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Books so far
Fiction
“The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig
“It’s One of Us” by J.T. Ellison
“The House of Eve: a Novel” by Sadeqa Johnson
“How to Sell a Haunted House” by Grady Hendrix
“Fairy Tale” by Stephen King
“The Cloisters” by Katy Hays
“The Hacienda” by Isabel Canas
“West Heart Kill” by Dann McDorman
“In the Lives of Puppets” by TJ Kline
“Sisters of the Lost Nation: a novel” by Nick Medina
“My Father’s House” by Joseph O’Connor
“The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece” by Tom Hanks
“The Scourge Between Stars” by Ness Brown
“Wolf Trap” by Connor Sullivan
“Happy Place” by Emily Henry
“Dead of Winter” by Darcy Coates
“The Librarianist: a novel” by Patrick deWitt
“Thief Liar Lady: a novel” by D.L. Soria
“Fixit” by Joe Ide
“The Long March Home: a World War II novel of the Pacific” by Marcus Brotherton and Tosca Lee
“You Were Always Mine” by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza
“I am Homeless if this is not my home” by Lorrie Moore
“The Only One Left: a novel” by Riley Sager
“Tom Lake: a novel” by Ann Patchett
Non-fiction
“Of Time and Turtles” by Sy Montgomery
“Unreliable Narrator: me, myself and impostor syndrome” by Aparna Nancherla
“Poverty, by America” by Matthew Desmond
“Beyond the Story: 10-year record of BTS” by Myŏng-sŏk, Kang
“First to the Front: the untold story of Dickey Chapelle, trailblazing female war correspondent” by Lorissa Rinehart
“The Six: the untold story of America’s first women astronauts” by Loren Brush
“Quietly Hostile: essays” by Samantha Kirby
“Eight Bears: mythic past and imperiled future” by Gloria Dickie
“Enchantment: awakening wonder in an anxious age” by Katherine May
“Unraveling: what I learned about life while shearing sheep, dyeing wool, and making the world’s ugliest sweater” by Peggy Orenstein
“Star Crossed: a true Romeo and Juliet story in Hitler’s Paris” by Heather Dune Macadam
“Drinking Games: a memoir” by Sarah Levy
“A Mystery of Mysteries: the death and life of Edgar Allen Poe” by Mark Dawidziak
“Sink: a memoir” by Joseph Earl Thomas
“Feral: losing myself and finding my way in America’s national parks” by Emily Pennington
“The Curse of the Marquis de Sade: a notorious scoundrel, a mythical manuscript, and the biggest scandal in literary history” by Joel Warner
“Opinions: a decade of arguments, criticism, and minding other people’s business” by Roxanne Gay
“A Man of Two Faces: a memoir, a history, a memorial” by Viet Thanh Nguyen
“Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: the mother and daughter who forever changed British history” by Tracy Borman
“100 Places to See After You Die: a travel guide to the afterlife” by Ken Jennings
“Breaking Twitter: Elon Musk and the most controversial corporate takeover in history” by Ben Mezrich
“Better Living Through Birding: notes from a Black man in the natural world” by Christian Cooper
“Sure, I’ll Join Your Cult: a memoir of mental illness, self-sabotage, and the quest to belong anywhere” by Maria Bamford
“Congratulations, the best is over!: essays” by Eric Thomas
Young Adult
“The Minus-One Club” by Kekla Magoon
“City of Nightmares” by Rebecca Schaeffer
“The Cartographers” by Amy Zhang
“My Flawless Life” by Yvonne Woon
“Sunshine” by Jarrett Krosoczka
“Viva Lola Espinoza” by Ella Caron
“Impossible Escape: a true story of survival and heroism in Nazi Europe” by Steve Sheinkin
“Eight Nights of Flirting” by Hannah Reynolds
“Invisible Son” by Kim Johnson
“The King is Dead” by Benjamin Dean
“Dear Medusa” by Olivia Cole
“Give Me a Sign” by Anna Sortino
“She is Haunting” by Trang Thanh Trần
“A Long Time Coming: A Lyrical Bibliography of Race in America from Ona Judge to Barack Obama” by Ray Anthony Shepard
“How to be a (Young) Antiracist” by Ibram Kendi & Nic Stone
“Crumbs” Danie Stirling
“Cinderella is Dead” Kalynn Barron
“The Sacrifice” by Rin Chupeco
“Family Style: memories of an American from Vietnam” by Thien Pham
“The Sea in You” by Jessi Sheron
“Hungry Ghost” Victoria Ying
“The Jump” by Brittney Morris
“Black Clover” by Yūki Tabata
“The Holiday Switch” by Tif Marcelo
Children’s
“My Head has a Bellyache and more Nonsense” by Chris Harris
“The Labors of Hercules Beal” by Gary D. Schmidt
“Just Harriet” by Elana K. Arnold
“Winterhouse” by Ben Guterson
“You Are Here: Connecting Flights” by Ellen Oh
“Greenwild: the world behind the door” by Pari Thomson
“Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy” by Angie Thomas
“The Marvellers” by Dhonielle Clayton
“The Last Mapmaker” by Christina Soontornvat
“Dead Voices” by Katherine Arden
“Maizy Chen’s Last Chance” by Lisa Yes
“Black Boy Joy” by Kwame Mbalia
“Endlessly Ever After: Pick Your Path to Countless Fairy Tale Endings” by Laurel Snyder and Dan Santat
“The Last Cuentista” by Donna Barba Higuera
“A Place to Hang the Moon” by Kate Albus
“The Lion of Mars” by Jennifer L. Holm
“Miles Morales Shock Waves” by Justin A. Reynolds
“Invisible” by Christina Diaz Gonzales & Gabriela Epstein
“The Lost Library” by Rebecca Stead & Wendy Mass
“Our Friend Hedgehog: the story of us” by Lauren Castillo
“The Christmasaurus” by Tom Fletcher
The Christmas Pig, J.K. Rowling
“City of Dragons the Awakening Storm” by Jaimal Yogis & Vivian Truong
“The Mona Lisa Vanishes: a legendary painter, a shocking heist, and the birth of a global celebrity” by Nicholas Day