Holiday Catalog: Picks for Kids!
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Fiction, Essays & More
The Consultant
Catherynne M. Valente
She walks into my life legs first, a long drink of water in the desert of my thirties. Her shoes are red; her eyes are green
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Book RecsThe Book That Made Me a Reader
On Dr. Seuss
Stephen King
It was my first encounter with a horror story, because poor Bartholomew was going to get his head chopped off if he couldn’t take off his hat for the king.
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Fiction, Essays & More
Bloodweed
Robley Wilson
Grandfather Chandler says God made only two kinds of bloodweed: the stiff grass with greenish-purple flowers that grows wild in the ditches hereabouts...
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Fiction, Essays & More
Wedding Day
Robley Wilson
It was Benjamin Howard’s wedding day, the second of his life and, he hoped, the last. Annette, the bride-to-be, was asleep in the bed he...
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Book RecsAuthor Picks
Five Stateside Novels You Likely Missed
Daniel Woodrell
The author of The Maid’s Version picks five wrongfully neglected works of American genius.
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Book RecsAuthor Picks
Modern Crime Books from the UK and Ireland
Ann Hood
The Return of Captain John EmmettElizabeth SpellerIn The WoodsTana FrenchField of BloodDenise MinaChristine FallsBenjamin BlackThe...
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Book RecsAuthor Picks
Five Books That Help Us Rethink History
Gavin McCrea
Debut author Gavin McCrea challenges the notion of ‘historical fiction’ in this fascinating list of recommended reading.
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Book RecsAuthor Picks
Some Favorite Works of Modern Arabic Literature
Amitav Ghosh
The author of Flood of Fire selects four novels and a memoir from modern Arabic literature.
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Book RecsAuthor Picks
Women Behaving Badly
Martha McPheeThe author of Dear Money has chosen some female protagonists who break all the rules.
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Book RecsJunior Edition
Junior Edition #37
Celia McGee
Featuring books by Ying Chang Compestine, Sayantani Dasgupta, Christopher Paul Curtis, and Timothée de Fombelle!
