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American Dirt

by Jeanine Cummins Jeanine Cummins’ compelling book, which earned her a spot on Oprah’s Book Club list, tells the story of Lydia Quixano Perez, who runs a bookstore in Acapulco, Mexico, where she lives with her journalist husband and son. She has no idea that a stranger who begins to frequent her store will change her life, forcing her to flee with her son to their home and start a new life as a Central and South Americans-turned migrants.

The Silent Patient

by Alex Michaelides The Silent Patient is a psychological thriller that will stick with you long after reading, featuring the complexing story of a glamorous couple - an artist named Alicia and her fashion photographer husband, Gabriel. After Gabriel returns home late one night, Alicia shoots her husband five times and never speaks again, resulting in her being institutionalized in a center outside London. An interested psychotherapist named Theo Faber works to unravel this mystery as he treats his new patient.

Little Fires Everywhere

by Celeste Ng Now a Hulu original series starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington, Little Fires Everywhere is a story about two families - the Richardsons and the Warrens - living in 1990s Shaker Heights, who are brought together through their children. As the two families become inextricably linked, the picture-perfect Richardson family find their lives upended by the enigmatic mother and daughter, leading to the Richarson’s home catching fire in 1998 by suspected arson.

Ozark

Starring Jason Bateman, Laura Linney, Julia Garner In this 14-time Emmy nominated show, Jason Bateman and Laura Linney star as a married couple who are forced to relocate their family to the Ozarks following a money laundering scheme gone wrong with a Mexican drug cartel, while dealing with their own marital problems. As the family becomes inextricably linked with the cartel, their climb up the ranks leads to a slew of dangers from their new neighbors and the cartel as they begin to change the lives of the Ozark community.

Killing Eve

Starring Sandra Oh, Jodie Comer, Fiona Shaw In this British comedy drama spy thriller series, Sandra Oh plays Eve Polastri, a British intelligence investigator tasked with capturing a psychopathic assassin named Villanelle. As her chase develops, the two characters develop a mutual obsession. This riveting show is based on the novel series by Luke Jennings, and each of the show's series is led by a different female head writer. The first season was written by Golden Globe-winner Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

Waco: Miniseries

Starring Taylor Kitsch, Michael Shannon, Julia Garner Waco, a television miniseries on Netflix that originally appeared on Paramount Network, is a six-episode series that provides an eye-opening and incredulous account of the infamous standoff that occurred in 1993, between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and the Branch Davidians, a religious community in Waco, Texas, that resulted in a fatal fire that killed many of the Branch Davidians, including 25 children.

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