Notable Books - Recent and Otherwise

Explore our curated list of notable books—recent releases and timeless classics. Discover must-reads across genres to inspire your next literary adventure.

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Dear American Airlines

by Jonathan Miles

From the cocktails columnist at the "The New York Times" comes the scathingly funny, deeply moving story of a stranded airline passenger, whose enraged letter …
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Hyperion

by Dan Simmons

A stunning tour de force filled with transcendent awe and wonder, Hyperion is a masterwork of science fiction that resonates with excitement and invention, the …
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When You Are Engulfed in Flames

by David Sedaris

A collection of essays celebrates the foibles of the author's everyday life in France and America, from an attempt to make coffee with water from …
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God Laughs When You Die

by Michael Boatman

A host of drug dealers meets a foe they cannot kill. The president accidentally invites demons into the country and watches the pope turn into …
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The Revenant Road

by Michael Boatman

Mystery writer Obadiah Grudge inherits his father's monster-killing business, his lunatic of a partner, and his pet Raven. It seems Dad's death has put Obadiah's …
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Badass Horror

by Michael Hemmingson

Seven stories written by some of the best writers of modern fiction including Garry Kilworth, Ron Damien Malfi, Michael Boatman, and Michael Hemmingson reach to …
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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

by David Wroblewski

Born mute, speaking only in sign, Edgar Sawtelle leads an idyllic life with his parents on their farm in remote northern Wisconsin. For generations, the …
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The Plague of Doves

by Louise Erdrich

Louise Erdrich's mesmerizing new novel, her first in almost three years, centers on a compelling mystery. The unsolved murder of a farm family haunts the …
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Lavinia

by Ursula K. Le Guin

In "The Aeneid," Vergil's hero fights to claim the king's daughter, Lavinia, with whom he is destined to found an empire. Le Guin gives Lavinia …
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Bang the Drum Slowly

 

A poignant portrayal of professional ballplayers' lives on and off the field during the sport's golden years in the 1950's.
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The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror

 

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Kennedy & Nixon

by Christopher Matthews

Details the long standing friendship which existed between Kennedy and Nixon which began in 1946 when both were elected as congressmen, but degenerated into distrust …
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The Best Awful

by Carrie Fisher

While coping with a young daughter, gay ex-husband, and bipolar illness, Hollywood actress Suzanne Vale decides to take a walk on the wild side.
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Anathem

by Neal Stephenson

Raz, a mathematician, is among a cohort of secluded scientists and philosophers who are called upon to save the world from impending catastrophe.
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In the Beginning...was the Command Line

by Neal Stephenson

This is "the Word" -- one man's word, certainly -- about the art (and artifice) of the state of our computer-centric existence. And considering that …
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Cryptonomicon

by Neal Stephenson

With this extraordinary first volume in what promises to be an epoch-making masterpiece, Neal Stephenson hacks into the secret histories of nations and the private …
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The Big Bow Mystery

 

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