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Jan 16, 2024 | 
offtheshelf.com | Karen Bellovich |Jana Li |Sharon Van Meter |Emily Lewis
In the heady days before a New Year’s Eve party on the bustling sands of Brazil’s Copacabana Beach, a family reckons with a matriarch’s long-awaited return, causing old secrets to come to light in this infectiously vibrant debut that explores the heartbreak and hope of what it means to be from two homes, two peoples, and two worlds.
Daniel Cunha has a lot on his mind.
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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 8, 2023 | 
offtheshelf.com | Maddie Nelson |Alice Martin |Karen Bellovich |Katya Buresh
|+| Add to Your Shelf The Writing Retreat Meet your next read-in-one-sitting thriller! This suspenseful debut by Julia Bartz had me hooked from the first page. THE WRITING RETREAT is about a famous author who invites five up-and-coming female novelists to her home in the Adirondacks for a month-long writing competition. The retreat is fierce, but there is a whole lot more at stake than just winning.
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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 27, 2023 | 
offtheshelf.com | Zeniya Cooley |Chris Gaudio |Karen Bellovich |Katya Buresh
|+| Add to Your Shelf The Square of Sevens “From the very first pages, the character of Red gripped me like few have in recent years. Fierce, vulnerable, and clever, she's a character to root for throughout these many pages. Many books promise secrets, but few unfurl with the elegance and alacrity of these.
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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.
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Nov 16, 2023 | 
offtheshelf.com | Juliet O'Connor |Alice Martin |Karen Bellovich |Sara Roncero-Menendez
The holiday season always provides a special opportunity to show appreciation for loved ones by presenting them with the perfect gift—which, obviously, means gifting the perfect book! This year, us at Off the Shelf thought long and hard about the loved ones in our lives and which books could potentially impact them the most, whether they’re navigating a new chapter in life, persevering through obstacles, or simply looking for an escape over the holidays.
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Nov 14, 2023 | 
offtheshelf.com | Jana Li |Karen Bellovich |Matthew Quick |Armando Correa
There is no better book to read around this time of year than one that will make you introspective, whether that be about your identity, the world at large, or anything in between. Luckily, this November’s new-in-paperback novels contain those themes, carrying a great amount of emotional depth that hits powerfully and may even provoke a moment of personal revelation.
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Nov 6, 2023 | 
offtheshelf.com | Alice Martin |Sara Roncero-Menendez |Sharon Van Meter |Karen Bellovich
|+| Add to Your Shelf The Helsinki Affair In this global thriller, Amanda Cole, the daughter of a famed Cold War spy, is eager to prove herself in the male-dominated CIA. When a Russian defector warns her of a new Kremlin plot to assassinate a US senator, Amanda teams up with an older female spy, Kath, to trace the dangerous plot from Rome to London to St. Petersburg.
