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In the Woods by Tana French Staff Pick The only thing more exciting than a great thriller is a terrific debut by a great thriller writer! Tana French makes a tremendous splash with In the Woods, a harrowing mystery in the vein of Mystic River that wholly earns the comparison. I dare you to... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson Staff Pick Hailed by critics across the globe, showered with awards, Out Stealing Horses is a book that true lovers of the written word will hold close to their hearts. With its captivating prose and characters who burrow under your skin and refuse to come out, Per... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #02) by Jeff Kinney Staff Pick Wimpy kids of the world, unite! Jeff Kinney's popular web-comic is back in a new book that's guaranteed to fill every kid with joy — whether they're young or old, wimpy or tough.... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union (P.S.) by Michael Chabon Staff Pick After winning the Pulitzer Prize for his groundbreaking The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Michael Chabon returns for another literary tour de force. In a "what-if" story for adults, Chabon imagines that Alaska was turned into a Jewish state... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #5) by Jeff Kinney Staff Pick In The Ugly Truth, our intrepid middle-school hero faces one of life's most awkward challenges: puberty! Ack! Full of humor and heart, this latest installment in the Wimpy Kid series is sure to please Jeff Kinney's legion of fans.... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Hardcover
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Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart Staff Pick This dark, smart satire appears at a perfect, uncertain moment for our culture. Will books still exist as we know them? And how will love fare in an electronic world? Shteyngart enables us to laugh our fears away — at least, for the duration of this... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Room by Emma Donoghue Staff Pick Emma Donoghue is a truly versatile writer. Although utterly unlike Slammerkin and her other books, Room earns a place of honor while distinguishing itself with a gripping subject that never sinks into gloom, but always floats on a current of Donoghue's... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern Staff Pick Okay, yes, it kind of sucks that this guy's dad says funny things, he writes them down, and presto — book deal! But get over it. The book is hilarious, and will make you grateful your dad is only mildly weird and embarrassing.... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Social Movement in History Is Restoring Grace, Justice, and Beauty to the World by Paul Hawken Staff Pick Feeling crushed beneath the weight of ominous news, borderline-apocalyptic statistics, and global warming alerts that offer no recourse but panic? Paul Hawken's Blessed Unrest is the book you've been waiting for. Here is a call to arms with concrete... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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My Abandonment by Peter Rock Staff Pick Based on a true story, My Abandonment is a riveting, unforgettable novel about what it's like to live just beyond the fringes of what we call civilization. Rock finds the tender truth of the 13-year-old protagonist, and the reader can't help but be... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Black Hole by Charles Burns Staff Pick Winner of the comics industry's trifecta -- the Eisner, Harvey, and Ignatz Awards -- Black Hole is a riveting, nightmarish, sometimes ghoulishly funny allegory for the horror of adolescence and our collective terror of sexuality and our own bodies. But... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins Staff Pick Just when you were almost out of topics to argue about, here comes Richard Dawkins with another defense of evolution. But hang on — The Greatest Show on Earth isn't some enraged polemic, but a well-reasoned, intriguing counter-attack on Intelligent... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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More Information Than You Require by John Hodgman Staff Pick Is there really such a thing as too much information? Not in this case. Hodgman's follow-up to The Areas of My Expertise is packed with even more lists, charts, and made-up facts that are so brilliant and hilarious you'll wish they were true!... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler Staff Pick Chelsea Handler may not be everyone's cup of vodka. But for those who love her E! talk show, and fans of juicy gossip splashed with liberal doses of alcohol and laughter, Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea will shake and stir you.... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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When the Killing's Done by T. C. Boyle Staff Pick T. C. Boyle is as varied in his material as he is prolific. Light-years away from his novels Drop City and The Women, When the Killing's Done presents a dramatic struggle that verges on thriller. Boyle still brings plenty of caustic wit, especially when... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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Zeitoun by Dave Eggers Staff Pick Dave Eggers wowed even his most ardent skeptics with What Is the What, the "autobiography" of a Sudanese immigrant that Eggers wrote based on interviews with Valentino Achak Deng. Now Eggers is back with Zeitoun, which examines the disappearance of a... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $13.95 Used - Hardcover
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Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came Into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming by Paul Hawken Staff Pick Feeling crushed beneath the weight of ominous news, borderline-apocalyptic statistics, and global warming alerts that offer no recourse but panic? Paul Hawken's Blessed Unrest is the book you've been waiting for. Here is a call to arms with concrete... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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More Information Than You Require by John Hodgman Staff Pick Is there really such a thing as too much information? Not in this case. Hodgman's follow-up to The Areas of My Expertise is packed with even more lists, charts, and made-up facts that are so brilliant and hilarious you'll wish they were true!... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon Staff Pick If you've read The Shadow of the Wind, you won't need to read another word — you were likely so enthralled with Carlos Ruiz Zafón's breathtaking literary thriller that you've already ordered your copy of Angel's Game. For those who don't know, Zaf... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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This Is NPR: The First Forty Years by Cokie Roberts et al. Staff Pick Hard to imagine NPR is only 40 years old! (What did people listen to before then? Static?) This fascinating chronicle of NPR's history features its most famous personalities and a CD full of the very best "driveway moments."... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $18.95 Used - Hardcover
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