Kelly's Staff Picks

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The Ogress and the Orphans By Kelly Barnhill Cover Image
$18.35
ISBN: 9781643750743
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Published: Algonquin Young Readers - March 8th, 2022

A new instant-classic fantasy about the power of generosity and love, and how a community suffers when they disappear, by Kelly Barnhill, winner of the Newbery Medal for The Girl Who Drank the Moon, a New York Times bestseller.
 
Stone-in-the-Glen, once a lovely town, has fallen on hard times.


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Our Missing Hearts: A Novel By Celeste Ng Cover Image
$26.68
ISBN: 9780593492543
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Published: Penguin Press - October 4th, 2022

An instant New York Times bestseller A New York Times Notable Book of 2022 • Named a Best Book of 2022 by People, TIME Magazine, The Washington Post, USA Today, NPR, Los Angeles Times, and Oprah Daily, and more A Reese's Book Club Pick


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All This Could Be Different: A Novel By Sarah Thankam Mathews Cover Image
$24.84
ISBN: 9780593489123
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Published: Viking - August 2nd, 2022

2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST

ONE OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES' TOP 5 FICTION BOOKS OF THE YEAR

ONE OF TIME AND SLATE'S TOP 10 BOOKS OF THE YEAR

Named one of the BEST BOOKS OF 2022 by NPR, Vogue, Vulture, BuzzFeed, Harper's Bazaar, and more


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Shutter By Ramona Emerson Cover Image
$23.87
ISBN: 9781641293334
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Published: Soho Crime - August 2nd, 2022

Longlisted for the National Book Award

This blood-chilling debut set in New Mexico’s Navajo Nation is equal parts gripping crime thriller, supernatural horror, and poignant portrayal of coming of age on the reservation.


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Kindred By Octavia E. Butler Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780807083697
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Published: Beacon Press - February 1st, 2004

From the New York Times bestselling author of Parable of the Sower and MacArthur “Genius” Grant, Nebula, and Hugo award winner

The visionary time-travel classic whose Black female hero is pulled through time to face the horrors of American slavery and explores the impacts of racism, sexism, and white supremacy then and now.


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Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good By Adrienne Maree Brown (Editor) Cover Image
By Adrienne Maree Brown (Editor)
$18.40
ISBN: 9781849353267
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Published: AK Press - March 19th, 2019

How do we make social justice the most pleasurable human experience? How can we awaken within ourselves desires that make it impossible to settle for anything less than a fulfilling life?