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• Flowers for Algernon

  Keyes, Daniel,

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  A banned book that has been on my reading list for some time and has become one of my favorites. - Kristin

• I Who Have Never Known Men

  Harpman, Jacqueline,

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  A strange and mysterious dystopian sci-fi novel. - Kristin

• Port Anna

  a Novel

  Buck, Libby,

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  A soft romance and mystery set in coastal Maine as summer moves into fall. A lovely atmospheric read! - Kristin

• Rivers of London

  Aaronovitch, Ben,

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  A little gory, but it's a cop procedural with magic, so that's to be expected. - Kat

• Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

  a Novel

  Skeslien Charles, Janet,

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  Highly recommend. - Barb

• Dune Messiah

  Herbert, Frank

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  - Ryan

• Dune

  Herbert, Frank,

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  - Ryan

• That Librarian

  the Fight Against Book Banning in America

  Jones, Amanda (Librarian),

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  In honor of Banned Books Week. It’s extremely informative on the rise of censorship and book challenges while also showing the deeply personal impact of the online attacks on librarians. An important read! - Julia

• The Bewitching

  Moreno-Garcia, Silvia,

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  - Kathleen

• The Manor of Dreams

  a Novel

  Li, Christina,

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  - Kathleen

• The Night War

  Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker,

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  - Linda

• Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

  Schwab, Victoria,

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  - Linda

• The Correspondent

  a Novel

  Evans, Virginia, 1986-

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  - Linda

• Needful Things

  King, Stephen, 1947-

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  - Ethan

• And They Were Roommates

  Powars, Page,

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  LGBTQ+ romance. - Angela

• A Walk in the Park

  the True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

  Fedarko, Kevin,

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  - Hilary

• Wayward Girls

  a Novel

  Wiggs, Susan,

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  - Nicole

• Elphie

  a Wicked Childhood

  Maguire, Gregory,

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  - Nicole

• To Shape a Dragon's Breath

  Blackgoose, Moniquill,

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  Alternative history. - Jill

• The CIA Book Club

  the Secret Mission to Win the Cold War With Forbidden Literature

  English, Charlie,

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  How underground publishing and book distribution in Poland helped to end the Cold War. - Jill