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Storytelling is as old as time and, whether it’s an award-winning epic novel or a page-turning blockbuster, a great book can stay with you throughout your life. Here you will find the best books by everyone from Chinua Achebe to Stefan Zweig, by way of twentieth-century giants like Harper Lee and Graham Greene, and modern-day maestros such as Hilary Mantel and Bernardine Evaristo. And while you’re here don’t forget our fantastic range of Christmas cards and festive gift wrap to make your Christmas complete.

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Our Bestselling Fiction Books

Prophet Song
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The Secret
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In Memoriam
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The Satsuma Complex
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The Last Devil to Die
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A Stroke of the Pen
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Iron Flame
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Fourth Wing
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Gold
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The Running Grave
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The Winter Spirits
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The Christmas Jigsaw Murders
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Murder at Holly House
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The Christmas Appeal
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Sharpe's Command
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Good Material
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The Year of the Locust
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Antarctica
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New For 2023

Yellowface
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Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
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Go as a River
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Loyalty
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The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece
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Close to Home
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The Fraud
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The Bee Sting
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The Figurine
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The Armour of Light
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The Exchange
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Traitors Gate
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Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night
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Tackle!
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Unnatural Death
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Rebellion
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Kala
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2023's Best Paperbacks

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
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Lessons in Chemistry
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Antarctica
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Demon Copperhead
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Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
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Really Good, Actually
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Babel
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The Marriage Portrait
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Shrines of Gaiety
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Lessons
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Act of Oblivion
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The Whalebone Theatre
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Trust
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Cleopatra and Frankenstein
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The Romantic
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Bournville
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The Goodbye Cat
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Damascus Station
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Luxury Editions & Gift Books

Circe
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Dune Messiah
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The Bell Jar
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The Virgin Suicides
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A Stroke of the Pen
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The Goldfinch - 10th Anniversary Edition
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The Secret History
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Rebecca
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The Handmaid's Tale
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Frankenstein (Deluxe Edition)
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The Great Gatsby
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Anansi Boys
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Brave New World
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The Kite Runner
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The Hobbit
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Birdsong
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Half of a Yellow Sun
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The Lord of the Rings
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Signed & Special Editions

The Fragile Threads of Power
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Sharpe's Command
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The Fraud
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The Bone Season
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The Secret
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Loyalty
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Nineteen Steps
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The Secret Hours
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The Future
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Foul Heart Huntsman
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The Night House
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Incarcerat
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The Defector
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The Ghost Ship
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A Stroke of the Pen
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Chain-Gang All-Stars
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The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece
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The Crash
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Boxes of Delight

Murder For All Seasons
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The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings Boxed Set
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The Brontë Sisters (Boxed Set)
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Harry Potter Adult Hardback Box Set
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The Lord of the Rings Boxed Set
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The Bridgerton Collection: Books 1 - 4
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Jane Austen: The Complete Works
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Major Works of Charles Dickens (Boxed Set)
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The Slough House Boxed Set by Mick Herron
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The Complete Jane Austen Collection
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Thomas Hardy Boxed Set
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The Smiley Collection Boxset
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Little Black Classics Box Set
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Penguin Modern Box Set
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The Iliad and the Odyssey Boxed Set
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The Bronte Sisters Box Set
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On the Horizon: The Biggest Fiction for 2024

Empire of the Damned
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The Warm Hands of Ghosts
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House of Flame and Shadow
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The Beholders
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Death at the Sign of the Rook
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Funny Story
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My Favourite Mistake
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Faebound
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Precipice
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The Household
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There Are Rivers in the Sky
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Until August
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Scripted
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You Are Here
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The Life Impossible
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Private Rites
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The Pairing
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Unmissable Debuts of 2023

In Memoriam
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Close to Home
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Godkiller
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Kala
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Chain-Gang All-Stars
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Talking at Night
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Ink Blood Sister Scribe
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Herc
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Fire Rush
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Bellies
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Wandering Souls
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Death of a Bookseller
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The New Life
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Prophet
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The Revels
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Weyward
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Girlfriend on Mars
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As Rich as the King
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Warming Winter Reading

A Thimble for Christmas
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The Christmas Book Club
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Wreck the Halls UK
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Christmas By Candlelight
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That Festive Feeling
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The Christmas Wish
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Why Mummy Drinks at Christmas
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Countdown to Christmas
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Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop
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A Midwinter's Tail
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The Christmas Love Letters
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A Country Christmas
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The Plight Before Christmas
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Four Weddings and a Christmas
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All I Want for Christmas
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Christmas at the Wartime Bookshop
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One Christmas Morning
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The Perfect Christmas Village
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Perfect Gifts for the Book Lover in Your Life

Moomin Pin Badge
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Books Tote Bag
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Curled Up Corners - Sleepy Owl
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Books Are My Bag Poonam Mistry
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Sketchy Book Umbrella
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I Love Books Bookmark
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Seasons Readings Christmas Cloth Bag
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Library Book Pouch
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Literary Seeds: The Cat Lover
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Jane Austen Library Two Wick Candle Tin
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Mushroom Bookmarks
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William Shakes-Feet Socks Medium
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Great Books You Must Read

Our selection of classic paperbacks

A Little Life
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Normal People
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The Virgin Suicides
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The Bell Jar
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The Song of Achilles
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The Handmaid's Tale
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
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My Brilliant Friend
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Rebecca
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Wolf Hall
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Lord of the Flies
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The Remains of the Day
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The Poisonwood Bible
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The Underground Railroad
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Leave the World Behind
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
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Carol
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Americanah
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Contemporary Fiction by Writers of Colour

Memphis
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People Person
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You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty
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The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho
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The Vanishing Half
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Honey & Spice
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Homegoing
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Assembly
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Glory
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Nightcrawling
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Americanah
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Black Cake
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Luster
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Vagabonds!
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The Fortune Men
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The Other Black Girl
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The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
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Our Best LGBTQ+ Contemporary Fiction Books

Close to Home
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Herc
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The New Life
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I Will Greet the Sun Again
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All This Could Be Different
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Cursed Bread
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Luda
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Family Meal
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