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Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma By Claire Dederer Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780525655114
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Published: Knopf - April 25th, 2023

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6 Times We Almost Kissed (And One Time We Did) By Tess Sharpe Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780316302791
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - January 24th, 2023

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Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World By Henry Grabar Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9781984881137
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Published: Penguin Press - May 9th, 2023

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Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror By Jordan Peele (Editor), John Joseph Adams (Editor), Jordan Peele (Introduction by), N. K. Jemisin (Contributions by), Rebecca Roanhorse (Contributions by), Tananarive Due (Contributions by), Nnedi Okorafor (Contributions by) Cover Image
By Jordan Peele (Editor), John Joseph Adams (Editor), Jordan Peele (Introduction by), N. K. Jemisin (Contributions by), Rebecca Roanhorse (Contributions by), Tananarive Due (Contributions by), Nnedi Okorafor (Contributions by)
$30.00
ISBN: 9780593243794
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Published: Random House - October 3rd, 2023

Brooms By Jasmine Walls, Teo (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Jasmine Walls, Teo (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9781646142682
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Published: Levine Querido - October 10th, 2023

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Maddalena and the Dark: A Novel By Julia Fine Cover Image
$28.99
ISBN: 9781250867872
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Published: Flatiron Books - June 13th, 2023

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Good Night, Irene: A Novel By Luis Alberto Urrea Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9780316265850
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Published: Little, Brown and Company - May 30th, 2023

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Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American By Laura Gao, Laura Gao (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Laura Gao, Laura Gao (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780063067769
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Published: Balzer + Bray - March 8th, 2022

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A Lady for a Duke By Alexis Hall Cover Image
$15.99
ISBN: 9781538753750
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Published: Forever - May 24th, 2022

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Olga Dies Dreaming: A Novel By Xochitl Gonzalez Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781250786180
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Published: Flatiron Books - February 7th, 2023

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Open Throat: A Novel By Henry Hoke Cover Image
$25.00
ISBN: 9780374609870
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Published: MCD - June 6th, 2023

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Drink Beer, Think Beer: Getting to the Bottom of Every Pint By John Holl Cover Image
$41.85
ISBN: 9780465095513
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Published: Basic Books - September 4th, 2018

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More Is More: Get Loose in the Kitchen: A Cookbook By Molly Baz Cover Image
$35.00
ISBN: 9780593578841
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Published: Clarkson Potter - October 10th, 2023

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Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail By Ashley Herring Blake Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780593336427
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Published: Berkley - November 22nd, 2022

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Islands of Abandonment: Nature Rebounding in the Post-Human Landscape By Cal Flyn Cover Image
$19.00
ISBN: 9781984878212
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Published: Penguin Books - June 14th, 2022

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At Night All Blood Is Black: A Novel By David Diop, Anna Moschovakis (Translated by) Cover Image
By David Diop, Anna Moschovakis (Translated by)
$16.00
ISBN: 9781250800206
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Published: Picador - August 17th, 2021

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Fieldwork: A Forager's Memoir By Iliana Regan Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9781572843189
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Published: Agate Midway - January 24th, 2023

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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead: A Novel By Olga Tokarczuk, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translated by) Cover Image
By Olga Tokarczuk, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translated by)
$18.00
ISBN: 9780525541349
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Published: Riverhead Books - August 11th, 2020

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Fingersmith By Sarah Waters Cover Image
$19.00
ISBN: 9781573229722
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Published: Riverhead Books - October 1st, 2002

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Annihilation: A Novel (The Southern Reach Series #1) By Jeff VanderMeer Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780374104092
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Published: FSG Originals - February 4th, 2014

Migrations: A Novel By Charlotte McConaghy Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250204035
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Published: Flatiron Books - July 6th, 2021

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Parallel By Matthias Lehmann, Ivanka Hahnenberger (Translated by) Cover Image
$29.99
ISBN: 9781637151006
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Published: Oni Press - June 13th, 2023

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Once There Were Wolves: A Novel By Charlotte McConaghy Cover Image
$14.39
ISBN: 9781250244154
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Published: Flatiron Books - May 3rd, 2022

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The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Essays on Desire and Consumption By Katy Kelleher Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9781982179359
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Published: Simon & Schuster - April 25th, 2023

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Starling House: A Reese's Book Club Pick By Alix E. Harrow Cover Image
$28.99
ISBN: 9781250799050
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Published: Tor Books - October 3rd, 2023

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Black River Orchard By Chuck Wendig Cover Image
$29.99
ISBN: 9780593158746
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Published: Del Rey - September 26th, 2023

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North Woods: A Novel By Daniel Mason Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593597033
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Published: Random House - September 19th, 2023

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The Art of Libromancy: On Selling Books and Reading Books in the Twenty-First Century By Josh Cook Cover Image
$18.95
ISBN: 9781771965415
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Published: Biblioasis - August 22nd, 2023

The Guncle By Steven Rowley Cover Image
$27.00
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ISBN: 9780525542285
Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - May 25th, 2021

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Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York By Elon Green Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9781250224354
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Published: Celadon Books - March 9th, 2021

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A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot #1) By Becky Chambers Cover Image
$20.99
ISBN: 9781250236210
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Published: Tordotcom - July 13th, 2021

Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement By Tarana Burke Cover Image
$28.99
ISBN: 9781250621733
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Published: Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book - September 14th, 2021

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Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian By Tim Probert, Tim Probert (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Tim Probert, Tim Probert (Illustrator)
$15.99
ISBN: 9780062990464
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Published: HarperAlley - September 1st, 2020

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Garlic and the Vampire By Bree Paulsen, Bree Paulsen (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Bree Paulsen, Bree Paulsen (Illustrator)
$15.99
ISBN: 9780062995087
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Published: Quill Tree Books - September 28th, 2021

Katie the Catsitter: (A Graphic Novel) By Colleen AF Venable, Stephanie Yue (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Colleen AF Venable, Stephanie Yue (Illustrator)
$13.99
ISBN: 9781984895639
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Published: Random House Graphic - January 5th, 2021

The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog By Adam Gidwitz, Hatem Aly (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Adam Gidwitz, Hatem Aly (Illustrator)
$9.99
ISBN: 9780142427378
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Published: Dutton Books for Young Readers - March 20th, 2018

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Plain Bad Heroines: A Novel By Emily M. Danforth, Sara Lautman (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Emily M. Danforth, Sara Lautman (Illustrator)
$20.00
ISBN: 9780062942869
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - October 5th, 2021

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Monkey Boy By Francisco Goldman Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9780802157676
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Published: Grove Press - May 3rd, 2021

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Bitter Orange By Claire Fuller Cover Image
$17.95
ISBN: 9781947793606
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Published: Tin House Books - October 22nd, 2019

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Sankofa: A Novel By Chibundu Onuzo Cover Image
$26.00
ISBN: 9781646220830
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Published: Catapult - October 5th, 2021

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Swimming Lessons By Claire Fuller Cover Image
$15.95
ISBN: 9781941040935
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Published: Tin House Books - January 9th, 2018

Intimacies: A Novel By Katie Kitamura Cover Image
$26.00
ISBN: 9780399576164
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Published: Riverhead Books - July 20th, 2021

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Anonymous Sex By Hillary Jordan, Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781982177515
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Published: Scribner - February 1st, 2022

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Red, White & Royal Blue: A Novel By Casey McQuiston Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9781250316776
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Published: St. Martin's Griffin - May 14th, 2019

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Red Panda & Moon Bear By Jarod Roselló Cover Image
$14.99
ISBN: 9781603094443
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Published: Top Shelf Productions - July 23rd, 2019

How to Save a Superhero By Ruth Freeman Cover Image
$17.99
Currently Unavailable.
ISBN: 9780823447626
Published: Holiday House - October 19th, 2021

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A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding #1) By Freya Marske Cover Image
$28.99
Currently Unavailable.
ISBN: 9781250788870
Published: Tordotcom - November 2nd, 2021

All the Birds, Singing: A Novel By Evie Wyld Cover Image
$13.56
ISBN: 9780345802507
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Published: Vintage - January 6th, 2015

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Sure, I'll Be Your Black Friend: Notes from the Other Side of the Fist Bump By Ben Philippe Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9780063026445
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Published: Harper Perennial - April 27th, 2021

Queer as All Get Out: 10 People Who've Inspired Me By Shelby Criswell Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781951491079
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Published: Street Noise Books - November 23rd, 2021

Ghosts: A novel By Dolly Alderton Cover Image
$27.00
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ISBN: 9780593319857
Published: Knopf - August 3rd, 2021

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The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles #1) By TJ Klune Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781250217318
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Published: Tor Books - December 29th, 2020