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The Oracle Year

December 26, 2018

Charles Soule does it again with this quirky and creative thriller about a supernatural gift and all the unintended ripples and consequences it creates.

Knox

The Afterlives

December 26, 2018

A delightfully haunting story about loss and grief and all that happens after we die.

Knox

There There

December 5, 2018

The cover almost kept me from this one, but I'm glad I relented. It is an untold story that is soul-wrecking.

Jamie

Florida

June 27, 2018

Lauren Groff gives us an matched collection of vastly different stories dedicated to showing the domesticated but also incredibly wild setting of Florida.

Knox

Force of Nature

June 6, 2018

Five women go hiking. Four women come back. This book is why I don't hike.

Jamie

The Dry

June 6, 2018

Small Town. Big Secrets. It sold a million copies because it's that good.

Jamie

The Royal We

May 16, 2018

Imagine if Meghan and Harry's story was fictionlized more than a year before they met. SUCH A FUN READ.

Jamie

That Kind of Mother

May 9, 2018

This is a divisive book but I kept marveling at the writing and worrying about the characters.

Jamie

An American Marriage

February 7, 2018

A National Book Award finalist that presents you with dynamic characters while also revelaing the failings of the US justice system.

Jamie

Castle of Water

January 24, 2018

This book made me want to learn French so I could love it even more.

Jamie