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Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Publication Date
2026.
Language
English
Description
"On any given day, there are thousands of items slowly gathering dust in the Lost and Found of Heathrow Airport. Unknown to anyone, hidden among the clutter, is a very special object that can change the fortunes of those who possess it--a violin of rare beauty and power. Now, as if by chance, it has fallen into the hands of three strangers...Baggage claim agent Devlin, retired teacher Walter, and appraiser Gabrielle have nothing in common, but can...
Author
Publication Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"There's something magical about Yarrow, Kentucky. The three empathic witches of the Haywood family are known for their shadow garden-from strawberries that taste like chocolate to cherry tomatoes imbued with the flavors of basil and oregano. Their magic can cure any heartache, and the fruits of their garden bring a special quality to the local bourbon distillery. On one day every year, a shot of Bonner bourbon will make your worst memory disappear....
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Series
Publication Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Translated from the Japanese bestseller, this charming and magical novel, inspired by the myth of cats returning favors to those who care for them, reminds us that it's never too late to follow our stars. In Japan, cats are a symbol of good luck. As the myth goes, if you are kind to them, they'll one day return the favor. And if you are kind to the right cat, you might just find yourself invited to a mysterious coffee shop under a glittering Kyoto...
Author
Publication Date
2023
Language
English
Description
The Keeper of Stories meets The Lost Apothecary in this evocative and charming novel full of mystery and secrets. "The thing about books,' she said 'is that they help you to imagine a life bigger and better than you could ever dream of." On a quiet street in Dublin, a lost bookshop is waiting to be found... For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side characters in their own lives. But when a vanishing bookshop casts its spell, these...
Author
Publication Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
"In the Gethsemane, Cape Verde, the appearance of a mysterious new arrival, Zulmira, coincides with a series of strange events. Zulmira is a shamanic disciple of Oni, an omnipotent, loving yet vengeful deity. In contemporary London, botanist Therese lives with Haitian musician Azacca, Peruvian drifter Emilien, and daring Finn. Four kindred spirits, bound together by their shared descent from Oni, they travel to another realm to complete a secret,...
Author
Publication Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"A dazzling collection of eleven interconnected stories from the bestselling, award-winning author of Shrines of Gaiety and Life After Life, with everything that readers love about her novels--the inventiveness, the verbal felicity, the sharp observations on human nature, and the deeply satisfying emotional wallop. In this brilliant volume, nothing is quite as it seems. We meet a queen who makes a bargain she cannot keep; a secretary who watches over...
Author
Publication Date
2021
Language
English
Description
"A Girl Called Rumi, Ari Honarvar's debut novel, weaves a captivating tale of survival, redemption, and the power of storytelling. Kimia, a successful spiritual advisor whose Iranian childhood continues to haunt her, collides with a mysterious giant bird in her mother's California garage. She begins reliving her experience as a nine-year-old girl in war-torn Iran, including her friendship with a mystical storyteller who led her through the mythic...
Author
Publication Date
2025
Language
English
Description
This novel follows Greta Perks, a former television commercial actress whose career and personal life have declined since her earlier success. After encountering a coffee shop with unusual properties, Greta finds herself transported to a fictional town modeled on the idealized world of the commercials that once defined her career. As she navigates this constructed reality, the story explores themes of identity, family relationships, nostalgia, and...
Author
Publisher
Other Press
Publication Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
"In this modern fable with the impish magic of A Midsummer Night's Dream, a masked ball makes two upper-class British couples see each other in a new light. A wise, enchanting novel about love, power, and our many selves-past and future, public and private-from the Booker Prize-winning author. There are organizations for people who grieve, for alcoholics and other kinds of addicts. But if you've been devastated by the love of your life walking out...
10) We live here now
Author
Publisher
Melville House
Publication Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
When visitors to a famous conceptual artist's installation start mysteriously disappearing, the aftershocks radiate outwards through twelve people who were involved in the project, changing all of their lives, and launching them on a crazy-quilt trajectory that will end with them all together at one final, apocalyptic bacchanal. Mixing illusion and reality, simulacra and replicants, sound artists and death artists, performers and filmmakers and theorists...
Author
Publication Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Set in an unnamed valley-surrounded by other valleys, each twenty years apart in time-a masterful, moving literary speculative novel in which the Conseil determines if a bereaved resident can cross the border to the past or the future on a "mourning tour." One sixteen-year-old Conseil candidate spots two visitors from the future, but is shocked when she recognizes them as the parents of the boy she loves"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publication Date
2021
Language
English
Description
"A brilliantly inventive new novel about loss, growing up, and our relationship with things, by the Booker Prize-finalist author of A Tale for the Time Being After the tragic death his beloved musician father, fourteen-year-old Benny Oh begins to hear voices. The voices belong to the things in his house-a sneaker, a broken Christmas ornament, a piece of wilted lettuce. Although Benny doesn't understand what these things are saying, he can sense their...
15) Palmares
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Publication Date
2021
Language
English
Description
"The epic rendering of a Black woman's journey through slavery and liberation, set in 17th-century colonial Brazil. "Palmares" recounts the journey of Almeyda, a Black slave girl who comes of age on Portuguese plantations and escapes to a fugitive slave settlement called Palmares. Following its destruction, Almeyda embarks on a journey across colonial Brazil to find her husband lost in battle. Her story brings to life a world impacted by greed, conquest,...
Author
Publication Date
2024
Language
English
Description
"A dazzling and heartwarming novel from Emmy Award winner Julianne Hough and Rule author Ellen Goodlett. When the stars align, anything can happen. On stage at an awards banquet is the last place Lexi Cole expected to drown. But as she accepts the award for top-seller at her realty firm, something unusual catches Lexi's eye: a man surrounded by a dark haze. Then she hears a woman screaming for help, and the taste of saltwater overwhelms her. Just...
18) Orquesta
Author
Publisher
Alfaguara
Publication Date
2025.
Language
Spanish
Description
"Valdeplata amanece despǔs de la verbena de verano. Sobre el prado, cadáveres de estorninos, un billete rasgado, una bicicleta roja, una piruleta rota, sangre en una zapatilla. La Orquesta tocó toda la noche y niños, jóvenes y viejos bailaron las mismas canciones guardando secretos distintos. Los guardaba el Conde, anciano que podía morir en cualquier momento (y coň l un mundo antiguo de magia y miedo). Tambǐn Ventura, camionero que sacó...
Author
Publication Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"WINNER OF THE 2022 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE. A playful, feminist, and utterly original epic about a family--especially its inimitable octogenarian matriarch--in northern India. An eighty-year-old woman, Ma, slips into a deep depression after the death of her husband. Despite her family's cajoling, she refuses to get up from bed. Her responsible eldest son, Bade, and dutiful, Reebok-sporting daughter-in-law, Bahu, flit around trying to attend to...
Author
Publication Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"For Lewis and Wren, their first year of marriage is also their last. A few weeks after their wedding, Lewis receives a rare diagnosis. He will retain most of his consciousness, memories, and intellect, but his physical body will gradually turn into a great white shark. As Lewis develops the features and impulses of one of the most predatory creatures in the ocean, his complicated artist's heart struggles to make peace with his unfulfilled dreams....


