Great Black Hope opens on Labor Day weekend in the Hamptons, when police officers descend and arrest a young Black man named Smith for cocaine possession. In the blink of an eye, his life transforms from charmed to a nightmare. As he struggles to adjust to his changed reality, while also mourning the loss of his best friend from an overdose, he confronts issues of race, class, addiction, and much more, in this propulsive, beautifully written debut novel.

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Kostya has a truly unique gourmet talent – he experiences vivid aftertastes, which he identifies (with some help from a ghost and a psychic) as tastes that are coming from the dead. Aftertaste, the buzzy debut novel by author Daria Lavelle, is like a mashup of the food-centric magical realism in Like Water For Chocolate and a restaurant memoir like Sweetbitter.

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My Friends, the highly anticipated new book from beloved Swedish novelist Fredrik Backman, delivers on all you’d expect from a Backman novel – richly drawn characters, poignant emotions, and clever turns of phrase. The book consists of two parallel narratives, united by a painting, and features a vivid set of teenage characters that bring to life the power of transformative friendships.

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 In 2019, podcast executive Jonathan Hirsch was suddenly thrust into what’s known as the “sandwich generation” – that group of adults simultaneously caring for their children and their parents. And in this compelling new memoir, we learn that in caring for his father, Hirsch not only had the usual set of responsibilities associated with an aging person who is struggling with dementia – he also was forced to confront, for the first time in 20 years, his family’s history and his father’s responsibility for entrenching them with a spiritual cult.

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 Maddy Banks is a college student. An aspiring standup comic. And she has bipolar disorder. Lisa Genova, the author of this audiobook, is a Harvard-trained neuroscientist as well as a best-selling author, and many of her books tackle complex mental health issues in a human, accessible way, which really sets this story apart from so many other coming-of-age stories.

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42-year-old Valerie Gillis, also known by the trail name “Sparrow,” is an experienced Appalachian Trail hiker who has vanished within 200 miles of her final destination. Lt. Bev, a state game warden in Maine, is leading the search for Valerie – and receiving unexpected support from Lena, a 76-year-old birdwatcher who becomes an armchair detective following the search. As the search progresses and the mystery deepens, we learn more about each of these women in this gripping thriller.

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DESCRIPTION: At the very beginning of her new book, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reflects on watching Joni Mitchell perform at age 80, after her brain aneurysm. To borrow from the lyrics of the song Hillary recalls Mitchell performing, this book is Hillary’s attempt to “look at life from both sides now,” as she continues to gain perspective on her remarkable life and marriage of nearly 50 years to former President Bill Clinton. Unlike her previous memoir, which was focused very narrowly on the 2016 presidential election, this one has a more expansive and personal scope. 

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Sweet Fury, the new thriller by Sash Bischoff, comes with a heavy dose of both Hollywood glamour and shocking darkness. It tells the story of actress Lila Crayne, a beloved movie star who teams up with her filmmaker fiance to adapt F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Tender Is the Night with a modern, feminist twist. As the project progresses, Lila sees a therapist to help her dig into the trauma of her past – and before long, things spill over into her work in unexpected ways as well. With references to the #MeToo movement and the commercial side of filmmaking, the book dives deep not only into Lila’s character, but Hollywood’s character as a whole.  

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Actress Ione Skye was part of one of the most iconic scenes in 80s film history: being serenaded by John Cusack with a boombox in the movie Say Anything. But her life history is so much more than that, full of complicated relationships (of the romantic and parental variety) and career ups and downs. In this self-narrated memoir, she’s saying it all.

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New Nigeria County is a satirical new audio original from Simon & Schuster Audio about an affluent Black community suddenly struck with internal drama that turns the typical tropes of race, crime, and casual stereotyping on their head. This full cast audio production is a quick listen at only about 3 and a half hours – but that short run is packed with humor and sharp political observations.

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