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The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman Publisher Comments A brilliantly imaginative and poignant fairy tale from the modern master of wonder and terror, The Ocean at the End of the Lane is Neil Gaiman's first new novel for adults since his #1 New York Times bestseller Anansi Boys. This bewitching and harrowing... (read more) Your price: $25.99 New - Hardcover
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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) List Price $15.99 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Cuckoo's Calling by J. K. Rowling as Robert Galbraith Publisher Comments A brilliant debut mystery in a classic vein: Detective Cormoran Strike investigates a supermodel's suicide. After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Strike is down to one... (read more) Your price: $26.00 New - Hardcover
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And Sons by David Gilbert Publisher Comments Who is A. N. Dyer? And Sons is a literary masterwork for readers of The Art of Fielding, The Emperor’s Children, and Wonder Boys — the panoramic, deeply affecting story of an iconic novelist, two interconnected families, and the heartbreaking... (read more) Your price: $27.00 New - Hardcover
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MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood Staff Pick In the powerful finale to her too-close-for-comfort dystopian/apocalyptic trilogy (following the mind-blowingly awesome Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood), Atwood leaves us with an epic tale filled with survival, humor, and — ultimately... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $19.57 Sale - Hardcover
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Dissident Gardens by Jonathan Lethem Publisher Comments A dazzling novel from one of our finest writers — an epic yet intimate family saga about three generations of all-American radicals. At the center of Jonathan Lethem’s superb new novel stand two extraordinary women. Rose Zimmer, the aptly... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $19.57 Sale - Hardcover
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Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver Publisher Comments Flight Behavior transfixes from its opening scene, when a young woman's narrow experience of life is thrown wide with the force of a raging fire. In the lyrical language of her native Appalachia, Barbara Kingsolver bares the rich, tarnished humanity of... (read more) Your price: $16.99 New - Trade Paper
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Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish by David Rakoff Publisher Comments From the incomparable David Rakoff, a poignant, beautiful, witty, and wise novel in verse whose scope spans the twentieth century. Through his books and his radio essays for NPR's This American Life, David Rakoff has built a deserved reputation as one of... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $22.00 Used - Hardcover
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Staff Pick We didn't read this in high school. The assigned book was The Scarlet Letter, which was already a favorite of mine. Recently, however, I decided that I'd ignored To Kill a Mockingbird for too long. If you haven't read it, or if it's been awhile since you... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Mass Market
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The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls Publisher Comments Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation. Rex and Rose Mary Walls had four children. In the beginning, they lived like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Grendel by John Gardner Staff Pick It's easy to find oneself in the thrall of hanks of blond hair and mead-fueled heroism, but it is a more difficult task to regard, with care, the heart of a monster. The monster (but is he?) in question is Grendel, an introspective animal who loves his... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling Publisher Comments A big novel about a small town... When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger Publisher Comments Ever since it was first published in 1951, this novel has been the coming-of-age story against which all others are judged. Read and cherished by generations, the story of Holden Caulfield is truly one of America's literary treasures.... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Mass Market
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Night Film by Marisha Pessl Publisher Comments Brilliant, haunting, breathtakingly suspenseful, Night Film is a superb literary thriller by the New York Times bestselling author of the “blockbuster debut” (People) Special Topics in Calamity Physics. On a damp October night, beautiful... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $19.50 Used - Hardcover
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1984 (Signet Classics) by George Orwell Publisher Comments View our feature on George Orwell’s 1984. Written in 1948, 1984 was George Orwell’s chilling prophecy about the future. And while 1984 has come and gone, Orwell’s narrative is timelier than ever. 1984 presents a startling and haunting... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Mass Market
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And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini Publisher Comments An unforgettable novel about finding a lost piece of yourself in someone else. Khaled Hosseini, the #1 New York Timesbestselling author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, has written a new novel about how we love, how we take care of... (read more) Your price: $28.95 New - Hardcover
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The Daughters of Mars by Thomas Keneally Publisher Comments From the acclaimed author of Schindler's List comes the epic, unforgettable story of two sisters whose lives are transformed by the cataclysm of the First World War. In 1915, Naomi and Sally Durance, two spirited Australian sisters, join the war effort... (read more) Your price: $28.00 New - Hardcover
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Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple Publisher Comments Bernadette Fox is notorious. To her Microsoft-guru husband, she's a fearlessly opinionated partner; to fellow private-school mothers in Seattle, she's a disgrace; to design mavens, she's a revolutionary architect, and to 15-year-old Bee, she is a best... (read more) Your price: $14.99 New - Trade Paper
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The Stockholm Octavo by Karen Engelmann Publisher Comments Life is close to perfect for Emil Larsson, a self-satisfied bureaucrat in the Office of Customs and Excise in 1791 Stockholm. He is a true man of the Town — a drinker, card player, and contented bachelor — until one evening when Mrs. Sofia... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Dreams of Joy by Lisa See Publisher Comments #1 New York Times Bestseller In her most powerful novel yet, acclaimed author Lisa See returns to the story of sisters Pearl and May from Shanghai Girls, and Pearl's strong-willed nineteen-year-old daughter, Joy. Reeling from newly uncovered family... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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