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Cloud Atlas: A Novel by David Mitchell Staff Pick While it was hard to narrow down my list to just five "best of" picks, I didn't have to think twice about what would be my favorite book of the year. In Cloud Atlas Mitchell again uses the format of connecting short stories with recurring motifs into a... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (The Millennium Trilogy #3) by Stieg Larsson Staff Pick Picking up mere moments after the cliffhanger ending of The Girl Who Played with Fire, this final book in Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy brings the adventures of Salander and Blomkvist to a thunderous and satisfying conclusion.... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Hardcover
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Just Kids by Patti Smith Staff Pick In her memoir Just Kids, Smith chronicles her lifelong friendship with artist Robert Mapplethorpe. A gifted wordsmith, she's vividly observant and sometimes painfully self-aware, with a voice possessed not only of yearning but also of experience.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami Publisher Comments Kafka on the Shore is powered by two remarkable characters: a teenage boy, Kafka Tamura, who runs away from home either to escape a gruesome oedipal prophecy or to search for his long-missing mother and sister; and an aging simpleton called Nakata, who... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell Staff Pick While it was hard to narrow down my list to just five "best of" picks, I didn't have to think twice about what would be my favorite book of the year. In Cloud Atlas Mitchell again uses the format of connecting short stories with recurring motifs into a... (read more) Your price: $14.92 New - Trade Paper
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Light by M. John Harrison Staff Pick If you enjoy authors like China Miéville and Iain M. Banks, you should really check out Light. A serial-killing quantum physicist's actions create ripples that are felt four hundred years in the future. Featuring a multi-layered plot that relies more on... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Number 9 Dream (01 Edition) by David Mitchell Staff Pick Against the hyperkinetic backdrop of twenty-first-century Tokyo, Eiji Miyake searches for the father who abandoned him. Dreams and fantasy, fact and fiction merge in a complex narrative that rewards the ambitious reader. David Mitchell continues to prove... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Broken Angels by Richard K Morgan Staff Pick This is not your father's science fiction. Richard K. Morgan's wonderfully constructed antihero Takeshi Kovacs is back. The only thing that flows faster than the bullets is Morgan's imagination. Slick and hyperkinetic, Broken Angels is a worthy follow-up... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century by Hunter S Thompson Staff Pick I never thought that old Dr. Gonzo would ever be relevant again. Leave it to a conservative administration to prove me wrong. In this collection of pre- and post-9-11 writings, Kingdom of Fear shows that Thompson can still be witty, provocative and... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock Staff Pick In The Devil All the Time, Pollock mixes equal parts Tod Browning (Freaks) and Davis Grubb (The Night of the Hunter) to concoct an entirely original work that is as heartfelt as it is visceral. Simply put, it's an astonishing debut novel.... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Altered Carbon by Richard K Morgan Publisher Comments In the twenty-fifth century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy, monitored by the watchful eye of the U.N. While divisions in race, religion, and class still exist, advances in technology have redefined life itself. Now, assuming one can afford... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Mass Market
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Don't Get Too Comfortable: The Indignities of Coach Class, the Torments of Low Thread Count, the Never-Ending Quest for Artisanal Olive Oil, and Other First World Problems by David Rakoff Staff Pick "Don't Get Too Comfortable is a gratifying reading experience for the misanthrope in all of us. Rakoff has a style and wit that is appropriately cruel towards its deserving targets. If you actually enjoy foie gras, performance art, or stalking... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Habibi by Craig Thompson Staff Pick In Habibi, Craig Thompson strides into a minefield and emerges with an abundance of love, presenting a graphic novel of such dazzling scope, it took nearly seven years to create.... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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Bad Monkeys (P.S.) by Matt Ruff Staff Pick Bad Monkeys twists, turns, shifts, and shakes its way through the story of Jane Charlotte, a woman who claims to be a member of a clandestine organization dedicated to fighting evil known as the Final Disposition of Irredeemable Persons. A gripping... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Tricked by Alex Robinson Staff Pick "Happily for members of the Alex Robinson cult their patience has been rewarded. Tricked avoids the sophomore slump by a considerable margin with Robinson taking his formula of intense, character-driven narratives and bold illustration to a new level... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan Staff Pick This debut novel effortlessly blends the techno-fetish of William Gibson, the hardboiled detective narrative of Dashiell Hammett and the rapid-fire heroic bloodshed of the films of John Woo. If you enjoy such cyberpunk classics as Snow Crash and... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami Staff Pick Murakami's third short story collection for the West is a varied assortment of sublime confections. His prose voice speaks to me in a way few writers can. The story "The Kidney-Shaped Stone That Moves Every Day" still haunts me.... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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Coraline by Neil Gaiman Staff Pick Coraline and her parents have moved to a new flat. One rainy day, with her parents too busy to entertain her, Coraline takes her father's suggestion and begins exploring her new house from top to bottom. She discovers a curious, locked door in the... (read more) List Price $8.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Mass Market
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West of Here by Jonathan Evison Staff Pick Through vividly realized characters scattered across a century’s worth of compelling narrative, West of Here is a book that impeccably captures the spirit of the Pacific Northwest as a place where identities are discovered and destinies are forged.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Hardcover
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Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami Staff Pick In this compact volume, Murakami has once again concocts a literary Mobius strip of life, longing and shifting realities. If you've been afraid to read Murakami, this is a golden oppurtunity. Sputnik Sweetheart is a perfect introduction for those new to... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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