Jenny's Staff Picks

The Round House (Hardcover)

By Louise Erdrich
$27.99
ISBN-13: 9780062065247
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Published: Harper, 10/2012
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A young Native American is wrapped up in his family's anguish about the crime committed against his mother. A great coming of age story set on a reservation

The Night Strangers (Paperback)

By Chris Bohjalian
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780307395009
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Published: Broadway, 4/2012
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Reminiscent of "Rosemary's Baby", this is a spine tingling ghost story sure to keep you up past bedtime (with the lights on!).

11/22/63 (Paperback)

By Stephen King
$19.99
ISBN-13: 9781451627299
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Published: Gallery Books, 10/2012
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King's newest is a fabulous time travel tale that poses the question, what if JFK's assassination could have been prevented? Fun and thought provoking, with very little gore!

Those Across the River (Paperback)

By Christopher Buehlman
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780425256510
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Published: Ace Trade, 9/2012
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Full Dark, No Stars (Paperback)

By Stephen King
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9781451650600
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Published: Gallery Books, 5/2011
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Four novellas by the master will keep you up all night checking under the bed. Vintage King!

The Keeper of Lost Causes: The First Department Q Novel (Paperback)

By Jussi Adler-Olsen
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9780452297906
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Published: Plume, 7/2012
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For Dragon Tattoo fans- another Scandanavian mystery with a flawed, unforgettable main character.

The Night Circus (Paperback)

By Erin Morgenstern
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780307744432
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Published: Anchor, 9/2012
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Reminiscent of Ray Bradbury's "Something Wicked This Way Comes". Two young magicians, pitted against each other by their mentors, fall in love.

Ten Thousand Saints (Paperback)

By Eleanor Henderson
$15.99
ISBN-13: 9780062021212
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Published: Ecco, 2/2012
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Disenfranchised teens of the 1980's struggle with boredom, drugs and the burgeoning AIDS epidemic. Really powerful, with many fully realized characters.

White Dog Fell from the Sky (Hardcover)

By Eleanor Morse
$27.95
ISBN-13: 9780670026401
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Published: Viking Adult, 1/2013
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A young man leaves South Africa and heads to Botswana. Even though he was a medical student in SA, he now has to work as a gardener. Wonderful story about friendship and apartheid.

Model Home (Paperback)

By Eric Puchner
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780743270496
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Published: Scribner, 9/2010
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Combine the housing bust, a desert subdivision, and a loving but flawed family, and you having the recipe for a funny and poignant novel for today.

Leaving Van Gogh (Hardcover)

By Carol Wallace
$25.00
ISBN-13: 9781400068791
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Published: Spiegel & Grau, 4/2011
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A very tender portrayal of the last months of Van Gogh's life and his friendship with his psychiatrist.

Benediction (Hardcover)

By Kent Haruf
$25.95
ISBN-13: 9780307959881
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Published: Knopf, 3/2013
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A family story who tells the simple tale of death and friendship like poetry. He is a master writer!

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie (Oprah's Book Club 2.0) (Hardcover)

By Ayana Mathis
$24.95
ISBN-13: 9780385350280
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Published: Knopf, 12/2012
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A wonderful portayal of an African American family as they head north during the great migration.

Swamplandia! (Paperback)

By Karen Russell
$14.95
ISBN-13: 9780307276681
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Published: Vintage, 7/2011
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The Invisible Ones (Paperback)

By Stef Penney
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9780425253212
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Published: Berkley Trade, 12/2012
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The Dovekeepers (Paperback)

By Alice Hoffman
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9781451617481
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Published: Scribner, 4/2012
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The Casual Vacancy (Hardcover)

By J. K. Rowling
$35.00
ISBN-13: 9780316228534
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Published: Little, Brown and Company, 9/2012
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What a powerful, dark story about a small town and the politics that govern the behavior of its citizens. This would make a great discussion.

We Live in Water: Stories (Paperback)

By Jess Walter
$14.99
ISBN-13: 9780061926624
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Published: Harper Perennial, 2/2013
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Short stories that could stand on their own- every one fabulous!

The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving (Paperback)

By Jonathan Evison
$14.95
ISBN-13: 9781616203153
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Published: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 5/2013
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The Uninvited Guests (Paperback)

By Sadie Jones
$14.99
ISBN-13: 9780062116512
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Published: Harper Perennial, 1/2013
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NOS4A2 (Hardcover)

By Joe Hill
$28.99
ISBN-13: 9780062200570
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Published: William Morrow, 4/2013
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Life After Life (Hardcover)

By Kate Atkinson
$27.99
ISBN-13: 9780316176484
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Published: Reagan Arthur Books, 4/2013
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