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Perestroika in Paris: A novel (Paperback)

By Jane Smiley
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By Ariana Neumann
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By Edward J. Larson
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By Editors of Martha Stewart Living
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By David Mitchell
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By Christina Baker Kline
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And in the End: The Last Days of The Beatles (Hardcover)

By Ken McNab
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Published: Thomas Dunne Books - August 18th, 2020
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150 Glimpses of the Beatles (Hardcover)

By Craig Brown
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The Beatles from A to Zed: An Alphabetical Mystery Tour (Paperback)

By Peter Asher
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Published: Picador - October 27th, 2020
Miles & Me: Miles Davis, the man, the musician, and his friendship with the journalist and poet Quincy Troupe Cover Image

Miles & Me: Miles Davis, the man, the musician, and his friendship with the journalist and poet Quincy Troupe (Paperback)

By Quincy Troupe
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By Diana Giovinazzo
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Published: Grand Central Publishing - August 3rd, 2021
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Whale Day: And Other Poems (Hardcover)

By Billy Collins
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Published: Random House - September 29th, 2020
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Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown: Verses for a Despotic Age (Hardcover)

By John Lithgow
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Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide (Hardcover)

By John Cleese
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Published: Crown - September 8th, 2020
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Veritas: A Harvard Professor, a Con Man and the Gospel of Jesus's Wife (Paperback)

By Ariel Sabar
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Published: Anchor - June 29th, 2021
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They Called Us Enemy (Paperback)

By George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, Harmony Becker (Illustrator)
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Published: Top Shelf Productions - July 16th, 2019
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By Charles Leerhsen
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Published: Simon & Schuster - July 20th, 2021
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Next to Last Stand: A Longmire Mystery (Hardcover)

By Craig Johnson
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Published: Viking - September 22nd, 2020
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God-Level Knowledge Darts: Life Lessons from the Bronx (Hardcover)

By Desus & Mero
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Published: Random House - September 22nd, 2020
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Hollywood Park: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Mikel Jollett
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Published: Celadon Books - May 26th, 2020
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Cult of Glory: The Bold and Brutal History of the Texas Rangers (Paperback)

By Doug J. Swanson
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Published: Penguin Books - June 8th, 2021
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Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy (Hardcover)

By Ben Macintyre
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Published: Crown - September 15th, 2020
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The Man in the Red Coat (Hardcover)

By Julian Barnes
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Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda (Paperback)

By Jean Guerrero
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Caste (Oprah's Book Club): The Origins of Our Discontents (Hardcover)

By Isabel Wilkerson
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Published: Random House - August 4th, 2020
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We Are All the Same in the Dark: A Novel Cover Image

We Are All the Same in the Dark: A Novel (Paperback)

By Julia Heaberlin
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Published: Ballantine Books - July 27th, 2021
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By Jeff Pearlman
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Blood and Oil: Mohammed bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power (Paperback)

By Bradley Hope, Justin Scheck
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The New Chardonnay: The Unlikely Story of How Marijuana Went Mainstream (Hardcover)

By Heather Cabot
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Eat a Peach: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By David Chang, Gabe Ulla
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Daddy: Stories (Paperback)

By Emma Cline
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - June 29th, 2021
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By John Birdsall
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By John Grisham
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Published: Dell - February 23rd, 2021
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Three Hours in Paris (Paperback)

By Cara Black
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The Wild One (A Peter Ash Novel #5) (Paperback)

By Nick Petrie
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - August 25th, 2020
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Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in World War II (Paperback)

By Adam Makos
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Metropolis (A Bernie Gunther Novel #14) (Paperback)

By Philip Kerr
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - May 5th, 2020
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By Gordon H. Chang
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By Martha Wells
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By Sara Paretsky
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Broken (Paperback)

By Don Winslow
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Valentine: A Novel (Paperback)

By Elizabeth Wetmore
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By Mark Bowden
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Published: Atlantic Monthly Press - March 17th, 2020
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By Chris Bohjalian
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My Dark Vanessa: A Novel (Paperback)

By Kate Elizabeth Russell
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - February 2nd, 2021
Tower of Skulls: A History of the Asia-Pacific War: July 1937-May 1942 Cover Image

Tower of Skulls: A History of the Asia-Pacific War: July 1937-May 1942 (Paperback)

By Richard B. Frank
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - March 9th, 2021
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By Michael Farris Smith
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Published: Back Bay Books - June 1st, 2021
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A Dangerous Man (An Elvis Cole and Joe Pike Novel #18) (Paperback)

By Robert Crais
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - February 4th, 2020
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Crusaders: The Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands (Paperback)

By Dan Jones
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Published: Penguin Books - October 6th, 2020
The Bishop's Pawn: A Novel (Cotton Malone #13) Cover Image

The Bishop's Pawn: A Novel (Cotton Malone #13) (Mass Market)

By Steve Berry
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Published: St. Martin's Paperbacks - December 31st, 2018
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Full Throttle: Stories (Paperback)

By Joe Hill
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - September 8th, 2020
Thirteen: The Serial Killer Isn't on Trial. He's on the Jury. (Eddie Flynn #3) Cover Image

Thirteen: The Serial Killer Isn't on Trial. He's on the Jury. (Eddie Flynn #3) (Mass Market)

By Steve Cavanagh
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Published: Flatiron Books - April 28th, 2020
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Being John Lennon: A Restless Life (Paperback)

By Ray Connolly
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Published: Pegasus Books - July 14th, 2020
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The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border (Paperback)

By Francisco Cantú
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Published: Riverhead Books - February 5th, 2019
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At the Wolf's Table: A Novel (Paperback)

By Rosella Postorino, Leah Janeczko (Translated by)
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Published: Flatiron Books - February 11th, 2020
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The New Iberia Blues: A Dave Robicheaux Novel (Paperback)

By James Lee Burke
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Published: Simon & Schuster - January 7th, 2020
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Greeks Bearing Gifts (A Bernie Gunther Novel #13) (Paperback)

By Philip Kerr
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - March 12th, 2019
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The Monk of Mokha (Paperback)

By Dave Eggers
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Published: Vintage - January 8th, 2019
Burning Bright (A Peter Ash Novel #2) Cover Image

Burning Bright (A Peter Ash Novel #2) (Paperback)

By Nick Petrie
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - July 25th, 2017
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Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy: Ernest Hemingway's Secret Adventures, 1935-1961 (Paperback)

By Nicholas Reynolds
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - April 17th, 2018
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The Confessions of Young Nero (Paperback)

By Margaret George
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ISBN: 9780451473394
Published: Berkley - March 20th, 2018
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Twisted: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Steve Cavanagh
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Published: Flatiron Books - October 10th, 2023