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Tastes Like War: A Memoir Tastes Like War: A Memoir  Nonfiction
Tell the Wolves I’m Home Tell the Wolves I’m Home  Fiction
The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi  Fiction
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is...  Nonfiction
The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it...  Nonfiction
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World  Nonfiction
The Bangalore Detectives Club The Bangalore Detectives Club  Fiction
The Betrayal of the Humanities: The University During the Third Reich The Betrayal of the Humanities: The University During the Third...  Nonfiction
The City-State of Boston: The Rise and Fall of an Atlantic Power, 1630-1865 The City-State of Boston: The Rise and Fall of an...  Nonfiction
The Color Purple The Color Purple  Fiction
The Complete Calvin & Hobbes The Complete Calvin & Hobbes  Fiction
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare The Complete Works of William Shakespeare  Fiction
The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of...  Nonfiction
The Covenant of Water The Covenant of Water  Fiction
The Death of Ivan Ilyich The Death of Ivan Ilyich  Fiction
The Eternal Feminine The Eternal Feminine  Fiction
The Fire Next Time The Fire Next Time  Nonfiction
The Forgotten Financiers of the Louisiana Purchase: European Bankers, the US, and the Rise of International Finance The Forgotten Financiers of the Louisiana Purchase: European Bankers, the...  Nonfiction
The Friend Zone The Friend Zone  Fiction
The Future of Money: How the Digital Revolution Is Transforming Currencies and Finance The Future of Money: How the Digital Revolution Is Transforming...  Nonfiction
The Goblin Emperor The Goblin Emperor  Fiction
The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby  Fiction
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms  Fiction
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue  Fiction