Extenuating Circumstances
By: Joyce Carol Oates
3.55
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
Twenty-two disturbing tales of crime and suspense from "America's preeminent fiction writer" ( New …
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1. The Professor's House
By: Willa Cather , A.S. Byatt
3.77
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
On the eve of his move to a new, more desirable residence, Professor Godfrey St. Peter finds himsel… read more
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"He knew that he was terribly selfish about personal pleasures, fought for them. if a thing gave him delight, he got it, if he sold his shirt for it. By doing without many so-called necessities he had…"-Willa Cather, The Professor's House
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2. Tree of Smoke
By: Denis Johnson
3.64
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
Once upon a time there was a war . . . and a young American who thought of himself as the Quiet Ame… read more
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3. Smile
By: Roddy Doyle
4.48
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
Smilehas all the features for which Roddy Doyle has become famous: the razor-sharp dialogue, the hu… read more
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4. Stone Mattress: Nine Tales
By: Margaret Atwood
2.35
Format: 62 pages, Hardcover
A collection of highly imaginative short pieces that speak to our times with deadly accuracy. Vinta… read more
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5. The Invisible Circus
By: Jennifer Egan
3.00
Format: None pages, Unknown Binding
In Jennifer Egan's highly acclaimed first novel, set in 1978, the political drama and familial tens… read more
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6. Old Babes in the Wood: Stories
By: Margaret Atwood
3.71
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling collection of short stories from the internationally acclaimed, award-winning author of … read more
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"Many things get broken in a war."-Margaret Atwood, Old Babes in the Wood: Stories
"Holiness is a form of monstrosity"-Margaret Atwood, Old Babes in the Wood: Stories
"Many obscure women have been done to death merely for existing."-Margaret Atwood, Old Babes in the Wood: Stories
"They're dead now. A thing that happens increasingly: people die."-Margaret Atwood, Old Babes in the Wood: Stories
7. Where the Dead Wait
By: Ally Wilkes
3.25
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
An eerie, atmospheric Polar Gothic following a Victorian explorer in search of his lost shipmate an… read more
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"Why would I want to die last?"-Ally Wilkes, Where the Dead Wait
"You make a god of the things you fear or love. What could be more natural than that?"-Ally Wilkes, Where the Dead Wait
8. The Main Character
By: Jaclyn Goldis
3.37
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A bestselling thriller author arranges a luxury train trip that is not what it appears to be in thi… read more
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9. The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)
By: John Shen Yen Nee
3.62
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films, this stunning, swashbuckling series opener by a po… read more
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"The British are oddly vulnerable to charm. I've found that in England it's often the easiest path to one's objective. And hurts none along the way."-John Shen Yen Nee, The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)
10. youthjuice
By: E.K. Sathue
3.21
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
American Psycho meets The Devil Wears Prada: outrageous body horror for the goop generation A 29… read more
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11. Sing to It: New Stories
By: Amy Hempel
3.64
Format: 149 pages, Hardcover
LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/FAULKER AWARD ONE OF TIME ’S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR ONE OF NPR’S BEST … read more
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12. I've Tried Being Nice: Essays
By: Ann Leary
3.90
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Ann Leary offers a literary feast of humor and wisdom told from t… read more
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13. When Things Get Dark
By: Ellen Datlow
3.90
Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition
Legendary editor, Ellen Datlow, collects today’s best horror writers in tribute to the genius of Sh… read more
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"Soul searching pairs seductively with large quantities of liquor."-Ellen Datlow, When Things Get Dark
14. In the Pines: A Lynching, A Lie, A Reckoning
By: Grace Elizabeth Hale
3.65
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
“Courageous and compelling…essential and critically important.” —Bryan Stevenson An award-winnin… read more
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15. Wrong Norma
By: Anne Carson
4.33
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
As with her most recent publications, Wrong Norma is a facsimile edition of the original hand-desig… read more
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"Last thing: one Sunday evening about a year before all this we were on the telephone, my mother and I; it was just after we sold the house and she’d moved to the facility, where she was allowed a sma…"-Anne Carson, Wrong Norma
16. The Book of X
By: Sarah Rose Etter
4.04
Format: 284 pages, Paperback
The Book of X tells the tale of Cassie, a girl born with her stomach twisted in the shape of a knot… read more
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17. Off With Her Head: Three Thousand Years of Demonizing Women in Power
By: Eleanor Herman
3.84
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestseller Eleanor Herman, author of Sex with Kings and Sex with Presidents, re… read more
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"Another method to identify misogyny is to picture a well-known politician as belonging to the opposite sex and see where that takes you. For instance, imagine Donald Trump as a woman. Let's call her …"-Eleanor Herman, Off With Her Head: Three Thousand Years of Demonizing Women in Power
18. The Socialite's Guide to Murder (Pinnacle Hotel Mystery, #1)
By: S.K. Golden
3.41
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
The hotel was her refuge, but scandal is afoot—and a killer stalks the halls in this charming serie… read more
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19. Extenuating Circumstances
By: Joyce Carol Oates
3.55
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
Twenty-two disturbing tales of crime and suspense from "America's preeminent fiction writer" ( New … read more
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20. The Mesmerist
By: Caroline Woods
4.34
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Before hypnotism, there was mesmerism. In 1894 Minneapolis, in the wake of a national financial cr… read more
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21. Wordhunter
By: Stella Sands
3.71
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
An utterly original and compulsively readable detective story about a woman who uses her uncanny ab… read more
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