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Books to Discuss in BookBrowse's Book Club

  • Let's Call Her Barbie Jacket
    Let's Call Her Barbie
    by Renée Rosen
    Berkley Books
    Publishes: 01/21/2025
    Genre: Historical Fiction
    432 pages

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    About This Book
    She was only eleven-and-a-half inches tall, but she would change the world. Barbie is born in this bold new novel by USA Today bestselling author Renée Rosen.

    The discussion forum for this book will be open for about six weeks starting January 16th. Discussions are open to all; sign-up to receive a one-time notification when this one opens.

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  • The Wager Jacket
    The Wager:
    A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
    by David Grann
    Doubleday
    Published: 04/18/2023
    Genre: History, Current Affairs and Religion
    352 pages

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    About This Book
    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. The powerful narrative reveals the deeper meaning of the events on The Wager, showing that it was not only the captain and crew who ended up on trial, but the very idea of empire.

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  • The Bluest Eye Jacket
    The Bluest Eye:
    (Vintage International)
    by Toni Morrison
    Vintage
    Published: 05/08/2007
    Genre: Literary Fiction
    206 pages

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    About This Book
    From the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner—a powerful examination of our obsession with beauty and conformity that asks questions about race, class, and gender with characteristic subtly and grace.

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Books to Read & Review for First Impressions

  • Serial Killer Games Jacket
    Serial Killer Games
    by Kate Posey
    Berkley Books
    Publishes: 04/29/2025
    Genre: Romance
    384 pages

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    About This Book
    What would you do if you thought your coworker was getting away with murder—literally?

    A morbidly funny and emotionally resonant novel about the ways life—and love—can sneak up on us (no matter how much pepper spray we carry).

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  • Songs of Summer Jacket
    Songs of Summer
    by Jane L. Rosen
    Berkley Books
    Publishes: 05/20/2025
    Genre: Literary Fiction
    336 pages

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    About This Book
    A young woman crashes the wedding of the summer on Fire Island in search of her birth mother—and gets a whole lot more than she bargained for—in this warm, heart-stopping getaway from Jane L. Rosen.

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  • The Dream Hotel Jacket
    The Dream Hotel:
    A Novel
    by Laila Lalami
    Pantheon Books
    Publishes: 03/04/2025
    Genre: Literary Fiction
    336 pages

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    About This Book
    From Laila Lalami—the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist and a "maestra of literary fiction" (NPR)—comes a riveting and utterly original novel about one woman's fight for freedom, set in a near future where even dreams are under surveillance.

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  • Raising Hare Jacket
    Raising Hare:
    A Memoir
    by Chloe Dalton
    Pantheon Books
    Publishes: 03/04/2025
    Genre: Biography/Memoir
    304 pages

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    About This Book
    A moving and fascinating meditation on freedom, trust, loss, and our relationship with the natural world, explored through the story of one woman's unlikely friendship with a wild hare.

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