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Swamplandia! by Karen Russell Staff Pick Russell's debut novel is in a literary class of its own. Swamplandia! is a mystical, fascinating coming-of-age story told from the perspective of the charming 13-year-old Ava. A shabby tourist attraction in Florida and unpredictable family members flavor... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides Staff Pick Addressing the ubiquitous love triangle, The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides is a perfectly executed character study of three college students — Leonard, Madeleine, and Mitchell — who variously are a couple, are not a couple, were a couple,... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman Publisher Comments The Dovekeepers is Alice Hoffman’s most ambitious and mesmerizing novel, a tour de force of research and imagination. Nearly two thousand years ago, nine hundred Jews held out for months against armies of Romans on Masada, a mountain in the Judean... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Room by Emma Donoghue Staff Pick Emma Donoghue mines current headlines for her harrowing account of a young women held captive in a room for years. Forced to bear a child by her captor, "Ma" becomes increasingly desperate to escape her one-room hell. On the other hand, Jack, her 5-year-... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock Staff Pick In The Devil All the Time, Pollock mixes equal parts Tod Browning (Freaks) and Davis Grubb (The Night of the Hunter) to concoct an entirely original work that is as heartfelt as it is visceral. Simply put, it's an astonishing debut novel.... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky Staff Pick This coming-of-age story absolutely shines. Charlie is your average teenager trying to navigate the treacherous waters of adolescence, yet he's so much more than that. Recognizing something special in Charlie, a teacher feeds him literature and tries to... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Life of Pi by Yann Martel Publisher Comments Pi Patel is sixteen when his family emigrates from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship. The ship sinks, and Pi is left alone on a lifeboat, his only companions stranded zoo animals: a hyena, an orangutan, a zebra, and a Bengal... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Work Song by Ivan Doig Staff Pick From the moment Morgan steps off the train and discovers that the trunk holding all his worldly possessions is missing — and that the stationmaster thinks it's just a ruse — this story, about a man who can't escape his past yet longs for a chance at... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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J. D. Salinger Boxed Set by J D Salinger Synopsis The perfect addition to every collection, Salinger's works are now available in a beautiful boxed set featuring "The Catcher in the Rye, Nine Stories, Franny and Zooey," and "Raise High the ROof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour--An Introduction."... (read more) List Price $99.99 Your price: $39.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Cain by Jose Saramago Staff Pick The late José Saramago was quite the prolific writer, having composed over 30 books, including an array of acclaimed novels, poetry, and journals. Actively writing until his death at the age of 87 in 2010, the Portuguese Nobel laureate's international... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Island of the Sequined Love Nun by Christopher Moore Publisher Comments When Tucker Case demolishes his boss's pink plane during a drunken airborne liaison, there's only one employment opportunity left for him: piloting shady secret missions for an unscrupulous medical missionary and a sexy blond High Priestess on the... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco Publisher Comments The #1 international bestseller, from Umberto Eco, author of The Name of the Rose “Vintage Eco . . . the book is a triumph.” - New York Review of Books Nineteenth-century Europe—from Turin to Prague to Paris—abounds with... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Emma by Jane Austen Publisher Comments Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich… Emma is also overly confident in her abilities as a matchmaker for the residents of Highbury in Jane Austens widely beloved classic novel. Although convinced that she herself will never marry, Emma makes... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $5.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Paris Wife by Paula Mclain Publisher Comments A deeply evocative story of ambition and betrayal, The Paris Wife captures a remarkable period of time and a love affair between two unforgettable people: Ernest Hemingway and his wife Hadley. Chicago, 1920: Hadley Richardson is a quiet twenty-eight-year-... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff Staff Pick Mystery, academic comedy, ghost story, literary romance... Monsters of Templeton is a rich, rewarding debut whose pieces stitch together seamlessly. A smart pleasure, it is one of my favorite (and most frequently recommended) books of the year.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris Synopsis Sedaris's beloved holiday collection is updated and expanded with six more pieces, including a never-before-published story to help spread the cheer and mortification of the season.... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $5.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Turn of Mind by Alice Laplante Staff Pick Dr. Jennifer White is a retired hand surgeon, who, unfortunately, is moving toward late-stage dementia. When her best friend is murdered and found with fingers surgically removed from one hand, Dr. White is the prime suspect. Yet, how to build a case... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald Publisher Comments Wordsworth Classics covers a huge list of beloved works of literature in English and translations. This growing series is rigorously updated, with scholarly introductions and notes added to new titles.... (read more) Your price: $6.99 Sale - Trade Paper
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While Mortals Sleep: Unpublished Short Fiction by Kurt Vonnegut Staff Pick Alas, Kurt Vonnegut is still dead. Luckily for grieving readers, the cascade of Vonnegut's work continues to flow. This book features 16 previously unpublished stories from the early years of his career, each of which will delight his longtime fans.... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Publisher Comments Wordsworth Classics covers a huge list of beloved works of literature in English and translations. This growing series is rigorously updated, with scholarly introductions and notes added to new titles.... (read more) Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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