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New York Times - Bestselling Fiction by Bestsellers

Bestselling fiction titles, updated every week! This list includes bestselling fiction for the week of April 15, 2018.

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New York Times - Children's Bestsellers (30 items)

Bestselling Children's titles, updated every week! This list includes bestselling children's fiction, children's series, and Children's Picture Books for the week of April 15 2018.

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New York Times - Bestselling Nonfiction (10 items)

Bestselling nonfiction titles, updated every week! This list includes bestselling nonfiction for the week of April 15, 2018.

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Poetry in Translation (6 items)

Take pleasure in reading poets from other languages and cultures.

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Poetry - Novels in Verse (19 items)

Poetry with special appeal for tweens and teens.

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Poetry - Great Contemporary Poetry (5 items)

Selections from the Literature Department.

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Award Winners (20 items)

Award-winning Bestsellers, fiction and nonfiction

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Library Reads: Favorite of Favorites 2016 (10 items)

Librarians across the country have chosen their ten favorite books published in 2016.

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Oprah's Book Club (73 items)

Bestselling selections from Oprah's Book Club.

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