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A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan Staff Pick Jennifer Egan's new novel is a fantastically inventive, intelligent, and fully realized exploration of music, art, and life. It even includes a chapter written in PowerPoint, which is actually a pleasure to read. A Visit from the Goon Squad is Egan's... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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Zazen by Vanessa Veselka Staff Pick Portlander Vanessa Veselka has written a phenomenal debut novel that kicks ass and takes names. Zazen (which is set in an slightly alternate universe, but is still wonderfully and satirically recognizable as Portland) is a brilliant, moving, maddening... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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State of Wonder by Ann Patchett Staff Pick State of Wonder is Ann Patchett's best book yet (yes, even better than Bel Canto). Brimming with mystery, philosophy, intrigue, ethical questions, the flora and fauna of the Amazon jungle, and absolutely beautiful prose, Patchett's new novel should be at... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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State of Wonder (P.S.) by Ann Patchett Staff Pick State of Wonder is Ann Patchett's best book yet (yes, even better than Bel Canto). Brimming with mystery, philosophy, intrigue, ethical questions, the flora and fauna of the Amazon jungle, and absolutely beautiful prose, Patchett's new novel should be at... (read more) Your price: $15.99 New - Trade Paper
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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann Staff Pick Charles C. Mann has pulled off an impressive feat — a scholarly, thorough work of history that's almost compulsively readable. In 1491, he summarizes and examines the last thirty years of research into the pre-Columbian Americas, and comes to some... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Likeness by Tana French Staff Pick The Likeness is another masterpiece of suspense by Tana French. Reminiscent of The Secret History, this psychological thriller is wonderfully written and impeccably paced — a perfect summer read.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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No Country for Old Men (Vintage International) by Cormac McCarthy Staff Pick No Country for Old Men includes both familiar and uncharted territory for Cormac McCarthy. His prose is lean and cadenced, but his formidable characters and intricate plot are as rich as ever. This is a novel of uncompromising beauty and power -- one of... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen Publisher Comments Winner of the 2001 National Book Award for Fiction After almost fifty years as a wife and mother, Enid Lambert is ready to have some fun. Unfortunately, her husband, Alfred, is losing his sanity to Parkinson's disease, and their children have long since... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Passage by Justin Cronin Staff Pick Justin Cronin's The Passage is a marvel — an epic, post-apocalyptic vampire novel that's extremely well written and a great work of storytelling. Reminiscent in some ways of Stephen King's The Stand, but wholly unique in its approach, The Passage is... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Bright before Us (Tin House New Voice) by Katie Arnold-Ratliff Staff Pick Katie Arnold-Ratliff's debut novel is a gorgeous, wrenching, razor-sharp portrait of a young man's life unraveling. Through emotional immediacy, wonderfully drawn characters, and chiseled prose, Bright before Us marks the arrival of a shining new... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Freedom: A Novel by Jonathan Franzen Staff Pick In his new novel, Jonathan Franzen surpasses the achievements of his National Book Award-winner, The Corrections. Freedom examines every major theme in American life — politics, class, work, culture, and sex, to name a few — through the lens of one... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Run (P.S.) by Ann Patchett Staff Pick Run, a worthy successor to Bel Canto, shows off Patchett's trademark gorgeous prose and emotional depth. Her characters are believably flawed, but ultimately good and decent human beings who you want to spend time with.... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Instructions by Adam Levin Staff Pick The Instructions is awe-inspiring. Addictively quotable, violently funny, insanely intelligent, and utterly compelling, Adam Levin's debut novel is unlike anything I've ever read, in the best possible way. Read this book. You'll savor every word on its... (read more) List Price $29.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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Made from Scratch: Discovering the Pleasures of a Handmade Life by Jenna Woginrich Staff Pick Jenna Woginrich's Made from Scratch is charming, practical, eye-opening, and empowering. From beekeeping to butter churning, it's a wonderful primer, and Woginrich's enthusiasm and humor are inspiring. Plus, she's definitely convinced me to get some... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $5.50 Sale - Hardcover
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The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender Staff Pick Aimee Bender's first novel since An Invisible Sign of My Own lives up to her astonishing short stories. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake is an incredibly poignant and unique coming-of-age story that you won't be able to put down. My favorite book of... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Passage by Justin Cronin Staff Pick Justin Cronin's The Passage is a marvel — an epic, post-apocalyptic vampire novel that's extremely well written and a great work of storytelling. Reminiscent in some ways of Stephen King's The Stand, but wholly unique in its approach, The Passage is... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Saturday: A Novel by Ian McEwan Staff Pick Ian McEwan's new novel is generous, contemplative, and moving — and in good company, joining classics like Mrs. Dalloway and Ulysses that take place during a single day. McEwan intricately weaves characters and themes towards an eloquent and wrenching... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Vegetable Soups from Deborah Madison's Kitchen by Deborah Madison Staff Pick Thus far, I've only made a few of the soups in Deborah Madison's Vegetable Soups from Deborah Madison's Kitchen, and already my neighbors (literally) have asked me for the recipes. Organized by season as well as main ingredient, and including a welcome... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer Staff Pick List Price $15.99 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Chronicles of Narnia by C S Lewis Staff Pick Rich in symbolism, page-turning action, and lovely prose, these classic coming-of-age tales of good versus evil have lost none of their magic.... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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