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Library Wars: Love & War, Vol. 8 by Kiiro Yumi, Sean McCoy
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIn the near future, the federal government creates a committee to rid society of books it deems unsuitable. The libraries vow to protect their collections, and with the help of local governments, form a military group to defend themselves--the Library Forces! The Media Betterment Committee’s inquiry into Iku’s role in the so-called book burning continues, and an evil conspiracy comes to light... -
Library Wars: Love & War, Vol. 7 by Kiiro Yumi, Sean McCoy
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIn the near future, the federal government creates a committee to rid society of books it deems unsuitable. The libraries vow to protect their collections, and with the help of local governments, form a military group to defend themselves--the Library Forces! Hikaru's big brother is working for the enemy, and he wants to reunite with Hikaru... -
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Library Wars: Love & War, Vol. 13 by Kiiro Yumi, Hiro Arikawa
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsIn the near future, the federal government creates a committee to rid society of books it deems unsuitable...Categorized as:
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The ABC Murders by Christie Agatha
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 93 ratingsWhen Alice Asher is murdered in Andover, Hercule Poirot is already looking into the clues. Alphabetically speaking, it's one letter down, twenty-five to go. There's a serial killer on the loose. His macabre calling card is to leave the ABC Railway Guide beside each victim's body... -
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Knife Edge by Malorie Blackman
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsWHEN TRUTH AND JUSTICE ARE NO LONGER BLACK AND WHITE ISSUES . . . Sephy is a Cross, one of the privileged in a society where the ruling Crosses treat the pale-skinned noughts as inferiors. But her baby daughter has a nought father . . . Jude is a Nought. Eaten up with bitterness, he blames Sephy for the terrible losses his family has suffered . . . Now Jude's life rests on a knife edge...Categorized as:
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The Ends of the World by Maggie Hall
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe Circle is hers. But Avery West has lost everything else: her mother, the family she’d just found, and the one boy she trusted. In their place are unfathomable power, a staged relationship that makes her question every real feeling she’s ever had, and a mission to find the cure to the virus that’s made her own blood a weapon...Categorized as:
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The Towering Sky by Katharine McGee
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe final book in Katharine McGee's epic. New York Times. bestselling Thousandth Floor series. When you have everything, you have everything to lose. Welcome back to New York, 2119. A skyscraper city, fueled by impossible dreams. Leda just wants to move on from what happened in Dubai. Until a new investigation forces her to seek help—from the person she’s spent all year trying to forget...Categorized as:
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Chobits, Vol. 1 by CLAMP
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 58 ratingsChi isn't your average humanoid computer. She can't do word processing, she can't connect to the Internet, and she's incapable of networking with other persocoms. Even her sound card seems broken. No wonder Hideki found her tied up in a pile of trash. But when the 19-year-old technophobe takes her home, he finds that she may be more advanced than her childlike behavior lets on. Chapters 1-12.Categorized as:
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Behind the Scenes!!, Vol. 3 by Bisco Hatori
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsRyuji Goda, Art Squad president and sterling example of self-confidence, has become anxiety-ridden Ranmaru’s greatest role model. Surely under the guidance of such a genius, Ranmaru will come into his own? But now a film camp at a remote mansion is putting Goda’s assurance to the test. Is Ranmaru up to the challenge of saving his mentor from his greatest fear—a child? !Categorized as:
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Behind the Scenes!! Vol. 4 by Bisco Hatori
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRyoji Goda is everything Ranmaru wishes he could be -- self-assured, competent and cool. But when the Art Squad works the final film camp of the summer, Ranmaru gets to see a whole new side to his idol -- disappointing son! Goda's dad seems to criticize everything his son does, and they fight constantly...Categorized as:
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Tears by Francine Pascal
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsI am fearless. I am not afraid of pain…. But I can still feel it. -
Kill Game by Francine Pascal
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe greatest weapon against a serial killer? A girl with no fear. Gaia Moore isn’t like anyone else in the world. She’s trained in ten different martial arts. She has a sharp mind, and an even sharper tongue. As a teenager she cut class to bust gang members and drug dealers on the streets of New York City. And now Gaia’s been recruited to join the world’s leading crime-fighting organization...Categorized as:
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Behind the Scenes!!, Vol. 2 by Bisco Hatori
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhen the Art Squad is assigned to dress a set, Ranmaru is shocked at how seriously Goda takes the job. Every action figure and empty soda can is placed with utmost care to tell the story of the character who lives there, every sock and towel artfully be-grunged with coffee grounds and fuller’s earth to support the narrative...Categorized as:
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Idol Dreams, Vol. 1 by Arina Tanemura
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAt age 31, office worker Chikage Deguchi feels she missed her chances at love and success. When word gets out that she's a virgin, Chikage is humilated and wishes she could return to the time when she was still young and popular. She takes an experimental drug that changes her appearance back to when she was 15...Categorized as:
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Willful Machines by Tim Floreen
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsIn the near future, scientists create what may be a new form of life: an artificial human named Charlotte. All goes well until Charlotte escapes, transfers her consciousness to the Internet, and begins terrorizing the American public. Charlotte's attacks have everyone on high alert—everyone except Lee Fisher, the closeted son of the US president... -
XBestia by Melissa Conway
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the future, bioengineered animals provide organs for human transplantation. Grafts of animal skin have replaced tattoos in popularity, which gives rise to a unique new demographic: xenofreaks...Categorized as:
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Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe first adult novel in more than three years from the bestselling author of the Fairyland books. Radiance is a decopunk pulp SF alt-history space opera mystery set in a Hollywood—and solar system—very different from our own, from the phenomenal talent behind the New York Times bestselling The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making...Categorized as:
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Black Canary: Ignite (DC Zoom) by Meg Cabot, Cara McGee
Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsMeg Cabot's first graphic novel! Thirteen-year-old Dinah Lance knows exactly what she wants, who she is, and where she's going. First, she'll win the battle of the bands with her two best friends, then she'll join the Gotham City Junior Police Academy so she can solve crimes just like her dad... -
Super Adjacent by Crystal Cestari
In this fresh new take on the world of superheroes, explore what it's like to be the non-super half of a dynamic duo. Spoiler it's not easy being super-adjacent. Claire has always wanted to work with superheroes, from collecting Warrior Nation cards as a kid to drafting "What to Say to a Hero" speeches in her diary... -
Otherworld by Jason Segel, Kirsten Miller
Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsThe company says Otherworld is amazing — like nothing you’ve ever seen before. They say it’s addictive — that you’ll want to stay forever. They promise Otherworld will make all your dreams come true. Simon thought Otherworld was a game. Turns out he knew nothing. Otherworld is the next phase of reality. It’s everything you’ve ever wanted. And it’s about to change humanity forever...Categorized as:
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Love Is the Drug by Alaya Dawn Johnson
Rated: 3.41 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the author of THE SUMMER PRINCE, a novel that's John Grisham's THE PELICAN BRIEF meets Michael Crichton's THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN set at an elite Washington D. C. prep school. Emily Bird was raised not to ask questions. She has perfect hair, the perfect boyfriend, and a perfect Ivy-League future...Categorized as:
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Everyone We've Been by Sarah Everett
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFor fans of Jandy Nelson and Jenny Han comes a new novel that asks, can you possibly know the person you’re becoming if you don’t know the person you’ve been? Addison Sullivan has been in an accident. In its aftermath, she has memory lapses and starts talking to a boy that no one else can see. It gets so bad that she’s worried she’s going crazy...Categorized as:
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Blackbird by Anna Carey
Rated: 3.55 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsThis twisty, breathless cat-and-mouse thrill ride, told in the second person, follows a girl with amnesia in present-day Los Angeles who is being pursued by mysterious and terrifying assailants. A girl wakes up on the train tracks, a subway car barreling down on her. With only minutes to react, she hunches down and the train speeds over her...Categorized as:
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In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
A Good Morning America Book Club Pick, an Indie Next Pick, and a LibraryReads Pick • Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2020 by The Washington Post, Bustle, Goodreads, and She Reads. Perfect for fans of Me Before You and One Day—a striking, powerful, and moving love story following an ambitious lawyer who experiences an astonishing vision that could change her life forever... -
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In the Quick by Kate Hope Day
June is a brilliant but difficult girl with a gift for mechanical invention who leaves home to begin grueling astronaut training at the National Space Program. Younger by two years than her classmates at Peter Reed, the school on campus named for her uncle, she flourishes in her classes but struggles to make friends and find true intellectual peers...Categorized as:
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The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 3 by Kore Yamazaki
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsChise Hatori's life has recently undergone shocking change. As a sleigh beggy -- a person capable of generating and wielding tremendous magical power -- she has transformed from an unwanted child to a magician's apprentice who has been introduced to fae royalty. But Chise's newly discovered abilities also mean a cruel fate awaits her. -
Orange 3 by Ichigo Takano, 高野苺
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 33 ratings高校二年生の菜穂に届いた未来からの手紙。そこには未来の自分の後悔がつづられていた。はたして菜穂は手紙を読み「後悔しない未来」を作ることができるのか?切ない思いが交錯するタイムパラドックスラブストーリー、待望の第3巻発売。収録話は『orange』第9話~第12話と、双葉社発売の『orange』1,2巻に収録された『春色アストロノート』の新作第3話。全てコミックス初収録作品です。. -
orange Vol. 4 by Ichigo Takano, 高野苺
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsOn the day that Naho begins 11th grade, she receives a letter from herself ten years in the future. At first, she writes it off as a prank, but as the letter's predictions come true one by one, Naho realizes that the letter might be the real deal. Her future self tells Naho that a new transfer student, a boy named Kakeru, will soon join her class...Categorized as:
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Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 20 by Julietta Suzuki
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsNanami Momozono is alone and homeless after her dad skips town to evade his gambling debts and the debt collectors kick her out of her apartment. So when a man she's just saved from a dog offers her his home, she jumps at the opportunity... -
A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green
Who has the right to change the world forever? How will we live online? How do we find comfort in an increasingly isolated world? The Carls disappeared the same way they appeared, in an instant. While the robots were on Earth, they caused confusion and destruction with only their presence...Categorized as:
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