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Lauren Puckett-Pope is a staff culture writer at ELLE. staff culture writer @ellemagazine, writing about film, tv and books

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Book Cover for: Hot Girls with Balls, Benedict Nguyen

Hot Girls with Balls

Benedict Nguyen
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A mixed-media satire told with style and verve...Benedict Nguyễn’s sharp, funny-yet-serious debut explores the constant pressure to present identity ‘correctly,’ especially when that identity is under equally constant threat.

Hardcover, 2025

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Pineapple Street: A GMA Book Club Pick, Jenny Jackson

Pineapple Street: A GMA Book Club Pick

Jenny Jackson
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Aptly described as “zeitgeisty” for its setting amongst an old-money family of Brooklyn one-percenters, Knopf Vice President Jenny Jackson’s Pineapple Street is a witty, easy-to-devour story of wealth and love’s never-ending war in the modern age.

Paperback, 2024

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears, Michael Schulman

Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears

Michael Schulman
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Even if you’re not familiar with Schulman’s unique talent for capturing Hollywood madness, you’re sure to find something of intrigue in Oscar Wars.

Paperback, 2024

$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The View From Lake Como, Adriana Trigiani

The View From Lake Como

Adriana Trigiani
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Adriana Trigiani’s heroine is stuck in Lake Como, New Jersey, her childhood home, where she’s fled after a recent divorce...Effervescent and big-hearted, The View from Lake Como is an ideal vacation read.

Paperback, Large Print, 2025

$31.00$15.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Among Friends, Hal Ebbott

Among Friends

Hal Ebbott
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Within the first few pages of Hal Ebbott’s debut novel Among Friends, I knew I needed to go scrounge up a highlighter. There are so many of Ebbott’s lines that sing...Among Friends is utterly engrossing; I’m already begging my friends to read it so we can discuss the ending.

Hardcover, 2025

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Book Cover for: These Summer Storms, Sarah MacLean

These Summer Storms

Sarah MacLean
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Simmering tensions, sibling rivalries, and undeniable attraction fuel MacLean’s excellent foray into contemporary romance-slash-drama. This one’s a treat.

Hardcover, 2025

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: People Collide, Isle McElroy

People Collide

Isle McElroy
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Fascinating ... an entertaining, thoughtful depiction of how we choose to exist, and its implications for how we love.

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Book Cover for: A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck, Sophie Elmhirst

A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck

Sophie Elmhirst
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A Marriage at Sea was such an emotionally vivid portrait of a couple in isolation that I was shocked it wasn’t fiction. How could a writer get so deeply into the minds of two real people in such extraordinary circumstances?

Hardcover, 2025

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Book Cover for: The End of Drum-Time, Hanna Pylväinen

The End of Drum-Time

Hanna Pylväinen
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A monumental feat of melodic prose and astute observation, Hanna Pylväinen’s historical fiction novel The End of Drum-Time transports readers to the otherworldly tundra of Scandinavia... the resulting adventure is one as powerful and profound as the book’s awe-inspiring setting.

Hardcover, 2023

$28.99$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor--The Truth and the Turmoil, Tina Brown

The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor--The Truth and the Turmoil

Tina Brown
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With Brown's signature dry wit and keen eye, The Palace Papers is an essential primer for anyone with even a passing interest in what's going on across the pond—and, more importantly, why it matters.

Paperback, 2023

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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