 | Ask the Dust by John Fante
Buy used from: $100.00 One of the best books about the lonely, chaotic life of a writer.
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 | So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell
Buy new: $9.36 / Used from: $2.99 This is a book that I keep thinking about, years after I first read it.
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 | Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories by Raymond Carver
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $3.48 I'm a big fan of the short story; and this is the master's best collection.
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 | Flesh And Blood by Michael Cunningham
Buy used from: $0.01 Michael Cunningham's writing blew me away.
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 | Drown by Junot Díaz
Buy new: $9.75 / Used from: $4.98 I loved this short story collection. It made me laugh, weep and think. A must-read about life in America for anyone not part of the "mainstream."
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 | How German Is It = Wie Deutsch Ist Es: A Novel by Walter Abish
Buy new: $11.66 / Used from: $1.27 The questions Abish asks in this book were ones I keep thinking about today.
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 | The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
Buy used from: $0.01 The fact that this book and author has gotten so much attention made me not want to pick it; but then I would be overlooking one of the best books I've read in a long time.
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 | CivilWarLand in Bad Decline by George Saunders
Buy new: $11.20 / Used from: $4.19 George Saunders in the ultimate comic cynic. This is dark stuff, but I loved it.
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 | The Human Stain: A Novel by Philip Roth
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $0.01 After I read this book, I realized that age and experience were the keys to good writing. Roth is so much better now than he was when he was young.
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 | Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Buy new: $9.72 / Used from: $1.36 Again, this book got so much attention. But it's well deserved. Her writing is so smooth and evocative. Took me right to each scene.
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 | Songbird by Eva Cassidy
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $5.58 I bought this for "Fields of Gold" but ended up liking so many other songs on this CD.
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 | The Best of Yaz by Yaz
Buy new: $7.47 / Used from: $0.01 I don't think this CD will ever sound outdated. I can't get enough of Yaz.
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 | The Cure - Greatest Hits by The Cure
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $6.50 The best part of this is the acoustic version. I can listen to the acoustic versions of "Let's Go to Bed" and "Just Like Heaven" over and over.
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 | Debut by Björk
Buy new: $15.99 / Used from: $0.36 Bjork's best CD to date.
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 | In Dis Life by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $7.33 Coming from Hawaii, I had to put in my favorite Hawaiian music CD by Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwo'ole
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 | So Far...The Best of Sinéad O'Connor by Sinéad O'Connor
Buy new: $10.97 / Used from: $1.79 I don't care about all the controversy. Sinead O'Connor is great.
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