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Peony in Love by Lisa See Staff Pick Lisa See aptly follows her blockbuster novel, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, with a lovely book that immerses the reader deep into 17th-century Chinese culture. Part love story, part ghost story, part historical fiction; See hangs the bones of her story... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $1.50 Used - Trade Paper
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A Thousand Splendid Suns: A Novel by Khaled Hosseini Staff Pick Never mind the sophomore slump — this book devours that cliché. As well as illuminating the rich history and familial culture behind war-torn Afghanistan, A Thousand Splendid Suns is filled with authentic relationships and characters that are... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Brisingr (Inheritance Cycle #3) by Christopher Paolini Staff Pick Brilliant! This, the third book in the Inheritance Cycle, was well worth the wait. There are dragons, thrills, and action aplenty — enough to satisfy any reader.... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen Staff Pick Well, first, I am a sucker for any book set at the circus. But throw in the massive talent that Sara Gruen has and then tell me a love story? Far from the cliché book club pick, Water for Elephants will be read for your next club meeting and then you'll... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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) List Price $15.00 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Female Brain by Louann Brizendine Staff Pick Although initially turned off by the title, The Female Brain was one the most revealing gender studies I have ever read. More a case for feminism than a case for gender superiority, Brizendine explores the physiological reasons behind the differences in... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini Staff Pick Never mind the sophomore slump — this book devours that cliché. As well as illuminating the rich history and familial culture behind war-torn Afghanistan, A Thousand Splendid Suns is filled with authentic relationships and characters that are... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Breaking Dawn (Twilight Saga #4) by Stephenie Meyer Staff Pick I can't remember a more highly anticipated book that doesn't begin with "Harry Potter and the...." Far from just a young adult horror book, this last volume in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga is an old-fashioned romance of the highest order, with legions... (read more) List Price $22.99 Your price: $1.95 Used - Hardcover
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Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier Staff Pick The story of a dependable, rather boring classic-languages professor at a Swiss lycée. Mundus, as he is called, seems to thrive on predictability. One rainy morning on his way to the school he encounters a woman possibly considering suicide. He... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World by Eric Weiner Staff Pick Eric Weiner takes an entertaining romp around the world in search of geographical happiness, and I was willingly taken along for the ride. His self-professed Eeyore-centric take on the world and his grumpy wit made his discourse all the more fun. Highly... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story by Timothy B. Tyson Staff Pick "We cannot address the place we find ourselves because we will not acknowledge the road that brought us here." No law can ever change the hearts of men. Timothy B. Tyson chronicles the painful legacies of racism in Oxford, North Carolina, in 1970. The... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer Staff Pick In this novel a boy is born with the physical features of a seventy-year-old man and is doomed to spend his life aging mentally while his body marches backwards and becomes younger and younger. The emotional honesty transcends the implausible plot line... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Bitch in the House: 26 Women Tell the Truth about Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood, and Marriage by Cathi Hanauer Staff Pick Great essays like these give you an opportunity to look at the world through another person's eyes and re-examine your own experiences. The 26 included here take you on a journey through the a myriad women's lives. I laughed, I cried, I felt better about... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Host by Stephenie Meyer Staff Pick You may know Stephenie Meyer's name due to her wildly successful young adult vampire series, The Twilight Saga. She takes a break from that with her latest, The Host; touted as her first book for "adults," it's a fun science fiction novel, with just a... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Book of Lost Things: A Novel by John Connolly Staff Pick Equal parts creepy and compelling, this horror book has all the elements of a great read. A literary page-turner with well-honed characters and a story that has you reading at inappropriate times. Crack this one open when you have nothing else on your to-... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Hardcover
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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) List Price $24.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Hardcover
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An Idiot Girl's Christmas: True Tales from the Top of the Naughty List by Laurie Notaro Staff Pick Sedaris's Holidays on Ice crossed with Carlin's When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? — Notaro's slim and satisfying volume of acerbic, witty holiday observations will have you guffawing in your eggnog.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker by James McManus Staff Pick This book is the Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil of high stakes poker. Author James McManus used his Harper's advance money to immerse himself into tournament poker. The result is an engrossing and bizarre account of Las Vegas gambling. Go ahead... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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We Thought You Would Be Prettier: True Tales of the Dorkiest Girl Alive by Laurie Notaro Staff Pick Laurie Notaro is so funny it is scary. So funny, in fact, you'll wet your pants while reading the biting, hilarious essays in We Thought You Would Be Prettier. Or maybe that's just me. Move over David Sedaris, Augusten Burroughs, and even George Carlin ... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Astrid and Veronika by Linda Olsson Staff Pick This book is a knock-out. But what a gentle punch. In the face of their personal losses, a friendship slowly and intimately develops between two women on a quiet plot of land near a small town in Sweden. This is a truly absorbing read that is sure to... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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