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1. The age of innocence

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Author:
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937
Average Rating:
3.7 stars
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The Age of Innocence is an intimate portrayal of East Coast American society in the 19th century—and the human lives that came into conflict with it. Newland Archer is heir to one of New York City's first families, and his bride-to-be is everything he ever hoped. Then his fiancee's older cousin leaves her European husband and appears in New York, where she refuses to conform to society and her family's wishes. Archer is at first angered

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2. Big little lies

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Author:
Moriarty, Liane
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4.5 stars
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East Regional - Adult Fiction
MORIARTY
Leesville Community - Adult Fiction
MORIARTY
Southeast Regional - Adult Fiction
MORIARTY
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Follows three mothers, each at a crossroads, and their potential involvement in a riot at a school trivia night that leaves one parent dead in what appears to be a tragic accident, but which evidence shows might have been premeditated.

3. The Dark is rising

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Author:
Cooper, Susan, 1935-
Series:
Dark is rising sequence volume 2.
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4.5 stars
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An eleven-year-old boy searches for six magical signs in order to save the world from the threatening evil of the Dark.

4. The grapes of wrath

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Author:
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968
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4.5 stars
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LP STEINBEC
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Depicts the hardships and suffering endured by the Joads as they journey from Oklahoma to California during the Depression.

5. The last thing he wanted

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Author:
Didion, Joan
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3 stars
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DIDION
Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Fiction
DIDION
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DIDION

6. One day in December: a novel

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Author:
Silver, Josie
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3.9 stars
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LP SILVER
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LP SILVER
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Get ready to be swept up in a whirlwind romance. It absolutely charmed me.”—Reese Witherspoon (A Reese’s Book Club Pick)
“The perfect book to get lost in . . . Josie Silver’s characters sneak their way into your heart and stay.”—Jill Santopolo, author of The Light We Lost
Two people. Ten chances. One unforgettable love...

7. The real Lolita: the kidnapping of Sally Horner and the novel that scandalized the world

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Author:
Weinman, Sarah
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3.5 stars
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"The Real Lolita is a tour de force of literary detective work. Not only does it shed new light on the terrifying true saga that influenced Nabokov's masterpiece, it restores the forgotten victim to our consciousness." —David Grann, author of Killers of the Flower Moon

Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita is one of the most beloved and notorious novels of all time. And yet, very few of its readers know that the subject of the

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8. War at the Snow White Motel and other stories

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Author:
Wynne-Jones, Tim
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J WYNNEJONES
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J WYNNEJONES
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J WYNNEJONES
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In "War at the Snow White Motel",Rex and his family are vacationing in Vermont. A thoughtless act launches him into war with an older teenager at their motel, but a much bigger conflict -- the Vietnam War -- looms large on the horizon. Ant wants to join the #FridaysForFuture movement -- and impressing the new girl at school is only one good reason why. Joseph and Danny are determined to right an old wrong, no matter the consequences. Michel takes...

9. Wild: from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail

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Author:
Strayed, Cheryl, 1968-
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4.1 stars
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813 STRAY
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813 STRAY
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The story of a 1,100 mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe-- and built her back up again. A powerful, blazingly honest, inspiring memoir: the story of a 1,100 mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe--and built her back up again.

10. The woman in the window

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Author:
Finn, A. J.
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3.7 stars
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FINN
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FINN
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LP FINN
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LP FINN
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"It isn't paranoia if it's really happening ... Anna Fox lives alone -- a recluse in her New York City home, drinking too much wine, watching old movies ... and spying on her neighbors. Then the Russells move next door: a father, a mother, their teenaged son. The perfect family. But when Anna sees something she shouldn't, her world begins to crumble -- and its shocking secrets are laid bare. What is real? What is imagined? Who is in danger? Who is...