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Beautiful Ruins (P.S.)
by Jess Walter
Staff Pick
Jess Walter gets nearer the Pulitzer with Beautiful Ruins. Chance meetings during the 1962 filming of Cleopatra in Italy set in motion events that spiral into the present day. Walter captures perfectly how the best part of life is that it doesn't turn... (read more)

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MaddAddam
by Margaret Atwood
Staff Pick
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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Vintage)
by Cheryl Strayed
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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Staff Pick
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Grendel
by John Gardner
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Sometimes a Great Notion
by Ken Kesey
Staff Pick
Reading Sometimes a Great Notion (I finally made it past the first 100 labyrinthine pages after many failed attempts) had such a profound impact on me; it spoke so directly to my core and to what brought me to the land of big trees and ocean breeze (I'm... (read more)

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Mink River
by Brian Doyle
Staff Pick
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by Madeline Miller
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The Song of Achilles revisits the sprawling story of the Trojan War but focuses on the relationship between Achilles and Patroclus. It is a love story so intensely searing, the brutal 10-year Trojan War somehow takes a backseat: the love they share... (read more)

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by Frank Warren
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In the movie, In the Mood for Love, Tony Leung whispers his most secret thoughts into a hole in the ruined temple of Angkor Wat. In Bethlehem, pilgrims write out their prayers and wishes and stuff them into tiny cracks between the bricks at the Western... (read more)

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The Son
by Philipp Meyer
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The Night Circus
by Erin Morgenstern
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The Round House (P.S.)
by Louise Erdrich
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