<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[bl results for formatcode:(GRAPHIC_NOVEL_DOWNLOAD OR EAUDIOBOOK OR EBOOK OR MAG_ONLINE )]]></title><description><![CDATA[bl results for formatcode:(GRAPHIC_NOVEL_DOWNLOAD OR EAUDIOBOOK OR EBOOK OR MAG_ONLINE )]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/austin/rss/search?query=formatcode%3A%28GRAPHIC_NOVEL_DOWNLOAD%20OR%20EAUDIOBOOK%20OR%20EBOOK%20OR%20MAG_ONLINE%20%29&amp;searchType=bl&amp;origin=header-navigation&amp;custom_edit=false&amp;suppress=true&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:13:04 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Strangers]]></title><description><![CDATA[<b>INSTANT #1<i> NEW YORK TIMES </i>BESTSELLER • “Burden’s searing, probing memoir explores . . . what she learned about intimacy and her own spirit.”—<i>People</i>​​</b><br><b>“A beautifully written instant classic. <i>Strangers</i> is gripping and heartbreaking and a must-read for every wife—and husband.”—Graydon Carter</b><br><b>“Asks us to examine life’s most perplexing questions: Can we see the invisible fault lines in a marriage or truly know the people closest to us?”—Lori Gottlieb<br></b> <br><i>It was a great love story, one for the ages. The speed of our beginning and the speed of our ending felt like matching bookends. They both came out of nowhere. He wanted it, he wanted me. And then he didn’t.</i><br>In March 2020, Belle Burden was safe and secure with her family at their house on Martha’s Vineyard, navigating the early days of the pandemic together—building fires in the late afternoons, drinking whisky sours, making roast chicken. Then, with no warning or explanation, her husband of twenty years announced that he was leaving her. Overnight, her caring, steady partner became a man she hardly recognized. He exited his life with her like an actor shrugging off a costume.<br>In <i>Strangers,</i> Burden revisits her marriage, searching for clues that her husband was not who she always thought he was. As she examines her relationship through a new lens, she reckons with her own family history and the lessons she intuited about how a woman is expected to behave in the face of betrayal. Through all of it, she is transformed. The discreet, compliant woman she once was—someone nicknamed “Belle the Good”—gives way to someone braver, someone determined to use her voice.<br>With unflinching honesty and profound grace, Burden charts a path through heartbreak to show the power of a woman who refuses to give up on love. <i>Strangers</i> is a stunning, deeply moving, compulsively readable memoir heralding the arrival of a thrilling new literary talent.]]></description><link>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C11807111</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C11807111</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Burden, Belle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/11807111980</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Memoir of Marriage</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593733325/MC.GIF&amp;client=austinpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yesteryear]]></title><description><![CDATA[<b>A GMA BOOK CLUB PICK • <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER • A traditional American woman, a “tradwife” influencer, suddenly awakens in the brutal reality of 1855—where she must unravel whether this living nightmare is an elaborate hoax, a twisted reality show, or something far more sinister in this sensational debut novel.<br> <br>"A bold and biting satire, <i>Yesteryear…</i>will have you cackling and gasping right to the final page."<br>—Nita Prose, #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Maid </i>series</b><br><i>My name was Natalie Heller Mills, and I was perfect at being alive. </i><br>Natalie lives a traditional lifestyle. Her charming farmhouse is rustic, her husband a handsome cowboy, her six children each more delightful than the last. So what if there are nannies and producers behind the scenes, her kitchen hiding industrial-grade fridges and ovens, her husband the heir to a political dynasty? What Natalie’s followers—all 8 million of them—don’t know won’t hurt them. And The Angry Women? The privileged, Ivy League, coastal elite haters who call her an antifeminist iconoclast? They’re sick with jealousy. Because Natalie isn’t simply living the good life, she’s living the ideal—and just so happens to be building an empire from it.<br>Until one morning she wakes up in a life that isn’t hers. Her home, her husband, her children—they’re all familiar, but something’s off. Her kitchen is warmed by a sputtering fire rather than electricity, her children are dirty and strange, and her soft-handed husband is suddenly a competent farmer. Just yesterday Natalie was curating photos of homemade jam for her Instagram, and now she’s expected to haul firewood and handwash clothes until her fingers bleed. Has she become the unwitting star of a ruthless reality show? Could it really be time travel? Is she being tested by God? By Satan? When Natalie suffers a brutal injury in the woods, she realizes two things: This is not her beautiful life, and she must escape by any means possible.<br>A gripping, electrifying novel that is as darkly funny as it is frightening, <i>Yesteryear</i> is a gimlet-eyed look at tradition, fame, faith, and the grand performance of womanhood.]]></description><link>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C12099213</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C12099213</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Burke, Caro Claire]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/12099213980</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593804223/MC.GIF&amp;client=austinpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Correspondent]]></title><description><![CDATA[<b>#1 <i>NEW YORK TIMES </i>BESTSELLER • Discover the word-of-mouth hit hailed by Ann Patchett as “A cause for celebration”—an intimate novel about the transformative power of the written word and the beauty of slowing down to reconnect with the people we love.</b><br><b>“<i>The Correspondent</i> is this year’s breakout novel no one saw coming.”—<i>The Wall Street Journal</i><br>“I cried more than once as I witnessed this brilliant woman come to understand herself more deeply.”—Florence Knapp, author of <i>The Names</i></b><br><b>In development as a major motion picture starring Jane Fonda<br></b> <br><b>LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE, THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL, AND THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, <i>The Washington Post, Boston Globe, Elle, Christian Science Monitor, She Reads</i></b><br><i>“Imagine, the letters one has sent out into the world, the letters received back in turn, are like the pieces of a magnificent puzzle. . . . Isn’t there something wonderful in that, to think that a story of one’s life is preserved in some way, that this very letter may one day mean something, even if it is a very small thing, to someone?”</i><br>Filled with knowledge that only comes from a life fully lived, <i>The Correspondent</i> is a gem of a novel about the power of finding solace in literature and connection with people we might never meet in person. It is about the hubris of youth and the wisdom of old age, and the mistakes and acts of kindness that occur during a lifetime.<br>Sybil Van Antwerp has throughout her life used letters to make sense of the world and her place in it. Most mornings, around half past ten, Sybil sits down to write letters—to her brother, to her best friend, to the president of the university who will not allow her to audit a class she desperately wants to take, to Joan Didion and Larry McMurtry to tell them what she thinks of their latest books, and to one person to whom she writes often yet never sends the letter.<br>Sybil expects her world to go on as it always has—a mother, grandmother, wife, divorcee, distinguished lawyer, she has lived a very full life. But when letters from someone in her past force her to examine one of the most painful periods of her life, she realizes that the letter she has been writing over the years needs to be read and that she cannot move forward until she finds it in her heart to offer forgiveness.<br>Sybil Van Antwerp’s life of letters might be “a very small thing,” but she also might be one of the most memorable characters you will ever read.]]></description><link>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C11078174</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C11078174</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Evans, Virginia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/11078174980</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593798447/MC.GIF&amp;client=austinpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wild Dark Shore]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><b>REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK <li> INSTANT <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER <li> BOOK OF THE MONTH CLUB'S BOOK OF THE YEAR</b><b> <li> </b><b>LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION<br>A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (NPR, <i>TIME, USA Today, </i></b><b><i>The Economist,</i> </b><b><i>Scientific American, Good Housekeeping, Reader's Digest,</i></b><b><i>BuzzFeed, BookRiot, </i></b><b><i>HuffPost, Jezebel, The Globe and Mail, </i></b><i><b>Kirkus</b></i><b>, and more!</b>)<br> <b><br>"A breathtaking novel of ROMANCE, MYSTERY, AND TWISTS that will shock you...I love this book so much." —Reese Witherspoon<br>"A WILDLY TALENTED writer." </b><b>―Emily St. John Mandel<br></b><b>"Absolutely ASTONISHING. McConaghy's writing knocks me over every time." —Fredrik Backman</b><br><b>"SPELLBINDING...Exceptionally imagined, thoroughly humane." —<i>Washington Post</i><br></b><br>A family on a remote island. A mysterious woman washed ashore. A rising storm on the horizon.<br>Dominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of Shearwater, a tiny island not far from Antarctica. Home to the world's largest seed bank, Shearwater was once full of researchers, but with sea levels rising, the Salts are now its final inhabitants. Until, during the worst storm the island has ever seen, a woman mysteriously washes ashore.<br>Isolation has taken its toll on the Salts, but as they nurse the woman, Rowan, back to strength, it begins to feel like she might just be what they need. Rowan, long accustomed to protecting herself, starts imagining a future where she could belong to someone again. <br>But Rowan isn't telling the whole truth about why she set out for Shearwater. And when she discovers sabotaged radios and a freshly dug grave, she realizes Dominic is keeping his own secrets. As the storms on Shearwater gather force, they all must decide if they can trust each other enough to protect the precious seeds in their care before it's too late—and if they can finally put the tragedies of the past behind them to create something new, together.<br>A novel of breathtaking twists, dizzying beauty, and ferocious love, <i>Wild Dark Shore</i> is about the impossible choices we make to protect the people we love, even as the world around us disappears.</p>]]></description><link>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C10649534</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C10649534</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[McConaghy, Charlotte]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/10649534980</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250827999/MC.GIF&amp;client=austinpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Theo of Golden]]></title><description><![CDATA[<b>THE #1 <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLING PHENONEMON</b><BR> <BR> <b>A Katie Couric Book Club Pick<li>A Jen Hatmaker Book Club Pick</b><BR> <BR> <b>"[A] word-of-mouth smash hit."</b> <b>—<i>The New York Times</i></b><BR> <BR> <b>"A treasure." —Hoda Kotb</b><BR>One spring morning, a stranger named Theo arrives in the small Southern city of Golden. He doesn't explain much about where he came from or why he's there—but when he visits the local coffeehouse, where pencil portraits of the people of Golden hang on the walls, he begins purchasing them, one at a time, and giving each portrait to the person depicted. In exchange, he asks only for the person's story. And so portrait by portrait, person by person, secrets are revealed, regrets are shared, and ordinary lives are profoundly altered.<BR> <BR> A story of giving and receiving, of seeing and being seen, <I>Theo of Golden</I> is an unforgettable novel about the power of generosity, the importance of connection, and the quiet miracles that happen when we choose kindness and wonder.]]></description><link>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C12402129</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C12402129</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Levi, Allen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/12402129980</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781668236536/MC.GIF&amp;client=austinpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Project Hail Mary]]></title><description><![CDATA[<b>#1 <i>NEW YORK TIMES </i>BESTSELLER • Now a major motion picture starring Ryan Gosling, directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, with a screenplay by Drew Goddard</b><br><b>A lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this “propulsive” (<i>Entertainment Weekly</i>), cinematic thriller full of suspense, humor, and fascinating science—from the author of <i>The Martian</i>.<br>HUGO AWARD FINALIST • <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> READER PICK: 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY • ONE OF THE YEAR’S BEST BOOKS: <i>Parade, Newsweek, </i>New York Public Library, <i>Polygon, Shelf Awareness, She Reads, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal</i><br></b><br>Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish.<br>Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it.<br>All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.<br>His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it’s up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery—and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.<br>And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he’s got to do it all alone.<br>Or does he?<br>Hailed by <i>USA Today </i>as “an epic story of redemption, discovery, and cool speculative sci-fi,” <i>Project Hail Mary</i> is an irresistible interstellar adventure as only Andy Weir could deliver.]]></description><link>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C5665700</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C5665700</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Weir, Andy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/5665700980</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593135211/MC.GIF&amp;client=austinpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heart the Lover]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><b>INSTANT <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER</b></p><p><b>FINALIST FOR THE PEN/FAULKNER AWARD</b></p><p><b>A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: <i>TIME Magazine, New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Harper's Baazar,</i> NPR, <i>Vogue, Oprah Daily, People Magazine, USA TODAY</i>, <i>Literary Hub, Electric Literature, Kirkus Review, BookPage, </i>Apple, Spotify, Amazon, Barnes & Nobles, PEN America, Chicago Public Library</b></p><p><b>"Lily King has written another masterpiece. This book overflows with her brilliance and her heart. We are so lucky." —Emma Straub, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>This Time Tomorrow</i></b></p><p><b>From the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Writers & Lovers</i> comes a magnificent and intimate new novel of desire, friendship, and the lasting impact of first love</b></p><p><i>You knew I'd write a book about you someday.</i></p><p>Our narrator understands good love stories—their secrets and subtext, their highs and free falls. But her greatest love story, the one she lived, never followed the simple rules.</p><p>In the fall of her senior year of college, she meets two star students from her 17th-Century Lit class: Sam and Yash. Best friends living off campus in the elegant house of a professor on sabbatical, the boys invite her into their intoxicating world of academic fervor, rapid-fire banter and raucous card games. They nickname her Jordan, and she quickly discovers the pleasures of friendship, love and her own intellectual ambition. But youthful passion is unpredictable, and soon she finds herself at the center of a charged and intricate triangle. As graduation comes and goes, choices made will alter these three lives forever.</p><p>Decades later, the vulnerable days of Jordan's youth seem comfortably behind her. But when a surprise visit and unexpected news bring the past crashing into the present, she returns to a world she left behind and must confront the decisions and deceptions of her younger self.</p><p>Written with the superb wit and emotional sensitivity fans and critics of Lily King have come to adore, <i>Heart the Lover</i> is a deeply moving love story that celebrates literature, forgiveness, and the transformative bonds that shape our lives. Wise, unforgettable, and with a delightful connective thread to <i>Writers & Lovers</i>, this is King at her very best, affirming her as a masterful chronicler of the human experience and one of the finest novelists at work today.</p>]]></description><link>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C11757269</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C11757269</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[King, Lily]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/11757269980</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle/><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780802165183/MC.GIF&amp;client=austinpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heart the Lover]]></title><description><![CDATA["Lily King has written another masterpiece. This book overflows with her brilliance and her heart. We are so lucky." -Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of This Time Tomorrow
	From the New York Times bestselling author of Writers & Lovers comes a magnificent and intimate new novel of desire, friendship, and the lasting impact of first love
	You knew I'd write a book about you someday.
	Our narrator understands good love stories-their secrets and subtext, their highs and free falls. But her greatest love story, the one she lived, never followed the simple rules.
	In the fall of her senior year of college, she meets two star students from her 17th-Century Lit class: Sam and Yash. Best friends living off campus in the elegant house of a professor on sabbatical, the boys invite her into their intoxicating world of academic fervor, rapid-fire banter and raucous card games. They nickname her Jordan, and she quickly discovers the pleasures of friendship, love and her own intellectual ambition. But youthful passion is unpredictable, and soon she finds herself at the center of a charged and intricate triangle. As graduation comes and goes, choices made will alter these three lives forever.
	Decades later, the vulnerable days of Jordan's youth seem comfortably behind her. But when a surprise visit and unexpected news brings the past crashing into the present, she returns to a world she left behind and must confront the decisions and deceptions of her younger self.
	Written with the superb wit and emotional sensitivity fans and critics of Lily King have come to adore, Heart the Lover is a deeply moving love story that celebrates literature, forgiveness, and the transformative bonds that shape our lives. Wise, unforgettable, and with a delightful connective thread to Writers & Lovers, this is King at her very best, affirming her as a masterful chronicler of the human experience and one of the finest novelists at work today.]]></description><link>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C18603594</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C18603594</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[King, Lily]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/18603594981</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle/><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780802165183/MC.GIF&amp;client=austinpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Keeper]]></title><description><![CDATA[<b>A<i> NEW YORK TIMES </i>BESTSELLER<br> <br>Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by <i>The New York Times</i>, <i>The Washington Post</i>, <i>Time</i>, <i>Oprah Daily</i>, <i>Today</i>, <i>BookPage</i>, <i>Goodreads</i>, and more<br> <br>From the iconic crime writer who “inspires cultic devotion in readers” (<i>The New Yorker</i>) and has been called “incandescent” by Stephen King, comes the third and final book in the million-copy-bestselling Cal Hooper trilogy.</b><br>On a cold night in the remote Irish village of Ardnakelty, a girl goes missing. Sweet, loving Rachel Holohan was about to be engaged to the son of the local big shot. Instead, she’s dead in the river.<br>In a close-knit small town, a death like this isn’t simple. It comes wrapped in generations-old grudges and power struggles, and it splits the townland in two. Retired Chicago detective Cal Hooper has friends here now, and he owes them loyalty, but his fiancée Lena wants nothing to do with Ardnakelty’s tangles. As the feud becomes more vicious, their settled peace starts to crack apart. And when they uncover a scheme that casts a new light on Rachel’s death and threatens the whole village, they find themselves in the firing line.<br>“One of the greatest crime novelists writing today” (<i>Vox</i>) crafts a masterwork of atmospheric suspense that brings the story of one of her most beloved characters to a spellbinding conclusion.]]></description><link>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C12076609</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C12076609</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[French, Tana]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/12076609980</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593493472/MC.GIF&amp;client=austinpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remarkably Bright Creatures]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><strong>A New York Times Bestseller</strong></p><p><strong>Soon to be a Netflix Film</strong></p><p><strong>A Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!</strong></p><p><strong>"Remarkably Bright Creatures is a beautiful examination of how loneliness can be transformed, cracked open, with the slightest touch from another living thing." — Kevin Wilson, author of Nothing to See Here</strong></p><p><strong>For fans of A Man Called Ove, a charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus</strong></p><p>After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she's been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago.</p><p>Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn't dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors—until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.</p><p>Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova's son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it's too late. </p><p>Shelby Van Pelt's debut novel is a gentle reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible.</p>]]></description><link>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C6456370</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C6456370</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Van Pelt, Shelby]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/6456370980</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063204171/MC.GIF&amp;client=austinpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Husband's Wife]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><b>THE INSTANT <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER </b><br><b>Discover the brand new #1 bestselling book everyone is talking about from</b> <b>the author of <i>His & Hers</i>, now a #1 Netflix show!<br>"Nonstop thrills! The best Feeney book yet!" —FREIDA MCFADDEN <br></b><b>"Propulsive, compulsive, addictive." —LISA JEWELL<br></b><b>"I loved <i>My Husband's Wife</i>."</b><b>—</b><b>CHRIS WHITAKER</b><br><b> "A funny, sexy, thoroughly satisfying read." —</b><b><i>Washington Post</i></b><br>Eden Fox, an artist on the brink of her big break, sets off for a run before her first exhibition. When she returns to the home she recently moved into, Spyglass, an enchanting old house in Hope Falls, nothing is as it should be. Her key doesn't fit. A woman, eerily similar to her, answers the door. And her husband insists that the stranger is his wife.<br>One house. One husband. Two women. Someone is lying.<br>Six months earlier, a reclusive Londoner called Birdy, reeling from a life-changing diagnosis, inherits Spyglass. This unexpected gift from a long-lost grandmother brings her to the pretty seaside village of Hope Falls. But then Birdy stumbles upon a shadowy London clinic that claims to be able to predict a person's date of death, including her own. Secrets start to unravel, and as the line between truth and lies blurs, Birdy feels compelled to right some old wrongs.<br><i>My Husband's Wife</i> is a tangled web of deception, obsession, and mystery that will keep you guessing until the last page. Prepare yourself for the ultimate mind-bending marriage thriller and step inside Spyglass – if you dare – to experience a story where nothing is as it seems.</p>]]></description><link>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C11823887</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C11823887</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Feeney, Alice]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/11823887980</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250337825/MC.GIF&amp;client=austinpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lost Lambs]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><b>National bestseller. A <i>New York Times Book Review </i>Editors' Choice. Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by <i>Vulture,</i> <i>Bustle, Good Housekeeping, Playboy,</i><i> The Times </i>(UK), <i>Our Culture</i>, <i>Vol. 1 Brooklyn</i> and <i>Harper's Bazaar. </i>A Book Club Pick from Belletrist, <i>Bustle, </i>and <i>Good Housekeeping</i>. </b><br><b><br>"If the Royal Tenenbaums were middle-class and likable, they'd be this madcap family." </b><b>—<i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b><br><b>"With her energetic prose and restless imagination, Cash does one better than survey the world; she reinvents it." ―Hannah Gold, <i>The New Yorker</i></b><br><b>"Madeline Cash is a voice like no other." —Lena Dunham</b><br><b><br>Rippling with humor, warmth, and style, <i>Lost Lambs</i> is a new vision of the charms and pitfalls of family dysfunction. <br></b>The Flynn family is coming undone. Catherine and Bud's open marriage has reached its breaking point as their daughters spiral in their own chaotic orbits: Abigail, the eldest, is dating a man in his twenties nicknamed War Crime Wes; Louise, the middle child, maintains a secret correspondence with an online terrorist; the brilliant youngest, Harper, is being sent to wilderness reform camp due to her insistence that someone—or something—is monitoring the town's citizens.<br>Casting a shadow across their lives, and their small coastal town, is Paul Alabaster, a billionaire shipping magnate. Rumors of corruption circulate, but no one dares dig too deep. No one except Harper, whose obsession with a mysterious shipping container sends the family hurtling into a criminal conspiracy—one that may just bring them closer together.<br>Irreverent and addictive, pinging between the voices of the Flynn family and those of the panorama of characters around them, Madeline Cash's<i> Lost Lambs </i>is a debut novel of quick-witted observation and surprising tenderness. With it, Cash has crafted a family saga for the twenty-first century, all held together with crazy glue.</p>]]></description><link>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C11842471</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C11842471</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cash, Madeline]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/11842471980</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780374619244/MC.GIF&amp;client=austinpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half His Age]]></title><description><![CDATA[<b><i>NEW YORK TIMES </i>BESTSELLER • From the #1<i> New York Times </i>bestselling author of<i> I’m Glad My Mom Died </i>comes “a thorny examination of power, lust, shame and rage” (<i>Los Angeles Times</i>) from “a writer able to capture some of the darkest parts of human nature with unflinching honesty and devastating humor” (NPR)<br>“Unapologetic and undeniable . . . If there was ever any doubt whether the narrative command that Jennette McCurdy displayed in her bestselling memoir <i>I’m Glad My Mom Died</i> might translate to fiction, let it henceforth be put to rest.”—<i>Elle<br></i></b> <br>Waldo is ravenous. Horny. Blunt. Naive. Wise. Impulsive. Lonely. Angry. Forceful. Hurting. Perceptive. Endlessly wanting. And the thing she wants most of all: Mr. Korgy, her creative writing teacher with the wife and the kid and the mortgage and the bills, with the dead dreams and the atrophied looks and the growing paunch. She doesn’t know why she wants him. Is it his passion? His life experience? The fact that he knows books and films and things that she doesn’t? Or is it purer than that, rooted in their unlikely connection, their kindred spirits, the similar filter with which they each take in the world around them? Or, perhaps, it’s just enough that he sees her when no one else does. <br>Startlingly perceptive, mordantly funny, and keenly poignant, <i>Half His Age</i> is a rich character study of a yearning seventeen-year-old who disregards all obstacles—or attempts to overcome them—in her effort to be seen, to be desired, to be loved.]]></description><link>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C12233595</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C12233595</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[McCurdy, Jennette]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/12233595980</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593723746/MC.GIF&amp;client=austinpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dungeon Crawler Carl]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><b>The apocalypse <i>will</i> be televised!</b><p>You know what's worse than breaking up with your girlfriend? Being stuck with her prize-winning show cat. And you know what's worse than <i>that</i>? An alien invasion, the destruction of all man-made structures on Earth, and the systematic exploitation of all the survivors for a sadistic intergalactic game show. That's what.<p>Join Coast Guard vet Carl and his ex-girlfriend's cat, Princess Donut, as they try to survive the end of the world—or just get to the next level—in a video game–like, trap-filled fantasy dungeon. A dungeon that's actually the set of a reality television show with countless viewers across the galaxy. Exploding goblins. Magical potions. Deadly, drug-dealing llamas. This ain't your ordinary game show.<p><b><i>Welcome, Crawler. Welcome to the Dungeon. Survival is optional. Keeping the viewers entertained is not.</i></b>]]></description><link>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C12334502</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C12334502</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dinniman, Matt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/12334502980</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle/><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798232923594/MC.GIF&amp;client=austinpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny]]></title><description><![CDATA[<b>ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR<br>ONE OF<i> THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW</i>’S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR <br>ONE OF <i>PEOPLE’</i>S TOP 5 BOOKS OF THE YEAR <br>BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLIST<br>KIRKUS PRIZE FINALIST<br><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER<br>A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: <i>The New Yorker, The Washington Post, </i>NPR, <i>Time</i>, <i>Oprah Daily</i>, <i>The Guardian</i>, <i>The Financial Times</i>,<i> The Economist, Harper’s Bazaar, The Globe and Mail</i>, BBC, <i>New York Post</i>, <i>Kirkus Reviews, Elle, Library Journal, </i>Libby<i>, </i>Chicago Public Library, <i>Lit Hub</i><br>A LIBBY BOOK AWARD NOMINEE • ONE OF <i>BOOKPAGE</i>’S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR<br>A spellbinding story of two young people whose fates intersect and diverge across continents and years—an epic of love and family, India and America, tradition and modernity, by the Booker Prize–winning author of </b><i><b>The Inheritance of Loss</b></i><br><b>“A transcendent triumph . . . not so much a novel as a marvel.”—<i>The New York Times Book Review </i>(Editors’ Choice)</b><br><b>“A magnificent saga.”—<i>Washington Post<br></i></b><br><b>“Lavish, funny, smart, and wise, this is a novel that will last.”—<i>The Boston Globe</i> </b><br><b>“A spectacular literary achievement. I wanted to pack a little suitcase and stay inside this book forever.”—Ann Patchett</b><br><b>“A novel so wonderful, when I got to the last page, I turned to the first and began again.”—Sandra Cisneros</b><br><b>“Devastating, lyrical, and deeply romantic . . . an unmitigated joy to read.”—Khaled Hosseini</b><br><b>“A masterpiece.”—<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>, starred review<br>“A sweeping page-turner, <i>The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny</i> is a kind of Romeo and Juliet story for a modern, globalized age.”—<i>Publishers Weekly </i>(Top 10 New Fall Books)</b><br>When Sonia and Sunny first glimpse each other on an overnight train, they are immediately captivated yet also embarrassed by the fact that their grandparents had once tried to matchmake them, a clumsy meddling that served only to drive Sonia and Sunny apart.<br>Sonia, an aspiring novelist who recently completed her studies in the snowy mountains of Vermont, has returned to her family in India. She fears that she is haunted by a dark spell cast by an artist to whom she had once turned for intimacy and inspiration. Sunny, a struggling journalist resettled in New York City, is attempting to flee his imperious mother and the violence of his warring clan. Uncertain of their future, Sonia and Sunny embark on a search for happiness together as they confront the many alienations of our modern world.<br><i>The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny</i> is the sweeping tale of two young people navigating the many forces that shape their lives: country, class, race, history, and the complicated bonds that link one generation to the next. A love story, a family saga, and a rich novel of ideas, it is the most ambitious and accomplished work yet by one of our greatest novelists.]]></description><link>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C11442398</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C11442398</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Desai, Kiran]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/11442398980</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781101947494/MC.GIF&amp;client=austinpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buckeye]]></title><description><![CDATA[<b><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER • READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON <i>TODAY</i> • “A glorious sweep of a novel” (Ann Patchett) that weaves the intimate lives of two midwestern families across generations, from World War II to the late twentieth century.<br>“Mesmerizing.”—<i>People</i></b><br><b>“Captivating.”—<i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b><br><b>“A once-in-a-decade novel . . . I fell in love with these characters.”—Jenna Bush Hager</b><br><b>ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: <i>The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post,</i> NPR,<i> People, Minnesota Star Tribune</i>, <i>New York Post</i>, Chicago Public Library<br></b><br><b>LONGLISTED FOR THE JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZE </b><br><i>That, as he saw it now, was his life’s work: trying to make right what he’d gotten wrong. Wasn’t that a fair measure of a person, what they did with their mistakes?</i><br>In the jubilant aftermath of the Allied victory in Europe, Cal Jenkins, a man wounded not in war but by his inability to serve in it, shares a single, life-altering moment with Margaret Salt, a woman determined to outrun her past. Cal is married to Becky, whose spiritual gifts help the living speak to the dead, while Margaret’s husband, Felix, is serving at sea, believed to be safe—until a telegram suggests otherwise.<br>What begins as a fleeting transgression becomes a complex secret that irrevocably binds all four of them in unexpected ways. As their small Ohio town remakes itself in the postwar boom, the Salt and Jenkins families remain in each other’s orbit, and the consequences of choices made long ago begin to emerge, reshaping their lives in ways that will forever impact the next generation.<br>Sweeping yet intimate, resplendent with moments of deep emotion and unforgettable characters, <i>Buckeye </i>is a transportive story of love, loyalty, sacrifice, and forgiveness.]]></description><link>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C11331259</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C11331259</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan, Patrick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/11331259980</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593595046/MC.GIF&amp;client=austinpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Night We Met]]></title><description><![CDATA[<B>From the #1 </B><I><B>New York Times </B></I><B>bestselling author of </B><I><B>Say You'll Remember Me </B></I><B>comes</B> <B>a</B> <B>beautiful, compelling novel that revels in laughter, friendship, and the messy choices life can throw our way.</B><BR /><B>In everyone’s life, there’s a split-second decision that can change everything...</B><BR /> For Larissa, it came when choosing who to ride home with after a concert. That night, she had no idea she’d met the perfect man. She and Chris are great friends, co-parenting a slightly unhinged rescue Yorkie, sharing their favorite books, and judging bread (pumpernickel for the win!). For the first time amid all her side hustles to scrape by, things finally feel easy.<BR /> But she didn’t choose Chris to drive her home all those months ago—she went with his best friend, and he became her boyfriend. All Chris wants is for Larissa to be happy. Standing by on the sidelines is slowly killing him, but making a move would destroy someone else. How can something that feels so right be absolutely impossible? ]]></description><link>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C12186657</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C12186657</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jimenez, Abby]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/12186657980</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle/><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781538759233/MC.GIF&amp;client=austinpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hamnet]]></title><description><![CDATA[<b><b><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • Now a major motion picture starring ACADEMY AWARD® winner Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson, and Joe Alwyn, directed by Chloé Zhao.<br>The acclaimed author of the Reese's Book Club pick <i>The Marriage Portrait </i>delivers a deeply moving novel about the death of Shakespeare’s eleven-year-old son, Hamnet, and the years leading up to the production of his great play <i>Hamlet</i>.<br>"Miraculous. . . . Brilliant. . . . A novel told with the urgency of a whispered prayer—or curse. . . . A richly drawn and intimate portrait of 16th-century English life set against the arrival of one devastating death." —Ron Charles, <i>The Washington Post</i><br></b></b><br>England, 1580: The Black Death creeps across the land, an ever-present threat, infecting the healthy, the sick, the old and the young alike. The end of days is near, but life always goes on.<br>A young Latin tutor—penniless and bullied by a violent father—falls in love with an extraordinary, eccentric young woman. Agnes is a wild creature who walks her family’s land with a falcon on her glove and is known throughout the countryside for her unusual gifts as a healer, understanding plants and potions better than she does people. Once she settles with her husband on Henley Street in Stratford-upon-Avon, she becomes a fiercely protective mother and a steadfast, centrifugal force in the life of her young husband, whose career on the London stage is just taking off when his beloved young son succumbs to sudden fever.<br><i>Hamnet</i> is mesmerizing, seductive, impossible to put down—a magnificent leap forward from one of our most gifted novelists.]]></description><link>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C5067286</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C5067286</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[O'Farrell, Maggie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/5067286980</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle/><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780525657613/MC.GIF&amp;client=austinpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Nightingale]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><b>A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK<br></b><b><br>A #1<i> New York Times</i> bestseller, <i>Wall Street Journal</i> Best Book of the Year, and soon to be a major motion picture, this unforgettable novel of love and strength in the face of war has enthralled a generation.</b><br>With courage, grace, and powerful insight, bestselling author Kristin Hannah captures the epic panorama of World War II and illuminates an intimate part of history seldom seen: the women's war. <i>The Nightingale </i>tells the stories of two sisters, separated by years and experience, by ideals, passion and circumstance, each embarking on her own dangerous path toward survival, love, and freedom in German-occupied, war-torn France—a heartbreakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the durability of women. It is a novel for everyone, a novel for a lifetime.<br><b>Goodreads Best Historical Novel of the Year <li> People's Choice Favorite Fiction Winner <li> #1 Indie Next Selection <li> A Buzzfeed and <i>The Week</i> Best Book of the Year</b><br><b>Praise for <i>The Nightingale</i>:</b><br>"Haunting, <b>action-packed, and compelling.</b>" —Christina Baker Kline, #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author<br>"<b>Absolutely riveting!</b>...Read this book." —Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff, Director of the University of Miami Holocaust Teacher Institute</p>]]></description><link>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C2097034</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C2097034</guid><category><![CDATA[EAUDIOBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hannah, Kristin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2097034980</comments><format>EAUDIOBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781427252388/MC.GIF&amp;client=austinpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Nightingale]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><b>A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK<br></b><b><br>A #1<i> New York Times</i> bestseller, <i>Wall Street Journal</i> Best Book of the Year, and soon to be a major motion picture, this unforgettable novel of love and strength in the face of war has enthralled a generation. </b><br>With courage, grace, and powerful insight, bestselling author Kristin Hannah captures the epic panorama of World War II and illuminates an intimate part of history seldom seen: the women's war. <i>The Nightingale </i>tells the stories of two sisters, separated by years and experience, by ideals, passion and circumstance, each embarking on her own dangerous path toward survival, love, and freedom in German-occupied, war-torn France—a heartbreakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the durability of women. It is a novel for everyone, a novel for a lifetime.<br><b>Goodreads Best Historical Novel of the Year <li> People's Choice Favorite Fiction Winner <li> #1 Indie Next Selection <li> A Buzzfeed and <i>The Week</i> Best Book of the Year</b></p>]]></description><link>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C1681913</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C1681913</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hannah, Kristin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1681913980</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781466850606/MC.GIF&amp;client=austinpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[London Falling]]></title><description><![CDATA[<b>From the bestselling, prize-winning author of <i>Say Nothing</i> and <i>Empire of Pain</i>, a spellbinding account of a family devastated by the sudden death of their nineteen-year-old son, only to discover that he had created a secret life which drew him into the dangerous criminal underworld that lies beneath London’s glittering surface</b><br>In the early morning of November 29th, 2019, surveillance cameras at the headquarters of MI6, Britain’s spy agency, captured video of a young man pacing back and forth on a high balcony of Riverwalk, a luxury tower on the bank of the river Thames. At 2:24 a.m., he jumped into the river.<br>In a quiet London neighborhood several miles away, Rachelle Brettler was worried about her son. Zac had told her that he had gone to stay with a friend, but then he did not come home. Days later, a police car pulled up and two officers relayed the dreadful news: her son was dead.<br>In their unbearable grief, Rachelle and her husband, Matthew, struggled to understand what had happened to Zac. He had his troubles, but in no way seemed suicidal. As they would soon discover, however, there was a lot they did not know about their son. Only after his death did they learn that he had adopted a fictitious alter-ego: Zac Ismailov, son of a Russian oligarch and heir to a great fortune. Under this guise, Zac had become entangled with a slippery London businessman named Akbar Shamji, and a murderous gangster known as “Indian Dave.” As the Brettlers set about investigating their son’s death, they were pulled into a different and more dangerous London than the one they’d always known, and came to believe that something much more nefarious than a suicide had claimed Zac’s life. But to their immense frustration, Scotland Yard seemed unable—or unwilling—to bring the perpetrators to justice. <br>In a bravura feat of reporting and writing, Patrick Radden Keefe chronicles the Brettlers’ quest, peeling back layers of mystery and exposing the seedy truths behind the glamorous London of posh mansions and private nightclubs, a city in which everything is for sale, and aspirational fantasies are underwritten by dirty money and corruption. <i>London Falling</i> is a mesmerizing investigation of an inexplicable death and a powerful narrative driven by suspense and staggering revelations. But it is also an intimate and deeply poignant inquiry into the nature of parental love and the challenges of being a parent today, a portrait of a family trying to solve the riddle not just of how their son died, but of who he really was in life.]]></description><link>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C12097246</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C12097246</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Radden Keefe, Patrick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/12097246980</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family&apos;s Search for Truth</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780385548540/MC.GIF&amp;client=austinpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mixed-Up]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><b><i>New York Times </i>bestselling author Kami Garcia has returned with a middle grade graphic novel about the struggles of a game-loving girl who gets diagnosed with dyslexia and her loving support network that help her along in the journey.</b><br>Stella knows fifth grade will be the best year ever. Her closest friends, Emiko and Latasha, are in her class and they all got the teacher they wanted. Then their favorite television show, Witchlins, announces a new guidebook and an online game!<br>But when the classwork starts piling up, Stella struggles to stay on top. Why does it take her so long to read? And how can she keep up with friends in the Witchlins game if she can't get through the text-heavy guidebook? It takes loving teachers and her family to recognize that Stella has a learning difference, and after a dyslexia diagnosis she gets the support and tools she needs to succeed.<br>Bestselling author Kami Garcia was inspired to write this special book by her daughter's dyslexia journey; her own neurodivergent experience; and the many students she taught over the years. With subtle design and formatting choices making this story accessible to all readers, Mixed-Up shows that our differences don't need to separate us.<br><b><i>Mixed-Up</i> has been lettered in Dyslexie t</b><b>o make reading as comfortable as possible for dyslexic readers.</b><br><b>Praise<i>:</i></b><br>"A cozy blanket for those of us with learning differences. I wish I'd had this book when I was growing up with dyscalculia." — Hope Larson, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling & Eisner-winning cartoonist<br>"Carefully and gently discusses the frustrations and struggles...and handles it beautifully with empathy and compassion." —Dan Santat, National Book Award winner<br>"[I love] the pacing, the length...the easter eggs, the magic, and Brittney Williams' art."—Kwame Alexander, Emmy Award-winning producer and #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author</p>]]></description><link>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C11348252</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C11348252</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Garcia, Kami]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/11348252980</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle/><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250411587/MC.GIF&amp;client=austinpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge Stone]]></title><description><![CDATA[<B>#1 <I>New York Times</I> Bestseller!<BR /> Academy Award winning actress Viola Davis and the world's #1 bestselling author James Patterson’s <I>Judge Stone </I></B><B>“</B><B>delivers first-class courtroom drama, small-town excitement, and strong characters all wrapped in a moral dilemma. Tense, readable, and relevant.” (</B><B><I>Kirkus Reviews</I>, </B><B>starred review)</B><BR /><B>“Talk about a power combo! ... With Davis’s razor-sharp emotional insight and Patterson’s mastery of rocket-fuel pacing, this is the dream team to deliver an up-all-night read that will keep the group chat buzzing.” —<I>Oprah Daily</I></B><BR /><B>“Wonderfully satisfying ... This legal thriller from [a] superstar duo ... demands attention from its opening pages and never lets go.” —<I>Booklist, </I>starred review</B><BR /><B><I>All rise</I></B><B>...</B><B> for Judge Stone. </B><BR /> The most respected citizen in Union Springs, Alabama (population 3,314), is Judge Mary Stone. She holds two responsibilities sacred: running her family farm and presiding over her courtroom. It's there she draws the most controversial case in the history of the South.<BR /> Criminally, it’s open-and-shut.<BR /> Ethically, there is no middle ground. Essentially, it’s a choice between life and death.<BR />  <BR /> No judge can satisfy everyone. It would be dangerous to try. But Judge Stone is willing to fight to bring justice to the people and place she loves.]]></description><link>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C12403750</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C12403750</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patterson, James, Davis, Viola]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/12403750980</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316579841/MC.GIF&amp;client=austinpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Broken Country]]></title><description><![CDATA[<B>Over 1 Million Copies Sold</B><BR> <BR><b>A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK | A <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER<BR> <BR> <b>"<i>Broken Country</i> by Clare Leslie Hall is an unforgettable story of love, loss, and the choices that shape our lives...but it's also a masterfully crafted mystery that will keep you guessing until the very last page. Seriously, that ending?! I did not see it coming." —Reese Witherspoon</b><BR> <BR> <b>"Stirring and mysterious...fires directly at the human heart and hits the mark." —Delia Owens, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Where the Crawdads Sing</i></b><BR> <BR> <b>A love triangle unearths dangerous, deadly secrets from the past in this thrilling tale perfect for fans of <i>The Paper Palace </i>and <i>Where the Crawdads Sing</i>.</b></b><BR><I>"The farmer is dead. He is dead, and all anyone wants to know is who killed him."</I><BR> <BR>Beth and her gentle, kind husband Frank are happily married, but their relationship relies on the past staying buried. But when Beth's brother-in-law shoots a dog going after their sheep, Beth doesn't realize that the gunshot will alter the course of their lives. For the dog belonged to none other than Gabriel Wolfe, the man Beth loved as a teenager—the man who broke her heart years ago. Gabriel has returned to the village with his young son Leo, a boy who reminds Beth very much of her own son, who died in a tragic accident.<BR> <BR>As Beth is pulled back into Gabriel's life, tensions around the village rise and dangerous secrets and jealousies from the past resurface, this time with deadly consequences. Beth is forced to make a choice between the woman she once was, and the woman she has become.<BR> <BR>A sweeping love story with the pace and twists of a thriller, <I>Broken Country</I> is a novel of simmering passion, impossible choices, and explosive consequences that toggles between the past and present to explore the far-reaching legacy of first love.]]></description><link>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C10823767</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C10823767</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hall, Clare Leslie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/10823767980</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle/><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781668078204/MC.GIF&amp;client=austinpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every Monday Mabel]]></title><description><![CDATA[<b>A Caldecott Honor Book</b><BR> <b>Five starred reviews!</b><BR> <b>"An arm-pumping, truck-horn toot to each person reveling in their own 'garbage.'" —<i>BCCB</i> (starred review)</b><BR> <BR><b>From the creator of <i>I'm Going to Build a Snowman</i> comes a </b><b>"enthusiastic, delightful" (<i>BookPage</i>, starred review)</b><b> celebration of community helpers that captures the joy and wonder of being a kid, centering around a precocious girl whose favorite day of the week is Monday.</b><BR>Every Monday, Mabel wakes up early and peeks out her window to make sure she didn't miss the one thing she's been looking forward to the whole week. She drags her chair down the hallway, past her big sister and Mom and Dad, out the door, and <i>waits</i>.<BR> <BR>What is Mabel waiting for every Monday? According to Mabel, it's the best thing in the world. But no one else in her family seems to understand...until they see what's honking down the street!]]></description><link>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C10824158</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C10824158</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Awan, Jashar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://austin.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/10824158980</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle/><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781665938167/MC.GIF&amp;client=austinpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>