Alphabetically arranged by author. A star indicates the book received
at least one starred review (indicating that review source felt the title
was exceptional) from the following sources: Booklist, Publisher's
Weekly, Kirkus,
and Library Journal.
Notable listings include selected award nominees and
winners, New York Times Book Review Notable books, Washington Post
Book World Raves, PW Notable books, Library Journal Best books, Booklist
Best Books and ALA Notable books.
First novel information is derived from a variety of sources. A * notes
a large print run (35,000 or more). This information may not be comprehensive.
The date in the updated column indicates the last update for that entry.
Genre, print run and debut/first novel information is noted when possible
- this data is derived from a variety of sources and may not be comprehensive.
The genre listing information is apt to be rather subjective. Books can
often be categorized in several genres. Overbooked encourages omnivorous
reading across all genres. A * indicates a large print run (+ 35,000)
- this information may not be comprehensive.
Genre codes: A = African American, F = Fiction, GL = Gay or Lesbian,
H = Historical, I=Inspirational/Christian, L = Literary, M = Multicultural,
R = Romance or Romantic Suspense, SP = Speculative Fiction (Science Fiction,
Fantasy, Horror), SS = Short Stories, W = Western.
| AUTHOR |
TITLE |
Stars ~ Notes |
Genre
* |
Debut |
| Abrams, Nita |
The Spy's Bride (paper) |

Booklist Top 10 Romance |
R |
|
| Abu-Jaber, Diana |
Crescent |
 |
L |
|
| Adam, Christina |
Love and Country |
 |
F |
|
| Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi |
Purple Hibiscus |
BBYA
Orange Prize Shortlist
LJ Best First Novels |
L |
1st |
| Aitken, Rosemary |
The Granite Cliffs |
Booklist Top 10 Romance |
R |
|
| Albom, Mitch |
The Five People You Meet in Heaven |

PW Best Books |
F* |
1st |
| Alers, Rochelle/Donna Hill/Brenda Jackson/Francis Ray |
Living Large (paper) |
Booklist Top 10 Romance |
A/R |
|
| Alexander, Robert |
The Kitchen Boy |
|
H |
|
| Alexie, Sherman |
Ten Little Indians: Stories |
 
PW Best Books
SLJ Best Books
LA Times Book Prize Finalist |
L/SS
|
|
| Ali, Monica |
Brick Lane |
  
Booker Long List
Guardian First Book Award Nominee - Shortlist
PW Best Books
NYT Editors' Choice
Washington Post Rave
ALA/RUSA Notable
B&N Winner Discover Great New Writers
LA Times Book Prize Finalist First Fiction
Orange Prize Longlist
LJ Best First Novels
Village Voice VLS Favorites
Salon Best Fiction |
F/L |
1st |
| Alison, Jane |
The Marriage of the Sea |

NYT Notable Books |
F |
|
| Allen, Charlotte Vale |
Fresh Air |
|
F/R |
|
| Amis, Martin |
Yellow Dog |

Booker Long List
NYT Notable Books |
L* |
|
| Amsden, David |
Important Things Don't Matter |
|
F/L |
|
| Anderson, Douglas A. |
Tales Before Tolkien |
|
SP |
|
| Anderson, Kevin J. |
A Forest of Stars |
 |
SP |
|
| Antunes, Antonio Lobo |
The Inquisitor's Manual |
ALA/RUSA Notable |
L |
|
| Appel, Allen |
In Time of War: Alex Balfour |
|
SP/H |
|
| Asaro, Catherine |
Skyfall |
|
SP |
|
| Asaro, Catherine |
The Moon's Shadow |
Saga of the Skolian Empire |
SP |
|
| Ash, Sarah |
Lord of Snow and Shadows: Tears of the Amazon, Book 1 |
 |
SP |
1st |
| Ashley, Jennifer |
The Pirate Next Door (paper) |
 |
R |
|
| Ashley, Trisha |
Every Woman For Herself |
 |
F/R |
|
| Atunes, Antonio Lobo |
The Inquisitors' Manual |
 
NYT Notable Books |
L |
|
| Atwood, Margaret |
Oryx and Crake |
   
Booker Long List
PW Best Books
NYT Notable Books
Booklist Editors' Choice
Orange Prize Shortlist |
L/SP* |
|
| Auchincloss, Louis |
The Scarlet Letters |
  |
F/L |
|
| Auster, Paul |
Oracle Night |

NYT Notable |
L |
|
| Avrich, Jane |
The Winter Without Milk: Stories (paper) |
 |
F/SS |
|
| Baker, Kage |
The Anvil of the World |
SF Chronicle Best Books |
SP |
|
| Baker, Nicholson |
A Box of Matches |
NYT Notable Books
Time Best Books |
L |
|
| Balogh, Mary |
Slightly Scandalous (paper) |
 |
R |
|
| Bandele, Asha |
Daughter |
 |
A |
1st |
| Banville,
John |
Shroud |
 
Booker Prize 2002 Long List
NYT Notable Books |
F/L |
|
| Baratz-Logsted, Lauren |
The Thin Pink Line |
 |
R* |
|
| Barger, Ralph "Sonny" |
Dead in 5 Heartbeats |
|
F |
1st |
| Barker, Pat |
Double Vision |
 |
L |
|
| Barkley, Brad |
Alison's Automotive Repair Manuel |
 |
F |
|
| Barnes, Kim |
Finding Caruso |
 |
L/H |
1st |
| Barry, Max |
Jennifer Government |
NYT Notable Books
SLJ Best Books
Booklist Editors' Choice - Adult Books for YAs |
F* |
|
| Barthelme, Frederick |
Elroy Nights |
NYT Notable
PEN/Faulkner Shortlist |
L |
|
| Baruth, Philipe E. |
The X-President: A Novel of the Cigarette Wars (paper) |

NYT Notable Books |
SP |
|
| Basch, Rachel |
The Passion of Reverend Nash |
  |
F/L |
|
| Bathurst, Bella |
Special (paper) |
 |
F |
|
| Bauman, Beth Ann |
Beautiful Girls: Stories |
|
F/SS |
|
| Bausch, Richard |
The Stories of Richard Bausch: New and Selected Stories |
 |
L/SS |
|
| Baxter, Charles |
Saul and Patsy |
 
NYT Notable Books
Washington Post Rave |
L |
|
| Baxter,
Stephen |
Coalescent |
NYT Notable Books |
SP |
|
| Bear, Greg |
Darwin's Children |
  |
SP* |
|
| Beauseigneur, James |
In His Image |
 |
I |
|
| Beauseigneur, James |
Birth of an Age |
 |
I |
|
| Bechdel, Alison |
Dykes and Sundry Other Carbon-Based Life-Forms to Watch Out for |

Booklist Top 10 Graphic Novels |
graphic novel |
|
| Begley, Louis |
Shipwreck |

PW Best Books
NYT Notable Books
Washington Post Rave |
L |
|
| Beller, Anne Scott |
Calpurnia |
 |
H |
|
| Benbow, Dave |
Daytime Drama (paper) |
Lambda Finalist Romance |
GL/R |
|
| Berger, Thomas |
Best Friends |
 
NYT Notable Books
Washington Post Rave |
F |
|
| Berlinski, Claire |
Loose Lips |
|
F* |
1st |
| Bilal, Enki |
The Dormant Beast (paper) |
 |
|
|
| Bing, Stanley |
You Look Nice Today |
  |
F |
|
| Blake, James C. |
Under the Skin |
 |
F |
|
| Bledsoe, Lucy Jane |
This Wild Silence (paper) |
Lambda Finalist Lesbian Fiction |
GL |
|
| Bolano, Roberto |
By Night in Chile (paper) |
 |
L |
|
| Bond, Stephanie |
Kill the Competition (paper) |
 |
R |
|
| Booth, Martin |
Islands of Silence |
 |
H/L |
|
| Bosworth, Beth |
Tunneling |
|
F |
1st |
| Bova, Ben |
Saturn |
|
SP |
|
| Boyd, William |
Any Human Heart: The Intimate Journals of Logan Mountstuart |
 
Booker Prize 2002 Long List
PW Best Books
NYT Notable Books
Washington Post Rave
ALA/RUSA Notable
Village Voice VLS Favorites
Salon Best Fiction
Time Best Books |
F/L |
|
| Boyle, Elizabeth |
Stealing the Bride (paper) |

Booklist Top 10 Romance |
R |
|
| Boyle, T. C. |
Drop City |
  
National Book Award Finalist
PW Best Books
NYT Editors' Choice
Booklist Editors' Choice Salon Best Fiction |
F/L |
|
| Bradbury, Ray |
Fahrenheit 451 - Anniv |
 |
SP/L |
|
| Bradley, Celeste |
The Pretender (paper) |
 |
R |
|
| Bragg, Melvyn |
A Son of War |
   |
F/H |
|
| Bram, Christopher |
Lives of the Circus Animals |
 
NYT Notable Books
Stonewall Book Award Honor Book
Lambda Finalist Gay Men's Fiction |
F |
|
| Brasfield, Lynette |
Nature Lessons |
|
F/L |
1st |
| Braver, Adam |
Mr. Lincoln's Wars |
B&N Discover New Writers |
H |
1st |
| Brennert, Alan |
Moloka'i |
 |
H |
|
| Brian, Bex |
Promiscuous Unbound |
 |
F |
|
| Brink, Andre |
The Other Side of Silence |
 |
L |
|
| Britton, Pamela |
Seduced (paper) |
 |
R |
|
| Brkic, Courtney Angela |
Stillness: And Other Stories |
NYT Notable |
L/SS |
|
| Brockmann, Suzanne |
Gone Too Far |
Starett & Locke |
R |
|
| Brockmeier, Kevin |
The Truth About Celia |
 |
F |
|
| Brookner, Anita |
Making Things Better |

NYT Notable Books |
F/L* |
|
| Brooks, Bill |
Pretty Boy |
 |
H |
|
| Brooks, Terry |
High Druid of Shannara |
|
SP |
|
| Brotherton, Mike |
Star Dragon |

Booklist Top 10 SF/Fantasy |
SP |
|
| Broughton, T. Alan |
Suicidal Tendencies: Stories |
 |
L/SS |
|
| Brown, Angela (ed) |
Best Lesbian Love Stories 2003 (paper) |
Lambda Finalist Romance |
GL/SS |
|
| Brown, Sandra |
Hello, Darkness |
|
R* |
|
| Brust, Steven |
The Lord of Castle Black |
|
SP |
|
| Buchan, Elizabeth |
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman |
 |
F |
|
| Buckman, Daniel |
Morning Dark |
 |
L |
|
| Bujold, Lois McMaster |
The Paladin of Souls |
Nebula Award Finalist |
SP |
|
| Bukoski, Anthony |
Time Between Trains |

Booklist Editors' Choice |
F |
|
| Burnett, Allison |
Christopher (paper) |
 |
F |
|
| Busch, Frederick |
A Memory of War |
  
NYT Notable Books |
L* |
|
| Byatt, A.S. |
A Whistling Woman |
  
NYT Notable Books |
L* |
|
| Byers, Michael |
Long for This World |
  
NYT Notable Books |
F/L |
1st |
| Caldwell, Laura |
A Clean Slate (paper) |
 |
R |
|
| Camp, Candace |
Mesmerized (paper) |
 |
R |
|
| Campbell, Ramsey |
The Darkest Part of the Woods |
|
SP |
|
| Campbell, Ramsey |
Told by the Dead |
 |
SP |
|
| Campbell,
Eddie |
After the Snooter |
 |
graphic novel |
|
| Canham, Marsha |
The Iron Rose (paper) |
 |
R |
|
| Cantor, Jay |
Great Neck |

NYT Notable Books
Booklist Editors' Choice |
F/L |
|
| Carey, Edward |
Alva and Irva |

ALA/RUSA Notable
Booklist Editors' Choice |
L |
|
| Carey, Jacqueline |
Kushiel's Avatar (Terre d'Ange) |
  |
SP |
|
| Carey, Jacqueline |
The Crossley Baby |
NYT Notable Books |
F |
|
| Carey, Peter |
My Life As a Fake |
  
PW Best Books
NYT Notable Books
LJ Best Books |
L |
|
| Carlson, Ron |
A Kind of Flying: Selected Stories |
 |
F/SS |
|
| Carlyle, Liz |
The Devil You Know (paper) |
 |
R |
|
| Carroll, James |
Secret Father |
 
NYT Notable Books |
F* |
|
| Carson, Tom |
Gilligan's Wake |
 
NYT Notable Books |
F/L |
|
| Carter, Steven |
I Was Howard Hughes (paper) |
 |
F |
|
| Carter, Vincent O. |
Such Sweet Thunder |
  |
A |
|
| Casares, Oscar |
Brownsville (paper) |

Book Magazine Writer to Watch
ALA/RUSA Notable |
F/L |
|
| Castellani, Christopher |
A Kiss From Maddalena |
|
L/H |
1st |
| Cavell, Benjamin |
Rumble, Young Man, Rumble |
  |
L/SS |
1st |
| De Cervantes, Miguel |
Don Quixote |
 
PW Best Books
LJ Best Books |
L |
|
| Chamberlain, Diane |
Kiss River |
|
R |
|
| Chan, David Marshall |
Goblin Fruit: Stories |
LA Times Book Prize Finalist First Fiction |
L/SS |
|
| Chandraratna, Bandula |
Mirage |
 |
L |
|
| Chang, Hsi-kuo |
The City Trilogy |
  |
L |
|
| Chase-Riboud, Barbara |
Hottentot Venus |
BCALA Literary Award Winner |
A/H* |
|
| Chevalier, Tracy |
The Virgin Blue (trade paper) |

Originally published in the UK in 1997 - her first novel |
H |
1st |
| Choi, Susan |
American Woman |

PW Best Books
NYT Notable Books
NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award nominee
Village Voice VLS Favorites
Salon Best Fiction |
F |
|
| Chorao, Ian |
Bruiser |

Booklist Top 10 First Novels |
F/L |
|
| Christopher, John |
Bad Dream |
 |
SP |
|
| Clark, Nancy |
The Hills at Home |
 
NYT Notable Books |
F |
1st |
| Clarke, Austin |
The Polished Hoe |
Washington Post Rave |
A/L |
|
| Clarke, John |
The Tournament |
 |
L/SP |
|
| Coetzee,
J.M. |
Elizabeth Costello |
 
Booker Long List
Nobel Prize
NYT Notable Books
Village Voice VLS Favorites |
F/L |
|
| Cofer, Judith Ortiz |
The Meaning of Consuelo |

BBYA |
L |
|
| Collins, Paul |
The Earthborn |
|
SP |
|
| Collishaw, Stephan |
The Last Girl |
|
F |
1st |
| Conn, Andrew Lewis |
P (paper) |

Village Voice VLS Favorites |
F |
|
| Connelly, Joe |
Crumbtown |
 |
F |
|
| Cooke, Darwyn |
Catwoman: Selena's Big Score |
 |
graphic novel |
|
| Corey, Deborah Joy |
The Skating Pond |
 |
F |
|
| Cornelius, Patricia |
My Sister Jill |
|
H |
1st |
| Cornwell, Bernard |
Heretic |
 |
H |
|
| Corrick, Martin |
The Navigation Log |
|
H |
1st |
| Cort, Robert W. |
Action |
|
H |
1st |
| Courtemanche, Gil |
A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali |
 
NYT Notable Books |
F |
|
| Cowell, Alan S. |
A Walking Guide |
NYT Notable |
F |
1st |
| Crace, Jim |
Genesis |

NYT Notable Books |
L |
|
| Craig, Amanda |
Love in Idleness |
 |
F/L |
|
| Croft, Barbara |
Moon's Crossing (paper) |
 |
F |
|
| Cutter, Leah R. |
Paper Mage (paper) |

Booklist Top 10 SF/Fantasy |
SP |
|
| Dailey, Janet |
Shifting Calder Wind |
|
R |
|
| Dalton, Quinn |
High Strung |
|
F |
1st |
| Dann, Jack, Ramsey Cambell, etc. |
Gathering the Bones |
 |
SP |
|
| Darbyshire, Peter |
Please (paperback) |
 |
|
|
| Dart-Thornton, Cecilia |
The Battle of Evernight |
|
SP |
|
| Daswani, Kavita |
For Matrimonial Purposes |
|
F |
1st |
| Datlow, Ellen (ed) |
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror |
|
SP/SS |
|
| Datlow, Ellen (ed) |
The Dark: Very Scary New Ghost Stories |
 |
SP/SS |
|
| Daum, Megan |
The Quality of Life Report |

NYT Notable Books |
F |
|
| David, Peter |
One Knight Only |
|
SP |
|
| Davis, Amanda |
Wonder When You'll Miss Me |
BBYA
Booklist Editors' Choice - Adult Books for YAs
Alex Award |
F |
1st |
| Davis-Goff, Annabel |
Fox's Walk |

NYT Notable Books |
F/H |
|
| De Lint, Charles |
Spirits in the Wires |
 |
SP |
|
| Deb, Siddhartha |
The Point of Return |

NYT Notable Books |
F |
|
| Delaney, Mathew |
Jinn |
 |
SP |
|
| Delillo, Don |
Cosmopolis |

NYT Notable Books |
L |
|
| DeMatteis, J.M & Glenn Barr |
Brooklyn Dreams |
Booklist Top 10 Graphic Novels |
graphic novel |
|
| Deveraux, Jude |
Wild Orchids |
|
R* |
|
| Dexter, Pete |
Train |

Booklist Top Sports Books
NYT Notable Books
LA Times Fiction Book Prize Winner |
L |
|
| Dickinson, Charles |
A Shortcut in Time |
 |
SP |
|
| Dierbeck, Lisa |
One Pill Makes You Smaller |

NYT Notable Books |
L |
|
| Diliberto, Gioia |
I Am Madame X |

Booklist Top 10 Historical Novel |
L/H |
|
| Doctorow, Cory |
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom |
Nebula Award Finalist |
SP |
1st |
| Docx, Edward |
The Calligrapher |
 
LJ Best First Novels |
L |
1st |
| Donovan, Gerard |
Schopenhauer's Telescope |
Booker Long List |
L |
|
| Douglass, Sara |
Beyond the Hanging Wall |
Booklist Editors' Choice - Adult Books for YAs |
|
|
| Douglass, Sara |
Hades' Daughter: Troy Game, bk 1 |
 |
SP |
|
| Douglass, Sara |
Threshold |
|
SP |
|
| Dozois, Gardner |
Year's Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual |
 |
SP |
|
| Drake, David |
Goddess of the Ice Realm |
|
SP |
|
| Drake, David |
The Far Side of the Stars |
|
SP |
|
| Drooker, Eric |
Blood Song: A Silent Ballad (paper) |
SLJ Best Books |
graphic novel |
|
| Drushinokov, Yuri |
Angels on the Head of a Pin |
 |
L |
|
| Duchamp, L. Timmel |
Love's Body, Dancing in Time (paper) |
Booklist Top 10 SF/Fantasy |
SP/SS |
|
| Ducornet, Rikki |
Gazelle |
|
L |
|
| Due, Tananarive |
The Good House |
  |
A/SP |
|
| Duisberg, Kristin Waterfield |
The Good Patient |
  |
F |
|
| Dumas, Henry |
Echo Tree: The Collected Short Fiction of Henry Dumas |
 |
A/SS |
|
| Duncan, Dave |
Impossible Odds |
|
SP |
|
| Dunmore, Helen |
Ice Cream |
 |
L/SS |
|
| Dybek, Stuart |
I Sailed With Magellan |
 
NYT Notable Books
Booklist Editors' Choice
ALA Notable Books |
F/SS |
|
| Dyer, Chris |
Wanderlust (paper) |
 |
F |
|
| Eberstadt, Fernanda |
The Furies |
  
NYT Notable Books |
F |
|
| Eddings, David & Leigh |
The Elder Gods |
|
SP |
|
| Edwards, Louis |
Oscar Wilde Discovers America |
  |
H |
|
| Effinger, George Alec |
Budayeen Nights |

PW Best Books |
SP |
|
| Eisenberg, Nora |
Just the Way You Want Me (paper) |
 |
F |
|
| Elderkin, Susan |
The Voices |
|
F/L |
|
| Ellengerg, Jordan |
The Grasshopper King |
NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award nominee |
L |
|
| Elliott, Kate |
The Gathering Storm |
|
SP |
|
| Elliott, Stephen (ed) |
Politically Inspired |
 |
F/SS |
|
| Ellis, Virginia |
The Photograph |
|
R/H |
|
| Emmons, Cai |
His Mother's Son |
 |
F* |
|
| Engelhardt, Tom |
The Last Days of Publishing |
 |
L |
|
| Epstein, Joseph |
Fabulous Small Jews |
 |
L/SS |
|
| Epstein, Leslie |
San Remo Drive: A Novel from Memory |

NYT Notable Books
Booklist Editors' Choice |
F |
|
| Erdrich, Louise |
The Master Butcher's Singing Club |
  
Booklist Top 10 Historical Novel
PW Best Books
NYT Notable Books
Booklist Editors' Choice
Booksense Book of the Year Finalist |
H/L |
|
| Eubanks, Nelson |
The First Thing Smoking |
 |
A/SS |
1st |
| Farland, David |
The Lair of Bones |
|
SP |
|
| Farrington, Geoffrey |
The Revenants (paper) |
 |
SP |
|
| Faunce, John |
Lucrezia Borgia |
|
H |
1st |
| Feist, Raymond |
Talon of the Silver Hawk |
 |
SP |
|
| Ferrell, David |
Screwball |
Booklist Top Sports Books |
F |
|
| Fforde, Jasper |
Lost in a Good Book:Thursday Next |

NYT Notable Books |
SP/F |
|
| Fingerman, Bob |
Beg the Question |
 |
graphic novel |
|
| Finney, Patricia |
Gloriana's Torch: A Novel of Queen Elizabeth and the Spanish Armada |
  |
H |
|
| Fisher, Jude |
Wild Magic |
|
SP |
|
| Fitzpatrick, Nina |
Daimons |
 |
F/SP |
|
| Fleming, Anne Taylor |
Marriage: A Duet |
 |
F* |
|
| Flynn, Michael |
The Wreck of the River of Stars |
 |
SP |
|
| Foley, Mick |
Tietam Brown |
|
F |
1st |
| Ford, Robert |
The Student Conductor |
 
B&N Discover Great New Writers
Booklist Top 10 First Novels
LJ Best First Novels |
F/L |
1st |
| Ford, Michael Thomas |
Last Summer |
Lambda Finalist Romance |
GL |
|
| Foster, Lori |
Unexpected |
 |
R |
|
| Fox, Andrew |
Fat White Vampire Blues (paper) |

Booklist Top 10 SF/Fantasy |
SP |
|
| Frank, Dorothea Benton |
Isle of Palms |

PW Best Books |
F/R* |
|
| Franklin, Tom |
Hell at the Breech |
 
PW Best Books |
H/L |
|
| Freedman, Mitchell J. |
A Distubance of Fate |
 |
F |
|
| Freethy, Barbara |
Summer Secrets (paper) |
 |
R |
|
| French, Wendy |
Smothering |
|
SP |
1st |
| Freudenberger, Nell |
Lucky Girls: Stories |
NYT Notable Books |
F/SS |
1st |
| Friedman, Kinky |
Kill Two Birds & Get Stoned |
NYT Notable Books |
F |
|
| Fromm, Pete |
As Cool As I Am |
|
F/L |
|
| Fuguet, Alberto |
The Movies of My Life |
 |
L |
|
| Furst, Joshua |
Short People |
   |
SS |
1st |
| Gaiman, Neil |
The Sandman: Endless Nights |

PW Best Books
SF Chronicle Best Books |
graphic novel |
|
| Gallagher, Fred |
Megatokyo: Volume 1 |
 |
graphic novel |
|
| Galloway, Janice |
Clara |
NYT Notable |
H |
|
| Galloway, Steven |
Ascension |
 |
F/L |
|
| Gamble, Terry |
The Water Dancers |

Booklist Top 10 First Novels
Booklist Editors' Choice - Adult Books for YAs
|
F |
1st |
| Gambone, Philip |
Beijing |
Lambda Finalist Gay Men's Fiction |
F/GL |
|
| Garcia, Cristina |
Monkey Hunting |
 
NYT Notable Books |
H/L |
|
| Garcia-Aguilera, Carolina |
Luck of the Draw |
Booklist Top Sports Books |
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| Gardam, Jane |
Faith Fox |
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L |
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| Gaslin, Glenn |
Beemer |
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F |
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| Gautreaux, Tim |
The Clearing |
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| Geary, Rick |
The Beast of Chicago |
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graphic novel |
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| Gemmell, David |
White Wolf: Druss the Legend |
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SP |
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| Gentry, Georgina |
To Tame a Texan (paper) |
Booklist Top 10 Romance |
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| Gibson, William |
Pattern Recognition |
 
NYT Notable Books
Washington Post Rave
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| Gingrich, Newt & William Forstchen |
Gettysburg |
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H* |
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| Glancy, Diane |
Stone Heart: A Novel of Sacajawea |
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H |
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| Glover, Douglas H. |
Bad News of the Heart (paper) |
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L |
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| Golding, William F. |
Lord of the Flies -50th Anniv |
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L |
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| Goodman, Carol |
The Seduction of Water |
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F* |
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| Goodwin, Stephen |
Breaking Her Fall |

Booklist Editors' Choice |
F |
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| Gordimer,
Nadine |
Loot: And Other Stories |

NYT Notable |
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| Govier, Katherine |
Creation |

NYT Notable Books |
F |
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| Gowdy, Barbara |
The Romantic |
Booker Long List
NYT Notable Books |
F |
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| Gralla, Cynthia |
The Floating World |
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L |
1st |
| Grass, Gunter |
Crabwalk |
 
NYT Notable Books |
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| Gregson, Rebecca |
Eggshell Days |
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| Griesemer, John |
Signal & Noise |
 
Booklist Editors' Choice |
H |
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| Griffith, Michael |
Bibliophilia: A Novella and Stories |
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F/SS |
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| Grimes, Tom |
Will@Epicwest.com: A Medicated Memoir (paper) |
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F |
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| Grisham, John |
Bleachers |
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F* |
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| Grondahl, Jens |
Lucca |
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F/L |
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| Groot, Tracy |
The Brother's Keeper (paper) |
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I |
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| Gunesekera, Romesh |
Heaven's Edge |
NYT Notable Books |
F/L |
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| Gunn, Kirsty |
Featherstone |
NYT Notable |
F |
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| Guterson, David |
Our Lady of the Forest |
  
NYT Notable Books |
F/L* |
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| Gutteridge, Rene |
Boo (paper) |
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I |
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| Haddon, Mark |
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time |
 
Book Magazine Writer to Watch
Booker Long List
Whitbread Fiction Award Winner
PW Best Books
NYT Notable Books
Washington Post Rave
SLJ Best Books
ALA/RUSA Notable
BBYA
LJ Best Books
Booklist Editors' Choice - Adult Books for YAs
Whitbread Book of the Year
LA Times Book Prize Winner Art Seidenbaum First Fiction
Village Voice VLS Favorites
Salon Best Fiction
Booksense Book of the Year Finalist
Alex Award |
F/L |
1st |
| Hadley, Tessa |
Everything Will Be All Right |
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F |
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| Hagedorn, Jessica |
Dream Jungle |

NYT Notable Books |
F/L |
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| Haigh, Jennifer |
Mrs. Kimble |

Booklist Top 10 First Novels
Booksense Book of the Year Finalist |
F |
1st |
| Hall, Brian |
I Should Be Extremely Happy in Your Company: A Novel of Lewis and Clark |
 
Salon Best Fiction |
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| Halpern, Sue |
The Book of Hard Things |

Booklist Top 10 First Novels |
F |
1st |
| Hamill, Pete |
Forever |
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F* |
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| Hamilton, Laurell K. |
Cerulean Sins: Anita Blake |
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SP |
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| Hamman, H.T. |
Anthropology of an
American Girl |
LJ Best First Novels |
F |
1st |
| Hancock, Karen |
The Light of Eidon (paper) |
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I |
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| Hannah, Kristin |
Between Sisters |
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F/R |
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| Hariharan, Githa |
In Times of Siege |
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L |
1st |
| Harlan, Thomas |
Wastland of Flint |
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SP |
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| Harrar, George |
The Spinning Man |
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F |
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| Harris, Robert |
Pompeii |
 
Booklist Top 10 Historical Fiction Books |
H* |
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| Harrison, M. John |
Things That Never Happen |

PW Best Books |
SP |
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| Haskell, John |
I Am Not Jackson Pollack |
 
PW Best Books |
L |
1st |
| Hay, Elizabeth |
Garbo Laughs |
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F |
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| Hayden, Paul |
Last Wave (paper) |
Booklist Top Sports Books |
F |
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| Hays, Mary |
Learning to Drive |
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F |
1st |
| Hazzard, Shirley |
The Great Fire |
   
National Book Award Winner
PW Best Books
NYT Notable Books
Washington Post Rave
LJ Best Books
Booklist Editors' Choice
Orange Prize Shortlist |
H* |
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| Hearn, Lian |
Grass for His Pillow: Tales of the Otari, Book 2 |
NYT Notable Books
BBYA |
H/SP |
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| Heath, Lorraine |
Love with a Scandalous Lord (paper) |
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R |
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| Hecht, Julie |
The Unprofessionals |
 
PW Best Books
NYT Notable Books |
F |
1st |
| Heinrich, Will |
The King's Evil |
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F |
1st |
| Heller, Zoe |
What Was She Thinking: Notes on a Scandal |

Booker Long List
NYT Notable Books
Washington Post Rave
B&N Finalist Discover Great New Writers
Orange Prize Longlist |
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| Hendricks, Judith Ryan |
Isabel's Daughter |
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F |
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| Henley, Virginia |
Undone (paper) |
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R |
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| Henry, Maren |
Anise: A Tale of True Love in a World Gone Mad |
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SP |
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| Hernandez, Gilbert |
Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories |

PW Best Books
Booklist Top 10 Graphic Novels |
graphic novel |
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| Herrick, Amy |
The Happiness Code |
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F |
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| Herriman, George |
Krazy & Ignatz: 1929-1930 |
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graphic novel |
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| Hickman, Patricia |
Fallen Angels |
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I |
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| Highland, Frederick |
Ghost Eater |
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H |
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| Hill, Sandra |
The Very Virile Viking (paper) |
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R |
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| Hingston, Sandy |
The Affair (paper) |
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R |
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| Hinty, Ryan |
Bring Me Your Saddest Arizona |
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L/SS |
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| Hirshberg, Glen |
The Two Sams |

PW Best Books |
SP |
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| Hoffman, Alice |
The Probable Future |

SLJ Best Books |
L |
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| Holdstock, Robert |
Celtika: Book One of the Merlin Codex |

SF Chronicle Best Books |
SP |
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| Holman, Sheri |
The Mammoth Cheese |
  
PW Best Books |
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| Hopkinson, Nalo |
The Salt Roads |
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| Hospital, Janette Turner |
Due Preparations for the Plague |
  
Booklist Editors' Choice |
L |
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| Hosseini, Khaled |
The Kite Runner |
  
SLJ Best Books
ALA/RUSA Notable
Borders Original Voices Award
Alex Award |
L* |
1st |
| Houellebecq, Michel |
Platform |
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L |
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| Hough, Robert |
The Final Confession of Mabel Stark |
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L/H |
1st |
| Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki |
The Legend of the Fire Horse Woman |
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H |
1st |
| Hoyt, Sarah A. |
Any Man So Daring |

Booklist Top 10 Historical Fiction Books |
SP |
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| Huebner, Andrew |
We Pierce |
NYT Notable |
F |
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| Huneven, Michelle |
Jamesland |

NYT Notable Books
LA Times Book Prize Finalist |
F |
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| Hunter, Madeline |
The Charmer (paper) |
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R |
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| Hunter, Madeline |
The Saint (paper) |
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R |
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| Hurley, Valerie |
St Ursula's Girls Against the Atomic Bomb |
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F |
1st |
| Hustvedt, Siri |
What I Loved |
  
PW Best Books
NYT Notable Books |
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| Hwang, Caroline |
In Full Bloom |
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F |
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| Iagnemma,
Karl |
On the Nature of Human Romantic Interaction |
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F/SS |
1st |
| Iggulden, Conn |
Emperor: The Gates of Rome |
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H |
1st |
| Ignatieff, Michael |
Charlie Johnson in the Flames |
 
NYT Notable Books |
F |
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| Inzana, Ryan |
Johnny Jihad |
Booklist Top 10 Graphic Novels |
graphic novel |
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| Itani, Frances |
Deafening |
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H/L |
1st |
| Iyer, Pico |
Abandon |
 
NYT Notable Books |
F |
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| Jaffe, John |
Thief of Words |
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F/R |
1st |
| Jarrell, Donna (ed) |
What Are You Looking At: the First Fat Fiction Anthology (paper) |
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F/SS |
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| Jensen, Jane |
Dante's Equation (paper) |
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SP |
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| Jeppesen, Travis |
Victims (paper) |
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F |
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| Joe, Yolanda |
The Hatwearer's Lesson |
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A |
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| Johnson, Diane |
L'Affaire |

NYT Notable Books |
F/L |
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| Johnson, Kij |
Fudoki |

PW Best Books |
SP |
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| Jones, Ben |
The Rope Eater |
  
LJ Best First Novels
Booklist Top 10 First Novels |
H |
1st |
| Jones, Edward P. |
The Known World |
  
National Book Award Finalist
PW Best Books
NYT Editors' Choice
ALA/RUSA Notable
BCALA First Novelist Award
Booklist Editors' Choice - Top of the List
National Book Critics Circle Award Winner
LJ Best First Novels
Pulitzer Prize Winner
Booklist Top 10 Historical Fiction Books |
H/A* |
1st |
| Jones, J.V. |
A Fortress of Grey Ice: Book 2 Sword of Shadows |
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SP |
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| Jones, Stephen (ed) |
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror #14 (paper) |
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SP/SS |
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| Jones, Vanessa |
The Kindest Use a Knife (paper) |
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F |
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| Jong, Erica |
Sappho's Leap |

Booklist Top 10 Historical Novel |
H |
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| Joyce, Graham |
The Facts of Life |

World Fantasy Award |
F |
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| Julavits, Heidi |
The Effect of Living Backwards |
NYT Notable |
F |
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| Juska, Elise |
Getting Over Jack Wagner (paper) |
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F |
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| Kalfus, Ken |
The Commissariat of Enlightenment |
 
PW Best Books
NYT Notable Books |
L |
1st |
| Kallmaker, Karin |
Maybe Next Time (paper) |
Lambda Finalist Romance |
GL |
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| Kaplow, Robert |
Me and Orson Welles |

SLJ Best Books |
F/H |
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| Karasu, Bilge |
The Garden of Departed Cats (paper) |
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L |
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| Karnezis, Panos |
Little Infamies: Stories |

NYT Notable Books |
L/SS |
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| Kachtick, Keith |
Hungry Ghost |
NYT Notable |
F |
1st |
| Keillor, Garrison |
Love Me |

NYT Notable Books
Washington Post Rave |
F |
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| Kelby, N.M. |
Theater of the Stars |
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F/L |
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| Kemper, Marjorie |
Until That Good Day |
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F/H |
1st |
| Kenaz, Yehoshua |
Infiltration (paper) |
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F |
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| Keneally,
Thomas |
Office of Innocence |
 
NYT Notable Books |
F* |
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| Kennedy, A.L. |
Indelible Acts: A Collection of Stories |
NYT Notable Books |
L/SS |
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| Kerstan, Lynn |
The Silver Lion (paper) |
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R |
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| Keyes, Greg |
The Briar King |
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SP |
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| Kim, Suki |
The Interpreter |
Book Magazine Writer to Watch |
F/L |
1st |
| King, Ruchama |
Seven Blessings |
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F |
1st |
| King, Stephen |
The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla |
 
PW Best Books
SF Chronicle Best Books |
SP* |
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| King, Susan |
Waking the Princess (paper) |
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R |
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| King, Susan |
Taming the Heiress (paper) |
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R |
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| Kirstein, Rosemary |
The Lost Steersman (paper) |
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SP |
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| Kizis, Deanna |
How to Meet Cute Boys |
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F |
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| Kleypas, Lisa |
Worth Any Prince (paper) |
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R |
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| Knight, Michael |
Goodnight, Nobody |
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F/SS |
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| Knipfel, James |
The Buzzing (paper) |
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L |
1st |
| Knox,
Elizabeth |
Daylight |
 
Booklist Top 10 SF/Fantasy
Washington Post Rave |
SP |
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| Koeppen, Wolfgang |
A Sad Affair |
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L |
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| Korbel, Katheleen |
Some Men's Dreams (paper) |

Booklist Top 10 Romance |
R |
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| Kowalski, William |
The Adventures of Flash Jackson |
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F |
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| Krentz, Jayne Ann |
Truth or Dare |
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R* |
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| Kress, Nancy |
Crossfire |
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SP |
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| Kricorian, Nancy |
Dreams of Bread and Fire |
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F |
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| Krinard, Susan |
To Catch a Wolf (paper) |
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R |
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| Kurland, Lynn |
A Garden in the Rain (paper) |

Booklist Top 10 Romance |
R |
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| Kusel, Lisa |
Other Fish in the Sea |
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F |
1st |
| Lackey, Mercedes |
The Outstretched Shadow: Obsidian Trilogy, Bk 1 |
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SP |
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| Lackey, Mercedes |
Joust |

Booklist Top 10 SF/Fantasy |
SP |
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| Lackey, Mercedes |
Mad Maudlin |
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SP |
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| Lahiri, Jhumpa |
The Namesake |
NYT Notable Books
SLJ Best Books
LA Times Book Prize Finalist
Orange Prize Longlist
LJ Best First Novels
Time Best Books |
F |
1st |
| Lancelotta, Victoria |
Far |
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F/L |
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| Landis, Jill Marie |
Lover's Lane |
Booklist Top 10 Romance |
R |
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| Laskas, Gretchen Moran |
The Midwife's Tale |
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F/L |
1st |
| Laskowski, Tim |
Every Good Boy Does Fine |
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F |
1st |
| Lattany, Kristin Hunter |
Breaking Away |
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A |
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| Lawhead, Stephen R. |
Patrick: Son of Ireland |
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H/I |
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| Laxness, Halldor |
Iceland's Bell (paper) |
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F |
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| Lazebnik, Claire Scovell |
Same As It Never Was |
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F |
1st |
| Le Guin, Ursula |
Changing Planes |
 
NYT Notable |
SP/SS |
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| Le Hunte, Bem |
The Seduction of Silence |
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F |
1st |
| Le, Thi Diem Thuy |
The Gangster We Are All Looking For |

Book Magazine Writer to Watch
NYT Notable |
L |
1st |
| Leanne, Shelly |
Joshua's Bible |
BCALA Literary Award Honor Book |
I/A |
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| Lee, Tanith |
Mortal Sins |
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SP |
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| Lennon, J. Robert |
Mailman |
  |
F/L |
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| Leon, Peggy |
Mother Country |
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F/H |
1st |
| Leonard, Elmore |
When the Women Came Out to Dance and Other Stories |
NYT Notable Books |
F/SS* |
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| Leonardi, Susan J. |
And Then There Were Nuns |
Lambda Finalist Lesbian Fiction |
GL |
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| Leroy, Margaret |
Postcards from Berlin |

NYT Notable Books |
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| Leslie, Diane |
Fleur De Leigh in Exile |
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F |
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| Lethem, Jonathan |
The Fortress of Solitude |

PW Best Books
NYT Editors' Choice
ALA/RUSA Notable
Village Voice VLS Favorites
Salon Best Fiction
Time Best Books |
L* |
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| Levien, D.J. |
Swagbelly: A Pornographers Tale (paper) |
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F |
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| Levinson, Barry |
Sixty-Six |
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F/H |
1st |
| Levison, Iain |
Since the Layoffs |
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F |
1st |
| Lewis, Jim |
The King is Dead |

NYT Notable Books |
H/F |
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| Lightman, Alan P. |
Reunion |

NYT Notable Books |
F |
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| Ligon, Samuel |
Safe in Heaven Dead |
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F |
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| Lipman, Elinor |
The Pursuit of Alice Thrift |
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F* |
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| Liss, David |
The Coffee Trader |

NYT Notable Books |
H* |
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| Lively, Penelope |
The Photograph |

NYT Notable Books |
L |
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| Lliteras, D. |
Jerusalem's Rain |
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I |
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| Llosa, Mario Vargas |
The Way to Paradise |
 
NYT Notable Books |
L |
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| Lloyd, Dan |
Radiant Cool: A Novel of the Theory of Consciousness |
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L |
1st |
| Lo Bosco, Rocco |
Buddha Wept |
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F |
1st |
| Loeb, Jeph, Jim Lee, Scott Williams |
Batman: Hush |
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graphic novel |
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| London, Joan |
Gilgamesh |

B&N Discover Great New Writers
NYT Notable Books
Orange Prize Longlist |
L/H* |
1st |
| Loo, Tessa De |
A Bed in Heaven |
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F/L |
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| Lowell, Elizabeth |
Die in Plain Sight |
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R* |
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| Ludington, Max |
Tiger in a Trance |

NYT Notable Books |
F |
1st |
| Lynch, Sarah-Kate |
Blessed Are the Cheesemakers |
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F |
1st |
| Macalister, Katie |
A Girl's Guide to Vampires (paper) |
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R |
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| MacDonald, Ann-Marie |
The Way the Crow Flies |
 
Washington Post Rave
Lambda Finalist Lesbian Fiction |
F |
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| MacLeod, Ian R. |
The Light Ages |
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SP |
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| Macomber, Debbie |
Changing Habits |
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R* |
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| Maguire, Gregory |
Mirror Mirror |
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SP/H |
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| Maillard, Keith |
The Clarinet Polka |
   
Booklist Editors' Choice |
F |
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| Malladi, Amulya |
The Mango Season |
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F |
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| Manicka, Rani |
The Rice Mother |
  |
F/L |
1st |
| Mann, William J. |
Where the Boys Are |
Lambda Finalist Gay Men's Fiction |
F/GL |
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| Marillier,
Juliet |
Wolfskin |
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SP |
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| Maristed, Kai |
Broken Ground |
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F |
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| Marks, John |
War Torn |
 
PW Best Books |
F/R |
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| Marquis, Christopher |
A Hole in the Heart |
Book Magazine Writer to Watch
NYT Notable |
F |
1st |
| Marten, Eugene |
In the Blind (paper) |
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L |
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| Martin, James Conroy |
Push Not the River |
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H/A |
1st |
| Martin, Steve |
The Pleasure of My Company: A Novella |
    |
F* |
|
| Martin, Valerie |
Property |
 
Orange Prize Winner
NYT Notable
Salon Best Fiction |
L/H |
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| Martinez, Manuel Luis |
Drift (paper) |
BBYA |
F |
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| Marz, Ron/Jim Cheung, Don Hillsman II and Jason Keith |
Scion: The Far Kingdom |
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graphic novel |
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| Mastretta, Angeles |
Women With Big Eyes |
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F/SS |
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| Matalon, Ronit |
Bliss |
NYT Notable |
F/L |
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| Mattotti, Lorenzo (ill) |
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde |
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graphic novel |
|
| Mawer, Simon |
The Fall |
NYT Notable |
F/L* |
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| Maynard, Joyce |
The Usual Rules |
BBYA |
F |
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| McCabe, Patrick |
Call Me the Breeze |
 
Booklist Editors' Choice |
L |
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| McCafferty, MEgan |
Second Helpings (paper) |
Booklist Editors' Choice - Adult Books for YAs |
F |
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| McCaffrey, Anne & Elizabeth
A. Scarborough |
Acorna's Rebels |
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SP |
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| McCaffrey, Anne & Todd
McCaffrey |
Dragon's Kin |
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SP |
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| McCann, Calum |
Dancer |
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L/H* |
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| McCann, Maria |
As Meat Loves Salt (paper) |
   |
F |
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| McCouch, Hannah |
Girl Cook |
|
F* |
1st |
| McFadden, Bernice
L. |
Loving Donovan |
BCALA Literary Award Honor Book |
A |
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| McGarry, Terry |
The Binder's Road |
sequel to Illumination |
SP |
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| McGhee, Alison |
Was It Beautiful |
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L |
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| McGregor, Jon |
If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things (paper) |

Booklist Top 10 First Novels |
F |
1st |
| McIntosh, Matthew |
Well |
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L |
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| McKillip, Patricia A. |
In the Forests of Serre |
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SP |
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| McKinley, Robin |
Sunshine |

SF Chronicle Best Books |
SP/R |
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| McMurtry, Larry |
The Wandering Hill - Berrybender Narratives, Bk 2 |
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W |
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| Megged, Aharon |
Foigleman |
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L |
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| Meloy, Maile |
Liars and Saints |

PW Best Books
NYT Notable
NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award nominee |
L |
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| Mendelson, Cheryl |
Morningside Heights |
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F |
1st |
| Mendoza, Eduardo |
A Light Comedy |
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F |
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| Menon, Ramesh |
The Ramayana |
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L |
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| Messner-Loeb, William & Sam Kieth |
Epicurus the Sage |
Booklist Top 10 Graphic Novels |
graphic novel |
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| Michaels, Fern |
Late Bloomer |
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R* |
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| Miller, Evie Yoder |
Eyes at the Window (paper) |
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H/I |
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| Miller, Frank & Lynn Varley |
Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again |
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graphic novel |
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| Miller, Risa |
Welcome to Heavenly Heights |
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F/L |
1st |
| Millhauser, Steven |
The King in the Tree: Three Novellas |
 
NYT Notable
Washington Post Rave
Booklist Editors' Choice |
L |
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| Millington, Mil |
Things
My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About |
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F |
1st |
| Millionaire, Tony |
The House at Maakies Corner |
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graphic novel |
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| Mitchard, Jacquelyn |
Christmas Present |
novella |
F* |
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| Miyazaki, Hayao |
Spirited Away |
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graphic novel |
|
| Modesitt, L.E., Jr. |
Darknesses: the Second Book of the Corean Chronicles |
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SP |
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| Monroe, Mary Alice |
Skyward (paper) |
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F |
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| Moorcock,
Michael |
The Skrayling Tree: Tale of the Albino |
|
SP |
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| Moore, Christopher |
Fluke, Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings |
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F |
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| Moore, Susanna |
One Last Look |

NYT Notable
Washington Post Rave |
F/L |
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| Moran, Thomas |
Anja the Liar |
NYT Notable |
L |
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| Morgan, Richard |
Altered Carbon (paper) |

NYT Notable |
SP |
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| Morgan, Robert |
Brave Enemies |
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H |
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| Moriarty, Laura |
The Center of Everything |

Book Magazine Writer to Watch |
F* |
1st |
| Morris, Michael |
Slow Way Home |
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F* |
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| Morrissey, Donna |
Downhill Chance (paper) |

Booklist Editors' Choice |
F |
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| Morrison,
Toni |
Love |
  
PW Best Books
NYT Notable
ALA/RUSA Notable
Booklist Editors' Choice
Orange Prize Longlist |
A/L* |
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| Mortman, Doris |
Before and Again |
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F |
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| Morton, Brian |
A Window Across the River |
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F |
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| Moses, Kate |
Wintering: A Novel of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes |
 
B&N Discover Great New Writers |
L |
1st |
| Mosher, Howard Frank |
The True Account |

Booklist Editors' Choice - Adult Books for YAs |
H |
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| Mossman, Dow |
The Stones of Summer |
reprint - basis for the film Stone Reader |
F |
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| Moynahan, Molly |
Stone Garden |
NYT Notable |
F |
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| Mulisch, Harry |
Siegfried |
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H/F |
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| Murphy, Louise |
The True Story of Hansel and Gretel (paper) |
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H/L |
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| Murray, John |
A Few Short Notes on Tropical Butterflies: Stories |
 
Guardian First Book Award Nominee
PW Best Books
NYT Notable
Booklist Editors' Choice
LA Times Book Prize Finalist First Fiction |
F/SS |
1st |
| Nagata, Linda |
Memory |
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SP |
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| Nakazawa, Keiji |
Barefoot Gen: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima |
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graphic novel |
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| Naslund, Sena Jeter |
Four Spirits |
 
NYT Notable |
H* |
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| Nelson, Jill |
Sexual Healing |
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A |
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| Nelson, Kent |
Land That Moves, Land That Stands Still |
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L |
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| Nersesian, Arthur |
Chinese Takeout (paper) |
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F |
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| Newman, Sandra |
The Only Good Thing Anyone Has Ever Done |
  |
F/L |
1st |
| Niffenegger, Audrey |
The Time Traveler's Wife |
 
Orange Prize Longlist
LJ Best First Novels
Booksense Book of the Year Finalist |
SP/F |
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| Niven, Larry |
Scatterbrain |
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SP |
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| Nye, Robert |
The Voyage of the Destiny |

PW Best Books |
H |
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| Oates, Joyce
Carol |
A Garden of Earthly Delights (paper) |

reprint ~ revised |
L |
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| Oates, Joyce
Carol |
The Tattooed Girl |
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L* |
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| O'Connor, Joseph |
Star of the Sea |
 
NYT Notable
ALA/RUSA Notable |
H |
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| O'Hagan, Andrew |
Personality |
NYT Notable |
F |
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| Ojikutu, Bayo |
47th Street Black |
Winner of Great American Book Project award
Winner Washington Prize for Fiction |
A |
1st |
| Olafsson, Olaf |
Walking into the Night |
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H/L |
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| O'Nan, Stewart |
The Night Country, Or, the Darkness on the Edge of Town |

Washington Post Rave |
L/SP |
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| Orringer, Julie |
How to Breathe Underwater: Stories |
 
NYT Notable
B&N Finalist Discover Great New Writers |
L/SS |
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| Owens, Robin D. |
Heart Thief |
Booklist Top 10 Romances |
R |
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| Ozeki, Ruth L. |
All Over Creation |
  
NYT Notable |
F |
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| Packer, Z.Z. |
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere |
  
Book Magazine Writer to Watch
NYT Notable
ALA/RUSA Notable
PEN/Faulkner Shortlist |
F/A/SS |
1st |
| Padilla, Ignacio |
Shadow Without a Name |
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F/L |
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| Paine, Tom |
Pearl of Kuwait |
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F |
1st |
| Palahniuk, Chuck |
Diary |
 
PW Best Books |
F/L* |
|
| Parkhurst, Carolyn |
Dogs of Babel |
 
Book Magazine Writer to Watch
Booklist Top 10 First Novels
NYT Notable
Booklist Editors' Choice |
F* |
1st |
| Parks, Suzan-Lori |
Getting Mother's Body |
 
Book Magazine Writer to Watch
Booklist Top 10 First Novels
NYT Notable |
A* |
1st |
| Parks, Tim |
Judge Savage |
Booker Long List |
F/L |
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| Parr, Delia |
Home to Trinity |
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F |
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| Pascoe, Judy |
Our Father Who Art in a Tree |

B&N Discover Great New Writers |
F |
1st |
| Patterson, James |
The Jester |
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H* |
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| Pazzi, Roberto |
Conclave (paper) |

PW Best Books |
F/L |
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| Pearl, Matthew |
The Dante Club |
 
Booklist Top 10 Historical Novel |
H* |
1st |
| Pederson, Laura |
Beginner's Luck |
B&N Discover New Writers (trade paper) |
F |
1st |
| Phillips, Caryl |
A Distant Shore |
 
Booker Long List
NYT Notable
Booklist Editors' Choice
PEN/Faulkner Shortlist |
L |
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| Piazza, Tom |
My Cold War |
Faulkner Society Medal Best First Novel |
F |
1st |
| Picoult, Jodi |
Second Glance |
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F |
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| Piercy, Marge |
The Third Child |
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L |
|
| Pierre, DCB |
Vernon God Little |
Booker Prize Winner
Guardian First Book Award Nominee - Shortlist
Whitbread First Novel Award Winner
NYT Notable |
F/L |
1st |
| Piglia, Ricardo |
Money to Burn (paper) |
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L |
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| Plumley, Lisa |
Perfect Together (paper) |
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R |
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| Pope, Dan |
In the Cherry Tree trade (paper) |
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F |
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| Powell, Sophie |
The Mushroom Man |
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F |
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| Powers, Richard |
The Time of Our Singing |
  
NYT Notable
Booklist Editors' Choice |
L |
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| Pratchett, Terry |
Monstrous Regiment |
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SP |
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| Price, Richard |
Samaritan |
 
NYT Notable |
F/L* |
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| Price-Thompson, Tracy |
Chocolate Sangria |
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A |
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| Pritchard, Sara |
Crackpots (paper) |
NYT Notable |
L |
1st |
| Proctor, Candice |
Beyond Sunrise (paper) |
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R |
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| Proulx, E. Annie |
That Old Ace in the Hole |
NYT Notable |
F/L* |
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| Proust, Marcel |
Swan's Way: A New Translation |
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L |
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| Pye, Michael |
The Pieces from Berlin |

NYT Notable |
F/H |
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| Quick, Amanda |
Late for the Wedding |
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R* |
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| Quinn, Julia |
To Sir Phillip, With Love (paper) |
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R |
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| Raban, Jonathan |
Waxwings |
 
Booker Long List
PW Best Books
NYT Notable
Washington Post Rave |
L |
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| Raleigh, Michael |
The Blue Moon Circus |
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H |
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| Ravenel, Shannon (ed) |
New Stories From the South (paper) |
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F/SS |
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| Rawles, Nancy |
Crawfish Dreams |
B&N Discover Great New Writers |
A |
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| Ray, Jeanne |
Eat Cake |
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F* |
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| Reaves, Michael |
Shadows Over Baker Street |
|
SP |
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| Rechy, John |
The Life and Adventures of Lyle Clemens |
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L |
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| Reed, Robert |
Sister Alice |
|
SP |
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| Reid, Arthur |
The Storyteller |
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F/L |
1st |
| Reid, Van |
Mrs. Roberto, Or, The Widowy Worries of the Moosepath |
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H |
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| Resnick, Laura |
The Destroyer Goddess: In Fire Forged, Part Two |
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SP |
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| Resnick, Laura |
The White Dragon: In Fire Forged, Part One |

PW Best Books |
SP |
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| Revoyr, Nina |
Southland (paper) |

Stonewall Book Award Honor Book
Lambda Finalist Lesbian Fiction |
F |
|
| Reynolds, Alastair |
Redemption Ark |
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SP |
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| Reynolds, April |
Knee-Deep in Wonder |
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A |
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| Ricci, Nino |
Testament |

Booklist Top 10 Historical Novel |
L/H |
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| Riccio, Dolores Stewart |
Circle of Five (paper) |
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F |
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| Rice, Luanne |
The Perfect Summer (paper) |
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F/R |
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| Rifkin, Alan |
Signal Hill (trade paper) |
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F |
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| Riggs, Jack |
When the Finch Rises |

Booklist Top 10 First Novels |
F |
1st |
| Rinehart, Steven |
Built in a Day |
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F/L |
1st |
| Ringo, John |
Hell's Faire: Human-Posleen War IV |
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SP |
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| Robards, Karen |
Beachcomber |
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R* |
|
| Robbins, David L. |
The Last Citadel: A Novel of the Battle of Kursk |
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H |
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| Robbins, Tom |
Villa Incognito |
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F/L |
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| Roberts, Nora |
Key of Knowledge (paper) |
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R |
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| Roberts, Nora |
Key of Light (paper) |
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R |
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| Roberts, Nora |
Birthright |
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R* |
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| Roberts, Nora & J.D.
Robb |
Remember When |

PW Best Books |
R* |
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| Robins, Madeleine E. |
Point of Honour |
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SP/H |
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| Robinson, Roxana |
Sweetwater |

NYT Notable |
F/L |
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| Robinson, Spider |
Callahan's Con |
|
SP |
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| Rodriguez, Spain & William Lindsay Gresham |
Nightmare Alley |
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graphic novel |
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| Roffey, Monique |
August Frost |
|
F/L |
1st |
| Rosenberg, Joel |
Not Really the Prisoner of Zenda: Guardians of the Flames |
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SP |
|
| Rosenfeld, Stephanie |
Massachusetts, California, Timbuktu |
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F |
1st |
| Roszak, Theodore |
The Devil and Daniel Silverman (paper) |
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L |
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| Ruff, Matt |
Set This House in Order |

NYT Notable |
F |
|
| Ruiz, Luis Manuel |
Only One Thing Missing |
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F |
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| Rush, Norman |
Mortals |
 
PW Best Books
NYT Notable
Washington Post Rave |
F/L |
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| Russell, P. Craig |
The Magic Flute |
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graphic novel |
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| Russell, Paul |
War Against the Animals |
Lambda Finalist Gay Men's Fiction |
F |
|
| Rydill, Jessica |
Children of the Shaman (paper) |

Booklist Top 10 SF/Fantasy |
SP |
|
| Rylands, Jane Turner |
Venetian Stories |
|
SS |
1st |
| Ryman, Geoff |
Air (paper) |
 
PW Best Books
Booklist Top 10 SF/Fantasy |
SP |
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| Sa, Shan |
The Girl Who Played Go |
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H |
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| Saberhagen, Fred |
Berkserker's Star |
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SP |
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| Sagan, Nick |
Idlewild |
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SP |
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| Salvatore, R.A. |
Immortalis |
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SP |
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| Samuel, Barbara |
A Piece of Heaven |
|
R |
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| Samura, Hiroaki |
Blade of the Immortal: Beasts |
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graphic novel |
|
| Sandor, Marjorie |
Portrait of My Mother, Who Posed Nude in Wartime: Stories |
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L/SS |
|
| Satrapi, Marjane |
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood |
Booklist Top 10 Graphic Novels |
graphic novel |
|
| Sawyer, Michelle |
They Say She Tastes Like Honey (paper) |
Lambda Finalist Romance |
GL |
|
| Sawyer, Robert J. |
Hybrids |

Booklist Top 10 SF/Fantasy |
SP |
|
| Schine, Catherine |
She Is Me |
NYT Notable |
F/L |
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| Schmidt, Heidi Jon |
The Bride of Catastrophe |
|
F |
1st |
| Schnitzler, Arthur |
Desire and Delusion |
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L |
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| Scholz, Carter |
The Amount to Carry: Stories |
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F/SS |
|
| Schupack, Deborah |
The Boy on the Bus |
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F |
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| Scott, Anne |
Calpurnia |
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F |
1st |
| Scott, Gail |
My Paris (paper) |

Booklist Editors' Choice |
F |
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| Scott, Manda |
Dreaming the Eagle - Boudica trilogy, bk 1 |
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H |
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| Scribner, Keith |
Miracle Girl |
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F |
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| Scrupski, Barbara |
Ruslan |
|
H |
1st |
| Sedaris, Amy, Paul Dinello, Stephen Colbert |
Wigfield: The Can-Do Town That Just
May Not |
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F |
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| Self, Will |
Dorian |
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F/L |
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| Senate, Melissa |
The Solomon Sisters Wise Up (paper) |
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R |
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| Shade, Eric |
Eyesores: Stories |
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L/SS |
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| Shamsie, Kamila |
Kartography |

Booklist Editors' Choice - Adult Books for YAs |
L |
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| Shaogong, Han |
A Dictionary of Maqiao |
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L |
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| Shapiro, Dani |
Family History |
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F* |
|
| Shattuck, Jessica |
The Hazzards of Good Breeding |
NYT Notable |
F/R |
1st |
| Shawver, Brian |
The Cuban Prospect |
Booklist Top Sports Books |
F |
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| Sheehan, Jacqueline |
Truth |
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H |
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| Sher, Ira |
Gentlemen of Space |

Book Magazine Writer to Watch |
F/L |
1st |
| Sherman, David |
Starfist |
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SP |
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| Sherrill, Martha |
My Last Movie Star |
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F |
1st |
| Shinn, Sharon |
Angelica: A Novel of Samaria |
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SP |
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| Shriver, Lionel |
We Need To Talk About Kevin |
  |
F/L |
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| Siegel, Lee |
Love and Other Games of Chance |
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F/L |
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| Silverberg, Robert (ed) |
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol One 1929-1964 |
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SP/SS |
|
| Silverberg,
Robert |
Roma Eterna |
|
SP |
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| Simmons, Dan |
Ilium |

PW Best Books
SF Chronicle Best Books |
SP |
|
| Smiley, Jane |
Good Faith |
  
NYT Notable
Washington Post Rave |
F/L* |
|
| Smith, Andrea |
Friday Night at Honeybee's |
B&N Discover New Writers |
A |
1st |
| Smith, Brad |
All Hat |

Booklist Top Sports Books |
F |
|
| Smith, D.L. |
The Miracles of Santo Fico |
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F |
1st |
| Smith, Danyel |
More Like Wrestling |
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A/L |
1st |
| Smith, Michael Marshall |
More Tomorrow: And Other Stories |
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SP/SS |
|
| Smith, Mitchell |
Kingdom River |

Booklist Top 10 SF/Fantasy |
SP |
|
| Sobczak, Charles |
A Choice of Angels |
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I |
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| Solwitz, Sharon |
Bloody Mary (paper) |
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F |
|
| Sparks, Nicholas |
The Wedding |
|
F* |
|
| Sparks, Nicholas |
The Guardian |
|
F* |
|
| Spencer, James |
The Pilots |
 |
H |
|
| Spencer, Scott |
A Ship Made of Paper |
 
National Book Award Finalist
PW Best Books
NYT Notable |
F |
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| Spiegelman, Ian |
Everyone's Burning |
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F |
1st |
| Stableford, Brian M. |
Year Zero |
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SP |
|
| Stanush, Claude |
All Honest Men |
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H |
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| Steel, Danielle |
Johnny Angel |
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F/R* |
|
| Stephenson, Neal |
Quicksilver |

NYT Notable
Time Best Books |
H |
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| Stevenson, Jane |
The Shadow King |

NYT Notable |
H |
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| Stollman, Aryeh Lev |
The Dialogues of Time and Entropy |
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L |
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| Stone, Robert |
Bay of Souls |
  
NYT Notable |
L |
|
| Straub, Peter |
Lost Boy Lost Girl |
 
PW Best Books
SF Chronicle Best Books
Booklist Top 10 SF/Fantasy |
SP* |
|
| Sullivan, Mark |
Jonah Sees Ghosts |
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F/L |
1st |
| Swan, Mary |
The Deep and Other Stories |

O. Henry Prize
NYT Notable |
F/SS |
1st |
| Swann, Maxine |
Serious Girls |
|
F |
1st |
| Swift,
Graham |
The Light of Day |

Booker Long List
NYT Notable |
F/L* |
|
| Tepper,
Sheri S. |
The Companions |
 |
SP |
|
| Tessaro, Kathleen |
Elegance |
 |
L |
1st |
| Thoene, Brock & Bodie |
First Light |
|
I |
|
| Thomas, Chantal |
Farewell, My Queen |
   |
H |
|
| Thomas, Jodi |
When a Texan Gambles (paper) |
 |
R |
|
| Thompson, Craig |
Blankets |
 
PW Best Books - Comics
BBYA
LJ Best Books
Booklist Top 10 Graphic Novels |
graphic novel |
|
| Thomsen, Brian M. (ed) |
A Yuletide Universe: Sixteen Fantastical Tales (paper) |
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SP/SS |
|
| Tiffany, Grace |
My Father Had a Daughter: Judith Shakespeare's Tale |
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H |
|
| Tolkien, Simon |
Final Witness |
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F |
|
| Tolstaya, Tatyana |
The Slynx |
B&N Discover New Writers |
L |
|
| Tooke, C. W. |
Ballpark Blues |
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F |
1st |
| Townsend, Sue |
Number 10 |
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F |
|
| Tremain, Rose |
The Colour |
  
Booklist Editors' Choice
Orange Prize Shortlist |
H |
|
| Trujillo, Carla Mari |
What Night Brings (paper) |
Lambda Finalist Lesbian Fiction |
F |
|
| Truong, Monique |
The Book of Salt |
 
B&N Discover Great New Writers
Guardian First Book Award Nominee
NYT Notable
Stonewall Book Award
Lambda Finalist Gay Men's Fiction
NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award nominee
Village Voice VLS Favorites |
H/L |
1st |
| Tucker, Lisa |
The Song Reader (paper) |

YALSA Popular Paperback Pick |
F |
1st |
| Turner, Frederick W. |
1929 |
 
Booklist Editors' Choice |
H |
|
| Turtledove,
Harry |
American Empire: The Victorius Opposition |
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SP |
|
| Turtledove,
Harry |
In the Presence of Mine Enemies |
 |
SP |
|
| Turtledove,
Harry |
Jaws of Darkness |
 |
SP |
|
| Ullman, Ellen |
The Bug |
NYT Notable
Salon Best Fiction |
F/L |
1st |
| Ullmann, Linn |
Stella Descending |
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F |
|
| Unsworth, Barry |
The Songs of Kings |
 
PW Best Books
NYT Notable |
H/L |
|
| Upadhyay, Samrat |
Guru of Love |

NYT Notable |
L |
1st |
| Updike, John |
The Early Stories: 1953-1975 |
NYT Notable
PEN/Faulkner Winner |
L/SS |
|
| Valdes-Rodriguez, Alisa |
The Dirty Girls Social Club |
 |
F* |
1st |
| Vanderbes, Jennifer |
Easter Island |
 
Washington Post Rave |
H* |
1st |
| Vandermeer, Jeff |
Veniss Underground (paper) |

SF Chronicle Best Books |
SP |
|
| Vapnyar, Lara |
There Are Jews in My House |

NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award nominee
LA Times Book Prize Finalist First Fiction |
L/SS |
|
| Varley, John |
Red Thunder |
 |
SP |
|
| Veronesi, Sandro |
The Force of the Past |
   |
F |
|
| Vian, Boris |
Heartsnatcher (paper) |
  |
L |
|
| Vida, Vendela |
And Now You Can Go |
 
NYT Notable |
F |
1st |
| Vincenzi, Penny |
No Angel |
 |
H* |
|
| Wagner, Bruce |
Still Holding |
NYT Notable |
F |
|
| Waldeman, Ayelet |
Daughter's Keeper |
|
F |
|
| Walker, Dale (ed) |
Westward: A Fictional History of the American West |
 |
W/SS |
|
| Walker, Nick |
Blackbox: A Novel in 840 Chapters (paper) |
 |
F |
|
| Wallace, Daniel |
The Watermelon King |
 |
F |
|
| Walsh, Caroline (ed) |
Dislocation: Stories from a New Ireland |

Booklist Editor's Choice |
F/SS |
|
| Walton, Jo |
Tooth and Claw |
|
SP |
|
| Ward, Patricia Sarrafian |
The Bullet Collection |
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F |
|
| Ware, Chris |
Quimby the Mouse |

Booklist Top 10 Graphic Novels |
graphic novel |
|
| Watson, Larry |
Orchard |

PW Best Books
Washington Post Rave |
F |
|
| Weber, David & Eric Flint |
Crown of Slaves |

PW Best Books |
SP |
|
| Weber, David & John
Ringo |
March to the Stars |
 |
SP |
|
| Weber, Katherine |
The Little Women |
NYT Notable |
L |
|
| Weis, Margaret |
Mistress of Dragons |
 |
SP |
|
| Weis, Margaret & Tracy Hickman |
Journey Into the Void: vol 3 Sovereign Stone |
 |
SP |
|
| Weisberger, Lauren |
The Devil Wears Prada |
|
F* |
1st |
| Wells, Martha |
The Wizard Hunters: The Fall of Ile-Rein |
 |
SP |
|
| Welsh, Louise |
The Cutting Room |
NYT Notable
Stonewall Book Award Honor Book |
F/L |
1st |
| Westerfeld, Scott |
The Risen Empire |
 |
SP |
|
| Westerfield, Scott |
The Killing of Worlds |
|
SP |
|
| White, Edmund |
Fanny: A Fiction |
   
PW Best Books |
H/L |
|
| Wiggins, Marianne |
Evidence of Things Unseen |
 
National Book Award Finalist
NYT Notable
LJ Best Books |
L |
|
| Wiggs, Susan |
A Summer Affair (paper) |
 |
R |
|
| Wilcox, James |
Heavenly Days |
NYT Notable |
F |
|
| Willett, Jincy |
Winner of the National Book Award |
 
PW Best Books
LJ Best Books |
F |
1st |
| Willett, Marcia |
A Summer in the Country |
 |
F |
|
| Willett, Sabin |
Present Value |
  |
F* |
|
| Williams, Liz |
Nine Layers of Sky (paper) |
SF Chronicle Best Books |
SP |
|
| Williams, Liz |
The Poison Master (paper) |
 |
|
|
| Williams, Tad |
War of the Flowers |
|
SP |
|
| Wilson, F. Paul |
Sims |
|
SP |
|
| Wilson, Jonathan |
A Palestine Affair |

NYT Notable |
L/H |
|
| Wilson, Robert Charles |
Blind Lake |
 
NYT Notable |
SP |
|
| Wolff, Tobias |
Old School |
 
Booklist Top 10 First Novels
NYT Notable
Booklist Editors' Choice - Adult Books for YAs
PEN/Faulkner Shortlist
LA Times Book Prize Finalist
LJ Best First Novels
Salon Best Fiction
ALA Notable Books |
L |
1st |
| Wolitzer, Meg |
The Wife |

NYT Notable
Washington Post Rave |
F/L |
|
| Wood, James |
The Book Against God |
 
NYT Notable |
L |
1st |
| Woodbury, Heather |
What Ever: A Living Novel (paper) |
 |
F |
|
| Woodring, Jim |
The Frank Book |

Booklist Top 10 Graphic Novels
Village Voice VLS Favorites |
graphic novel |
|
| Wootson, Alice |
Escape to Love (paper) |

Booklist Top 10 Romances |
A/R |
|
| Wright, John C. |
The Phoenix Exultant, Golden Age v 2 |

NYT Notable |
SP |
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| Wright, T.M. |
Laughing Man (paper) |

Booklist Top 10 SF/Fantasy |
SP |
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| Yates, Bart |
Leave Myself Behind |
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F/G |
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| Yehoshua, A.B. |
Liberated Bride |
  
LJ Best Books |
L |
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| Yu, Hua |
To Live (paper) |
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F |
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| Yunque, Edgardo Vega |
No Matter How Much You Promise to Cook or Pay the Rent You Blew It Cauze
Bill Bailey Ain't Never Coming Home Again |

Washington Post Rave |
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| Zahn, Timothy |
Dragon and Thief: Fist Dragonback Adventure |
BBYA |
SP |
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| Zeh, Juli |
Eagles and Angels (paper) |
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L |
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| Zettel, Sarah |
The Ursurper's Crown: A Novel of Isavalta |
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SP |
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| Zimler, Richard |
Hunting Midnight |
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L/H |
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