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Kim is a book, food, and cat lover whose favorite genres are mystery/thrillers, literary fiction, cookbooks, food writing, and memoirs.

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Leave the World Behind: A Novel Cover Image

Leave the World Behind: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Rumaan Alam
$27.99
ISBN: 9780062667632
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Published: Ecco - October 6th, 2020
The Pull of the Stars: A Novel Cover Image

The Pull of the Stars: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Emma Donoghue
$28.00
ISBN: 9780316499019
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Published: Little, Brown and Company - July 21st, 2020
Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl Cover Image

Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl (Hardcover)

By Jonathan C. Slaght
$28.00
ISBN: 9780374228484
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - August 4th, 2020
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Vesper Flights (Hardcover)

By Helen MacDonald
$27.00
ISBN: 9780802128812
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Published: Grove Press - August 25th, 2020
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Hamnet (Hardcover)

By Maggie O'Farrell
$26.95
ISBN: 9780525657606
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Published: Knopf - July 21st, 2020
The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win Cover Image

The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win (Hardcover)

By Maria Konnikova
$28.00
ISBN: 9780525522621
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Published: Penguin Press - June 23rd, 2020
Eat a Peach: A Memoir Cover Image

Eat a Peach: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By David Chang, Gabe Ulla
$28.00
ISBN: 9781524759216
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Published: Clarkson Potter - September 8th, 2020
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Becoming Duchess Goldblatt (Hardcover)

By Anonymous
$24.00
ISBN: 9780358216773
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Published: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - July 7th, 2020
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Blacktop Wasteland: A Novel Cover Image

Blacktop Wasteland: A Novel (Hardcover)

By S. A. Cosby
$26.99
ISBN: 9781250252685
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Published: Flatiron Books - July 14th, 2020
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The Last Flight (Hardcover)

By Julie Clark
$26.99
ISBN: 9781728215723
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Published: Sourcebooks Landmark - June 23rd, 2020
Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown Cover Image

Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown (Hardcover)

By Anne Glenconner
$28.00
ISBN: 9780306846366
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Published: Hachette Books - March 24th, 2020
Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French Cooking Cover Image

Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French Cooking (Hardcover)

By Bill Buford
$28.95
ISBN: 9780307271013
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Published: Knopf - May 5th, 2020
Into the Fire: An Orphan X Novel Cover Image

Into the Fire: An Orphan X Novel (Hardcover)

By Gregg Hurwitz
$27.99
ISBN: 9781250120458
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Published: Minotaur Books - January 28th, 2020
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek Cover Image

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (Paperback)

By Kim Michele Richardson
$15.99
ISBN: 9781492671527
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Published: Sourcebooks Landmark - May 7th, 2019
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Migrations: A Novel Cover Image

Migrations: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Charlotte McConaghy
$26.99
ISBN: 9781250204028
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Published: Flatiron Books - August 4th, 2020
A Burning: A novel Cover Image

A Burning: A novel (Hardcover)

By Megha Majumdar
$25.95
ISBN: 9780525658696
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Published: Knopf - June 2nd, 2020
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz Cover Image

The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz (Hardcover)

By Erik Larson
$32.00
ISBN: 9780385348713
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Published: Crown - February 25th, 2020
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Writers & Lovers (Hardcover)

By Lily King
$27.00
ISBN: 9780802148537
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Published: Grove Press - March 3rd, 2020
Apeirogon: A Novel Cover Image

Apeirogon: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Colum McCann
$28.00
ISBN: 9781400069606
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Published: Random House - February 25th, 2020
The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird Cover Image

The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird (Hardcover)

By Joshua Hammer
$26.00
ISBN: 9781501191886
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Published: Simon & Schuster - February 11th, 2020
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Weather: A novel Cover Image

Weather: A novel (Hardcover)

By Jenny Offill
$23.95
ISBN: 9780385351102
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Published: Knopf - February 11th, 2020
We Begin at the End Cover Image

We Begin at the End (Hardcover)

By Chris Whitaker
$27.99
ISBN: 9781250759665
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Published: Henry Holt and Co. - March 9th, 2021
The Night Tiger: A Novel Cover Image

The Night Tiger: A Novel (Paperback)

By Yangsze Choo
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250175465
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Published: Flatiron Books - January 7th, 2020
Pretty as a Picture: A Novel Cover Image

Pretty as a Picture: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Elizabeth Little
$27.00
ISBN: 9780670016396
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Published: Viking - February 25th, 2020
Firewatching (A Detective Sergeant Adam Tyler Novel #1) Cover Image

Firewatching (A Detective Sergeant Adam Tyler Novel #1) (Hardcover)

By Russ Thomas
$26.00
ISBN: 9780525542025
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - February 25th, 2020
Your House Will Pay: A Novel Cover Image

Your House Will Pay: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Steph Cha
$26.99
ISBN: 9780062868855
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Published: Ecco - October 15th, 2019
A Dangerous Man (An Elvis Cole and Joe Pike Novel #18) Cover Image

A Dangerous Man (An Elvis Cole and Joe Pike Novel #18) (Paperback)

By Robert Crais
$17.00
ISBN: 9780525535690
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - February 4th, 2020
Underland: A Deep Time Journey Cover Image

Underland: A Deep Time Journey (Paperback)

By Robert Macfarlane
$17.95
ISBN: 9780393358094
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - August 18th, 2020
The World That We Knew: A Novel Cover Image

The World That We Knew: A Novel (Paperback)

By Alice Hoffman
$17.00
ISBN: 9781501137587
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Published: Simon & Schuster - September 1st, 2020
The Lager Queen of Minnesota: A Novel Cover Image

The Lager Queen of Minnesota: A Novel (Paperback)

By J. Ryan Stradal
$17.00
ISBN: 9780399563065
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Published: Penguin Books - June 23rd, 2020
Conviction Cover Image

Conviction (Paperback)

By Denise Mina
$16.99
ISBN: 9780316528498
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Published: Mulholland Books - April 14th, 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
$9.99
ISBN: 9781250297624
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Published: Flatiron Books - April 28th, 2020
The Nickel Boys: A Novel Cover Image

The Nickel Boys: A Novel (Paperback)

By Colson Whitehead
$15.95
ISBN: 9780345804341
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Published: Anchor - June 30th, 2020
The Swallows: A Novel Cover Image

The Swallows: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Lisa Lutz
$27.00
ISBN: 9781984818232
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Published: Ballantine Books - August 13th, 2019
Joe Country (Slough House #6) Cover Image

Joe Country (Slough House #6) (Paperback)

By Mick Herron
$16.95
ISBN: 9781641291330
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Published: Soho Crime - March 17th, 2020
City of Girls: A Novel Cover Image

City of Girls: A Novel (Paperback)

By Elizabeth Gilbert
$17.00
ISBN: 9781594634741
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Published: Riverhead Books - April 7th, 2020
If She Wakes Cover Image

If She Wakes (Paperback)

By Michael Koryta
$16.99
ISBN: 9780316293976
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Published: Back Bay Books - March 24th, 2020
Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir Cover Image

Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir (Paperback)

By Ruth Reichl
$18.00
ISBN: 9780812982381
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - May 5th, 2020
The Other Americans: A Novel Cover Image

The Other Americans: A Novel (Paperback)

By Laila Lalami
$16.00
ISBN: 9780525436034
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Published: Vintage - March 17th, 2020
Gingerbread: A Novel Cover Image

Gingerbread: A Novel (Paperback)

By Helen Oyeyemi
$17.00
ISBN: 9781594634666
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Published: Riverhead Books - March 3rd, 2020
When Death Becomes Life: Notes from a Transplant Surgeon Cover Image

When Death Becomes Life: Notes from a Transplant Surgeon (Paperback)

By Joshua D. Mezrich
$17.99
ISBN: 9780062656216
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Published: Harper Perennial - January 7th, 2020
The Far Field Cover Image

The Far Field (Paperback)

By Madhuri Vijay
$17.00
ISBN: 9780802147967
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Published: Grove Press - October 15th, 2019
The Sandman: A novel (Joona Linna #4) Cover Image

The Sandman: A novel (Joona Linna #4) (Paperback)

By Lars Kepler
$16.95
ISBN: 9780525433057
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Published: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard - January 8th, 2019
Once Upon a River: A Novel Cover Image

Once Upon a River: A Novel (Paperback)

By Diane Setterfield
$17.00
ISBN: 9780743298087
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Published: Atria/Emily Bestler Books - July 2nd, 2019
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The Travelling Cat Chronicles (Hardcover)

By Hiro Arikawa, Philip Gabriel (Translated by)
$20.00
ISBN: 9780451491336
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Published: Berkley - October 23rd, 2018
Days Without End: A Novel Cover Image

Days Without End: A Novel (Paperback)

By Sebastian Barry
$17.00
ISBN: 9780143111405
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Published: Penguin Books - September 12th, 2017
H Is for Hawk Cover Image

H Is for Hawk (Paperback)

By Helen MacDonald
$16.00
ISBN: 9780802124739
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Published: Grove Press - March 8th, 2016