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• American Predator

  the Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century

  Callahan, Maureen (Journalist),

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  Callahan's chilling narrative of serial killer Israel Keyes and his crimes is the stuff of nightmares. When 18-year-old Samantha Koenig was abducted from a coffee kiosk in Anchorage, Alaska, the perpetrator sent her family a ransom demand.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Body

  a Guide for Occupants

  Bryson, Bill,

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  Many of us are familiar with the story that scientist Alexander Fleming discovered Penicillin quite by accident back in 1928. But did you know that the strain of mold that turned out to be most suitable for mass production of Penicillin was found on…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Everything Inside

  Stories

  Danticat, Edwidge, 1969-

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  Written by internationally acclaimed author Edwidge Danticat (Claire of the Sea of Light, The Dew Breaker, and Brother, I’m Dying), Everything Inside is a visceral collection of eight slice-of-life fiction short stories. Each story has a different…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Find Me

  Aciman, André,

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  In this sequel to Call Me By Your Name, Aciman revisits his characters 20 years later, focusing once again on their romantic lives. But fans of Elio and Oliver's relationship (and the movie adaptation) will need some patience. The novel begins with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Full Throttle

  Stories

  Hill, Joe,

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  Full Throttle is a real gift to fans of classic horror. Joe Hill offers up 13 delicious stories, some with obvious nods to Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury and Stephen King who co-wrote two of these tales. Hill's knack for great characters fuels this…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Great Pretender

  the Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness

  Cahalan, Susannah,

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  Fans of Cahalan's 2012 memoir Brain on Fire, about her terrifying experience with psychosis induced by a rare autoimmune disorder, will be riveted by this ambitious investigation of a scientist whose groundbreaking study shaped America's mental…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse

  Eason, K.,

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  Rory Thorne is a princess who was given thirteen fairy blessings, the most important of which is to see the truth. Soon she finds herself betrothed to the prince of a distant world to cement a political alliance. The regent of that world insists…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Life and Other Inconveniences

  Higgins, Kristan,

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  Emma London has made a good life for herself and her daughter Riley, living in a Chicago suburb, when she gets a telephone call from her cold but fabulously wealthy grandmother. Genevieve has just learned that she is dying of brain cancer, and she…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Magic for Liars

  Gailey, Sarah,

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  Ivy Gamble is a private investigator specializing in run-of-the-mill insurance fraud and divorce cases. When she is approached by the director of an elite high school of magic, asking her to find out who brutally killed Ms. Capley, one of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Memory Police

  Ogawa, Yōko, 1962-

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  Published in Japan in 1994 and recently translated into English, Ogawa's quietly melancholy tale about a world where things are disappearing feels both timeless and timely. The book opens with an unnamed narrator on an unnamed island wondering what…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ninth House

  Bardugo, Leigh,

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  Alex Stern's ability to see and interact with the dead is the bane of her existence, until she is offered a full scholarship to Yale because of it. Despite her lackluster academic record and sordid past, Alex's magical abilities make her invaluable…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sabrina & Corina

  Stories

  Fajardo-Anstine, Kali,

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  Fajardo-Anstine's debut earns its National Book Award finalist status and more with this collection of short fiction. Anchored with a strong sense of place in Colorado, these stories focus on several generations of Latina and Indigenous American…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• She Said

  Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement

  Kantor, Jodi, 1975-

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  Pulitzer prize-winning journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey dive deep into their reporting of sexual harassment in the #MeToo movement with this thorough account of breaking the Harvey Weinstein story. The extensive groundwork of their entire…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Starless Sea

  Morgenstern, Erin,

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  Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code meets pirates, prisoners, mystery and intrigue in Erin Morgenstern's second novel, The Starless Sea. A mysterious book found in the university library's stacks and a series of clever, yet obscure clues take the Vermont…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Water Dancer

  a Novel

  Coates, Ta-Nehisi,

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  Coates's dazzling magical realist novel tells the story of Hiram Walker, born into slavery on a failing antebellum Virginia tobacco plantation called Lockless. Hiram possesses supernatural abilities, including a photographic memory and the ability…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Whisper Man

  North, Alex (Crime writer),

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  In this atmospheric thriller, the bereaved Tom and his sensitive six-year old son Jake struggle in the wake of the sudden death of Tom's wife Rebecca. Jake has been talking to someone only he can see, and Tom is suffering from writer's block, so Tom…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wild Game

  My Mother, Her Lover, and Me

  Brodeur, Adrienne,

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  When author Adrienne Brodeur was just a young teenage girl, her mother woke her up one night and confided an intimate secret: she'd fallen in love with her husband's best friend. In this compact, exquisitely-written memoir of an unusual…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Your House Will Pay

  Cha, Steph,

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  Twenty-eight years ago, Ava Matthews, an unarmed black teenager, was shot while shopping in the Korean-American store owned by Grace Park's parents. However the Parks have worked to bury the past, and Grace has no idea about her mother's history.…Read moreRead more of this annotation