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MaddAddam
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Staff Pick
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by Aimee Bender
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With this new collection, Amy Bender reminds us why she is a master of the odd and surprising. I'd recommend The Color Master to anyone looking for a book that will thrill and linger and maybe wig you out a little. Her growing canon of stories is like an... (read more)

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Let Him Go
by Larry Watson
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What would you give up for someone you love? For George and Margaret Blackledge, the answer is: everything. Set in North Dakota in 1951, Let Him Go begins with the Blackledges leaving their home, security, and safety behind in order to retrieve... (read more)

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Hawthorn & Child
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May We Be Forgiven
by A. M. Homes
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“A big American story with big American themes” (Elle) from the author of the New York Times–bestselling memoir The Mistresss Daughter In this vivid, transfixing new novel, A. M. Homes presents a darkly comic look at twenty-first-century... (read more)

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Very Recent History: An Entirely Factual Account of a Year (C. Ad 2009) in a Large City
by Choire Sicha
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