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by Lev Grossman
Staff Pick
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Staff Pick
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Ready Player One
by Ernest Cline
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The Wasp Factory
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The Magician King
by Lev Grossman
Staff Pick
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Redshirts
by John Scalzi
Staff Pick
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A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire #5)
by George R. R. Martin
Staff Pick
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by Paulo Coelho
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Watership Down
by Richard Adams
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Bunnies, community, fantasy, adventure, danger — a classic pick for anyone who likes Brian Jacques, C. S. Lewis, or Erin Hunter.... (read more)

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The Host
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Fahrenheit 451: The Temperature at Which Book Paper Catches Fire, and Burns
by Ray Bradbury
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Catching Fire (The Hunger Games #2)
by Suzanne Collins
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Alif the Unseen
by G. Willow Wilson
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Religion, metaphor, rebellion. The Quran and the Internet. Hackers, effrit, and sheikhs. Douglas Hofstadter shout-outs. Holy moly. Otherworldly elements swirl into the modern-day Middle East in this sandstorm of magic and mortals. The environments are... (read more)

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The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next #01)
by Jasper Fforde
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