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Gemini Cell Myke Cole Ace Books Release Date: January 27, 2015 ISBN 978-0-425-26964-0 They’re lying …
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LitStack Rec: Wolf Hall & In Ashes Lie
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanWolf Hall Hilary Mantel Mantel’s novel, which appeared in 2012 and has gone on to …
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LitStack Review: Aces Abroad: Wild Card IV edited by George R. R. Martin
Aces Abroad: Wild Card IV Edited by George R. R. Martin Tor Books Re-release Date: …
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Home Comforts: The Art & Science of Keeping House, by Cheryl Mendelson Spring means spring …
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Glow Ned Beauman Alfred A. Knopf Release Date: January 20, 2015 ISBN 978-0-385-35260-4 Raf is …
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LitStack Recs: Bartleby, The Scrivener & The Emperor’s Blades
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanBartleby, the Scrivener, by Herman Melville Overworked employees, endless legal documents to be copied, the …
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A Brief Look at the British Travel Memoir
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThree authors linked by the British tradition of going by foot and writing about it. …
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City of Stairs Robert Jackson Bennett Broadway Books Release Date: September 9, 2014 ISBN 978-0-8041-3717-1 …
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Blue Highways, William Least Heat-Moon On a dismal morning in March, 1978, William Least Heat-Moon …
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Blackbird Fly Erin Entrada Kelly Greenwillow Books ISBN 978-0-06-223861-0 In Erin Entrada Kelly’s debut …
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Bird Box Josh Malerman Ecco/HarperCollins Publishers Release Date: May 13, 2014 ISBN 978-0-06-225965-3 Bird Box. …
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LitStack Review: The Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer
The Southern Reach Trilogy Annihilation, Authority, Acceptance Jeff VanderMeer Release Date: February 2, 2014 / …
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LitStack Rec: Who Do You Love: Stories & The Name of the Wind
by Tee Tateby Tee TateWho Do You Love: Stories, by Jean Thompson My favorite short stories all seem to …
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California Edan Lepucki Little, Brown and Company Release Date: July 8, 2014 ISBN 978-0-316-25081-8 I’ll …
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LitStack Recs: The Night Angel Trilogy & A Definitive study of Alfred Hitchcock
by Tee Tateby Tee TateThe Night Angel Trilogy The Way of Shadows / Shadow’s Edge / Beyond the Shadows …
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Ancillary Sword Ann Leckie Orbit Books Release Date: October 7, 2014 ISBN 978-0-316-24665-1 The following …
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LitStack Recs: The Custom of the Country & The Quick
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThe Custom of the Country, by Edith Wharton I knew from the start that things …
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LitStack Review: The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
The Bone Clocks David Mitchell Random House Release Date: September 2, 2014 ISBN 978-1-4000-6567-7 Back …
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Instructions: Everything You’ll Need to Know on Your Journey Neil Gaiman Illustrated by Charles Vess …
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Defenders Will McIntosh Orbit Books Release Date: May 13, 2014 ISBN 978-0-316-21776-7 Sometimes, after reading …
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Flash Review – Through the Woods by Emily Carroll
Through the Woods Emily Carroll Margaret K. McElderry Books Release Date: July 15, 2014 ISBN …
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Books on my 2015 TBR List The new year has arrived. So has a new …
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Us David Nicholls HarperCollins Publishers Release Date: October 28, 2014 ISBN 978-0-06-236558-3 Douglas Petersen is …
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Falling Away (Fall Away #3) Penelope Douglas Penguin Group Jaxon is the guy she’s supposed …
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The Goblin Emperor Katherine Addison A Tor Book Release Date: April 1, 2014 ISBN 978-0-7653-2699-7 …
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LitStack Review: Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
Leaving Time Jodi Picoult Ballantine Books Release Date: October 14, 2014 ISBN 978-0-345-54492-6 Jodi Picoult …
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LitStack Review: The Laughing Monsters by Denis Johnson
The Laughing Monsters Denis Johnson Farrar, Straus and Giroux Release Date: November 4, 2014 978-0-374-28059-8 …
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LitStack Recs: Favorite Reads of 2014 & Wolf in White Van
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanMy Favorite Reads of 2014 So many great books this year makes a tiered list …
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LitStack Review: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
Everything I Never Told You Celeste Ng The Penguin Press Release Date: June 26, 2014 …
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LitStack Recs: The Empathy Exams & The Private Diary of Mr. Darcy
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThe Empathy Exams: Essays, by Leslie Jamison 2014 is being called the year of the …
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LitStack Rec: Havanas in Camelot & Wayward Saints
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanHavanas in Camelot: Personal Essays, by William Styron Though William Styron is best know for …
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All or Nothing – One Chef’s Appetite for the Extreme Jesse Schenker Dey Street Books …
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LitStack Review: Windigo Island by William Kent Krueger
Windigo Island William Kent Krueger Atria Books Release Date: August 19, 2014 ISBN 978-1-4767-4923-5 Windigo …
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LitStack Review: The Doubt Factory by Paolo Bacigalupi
The Doubt Factory Paolo Bacigalupi Little, Brown and Company Release Date: October 14, 2014 ISBN …
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LitStack Review: Lock In by John Scalzi
Lock In John Scalzi Tor Books Release Date: August 26, 2014 ISBN 978-0-7653-7586-5 It just …
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The Book With No Pictures B. J. Novak Dial Books for Young Readers Release Date: …
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LitStack Review: Maplecroft by Cherie Priest
Maplecroft – The Borden Dispatches Cherie Priest ROC Release Date: September 2, 2014 ISBN 978-0-451-46697-6 …
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The Pretty Girl, a novella and stories, by Debra Spark. In Spark’s 2012 collection, the …
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The Widow’s House Daniel Abraham Orbit Release Date: August 5, 2014 ISBN 978-0-316-20398-2 Book Four …
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LitStack Review: Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore Robin Sloan Farrar, Straus and Giroux Release Date: September 24, 2013 …
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The Lesson of the Master, by Henry James Colm Tóibín, in his introduction to the …
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LitStack Review: Owl and the Japanese Circus by Kristi Charish
Owl and the Japanese Circus Kristi Charish Simon & Schuster Release Date: January 13, 2015 …
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The Firefox Book, by Elliot Wigginton (editor) Perfect for #throwbackthursday, this compendium of customs and …
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What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions Randall Munroe Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Release …
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Nora Webster, by Colm Tóibín At the heart of Colm Tóibín‘s new novel is the story …
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LitStack Review: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr Scribner Release Date: May 6, 2014 ISBN …
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LitStack Review: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Station Eleven Emily St. John Mandel Alfred A. Knopf Release Date: September 9, 2014 ISBN …
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LitStack Rec: Back Roads and Frontal Lobes & The Postman Always Rings Twice
by Tee Tateby Tee TateBack Roads and Frontal Lobes Brady Allen I cannot think of a better book to …
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The Mirror Empire (The Worldbreaker Saga, Book 1) Kameron Hurley Angry Robot Release Date: August …