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The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Pevear & Volokhonsky) Staff Pick In this stunning masterpiece, Dostoevsky weaves together a murder mystery, a psychological thriller, and a taut courtroom drama with religious ideas, observations about family dysfunction, and some blistering social commentary. Absolutely brilliant!... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Staff Pick History, time travel, Highland lore, romance, battle, dead sexy Scottish men, and well-written repartee... I dare you to find one thing in that list that doesn't sound completely riveting. You can't do it, can you? Outlander may technically be... (read more) List Price $8.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Mass Market
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Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies by Laura Esquivel Staff Pick A love story wrapped in divine Mexican dishes with just enough charm, magic, and romance to make it a one-of-a-kind fairy tale. Esquivel's writing is so lyrical and animated you can smell the sausages on the grill and feel the overwhelming emotions of... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker Staff Pick As if facing the everyday insecurities and turmoil of adolescence isn't enough, 11-year-old Julia lives within the reality of a post-apocalyptic situation as the earth's rotation begins slowing by measurable degrees each day. Relationships, personal and... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks Staff Pick The Notebook is the story of two men—one bought his wife a million-dollar ring, the other simply wrote a notebook and read from it. Read this book and you'll find out why true love can't be bought or duplicated. This is a wonderful love story that you... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $1.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Dead and Gone: Sookie Stackhouse Novel #9 (Southern Vampire Series) by Charlaine Harris Staff Pick I never tire of Sookie Stackhouse and her adventures. Dead and Gone, Charlaine Harris's ninth in this series, is great fun! Sookie faces angry fairies who are out to kidnap her in order to force her grandfather, a royal fairy, to bend to their will. But... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker Staff Pick As if facing the everyday insecurities and turmoil of adolescence isn't enough, 11-year-old Julia lives within the reality of a post-apocalyptic situation as the earth's rotation begins slowing by measurable degrees each day. Relationships, personal and... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Last Evenings on Earth by Roberto Bolano Staff Pick When he died in 2003, at the age of 50, Roberto Bolaño was all but unknown anywhere north of the Rio Grande, yet he is now acclaimed internationally and considered among the most eminent figures in Latin American letters. Chilean by... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Host by Stephenie Meyer Staff Pick You may know Stephenie Meyer's name due to her wildly successful young adult vampire series, The Twilight Saga. She takes a break from that with her latest, The Host; touted as her first book for "adults," it's a fun science fiction novel, with just a... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Mad Scientist's Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke Staff Pick "I believe I'm one of a kind." In a world full of sentient robots exploited by humankind, Cat knows there is no one else like her childhood tutor, Finn. The tapestry of her life is woven with uncertainty and loss as she makes increasingly poor... (read more) Your price: $14.99 New - Trade Paper
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Trains and Lovers by Alexander McCall Smith Staff Pick The latest stand-alone novel by Alexander McCall Smith is a slight departure from his usual fare. It lacks the charm and lightness of his other offerings but gives, instead, a truly heartfelt dissertation on love. Melancholy, poignant, and... (read more) Your price: $22.00 New - Hardcover
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Dead in the Family (Sookie Stackhouse #10) by Charlaine Harris Staff Pick Dead in the Family is much more character driven than the last book in Charlaine Harris's Sookie Stackhouse series. Finding a dead body on her land (no, not the one she knew was there) leads to the discovery that someone (the new Vampire King? the FBI... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Brick Lane by Monica Ali Staff Pick A phenomenally original novel that entwines Bangladeshi traditional beginnings with a gradual transformation into modern, multicultural life in contemporary London. Ali's narrator, Nazneen, holds all of her experiences close at hand and maintains a... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Black Ties and Lullabies by Jane Graves Staff Pick What would it take to make a cynical, dedicated, professional bodyguard have sex with the man she's supposed to be protecting? Alcohol? Opportunity? Anger? Lust? Bernie can't believe it when she finds out she's pregnant! An enjoyable read. I... (read more) List Price $8.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Mass Market
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An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon Staff Pick At last! The seventh book in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander saga is here! I could hardly wait to get my hands on it and I was not disappointed. While Claire and Jamie are caught up in the American Revolution, their daughter Brianna has settled back... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard Staff Pick The Great Fire is one of the most sophisticated novels I’ve read in years. Beautiful writing and acute psychological insights.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami Staff Pick In this compact volume, Murakami has once again concocts a literary Mobius strip of life, longing and shifting realities. If you've been afraid to read Murakami, this is a golden oppurtunity. Sputnik Sweetheart is a perfect introduction for those new to... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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A Hellion in Her Bed (Hellions of Halstead Hall) by Sabrina Jeffries Staff Pick The second installment of the Hellions of Halstead Hall series, Hellion in Her Bed is as delightfully witty and charming as the first book, The Truth about Lord Stoneville. Lovely brewster Annabel Lake challenges notorious Lord Jarrett Sharpe, the heir... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Mass Market
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Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist Staff Pick This is one of the best vampire novels since Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire. Although the author wrote the screenplay, too, there's still a lot that didn't find its way into the film. If you read one bloodsucking book this year make sure it's the... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Flame and the Flower by Kathleen Woodiwiss Staff Pick Always controversial, Kathleen Woodiwiss's The Flame and the Flower opened the door to what is considered the modern romance genre.... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Mass Market
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