Omaha Picks: What We're Reading October 2023Like this list

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• On Savage Shores

  How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe

  Dodds Pennock, Caroline, 1978-

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  "A skillfully crafted history of Indigenous Americans visiting (often / usually against their will) Europe in the 16th century & beyond. With any narrative like this, historians have to read & write between the lines of received history,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Nigerwife

  a Novel

  Walters, Vanessa, 1977-

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• The Beautiful Ones

  Prince,

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• Elektra

  Saint, Jennifer,

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• Greenwild

  the World Behind the Door

  Thomson, Pari,

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• The Scarlet Letter

  Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864

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• Queen Charlotte

  Quinn, Julia, 1970-

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• The Great Escape

  a True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America

  Soni, Saket, 1977-

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  "Absolutely in my top five for this year. I LOVED IT!"

• A Guest in the House

  Carroll, Emily,

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  "I love the surreal creepiness of the art in Emily Carroll's A Guest in the House"

• A Pity Party Is Still a Party

  a Feel-good Guide to Feeling Bad

  Garner, Chelsea Harvey,

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• Turning Points

  Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity /

  Noll, Mark A., 1946-

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  "It's a well-written introduction but the best feature by far is that each chapter opens and closes with the text of a hymn or prayer that was in common use in the era - quite a few of which still show up in hymnals today."

• The Mimicking of Known Successes

  Older, Malka, 1977-

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• Such Sharp Teeth

  Harrison, Rachel, 1989-

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• Such Sharp Teeth

  Harrison, Rachel, 1989-

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• Call Me Anne

  Heche, Anne,

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• Palo Alto

  a History of California, Capitalism, and the World

  Harris, Malcolm,

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• Pet Sematary

  King, Stephen, 1947-

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• Florida Woman

  a Novel

  Rogers, Deb (Novelist),

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  "It's giving me 'watching a train wreck in slow motion' vibes. You don't always know what is going on, but you know that something is up and it's either going to be real bad, real weird, or both."

• How to Sell a Haunted House

  Hendrix, Grady,

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• Our Share of Night

  a Novel

  Enriquez, Mariana,

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  "I really like the puzzle of the structure & the way she deadpans Gothic material familiar to Frankenstein- or Poe-enjoyers."