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All Grown Up (Hardcover)

By Jami Attenberg
$25.00
ISBN: 9780544824249
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Published: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - March 7th, 2017

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The Animators: A Novel (Paperback)

By Kayla Rae Whitaker
$17.00
ISBN: 9780812989304
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - September 5th, 2017

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Autumn: A Novel (Seasonal Quartet) (Paperback)

By Ali Smith
$15.95
ISBN: 9781101969946
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Published: Anchor - October 17th, 2017

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The Bear and the Nightingale: A Novel (Winternight Trilogy #1) (Paperback)

By Katherine Arden
$16.00
ISBN: 9781101885956
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Published: Del Rey - June 27th, 2017

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A Book of American Martyrs: A Novel Cover Image

A Book of American Martyrs: A Novel (Paperback)

By Joyce Carol Oates
$19.99
ISBN: 9780062643056
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Published: Ecco - October 10th, 2017

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Borne: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Jeff VanderMeer
$26.00
ISBN: 9780374115241
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Published: MCD - April 25th, 2017

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The Burning Girl (Hardcover)

By Claire Messud
$25.95
ISBN: 9780393635027
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - August 29th, 2017

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The Changeling: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Victor Lavalle
$28.00
ISBN: 9780812995947
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Published: Spiegel & Grau - June 13th, 2017

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Conversations with Friends: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Sally Rooney
$26.00
ISBN: 9780451499059
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Published: Hogarth - July 11th, 2017

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The Dark Dark: Stories (Paperback)

By Samantha Hunt
$15.00
ISBN: 9780374282134
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Published: FSG Originals - July 18th, 2017

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Days Without End: A Novel (Paperback)

By Sebastian Barry
$16.00
ISBN: 9780143111405
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Published: Penguin Books - September 12th, 2017

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Difficult Women (Paperback)

By Roxane Gay
$16.00
ISBN: 9780802127372
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Published: Grove Press - November 14th, 2017

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Dinner at the Center of the Earth: A novel (Hardcover)

By Nathan Englander
$26.95
ISBN: 9781524732738
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Published: Knopf - September 5th, 2017

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Electric Arches (Paperback)

By Eve L. Ewing
$16.00
ISBN: 9781608468560
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Published: Haymarket Books - September 12th, 2017

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Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows: A Novel Cover Image

Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Balli Kaur Jaswal
$26.99
ISBN: 9780062645128
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Published: William Morrow - June 13th, 2017

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Exit West: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Mohsin Hamid
$26.00
ISBN: 9780735212176
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Published: Riverhead Books - March 7th, 2017

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Five-Carat Soul (Hardcover)

By James Mcbride
$27.00
ISBN: 9780735216693
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Published: Riverhead Books - September 26th, 2017

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Future Home of the Living God: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Louise Erdrich
$28.99
ISBN: 9780062694058
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Published: Harper - November 14th, 2017

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The Girl in Green (Hardcover)

By Derek B. Miller
$26.00
ISBN: 9780544706255
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Published: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - January 3rd, 2017

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The Golden Legend: A novel (Hardcover)

By Nadeem Aslam
$27.95
ISBN: 9780451493781
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Published: Knopf - April 18th, 2017

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Goodbye, Vitamin: A Novel Cover Image

Goodbye, Vitamin: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Rachel Khong
$26.00
ISBN: 9781250109163
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Published: Henry Holt and Co. - July 11th, 2017

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Grief Cottage: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Gail Godwin
$27.00
ISBN: 9781632867049
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Published: Bloomsbury USA - June 6th, 2017

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Her Body and Other Parties: Stories Cover Image

Her Body and Other Parties: Stories (Paperback)

By Carmen Maria Machado
$16.00
ISBN: 9781555977887
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Published: Graywolf Press - October 3rd, 2017

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Here in Berlin (Hardcover)

By Cristina Garcia
$26.00
ISBN: 9781619029590
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Published: Counterpoint LLC - October 10th, 2017

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Home Fire: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Kamila Shamsie
$26.00
ISBN: 9780735217683
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Published: Riverhead Books - August 15th, 2017

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A Horse Walks into a Bar: A novel Cover Image

A Horse Walks into a Bar: A novel (Hardcover)

By David Grossman, Jessica Cohen (Translated by)
$25.95
ISBN: 9780451493972
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Published: Knopf - February 21st, 2017

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Idaho: A Novel (Paperback)

By Emily Ruskovich
$17.00
ISBN: 9780812984460
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - November 7th, 2017

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The Idiot (Hardcover)

By Elif Batuman
$27.00
ISBN: 9781594205613
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Published: Penguin Press - March 14th, 2017

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Ill Will: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Dan Chaon
$28.00
ISBN: 9780345476043
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Published: Ballantine Books - March 7th, 2017

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Improvement (Hardcover)

By Joan Silber
$26.00
ISBN: 9781619029606
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Published: Counterpoint LLC - November 14th, 2017

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In the Distance (Paperback)

By Hernan Diaz
$16.95
ISBN: 9781566894883
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Published: Coffee House Press - October 10th, 2017

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Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr (Hardcover)

By John Crowley, Melody Newcomb (Illustrator)
$28.99
ISBN: 9781481495592
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Published: Saga Press - October 24th, 2017

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A Kind of Freedom (Hardcover)

By Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
$26.00
ISBN: 9781619029224
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Published: Counterpoint LLC - August 15th, 2017

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Large Animals: Stories (Paperback)

By Jess Arndt
$15.95
ISBN: 9781936787487
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Published: Catapult - May 9th, 2017

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The Leavers (Hardcover)

By Lisa Ko
$25.95
ISBN: 9781616206888
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Published: Algonquin Books - May 2nd, 2017

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A Legacy of Spies: A Novel Cover Image

A Legacy of Spies: A Novel (Hardcover)

By John Le CarrÉ
$28.00
ISBN: 9780735225114
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Published: Viking - September 5th, 2017

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Less (Hardcover)

By Andrew Sean Greer
$26.00
ISBN: 9780316316125
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Published: Lee Boudreaux Books - July 18th, 2017

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Lincoln in the Bardo: A Novel Cover Image

Lincoln in the Bardo: A Novel (Hardcover)

By George Saunders
$28.00
ISBN: 9780812995343
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Published: Random House - February 14th, 2017

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Little Fires Everywhere (Large Print / Paperback)

By Celeste Ng
$29.00
ISBN: 9780525498773
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Published: Random House Large Print - September 12th, 2017

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Manhattan Beach: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Jennifer Egan
$28.00
ISBN: 9781476716732
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Published: Scribner - October 3rd, 2017

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Marlena: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Julie Buntin
$26.00
ISBN: 9781627797641
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Published: Henry Holt and Co. - April 4th, 2017

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The Marsh King's Daughter (Hardcover)

By Karen Dionne
$26.00
ISBN: 9780735213005
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - June 13th, 2017

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Mischling (Paperback)

By Affinity Konar
$16.99
ISBN: 9780316308090
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Published: Lee Boudreaux / Back Bay Books - May 30th, 2017

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Mrs. Fletcher (Hardcover)

By Tom Perrotta
$26.00
ISBN: 9781501144028
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Published: Scribner Book Company - August 1st, 2017

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My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Paperback)

By Emil Ferris, Emil Ferris (Artist)
$39.99
ISBN: 9781606999592
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Published: Fantagraphics Books - February 14th, 2017

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New People (Hardcover)

By Danzy Senna
$26.00
ISBN: 9781594487095
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Published: Riverhead Books - August 1st, 2017

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Nine Folds Make a Paper Swan (Paperback)

By Ruth Gilligan
$15.95
ISBN: 9781941040492
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Published: Tin House Books - January 24th, 2017

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The Ninth Hour: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Alice McDermott
$26.00
ISBN: 9780374280147
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - September 19th, 2017

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No One Is Coming to Save Us: A Novel Cover Image

No One Is Coming to Save Us: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Stephanie Powell Watts
$26.99
ISBN: 9780062472984
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Published: Ecco - April 4th, 2017

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Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist) (Paperback)

By Min Jin Lee
$15.99
ISBN: 9781455563920
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Published: Grand Central Publishing - November 14th, 2017

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The Power (Hardcover)

By Naomi Alderman
$26.00
ISBN: 9780316547611
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Published: Little Brown and Company - October 10th, 2017

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The Refugees (Hardcover)

By Viet Thanh Nguyen
$25.00
ISBN: 9780802126399
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Published: Grove Press - February 7th, 2017

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Reservoir 13 (Paperback)

By Jon McGregor
$16.95
ISBN: 9781936787708
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Published: Catapult - October 3rd, 2017

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Saints for All Occasions: A novel (Hardcover)

By J. Courtney Sullivan
$26.95
ISBN: 9780307959577
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Published: Knopf - May 9th, 2017

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Salt Houses (Hardcover)

By Hala Alyan
$26.00
ISBN: 9780544912588
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Published: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - May 2nd, 2017

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Shadowbahn (Hardcover)

By Steve Erickson
$27.00
ISBN: 9780735212015
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Published: Blue Rider Press - February 14th, 2017

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Since I Laid My Burden Down (Paperback)

By Brontez Purnell
$17.95
ISBN: 9781558614314
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Published: Amethyst Editions - June 13th, 2017

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Since We Fell: A Novel Cover Image

Since We Fell: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Dennis Lehane
$27.99
ISBN: 9780062129383
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Published: Ecco - May 9th, 2017

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Sing, Unburied, Sing: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Jesmyn Ward
$26.00
ISBN: 9781501126062
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Published: Scribner - September 5th, 2017

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So Much Blue: A Novel Cover Image

So Much Blue: A Novel (Paperback)

By Percival Everett
$16.00
ISBN: 9781555977825
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Published: Graywolf Press - June 13th, 2017

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Songy of Paradise (Hardcover)

By Gary Panter, Gary Panter (Artist)
$34.99
ISBN: 9781683960287
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Published: Fantagraphics Books - July 18th, 2017

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Sorry to Disrupt the Peace (Hardcover)

By Patty Yumi Cottrell
$24.00
ISBN: 9781944211301
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Published: McSweeney's - March 14th, 2017

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Sour Heart: Stories (Hardcover)

By Jenny Zhang
$26.00
ISBN: 9780399589386
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Published: Lenny - August 1st, 2017

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South Pole Station: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Ashley Shelby
$26.00
ISBN: 9781250112828
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Published: Picador - July 3rd, 2017

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The Sparsholt Affair (Hardcover)

By Alan Hollinghurst
$28.95
ISBN: 9781101874561
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Published: Knopf - March 13th, 2018

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Stay with Me: A novel (Hardcover)

By Ayobami Adebayo
$25.95
ISBN: 9780451494603
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Published: Knopf - August 22nd, 2017

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The Teeth of the Comb & Other Stories (Paperback)

By Osama Alomar, C. J. Collins (Translator)
$13.95
ISBN: 9780811226073
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Published: New Directions Publishing Corporation - April 25th, 2017

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They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us (Paperback)

By Hanif Abdurraqib
$16.99
ISBN: 9781937512651
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Published: Two Dollar Radio - November 7th, 2017

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Transit: A Novel (Outline Trilogy #2) (Paperback)

By Rachel Cusk
$17.00
ISBN: 9781250151797
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Published: Picador - December 19th, 2017

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What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky: Stories Cover Image

What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky: Stories (Hardcover)

By Lesley Nneka Arimah
$26.00
ISBN: 9780735211025
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Published: Riverhead Books - April 4th, 2017

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White Tears: A novel (Hardcover)

By Hari Kunzru
$26.95
ISBN: 9780451493699
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Published: Knopf - March 14th, 2017

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Winter: A Novel (Seasonal Quartet) (Hardcover)

By Ali Smith
$25.95
ISBN: 9781101870754
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Published: Pantheon - January 9th, 2018

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Wonder Valley: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Ivy Pochoda
$26.99
ISBN: 9780062656353
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Published: Ecco - November 7th, 2017

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The Year of the Comet (Paperback)

By Sergei Lebedev, Antonina W. Bouis (Translator)
$17.95
ISBN: 9781939931412
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Published: New Vessel Press - February 14th, 2017

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