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Contemporary

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The Dearly Beloved

August 21, 2019

This is a devastatingly quiet meditation on faith and what happens to that faith when it is battered and bloodied.

Knox

City of Girls

July 3, 2019

A sensational coming of age story that turns the corner in the back half to make you wonder where did all the feels come from.

Jamie

Two Like Me and You

June 19, 2019

Chad Alan Gibbs writes like John Green but without the unnecessarily messy emotions. Two Like Me and You is a lowkey hilarious coming of age…

Knox

I Miss You When I Blink

May 15, 2019

I have never read an essay by Mary Laura that I did not love. She will make you laugh and tear up in the same…

Jamie

One Day in December

May 15, 2019

Best read at the holidays so you can sip hot choclate and indugle in this addictive cliche of a novel. Cliche in the best way.

Jamie

Small Fry

May 15, 2019

The memoir of Steve Jobs daughter and the difficulties faced by being the daughter of a genius who also denies your existence.

Knox

The River

May 1, 2019

Welcome to never going camping again.

Jamie

Where the Crawdads Sing

May 1, 2019

A juggernaut of a mystery also doubling as a heartbreaking coming of age story.

Knox

Daisy Jones and The Six

March 13, 2019

Taylor Jenkins Reid tried a completely unique format and still knocked it out of the park as she does every time.

Jamie

The Dreamers

January 30, 2019

A surprisingly tender supernatural story about an affliction causing people to fall asleep, leading to mass chaos.

Knox