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Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson Staff Pick Hailed by critics across the globe, showered with awards, Out Stealing Horses is a book that true lovers of the written word will hold close to their hearts. With its captivating prose and characters who burrow under your skin and refuse to come out, Per... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon Staff Pick An autistic math genius sets out to solve the murder-by-pitchfork of a neighbor's dog. The narrator's autism gives a terrific, interesting depth to his voice. Incredibly well done, Mark Haddon's debut novel is sweet, original, and moving.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano Publisher Comments A stunning debut novel about the intertwined destinies of two friends brought together by childhood tragedy. A three-million-copy Italian bestseller and winner of that country's prestigious Premio Strega award. A prime number is inherently a solitary... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The House on Mango Street (Vintage Contemporaries) by Sandra Cisneros Publisher Comments Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught everywhere from inner-city grade schools to universities across the country, and translated all over the world, The House on Mango Street is the remarkable story of Esperanza Cordero. Told in a... (read more) List Price $11.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson Publisher Comments National Bestseller Winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year Kate Atkinson’s dazzling debut novel is a deeply moving story of family heartbreak and happiness. Ruby Lennox begins narrating her life at the moment of conception, and from there takes... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama Publisher Comments The daughter of a Chinese mother and a Japanese father, Tsukiyama uses the Japanese invasion of China during the late 1930s as a somber backdrop for her unusual story about a 20-year-old Chinese painter named Stephen who is sent to his family's summer... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Hotel Honolulu by Paul Theroux Publisher Comments In this wickedly satiric romp, Paul Theroux captures the essence of Hawaii as it has never been depicted. The novel's narrator, a down-on-his-luck writer, escapes to Waikiki and soon finds himself the manager of the Hotel Honolulu, a low-rent... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd by Jim Fergus Publisher Comments One Thousand White Women is the story of May Dodd and a colorful assembly of pioneer women who, under the auspices of the U.S. government, travel to the western prairies in 1875 to intermarry among the Cheyenne Indians. The covert and controversial... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Love Medicine (P.S.) by Louise Erdrich Publisher Comments The stunning first novel in Louise Erdrich's Native American series, Love Medicine tells the story of two families — the Kashpaws and the Lamartines. Written in Erdrich's uniquely poetic, powerful style, it is a multigenerational portrait of strong... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Midwives (Oprah's Book Club) by Chris A. Bohjalian Publisher Comments With a suspense, lyricism, and moral complexity that recall To Kill a Mockingbird and Presumed Innocent, this compulsively readable novel explores what happens when a woman who has devoted herself to ushering life into the world finds herself charged... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry Staff Pick For a while it seemed that novels set in India were all the rage. My favorite is A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry. His massive tome ranges across the vast chasms of that giant subcontinent, all from the cramped apartment of Dina Dalal. Through her eyes,... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Stones from the River (Oprah's Book Club) by Ursula Hegi Publisher Comments Stones from the River is a daring, dramatic and complex novel of life in Germany. It is set in Burgdorf, a small fictional German town, between 1915 and 1951. The protagonist is Trudi Montag, a Zwerg -- the German word for dwarf woman. As a dwarf she is... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Peace Like a River by Leif Enger Staff Pick "A lean and lovingly told story, drawn from Midwestern life, sparked with moments of the miraculous."... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Say You're One of Them (Oprah #63) by Uwem Akpan Publisher Comments Each story in this jubilantly acclaimed collection pays testament to the wisdom and resilience of children, even in the face of the most agonizing circumstances. A family living in a makeshift shanty in urban Kenya scurries to find gifts of any kind... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Netherland (Vintage Contemporaries) by Joseph O'Neill Publisher Comments “A pulsing, profound novel.” —Entertainment Weekly“Asks enormous questions about cosmic truth—and its effect on those who think they own it—with intensity, intellectual rigor and abiding morality.” —San... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig Publisher Comments A New York Times Editors Choice A Washington Post Book World Best Book of the Year [quote side bar] "Flawless."—O, the Oprah Magazine "Courageous."—Washington Post Book World "Evocative."—The New Yorker "Life-affirming."—... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff Staff Pick Mystery, academic comedy, ghost story, literary romance... Monsters of Templeton is a rich, rewarding debut whose pieces stitch together seamlessly. A smart pleasure, it is one of my favorite (and most frequently recommended) books of the year.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Home by Marilynne Robinson Staff Pick Where Gilead was an introspective masterpiece of reflection and contemplation, Home is a refreshingly honest portrait of familial relationships over time. Robinson carefully breathes life into these characters with each passing sentence, until by the end... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Plainsong (Vintage Contemporaries) by Kent Haruf Staff Pick Just before Plainsong really hit big, I interviewed Kent Haruf for a now-defunct magazine called Boswell; and after speaking to Mr. Haruf for an hour, caught a glimpse of the modest spirit behind this wise novel. The story is written with deep humility... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Pravda by Edward Docx Staff Pick Sharp, compelling, and dark. Edward Docx is fantastically gifted with prose and weaves a complex family saga and literary thriller. With descriptive powers rivaling Le Carre, and a setting that hops between Russia, London and New York, I devoured this... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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