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  • The Lay of the Land
    The Lay of the Land
    by Richard Ford
    Hardcover: Nov 2006
    Paperback: Jul 2007
     
    Frank Bascombe returns, with a new lease on life (and real estate), more acutely in thrall to life’s endless complexities than ever before. A holiday, and a novel, no reader will ever forget—at once hilarious, harrowing, surprising, and ...
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  • Leaving
    Leaving : A Novel
    by Roxana Robinson
    Hardcover: Feb 2024
    Paperback: Mar 2025
     
    What risks would you be willing to take to fall in love again?
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  • Leonardo's Swans
    Leonardo's Swans
    by Karen Essex
    Hardcover: Jan 2006
    Paperback: Jan 2007
     
    A haunting novel of rivalry, love, and betrayal that transports readers back to Renaissance Italy, Leonardo's Swans will have you dashing to the works of the great painter—not for clues to a mystery but to contemplate the secrets of the ...
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  • Less
    Less
    by Andrew Sean Greer
    Hardcover: Jul 2017
    Paperback: May 2018
     
    A breakout romantic comedy by the bestselling author of five critically acclaimed novels.
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  • Lessons
    Lessons : A novel
    by Ian McEwan
    Hardcover: Sep 2022
    Paperback: Aug 2023
     
    From the best-selling author of Atonement and Saturday comes the epic and intimate story of one man's life across generations and historical upheavals. From the Suez Crisis to the Cuban Missile Crisis, the fall of the Berlin Wall to the current ...
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  • Lessons in Chemistry
    Lessons in Chemistry : A Novel
    by Bonnie Garmus
    Hardcover: Apr 2022
     
    A must-read debut! Meet Elizabeth Zott: a "formidable, unapologetic and inspiring" (Parade) scientist in 1960s California whose career takes a detour when she becomes the unlikely star of a beloved TV cooking show in this novel that is "irresistible,...
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  • Let Us Descend
    Let Us Descend : A Novel
    by Jesmyn Ward
    Hardcover: Oct 2023
    Paperback: Sep 2024
     
    From Jesmyn Ward—the two-time National Book Award winner, youngest winner of the Library of Congress Prize for Fiction, and MacArthur Fellow—comes a haunting masterpiece, sure to be an instant classic, about an enslaved girl in the years ...
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  • Let's Not Do That Again
    Let's Not Do That Again : A Novel
    by Grant Ginder
    Hardcover: Apr 2022
    Paperback: Apr 2023
     
    From Grant Ginder, the author of The People We Hate at the Wedding, comes Let's Not Do That Again a poignant, funny, and slyly beguiling novel which proves that, like democracy, family is a messy and fragile thing - perfect for fans of Veep's biting ...
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