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Washington Black by Esi Edugyan

George Washington Black, or "Wash," an eleven-year-old field slave on a Barbados sugar plantation, is terrified to be chosen by …

Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer (The Southern Reach Trilogy, #3)

Acceptance is a 2014 novel by Jeff VanderMeer. It is the last in a series of three books called the …

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

Jennifer Egan’s spellbinding interlocking narratives circle the lives of Bennie Salazar, an aging former punk rocker and record executive, and …

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer

The blockbuster phenomenon that charts an amazing journey of the mind while revolutionizing our concept of memory An instant bestseller …

Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow

Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain

A deliciously funny, delectably shocking banquet of wild-but-true tales of life in the culinary trade from Chef Anthony Bourdain, laying …

Forever by Pete Hamill

Moving from Ireland to New York City in 1741, Cormac O'Connor witnesses the city's transformation into a thriving metropolis while …

Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

When editor Susan Ryeland is given the manuscript of Alan Conway’s latest novel, she has no reason to think it …

Thanks, Obama by David Litt

Essays in Love by Alain de Botton

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to …

John Dies at the End by David Wong (John Dies at the End, #1)

John Dies at the End is a comic horror novel written by David Wong that was first published online as …

The Illustrated Man (Voyager Classics) by Ray Bradbury

The Illustrated Man is a 1951 collection of eighteen science fiction short stories by American writer Ray Bradbury. A recurring …