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• Town & Country

  a Novel

  Schaefer, Brian,

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  The trendy rural town of Griffin has become a popular destination for weekenders and the city’s second homeowners, but now a congressional race in this swing district is highlighting tensions between life-long residents and new arrivals. The…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Sleep at Night

  a Novel

  Harris, Elizabeth, 1983-

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  Ethan and Gabe's marriage is tested when Ethan announces his congressional run as a Republican, while Nicole rekindles a romance with Ethan's sister Kate, a political reporter whose life spirals as family and career collide.

• The Senator's Wife

  [a Novel]

  Constantine, Liv,

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  Sloane Montgomery, a wealthy D.C. philanthropist, soon suspects the woman she brought into her home to help her recover from surgery may instead be a thief-of her husband, her reputation, even her life-in this seductive novel of psychological…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• While Justice Sleeps

  Abrams, Stacey,

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  A gripping, complexly plotted thriller set within the halls of the U.S. Supreme Court, where a young law clerk finds herself embroiled in a shocking mystery crafted by one of the most preeminent judges in America--from celebrated national leader and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Monticello

  Fiction

  Johnson, Jocelyn Nicole,

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  A young woman descended from Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings driven from her neighborhood by a white militia. A university professor studying racism by conducting a secret social experiment on his own son. A single mother desperate to buy her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rachel to the Rescue

  Lipman, Elinor,

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  A mischievous political satire, with a delightful cast of characters, from one of America’s funniest novelists.

• Squeeze Me

  a Skink Novel

  Hiaasen, Carl,

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  When the wealthy dowager, Kiki Pew Fitzsimmons, is found dead in a concrete grave, panic and chaos erupt. The President immediately declares that Kiki Pew was the victim of rampaging immigrant hordes. This, as it turns out, is far from the truth.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rodham

  a Novel

  Sittenfeld, Curtis,

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  From the New York Times bestselling author of American Wife and Eligible, a novel that imagines a deeply compelling what-might-have-been: What if Hillary Rodham hadn’t married Bill Clinton?

• Red, White & Royal Blue

  McQuiston, Casey

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  First Son Alex Claremont-Diaz is the closest thing to a prince this side of the Atlantic. With his intrepid sister and the Veep’s genius granddaughter, they’re the White House Trio, a beautiful millennial marketing strategy for his mother, President…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Kennedy Debutante

  Maher, Kerri,

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  A captivating novel following the exploits of Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy, the forgotten and rebellious daughter of one of America's greatest political dynasties.

• Amanda Wakes Up

  Camerota, Alisyn,

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  The Devil Wears Prada meets Primary Colors in this wickedly funny debut novel about a bootstrapping young reporter who lands a plum job at a big-time cable news station and finds her ambitions and her love life turned upside down.

• I, Eliza Hamilton

  Scott, Susan Holloway,

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  In this beautifully written novel of historical fiction, bestselling author Susan Holloway Scott tells the story of Alexander Hamilton’s wife, Eliza—a fascinating, strong-willed heroine in her own right and a key figure in one of the most gripping…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Afterburn and Aftershock

  Cosmo Red-Hot Reads

  Day, Sylvia

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  Never mix business with pleasure. Never bring politics into the bedroom. In a way I did both when I took Jackson Rutledge as a lover. I can't say I wasn't warned.

• November

  a Play

  Mamet, David

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  It's November in a Presidential election year, and incumbent Charles Smith's chances for reelection are looking grim. Approval ratings are down, his money's running out, and nuclear war might be imminent. Though his staff has thrown in the towel and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• American Wife

  Sittenfeld, Curtis

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  On what might become one of the most significant days in her husband’s presidency, Alice Blackwell considers the strange and unlikely path that has led her to the White House–and the repercussions of a life lived, as she puts it, “almost in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Best Man

  Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012

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  Full of vivid and interesting scenes in which Mr. Vidal contrasts the minds, emotions and fighting spirits of the two candidates.