Amy's Staff Picks

 

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1. The testaments

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Author:
Atwood, Margaret, 1939-
Series:
Handmaid's tale volume 2.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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Description:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE • A modern masterpiece that "reminds us of the power of truth in the face of evil” (People)—and can be read on its own or as a sequel to Margaret Atwood’s classic, The Handmaid’s Tale.  

“Atwood’s powers are on full display” (Los Angeles Times) in this deeply compelling...

2. The wedding people: a novel

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Author:
Espach, Alison, 1984-
Average Rating:
3.8 stars
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"A propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people who help us start anew. It's a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island, when Phoebe Stone arrives at the grand Cornwall Inn wearing a green dress and gold heels, not a bag in sight, alone. She's immediately mistaken by everyone in the lobby for one of the wedding people, but she's actually the only guest at the Cornwall who isn't here for the big event....

3. Less: a novel

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Author:
Greer, Andrew Sean
Series:
Arthur Less novels volume 1.
Average Rating:
3.6 stars
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Description:
A failed novelist about to turn fifty travels internationally with humorous results.

4. The house in the cerulean sea

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Author:
Klune, TJ
Series:
Cerulean chronicles volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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"A magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret. Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives in a tiny house with a devious cat and his old records. As a Case Worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth, he spends his days overseeing the well-being of children in government-sanctioned orphanages. When Linus is unexpectedly summoned by Extremely Upper Management he's given a curious and highly classified assignment: travel...

5. The invisible life of Addie LaRue

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Author:
Schwab, Victoria, 1987-
Average Rating:
4.1 stars
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Making a Faustian bargain to live forever but never be remembered, a woman from early eighteenth-century France endures unacknowledged centuries before meeting a man who remembers her name.

6. Remarkably bright creatures: a novel

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Author:
Van Pelt, Shelby
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
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"For fans of A Man Called Ove, a ... debut novel about a widow's unlikely friendship with a giant Pacific octopus reluctantly residing at the local aquarium--and the truths she finally uncovers about her son's disappearance 30 years ago"--

7. The nickel boys: a novel

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Author:
Whitehead, Colson, 1969-
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
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Description:
Follows the experiences of two African-American teenagers at an abusive reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida.