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A good pick for readers who like socially focused science fiction about superhuman abilities, prejudice, family, community, and conflict between ordinary and powered people.
The Nobody People
Dystopian
Our take
The Nobody People: When people with extraordinary abilities emerge from hiding, Avi Hirsch realizes his daughter Emmeline is one of them and may be viewed as a threat by an increasingly hostile society, with a 3.57-star average from more than 1,000 Goodreads ratings. A good pick for readers who like socially focused science fiction about superhuman abilities, prejudice, family, community, and conflict between ordinary and powered people.
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When a group of outcasts with extraordinary abilities comes out of hiding, their clash with a violent society will spark a revolution—or an apocalypse.
“Much like the X-Men comics, Proehl masterfully uses science fiction as a lens to examine social inequality and human evil.”—Booklist
Avi Hirsch has always known his daughter was different. But when others with incredible, otherworldly gifts reveal themselves to the world, Avi realizes that her oddness is something more—that she is something more. With this, he has a terrifying revelation: Emmeline is now entering a society where her unique abilities unfairly mark her as a potential threat. And even though he is her father, Avi cannot keep her safe forever.
Emmeline soon meets others just like her: Carrie Norris, a teenage girl who can turn invisible . . . but just wants to be seen. Fahima Deeb, a woman with an uncanny knack for machinery . . . but it’s her Muslim faith that makes the U.S. government suspicious of her.
They are the nobody people—ordinary individuals with extraordinary gifts who want one only thing: to live as equals in an America that is gripped by fear and hatred. But the government is passing discriminatory laws. Violent mobs are taking to the streets. And one of their own—an angry young man seething with self-loathing—has used his power in an act of mass violence that has put a new target on the community. The nobody people must now stand together and fight for their future, or risk falling apart.
The first book of a timely two-part series, The Nobody People is a powerful novel of love and hope in the face of bigotry that uses a world touched by the fantastic to explore our current reality. It is a story of family and community. It is a story of continuing to fight for one another, no matter the odds. It is the story of us.
Bob Proehl will return with The Somebody People!
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Best for readers who enjoy classic espionage, Cold War intrigue, high-speed action, and Bond adventures rooted in Fleming's original era.
Trigger Mortis
Mystery · Thriller · Spy Thriller
Our take
James Bond enters the dangerous world of Grand Prix racing when the Russians attempt to sabotage a race at Nürburgring, only for the mission to lead him toward a much larger threat. Featuring original material by Ian Fleming, the novel has a 3.80-star average from more than 10,000 Goodreads ratings. Best for readers who enjoy classic espionage, Cold War intrigue, high-speed action, and Bond adventures rooted in Fleming's original era.
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"Horowitz delivers an entertainment sure to please James Bond fans.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"The heart of any good thriller is the plot, and…Horowitz doesn’t disappoint.”
— New York Times Book Review
Blockbuster author Anthony Horowitz delivers a riveting and stylish take on literary legend James Bond (authorized by the Ian Fleming Estate) with a story that unfolds in the 1950s—and is the first new Bond novel to feature recently discovered original material by Ian Fleming.
It’s 1957 and James Bond (agent 007) has only just survived his showdown with Auric Goldfinger at Fort Knox. By his side is Pussy Galore, who was with him at the end. Unknown to either of them, the USSR and the West are in a deadly struggle for technological superiority. And SMERSH is back.
The Soviet counter-intelligence agency plans to sabotage a Grand Prix race at the most dangerous track in Europe. But it’s Bond who finds himself in the driving seat and events take an unexpected turn when he observes a suspicious meeting between SMERSH’s driver and a sinister Korean millionaire, Jai Seong Sin.
Soon Bond is pitched into an entirely different race uncovering a plan that could bring the West to its knees.
Welcoming back familiar faces, including M and Miss Moneypenny, international bestselling author Anthony Horowitz ticks all the boxes: speed, danger, strong women and fiendish villains, to reinvent the golden age of Bond in this brilliantly gripping adventure. Trigger Mortis is also the first James Bond novel to feature previously unseen Ian Fleming material.
This is James Bond as Fleming imagined him.
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Best for readers who like intricate literary fantasy about memory, imagination, and death.
Peace
Dystopian · Fantasy · Sci-Fi
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Called “a tricky, evil, deep, and remarkable novel” by Neil Gaiman, Peace follows elderly Alden Dennis Weer as he recounts his life in a small Midwestern town, with his memories reshaping time and reality. Best for readers who like intricate literary fantasy about memory, imagination, and death.
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Hailed as "one of the literary giants of SF" by the Denver Post, Gene Wolfe has repeatedly won the field's highest honors, including the Nebula, the Hugo, and the World Fantasy awards.
Peace is Gene Wolfe's first full-length novel, a work that shows the genius that later flourished in such acclaimed works as The Fifth Head of Cerberus and The Book of The New Sun.
Originally published in 1975, Peace is a spellbinding, brilliant tour de force of the imagination. The melancholy memoir of Alden Dennis Weer, an embittered old man living out his last days in a small midwestern town, the novel reveals a miraculous dimension as the narrative unfolds. For Weer's imagination has the power to obliterate time and reshape reality, transcending even death itself. Powerfully moving and uncompromisingly honest, Peace ranks alongside the finest literary works of our time.
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A strong match for readers drawn to Chinese history, political intrigue, and the lives caught up in war.
River of Stars
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Historical Fantasy
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Called “a major accomplishment” by Michael Dirda in The Washington Post, this historical fantasy follows outlaw Ren Daiyan and scholar’s daughter Lin Shan as war and court politics threaten the empire of Kitai. A strong match for readers drawn to Chinese history, political intrigue, and the lives caught up in war.
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“River of Stars is a major accomplishment, the work of a master novelist in full command of his subject.”—Michael Dirda, in The Washington Post
“Game of Thrones in China.”—Salon.com
Ren Daiyan was still just a boy when he took the lives of seven men while guarding an imperial magistrate. That moment on a lonely road changed his life in entirely unexpected ways, sending him into the forests of Kitai among the outlaws. From there he emerges years later—and his life changes again, dramatically, as he circles toward the court and emperor, while war approaches Kitai from the north.
Lin Shan is the daughter of a scholar, his beloved only child. Educated by him in ways young women never are, gifted as a songwriter and calligrapher, she finds herself living a life suspended between two worlds. Her intelligence captivates an emperor—and alienates women at the court. But when her father’s life is endangered by the savage politics of the day, Shan must act in ways no woman ever has.
In an empire divided by bitter factions circling an exquisitely cultured emperor who loves his gardens and his art far more than the burdens of governing, dramatic events on the northern steppe alter the balance of power in the world, leading to events no one could have foretold, under the river of stars.
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A good pick for science fiction readers who like AI, space warfare, alien conflict, and isolated crews facing technology they can’t fully control.
Providence
Dystopian
Our take
Seven years after humanity’s first contact with a hostile alien species, four crew members board Providence Five, an AI-powered warship designed to fight the enemy while they report the war back to Earth. When communications are cut and the ship becomes increasingly unreliable, the crew must confront both the enemy and the technology controlling their mission, with a 3.85-star average from more than 7,100 Goodreads ratings. A good pick for science fiction readers who like AI, space warfare, alien conflict, and isolated crews facing technology they can’t fully control.
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From the ingenious author of Jennifer Government and Lexicon: a brilliant work of science fiction that tells the intimate tale of four people facing their most desperate hour--alone, together, at the edge of the universe.
The video changed everything. Before that, we could believe that we were safe. Special. Chosen. We thought the universe was a twinkling ocean of opportunity, waiting to be explored.
Afterward, we knew better.
Seven years after first contact, Providence Five launches. It is an enormous and deadly warship, built to protect humanity from its greatest ever threat. On board is a crew of just four--tasked with monitoring the ship and reporting the war's progress to a mesmerized global audience by way of social media.
But while pursuing the enemy across space, Gilly, Talia, Anders, and Jackson confront the unthinkable: their communications are cut, their ship decreasingly trustworthy and effective. To survive, they must win a fight that is suddenly and terrifyingly real.
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This will appeal to readers who want psychological suspense built around mistrust, marriage, secrets, and uncertainty about whom to believe.
The Senator’s Wife
Thriller · Psychological Thriller
Our take
After marrying Senator Whit Montgomery, philanthropist Sloane Chase hires Athena Karras to help her recover from surgery. When Sloane’s health deteriorates, she begins questioning Athena’s interest in her husband, her foundation, and her past, with a 3.78-star average from more than 53,800 Goodreads ratings. This will appeal to readers who want psychological suspense built around mistrust, marriage, secrets, and uncertainty about whom to believe.
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A D.C. philanthropist suspects that her seemingly perfect employee is secretly plotting to steal her husband, her reputation—even her life—in this seductive novel of psychological suspense from the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish.
“A deadly cocktail of medical mystery, family drama, and psychological suspense.”—Chandler Baker, New York Times bestselling author of Whisper Network
In this town, anyone is replaceable. . . .
After a tragic chain of events led to the deaths of their spouses two years ago, D.C. philanthropist Sloane Chase and Senator Whit Montgomery are finally starting to move on. The horrifying ordeal drew them together, and now they’re ready to settle down again—with each other.
As Sloane returns to the world of White House dinners and political small talk, this time with her new husband, she’s also preparing for an upcoming hip replacement—the latest reminder of the lupus she’s managed since her twenties. With their hectic schedules, they decide that hiring a home health aide will give Sloane the support and independence she needs postsurgery. And they find the perfect fit in Athena Karras.
Seemingly a godsend, Athena tends to Sloane and even helps her run her charitable foundation. But Sloane slowly begins to deteriorate—a complication, Athena explains, of Sloane’s lupus. As weeks go by, Sloane becomes sicker, and her uncertainty quickly turns to paranoia as she begins to suspect the worst. Why is Athena asking her so many probing questions about her foundation—as well as about her past? And could Sloane be imagining the sultry looks between Athena and her new husband?
Riveting, fast-paced, and full of unbelievable twists, The Senator’s Wife is a psychological thriller that upends the private lives of those who walk the halls of power. Because when you have it all, you have everything to lose.
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A sharp fit for readers drawn to crime fiction that mixes assassins, mob trouble, Caribbean settings, and dark comedy.
Gone Bamboo
Mystery · Thriller · Spy Thriller
Our take
Retired CIA-trained assassin Henry Denard and his wife Frances are enjoying life in the Caribbean until a botched hit comes back to haunt them. When the intended target enters witness protection on their island, Henry gets pulled into a mob conflict that threatens his quiet retirement, with a 3.59-star average from more than 2,500 Goodreads ratings. A sharp fit for readers drawn to crime fiction that mixes assassins, mob trouble, Caribbean settings, and dark comedy.
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A hilarious crime thriller by Anthony Bourdain, the New York Times bestselling author of Kitchen Confidential and host of Parts Unknown on CNN.
CIA-trained assassin Henry Denard is looking for the good life when he retires with his wife, Frances, to the Caribbean. He may have botched his last job a little--allowed Donnie Wicks, the guy Jimmy Pazz hired him to kill, to escape with his life--but Henry and Frances are determined to take it easy.
That is until Donnie agrees to testify against Jimmy Pazz, and gets relocated by the Federal Witness Protection Program to Saint Martin as well. Now Jimmy Pazz is after both men--the mobster, and the man who was supposed to kill him--and things in Henry's paradise are about to get a lot more complicated.
Written in Anthony Bourdain's signature style-raucous, funny, a bit vicious, and always fun-Gone Bamboo is a feast of murder, hitmen, and the hitwomen they love.
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Best for readers already invested in Ruby and James and looking for relationship drama, family pressure, and the conclusion to their story.
Save Us
Romance · Teen + Young Adult · Coming of Age · Contemporary Romance
Our take
The third and final book in the international bestselling Maxton Hall series, Save Us finds Ruby’s Oxford dreams at risk while James tries to clear her name at school and once again challenge his father’s expectations. Best for readers already invested in Ruby and James and looking for relationship drama, family pressure, and the conclusion to their story.
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The third and final book in the international bestselling Maxton Hall series, now in English for the first time.
Can they save themselves? Or will they destroy each other?
Ruby is in shock: Her worst nightmare has come true, and now Oxford and all her dreams that finally seemed within reach are at risk. Worst of all, everything points to James as the one responsible, even after everything they’ve been through together. Ruby thought that she had met the real James—the one who has his own dreams, the one who makes her laugh and makes her heart beat faster with a single glance.
However, after an explosive fight between the two, they discover a terrible truth. Together, Ruby fights to graduate, as James tries to clear her name at school. But that means once again James must challenge his father and his expectations for him. And despite everything, James still threatens to break under the obligations to his family. Ruby and James must ask themselves if the worlds they live in are perhaps too different after all, or if they can finally find a way back to each other.
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Called “a stereotype-shattering look at a tenacious woman whose brain is her best friend and her worst enemy” by Time, The Center Cannot Hold is Elyn R. Saks’s…
The Center Cannot Hold
Biographies & Memoirs
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Called “a stereotype-shattering look at a tenacious woman whose brain is her best friend and her worst enemy” by Time, The Center Cannot Hold is Elyn R. Saks’s memoir of living with schizophrenia while pursuing an academic and professional career. This will appeal to readers interested in candid first-person accounts of mental illness, treatment, education, and professional life.
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A much-praised memoir of living and surviving mental illness as well as "a stereotype-shattering look at a tenacious woman whose brain is her best friend and her worst enemy" (Time).
Elyn R. Saks is an esteemed professor, lawyer, and psychiatrist and is the Orrin B. Evans Professor of Law, Psychology, Psychiatry, and the Behavioral Sciences at the University of Southern California Law School, yet she has suffered from schizophrenia for most of her life, and still has ongoing major episodes of the illness.
The Center Cannot Hold is the eloquent, moving story of Elyn's life, from the first time that she heard voices speaking to her as a young teenager, to attempted suicides in college, through learning to live on her own as an adult in an often terrifying world. Saks discusses frankly the paranoia, the inability to tell imaginary fears from real ones, the voices in her head telling her to kill herself (and to harm others), as well as the incredibly difficult obstacles she overcame to become a highly respected professional. This beautifully written memoir is destined to become a classic in its genre.
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A good pick for fans of literary dystopian fiction built around climate change, family, displacement, and interconnected timelines.
The End of the Ocean
Dystopian
Our take
In 2019, seventy-year-old Signe sets out alone on a hazardous ocean voyage, while in 2041, David and his young daughter Lou flee a drought-ravaged Southern Europe in search of their missing family. Their stories connect when David and Lou discover Signe’s abandoned sailboat in a parched garden far from the sea. A good pick for fans of literary dystopian fiction built around climate change, family, displacement, and interconnected timelines.
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From the author of the number-one international bestseller The History of Bees, a captivating story of the power of nature and the human spirit that explores the threat of a devastating worldwide drought, witnessed through the lives of a father, a daughter, and a woman who will risk her life to save the future.
In 2019, seventy-year-old Signe sets sail alone on a hazardous voyage across the ocean in a sailboat. On board, a cargo that can change lives. Signe is haunted by memories of the love of her life, whom she’ll meet again soon.
In 2041, David and his young daughter, Lou, flee from a drought-stricken Southern Europe that has been ravaged by thirst and war. Separated from the rest of their family and desperate to find them, they discover an ancient sailboat in a dried-out garden, miles away from the nearest shore. Signe’s sailboat.
As David and Lou discover Signe’s personal effects, her long ago journey becomes inexorably linked to their own.
An evocative tale of the search for love and connection, The End of the Ocean is a profoundly moving father daughter story of survival and a clarion call for climate action.
Translated from the Norwegian by Diane Oatley
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A strong match for readers drawn to sweeping historical fiction about justice, redemption, sacrifice, and social inequality.
Les Misérables
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · War Fiction
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Les Misérables follows ex-convict Jean Valjean as he tries to rebuild his life while Inspector Javert relentlessly pursues him, set against poverty, political unrest, and revolution in 19th-century France. A strong match for readers drawn to sweeping historical fiction about justice, redemption, sacrifice, and social inequality.
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A brilliant modern translation by Christine Donougher of Victor Hugo's thrilling masterpiece, with an introduction by Robert Tombs.
This is the best translation of the novel available in English, as recommended by David Bellos in The Novel of the Century.
Victor Hugo's tale of injustice, heroism and love follows the fortunes of Jean Valjean, an escaped convict determined to put his criminal past behind him. But his attempts to become a respected member of the community are constantly put under threat: by his own conscience, and by the relentless investigations of the dogged policeman Javert. It is not simply for himself that Valjean must stay free, however, for he has sworn to protect the baby daughter of Fantine, driven to prostitution by poverty.
'A magnificent achievement. It reads easily, sometimes racily, and Hugo's narrative power is never let down ... An almost flawless translation, which brings the full flavour of one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century to new readers in the twenty-first' - William Doyle, Times Literary Supplement
'The year's most interesting publication from Penguin Classics was [...] a new translation by Christine Donougher of the novel we all know as Les Misérables. You may think that 1,300 pages is a huge investment of time when the story is so familiar, but no adaptation can convey the addictive pleasure afforded by Victor Hugo's narrative voice: by turns chatty, crotchety, buoyant and savagely ironical, it's made to seem so contemporary and fresh in Donougher's rendering that the book has all the resonance of the most topical state-of-the-nation novel' - Telegraph
'Christine Donougher's seamless and very modern translation of Les Misérables has an astonishing effect in that it reminds readers that Hugo was going further than any Dickensian lament about social conditions [...]The Wretched touches the soul' - Herald Scotland
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Ideal for readers looking for creature horror with wilderness survival, mutated predators, and an escalating ecological threat.
The Invasive
Horror
Our take
Bishop and his wife Angela leave Chicago for Montana only to become trapped in Apex Valley, where mutated wildlife and mysterious creatures with countdown tags hunt them. With Angela injured and their exits blocked, Bishop and an unlikely ally must survive long enough to stop an ecological threat from spreading beyond the valley. Ideal for readers looking for creature horror with wilderness survival, mutated predators, and an escalating ecological threat.
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Bishop and his wife Angela traded the concrete jungle of Chicago for the pine forests of Montana, but Apex Valley has no intention of letting them go.
Deep in the wilderness, the laws of nature have been rewritten. Monstrous birds mimic human cries from the canopy. Leaf-shaped predators hunt in dark glades. And in the shadows, creatures with blinking red tags creep and scurry—counting down to something lethal.
With an injured wife to carry, a cryptic stranger named Colbrick as his only ally, and every exit blocked by blood-streaked wrecks, Bishop is no longer just lost. He’s prey. As the "tags" begin to blink faster, Bishop realizes they aren't just fighting for their lives—they're the last line of defense before an ecological nightmare goes global.
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