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November Road: A Novel

LOU BERNEY - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

Set against the assassination of JFK, a poignant and evocative crime novel that centers on a desperate cat-and-mouse chase across 1960s America - a story of unexpected connections, daring possibilities, and the hope of second chances from the Edgar Award-winning author of The Long and Faraway...
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You Think It, I'll Say It: Stories

Curtis Sittenfeld - Random House
Format: Hardcover

A dazzling collection of short stories from the New York Times bestselling author of Prep, American Wife, and Eligible Curtis Sittenfeld has established a reputation as a sharp chronicler of the modern age who humanizes her subjects even as she skewers them. Now, with...
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The Great Alone

NOT AVAILABLE. - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

An instant #1 New York Times bestseller! "A TOUR DE FORCE." -- Kirkus (starred review) Alaska, 1974.Unpredictable....
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Cherry: A novel

Nico Walker - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

Jesus' Son meets Reservoir Dogs in a breakneck-paced debut novel about love, war, bank robberies, and heroin.Cleveland, 2003. A young man is just a college freshman when he meets Emily. They share a passion for Edward Albee and Ecstasy and fall hard and fast in love. But soon...
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Hits and Misses: Stories

SIMON RICH - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

A sharp new collection from "one of the funniest writers in America" -- The Daily BeastSimon Rich is the "hilarious" (Washington Post) humorist who draws comparisons to Douglas Adams (The New York Times Book Review) , James Thurber, and P.G. Wodehouse (The Guardian)...
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Meet Me at the Museum: A Novel

ANNE YOUNGSON - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

"Warm-hearted, clear-minded, and unexpectedly spellbinding, Meet Me at the Museum is a novel to savor." -- Annie Barrows, #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society"This is a work of art, dear readers....
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There There: A novel

Tommy Orange - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

ONE OF THE 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR - THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWWINNER OF THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZEOne of the Best Books of the Year: The Washington Post, NPR, Time, O, The Oprah Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, The Dallas Morning...
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Eat the Apple

Matt Young - Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover

"The Iliad of the Iraq war" (Tim Weiner) --a gut-wrenching, beautiful memoir of the consequences of war on the psyche of a young man. Eat the Apple is a daring, twisted, and darkly hilarious story of American youth and masculinity in an age of continuous war. Matt...
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