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MaddAddam
by Margaret Atwood
Staff Pick
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The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way
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The Color Master: Stories
by Aimee Bender
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Let Him Go
by Larry Watson
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Hawthorn & Child
by Keith Ridgway
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May We Be Forgiven
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Harry Silver commits a sin that will forever change his life, and no amount of foresight could have prepared him for what follows. Harry's brother, George, is suddenly out of the picture, and Harry is left with George's house, his two children, his... (read more)

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Very Recent History: An Entirely Factual Account of a Year (C. Ad 2009) in a Large City
by Choire Sicha
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In Very Recent History, Choire Sicha, two-time editor of Gawker and cofounder of The Awl, manages to do three seemingly disparate things at once. First, he's written a kind of guide to our times for a visitor from far in the future. Our everyday life has... (read more)

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