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Giovanni Boccaccio The decameron
NoViolet Bulawayo We need new names
J.M. Coetzee The childhood of Jesus
Dara Horn A guide for the perplexed
Jonathan Lethem...
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BOOKS
FICTION
Giovanni Boccaccio The decameron
NoViolet Bulawayo We need new names
J.M. Coetzee The childhood of Jesus
Dara Horn A guide for the perplexed
Jonathan Lethem...
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Lee Child Never go back
Edwidge Danticat Claire of the sea light
Jason Mott The returned
Laurence Sterne The life & opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman
Multi-Gen...
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Heimito Von Doderer The waterfalls of Slunj
Bill James Roses, roses
Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
J. Robert Janes Kaleidoscope
Short Stories
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Niccolò Ammaniti Let the games begin
Lea Carpenter Eleven days
Erich Kästner Going to the dogs: the story of a moralist
Grace Mccleen The Professor of Poetry
Nancy Mitford...
The September staff picks theme is Beach Reads.
You know: the kind of reading you do solely for pleasure. Sometimes, pleasure-reading is of the guilty variety, and sometimes it’s a luxurious read with no practical application whatsoever. A so-called beach read has the perfect balance of entertainment and engagement, inspiring that crucial suspension of disbelief in the author’s make-believe (or believe it or not – true!) world.
The Mechanics’ Institute staff has selected every...
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FICTION
Héctor Abad Recipes for sad women
Wilton Barnhardt Lookaway, lookaway
Lars Eighner Pawn to queen four
Jenni Fagan The Panopticon
Historical Fiction
Andrea...
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Rick Bass All the land to hold us
Juan Gabriel Vásquez The sound of things falling
Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Lindsay Ashford The mysterious death of Miss Jane Austen
Stephen Booth...
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Alexander Maksik A marker to measure drift
Liane Moriarty The husband's secret
Historical Fiction
P.T. Deutermann The ghosts of Bungo Suido
Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Kelly Br...
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David Gilbert & sons
Thomas E. Kennedy Kerrigan in Copenhagen: a love story
Goliarda Sapienza The art of joy
Historical Fiction
Philippa Gregory The white princes...
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Sarah Butler Ten things I've learnt about love
Ron Carlson Return to Oakpine
Hervé Le Tellier Eléctrico W
David Rakoff Love, dishonor, marry, die, cherish, perish
Luanne Rice...