 | The Namesake (movie tie-in edition) by Jhumpa Lahiri
Buy used from: $0.01 I really love her stories. Beautifully written and lots of depth.
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 | For Kings and Planets: A Novel by Ethan Canin
Buy new: $11.25 / Used from: $0.01 I think this is his best book.
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 | Lying Awake by Mark Salzman
Buy new: $10.40 / Used from: $0.01 I loved the quiet sparseness of the this book. Beautifully written.
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 | The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.85 My favorite Margaret Atwood book.
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 | Wide Open by Nicola Barker
Buy new: $13.30 / Used from: $0.01 One you probably haven't heard of. Really quirky but memorable story.
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 | Unravelling by Elizabeth Graver
Buy new: $17.00 / Used from: $0.01 Loved this story set in the 1800's in the textile mills in New England. I thought at times that the main character presented more as a modern day woman than one for this time. But the story was interesting and it is beautifully written.
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 | There Is Room for You: A Novel by Charlotte Bacon
Buy new: $13.00 / Used from: $0.55 |
 | Sweet Hereafter: A Novel by Russell Banks
Buy new: $10.07 / Used from: $0.01 Hard to read but worth it.
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 | Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Buy new: $12.24 / Used from: $2.98 My favorite Woolf book.
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 | Sweetness in the Belly: A Novel by Camilla Gibb
Buy used from: $2.94 |
 | The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $0.97 |
 | Lucky: A Memoir by Alice Sebold
Buy new: $9.35 / Used from: $0.17 |
 | A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $0.01 |
 | Ransom Seaborn by Bill Deasy
Buy new: $11.65 / Used from: $6.23 One you probably have not seen. Bill Deasy is a Pittsburgh singer/songwriter and this is his first book. Interesting story and the writing has a lyrical quality to it.
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 | Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
Buy used from: $2.38 She makes history laugh out loud funny.
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 | Naked by David Sedaris
Buy new: $9.74 / Used from: $0.78 You can't help but laugh out loud reading his stories. Better yet, get the audio book and listen to him read them.
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 | My Antonia (Enriched Classics (Pocket)) by Willa Cather
Buy new: $4.95 / Used from: $0.70 It's amazing to read the detail in this book remembering that most people reading it when it was published had never seen a picture of the 'west'.
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 | Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.44 I love all of her books, but this one especially. The scenes of her childhood camping with her family are especially good.
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 | The Witches by Roald Dahl
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $2.12 This is my favorite Roald Dahl book. It is sad yet hopeful with a bit of fun.
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 | The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Buy new: $8.52 / Used from: $2.39 |
 | Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi
Buy new: $10.80 / Used from: $0.01 |
 | Couldn't Keep It to Myself: Wally Lamb and the Women of York Correctional Institution (Testimonies from our Imprisoned Sisters) by Wally Lamb
Buy new: $10.79 / Used from: $5.50 This is such a great read about women in prison. Done with respect and compassion for all involved.
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 | She's Come Undone (Oprah's Book Club) by Wally Lamb
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 |
 | True Notebooks: A Writer's Year at Juvenile Hall by Mark Salzman
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.62 Reading this might change your mind about juvenile offenders and what can and should be done with them.
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 | Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.77 |
 | The Kite Runner (Essential Edition) (Riverhead Essential Editions) by Khaled Hosseini
Buy new: $9.35 / Used from: $0.46 |
 | A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
Buy new: $14.96 / Used from: $0.01 Very hard to read but an amazing story that needed to be told.
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 | The Cider House Rules by John Irving
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $0.01 |
 | A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $2.61 |
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