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Catch-22
by Joseph Heller
Staff Pick
If your only experience with Catch-22 was reading it for a class in high school — or if you haven't even read it at all — you owe it to yourself to revisit this book. It's a comic masterpiece, yes, but more than that: Catch-22 is a blast of anarchic... (read more)

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by Jhumpa Lahiri
Staff Pick
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Lean on Pete (P.S.)
by Willy Vlautin
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Little Bee
by Chris Cleave
Staff Pick
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Me Talk Pretty One Day
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Saturday: A Novel
by Ian McEwan
Staff Pick
Ian McEwan's new novel is generous, contemplative, and moving — and in good company, joining classics like Mrs. Dalloway and Ulysses that take place during a single day. McEwan intricately weaves characters and themes towards an eloquent and wrenching... (read more)

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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)

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by Ian McEwan
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No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories
by Miranda July
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Ishmael
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Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays
by David Foster Wallace
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The Savage Detectives
by Roberto Bolano
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Easily the year's most acclaimed literary sensation, Roberto Bolaño is enjoying a remarkably unprecedented ascendancy in fame. The Chilean novelist and poet, whose exaltation has long been celebrated throughout the Spanish-speaking world, is... (read more)

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