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The audacity to win the inside story an by David Plouffe

28 Nov 2025

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State of War by Steve Perry

28 Nov 2025

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Doctor Who Vanderdekens Children by Christopher Bulis

28 Nov 2025

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Bachelor Unleashed by Brenda Jackson

28 Nov 2025

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A Thousand Suns by Alex Scarrow

28 Nov 2025

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A Song Flung Up to Heaven by Maya Angelou

28 Nov 2025

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A Curtain Falls by Stefanie Pintoff

28 Nov 2025

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The Sigma Protocol by Robert Ludlum

27 Nov 2025

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The Homeplace by Gilbert Morris

27 Nov 2025

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The Cruel Stars of the Night by Kjell Eriksson

27 Nov 2025

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The Annotated Milton by John Milton

27 Nov 2025

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Star Wars Republic Commando Triple Zero by Karen Traviss

27 Nov 2025

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Room A Novel by Emma Donoghue

27 Nov 2025

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Last Night Another Soldier by Andy McNab

27 Nov 2025

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Dead water by Barbara Hambly

27 Nov 2025

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Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke

27 Nov 2025

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The Talisman by Stephen King

26 Nov 2025

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The poet by Michael Connelly

26 Nov 2025

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The Memoirs of a Survivor by Doris Lessing

26 Nov 2025

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Hugger Mugger by Robert B Parker

26 Nov 2025

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Guns Will Keep Us Together by Leslie Langtry

26 Nov 2025

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Doctor Who Timewyrm Apocalypse by Nigel Robinson

26 Nov 2025

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Doctor Who The Death of Art by Simon Bucher Jones

26 Nov 2025

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Desperation by Stephen King

26 Nov 2025

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A Dark Matter by Peter Straub

26 Nov 2025

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Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell

25 Nov 2025

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Timeline by Michael Crichton

25 Nov 2025

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The Spanish Game by Charles Cumming

25 Nov 2025

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The Millionaires by Brad Meltzer

25 Nov 2025

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Texas Storm by Don Pendleton

25 Nov 2025

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Tarzan of the apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs

25 Nov 2025

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Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett

25 Nov 2025

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Net Force by Tom Clancy

25 Nov 2025

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Halo The Flood by William C Dietz

25 Nov 2025

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Wrath of a Mad God by Raymond E Feist

24 Nov 2025

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Twilight at the Well of Souls by Jack L Chalker

24 Nov 2025

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The Secret Spanish Love Child by Cathy Williams

24 Nov 2025

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The road to Oz by Lyman Frank Baum

24 Nov 2025

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The Mystery of the Stuttering Parrot by Robert Arthur

24 Nov 2025

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The Book of Secrets by Deepak Chopra

24 Nov 2025

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The Accountants by Roberto Escobar

24 Nov 2025

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Iceberg by Robyn Donald

24 Nov 2025

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Doctor Who Option Lock by Justin Richards

24 Nov 2025

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Traffic by Tom Vanderbilt

23 Nov 2025

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The Jupiter Myth by Lindsey Davis

23 Nov 2025

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The House on Hope Street by Danielle Steel

23 Nov 2025

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The girl in the blue dress by Mary Burchell

23 Nov 2025

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Gods Gift by Dee Henderson

23 Nov 2025

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Changing my mind by Zadie Smith

23 Nov 2025

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An Unfinished Score by Elise Blackwell

23 Nov 2025

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Accident by Danielle Steel

23 Nov 2025

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59 Seconds by Richard Wiseman

23 Nov 2025

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This Is Where We Live by Janelle Brown

22 Nov 2025

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The Terminal State by Jeff Somers

22 Nov 2025

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Surrender to the Will of the Night by Glen Cook

22 Nov 2025

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Shadows Return by Lynn Flewelling

22 Nov 2025

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Playing for Pizza by John Grisham

22 Nov 2025

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Pegasus Bridge June 6 1944 by Stephen E Ambrose

22 Nov 2025

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Omnitopia Dawn by Diane Duane

22 Nov 2025

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Lord of Emperors by Guy Gavriel Kay

22 Nov 2025

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Dragonspell by Donita K Paul

22 Nov 2025

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The Reluctant Nude by Meg Maguire

21 Nov 2025

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The Ark by Boyd Morrison

21 Nov 2025

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Rosie Littles Cautionary Tales for Girls by Daniel Wood

21 Nov 2025

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Ransom by Danielle Steel

21 Nov 2025

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Love Is the Best Medicine by Nicholas Trout

21 Nov 2025

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Brother to Dragons by Jane Lindskold

21 Nov 2025

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American Pie by Peter Reinhart

21 Nov 2025

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The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston

21 Nov 2025

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Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset

21 Nov 2025

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When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops by George Carlin

20 Nov 2025

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The Turner Diaries by William Luther Pierce

20 Nov 2025

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Shadow and claw by Gene Wolfe

20 Nov 2025

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Sacred Clowns by Tony Hillerman

20 Nov 2025

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Nightlife by Thomas Perry

20 Nov 2025

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Foreign Correspondence by Geraldine Brooks

20 Nov 2025

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Firestarter by Stephen King

20 Nov 2025

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Eternity in Death by Nora Roberts

20 Nov 2025

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A Cotswold Mystery by Rebecca Tope

20 Nov 2025

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Three Hands in the Fountain by Lindsey Davis

19 Nov 2025

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The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove by Christopher Moore

19 Nov 2025

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The Iron Thorn by Caitlin Kittredge

19 Nov 2025

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The Bourne ultimatum by Robert Ludlum

19 Nov 2025

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The Bostonians by Henry James

19 Nov 2025

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Luck Be a Lady by Cathie Linz

19 Nov 2025

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Dying for Dinner by Miranda Bliss

19 Nov 2025

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Crystal Healer by S L Viehl

19 Nov 2025

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Chill of Night by John Lutz

19 Nov 2025

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Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

18 Nov 2025

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Torment by Lauren Kate

18 Nov 2025

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The Tristan Betrayal by Robert Ludlum

18 Nov 2025

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The Patriots Club by Christopher Reich

18 Nov 2025

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The Adventures of Button by Richard W Leech

18 Nov 2025

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On Writing Romance by Leigh Michaels

18 Nov 2025

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Night of Knives by Ian C Esslemont

18 Nov 2025

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Children of Dune by Frank Herbert shorter

18 Nov 2025

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Children of Dune by Frank Herbert longer

18 Nov 2025

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Wet Desert by Gary Hansen

17 Nov 2025

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Twice a Spy A Novel by Keith Thomson

17 Nov 2025

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The Optimists Daughter by Eudora Welty

17 Nov 2025

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