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LAST MAN IN TOWERa novel by Aravind Adiga

LAST MAN IN TOWER
a novel by Aravind Adiga

Author of THE WHITE TIGER,
winner of the Man Booker Prize

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“One of the ‘100 imaginary places you must visit before you die.’” The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

“One of the ‘100 imaginary places you must visit before you die.’” The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Become enchanted by The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. You’ll be in some fine company!

The Circus arrives on September 13, 2011, but in the meantime, see what your fellow readers, authors, press, and booksellers are saying about the book after the jump. Read an early excerpt HERE and visit Erin on Facebook!

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NPR Book Club Picks Cutting For Stone

NPR Book Club Picks Cutting For Stone

Abraham Verghese’s Cutting For Stone has been selected by the NPR Book Club. Those interested in participating will have an opportunity to discuss the book with fellow readers, and three book clubs will be selected to win a visit from Dr. Verghese himself!

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Radioactive Lady Seeks Revenge

Radioactive Lady Seeks Revenge

You pretty much have to love a novel that involves a 77-year-old woman hellbent on revenge after being served a radioactive cocktail in the fifties as part of a secret government experiment. THE REVENGE OF THE RADIOACTIVE LADY by Elizabeth Stuckey-French is quirky Southern fiction at its best. We won’t even get into [...]

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The Tower, The Zoo, and The Tortoise, OH MY!

The Tower, The Zoo, and The Tortoise, OH MY!

The Tower, The Zoo, and The Tortoise by Julia Stuart is proving to be the little engine that could! Fresh off of hitting the New York Times bestseller list, this charming and whimsical novel is winning over critics, booksellers, and readers alike! Rave reviews, an excerpt, and book club links after the jump.

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The Love of a Good Woman Reading Group Guide

The Love of a Good Woman Reading Group Guide

National Book Critics Circle Award Winner
Enhance your Book Club experience:
• Read a conversation with Alice Munro
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The questions, discussion topics, and author biography that follow are intended to enhance your group’s reading of Alice Munro’s collection The Love of a Good Woman. In these eight stories, a master of the form extends and magnifies [...]

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A Guide to Ha Jin’s First Novel and Two Short Story Collections

A Guide to Ha Jin’s First Novel and Two Short Story Collections

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The questions, discussion topics, and author biography that follow are intended to enhance your group’s reading of Ha Jin’s first novel, In the Pond, and two of his short fiction collections, Ocean of Words and The Bridegroom.

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A Guide to the Works of William Faulkner

A Guide to the Works of William Faulkner

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The questions, discussion topics, and author biography that follow are designed to enhance your group’s reading of three of William Faulkner’s greatest novels: The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, and Absalom, Absalom! We hope that they will provide you with new ways of thinking and talking about three works that [...]

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Straight Man Reading Group Guide

Straight Man Reading Group Guide

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The questions, discussion topics, and author biography that follow are intended to enhance your group’s experience of reading Richard Russo’s Straight Man. We hope they will provide interesting new angles from which to examine this funny, poignant, and compassionate novel by one of the most compelling storytellers of our day.
William Henry Devereaux, [...]

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The Unconsoled Reading Group Guide

The Unconsoled Reading Group Guide

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The questions, discussion topics, author biography, and bibliography that follow are meant to enhance your group’s reading of Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Unconsoled. We hope that they will provide you with new ways of looking at—and talking about—this mysterious and infinitely provocative new novel from the Booker Prize-winning author of The Remains of [...]

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