16 new books to buy from your local indie bookstore this week.

With Halloween fast-approaching, I feel the need (along with every other person on the book internet) to remind you that one of the scariest things imaginable might happen: your local indie bookstore might close. Their fate is in your hands. Go on and pick up one (or two or three) of these new books from […] The post 16 new books to buy from your local indie bookstore this week. first appeared on Literary Hub. Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

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The Audio Book Club Returns to Maycomb With Go Set a Watchman

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