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• Orbital

  Harvey, Samantha, 1975-

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  Adult fiction - "The international crew members of the space station come wonderfully alive in 'Orbital,' a space novel that prizes lyricism over sci-fi conventions." - Colby J.

• Tell Me I'm Worthless

  Rumfitt, Alison,

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  Adult fiction - "One of the most disturbing horror novels I have ever read. It used multiple unreliable narrators in an interesting way." - David D.

• Kairos

  Erpenbeck, Jenny, 1967-

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  Adult fiction - "Jenny Erpenbeck's 'Kairos,' a telescopic novel of love and history, is now available to English readers." - Colby J.

• Looking Glass Sound

  Ward, Catriona,

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  Adult fiction - "Catriona Ward's 'Looking Glass Sound' is a twisty, addictive psychological horror novel. The writer protagonist tries to make sense of the terrors of his past by penning a final work, but the lines between reality, memory and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Feed Them Silence

  Mandelo, Lee,

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  Adult fiction - "A bleak sci fi novella about a neuro scientist linking her mind to wolves and her collapsing marriage. A brutal, pessimistic story, born out of the malaise of the roughest parts of 2020." - David D.

• When Crack Was King

  a People's History of a Misunderstood Era

  Ramsey, Donovan X.,

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  Adult nonfiction - "If you enjoyed Matthew Desmond's 'Evicted' or Michelle Alexander's 'The New Jim Crow,' I highly recommend checking out 'When Crack Was King.' The story alternates between a historical overview with a focus on hard data and a more…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Men With the Pink Triangle

  the True, Life-and-death Story of Homosexuals in the Nazi Death Camps

  Heger, Heinz,

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  Adult nonfiction - "A memoir of Josef Kohout's experience as a gay man in the Nazi concentration camps. A book like this is so significant because we have so few accounts from gay men due to persecution from the Ally societies all the same." - Tyler…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Revolutionary Temper

  Paris, 1748-1789

  Darnton, Robert

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  Adult nonfiction - "Robert Darnton emphasizes how crucial contemporary systems of information were to the spirit of 1789." - Colby J.

• The Seven Generations and the Seven Grandfather Teachings

  Kaagegaabaw, James Vukelich,

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  Adult nonfiction - "Anishinaabe teachings to aid us in finding our connections to each other. A book like this guides the reader to confront and realize how much we take for granted is really just socialized into us." - Tyler H.

• Cobalt Red

  How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives /

  Kara, Siddharth,

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  Adult nonfiction - "This is an important book to read for pretty much anyone. It makes the reader face a conflict that does not nearly get the attention it should as well as the level of inhumanity and oppression we rely on for our technology and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• To 2040

  Graham, Jorie, 1950-

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  Adult nonfiction - "To 2040 is Jorie Graham's most recent collection of bracing, openhearted poems." - Colby J.

• Heartstopper. Volume 5

  Oseman, Alice,

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  YA graphic novel - "The latest installment (but thankfully not the last) in the love story between Nick and Charlie. The writing is great, the illustrations are great, and the series is able to discuss difficult topics while overall being incredibly…Read moreRead more of this annotation