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Whiteout Conditions
Tariq Shah
Ant is back in Chicago for a funeral, and he typically enjoys funerals. Since most of his family has passed...
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The Blurry Years
Eleanor Kriseman
The Blurry Years is a powerful and unorthodox coming-of-age story from an assured new literary voice, featuring a stirringly twisted...
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Scorched Earth
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Refusing the digital world of late capitalism In this uncompromising essay, Jonathan Crary presents the obvious but unsayable reality: our...
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Augustus
John Williams
WINNER OF THE 1973 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD By the Author of Stoner In Augustus, his third great novel, John Williams...
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Olive Kitteridge
Elizabeth Strout
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Snow Crash
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I Am Not Your Negro
James Baldwin, Raoul Peck
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In his final years, one of America’s greatest writers envisioned a book about his three assassinated friends,...
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