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• The Offing

  Nay, Roz

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  Two young women are trapped in a deadly chase through the beautiful, dangerous waters around Australia in this new Popular Pick and award-winning thriller by Canadian author Roz Nay.

• The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye

  a Novel

  Cameron, Briony

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  An epic, dazzling tale based on true events illuminates a woman’s rise to power as one of the few purported female pirate captains to sail the Caribbean and a forbidden love story that will shape the course of history in this book with a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Romantic Agenda

  Kann, Claire

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  Thirty, flirty, and asexual Joy is secretly in love with her best friend Malcolm. When he unexpectedly announces that he's met the love of his life—and no, it's not Joy—she's heartbroken. Malcolm invites her on a weekend getaway at the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Return of Ellie Black

  a Novel

  Jean, Emiko

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  This Popular Pick is a suspenseful mystery thriller. Detective Chelsey Calhoun’s life is turned upside down when she gets the call Ellie Black, a girl who disappeared years earlier, has resurfaced in the woods of Washington state—but…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Could Be Us

  Ryan, Kennedy

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  Soledad Barnes is the master of planning and disaster recovery, so when betrayal shatters her life, she embraces single motherhood, but then an unlikely, and forbidden, man enters the picture in this heartwarming and uplifting contemporary…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Binti

  the Complete Trilogy

  Okorafor, Nnedi

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  Winner of the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award for Best Novella, this groundbreaking trilogy introduces us to the story of one extraordinary girl's journey from her home planet to the distant intergalactic Oomza University in this science…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Beach Read

  a Novel

  Henry, Emily

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  A romance writer ends up spending the summer in the house next to her university writing program rival in this beachiest of beach reads set at the beach!

• Tress of the Emerald Sea

  Sanderson, Brandon

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  A whimsical fantasy travelogue, featuring a girl who loves tea cups, a waterless sea, and a dragon. We can guarantee you've never visited the islands of the Emerald Sea before!

• Prairie Edge

  a Novel

  Kerr, Conor

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  Prairie Edge by Métis/Ukrainian writer Conor Kerr is a frenetic, propulsive crime thriller about cousins planning a capture of a herd of bison from a national park to set them free in downtown Edmonton.

• Starter Villain

  Scalzi, John, 1969-

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  Inspired to add this title to the list because we LOVE the cover, this hilarious science fiction 5-star read explores the complicated task of becoming a world-class supervillain.

• A Year of Last Things

  Poems

  Ondaatje, Michael, 1943-

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  A gorgeously surprising poetry collection about memory, history, and the act of looking back.

• With the Fire on High

  Acevedo, Elizabeth

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  A dazzling novel about a girl with talent, pride, and a drive to feed the soul that keeps her fire burning bright. Recipes included.

• I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together

  a Memoir

  Vellekoop, Maurice

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  Meeting at least three of the ARC prompts, including being set in Ontario, this is an astonishing, epic graphic novel memoir by Canadian artist, cartoonist, and illustrator, Maurice Vellekoop, known for his queer cartoons.

• Ants in My Pants

  One Woman's Unexpected Adventures Across Seven Continents

  Perrin, Joyce E.

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  Read this book with a green cover, by a local author, and is set in 156 countries! Joyce Perrin shares her fascinating travels on all 7 continents over twenty years. How many of these countries have you visited?

• The Marrow Thieves

  Dimaline, Cherie, 1975-

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  In a futuristic Ontario people have lost the ability to dream, and the dreamlessness has led to widespread madness, in this science fiction novel by Métis author Cherie Dimaline.

• Toothache

  Donato, Joseph

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  A delicious debut poetry chapbook by local author Joseph Donato, exploring adolescence through the eyes of the mouth.

• Cold

  a Novel

  Taylor, Drew Hayden, 1962-

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  A tragic plane crash that leaves two women stranded and fighting for their lives kicks off this sweeping and hilarious novel from award-winning Ojibway writer Drew Hayden Taylor that blends thriller, murder mystery, and horror with humour…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dune

  the Graphic Novel. Book 1

  Herbert, Brian

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  The definitive graphic novel adaptation of Dune, the groundbreaking science-fiction classic by Frank Herbert, conveniently set in space.

• Babel

  Or, The Necessity of Violence : An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

  Kuang, R. F. (Rebecca F.)

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  A book with a map and a historical fantasy epic that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British Empire.

• How War Begins

  Dispatches From the Ukrainian Invasion

  Igort, 1958-

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  In 2022, Igort, an acclaimed Italian cartoonist, began taking down the testimonies of Ukrainians during the Russian invasion. He turned them into online comics journalism, collected here for the first time in English in this biographical…Read moreRead more of this annotation