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Act Your Age, Eve Brown
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Act Your Age, Eve Brown

By Talia Hibbert

In the final book of the series about the Brown Sisters; we meet Eve, the youngest of the three, who never completes a task assigned, that is until she falls in love with her boss.

- Evelyn Williams

The Anthropocene Reviewed

The Anthropocene Reviewed

By John Green

Based on the critically acclaimed podcast, The Anthropocene Reviewed is a collection of essays about what it truly means to live on a human-centered planet by rating different aspects of the shared human experience on a 5-star scale.
Apt Pupil

Apt Pupil

By Stephen King

This book is guaranteed to split audiences, make lovers of King love him more, or turn away those who are curious. It pushes the boundaries of horror to new levels. Sometimes the most horrifying things are people, not the supernatural.

- Alma Sakic

As the Wicked Watch

As the Wicked Watch

By Tamron Hall

The first in a series by the Emmy Award winning talk show host and tv journalist introducing Jordan Manning. A television crime reporter who investigates the murder of a young African American girl that has gone unnoticed.

- Evenlyn Williams

Baby Play for Every Day: 365 Activities for the First Year

Baby Play for Every Day: 365 Activities for the First Year

By Susannah Steel

A must read for new parents. Fun daily activities to engage your infant and help stimulate their intellectual development.

- Florence Nicosia

Battle Ground

Battle Ground

By Jim Butcher

In the seventeenth Dresden Files book, Chicago's only professional wizard Harry Dresden must help a motley force of supernatural beings defend the city against the Titan Ethniu's assault. The problem: she possesses the Eye of Balor, which wreaks Death Star-level destruction.

- Joshua Michael Soule

Black Cake

Black Cake

By Charmaine Wilkerson

Two estranged siblings must reunite on the occasion of their mother’s death, opening old wounds and exposing long held secrets. The novel is a rich, woven tapestry of cultures, characters, traditions, and social issues, for fans of The Vanishing Half and Ask Again, Yes.

- Ronni Krasnow

Black, White, and The Grey

Black, White, and The Grey

By Mashama Bailey and John O. Morisano

A Black female chef and a white male entrepreneur honestly explore their prejudices and become pure family not just business partners. Acknowledging their differences and working at their partnership is a lesson for us all.
Breaking Things at Work: Why the Luddites are Right About Why You

Breaking Things at Work: Why the Luddites are Right About Why You

By Gavin Mueller

This is a zippy treatise about labor that gives the reader a percipient view of the oft-misunderstood Luddites and the ways their tactics are still alive in the 21st century. The title is a bit misleading: no breaking of things is recommended in this book.

- Liz Baldwin

The Collective

The Collective

By Alison Gaylin

This mystery hooks you from the start by invoking a secret society and the idea that losing loved ones and not having justice is a wrong that can and must be righted. For those who love unlikable characters or enjoyed DeathNote (manga/anime) this one's for you.
Crocodile on the Sandbank

Crocodile on the Sandbank

By Elizabeth Peters

The indomitable Amelia inherits a fortune from her father, sets off for Egypt and finds a dashing archeologist, suspicious accidents, a cursed mummy and an unknown villain who wants to make this first visit to Egypt, her last.

- Anne Rouyer

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

By Amanda Montell

Learn about the language of "Cultish", or linguist Amanda Montell's term for the insidious ways in which words are used to gain power and control. Great for true crime fans, linguaphiles, and all nonfiction lovers in between.

- Beth Dukes