Local Best-Sellers and Top Fiction Picks Today
Publisher's Weekly lists top local best sellers split into FICTION and NON-FICTION. Notable titles include The Goldfinch by Tartt, Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Gabaldon, Mr. Mercedes by King, Capital in the Twenty First Century by Piketty, and Killing Jesus by O'Reilly Dugard, with Prairie Lights Books highlighted.
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Clinton
Chase
Gabaldon
Mercedes” King
Baldacci
Patterson/ Paetro
Cussler/ Brown
Matchmaker
Hilderbrand
Carson
Rivera
Robertson
Piketty
Telushkin
Levitt
Dubneres
Jakes
Jesus” O'Reilly
The Vacationers a restorative coastal family tale
Emma Straub's The Vacationers follows Franny Jim and their family on a two week Mallorca trip. The novel blends marital strain parental hopes and friendship with humor and warmth as forgiveness and kindness prevail.
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Emma Straub
Mallorca
Riverhead Books
Franny
Jim
Stone
Sylvia
Bobby
Charles
Lawrence
Lethem's Dissident Gardens praised in Iowa City reading
Jonathan Lethem reads from Dissident Gardens at Prairie Lights Books in Iowa City. The novel interlocks sections focusing on Rose Zimmer and her family, showing a robust portrait of a Communist matriarch who challenges peers and personal history. Free event with witty, writerly prose.
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Onathan Lethem
Rose Zimmer
Queens
Miriam
Rose
Lethem
Jonathan Lethem
Prairie Lights Books
S. Dubuque St
Iowa City
The Art of Arranging Flowers review
Stacie Gorkow praises the novel about Ruby Jewell a flower shop owner whose bouquets heal and comfort a small town. The story blends friendship hardship and personal growth through relatable characters with comforting themes and gentle sentiment.
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Ruby Jewell
Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Ruby
Wonderland review sees indie star Anna Brundage on comeback tour
Laura Farmer notes D Erasmo's Wonderland follows Anna Brundage an indie rock icon returning after seven years and selling her father’s art to fund a European tour The novel blends present tour life with a bohemian childhood and complex relationships and is likened to a long uneven Tom Waits album not for all readers but passionately resonant for some.
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Anna Brundage
Anna
D’erasmo
Stacey D’erasmo
Mercy Medical Center Hosts July Wellness Events Schedule
Mercy Medical Center lists July wellness programs across departments including CPR AED training at the basement training room July 9 $40 blood pressure checks July 11 at Lindale Mall and July 10 17 24 31 at Mercy Diabetes Center. A 12 week Mercy Weight Loss course runs with Hy-Vee tour and online registration.
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Mercy Medical Center
Ba. m. Mercy Medical Center
Mercycare
Lindale Mall
Mercy Diabetes Center
Joslin Diabetes Center
Suzanne Bartlett
Mercy Pulmonology
Newbocitymarket
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Stacie Gorkow
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Mercy Children’s Services
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