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The Waters A Novel by Bonnie Jo Campbell

“A master of rural noir returns with a fierce, mesmerizing novel about exceptional women and the soul of a small town.“

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 400
Genre: Literary Fiction
Format: Hardcover, ebook, Audiobook

Poor Deer A Novel: Claire Oshetsky

“Heartrending, hopeful, and boldly imagined, Poor Deer explores the journey toward understanding the children we once were and the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of life’s most difficult moments.”

Publisher: Ecco
Pages: 240
Genre: Literary Fiction 
Format: Hardcover, ebook, Audiobook

The Heiress A Novel by Rachel Hawkins

“New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins returns with a twisted new gothic suspense about an infamous heiress and the complicated inheritance she left behind.“

Publisher:  St. Martin's Press
Pages: 304
Genre: Gothic Fiction
Format: Hardcover, ebook, Audiobook

Venice: The Remarkable History of the Lagoon City by Dennis Romano

“A sweeping and comprehensive history of Venice–from its formation in the early Middle Ages to the present day–that traces its evolution as a city, city-state, regional power, and overseas empire.“

Publisher: Oxford University Press
Pages: 800
Genre: European History
Format: Hardcover, ebook, Audiobook

Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire

“Portals and danger, and a girl who can find both in the next book in the Hugo and Nebula Award–Winning Wayward Children series from Seanan McGuire..“ 

Book 9 of 9

Publisher: Tordotcom
Pages: 160
Genre: Dark Fantasy Fiction
Format: Hardcover, ebook, Audiobook

The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years A Novel by Shubnum Khan

“Akbar Manzil was once a grand estate off the coast of South Africa. Nearly a century later, it stands in ruins: an isolated boardinghouse for eclectic misfits, seeking solely to disappear into the mansion’s dark corridors. Except for Sana. Unlike the others, she is curious and questioning and finds herself irresistibly drawn to the history of the mansion: To the eerie and forgotten East Wing, home to a clutter of broken and abandoned objects—and to the door at its end, locked for decades.”

Publisher: Viking
Pages: 320
Genre: Gothic Fiction
Format: Hardcover, ebook, Audiobook

Dungeons and Drama by Kristy Boyce

“Musical lover Riley has big aspirations to become a director on Broadway. Crucial to this plan is to bring back her high school’s spring musical, but when Riley takes her mom’s car without permission, she’s grounded and stuck with the worst punishment: spending her after-school hours working at her dad’s game shop.”

Publisher: Delacorte Press
Pages: 300
Genre: Teen & Young Adult Fiction
Format: Hardcover, ebook, Audiobook