Book Club Picks LJ DOD Fall 2021
Our Country Friends Gary Shteyngart HC: 978-1-984-85512-1 eBook: 978-1-984-85513-8 DN : 978-0-593-50478-9 LP: 978-0-593-50386-7 Ran dom Hou se | 100,000 On Sal e November 2, 2021
Ei ght friends, on e country hou se, four rom ances, and six mon ths i n i sol ation—a powerful, emotion ally ri ch n ovel about l ove, friendship, and betrayal, a book that reads l ike a great Ru ssian n ovel.
Sm all World
T o Paradise
T he Magnolia Palace
Jonathan Evison
Hanya Y anagihara
HC: 97 8-0-593-18412-7
HC: 97 8-0-385-54793-2
eBook: 978-0-593-18414-1 DN : 97 8-0-593-45221-9 Du tton | 75,000 On Sal e January 11, 2022
HC: 978-0-593-18401-1
eBook: 978-0-385-54794-9 DN : 97 8-0-593-50758-2 Dou bl eday | 250,000 On Sal e January 11, 2022
eBook: 9780593184028 DN : 9780593458082
A career’s work from a beloved au thor’s first book for Du tton, S mall World i s a h istoric epic set in m u ltiple time periods, in which the ch aracters interconnect in the most i n triguing and m eaningful ways.
From th e author of the classic A Little Life —a bol d, brilliant n ovel spanning th ree centuries and three di fferent v ersion s of the American experiment, abou t lov ers, family, loss and the el u sive promise of utopia.
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T he Books of Jacob
Toni Morris on
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T he Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post
Fiona Davis
LP: 9780593460153 Du tton | 100,000 On Sal e January 25, 2022
Fi on a Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Ave nue, returns with a tan talizing nov el abou t the secrets, betrayal, and murder within on e of N ew York Ci ty’s most impressive Gi l ded Age m ansions. R equ est an eGalley on Edelweiss. Requ est an eGalley on NetGalley.
T he Bright Side Running Club
HC: 978-0-593-31503-3
Olga To k arczuk; Translated by Jennifer Croft
Allis on Pataki
Jos ie Lloyd
eBook: 978-0-593-31504-0 DN : 978-0-593-46058-0
HC: 97 8-0-593-08748-0 eBook: 978-0-593-08749-7
HC: 978-0-593-35568-8 eBook: 978-0-593-35569-5
LP: 978-0-593-55664-1 Kn opf | 50,000 On Sal e February 1, 2022
DN : 9780593395271 Ri v erhead Books | 75,000 On Sal e February 1, 2022
DN : 978-0-593-50686-8 Bal lantine Books | 50,000 On Sal e February 2, 2022
TR: 978-1-64385-949-1 eBook: 978-1-643-8595-0 A l cov e Press | 35,000 On Sal e February 8, 2022
A beautiful, arresting story about race an d the relationships that shape u s th rou gh l ife by the legendary Ton i Morri son , in a stand-alon e Kn opf h ardcov er for the first time, with an i n troduction by Zadie Smith.
Th e N obel Prize-winner’s richest, m ost sweeping and ambitious n ovel y et fol lows the com et-like rise and fall of a m y sterious, Messianic religious l eader as he blazes his way across ei gh teenth-century Europe.
A n epi c reimagining of the remarkable l i fe of Marjorie Merriweather Post, the A m erican heiress and trailblazing l eader of the twentieth century, from th e Ne w York Times bestselling au thor of Sisi.
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Josi e Ll oy d’s fearless nov el i s a tribute to th e power of the human spirit in th e face of hardship, based on the au thor’s own experience with cancer an d com munity.
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Love & Saffron
T he Swimmers
Checkout 19
Kim Fay
Julie Ots uka
Claire-Louis e Bennett
HC: 978-0-593-41933-5 eBook: 9780593419342 DN : 9780593552513 G.P. Pu tnam's Son s | 50,000 On Sal e February 8, 2022
HC: 978-0-593-32133-1
HC: 978-0-593-42049-2
Jennifer E. Sm ith
eBook: 978-0-593-32134-8 DN : 978-0-593-55204-9
eBook: 97 8-0-593-42051-5 DN : 978-0-593-55566-8 Ri v erhead Books | 20,000 On Sal e March 1, 2022
HC: 978-0-593-35827-6
In th e v ein of the classic 84, Charing Cross Road th is witty and tender novel follows two wom en in 1960s America as they di scov er that food really does connect us al l , and that friendship and laughter are th e best medicine. R equ est an eGalley on Edelweiss. R equ est an eGalley on NetGalley.
LP: 978-0-593-55662-7 Kn opf | 60,000 On Sal e February 22, 2022
From award-winning author Julie Otsu ka, comes a novel about what h appens to a group of recreational swi mmers when a crack appears at the bottom of th eir local pool —a tour de force of econ om y, precision , and em oti on al power. Cl i ck to Learn More A bout the Book.
From th e author of the “dazzling…. an d daring” Pond (O Magazine),the adv en tures of a y oung woman di scov ering her own genius, th rou gh the people she meets –and dreams up–along the way. R equ est an eGalley on Edelweiss. R equ est an eGalley on NetGalley.
T he Unsinkable Greta Jam es eBook: 978-0-593-35828-3 DN : 978-0-593-50680-6 LP: 978-0-593-55872-0 Bal lantine Books | 150,000 On Sal e March 1, 2022 A n i ndie musician reeling from tragedy and a public breakdown recon n ects with her estranged father on a week-long cruise i n this “pitchperfect story abou t the ways we recov er love i n the strangest places” (Rebecca Serle). Requ est an eGalley on Edelweiss. Requ est an eGalley on NetGalley.
T he Lifeguards Amanda Eyre Ward HC: 978-0-593-15944-6 eBook: 978-0-593-15945-3 DN : 978-0-593-50678-3 Bal lantine Books | 100,000 On Sal e April 5, 2022
In su nny Austin, Texas, the bon ds between three picture-perfect—but v i ciou sly protective—mothers and th ei r close-knit sons are tested during on e u n forgettable summer in The Life guards, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Jetsetters. Cl i ck to Learn More A bout the Book.
Sea of T ranquility Em ily St. John Mandel HC: 978-0-59332-144-7 eBook: 978-0-59332-145-4 A D: 978-0-59355-200-1 CD: 978-0-59355-207-0 LP: 978-0-59355-659-7 Kn opf | 200,000 On Sal e April 19, 2022
Th e award-winning, best-selling au thor of Station Ele ven and The Glass Hote l returns with a n ovel of art, time, lov e, and plague that takes th e reader from Vancou ver Island in 1912 to a dark colon y on the moon th ree hundred y ears later, unfurling a story of humanity across centuries an d space. Requ est an eGalley on Edelweiss.
Marrying the Ketchups
Search
Jennifer Clo s e
Michelle Huneven
HC: 978-0-525-65887-0
HC: 978-0-593-30005-3 eBook: 9780593300060 DN : 9780593557242 Pen guin Press | 50,000 On Sal e April 26, 2022
eBook: 97 8-0-525-65888-7 DN : 978-0-593-55186-8 Kn opf | 25,000 On Sal e April 26, 2022 A n i rresistible comedy of manners abou t three generation s of a Ch icago restaurant family and the private jokes, an cient grudges, broken hearts, an d deep, abiding love that feeds th em all.
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From critically acclaimed, awardwi n ning author Mi chelle Huneven, a sh arp and funny n ovel of a con gregational search committee, told as a m emoi r with recipes. Requ est an eGalley on Edelweiss.