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5/26/2023: NPR. Books our critics are excited for this summer

NPR. Here are 19 books our critics are excited for this summer.

Link here to the reviews on the npr website.

Books: 
Ink Blood Sister Scribe: A Good Morning America Book Club Pick Cover Image

Ink Blood Sister Scribe: A Good Morning America Book Club Pick (Hardcover)

By Emma Törzs
$30.00
ISBN: 9780063253469
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: William Morrow - May 30th, 2023
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A Quitter's Paradise (Hardcover)

By Elysha Chang
$27.95
ISBN: 9781638930525
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Sjp Lit - June 6th, 2023
The Wind Knows My Name: A Novel Cover Image

The Wind Knows My Name: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Isabel Allende, Frances Riddle (Translated by)
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593598108
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Ballantine Books - June 6th, 2023
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Kairos (Hardcover)

By Jenny Erpenbeck, Michael Hofmann (Translated by)
$25.95
ISBN: 9780811229340
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: New Directions - June 6th, 2023
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The Talk (Hardcover)

By Darrin Bell
$29.99
ISBN: 9781250805140
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Henry Holt and Co. - June 6th, 2023
All the Sinners Bleed: A Novel Cover Image

All the Sinners Bleed: A Novel (Hardcover)

By S. A. Cosby
$27.99
ISBN: 9781250831910
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Flatiron Books - June 6th, 2023
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Loot: A novel (Hardcover)

By Tania James
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593535974
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Knopf - June 13th, 2023
The Fear of Too Much Justice: Race, Poverty, and the Persistence of Inequality in the Criminal Courts Cover Image

The Fear of Too Much Justice: Race, Poverty, and the Persistence of Inequality in the Criminal Courts (Hardcover)

By Stephen Bright, James Kwak, Bryan Stevenson (Preface by)
$29.99
ISBN: 9781620970256
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: New Press - June 20th, 2023
You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight Cover Image

You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight (Hardcover)

By Kalynn Bayron
$19.99
ISBN: 9781547611546
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Bloomsbury YA - June 20th, 2023
The Archive Undying (The Downworld Sequence #1) Cover Image

The Archive Undying (The Downworld Sequence #1) (Hardcover)

By Emma Mieko Candon
$28.99
ISBN: 9781250821546
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Tordotcom - June 27th, 2023
Owner of a Lonely Heart: A Memoir Cover Image

Owner of a Lonely Heart: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Beth Nguyen
$27.00
ISBN: 9781982196349
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Scribner - July 4th, 2023
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Nothing Special (Hardcover)

By Nicole Flattery
$26.99
ISBN: 9781635574319
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Bloomsbury Publishing - July 11th, 2023
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Silver Nitrate (Hardcover)

By Silvia Moreno-Garcia
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593355367
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Del Rey - July 18th, 2023
Tom Lake: A Reese's Book Club Pick Cover Image

Tom Lake: A Reese's Book Club Pick (Hardcover)

By Ann Patchett
$30.00
ISBN: 9780063327528
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Harper - August 1st, 2023
Family Lore: A Good Morning America Book Club Pick Cover Image

Family Lore: A Good Morning America Book Club Pick (Hardcover)

By Elizabeth Acevedo
$30.00
ISBN: 9780063207264
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Ecco - August 1st, 2023
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Witness: Stories (Hardcover)

By Jamel Brinkley
$27.00
ISBN: 9780374607036
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - August 1st, 2023
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Mobility (Hardcover)

By Lydia Kiesling
$28.00
ISBN: 9781638930563
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Crooked Media Reads - August 1st, 2023
Time's Mouth: A Novel Cover Image

Time's Mouth: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Edan Lepucki
$28.00
ISBN: 9781640095724
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Counterpoint - August 1st, 2023
Fever House: A Novel Cover Image

Fever House: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Keith Rosson
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593595756
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Random House - August 15th, 2023