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Jan 17, 2024 | 
offtheshelf.com | Sara Roncero-Menendez |Juliet O'Connor |Chris Gaudio |Jana Li
Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge A young woman searches for the truth about her sister, who boarded a ship headed to the frozen Arctic and never returned.
“Lizzie Pook is a master of suspense.
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Jan 5, 2024 | 
offtheshelf.com | Alice Martin |Chris Gaudio |Juliet O'Connor |Jana Li
A spellbinding, sweeping novel about a Malayan mother who becomes an unlikely spy for the invading Japanese forces during WWII—and the shocking consequences that rain upon her community and family.
Malaya, 1945. Cecily Alcantara’s family is in terrible danger: her fifteen-year-old son, Abel, has disappeared, and her youngest daughter, Jasmin, is confined in a basement to prevent being pressed into service at the comfort stations.
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Dec 29, 2023 | 
offtheshelf.com | Juliet O'Connor |Karen Bellovich |Katya Buresh |Alice Martin
We love getting our social follower’s responses to Readers’ Choice prompts because they always come through with amazing new books—and we emerge with a brand new pile of books to devour. This most recent prompt was essential for the end of the year: What’s your favorite book you read in 2023? Check out a few of the books that captured reader’s hearts this year below.
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Dec 28, 2023 | 
offtheshelf.com | Juliet O'Connor |Chris Gaudio |Jana Li |Holly Claytor
|+| Add to Your Shelf MemoRandom This story revolves around David Sarac, an effective and ruthless handler in the Stockholm Police's Intelligence Unit, skilled in manipulating sources to fight organized crime. He gains success through his top informant, Janus. However, after a stroke and car crash erase two years of his memory, David struggles to recall crucial details about Janus and his work.
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Dec 15, 2023 | 
offtheshelf.com | Alice Martin |Carrie Cabral |Holly Claytor |Juliet O'Connor
|+| Add to Your Shelf The Heart of Henry Quantum In this delightful debut about a late-in-life love triangle, Henry is in a tizzy after he realizes he’s forgotten to get his wife a present—and it’s two days before Christmas. On his quest to get her the perfect gift—a bottle of Chanel Nº5 perfume—he runs into Daisy, the previous love of his life, who has recently left her husband.
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Dec 14, 2023 | 
offtheshelf.com | Chris Gaudio |Alice Martin |Maddie Nelson |Juliet O'Connor
The author of the “twisty, fast-paced” (The Sunday Times, London) Greenwich Park returns with a fresh and deftly paced thriller about murder, class, and motherhood in an exclusive London community.
When a young nanny is found dead in mysterious circumstances, new mom, Tash, is intrigued. She has been searching for a story to launch her career as a freelance journalist. But she has also been searching for something else—new friends to help her navigate motherhood.
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Dec 11, 2023 | 
offtheshelf.com | Alice Martin |Zeniya Cooley |Juliet O'Connor |Maddie Nelson
|+| Add to Your Shelf The Invisible Hour Mia Jacob has always found wonder and solace in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s THE SCARLET LETTER, particularly because, despite being written two hundred years ago, it seems to perfectly depict Mia’s stifling existence in a cult called the Community. Soon, reading transports her through time, where she falls in love with a brilliant writer and the idea of a new kind of freedom.
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Dec 7, 2023 | 
offtheshelf.com | Laura Jackson |Zeniya Cooley |Karen Bellovich |Juliet O'Connor
What have our readers been loving this year? Stories brimming with transformation, mystery, and the kind of deep, personal journeys that tug at the heartstrings. As we roll into the holiday season, consider this list of the most popular books your go-to guide for picking out those perfect, cozy books to gift or to read yourself this season.
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Dec 4, 2023 | 
offtheshelf.com | Zeniya Cooley |Karen Bellovich |Sarah Woodruff |Juliet O'Connor
|+| Add to Your Shelf The Invisible Hour Best Fiction Mia Jacobs has just escaped from a place and people that mean to harm her. She walks alone along the roadside at night. The forests next to her are pitch-black. In her pocket she carries a copy of her favorite book, written almost two hundred years before her time, The Scarlet Letter. It is her most precious book because somehow it seems to tell the story of her own mother, Ivy.
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Nov 24, 2023 | 
offtheshelf.com | Juliet O'Connor |Holly Claytor |Emily Lewis |Karen Bellovich
The holidays are fast approaching and it’s not just the festive lights that have us excited—it’s the prospect of unwrapping stories that transport us to worlds both known and unknown. Curious about the books topping your holiday wish lists, we reached out to our vibrant community of readers across Facebook and Instagram. You responded with enthusiasm, sharing the titles that have touched your souls and sparked your imaginations throughout the year.
