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Beautiful Ruins (P.S.)
by Jess Walter
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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)

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by Margaret Atwood
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by Cheryl Strayed
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
by Susan Cain
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Grendel
by John Gardner
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Gone Girl
by Gillian Flynn
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Both a cautionary tale for bad men and a clarion call for unhappy women, Gone Girl is a compelling page-turner that does not let up. Every few pages another bombshell drops, and the tension is exquisite! While Nick Dunne lackadaisically plans to show up... (read more)

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by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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by Stephen Chbosky
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The Song of Achilles
by Madeline Miller
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