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1) Gingerbread
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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Fiction
SCIENCE FICTION OYEYEM 2019
2 available
SCIENCE FICTION OYEYEM 2019
2 available
South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
SCIENCE FICTION OYEYEM 2019
1 available
SCIENCE FICTION OYEYEM 2019
1 available
Spanish Springs Library - Adult Fiction
SCIENCE FICTION OYEYEM 2019
1 available
SCIENCE FICTION OYEYEM 2019
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"The award-winning author of Boy, Snow, Bird draws on the classic fairy-tale element of gingerbread in the story of a British family whose surprising legacy and secret past are tied to a favorite recipe."--
"Influenced by the mysterious place gingerbread holds in classic children's stories, beloved novelist Helen Oyeyemi invites readers into a delightful tale of a surprising family legacy, in which the inheritance is a recipe. Perdita Lee may appear...
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“Ingenious . . . Mary B is a tribute not just to [Jane] Austen but to defiant women of any era.”—USA Today
The overlooked middle sister in Pride and Prejudice casts off her prim exterior and takes center stage in this fresh retelling of the classic novel.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY REAL SIMPLE
What is to be done with Mary Bennet? She possesses...
The overlooked middle sister in Pride and Prejudice casts off her prim exterior and takes center stage in this fresh retelling of the classic novel.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY REAL SIMPLE
What is to be done with Mary Bennet? She possesses...
3) One by one
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION WARE 2020
1 available
FICTION WARE 2020
1 available
Incline Village Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION WARE 2020
1 available
FICTION WARE 2020
1 available
North Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION WARE 2020
1 available
FICTION WARE 2020
1 available
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2 copies, 8 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
2 copies, 3 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
2 copies, 3 people are on the wait list.
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When an offsite company retreat is upended by an avalanche that strands them in a remote mountain chalet, eight coworkers are forced to set aside their corporate rankings and mutual distrust in order to survive.
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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION WATTS 2017
1 available
FICTION WATTS 2017
1 available
Sierra View Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION WATTS 2017
1 available
FICTION WATTS 2017
1 available
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A tale inspired by The Great Gatsby is set in the contemporary South and follows the difficulties endured by an extended black family with colliding visions of the American dream. A first novel by the author of We Are Taking Only What We Need.
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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Fiction
ROMANCE BABALO 2021
1 available
ROMANCE BABALO 2021
1 available
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"In her debut collection, internationally acclaimed writer Bolu Babalola retells the most beautiful love stories from history and mythology with incredible new detail and vivacity. Focusing on the magical folktales of West Africa, Babalola also reimagines Greek myths, ancient legends from the Middle East, and stories from long-erased places"--
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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Fiction
ROMANCE JALALU 2019
2 available
ROMANCE JALALU 2019
2 available
Incline Village Library - Adult Fiction
ROMANCE JALALU 2019
1 available
ROMANCE JALALU 2019
1 available
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Reluctantly working as a teacher to pay off her debts to her wealthy uncle, Ayesha Shamsi finds herself falling for her cousin's conservative and judgmental fiancé.
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION OBIOMA 2019
1 available
FICTION OBIOMA 2019
1 available
South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION OBIOMA 2019
1 available
FICTION OBIOMA 2019
1 available
Spanish Springs Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION OBIOMA 2019
1 available
FICTION OBIOMA 2019
1 available
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Spanning continents, traversing the earth and cosmic spaces, and told by a narrator who has lived for hundreds of years, the novel is a contemporary twist of Homer's Odyssey. Written in the mythic style of the Igbo literary tradition, Chigozie Obioma weaves a heart-wrenching epic about destiny and determination.
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION BAKER 2013
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FICTION BAKER 2013
2 available
Downtown Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION BAKER 2013
1 available
FICTION BAKER 2013
1 available
South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION BAKER 2013
1 available
FICTION BAKER 2013
1 available
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Incline Village Library - Adult Fiction - Audiobook Shelf
CD FICTION BAKER 2013 UNABRIDGED
1 available
CD FICTION BAKER 2013 UNABRIDGED
1 available
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A reimagining of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" from the perspectives of its below-stairs servants captures the drama of the Bennet household from the sideline viewpoint of Sarah, an orphaned housemaid.
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION RUSHDI 2019
1 available
FICTION RUSHDI 2019
1 available
Downtown Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION RUSHDI 2019
1 available
FICTION RUSHDI 2019
1 available
South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION RUSHDI 2019
2 available
FICTION RUSHDI 2019
2 available
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"Quichotte, an aging traveling salesman obsessed with the "unreal real" of TV, falls in impossible love with a queen of the screen; while obsessively writing her love letters, he wishes an imaginary son, Sancho, into existence. Together they set off across America in Quichotte's trusty Chevy Cruze to find her and convince her of his love. Meanwhile, Quichotte's tragicomic story is being told by the author who created him: Brother, a mediocre spy novelist...
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION TOIBIN 2017
1 available
FICTION TOIBIN 2017
1 available
Downtown Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION TOIBIN 2017
1 available
FICTION TOIBIN 2017
1 available
Spanish Springs Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION TOIBIN 2017
1 available
FICTION TOIBIN 2017
1 available
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction - Audiobook Shelf
CD FICTION TOIBIN 2017
1 available
CD FICTION TOIBIN 2017
1 available
Description
From the thrilling imagination of bestselling, award-winning Colm Toibin comes a retelling of the story of Clytemnestra--spectacularly audacious, violent, vengeful, lustful, and instantly compelling--and her children... In House of Names, Colm Toibin brings a modern sensibility and language to an ancient classic, and gives this extraordinary character new life, so that we not only believe Clytemnestra's thirst for revenge, but applaud it. He brilliantly...
11) Mr. Rochester
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A literary retelling of Charlotte Brontèe's beloved classic, "Jane Eyre," is presented from the perspective of the dashing and mysterious Mr. Rochester.
12) Macbeth
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Incline Village Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION NESBO 2018
1 available
FICTION NESBO 2018
1 available
Sierra View Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION NESBO 2018
1 available
FICTION NESBO 2018
1 available
Spanish Springs Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION NESBO 2018
1 available
FICTION NESBO 2018
1 available
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A HEART-POUNDING NEW THRILLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SNOWMAN AND THE THIRST Set in the 1970s in a run-down, rainy industrial town, Jo Nesbo's Macbeth centers around a police force struggling to shed an incessant drug problem. Duncan, chief of police, is idealistic and visionary, a dream to the townspeople but a nightmare for criminals. The drug trade is ruled by two drug lords, one of whoma master of manipulation named Hecatehas connections with the...
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction
ROMANCE HAWKIN 2021
1 available
ROMANCE HAWKIN 2021
1 available
North Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
ROMANCE HAWKIN 2021
1 available
ROMANCE HAWKIN 2021
1 available
Sparks Library - Adult Fiction
ROMANCE HAWKIN 2021
1 available
ROMANCE HAWKIN 2021
1 available
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North Valleys Library - Adult Fiction - Large Print Shelf
LP ROMANCE HAWKIN 2021
1 available
LP ROMANCE HAWKIN 2021
1 available
Description
"A delicious twist on a Gothic classic, Rachel Hawkins's The Wife Upstairs pairs Southern charm with atmospheric domestic suspense, perfect for fans of B.A. Paris and Megan Miranda. Meet Jane. Newly arrived to Birmingham, Alabama, Jane is a broke dog-walker in Thornfield Estates--a gated community full of McMansions, shiny SUVs, and bored housewives. The kind of place where no one will notice if Jane lifts the discarded tchotchkes and jewelry off...
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION BENJAM 2021
1 available
FICTION BENJAM 2021
1 available
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"Life for Ethan and Zo used to be simple. Ethan co-founded a lucrative media start-up, and Zo was well on her way to becoming a successful filmmaker. Then they moved to a rural community for a little more tranquility--or so they thought. When newfound political activism transforms Zo into a barely recognizable ball of outrage and #MeToo allegations rock his old firm, Ethan finds himself a misfit in his own life. Enter a houseguest who is young, fun,...
15) Marley: a novel
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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION CLINCH 2019
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FICTION CLINCH 2019
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From the acclaimed author of the “marvel of a novel” (Entertainment Weekly) Finn comes a masterful reimagining of Charles Dickenss classic A Christmas Carol with this darkly entertaining and moving exploration of the twisted relationship between Ebenezer Scrooge and Jacob Marley. “Marley was dead, to begin with,” Charles Dickens tells us at the beginning of A Christmas Carol. But in Jon Clinchs ingenious novel, Jacob Marley, business partner...
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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Fiction
SCIENCE FICTION WINTER 2019
1 available
SCIENCE FICTION WINTER 2019
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Sparks Library - Adult Fiction
SCIENCE FICTION WINTER 2019
1 available
SCIENCE FICTION WINTER 2019
1 available
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"Lake Geneva, 1816. Nineteen-year-old Mary Shelley is inspired to write a story about a scientist who creates a new life-form. In Brexit Britain, a young transgender doctor called Ry is falling in love with Victor Stein, a celebrated professor leading the public debate around AI and carrying out some experiments of his own in a vast underground network of tunnels. Meanwhile, Ron Lord, just divorced and living with his mom again, is set to make his...
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South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION MAGUIR 2020
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FICTION MAGUIR 2020
1 available
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Following her brother's death and her mother's emotional breakdown, Laura now lives on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, in a lonely townhouse she shares with her old-world, strict, often querulous grandparents. But the arrangement may be temporary. The quiet, awkward teenager has been getting into trouble at home and has been expelled from her high school for throwing a record album at a popular girl who bullied her. When Christmas is over and the...
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Jane Cockram makes her thrilling debut with this page-turning tale of psychological suspense in which a young woman whose life is in tatters flees to the safety of a family estate in England, but instead of comfort finds chilling secrets and lies. Mirandas life and career has been a roller-coaster ride. Her successful rise to the top of the booming lifestyle industry as a social media influencer led to a humiliating fall after a controversial product...
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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Fiction
ROMANCE SONIAH 2019
1 available
ROMANCE SONIAH 2019
1 available
Spanish Springs Library - Adult Fiction
ROMANCE SONIAH 2019
1 available
ROMANCE SONIAH 2019
1 available
Description
"In this retelling of Pride and Prejudice set in modern-day Pakistan, Alys Binat has sworn never to marry--until an encounter with one Mr. Darsee at a wedding makes her reconsider. A scandal and vicious rumor in the Binat family have destroyed their fortune and prospects for desirable marriages, but Alys, the second and most practical of the five Binat daughters, has found happiness teaching English literature to schoolgirls. Knowing that many of...
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The Rajes volume 2
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction
ROMANCE DEV 2020
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ROMANCE DEV 2020
1 available
Description
When chef Ashan Raje joins the cast of a hit reality television show to save her restaurant, she finds herself paired with her first love, soccer star and celebrity Rico Silva.