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Fiction
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The Once and Future Witches by Alix E Harrow
Three sisters reluctantly come together in New Salem to fight for the rights of women and discover how to return real magic to the world.
Nov 17


The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang
In 1906, a terrible earthquake hits San Francisco. Both the earthquake and the following aftershocks caused immense damage, destroyed water lines, and fires swept through the city. At that moment, four women find themselves thrown together in a situation that could easily end in tragedy. A down on her luck soprano, a skilled embroideress desperate to escape an unwanted arranged marriage, a free-spirited author who has been missing for months, and a headstrong botanist must ba
Oct 9


Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V E Schwab
All Maria wanted was freedom. Freedom from her family and their expectations, freedom from her husband, freedom to do what she wanted. When she meets a widowed woman who promises her just that, Maria is quick to take the opportunity. But while Maria is given freedom in this exchange, the widow and so many others are brought death.
Sep 25


The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
A small, upstate New York community is shaken when a Bear Van Laar goes missing from his family's home and he is never found. Years later, the community comes back together again, this time to find Bear's sister Barbara, who has gone missing from the sleepaway camp on the family's property. Are the two disappearances related? Can they find Barbara before it's too late?
Sep 18


The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope
Clara Johnson has a special skill and is unable to refuse someone who asks her for help, no matter the person or the request. Then someone comes to her, asking for help with their son who no longer speaks or reacts but desperately tries to leave the house. Clara notices that this young man is not the only person acting strangely right now and decides to investigate.
Sep 11


Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
In 1978, NASA announced that it was looking for astronaut candidates and they were opening their doors to women and people of color for the first time. Joan Goodwin applies and although she is not accepted at first, she does eventually get invited to the program. The training that she goes through teaches her more than she ever expected, including where it is that she truly belongs.
Jul 18


Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
When Beth's brother-in-law shoots the animal that is killing their sheep, she has no idea that it will usher in the reintroduction of her first love and foreshadow the catastrophe that awaits them all.
Jul 11


The Women by Kristin Hannah
In a moment, Frankie McGrath decides to join the Army and heads to Vietnam as an Army nurse. While there, she develops relationships that will last a lifetime and has great days, and terrifying days. Yet some of her hardest days hit once she comes home.
May 30


The Cliffs by J Courtney Sullivan
Jane moves back home and is given the chance to research the house she spent time in as a kid. Is there a chance that it's really haunted like the new owner says?
Apr 25


Goddess of the River by Vaishnavi Patel
A retelling of the Mahābhārata, focusing on the roles of the river Ganga and her son, Devavrata.
Apr 7


Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Lara tells her daughters the story of her past, of the time she spent as an actress, and her brief relationship with Peter Duke.
Apr 4


The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
Alice signs up as a librarian for the new traveling library in her town and finds true friends for the first time in her life.
Feb 10


Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez
What really happened to Anita de Monte when she fell out of a 33rd floor window, and why haven't we heard about her?
Jan 24


Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler
Based on the lives of Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald, as told by Zelda herself.
Jan 10


The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Chona and Nate do what they can to keep a little boy safe from the government.
Jan 3


The Light in Hidden Places by Sharon Cameron
The true story of Stefania Podgorska, a Polish teenager who managed to hide 13 people during World War II.
Dec 2, 2024


Weyward by Emilia Hart
The story of three women: all Weyward...all wild inside.
Oct 14, 2024


Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
Did the loss of his son inspire William Shakespeare to break out of his comfort zone and write what could be the best play of all time.
Sep 20, 2024


The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
A take on the real-life story of Lucrezia de Medici, who died under mysterious circumstances less than a year after living with her husband.
Sep 9, 2024


Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Civil has a crisis on conscience when she starts working in a Montgomery health clinic and is assigned as nurse to two young black girls.
Sep 6, 2024
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