 | Middlesex: A Novel by Jeffrey Eugenides
Buy used from: $0.01 The #1 best thing, in any media format, that I discovered last year.
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 | An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro
Buy used from: $13.69 I discovered Ishiguro this year; Never Let Me Go was also fantastic, but this is less known and therefore needs more promotion on lists. So excellent.
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 | The Silent Cry: A Novel by Kenzaburo Oe
Buy new: $11.20 / Used from: $0.01 There are not many books that, upon finishing, I already know I will re-read more than once. This is one.
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 | The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $2.44 As intriguing as I could have hoped for when I got a historical nonfiction craving last summer.
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 | The Diversity of Life by E. O. Wilson
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $4.80 I adored this, but then I'm very interested in ecology and biodiversity.
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 | The Tale of Genji by Shikibu Murasaki
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $1.34 Guess what people 1,000 years ago acted like - a whole lot like people now! Shocking!
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 | Adaptation (Superbit Collection)
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $1.95 Writing about writer's block actually *can* be creative! Only for this guy though. Nobody else. Please.
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 | Everything Is Illuminated
Buy new: $15.49 / Used from: $4.30 I don't have anything in particular to say about this, except "potato". Really good movie.
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 | People's Spring by Warsaw Village Band
Buy used from: $26.63 Quite strange, and I very much like it.
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 | We Are the Pipettes by The Pipettes
Buy used from: $3.93 I think I listen to this way too often.
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 | Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the '80s Underground by Various Artists
Buy new: $56.99 / Used from: $47.98 And I used to think the 80s were lame! (Indulgent chuckle)Ah, I used to be so young and naive.
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 | Everything Is Possible: The Best of Os Mutantes by Os Mutantes
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $5.99 I think this is the oldest thing on my list.
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 | Lomographic Holga Starter Kit
Buy new: $59.99 / Used from: $50.00 Holga! Holga!
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