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Win a $200 gift card to Shanahan's Steakhouse in this year's random prize drawing of challenge finishers! Read any of the titles on this list, or choose your own, for your chance to win. Win a $200 gift card to Shanahan's Steakhouse in this year's random prize drawing of challenge finishers! Read any of the titles on this list, or choose your own, for your chance to win. Show less

Honor

A Novel

by Umrigar, Thrity N.

Book - 2022

The story of two couples and the sometimes dangerous and heartbreaking challenges of love across a cultural divide. The story of two couples and the sometimes dangerous and heartbreaking challenges of love across a cultural divide. Show less

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Horse

by Brooks, Geraldine

Book - 2022

A long-lost painting sets in motion a story intertwining a famed 19th-century thoroughbred and his trainer with the 21st-century rediscovery of the horse's portrait. A long-lost painting sets in motion a story intertwining a famed 19th-century thoroughbred and his trainer with the 21st-century rediscovery of the horse's portrait. Show less

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Shutter

by Emerson, Ramona

Book - 2022

A forensic photographer working for the Albuquerque police force has helped crack many cases, but she’s hiding a secret. She sees the ghosts of crime victims who point her toward the clues that other investigators overlook. A forensic photographer working for the Albuquerque police force has helped crack many cases, but she’s hiding a secret. She sees the ghosts of crime victims who point her toward the clues that other investigators overlook. Show less

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Yellowface

A Novel

by Kuang, R. F.

Book - 2023

What happens when a midlist author steals a manuscript and publishes it as her own? "Yellowface" deals with questions of diversity, racism, and the alienation of social media. What happens when a midlist author steals a manuscript and publishes it as her own? "Yellowface" deals with questions of diversity, racism, and the alienation of social media. Show less

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Violeta

A Novel

by Allende, Isabel

Book - 2022

The epic story of Violeta Del Valle, a woman whose life spans 100 years and bears witness to the greatest upheavals of the 20th century. The epic story of Violeta Del Valle, a woman whose life spans 100 years and bears witness to the greatest upheavals of the 20th century. Show less

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Trust

by Díaz, Hernán

Book - 2022

A tale of wealth, love, and madness told in four distinct but connected narratives. A tale of wealth, love, and madness told in four distinct but connected narratives. Show less

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Upgrade

A Novel

by Crouch, Blake

Book - 2022

The world is recovering from the Great Starvation, which killed hundreds of millions of people, the unintended consequence of the discoverer of a “revolutionary, biological DNA modifier system.” The world is recovering from the Great Starvation, which killed hundreds of millions of people, the unintended consequence of the discoverer of a “revolutionary, biological DNA modifier system.” Show less

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Bewilderment

A Novel

by Powers, Richard

Book - 2021

Astrobiologist Theo Byrne searches for life throughout the cosmos while single-handedly raising his unusual nine-year-old, Robin, following the death of his wife. Astrobiologist Theo Byrne searches for life throughout the cosmos while single-handedly raising his unusual nine-year-old, Robin, following the death of his wife. Show less

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Booth

A Novel

by Fowler, Karen Joy

Book - 2022

An epic novel about the family behind one of the most infamous figures in American history: John Wilkes Booth. An epic novel about the family behind one of the most infamous figures in American history: John Wilkes Booth. Show less

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Hamnet

A Novel of the Plague

by O'Farrell, Maggie

Book - 2020

One ordinary afternoon in 1596, 11-year-old Hamnet's twin sister, Judith, is taken suddenly, severely ill. An imagining of the family Shakespeare left behind while in London. One ordinary afternoon in 1596, 11-year-old Hamnet's twin sister, Judith, is taken suddenly, severely ill. An imagining of the family Shakespeare left behind while in London. Show less

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