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THEO OF GOLDEN

One of our recommended book is Theo of Golden by Allen Levi

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

One spring morning, a stranger arrives in the small southern city of Golden. No one knows where he has come from…or why…

His name is Theo. And he asks a lot more questions than he answers.

Theo visits the local coffeehouse, where ninety-two pencil portraits hang on the walls, portraits of the people of Golden done by a local artist. He begins purchasing them, one at a time, and putting them back in the hands of their “rightful owners.” With each exchange, a story is told, a friendship born,

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THE SIRENS

One of our recommended books is The Sirens by Emilia Hart

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • #1 LibraryReads Pick • Indie Next Pick

A spellbinding novel about sisters separated by centuries, but bound together by the sea, from the author of the runaway New York Times bestseller Weyward

2019: Lucy awakens from a dream to find her hands around her ex-lover’s throat. Horrified, she flees to her older sister’s house on the Australian coast, hoping she can help explain the strangely vivid nightmare that preceded the attack—but Jess is nowhere to be found.

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MEET THE NEWMANS

One of our recommended books is Meet the Newmans by Jennifer Niven

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Niven, a novel about America’s favorite TV family, whose perfect façade cracks, for fans of Lessons in Chemistry and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.

“I loved Meet the Newmans!” —Judy Blume, #1 New York Times bestselling author
“Warm, witty, and wise.” —Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, New York Times bestselling author

For two decades, Del and Dinah Newman and their sons, Guy and Shep, have ruled television as America’s Favorite Family. Millions of viewers tune in every week to watch them play flawless,

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THE RESETTLEMENT OF VESTA BLONIK

One of our recommended books is The Resettlement of Vesta Blonik by Denise Smith Cline

Set during the Great Depression, The Resettlement of Vesta Blonik is the story of two strong-hearted strangers, bent but not destroyed by grief and financial destitution. Vesta Blonik, an unmarried farm woman from Minnesota and Gordon Crenshaw, confined to a North Carolina mental institution after the death of his wife and child, meet through misleading letters written by Gordon’s family members. But reality doesn’t look at all like what was promised, and when they learn the truth, the two must find a path forward, together or apart.

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MONA’S EYES

One of our recommended books is Mona's Eyes by Thomas Schlesser

BARNES & NOBLE 2025 BOOK OF THE YEAR

A TOP TEN INDIE NEXT PICK

Ten-year-old Mona and her beloved grandfather have only fifty-two Wednesdays to visit fifty-two works of art and commit to memory “all that is beautiful in the world” before Mona loses her sight forever.

While the doctors can find no explanation for Mona’s brief episode of blindness, they agree that the threat of permanent vision loss cannot be ruled out. The girl’s grandfather, Henry, may not be able to stop his granddaughter from losing her sight,

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THE LAND IN WINTER

One of our recommended books is The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 BOOKER PRIZE
A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE

WINNER
2025 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction

2025 Winston Graham Historical Prize for Fiction

“Tender, elegant, soulful and perfect…Superb.”–Samantha Harvey, Booker Prize-winning author of Orbital

December 1962: In a village deep in the English countryside, two neighboring couples begin the day. Local doctor Eric Parry commences his rounds in the village while his pregnant wife, Irene, wanders the rooms of their old house,

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