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• The Library of Lost Dollhouses

  a Novel

  Hooper, Elise,

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  When a young librarian discovers historic dollhouses in a hidden room, she embarks on an unexpected journey that reveals surprising secrets about the lost miniatures.

• Summer Hours at Robbers' Library

  a Novel

  Halpern, Sue,

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  A head librarian who would leave behind the painful realities of her suburbia past unexpectedly bonds with a teenager performing community service, a disgruntled former Wall Street high flyer and other offbeat regulars who encourage her out of her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Cat Who Saved the Library

  a Novel

  Natsukawa, Sōsuke, 1978-

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  The long-awaited sequel to the #1 international bestseller The Cat Who Saved Books—an uplifting tale from Japan about a talking cat, a book-loving girl and the power of books to make a difference in the world.

• The Lions of Fifth Avenue

  a Novel

  Davis, Fiona, 1966-

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  In New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis's latest historical novel, a series of book thefts roils the iconic New York Public Library, leaving two generations of strong-willed women to pick up the pieces.

• What You Are Looking for Is in the Library

  a Novel

  Aoyama, Michiko, 1970-

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  This tribute to the magic of libraries, friendship and community follows Tokyo’s most mysterious librarian, Sayuri Komachi, as she gives her visitors one unexpected book, which has life-altering consequences, giving the borrower the motivation they…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books

  Miller, Kirsten, 1973-

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  Kirsten Miller, author of The Change, brings us a bracing, wildly entertaining satire about a small Southern town, a pitched battle over banned books, and a little lending library that changes everything.

• The Library Thief

  a Novel

  Shenjé, Kuchenga,

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  A white-passing bookbinder in Victorian England, Florence, restoring a collection of rare books in the forbidding Rose Hall, hears whispers about Lord Belfield’s late wife, and when the library is broken into and his wife’s secret diary is burned,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Booklover's Library

  a Novel

  Martin, Madeline,

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  In Nottingham, England, widow Emma Taylor finds herself in desperate need of a job. She and her beloved daughter Olivia have always managed just fine on their own, but with the legal restrictions prohibiting widows with children from most employment…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Memory Library

  Storey, Kate,

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  For forty-two years, Sally Harrison has been building a library. Each year, on her daughter’s birthday, she adds a new book to her shelves – with a note in the front dedicated to her own greatest work. But Ella – Sally’s only child – fled to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Library of Borrowed Hearts

  Gilmore, Lucy (Romance fiction writer)

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  Stumbling across a rare edition of a book from the 1960s with love notes scribbled in the margins, librarian Chloe Sampson is sent on a literary scavenger hunt that brings about unexpected friendship and the discovery that some love stories begin in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Personal Librarian

  Benedict, Marie,

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  In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. Pierpont Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Morgan Library. Belle becomes a fixture on the New York society scene and one of the most…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Last Chance Library

  Sampson, Freya,

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  When her library is threatened with closure, June Hones, to save the place and the books that mean so much to her, must make some changes to her solitary life by opening her heart to the world around her and fighting for what she believes in.