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The Last White Man – Mohsin Hamid

August 9, 2022

“Perhaps Hamid’s most remarkable work yet … an extraordinary vision of human possibility.” –Ayad Akhtar, author of Homeland Elegies. “Searing, exhilarating … reimagines Kafka’s iconic The Metamorphosis for our racially charged era.” Hamilton Cain, Oprah Daily. From the New York Times-bestselling author of Exit West, a story of love, loss, and rediscovery in a time of unsettling change. One morning, a man wakes up to find himself transformed. Overnight, Anders’s skin has turned dark, and the reflection in the mirror seems a stranger to him. At first he shares ...

The Displacements – Bruce Holsinger

“Hypnotic.” – New York Times “Cinematic.” – USA Today “I gripped the covers of this book as though it might be blown from my hands. . .powerful.” – Ron Charles, The Washington Post. “A full-throttle page turner.”– Miranda Cowley Heller, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Paper Palace. An adrenaline-fueled story of lives upended and transformed by an unprecedented catastrophe. To all appearances, the Larsen-Hall family has everything: healthy children, a stable marriage, a lucrative career for Brantley, and the means for Daphne to pursue her art full-time. Their ...

The Big Lie: Election Chaos, Political Opportunism, and the State of American Politics After 2020 – Jonathan Lemire

From the WHITE HOUSE BUREAU CHIEF OF POLITICO and the host of MSNBC’s WAY TOO EARLY comes a probing and illuminating analysis of the current state of American politics, democracy, and elections. “[Lemire] has done his homework.” –The Guardian. Jonathan Lemire uncovers that “The Big Lie,” as it’s been termed, isn’t just about the 2020 election. It’s become a political philosophy that has only further divided the two parties. Donald Trump first tried it out in 2016, at an August rally in Ohio. He said that perhaps ...

The Last to Vanish – Megan Miranda

“This eerie thriller…can stand next to Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House and Stephen King’s The Shining.” —Booklist (starred review) New York Times bestselling author Megan Miranda returns with a gripping and propulsive thriller that opens with the disappearance of a journalist who is investigating a string of vanishings in the resort town of Cutter’s Pass—will its dark secrets finally be revealed? Ten years ago, Abigail Lovett fell into a job she loves, managing The Passage Inn, a cozy, upscale resort nestled in the North Carolina mountain ...

Italian Tilt – Carlos Rubio

Italian Tilt is a novel that goes beyond exploring how Donald, the main character, finds romance and discovers a new culture while on a trip to Italy. It also deals with the nature of personal growth, the nature of friendship, as well as family conflict and reconciliation.

The Metaverse: And How it Will Revolutionize Everything – Matthew Ball

WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER. Amazon: Editors’ Choice in Nonfiction. Tim Sweeney (CEO of Fortnite-maker Epic Games): “Matthew Ball’s essays have defined, analyzed, and inspired the Metaverse for years. His book is an approachable and essential guide to the strategic, technical, and philosophical foundations of this new medium.” Derek Thompson (Atlantic staff writer and national best-selling author of Hit Makers): “This book feels like a rare achievement: a definitive statement about an emerging phenomenon that could shape the digital world, the global economy, and the very ...

Any Given Tuesday: A Political Love Story – Lis Smith

An irreverent look behind the scenes of American politics from one of the most sought-after operatives in the Democratic Party Lis Smith isn’t your average political strategist and Any Given Tuesday isn’t your typical political memoir. At once a revealing look at human nature at the highest levels of power and an intimate portrayal of a sometimes rocky personal journey, it breaks all the rules. Smith doesn’t pretend to be perfect—she owns the controversial choices that landed her in the tabloids, as well as the unorthodox ones ...

The Bloodless Assassin – Celine Jeanjean

Blackmail an assassin? Who would do such a thing? Someone pretty desperate, that’s who. Which is exactly the position Rory finds herself in. As a scrawny, dreadlocked pickpocket who grew up on the street, life hasn’t given her a ton of options. On top of which, her partner in crime has screwed her over for all her money, so she can no longer pay for the sword master who was supposed to train her—her ticket to a new life. She’s not prepared to give up ...

The Retreat – Sarah Pearse

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Sanatorium, a Reese’s Book Club pick, here, Detective Elin Warner uncovers the truth behind the suspicious deaths on a stunning island getaway They couldn’t wait to stay here. An idyllic wellness retreat has opened on an island off the English coast, promising rest and relaxation—but the island itself, known locally as Reaper’s Rock, has a dark past. Once the playground of a serial killer, it’s rumored to be cursed. But now they can’t leave. A young woman is found ...

LOOP – William Kely McClung

LOOP is part sci-fi/horror yarn, and part zombie/pandemic/survival epic, a cyberpunk, dystopian techno-thriller set in middle America that grips the reader in its monstrous bloody hands and refuses to let go! ★★★★★ “A tour de force… Violence and carnage are terrifying and starkly realistic… I wouldn’t change a f*cking syllable.” Ben Clement — “Giants On My Shoulders” ★★★★★ “…a relentless, terrifying sci-fi thriller with visceral intensity that invades the psyche and never lets go.” Debbie Lynn Elias — “Behind The Lens” When a new social ...

The Bodyguard – Katherine Center

Katherine Center’s The Bodyguard is “My perfect 10 of a book. As funny and sweet as all the very best nineties rom-coms, but with Center’s signature heart-tugging depth. I wish I could erase it from my mind just to read it again for the first time. A shot of pure joy.”—Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Book Lovers. She’s got his back. Hannah Brooks looks more like a kindergarten teacher than somebody who could kill you with a wine bottle opener. Or a ballpoint pen. Or a ...

Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional – Isaac Fitzgerald

“The best of what memoir can accomplish… pulling no punches on the path to truth, but it always finds the capacity for grace and joy.” –Esquire, “Best Memoirs of the Year” A TIME Best Book of the Summer * A Rolling Stone Top Culture Pick * A Publishers Weekly Best Memoir of the Season * A Buzzfeed Book Pick * A Goodreads Readers’ Most Anticipated Book * A Chicago Tribune Book Pick * A Boston.com Book You Should Read * A Los Angeles Times Book to Add to Your Reading List * An Entertainment Weekly Best Book of the ...

Thank You for Your Servitude: Donald Trump’s Washington and the Price of Submission – Mark Leibovich

“He’s one of the best chroniclers of politics today.” –Jake Tapper. “This is a really funny book.” –Kara Swisher. “His writing is so damn good.” –John Berman. “Really fascinating…There are so many revelations.” –Anderson Cooper. “The new must read summer book.” –Stephanie Ruhle. From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller This Town, the eyewitness account of how the GOP collaborated with Donald Trump to transform Washington’s “swamp” into a gold-plated hot tub—and a onetime party of rugged individualists into a sycophantic personality cult. In the ...

Portrait of an Unknown Woman – Daniel Silva

In a spellbinding new masterpiece by #1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva, Gabriel Allon undertakes a high-stakes search for the greatest art forger who ever lived Legendary spy and art restorer Gabriel Allon has at long last severed ties with Israeli intelligence and settled quietly in Venice, the only place where he has ever truly known peace. His beautiful wife, Chiara, has taken over the day-to-day management of the Tiepolo Restoration Company, and their two young children are discreetly enrolled in a neighborhood scuola elementare. ...

Melchizedek, Book One: Kings and Priests – Michael S. Cordima

“Amazingly prophetic.” ★★★★★ In the near future, an electoral crisis leads to chaos across the United States. Jerry Farron, a freelance journalist, is given the assignment of infiltrating territory that has been taken by a group of prosperity churches outside of Spokane. After an arduous journey, he meets the unexpected in the form of Mark Tunbridge, a true believer on a spiritual mission to do the same, though for a completely different purpose. Meanwhile, in Seattle, Simon Raimes, a stoic atheist with grand ambitions of ...

Hell Followed with Us – Andrew Joseph White

A furious, queer debut novel about embracing the monster within and unleashing its power against your oppressors. Perfect for fans of Gideon the Ninth and Annihilation. INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER INSTANT INDIE BESTSELLER Sixteen-year-old trans boy Benji is on the run from the cult that raised him—the fundamentalist sect that unleashed Armageddon and decimated the world’s population. Desperately, he searches for a place where the cult can’t get their hands on him, or more importantly, on the bioweapon they infected him with. But when cornered by monsters ...

Floating Hair – Ethan Koil

It was a pleasure to burn… Lucy was dead: to begin with. Burned as a witch to conceal his crime. Ashes dumped into the river. Gone forever. No-one cared. Resurrected as a relentless, dragonish vampire. Hungry for revenge. So very hungry…

Tanqueray – Brandon Stanton

The storytelling phenomenon Humans of New York and its #1 bestselling books have captivated a global audience of millions with personal narratives that illuminate the human condition. But one story stands apart from the rest… She is a woman as fabulous, unbowed, and irresistible as the city she lives in. Meet TANQUERAY. In 2019, Humans of New York featured a photo of a woman in an outrageous fur coat and hat she made herself. She instantly captured the attention of millions. Her name is Stephanie Johnson, but she’s better ...

Finding Home: Hidden Treasures – Susan Warner

Everett Stansi had gotten all of his dreams except one. Now that Ava Pearson was divorced maybe he’d have a chance at that dream too. A treasure worth having is a treasure worth fighting for. Nothing moves gossip quicker than a good-looking man taking up with a discarded gem. That’s what Ava’s friends call her, a true gem. But Ava can’t see how that’s true when her marriage of twenty years ends. She’s not finding much to shine about these days. Until she finds friendship ...

They Want to Kill Americans: The Militias, Terrorists, and Deranged Ideology of the Trump Insurgency – Malcolm Nance

New York Times bestselling author, Malcolm Nance, offers a chilling warning on a clear, present and existential threat to our democracy… our fellow Americans “Malcolm Nance is one of the great unsung national security geniuses of the modern era.” —Rachel Maddow To varying degrees, as many as 74 million Americans have expressed hostility towards American democracy. Their radicalization is increasingly visible in our day to day life: in neighbor’s or family member’s open discussion of bizarre conspiracy theories, reveling in the fantasy of mass murdering the ...

The Mysterious Language of Numerology & Angel Numbers – Charlie Emerson

There are messages and signs around you all the time… Do you know how to interpret them and use them to light your path? Did your grandmother ever tell you to make a wish when the clock struck 11:11? Many people grow up knowing that some numbers are considered lucky… But not many people stop to wonder why. But there’s a good reason, and the answer lies in numbers. So much of life seems impossible to control. How can you plan for the future when ...

The It Girl – Ruth Ware

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the “claustrophobic spine-tingler” (People) One by One returns with an unputdownable mystery following a woman on the search for answers a decade after her friend’s murder. April Clarke-Cliveden was the first person Hannah Jones met at Oxford. Vivacious, bright, occasionally vicious, and the ultimate It girl, she quickly pulled Hannah into her dazzling orbit. Together, they developed a group of devoted and inseparable friends—Will, Hugh, Ryan, and Emily—during their first term. By the end of the year, April was dead. Now, ...

Your Writing Matters: 34 Quick Essays to Get Unstuck and Stay Inspired – Keiko O’Leary

WHAT YOU WRITE CAN CHANGE SOMEONE’S LIFE. In this engaging collection of short essays for writers, Keiko O’Leary explores what it means to live life as a writer, offers encouragement and inspiration, and suggests practical techniques to cultivate your writing life. Drawing on her experience as a writer, writing group leader, and workshop instructor, Keiko writes about topics such as: MOTIVATION: “You deserve to create what’s in you to create.” CREATIVITY: “Your personal geography is a wellspring of memoir and poetry, and a source of ...

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