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How Eccentric
What a group of eccentrics we have this week: a surprising challenger to a marriage, a lonely former librarian, an obsessive art-lover, a woman...
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Beyond the Comfort Zone
Sometimes it’s nice to get out of your comfort zone. These five books offer an opportunity to do just that, either through their plotlines or...
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The Meanings of Love
This week’s grouping includes two very different and equally compelling novels to help celebrate Pride; sensational stories that dig deep into...
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Let's Get Lost
Three utterly absorbing works of fiction lead this week’s selection: a German novelist’s latest in an impeccable translation by Michael Hoffman...
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Animal Attraction
An octopus and a cougar star in two different novels this week. We also have dreamlike encounters abroad from one of our favorite English novelists...
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Life's Work
The lives of creative individuals inform four books of different genres this week—in memoir, biography, history, and narrative nonfiction
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Look Inside the Book
This week you’ll discover the latest from a Center favorite who has graced us with his presence at several past events; laughs from two essential...
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Simply Put
One-word titles always catch my eye and ear, and this week four of the novels qualify. For two of them, we have signed copies while they last
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The Merry Month of May
Two debut books by Chinese American writers—a novel and a story collection—help usher in Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month...
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Champing at the Bit
I had the pleasure of meeting a couple of this week’s extraordinary writers at the bookseller’s Winter Institute in Seattle and have been...