3 in 3 Staff Picks: LJ DOD Fall 2021

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T he Violin Conspiracy Brendan Slocumb HC: 978-0-593-31541-5 eBook: 978-0-593-31543-9 DN : 978-0-593-55497-5 LP: 978-0-593-58412-5 A n chor | 125,000 On Sal e February 1, 2022

When We Were Birds

Bonnie Garm us

HC: 978-0-385-54726-0

LP: 978-0-593-55668-9 Dou bl eday | 125,000 On Sal e March 1, 2022

HC: 978-0-385-54734-5 eBook: 978-0-385-54737-6 DN : 97 8-0-593-50754-4 LP: 978-0-593-55667-2 Dou bl eday | 200,000 On Sal e April 5, 2022

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A del ight for readers of Where'd You Go, Be rnadette and The Marvelous Mrs. Maise l, this blockbuster debut set i n 1960s California features the si n gular voi ce of Elizabeth Zott, a sci en tist whose career takes a detour wh en she becomes the star of a bel ov ed TV cooking show.

eBook: 978-0-385-54727-7 DN : 978-0-593-50828-2

A ri veting tale about a Black cl assical musician whose family A m y thic love story set in Trinidad and h ei rloom viol in is stol en on the eve of Tobago, A y anna Lloyd Banwo's radiant th e m ost prestigiou s classical debu t i ntroduces two u nforgettable m u sic competition i n the world. For ou tsi ders brought together by their readers of Jacqueline Woodson and con n ection with the dead. For readers of Dan Brown.

Y aa Gy asi and Silvia Moreno-Garcia.

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Lessons in Chemistry

Ayanna Lloyd Banwo

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T he Reckless Kind Carly Heath HC: 978-1-64129-281-8 eBook: 978-1-64129-282-5 Soh o Teen | 75,000 On Sal e Nov ember 2, 2021 A gen re-defying debut, this qu eer h i storical YA centers a wild and reckl ess trio who fly in the face of sm all-town tradition—full of com passion , love, and determination to l i v e the lives of their choosing.

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Junkwraith

Wider than the Sky

Ellinor Richey

Katherine Rothschild

TR: 978-1-60309-500-6 Top Sh el f Productions | 10,000 On Sal e Nov ember 9, 2021

TR : 97 8-1-64129-268-9 Soh o Teen | 75,000 On Sal e December 7, 2021

Wh at she on ce possessed . . . n ow th reatens to possess her. This v ibrant Swedi sh debut graphic nov el is an epi c qu est for the things left behind, wi th icy-cool artwork and astonishing sci -fi settings.

Wh en twin sisters Blythe and Sabine l ose th eir father, they uncov er a secret th at rips open their world. Katherine Fi el d R othchild's debut novel will break your h eart into a m illion pieces an d then put i t back together again.

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No One Goes Alone

Dark Tales

By Judy Blum e Read by Caitlin Kinnunen

By Erik Lars on Read by Julian Rhind-Tutt

DN : 978-0-593-41590-0 Li sten ing Library A v ailable Now

CD: 97 8-0-593-55794-5 DN : 97 8-0-593-45911-9 Books on Tape On Sal e September 28, 2021

Shirley Jack son Forew ord by Ottessa Moshfegh

Is th ere a difference between first l ov e and true love? Judy From Ne w York Bl u me's groundbreaking novel about Time s bestselling author Erik Larson teen sexuality has a fresh new com es h is first venture into fiction, an au di obook treatment. oth erworldly tale of i ntrigue and the i m possible that marshals h is Cl i ck to Learn More A bout trademark approach to n onfiction to th e A udiobook. create som ething new: a ghost story th orou ghly grounded in history.

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DN : 978-0-593-55511-8 Books on Tape On Sal e October 19, 2021 For th e first time in on e volume, a col l ection of Shirley Jackson’s scariest stori es, with a foreword by PEN /Hemingway Award winner Ottessa Moshfegh.

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T he Verifiers

T he Swimmers

Jane Pek

Julie Ots uka

TR: 978-0-593-31379-4 eBook: 978-0-593-31380-0 DN : 978-0-593-55491-3 V i n tage | 60,000 On Sal e February 22, 2022

HC: 978-0-593-32133-1 eBook: 978-0-593-32134-8 DN : 978-0-593-55204-9 LP: 978-0-593-55662-7 Kn opf | 60,000 On Sal e February 22, 2022

In troducing a sharp-witted heroi ne for th e 21st century: a new amateur sl eu th exploring the landscape—both ph y sical and virtual—of New York in a debu t n ovel about love, technology, an d m urder.

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From award-winning author Julie Otsu ka, comes a novel about what h appens to a group of recreational swi mmers when a crack appears at the bottom of th eir local pool —a tour de force of econ om y, precision , and em oti on al power.

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Y inka, Where Is Your Huzband?

Lizzie Dam ilola Blackburn HC: 978-0-593-29900-5 eBook: 978-0-593-29901-2 DN : 978-0-593-55290-2 Pam ela Dorm an Books | 60,000 On Sal e January 18, 2022 Meet Y i nka: a thirty-something, Oxford-educated, British Nigerian wom an with a well-paid job, good fri ends, and a mother whose con stant refrain is "Yinka, where is y ou r huzband?"

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Don't Know Tough

T he Savory Baker

Eli Crano r

Am erica's Test Kitchen

HC: 978-1-64129-345-7 eBook: 978-1-64129-346-4 Soh o Cri m e | 75,000 On Sal e March 8, 2022

HC: 978-1-948703-98-7 eBook: 978-1-948703-99-4 A m erica's Test Kitchen | 60,000 On Sal e February 1, 2022

Fright Night Lights m eets Sou th ern Gothic, this thrilling debu t i s for readers of Megan A bbott and Wiley Cash.

Th e u l timate guide to savory baking u si ng fragrant spices and herbs, fresh produce, rich cheeses and m eats, and more.

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T he Bright Side Running Club Jo s ie Llo yd TR : 97 8-1-64385-949-1 eBook: 978-1-643-8595-0 A l cov e Press | 35,000 On Sal e February 8, 2022 Josi e Ll oy d’s fearless nov el i s a tribute to th e power of the human spirit in th e face of hardship, based on the au thor’s own experience with cancer an d com munity.

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Gentrifier Anne Elizabeth Moore HC: 978-1-64622-070-0 eBook: 978-1-64622-071-7 Catapult | 12,500 On Sal e October 19, 2021 Taki ng on the thorny ethics of owning an d selling property as a white woman i n a majority Black city and a m ajority Ban gladeshi neighborhood wi th both i n telligence and humor, this memoir bri n gs a n ew perspective to a Detroit th at finds i tself perpetually on the bri n k of revitalization .

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T he Electricity of Every Living Thing

Rachel Carson: The Sea T rilogy (LOA #352)

Katherine May TR: 978-1-61219-960-3

Rachel Cars on & Sandra Steingraber, editor

eBook: 978-1-61219-961-0 Mel v i lle Hou se | 75,000 On Sal e October 19, 2021

978-1-59853-705-5 Li brary of America | 12,500 On Sal e December 7, 2021

Th e Ne w York Times bestselling au thor of Wintering writes a lifeaffi rming exploration of wild l an dscapes, what it means to be di fferent and, abov e all, how we can al l learn to m ake peace with ou r own u n qu iet minds.

Pi on eering environ mentalist Rachel Carson explores the wonders of the Earth's oceans in these classics of A m erican science and n ature writing.

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Catch Her When She Falls

Joan Is Okay

Brown Girls

Weik e Wang

Daphne Palasi Andreades

Allis o n Buccola

HC: 978-0-593-24342-8

HC: 978-0-593-23129-6

eBook: 978-0-593-24343-5 DN : 978-0-593-41640-2 Ran dom Hou se | 50,000 On Sal e January 4, 2022

eBook: 97 8-0-593-23130-2 DN : 978-0-593-55596-5 Ran dom Hou se | 40,000 On Sal e February 1, 2022

HC: 978-0-525-65483-4 eBook: 978-0-525-65484-1 DN : 978-0-593-41229-9 Ran dom Hou se | 75,000 On Sal e January 18, 2022

A wi tty, moving, piercingly insightful n ew n ov el abou t a marvelou sly com pl icated woman who can’t be an y one but herself, from the award-winning author of Chemistry.

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In th is “thoroughly propulsive” A bl azingly original debut n ovel about (Ki m berly McCreight) debut thriller, a a grou p of friends and their y ou n g woman qu estions ev erything i m migrant families from Qu eens, New sh e th ought she knew abou t the Y ork—a tenderly observed, fiercely sh ocking murder that changed her life poeti c l ov e l etter to a modern wh en she was i n high school. gen eration of brown girls.

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T he Maid

Black Cake

T he Violence

Nita Pros e

Charm aine Wilk erson

Delilah S. Daw son

HC: 978-0-593-35615-9 eBook: 978-0-593-35616-6 DN : 978-0-593-45269-1 LP: 978-0-593-51084-1 Bal lantine Books | 150,000 On Sal e January 4, 2022

HC: 978-0-593-35833-7 eBook: 978-0-593-35834-4 DN : 978-0-593-50522-9 LP: 978-0-593-55913-0 Bal lantine Books | 100,000 On Sal e February 1, 2022

In th is moving debut nov el, A ch armingly eccentric hotel m ai d di scovers a guest murdered in two estranged siblings must set aside th ei r differences to deal with their h i s bed. Sol ving the mystery will turn h er on ce orderly world upside down m oth er's death and her hidden past—a jou rn ey of discov ery that takes them i n this utterly original debut. from the Caribbean to Lon don to Requ est an eGalley on Edelweiss.

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HC: 978-0-593-15662-9 eBook: 978-0-593-15663-6 DN : 978-0-593-45605-7 Del Rey | 100,000 On Sal e February 1, 2022

Th ree generation s of abused women m u st n avigate their chilling new real ity as a mysterious epidemic of v i ol ence sweeps the nation in this com pel ling nov el of self-discovery, l egacy, and hope.

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Cov er Not Final

T ake My Hand

When We Fell Apart

Blood Sugar

Dolen Perk ins-Valdez

Soon Wiley

Sas cha Rothchild

HC: 978-0-593-33769-1

HC: 978-0-593-18514-8 eBook: 978-0-593-18515-5 DN : 978-0-593-51009-4 Du tton | 35,000 On Sal e April 26, 2022

HC: 978-0-593-33154-5 eBook: 978-0-593-33155-2 DN : 978-0-593-55304-6 G.P. Pu tnam's Son s | 50,000 On Sal e April 19, 2022

A profou ndly m oving and suspenseful dram a that untangles the com plicated ti es that bind families together—or break them apart—as a young Korean A m erican man's search for answers abou t his girlfriend's mysteriou s death becomes a soul-searching jou rn ey into his own bi-cultural i den tity.

A n u tterly delicious debut thriller th at tells the story of the most l i kable murderess you will ev er m eet, perfect for fans of Riley Sager an d Jessica Knol l.

eBook: 978-0-593-33770-7 DN : 978-0-593-55225-4 Berkl ey | 100,000 On Sal e April 12, 2022 In spi red by true events that rocked th e n ation, a profoundly moving n ovel abou t a Black nurse in postsegregation Alabama who blows the wh i stle on a terrible wron g done to h er patients, from the New York Time s bestselling author of Wench.

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T rust Hernan Diaz HC: 978-0-593-42031-7 eBook: 978-0-593-42033-1 DN : 978-0-593-55712-9 LP: 978-0-593-55656-6 Ri v erhead Books | 100,000 On Sal e May 3, 2022 From an award-winning chronicler of ou r n ation's history and i ts legends com es h is much-anticipated nov el abou t wealth and talent, trust and i n timacy, truth and perception.

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T ime Is a Mother

Happy for You

Ocean Vuong

Claire Stanfo rd

HC: 97 8-0-593-30023-7 eBook: 978-0-593-30024-4

HC: 978-0-593-29826-8 eBook: 978-0-593-29827-5

DN : 97 8-0-593-55742-6 Pen guin Press | 125,000 On Sal e April 5, 2022

DN : 978-0-593-55300-8 V i king | 30,000 On Sal e April 19, 2022

Th e h i ghly anticipated collection of poem s from the awardwi n ning author of On Earth We ’ re Briefly Gorgeous.

A wh ip-smart, funny, affecting novel abou t a young woman who takes a job at a tech company looking to break i n to the "happiness m arket"—even as h er own happiness feels m ore u n knowable than ever.

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