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  • To Kill a Mockingbird

    • ASIN: 0060935464
    • ISBN: 0060935464
    • Brand: Harper Perennial
    • Manufacturer: Harper Perennial

    Voted America's Best-Loved Novel in PBS's The Great American ReadHarper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep South—and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatredOne of the most cherished stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than forty languages, sold m... [Read More]

  • The Goldfinch: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)

    • ASIN: 0316055441
    • ISBN: 0316055441
    • Brand: Back Bay Books
    • Manufacturer: Back Bay Books

    WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE"The Goldfinch is a rarity that comes along perhaps half a dozen times per decade, a smartly written literary novel that connects with the heart as well as the mind....Donna Tartt has delivered an extraordinary work of fiction."--Stephen King, New York Times Book ReviewTheo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously ... [Read More]

  • The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel

    • ASIN: 0061537969
    • ISBN: 9780061537967
    • Brand: Harper Paperbacks
    • Manufacturer: Harper Perennial

    NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM FOX 2000 STARRING MILO VENTIMIGLIA, AMANDA SEYFRIED, AND KEVIN COSTNER MEET THE DOG WHO WILL SHOW THE WORLD HOW TO BE HUMAN The New York Times bestselling novel from Garth Stein—a heart-wrenching but deeply funny and ultimately uplifting story of family, love, loyalty, and hope—a captivating look at the wonders a... [Read More]

  • The Alchemist

    • ASIN: 0062315005
    • ISBN: 0062315005
    • Brand: imusti
    • Manufacturer: HarperOne

  • Slaughterhouse-Five: A Novel (Modern Library 100 Best Novels)

    • ASIN: 0385333846
    • ISBN: 0812988523
    • Brand: Delta
    • Manufacturer: Dial Press Trade Paperback

    Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world’s great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous firebombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim’s odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we fear most.

  • Lord of the Flies

    • ASIN: 0399501487
    • ISBN: 0399501487
    • Brand: Golding, William/ Epstein, E. L. (CON)
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Books

    Golding’s iconic 1954 novel, now with a new foreword by Lois Lowry, remains one of the greatest books ever written for young adults and an unforgettable classic for readers of any age.   This edition includes a new Suggestions for Further Reading by Jennifer Buehler.At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stran... [Read More]

  • One Hundred Years of Solitude (P.S.) (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

    • ASIN: 0060883286
    • ISBN: 9780060883287
    • Brand: Gabriel Garc 237 a M 225 rquez
    • Manufacturer: Harper Perennial Modern Classics

    One Hundred Years of Solitude tells the story of the rise and fall, birth and death of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendía family. Inventive, amusing, magnetic, sad, and alive with unforgettable men and women -- brimming with truth, compassion, and a lyrical magic that strikes the soul -- this novel is a masterpiece... [Read More]

  • Wait for me Here: 9 Unique Stories That Will Make You Smile

    • ASIN: B07RLVRDN3

    Life – not exactly what you expected!He pulled open the door and sat down next to Ruthie, still pissed, and said “Let’s go”. Within a minute they were back in the thick of the heavy traffic on the road. We just drove out here for nothing, he thought, disappointed. “They ran out,” he muttered. “Ran out of what?” came the sound of an ... [Read More]

  • 1984 (Signet Classics)

    • ASIN: 0451524934
    • ISBN: 9780451524935
    • Manufacturer: Signet Classic

    Written 70 years ago, 1984 was George Orwell’s chilling prophecy about the future. And while 1984 has come and gone, his dystopian vision of a government that will do anything to control the narrative is timelier than ever...• Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read •“The Party told you to reject... [Read More]

  • The Bell Jar (Modern Classics)

    • ASIN: 0060837020
    • ISBN: 0060837020
    • Brand: Harper Perennial
    • Manufacturer: Harper Perennial Modern Classics

    The Bell Jar chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under -- maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther's breakdown with such intensity that Esther's insanity becomes completely real and even rational, as probable and accessible an ... [Read More]

  • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

    • ASIN: 0061120073
    • ISBN: 0061120073
    • Brand: HarperCollins Publishers
    • Manufacturer: Harper Perennial Modern Classics

    A PBS Great American Read Top 100 PickThe beloved American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the century. From the moment she entered the world, Francie needed to be made of stern stuff, for the often harsh life of Williamsburg demanded fortitude, precocity, and strength of spirit. Often scorned by neighbors for her family�... [Read More]

  • Their Eyes Were Watching God

    • ASIN: 0061120065
    • ISBN: 0061120065
    • Brand: HarperCollins Publishers
    • Manufacturer: Harper Perennial Modern Classics

    A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick“A deeply soulful novel that comprehends love and cruelty, and separates the big people from the small of heart, without ever losing sympathy for those unfortunates who don’t know how to live properly.” —Zadie SmithOne of the most important and enduring books of the twentieth century, Their Eyes Were Wa... [Read More]

  • The Handmaid's Tale

    • ASIN: 038549081X
    • ISBN: 038549081X
    • Brand: AMERICAN WEST BOOKS
    • Manufacturer: Anchor

    #1 New York Times bestseller • Includes an introduction by Margaret Atwood.   An instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from “the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction” (New York Times). Now an award-winning Hulu series starring Elizabeth Moss.   Look for The Testaments, the sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, comi... [Read More]

  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

    • ASIN: 1400032717
    • ISBN: 9781400032716
    • Brand: Random House Inc
    • Manufacturer: Vintage Contemporaries

  • The Secret Life of Bees

    • ASIN: 0142001740
    • ISBN: 0142001740
    • Brand: Penguin Books
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Books

  • The Kite Runner

    • ASIN: 159463193X
    • ISBN: 9781594631931
    • Brand: Riverhead Books
    • Manufacturer: Riverhead Books

    The #1 New York Times bestselling debut novel that introduced Khaled Hosseini to millions of readers the world over.   The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father’s servant, caught in the tragic sweep of history, The Kite Runner transports readers to Afghanistan at a tense... [Read More]

  • Ordinary Grace

    • UPC: 884740901625
    • ASIN: 1451645856
    • ISBN: 1451645856
    • Brand: Atria Books
    • Manufacturer: Atria Books

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE 2014 EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL WINNER OF THE 2014 DILYS AWARD A SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF 2013 From New York Times bestselling author William Kent Krueger, a brilliant new novel about a young man, a small town, and murder in the summer of 1961.“That was it. That was all of it. A grace so ordinary... [Read More]

  • Between the World and Me

    • ASIN: 0812993543
    • ISBN: 0812993543
    • Brand: Spiegel Grau
    • Manufacturer: Spiegel & Grau

  • CIRCE

    • ASIN: 0316556343
    • ISBN: 0316556343
    • Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company

    "A bold and subversive retelling of the goddess's story," this #1 New York Times bestseller is "both epic and intimate in its scope, recasting the most infamous female figure from the Odyssey as a hero in her own right" (Alexandra Alter, The New York Times).In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But ... [Read More]

  • The Giving Tree

    • UPC: 038332606249
    • ASIN: 0060256656
    • ISBN: 0060256656
    • Brand: Harper Collins Publishers
    • Manufacturer: Harper & Row

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