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Lisa Francine

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120 books

Series

The Dry
Warcross
Nigerians in Space
Color of Earth
The Crooked Staircase
Sunny
Them Bones

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1 book

Short

A Calm & Normal Heart: Stories

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32 books

Short Stories

Children of the New World
If You See Me, Don't Say Hi
What to Read and Why
Journeys: An American Story
Sweet and Low: Stories
How to Love a Jamaican
Days of Awe: Stories

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1 book

Skimmed

Gut Feelings: The Microbiome and Our Health

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1 book

So

Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin

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279 books

Social Justice

Notes from No Man's Land: American Essays
Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights
Brown
The Zookeeper's Wife
Sons and Soldiers: The Untold Story of the Jews Who Escaped the Nazis and Returned with the U.S. Army to Fight Hitler
Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation
A Cup of Water Under My Bed: A Memoir

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17 books

Sociology

So You Want to Talk About Race
The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration
Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
The Inner Work of Racial Justice
Antisemitism

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3 books

Southern

Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America
Take My Hand
The Girls in the Stilt House

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11 books

Space Opera

The Last Watch
Leviathan Wakes
Caliban's War
Cibola Burn
Nemesis Games
Of Kings, Queens and Colonies
August Kitko and the Mechas from Space

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6 books

Speculative Fiction

Axiom's End
The Arrest
Rosewater
Riot Baby
Light From Uncommon Stars
The Ninth Metal

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8 books

Sports

Dragon Hoops
Before the Ever After
Forward: A Memoir
The Big Three: Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, and the Rebirth of the Boston Celtics
Wish It Lasted Forever: Life with the Larry Bird Celtics
This Is Our City: Four Teams, Twelve Championships, and How Boston Became the Most Dominant Sports City in the World

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10 books

Staff Picks

Salt to the Sea
Illegal: A Graphic Novel
Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks
Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life
Far from the Tree
Overground Railroad
Refugee

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1 book

Start Staff Picks

Eleanor & Park

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20 books

Storytime

Off-Limits
The Panda Problem
When You Need Wings
No Room for a Pup!
Frank and Bean
Camilla, Cartographer
My Mommy, My Mama, My Brother, and Me

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16 books

Story Time Tv

Windows
Chicken Soup with Rice
Winter Is Coming
Sheep take a hike
I Want That Nut!
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
Goodnight, goodnight, construction site

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2 books

Suspense

The Night Swim
When No One is Watching

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13 books

Sustainability

The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here
The resilient farm and homestead
Building Reuse: Sustainability, Preservation, and the Value of Design
Good Energy: Renewable Power and the Design of Everyday Life
Simply Sustainable: Moving Toward Plastic-Free, Low-Waste Living
The Northeast Native Plant Primer: 235 Plants for an Earth-Friendly Garden
100 Plants to Feed the Monarch: Create a Healthy Habitat to Sustain North America's Most Beloved Butterfly

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2 books

Technology

The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations
Road to Nowhere

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2 books

Time Travel

Kindred
One Last Stop

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6 books

Tiny House

150 Best Cottage and Cabin Ideas
Tiny House: Live Small, Dream Big
Tiny House Designing, Building, & Living
Country Living Tiny Homes: Living Big in Small Spaces
Small Space Living: Expert Tips and Techniques on Using Closets, Corners, and Every Other Space in Your Home
Pretty Small: Grand Living with Limited Space

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1 book

To Be Published

A River of Stars

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2 books

Travel

100 Parks, 5,000 Ideas: Where to Go, When to Go, What to See, What to Do
Escape: One Day We Had to Run . . .

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4 books

True Adventure

Row for Freedom: Crossing an Ocean in Search of Hope
Spare Parts
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
Trespassing Across America: One Man's Epic, Never-Done-Before (and Sort of Illegal) Hike Across the Heartland

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11 books

True Crime

Conan Doyle for the Defense: The True Story of a Sensational British Murder, a Quest for Justice, and the World's Most Famous Detective Writer
Adnan's Story: The Search for Truth and Justice After Serial
The Less People Know About Us
The Blood of Emmett Till
Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery
We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence
Notes on a Silencing

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1 book

Vacation

Walt Disney World Hacks, 2nd Edition: 350+ Park Secrets for Making the Most of Your Walt Disney World Vacation
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