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The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov Staff Pick "Manuscripts don't burn" — that's what the man said. It's impossible to destroy the last thing that one has loved, as memory trumps death. This holds true for Mikhail Bulgakov's novel The Master and Margarita: he burned his own copy down to nothing,... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Never Let Me Go: A Novel by Kazuo Ishiguro Staff Pick Set in a (barely?) alternate England in the late 1990s, Never Let Me Go is the sum of Kathy's memories. Kathy is one of many "donors" who have been brought into being for purposes that, while well-intended, can come to no good. Ishiguro's novel touches... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino Staff Pick One of the most inventive books in recent decades, Italo Calvino's If on a Winter's Night a Traveler has a nearly animate quality (or barely inanimate quality); its succession of unwinding mysteries suggests what it might be like to find oneself in a... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Lion Among Men: Volume Three in the Wicked Years (The Wicked Years #03) by Gregory Maguire Staff Pick With this latest installment, it has become clear that Gregory Maguire's already politically subversive Wicked Years series is growing ever darker. A Lion among Men is devoted to (as you may have guessed) the story of the Cowardly Lion, known here as... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Bloody Chamber: And Other Stories (Penguin Ink) by Angela Carter Staff Pick Though rated by the Sunday Times (London) as the 10th greatest British writer since 1945, Angela Carter (1940-1992) is not nearly as well-known on this side of the pond. The Bloody Chamber is an excellent introduction to her work. A collection of short... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Life & Times of Michael K by J M Coetzee Staff Pick One of the two books that J. M. Coetzee won the Booker Prize for (he was also awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize for Literature), The Life and Times of Michael K. is the story of a simple man attempting to survive (from without) in a society that has seen its... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard Staff Pick The Great Fire is one of the most sophisticated novels I’ve read in years. Beautiful writing and acute psychological insights.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Plague (Vintage International) by Albert Camus Staff Pick In The Plague, the Algerian city of Oran is set upon by plague and sealed off from the rest of the world, its citizens imprisoned not only with the disease but also with each other. Or are they? By the novel's end, every character is profoundly changed... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Barabbas (Vintage International) by Par Lagerkvist Staff Pick There are those — and they are legion — who believe that their souls shall someday unravel and their intricacies and silences will finally be known by their Lord. Then there is Barabbas, the subject of this novel by Par Lagerkvist. Barabbas... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Crime & Punishment #1: Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky Staff Pick One of the great classics of world literature, Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment is the story of Raskolnikov, a young man who — unable to complete his studies — commits what he calls "justifiable murder." What ensues is as demanding and illuminating... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Mass Market
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Grendel by John Gardner Staff Pick It's easy to find oneself in the thrall of hanks of blond hair and mead-fueled heroism, but it is a more difficult task to regard, with care, the heart of a monster. The monster (but is he?) in question is Grendel, an introspective animal who loves his... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Plague (Modern Library College Editions) by Albert Camus Staff Pick The Algerian city of Oran is set upon by plague and sealed off from the rest of the world, its citizens imprisoned not only with the disease but also with each other. Or are they? By the novel's end. every character is profoundly changed by the... (read more) List Price $9.75 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Loser (Vintage International) by Thomas Bernhard Staff Pick Like much of his other work, Thomas Bernhard's The Loser has suicide at its core. Three men met and became friends while attending the Mozarteum in Vienna, and only one — the narrator — is still alive. The other two characters are a heavily... (read more) Your price: $14.00 New - Trade Paper
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Lying Awake (Vintage Contemporaries) by Mark Salzman Staff Pick Sister John of the Cross is a nun with special gifts; she is filled with poetry, with love for God and the Innocent Spouse, and with pain (real pain in the form of blinding headaches that give her no rest, but during which she has visions). Something... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Crime and Punishment (01 Edition) by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky Staff Pick One of the great classics of world literature, Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment is the story of Raskolnikov, a young man who — unable to complete his studies — commits what he calls "justifiable murder." What ensues is as demanding and illuminating... (read more) Your price: $3.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The War Prayer by Mark Twain Staff Pick In a church, young men are being gathered together prior to being shepherded off to their red, white, and blue deaths. To die for God and country! Those assembled laud this as no better fate, especially when accompanied by the slaughter of their faraway (... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Crime and Punishment: A Novel in Six Parts with Epilogue (Vintage Classics) by Fyodor Dostoevsky and Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky Staff Pick One of the great classics of world literature, Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment is the story of Raskolnikov, a young man who — unable to complete his studies — commits what he calls "justifiable murder." What ensues is as demanding and illuminating... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Celine Staff Pick Upon publication in 1932, Journey to the End of the Night at once scandalized and invigorated French Literature, and has continued to influence authors of many nationalities to this day. It's the story of Bardamu, a man who continually finds himself at... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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The End of the Affair (Penguin Classics) by Graham Greene Staff Pick List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Crime and Punishment (Signet Classics) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Staff Pick One of the great classics of world literature, Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment is the story of Raskolnikov, a young man who — unable to complete his studies — commits what he calls "justifiable murder." What ensues is as demanding and illuminating... (read more) List Price $7.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Mass Market
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