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The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger Staff Pick "Inspired by her grandparents' love story in which the grandmother outlived her husband by nearly three decades, Niffenegger has invented Henry and Clare, and their unique and complicated love story involving the ability to live in the past and future in... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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In the Woods by Tana French Staff Pick The only thing more exciting than a great thriller is a terrific debut by a great thriller writer! Tana French makes a tremendous splash with In the Woods, a harrowing mystery in the vein of Mystic River that wholly earns the comparison. I dare you to... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Vintage) by Stieg Larsson Staff Pick In The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, corporate intrigue, subtle psychology, explosive content, and a sensational heroine make for a high-caliber novel.... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson Staff Pick Hailed by critics across the globe, showered with awards, Out Stealing Horses is a book that true lovers of the written word will hold close to their hearts. With its captivating prose and characters who burrow under your skin and refuse to come out, Per... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery Publisher Comments The enthralling international bestseller. We are in the center of Paris, in an elegant apartment building inhabited by bourgeois families. Renée, the concierge, is witness to the lavish but vacuous lives of her numerous employers. Outwardly she... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Staff Pick "It's just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery..." Take your time reading this beautifully written book with an innovative... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore Staff Pick Christopher Moore's Lamb is an utterly hilarious take on the story of Jesus. Told from the perspective of Jesus' smart-ass best friend, Biff, it is irreverent without being disrespectful. Lamb, or any of Moore's books, would be perfect for someone who... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows Staff Pick Perfect for book groups, a charming series of letters make up this short novel set in post-WWII Europe. The correspondents, drawn together by their love of books and affection for each other, collectively tell a moving tale of endurance and friendship in... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout Staff Pick Set on the coast of Maine, this fantastic Pulitzer Prize winner (2009) is a terrific character study. Olive is an irascible, crabby old lady who is difficult to like. Yet, as her life, marriage, and story play out, her character changes in ways that... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz Publisher Comments The most talked about — and praised — first novel of 2007, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Oscar is a sweet but disastrously overweight ghetto nerd who, from the New Jersey home he shares with his old world mother and rebellious sister,... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami From Powells.com Haruki Murakami is generally considered the greatest Japanese writer of his generation, but at times he seems more in tune with the culture of the West than of his native country. Throughout his work, the food, music, movies, and literature... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng (Vintage) by Dave Eggers Publisher Comments New York Times Notable Book New York Times Bestseller What Is the What is the epic novel based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng who, along with thousands of other children —the so-called Lost Boys—was forced to leave his village in Sudan... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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A Mercy (Vintage International) by Toni Morrison Publisher Comments National BestsellerOne of The New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year In the 1680s the slave trade in the Americas is still in its infancy. Jacob Vaark is an Anglo-Dutch trader and adventurer, with a small holding in the harsh North. Despite his... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga Staff Pick A remarkable first novel, ingeniously written in the form of a letter to the Chinese premier soon to visit India, Adiga's dark yet witty debut brings to Western readers the tense drama of a developing country and a character caught up in corruption and... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Outlander (P.S.) by Gil Adamson Staff Pick The Outlander by Gil Adamson is a wondrous vacation for your mind. With its eccentric characters and luminous prose, this novel is a romping escapade of big fun.... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Mass Market
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