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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
by Cheryl Strayed
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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Vintage)
by Cheryl Strayed
Staff Pick
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by Brian Doyle
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Mark Haddon
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Beautiful Ruins (P.S.)
by Jess Walter
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The Night Circus
by Erin Morgenstern
Staff Pick
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Beautiful Ruins
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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Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel
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Sharp Objects: A Novel
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The Sense of an Ending (Vintage International)
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Bring Up the Bodies (A John MacRae Book)
by Hilary Mantel
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The Chronology of Water: A Memoir
by Lidia Yuknavitch
Staff Pick
Lidia Yuknavitch's memoir, The Chronology of Water, is fierce and voluptuous. Intimate and expansive. Hard, hard stuff presented in gorgeous language. I picked it up on impulse, read the first line, and was crying before I reached the end of the opening... (read more)

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