Episode 1: Welcome to the Laydown!

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The Nix By Nathan Hill Cover Image
$19.00
ISBN: 9781101970348
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Published: Vintage - May 2nd, 2017

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the suburban Midwest to New York City to the 1968 riots that rocked Chicago and beyond, a novel that explores—with sharp humor and a fierce tenderness—the resilience of love and home, even in times of radical change.


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Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow By Jessica Townsend Cover Image
$8.99
ISBN: 9780316508896
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - September 25th, 2018

A breathtaking, enchanting new series by debut author Jessica Townsend, about a cursed girl who escapes death and finds herself in a magical world--but is then tested beyond her wildest imagination.


Behind the Throne: A Domestic History of the British Royal Household By Adrian Tinniswood Cover Image
$32.00
ISBN: 9780465094028
Availability: Backordered
Published: Basic Books - October 2nd, 2018

An "enchanting" upstairs/downstairs history of the British royal court, from the Middle Ages to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II (Wall Street Journal). Monarchs: they're just like us. They entertain their friends and eat and worry about money. Henry VIII tripped over his dogs. George II threw his son out of the house.


The View from Flyover Country: Dispatches from the Forgotten America By Sarah Kendzior Cover Image
$13.99
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ISBN: 9781250189998
Published: Flatiron Books - April 17th, 2018

NEW YORK TIMES and MIBA BESTSELLER

From the St. Louis–based journalist often credited with first predicting Donald Trump’s presidential victory.


"A collection of sharp-edged, humanistic pieces about the American heartland...Passionate pieces that repeatedly assail the inability of many to empathize and to humanize." — Kirkus


The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas, Robin Buss (Translated by), Robin Buss (Introduction by), Robin Buss (Notes by) Cover Image
By Alexandre Dumas, Robin Buss (Translated by), Robin Buss (Introduction by), Robin Buss (Notes by)
$16.00
ISBN: 9780140449266
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Published: Penguin Classics - May 27th, 2003

"On what slender threads do life and fortune hang." Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read


The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy (Montague Siblings #2) By Mackenzi Lee Cover Image
$12.99
ISBN: 9780062795335
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Published: Katherine Tegen Books - May 26th, 2020

In this highly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, Felicity Montague must use all her womanly wits and wiles to achieve her dreams of becoming a doctor—even if she has to scheme her way across Europe to do it.


Sounds Like Titanic: A Memoir By Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman Cover Image
$15.95
ISBN: 9780393357738
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - February 11th, 2020

A Finalist for the 2019 National Book Critics Circle Award in Autobiography

"Deliciously bizarre and utterly American.…[A] Coen brothers movie come to life.…I couldn't put it down." —Caitlin Doughty, best-selling author of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?


Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy #1) By Marlon James Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780735220188
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Published: Riverhead Books - February 4th, 2020

One of TIME’s 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time

Winner of the L.A. Times Ray Bradbury Prize 

Finalist for the 2019 National Book Award

The New York Times Bestseller

Named a Best Book of 2019 by The Wall Street Journal, TIME, NPR, GQ, Vogue, and The Washington Post


Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc By David Elliott Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781328987594
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Published: Clarion Books - March 26th, 2019

"Stunning . . . elegant . . . arresting . . . supple and harrowing.” - The Wall Street Journal

★“An innovative, entrancing account of a popular figure that will appeal to fans of verse, history, and biography.” - Kirkus, starred review


Pumpkinheads By Rainbow Rowell, Faith Erin Hicks (Illustrator), Sarah Stern (Contributions by) Cover Image
By Rainbow Rowell, Faith Erin Hicks (Illustrator), Sarah Stern (Contributions by)
$18.99
ISBN: 9781626721623
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Published: First Second - August 27th, 2019

A 2020 Tayshas Reading List Selection
A 2020 Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List Selection


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An Absolutely Remarkable Thing: A Novel (The Carls #1) By Hank Green Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781524743468
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Published: Dutton - July 30th, 2019

THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

“Sparkling with mystery, humor and the uncanny, this is a fun read. But beneath its effervescent tone, more complex themes are at play.” —San Francisco Chronicle


How To Write An Autobiographical Novel: Essays By Alexander Chee Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781328764522
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Published: Mariner Books - April 17th, 2018

Named a Best Book of 2018 by New York Magazine, the Washington Post, Publisher's Weekly, NPR, and Time, among many others, this essay collection from the author of The Queen of the Night explores how we form identities in life and in art.


The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1) By N. K. Jemisin Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780316229296
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Published: Orbit - August 4th, 2015

At the end of the world, a woman must hide her secret power and find her kidnapped daughter in this "intricate and extraordinary" Hugo Award winning novel of power, oppression, and revolution. (The New York Times)

This is the way the world ends. . .for the last time.


The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth #2) By N. K. Jemisin Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780316229265
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Published: Orbit - August 16th, 2016

Essun's missing daughter grows more powerful every day, and her choices may destroy the world in this "magnificent" Hugo Award winner and NYT Notable Book. (NPR)

The season of endings grows darker, as civilization fades into the long cold night.


The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth #3) By N. K. Jemisin Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780316229241
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Published: Orbit - August 15th, 2017

Humanity will finally be saved or destroyed in the shattering conclusion to the post-apocalyptic and highly acclaimed NYT bestselling trilogy that won the Hugo Award three years in a row.

The Moon will soon return. Whether this heralds the destruction of humankind or something worse will depend on two women.


The Perfect Nanny: A Novel By Leila Slimani, Sam Taylor (Translated by) Cover Image
By Leila Slimani, Sam Taylor (Translated by)
$18.00
ISBN: 9780143132172
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Published: Penguin Books - January 9th, 2018

*Soon to be an HBO series starring Nicole Kidman and Maya Erskine*

She has the keys to their apartment. She knows everything. She has embedded herself so deeply in their lives that it now seems impossible to remove her.


A Brief History of Seven Killings (Booker Prize Winner): A Novel By Marlon James Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781594633942
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Published: Riverhead Books - September 8th, 2015

Winner of the Man Booker Prize

One of Entertainment Weekly's Top 10 Books of the Decade

One of the Top 10 Books of 2014 – Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times


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Bull By David Elliott Cover Image
$9.99
ISBN: 9781328596338
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Published: Clarion Books - March 26th, 2019

David Elliott turns a classic on its head: this rough and rowdy retelling of the Minotaur myth in verse will have readers reevaluating one of mythology's most infamous monsters. 
THE MYTH OF THE MINOTAUR?


Hamilton: The Revolution By Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter Cover Image
$50.00
ISBN: 9781455539741
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Published: Grand Central Publishing - April 12th, 2016

A backstage pass to the groundbreaking, hit musical Hamilton, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Eleven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, including the award-winning libretto, behind-the-scenes photos and interviews, and exclusive footnotes from composer-lyricist-star Lin-Manuel Miranda, now streaming on Disney+ with the original cast.