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In the Company of Angels by Thomas E. Kennedy Staff Pick It's a rare book that can both haunt and inspire. The lead characters' efforts to recover from shattering events are traced with compassion, deep intelligence, and an almost miraculous hope. As if that weren't enough, the home life of the psychotherapist... (read more) List Price $11.99 Your price: $11.54 Google eBooks - Electronic 
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The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes Staff Pick Julian Barnes won the Man Booker Prize for this lyrical little tome, and, in spite of the controversy surrounding the prize and the 2011 shortlist, I believe he deserved the award. It's the kind of book that one races through, stopping every now and then... (read more) Your price: $11.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff Staff Pick I'm rather sure that all three of Stacy Schiff's previous works have been nominated for some award or another. With a pedigree like that, you know that her latest biography is bound to be a must-read. Stripping away all the previous misconceptions about... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Ready Player One by Ernest Cline Staff Pick I had many books on my to-read list, but this one jumped straight to the top as soon as I got my hands on a copy. It has everything I love about video games and cartoons and anime from the '80s. The pacing of the book is great, and it quickly became one... (read more) Your price: $12.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin Staff Pick Even five books into the series A Song of Ice and Fire, George R. R. Martin is still able to produce a complex and interesting tale. A Dance with Dragons offers what all his books do: an amazingly well-crafted story with interesting and believable... (read more) Your price: $14.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Bad Marie (P.S.) by Marcy Dermansky Staff Pick Wow — I loved this book! You know you are dealing with a great writer when you care about a character even though you don't like them. Marie, the nanny, has more to say (both bad and good) about motherhood than most parents. Self-absorbed and... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King Staff Pick Stephen King has done much of his best writing in the long-story form (including the novellas The Body, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, and The Langoliers), and Full Dark, No Stars proves no exception. These four tales are sinister, violent... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong by Jen Yates Staff Pick In this day and age, any book that can make me laugh out loud earns top o' the list. Some of the pictures in this book are hilarious in themselves, but Yates adds captions with humor ranging from subtle to over-the-top. Keep Cake Wrecks handy for when... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $8.87 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Freedom by Jonathan Franzen Staff Pick In Freedom, Jonathan Franzen bulldozes through the façade of the progressive, modern American family. His characters are intelligent, analytical, selfish, needy, and full of regret. They come off as unlikable, but are instead complex, realistic... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Among Others by Jo Walton Staff Pick Serious readers spend half their lives consumed by what they are reading. I haven't seen a novel that so vividly illustrates this as Among Others does. I've been reading science fiction and fantasy since a young age, and I loved how Walton, a constant... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement by Jane Ziegelman Staff Pick I love looking at history through the telescope of a particular subject, in this case, the food of New York immigrants at the turn of the century. Not so very long ago, our hot dogs, bagels, and lasagna were exotic introductions to this country... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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When the Elephants Dance: A Novel by Tess Uriza Holthe Staff Pick "I was given a review copy of this novel and decided to sit with it and have a cup of coffee after work. I closed down the coffee shop and could barely stand the drive home."... (read more) Your price: $13.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Murder Room: The Heirs of Sherlock Holmes Gather to Solve the World's Most Perplexing Cold Cases by Michael Capuzzo Staff Pick The Murder Room is an absolutely riveting story about the history of the Vidocq Society, a group of forensic scientists, cops, FBI agents, etc., that come together to solve unsolvable crimes. I'm not usually a fan of true crime, but The Murder Room is... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Tiger's Wife: A Novel by Téa Obreht Staff Pick Part mystery, part folktale, part dark fable, The Tiger's Wife is wholly original. Set in the Balkans, this atmospheric novel follows a young doctor who works in an orphanage and has just lost her grandfather. Trying to make sense of his death, Natalia... (read more) Your price: $11.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Raymond Carver: A Writer's Life by Carol Sklenicka Staff Pick Carver's concerns with the consequences and consolations of human frailty were deeply rooted in his own life, as revealed in Sklenicka's captivating and very human portrait. Her insights into his stories inspired me to reread old favorites and discover... (read more) Your price: $14.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Turnaround by George P. Pelecanos Staff Pick Great crime fiction challenges us; not just our armchair detective skills, but our notions of justice, our assumptions of societal norms. The Turnaround is great crime fiction. Suspenseful, yes, almost painfully so, but not in a heart-stopping... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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A Heartbeat and a Guitar by Antonino D'Ambrosio Staff Pick Johnny Cash's 1964 concept album Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian is certainly one of the finest (and most underrated) records of his career. D'Ambrosio's book A Heartbeat and a Guitar: Johnny Cash and the Making of Bitter Tears, while well... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $24.93 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 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) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Unsaid: A Novel by Neil Abramson Staff Pick A ghost story, a love story, and a pet tale, Unsaid is raw, heartbreaking, and beautiful. While I read it, I felt as if every pet I've ever loved and lost was sitting by my side. Uplifting and bittersweet, it left me in tears, as only the best books will... (read more) Your price: $10.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Ten Days in the Hills by Jane Smiley Staff Pick I have read, and enjoyed, Jane Smiley novels in the past, and Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Novel was a masterful study of both notable fiction and the fiction-writing process. But Ten Days in the Hills is now by far my favorite work of hers. Loosely... (read more) Your price: $11.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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