The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe
By: Andrew O'Hagan
4.08
Format: 31 pages,
Meet Maf: The hilariously opinionated, well-read, politically scrappy, and complex canine companion…
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By: Jennifer Egan
3.49
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
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"That's what death is, Danny thought: wanting to talk to someone and not being able to."-Jennifer Egan, The Keep
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By: Benjamin Myers
4.33
Format: 282 pages, Paperback
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3. Solar
By: Ian McEwan
3.28
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
Michael Beard is a Nobel prize–winning physicist whose best work is behind him. Trading on his repu… read more
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"As if marriages were a series of corrected drafts."-Ian McEwan, Solar
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4. In the Country of Men
By: شبنم سمیعیان , Hisham Matar
3.87
Format: 411 pages,
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5. Arthur & George
By: Julian Barnes
4.18
Format: None pages, Paperback
As boys, George, the son of a Midlands vicar, and Arthur, living in shabby genteel Edinburgh, find … read more
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6. The Last Hours
By: Minette Walters
0.00
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7. A Place Called Winter
By: Patrick Gale
4.12
Format: 207 pages, Hardcover
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8. Try Not to Breathe
By: Holly Seddon
4.82
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
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9. The Children Act
By: Ian McEwan
4.10
Format: 136 pages, Hardcover
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10. The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe
By: Andrew O'Hagan
4.08
Format: 31 pages,
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12. The Marriage of Opposites
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4.04
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13. The Edible Woman
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3.28
Format: 437 pages, Paperback
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14. Fierce Kingdom
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4.11
Format: 98 pages, Hardcover
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15. A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories
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3.90
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4.06
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17. Love on the Dole
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3.71
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18. True History of the Kelly Gang
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3.68
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20. Remainders of the Day: More Diaries from The Bookshop, Wigtown (The Diary of a Bookseller, #3)
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23. The Square of Sevens
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4.14
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4.13
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26. What About Men?
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3.70
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27. Tough Crowd: How I Made and Lost a Career in Comedy
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4.44
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30. A Bright Ray of Darkness
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3.72
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"the theater is the living consciousness of the world."-Ethan Hawke, A Bright Ray of Darkness
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