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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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New Spanish Table by Anya Von Bremzen Staff Pick Last Saturday, Mindy hosted a dinner party. Every recipe was lifted directly from The New Spanish Table. For three hours, we washed down mouth-watering small plates with Spanish wine (each guest brought a bottle). Goat Cheese-Stuffed Piquillo Peppers got... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $12.00 Used - Trade Paper
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An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England by Brock Clarke Staff Pick Hilariously twisted and yet somehow still burning with heart, An Arsonist's Guide will be eminently accessible (and very funny) to readers of any background. Lit majors, however, may take special delight in watching the source of so many dull lectures go... (read more) List Price $22.25 Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving Staff Pick On one list are the books you like to recommend. You want to turn on someone to your favorite unknown author or introduce them to the season's latest, greatest novel. If you've read widely enough over the years, you'll match reader to occasion. The list... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Mass Market
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir by Bill Bryson Staff Pick Bill Bryson has tackled the Appalachian Trail, troublesome words, Captain James Cook, and repatriation. After the entertaining (and just slightly ambitious) Short History of Nearly Everything, he turns the spotlight back on himself. "This is a book about... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Year of Magical Thinking (Vintage International) by Joan Didion Staff Pick Best book of 2005, favorite book of the year...Slice the question any number of ways, but the book published last year that I'm most grateful for having read is The Year of Magical Thinking, a devastating affirmation of love and commitment, hope and... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Scribbling the Cat: Travels with an African Soldier by Alexandra Fuller Staff Pick In Scribbling the Cat, Fuller forsakes the oblique approach of her bestselling debut, Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, and tackles the Rhodesian War head-on. Visiting her parents in Zambia, she meets a veteran of the all-white Rhodesian Light Infantry... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War by David Halberstam Staff Pick In researching the career of David Halberstam for our Out of the Book project, I came across a description of the author by Doris Kearns Goodwin that gets to the heart of Halberstam's masterful approach: "A gifted storyteller," she called him. "He told... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Breaks of the Game by David Halberstam Staff Pick Portland: Read this. The Breaks of the Game, finally back in print, is almost certainly one of the best books ever written about the NBA, but that statement hardly does it justice. Halberstam's subject far transcends any action on the court. In 1979... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Then We Came to the End: A Novel by Joshua Ferris Staff Pick Then We Came to the End tells the story of an ad agency in decline, circa 2001. "We had a toy client, a car client, a long-distance carrier and a pet store," readers are told. We. Ferris uses the first person plural to present the agency's collective... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories by Miranda July Staff Pick Is there a creative project Miranda July can't conquer? If you've jealously posed this question before reading her fiction, stay away from the new collection. No One Belongs Here More Than You will only embitter you further. It's not enough for July to... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Voyage Long and Strange by Tony Horwitz Staff Pick With the same sly humor and neighborly curiosity he brought to Confederates in the Attic and Blue Latitudes, in A Voyage Long and Strange Tony Horwitz roams the New World, surveying the destinations of history's foremost explorers: Leif Eiriksson... (read more) Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Gangster We Are All Looking For by Thi Diem Thuy Le Staff Pick File under: Books to be devoured in one sitting. Dreamscapes. The literature of immigration, the literature of exile. Southeast Asia. Southern California. Daughters. Memory. Blood. Water.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel by Jonathan Safran Foer Staff Pick I absolutely loved Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close a most precious and delightful novel by Jonathan Safran Foer. Oskar Schell made me laugh, smile, and just feel good. He is a charmer who's won my heart through the tears and the joy.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Into the Garden: A Wedding Anthology: Poetry and Prose on Love and Marriage by Robert Hass and Stephen Mitchell Staff Pick The best collection of wedding-related poetry I found. The editors also include an useful primer on wedding service scripts (in case you're writing your own), presenting standard examples from Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, and Zen traditions.... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Areas of My Expertise by John Hodgman Staff Pick Which state is known for its mustaches? How much should you tip a lullaby singer? Hodgman is a genius. Who knew that complete world knowledge could be so hysterically funny?... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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A Complicated Kindness: A Novel by Miriam Toews Staff Pick Sharp and often howlingly funny — but insistently generous — A Complicated Kindness introduces sixteen-year-old Nomi Nickel, straining under the pressure of family, boys, and authority, common enough conflicts drawn here in extravagant, heartrending... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table by Ruth Reichl Staff Pick In 1978, when Comfort Me with Apples opens, the young woman we met in Tender at the Bone is living in a Berkeley commune with her husband, soon to find herself at the center of a revolution in the American food industry. She's hardly settled into her... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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As She Climbed Across the Table by Jonathan Lethem Staff Pick "After deciding to recommend this book, I recently reread it, and it's absolutely as funny, sweet, and unique as I remembered it. As She Climbed Across the Table takes place in the world of the academy; the main character researches the academy itself... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Night of the Gun: A Reporter Investigates the Darkest Story of His Life. His Own. by David Carr Staff Pick After years of sobriety, each of David Carr's daughters wrote a personal essay at college, and the stories they told about their lives didn't jibe with his memory. How much did he remember? How much did he ever know? Carr decided to report his past. The... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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