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What's New This Week: 7 Great Books Hitting Shelves Today

Posted by Hayley on February 21, 2017
Need another excuse to go to the bookstore this week? We've got seven! Bulk up your Want to Read shelf with these brand-new standalone titles.


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Dead Letters
by Caite Dolan-Leach

You should read this book if you like: Mystery, literary scavenger hunts, murder investigations, twins, upstate New York, romantic betrayal



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A Piece of the World
Written by Christina Baker Kline

You should read this book if you like: Historical fiction, family drama, Christina's World (a famous 1948 painting), blending of fact and fiction


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The Inkblots: Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, and the Power of seeing
by Damion Searls

You should read this book if you like: Nonfiction, inkblot tests, the synthesis of art and science, pop culture, psychiatrists



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Long May She Reign
by Rhiannon Thomas

You should read this book if you like: YA fantasy, queens who like science, murderous banquets, dashing (illegitimate) princes



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Traveling with Ghosts
by Shannon Leone Fowler

You should read this book if you like: Memoirs, marine biologists, overcoming tragedy, world travel, Cheryl Strayed's Wild


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High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an American Classic
by Glenn Frankel

You should read this book if you like: History, Hollywood's golden era, politics, the making of a great American Western, Carl Foreman


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The Mother's Promise
by Sally Hepworth

You should read this book if you like: Fiction, powerful portraits of families, humor and heart, social workers, the power of forgiveness


BONUS: The wait is over—check out three of the buzziest sequels coming out today!

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A Conjuring of Light
by V.E. Schwab

The final book in the Shades of Magic YA fantasy series
(Start off the series with A Darker Shade of Magic)



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Royally Matched
by Emma Chase

The second book in the Royally contemporary romance series
(Start off the series with Royally Screwed)



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Empire's End
by Chuck Wendig

The third book in the Star Wars: Aftermath science fiction series
(Start off the series with Aftermath)




What are you reading this week? Let's talk books in the comments!

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Comments (showing 1-6 of 6) (6 new)

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message 1: by Amber (new)

Amber Martingale Better list than usual. usually, there's only 1 book I want to read.


message 2: by Sarah (new)

Sarah The only one I see that seems worth reading is the Rorschach one. And "A Conjuring of Light," too, but I still need to read the first one.


message 3: by [deleted user] (new)

I Ordered Empire's End from Amazon. It Shipped Earlier Today!!!!!


message 4: by Nesrin (new)

Nesrin L. There are at least 2 in this List, which I really want to read. Wow! :)


message 5: by Mwanamali (new)

Mwanamali  Mari Dead Letters lost me at romantic betrayal.


message 6: by Mary (new)

Mary I am reading Half Broke Horses,,,loving it


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