Payback
In this novel of lifelong reckoning between two women by the award-winning Mary Gordon, we meet Quin Archer, the revenge-loving queen of the reality-TV show Payback. Unbeknownst...
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Founded in 1953 Anchor Books is the oldest trade paperback publisher in America. The goal was to make inexpensive editions of modern classics widely available to college students and the adult public. Today, Anchor's list boasts award-winning history, science, women's studies, sociology, and quality fiction. Read more
Grasp
A groundbreaking look at the science of learning: how it works both in the mind and in the classroom, which teaching techniques are most effective, and how schools should (and absolutely should not) use instructional technology. This...
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The Contemporary American Essay
A dazzling anthology of essays by some of America's best writers, drawn from the past quarter century. AN ANCHOR ORIGINAL.The past two decades in America...
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In the Valley
*Named a Garden & Gun and Atlanta Journal Constitution best book of the year*Winner of the 2020 Thomas Robinson Prize for Southern Literature"Mesmerizing...He's one of the best living American writers."--Janet...
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little scratch
"Extraordinary"--THE NEW YORKERIn the formally innovative tradition of Grief Is the Thing with Feathers and Ducks, Newburyport comes a dazzlingly original,...
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Veritas
From National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author Ariel Sabar, the gripping true story of a sensational religious forgery and the scandal that shook Harvard.In...
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Inheritors
"This splendid story collection is a sword through the heart."--Ben FountainFrom the O. Henry Prize-winning author comes a heartbreakingly beautiful and brutal exploration of lives fragmented...
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What's Left of Me Is Yours
"Each chapter of this enrapturing novel is elegantly brief and charged with barely contained emotion." --New York Times Book ReviewA gripping debut set in modern-day Tokyo and inspired...
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The Geometry of Holding Hands
Isabel finds herself entangled in some tricky familial and financial situations that will require all of her kindness, charm, and philosophical expertise to navigate. Just...
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The Body Double
A dark, glittering debut novel echoing Hitchcock's Vertigo, The Body Double is the suspenseful story of a young woman who is recruited...
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The Butterfly Lampshade
From the author of the beloved New York Times bestseller The Particular Sadness Of Lemon Cake, a luminous, poignant tale of a mother, a daughter,...
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Love and Theft
An epic Vegas heist.A high-octane international romance.A charismatic thief forced to orchestrate one final, treacherous job to save his family.When Alex Cassidy and...
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When Truth Is All You Have
“A riveting and infuriating examination of criminal prosecutions, revealing how easy it is to convict the wrong person and how nearly impossible it is to undo the error.” —Washington Post...
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The Quiet Americans
From the bestselling author of Lawrence in Arabia comes a gripping history of the early years of the Cold War when the CIA's covert battles against communism undermined the moral...
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Sex and Vanity
Instant New York Times bestsellerOne of Time's 100 Must Read Books of the Year"A truly modern love story you won't be able to put down."--CNNThe...
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Attrib. and Other Stories
"It's just the real inexplicable gorgeous brilliant thing this book. I love it in a way I usually reserve for people." --Max PorterA dazzling, prizewinning short story collection that showcases a bold new talentEley...
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All the Way to the Tigers
One of NPR's Best Books of 2020From the author of Nothing to Declare, a new travel narrative examining healing, redemption, and what it means to be a solo woman on the road."Mary...
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The Lady's Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness
The darkly funny memoir of Sarah Ramey’s years-long battle with a mysterious illness that doctors thought was all in her head—but wasn’t. In...
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Summer
The fourth novel in the Seasonal Quartet by Man Booker Prize Finalist Ali Smith is “a prose poem in praise of memory, forgiveness, getting the joke, and seizing the moment” (The...
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Blue Ticket
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARTHE GUARDIAN • MARIE CLAIRE"[Mackintosh's] writing is clear and sharp, with piercing moments of wisdom and insight that drive toward a pitch-perfect ending...Blue Ticket adds...
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Pizza Girl
"Fresh, funny, bittersweet...This book delivers humor, humanity and hubris."--New York Times Book ReviewNamed an NPR, Marie Claire, and Teen Vogue best book of the year and a most anticipated book of 2020 by Vogue, Harper's...
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The Underground Railroad (Television Tie-in)
Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning, National Book Award-winning, Oprah-anointed, #1 New York Times bestselling novel that explores America's troubled racial past as only he can--soon to be an original...
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The Anthill
A wildly original blend of social horror and razor sharp satire, The Anthill is a searing exploration of privilege, racism, and redemption in the Instagram age.Lina...
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The Golden Age of the American Essay
A one-of-a-kind anthology of American essays on a wide range of subjects by a dazzling array of mid-century writers at the top of their form. AN ANCHOR ORIGINAL.The...
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