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  • “Maddi’s Fridge” by Lois Brandt

    "Maddi's Fridge" by Lois Brandt
    Sofia learns that her friend Maddi can’t afford groceries, and tries to figure out a way to help her deal with food insecurity.
  • “Friends with Benefits” by Marisa Kanter

    "Friends with Benefits" by Marisa Kanter
    Lifelong best friends say ‘I do’ to a marriage of convenience, trading vows for a financial safety net and benefits.
  • “I Cheerfully Refuse” by Leif Enger

    "I Cheerfully Refuse" by Leif Enger
    A futuristic folk tale about a man on a mythological quest across Lake Superior.
  • “Winter’s Gift” by Jane Monroe Donovan

    "Winter's Gift" by Jane Monroe Donovan
    A man living alone rescues a horse in distress.
  • “Penguin and Pinecone” by Salina Yoon

    "Penguin and Pinecone" by Salina Yoon
    Friendships can spring up at any time, but what happens when one friend moves away?
  • “Piglettes” by Clémentine Beauvais

    "Piglettes" by Clémentine Beauvais
    Three teenagers, brought together by an “ugliest girl in school” contest, make a plan to bike across the country and gate-crash the President of France’s garden party.
  • “The Night Guest” by Hildur Knutsdottir

    "The Night Guest" by Hildur Knutsdottir
    One woman’s search for the cause of her chronic fatigue leads to answers she cannot accept.
  • “Bull” by David Elliott

    "Bull" by David Elliott
    The Ancient Greek myth of Theseus, retold from the perspective of the Minotaur at the center of the labyrinth.
  • “The Best at It” by Maulik Pancholy

    "The Best at It" by Maulik Pancholy
    Rahul enters seventh grade with one mission: to find one activity that he can be the BEST at.
  • “Positively 4th Street” by David Hajdu

    "Positively 4th Street" by David Hajdu
    Hajdu expertly captures a brief window of the Folk Revival movement between 1960-1966.
  • “The Spectacular” by Fiona Davis

    "The Spectacular" by Fiona Davis
    A thrilling story about the dreams and drive of one woman’s journey in the mid to late 1900s.
  • “Home Front” by Kristin Hannah

    "Home Front" by Kristin Hannah
    One family’s journey to peace when the soldier mom goes to war.
  • “The God of the Woods” by Liz Moore

    "The God of the Woods" by Liz Moore
    This novel combines family secrets with forgotten history.
  • “Amber and Clay” by Laura Amy Schlitz

    "Amber and Clay" by Laura Amy Schlitz
    In Ancient Greece, a stable-boy-turned-philosophy-student and a devotee to the wild goddess Artemis cross paths in the most unexpected way.
  • “The Love of my Life” by Rosie Walsh

    "The Love of my Life" by Rosie Walsh
    Well-meaning omissions of the truth will explode at the worst possible times.
  • “How to Read a Book” by Monica Wood

    "How to Read a Book" by Monica Wood
    Three people who are tied to the same drunk-driving accident accidentally meet up at a Portland book shop, and their lives intersect in transformative ways.
  • “Marvelous Marvin” by E. J. Finocchio, D.V.M.

    "Marvelous Marvin" by E. J. Finocchio, D.V.M.
    The true story of an unwanted dog as he tells of his journey to become an official greeter for the RISPCA.
  • “Do Fish Sleep?” by Jens Raschke

    "Do Fish Sleep?" by Jens Raschke
    One child’s journey through her changing feelings about her little brother, who has leukemia.
  • “Just for the Summer” by Abby Jimenez

    "Just for the Summer" by Abby Jimenez
    Justin writes a viral Reddit post about his curse where every woman he dates goes on to find their soulmate the second they break up. Emma has this same problem, so she slides into his DMs and they band together to break their curses by “dating” each other so they will both be able to ...
  • “Girl One” by Sara Flannery Murphy

    "Girl One" by Sara Flannery Murphy
    First-person story of one special woman and her journey into self-discovery while looking for her missing mother.
  • “We Play Ourselves” by Jen Silverman

    "We Play Ourselves" by Jen Silverman
    Cass, an up-and-coming playwright, moves across the country to reinvent herself after her latest flop leads to a social media implosion.
  • “Divine Rivals” by Rebecca Ross

    "Divine Rivals" by Rebecca Ross
    This enchanting historical war-time romantasy story starts with “anonymous” epistolary letters between the main characters, paralleled with their rival positions at the local newspaper, before focusing more on the grittiness and realities of war.
  • “The Promise” by Bobby DePalo

    "The Promise" by Bobby DePalo
    One man’s journey to complete a promise decades old.
  • “The Fake Mate” by Lana Ferguson

    "The Fake Mate" by Lana Ferguson
    Spicy paranormal werewolf/shifter romance about a nurse and a doctor who have to fake date, but unbeknownst to them, they are a perfect pairing: an Alpha and Omega.
  • “Done and Dusted” by Lyla Sage

    "Done and Dusted" by Lyla Sage
    This is a quick small town country/cowboy romance between Emmy and her older brother’s best friend when she moves back to her hometown after a riding accident.
  • “A Fine Romance: Falling in Love with the English Countryside” by Susan Branch

    "A Fine Romance: Falling in Love with the English Countryside" by Susan Branch
    Who doesn’t love photos of beautiful flowers and cottages?
  • “The Blue House” by Phoebe Wahl

    "The Blue House" by Phoebe Wahl
    Leo and his dad are forced to move out of their beloved neighborhood when the cranes come to knock it down.
  • “Fourth Wing” by Rebecca Yarros

    "Fourth Wing" by Rebecca Yarros
    If you like easy-to-read, immersive stories that give you 2014 nostalgia with trials and tests as well as great worldbuilding, this one is for you.
  • “Next of Kin” by Hannah Bonam-Young

    "Next of Kin" by Hannah Bonam-Young
    An easy, flowing read that shows the struggles of adoption and the foster system and how important family is.
  • “Dewey” by Vicki Myron

    "Dewey" by Vicki Myron
    A true biography of a library cat and those who loved him.
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