
  • Trust by Hernan Diaz
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  • The Vegetarian by Han Kang
  • The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
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  • Wellness by Nathan Hill
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  • The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom
  • Wow No Thank you by Samantha Irby
  • Writers and Lovers by Lily King
  • Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
  • Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
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