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IndieBound Next List
2008 August


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The 19th Wife
The 19th Wife
by David Ebershoff
Publisher Comments
Faith, I tell them, is a mystery, elusive to many, and never easy to explain. Sweeping and lyrical, spellbinding and unforgettable, David Ebershoff's The 19th Wife combines epic historical fiction with a modern murder mystery to create a brilliant novel... (read more)

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The Little Book
The Little Book
by Selden Edwards
Publisher Comments
Thirty years in the writing, Selden Edwards's dazzling first novel is an irresistible triumph of the imagination. Wheeler Burden-banking heir, philosopher, student of history, legend's son, rock idol, writer, lover, recluse, half-Jew, and Harvard... (read more)

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What I Talk about When I Talk about Running
What I Talk about When I Talk about Running
by Haruki Murakami
Staff Pick
Offers sparkling insights not only about the author's life, but about life itself.... (read more)

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Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip -- Confessions of a Cynical Waiter
Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip -- Confessions of a Cynical Waiter
by The Waiter
Staff Pick
Waiter Rant is a delightful look at restaurant life from the other side of the tablecloth. The Waiter will enlighten and instruct you while sometimes grossing you out. Comparisons to Kitchen Confidential can’t be avoided, and Waiter Rant is a welcome... (read more)

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Books: A Memoir
Books: A Memoir
by Larry McMurtry
Publisher Comments
In a prolific life of singular literary achievement, Larry McMurtry has succeeded in a variety of genres: in coming-of-age novels like The Last Picture Show; in collections of essays like In a Narrow Grave; and in the reinvention of the Western on a... (read more)

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Iodine
Iodine
by Haven Kimmel
Staff Pick
Haven Kimmel's gorgeous fourth novel is disturbing and brilliant in equal measure. Iodine is unlike any book I've ever read; woven through with psychoanalyses, dreams, hallucinations, and mythology, you are never sure which version of our narrator's... (read more)

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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Staff Pick
Perfect for book groups, a charming series of letters make up this short novel set in post-WWII Europe. The correspondents, drawn together by their love of books and affection for each other, collectively tell a moving tale of endurance and friendship in... (read more)

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Bikeman: An Epic Poem
Bikeman: An Epic Poem
by Thomas Flynn
Publisher Comments
On September 11, 2001, journalist Tom Flynn set off on his bike toward the World Trade Towers not knowing what he was riding into. Bikeman is one man's journey back to the horrors of that day and to the humanity that somehow emerged from the dust and the... (read more)

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Awesome
Awesome
by Jack Pendarvis
Publisher Comments
A new American tall tale from the author of Your Body Is Changing and The Mysterious Secret of the Valuable Treasure in which giants, whales, and robots abound. A giant strides this land. A giant who builds robots, sweats mescaline, and kisses like a... (read more)

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The Fourth Watcher: A Novel of Bangkok
The Fourth Watcher: A Novel of Bangkok
by Timothy Hallinan
Publisher Comments
Travel writer Poke Rafferty is ready to let go of his Looking for Troubleseries of travel books and the dangerous lifestyle that goes with it, and settle down in Bangkok with his fiancée, Rose, and his newly adopted daughter, Miaow. But trouble isn... (read more)

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The Gargoyle
The Gargoyle
by Andrew Davidson
Staff Pick
Like Diana Gabaldon, Andrew Davidson immerses you in a different reality and takes you on a roller-coaster ride. This is an unusual story about the power of love to transcend physical limitations and to transform ugliness into beauty. It's all in the... (read more)

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Cooking with All Things Trader Joe's
Cooking with All Things Trader Joe's
by Deana Gunn
Synopsis
This original, independent cookbook is filled with easy, delicious recipes using ingredients and shortcuts from Trader Joe's. Each recipe is accompanied by a mouthwatering full-page color photo, and many include wine picks.... (read more)

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What Happened to Anna K.
What Happened to Anna K.
by Irina Reyn
Publisher Comments
A mesmerizing debut novel that reimagines Tolstoy's classic tragedy, Anna Karenina, for our time Vivacious thirty-seven-year-old Anna K. is comfortably married to Alex, an older, prominent businessman from her tight-knit Russian-Jewish immigrant... (read more)

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The Likeness
The Likeness
by Tana French
Staff Pick
It's hard to follow up a sterling debut with something that's equally riveting — and even harder to come up with a better book than the first one. But Tana French has pulled off just this feat with The Likeness, a harrowing novel that will keep you up... (read more)

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The Lace Reader
The Lace Reader
by Brunonia Barry
Staff Pick
The Lace Reader is a wonderfully layered novel of gothic suspense set in Salem, Massachusetts. The women of the Whitney family are psychics who can see the future by concentrating on the patterns in handmade lace. Each chapter opens with a passage from... (read more)

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Good People
Good People
by Marcus Sakey
Publisher Comments
The spectacular Dutton debut of a thriller writer whose ecstatically acclaimed work draws comparisons to luminaries such as Elmore Leonard, George Pelecanos, and Dennis Lehane A family, and the security to enjoy it: that’s all Tom and Anna Reed ever... (read more)

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Land of a Hundred Wonders
Land of a Hundred Wonders
by Lesley Kagen
Publisher Comments
From the national bestselling author of Whistling in the Dark comes another funny, poignant, unforgettable story. The summer Gibby McGraw catches her big break, the cicadas are humming, and it?s so warm even the frogs are sweating. Brain damaged after a... (read more)

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The Mercy Rule
The Mercy Rule
by Perri Klass
Publisher Comments
At first glance, Dr. Lucy Weiss looks like the typical high-achieving, upper-middle-class working mother who, along with her husband, is bringing up much-beloved children in a world of Saturday morning soccer, private-school teacher conferences, and... (read more)

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The Seamstress
The Seamstress
by Frances De Peebles
Publisher Comments
As seamstresses, the young sisters Emília and Luzia dos Santos know how to cut, how to mend, and how to conceal. These are useful skills in the lawless backcountry of Brazil, where ruthless land barons called "colonels" feud with bands of outlaw... (read more)

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Literature and Medicine #14: The Spirit of the Place
Literature and Medicine #14: The Spirit of the Place
by Samuel Shem
Publisher Comments
Samuel Shem's classic novel about medical internship. The House of God, is required reading in medical schools throughout the world and is celebrated for its authentic description of medical training and practice, for its Rabelaisian comedy, and for its... (read more)

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