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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
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Mary Ann Shaffer
In 1946, writer Juliet Ashton receives a letter from a stranger, a founding member of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. And so begins a remarkable tale of the island of Guernsey during the German occupation, and of a society as extraordinary as its name.
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The Help
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Kathryn Stockett
In Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962, there are lines that are not crossed. With the civil rights movement exploding all around them, three women start a movement of their own, forever changing a town and the way women--black and white, mothers and daughters--view one another.
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The Elegance of the Hedgehog
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Muriel Barbery, Alison Anderson (Translator)
In this enthralling international bestseller, two girls live inconspicuous lives in the center of an elegant Paris apartment building. It is only when a stranger moves into their building--and sees through the girls' disguises--that Paloma and Rene discover their kindred spirits.
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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
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David Wroblewski
A riveting family saga, "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" explores the deep and ancient alliance between humans and dogs, and the power of fate through one boy's epic journey into the wild.
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The Shadow of the Wind
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Carlos Ruiz Zafon
"If you thought the true gothic novel died with the nineteenth century, this will change your mind...This is one gorgeous read."--Stephen King. "Anyone who enjoys novels that are scary, erotic, touching, tragic, and thrilling should pick up "The Shadow of the Wind.""--The Washington Post.
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
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Junot Diaz
Winner of both the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the most talked about--and praised--smash hit of 2007 follows the adventures of a sweet but disastrously overweight ghetto nerd plagued by a family curse.
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
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Annie Fiery Barrows, Mary Ann Fiery Shaffer
London, 1946: writer Juliet Ashton receives a letter from a stranger, a founding member of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. And so begins a remarkable tale of Guernsey during the German occupation, and about a society as extraordinary as its name.
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Out Stealing Horses
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Per Petterson
In 1948, when he is fifteen, Trond spends a summer in the country with his father. The events - the accidental death of a child, his best friend's feelings of guilt and eventual disappearance, his father's decision to leave the family for another woman - will change his life forever. An early morning adventure out stealing horses leaves Trond ...
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City of Thieves
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David Benioff
Benioff follows up "The 25th Hour" with this hard-to-put-down novel based on his grandfather's stories about surviving World War II in Russia.
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Still Alice
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Lisa Genova
"Still Alice" is a compelling debut novel about a 50-year-old woman's sudden descent into early onset Alzheimer's disease, written by a first-time author who holds a Ph.D. in neuroscience. Reminiscent of "A Beautiful Mind" and "Ordinary People," this work packs an emotional punch.
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Poisonwood Bible
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Barbara Kingsolver
In 1959, a missionary named Nathan Price transports his wife and four daughters to a remote village in the Belgian Congo to convert the natives. The family is met with hostility from the locals, particularly a vengeful witch doctor. They also face bands of desperate rebels, dangerous wildlife, and the inevitable petty inconveniences a hyper ...
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Nineteen Minutes
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Jodi Picoult
Set in a small town in the wake of a horrific school shooting, "Nineteen Minutes" brings together lawyer Jordan McAfee, who represents a boy who desperately needs someone on his side, and Patrick Ducharme, the intrepid detective whose best witness is the daughter of the superior court judge. Washington Square Press
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South of Broad
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Pat Conroy
The one and only Pat Conroy returns with a big, sprawling novel that is at once a love letter to Charleston, South Carolina, and to lifelong friendship--a long-awaited work from a great American writer whose passion for life and language knows no bounds.
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Confederacy of Dunces
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John Kennedy Toole
Ignatius J. Reilly, a grossly overweight medieval scholar who lives with his mother, is forced to seek employment when she can no longer tolerate his laziness. His disdainful encounters with the modern culture of New Orleans, his habitual misunderstanding of its inhabitants (some of them no less eccentric than himself) and his often hypocritical ...
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Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
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Joseph J Ellis
This group portrait of the Founding Fathers emphasizes the sometimes intense associations and rivalries among Jefferson, Hamilton, Burr, Adams, Franklin, Madison, and Washington.The author examines six defining moments when the personal and the political collided, and shows how their distinctive styles and visions forged a new nation. A New York ...
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Change of Heart
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Jodi Picoult
The acclaimed #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author presents a spellbinding tale of a mother's tragic loss and one man's last chance at gaining salvation. Once again, Picoult mesmerizes and enthralls readers with this story of redemption, justice, and love.
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Ishmael
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Daniel Quinn
A man and a gorilla set out on an intellectual adventure and in the process define what it means to be a human being.
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Her Fearful Symmetry
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Audrey Niffenegger
The author of the phenomenally successful novel "The Time Traveler's Wife" returns with a spectacularly compelling and haunting second book set in and around Highgate Cemetery in London.
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
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Jonathan Safran Foer
Oskar Schell, living in New York, is nine years old and precocious (his interests range from astrophysics to playing the tambourine), and all his intelligence is called into play when his father dies in the destruction of the World Trade Center. Left with an envelope containing a key and a one-word clue, Oskar tries to find out what door the key ...
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Keeping Faith
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Jodi Picoult
When her parents divorce, seven-year-old Faith finds a friend who supports her--a friend who may be imaginary. Is Faith a prophet or just a troubled little girl? From the acclaimed author of "The Pact" comes a provocative novel about belief, betrayal, and miracles, and the fierce love of a mother for her child.
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Fight Club
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Chuck Palahniuk
An apocalyptic novel about the mysterious genius Tyler Durden, inventor of the Fight Clubs, where men gather on weekends to fight each other bare-knuckled to find the fulfillment and self-esteem that are lacking in the rest of their lives. The troubled, insomniac narrator's obsession with Tyler leads to a harrowing conclusion.
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Choke
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Chuck Palahniuk
Victor works as a guide at a colonial village, where he must stay in 18th-century costume. He moonlights as a con artist. His mother is in a nursing home, and in his spare time Victor visits her and listens to her stories about the good old days when she and his father--whom Victor never knew--were in and out of jail. Then she begins to imply that ...
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Heart and Soul
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Maeve Binchy
Clara Casey has more than enough on her plate. Her daughters Adi and Linda were no problem at all during the usually turbulent teens. Now in their twenties, Adi is always fighting for or against something: the environment or the whale or battery farming; while Linda lurches from one unsatisfactory relationship to the next. As if this wasn't enough ...
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Testimony
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Anita Shreve
At a New England boarding school, a sex scandal is about to break. Even more shocking is the fact that the sex acts were caught on videotape. Writing with a pace and intensity surpassing even her own greatest work, Shreve delivers a gripping emotional drama with the impact of a thriller.
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Best Friends Forever
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Jennifer Weiner
With her incomparable humor and heart, the author of the bestselling "Good in Bed" and "In Her Shoes" returns with a novel that depicts the nuances of female friendship.
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