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• The Travelling Cat Chronicles

  Arikawa, Hiro, 1972-

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  A wise and witty cat and his gentle master share an indomitable spirit that helps them survive and thrive in any situation in this Japanese bestseller.

• A Princess in Theory

  Cole, Alyssa

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  Cole makes her Avon debut with a romance that draws on familiar genre tropes only to upend them.

• Space Opera

  Valente, Catherynne M., 1979-

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  This nearly literal title about an intergalactic battle of the bands is perhaps operatic in scope (in a comic vein, at least) but is more rock than opera.

• Year of Yes

  How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun and Be Your Own Person

  Rhimes, Shonda

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  The queen of Thursday night TV delivers a sincere and inspiring account of saying yes to life.

• Seattle Walk Report

  An Illustrated Walking Tour Through 23 Seattle Neighborhoods

  Seattle Walk Report (Cartoonist)

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  Instagram sensation Seattle Walk Report uses her distinctive comic style and eagle eye to illustrate the charming and quirky people, places, and things that define Seattle's neighborhoods. (Sasquatch Books)

• Well-read Black Girl

  Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves : An Anthology

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  A book club founder and creative strategist gathers pieces from distinguished black females to celebrate “the legacy of Black women in literature,” which is “extensive, diverse, and beautifully complicated.”

• The Soldier's Scoundrel

  Sebastian, Cat

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  A familiar Regency opposites-attract romance becomes something freshly seductive in the hands of a skilled newcomer.

• Books for Living

  Schwalbe, Will

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  A self-help book about books.

• Rookie on Love

  45 Voices on Romance, Friendship, and Self-care

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  Curated from Rookie, an online magazine dedicated to teens and founded in 2011 by a then-15-year-old Gevinson, this anthology offers tales of love from 45 different, diverse voices.

• The Lido

  a Novel

  Page, Libby

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  An octogenarian and a young journalist unite to save a neighborhood pool in London in this debut novel.

• American Housewife

  Stories

  Ellis, Helen

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  The wives in these guffaw-out-loud short stories by novelist Ellis (The Turning Book: What Curiosity Kills, 2010, etc.) are a wonderfully wacky crew.

• Happier at Home

  Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon a Project, Read Samuel Johnson, and My Other Experiments in the Practice of Everyday Life

  Rubin, Gretchen

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  Recounts the author's efforts to render her home a place of greater simplicity, comfort, and love, discussing how she experimented with a range of concrete resolutions and came to redefine her views about family, time, and material comforts.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Miss Buncle's Book

  Stevenson, D. E. (Dorothy Emily), 1892-1973

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  Struggling to make ends meet, Barbara Buncle writes a novel inspired by the residents of her village, and not only does it leave the town in an uproar, but the events that happen in the book begin to happen to their real-life counterparts. (NoveList)

• How to Find Love in a Bookshop

  Henry, Veronica

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  A young woman takes over her father's bookshop and discovers its importance to its small-town clientele.

• Bossypants

  Fey, Tina, 1970-

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  One of the world’s cleverest comedy writers debuts with a frequently hilarious memoir.

• Love in Lowercase

  A Novel

  Miralles, Francesc, 1968-

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  A series of surprising events lends a solitary bachelor a second chance at love.

• One More Thing

  Stories and Other Stories

  Novak, B. J., 1979-

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  A debut collection of stories, ranging from two or three sentences to 18 or so pages, from Novak, best known for his work on The Office.

• Joy for Beginners

  Bauermeister, Erica

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  A soft-centered celebration of female friendship and endurance follows a group of women facing challenges set by a cancer-survivor.

• Holy Cow

  Duchovny, David

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  A conflicted cow, a Jewish pig and a debonair turkey seek acceptance and enlightenment during a journey across the Middle East. Stop us if you’ve heard this one before….

• Summer Hours at Robbers' Library

  a Novel

  Halpern, Sue

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  In the faded industrial town of Riverton, New Hampshire, the local library becomes a beacon for lost souls.