Biographical fiction

  • Autumn Peltier, Water Warrior

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    From New York Times bestselling author Carole Lindstrom and illustrator Bridget George comes a must-read companion to the powerful, award-winning picture book We Are Water Protectors. Telling the stor

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    • Author: Lindstrom, Carole
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 40
    • Publish Date: September 19, 2023
    • ISBN10: 1250795273
    • Language: English
  • The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel

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    As seen on The TODAY Show!

    Bestselling author ReShonda Tate presents a fascinating fictional portrait of Hattie McDaniel, one of Hollywood’s most prolific but woefully underappreciated stars–and the f

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    • Author: Tate, Reshonda
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 432
    • Publish Date: January 30 2024
    • ISBN10: 006329107X
    • Language: English
  • The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post

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    NATIONAL BESTSELLER – “Marvelous . . . I just had to be there with the Post cereal heiress through every twist and turn.”–Martha Hall Kelly, New York Times bestselling author of Lilac Girls

    “New-mone

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    • Author: Pataki, Allison
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 432
    • Publish Date: February 07 2023
    • ISBN10: 0593355709
    • Language: English
  • The Tattooist of Auschwitz

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    #1 New York Times Bestseller and #1 International Bestseller Soon to be a Peacock Original Series

    This beautiful, illuminating tale of hope and courage is based on interviews that were conducted wit

    • Author: Morris, Heather
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 288
    • Publish Date: September 04, 2018
    • ISBN10: 0062797158
    • Language: English
  • Invisible Cities

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    Italo Calvino’s beloved, intricately crafted novel about an Emperor’s travels–a brilliant journey across far-off places and distant memory.

    “Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears, even if

    • Series: Harvest/HBJ Book
    • Author: Calvino, Italo
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 176
    • Publish Date: May 03, 1978
    • ISBN10: 0156453800
    • Language: English
  • Diva

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    New York Times bestselling author Daisy Goodwin returns with a story of the scandalous love affair between the most celebrated opera singer of all time and one of the richest men in the world.

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    • Author: Goodwin, Daisy
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 336
    • Publish Date: January 23 2024
    • ISBN10: 1250279925
    • Language: English
  • The Lioness of Boston

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    “Brings Isabella Stewart Gardner fully, intimately alive–irrepressible and avid for life. In this richly compelling novel, Emily Franklin beautifully conjures this extraordinary woman and her world.”

    • Author: Franklin, Emily
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 400
    • Publish Date: April 11, 2023
    • ISBN10: 1567927408
    • Language: English
  • Learned by Heart

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    “A wrenching love story” (Chris Bohjalian, The Washington Post) based on the true story of two girls who fall secretly, deeply, and dangerously in love at boarding school in 19th century York, from th

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    • Author: Donoghue, Emma
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 336
    • Publish Date: August 29 2023
    • ISBN10: 0316564435
    • Language: English
  • Hamnet

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    NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER – NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The bestselling author of The Marriage Portrait delivers a luminous portrait of a marriage, a family ravaged by grief, and a boy[more below]

    • Author: O’Farrell, Maggie
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 320
    • Publish Date: May 18 2021
    • ISBN10: 1984898876
    • Language: English
  • The MANIAC

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    Named One of the 10 Best Books of 2023 by The Washington Post and Publishers Weekly One of Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of 2023 – A National Bestseller – A New York Times Editor’s Choice pick – Nom

    • Author: Labatut, Benjamin
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 368
    • Publish Date: October 03, 2023
    • ISBN10: 0593654471
    • Language: English
  • The First Ladies

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    The Instant New York Times Bestseller!

    A novel about the extraordinary partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune–an unlikely friendship that chang

    • Author: Benedict, Marie
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 400
    • Publish Date: June 27, 2023
    • ISBN10: 0593440285
    • Language: English
  • There Was a Party for Langston: (Caldecott Honor & Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor)

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    A Caldecott Honor Book
    A Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book

    New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds’s debut picture book is a snappy, joyous ode to Word King, literar

    • Author: Reynolds, Jason
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 56
    • Publish Date: October 03, 2023
    • ISBN10: 1534439447
    • Language: English
  • The One and Only Ivan: A Newbery Award Winner

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    The #1 New York Times bestselling and Newbery Award-winning novel The One and Only Ivan is now a major motion picture streaming on Disney+

    This unforgettable novel from renowned author Katherine Appleg

    • Series: One and Only
    • Author: Applegate, Katherine
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 336
    • Publish Date: January 06, 2015
    • ISBN10: 0061992275
    • Language: English
  • By Her Own Design: A Novel of Ann Lowe, Fashion Designer to the Social Register

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    The incredible untold story of how Ann Lowe, a Black woman and granddaughter of slaves, rose above personal struggles and racial prejudice to design and create one of America’s most famous wedding dre

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    • Author: Huguley, Piper
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 384
    • Publish Date: June 07 2022
    • ISBN10: 0063059746
    • Language: English
  • Sisters of Fortune: A Riveting Historical Novel of the Titanic Based on True History

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    Readers of The Second Mrs. Astor by Shana Abé will be captivated as the USA Today bestselling author expertly weaves real historical figures and events into this vivid, surprising, emotionally powerfu

    • Author: Huber, Anna Lee
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 416
    • Publish Date: February 20, 2024
    • ISBN10: 1496742699
    • Language: English
  • Can’t We Be Friends: A Novel of Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe

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    Award-winning author Denny S. Bryce and USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight collaborate on a brilliant novel that uncovers the boundary-breaking, genuine friendship between Ella Fitzgerald, the

    • Author: Knight, Eliza
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 384
    • Publish Date: March 05, 2024
    • ISBN10: 0063282909
    • Language: English
  • Her Lost Words: A Novel of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley

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    From A Vindication of the Rights of Woman to Frankenstein, a tale of two literary legends–a mother and daughter–discovering each other and finding themselves along the way, from USA Today bestsellin

    • Author: Thornton, Stephanie Marie
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 448
    • Publish Date: March 28, 2023
    • ISBN10: 0593198425
    • Language: English
  • The Dalai Lama’s Cat

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    “‘Oh! How adorable! I didn’t know you had a cat!’ she exclaimed. I am always surprised how many people make this observation. Why should His Holiness not have a cat?’ If only she could speak, ‘ contin… [more below]

    • Series: Dalai Lama’s Cat
    • Author: Michie, David
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 240
    • Publish Date: October 01 2012
    • ISBN10: 1401940587
    • Language: English
  • Libra

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    From the author of White Noise (winner of the National Book Award) and The Silence, an eerily convincing fictional speculation on the events leading up to the assassination of John F. Kennedy

    In this

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    • Author: Delillo, Don
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 480
    • Publish Date: May 01, 1991
    • ISBN10: 0140156046
    • Language: English
  • The Personal Librarian: A GMA Book Club Pick (a Novel)

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    The Instant New York Times Bestseller! A Good Morning America* Book Club Pick!

    Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR! Named a Notable Book of the Year by the Washington Post!

    “Historical fiction at it

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    • Author: Benedict, Marie
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 496
    • Publish Date: July 13 2021
    • ISBN10: 0593414241
    • Language: English
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