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Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays By David Foster Wallace Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780316013321
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Published: Back Bay Books - July 2nd, 2007

Dubliners By James Joyce, Terence Brown (Introduction by), Terence Brown (Notes by) Cover Image
By James Joyce, Terence Brown (Introduction by), Terence Brown (Notes by)
$11.00
ISBN: 9780140186475
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Published: Penguin Classics - June 1st, 1993

Our Town: A Play in Three Acts By Thornton Wilder Cover Image
$15.99
ISBN: 9780063003996
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Published: Harper Perennial Modern Classics - July 28th, 2020

The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914; Barbara W. Tuchman's Great War Series By Barbara W. Tuchman Cover Image
$20.00
ISBN: 9780345405012
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - August 27th, 1996

The Guns of August: The Outbreak of World War I; Barbara W. Tuchman's Great War Series By Barbara W. Tuchman Cover Image
$20.00
ISBN: 9780345386236
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - March 8th, 1994

The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1) By N. K. Jemisin Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780316229296
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Published: Orbit - August 4th, 2015

Heartburn (Vintage Contemporaries) By Nora Ephron Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780679767954
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Published: Vintage - May 28th, 1996

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The American Roommate Experiment: A Novel By Elena Armas Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781668002773
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Published: Atria Books - September 6th, 2022

Lunar Love By Lauren Kung Jessen Cover Image
$15.99
ISBN: 9781538710258
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Published: Forever - January 10th, 2023

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Take a Hint, Dani Brown: A Novel (The Brown Sisters #2) By Talia Hibbert Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062941237
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Published: Avon - June 23rd, 2020

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D'Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding By Chencia C. Higgins Cover Image
$14.99
ISBN: 9781335534941
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Published: Carina Adores - January 25th, 2022

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Bluets By Maggie Nelson Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9781933517407
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Published: Wave Books - October 1st, 2009

Life on Mars: Poems By Tracy K. Smith Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9781555975845
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Published: Graywolf Press - May 10th, 2011

The Dream of a Common Language: Poems 1974-1977 By Adrienne Rich Cover Image
$15.95
ISBN: 9780393346008
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - April 1st, 2013

The Carrying: Poems By Ada Limón Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9781571315137
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Published: Milkweed Editions - April 13th, 2021

The Tradition By Jericho Brown Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781556594861
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Published: Copper Canyon Press - April 1st, 2019

Okay for Now: A National Book Award Winner By Gary D. Schmidt Cover Image
$7.99
ISBN: 9780544022805
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Published: Clarion Books - February 5th, 2013

The Wednesday Wars: A Newbery Honor Award Winner By Gary D. Schmidt Cover Image
$8.99
ISBN: 9780547237602
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Published: Clarion Books - May 18th, 2009

Pay Attention, Carter Jones By Gary D. Schmidt Cover Image
$7.99
ISBN: 9780358346302
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Published: Clarion Books - November 3rd, 2020

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Just Like That By Gary D. Schmidt Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9780544084773
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Published: Clarion Books - January 5th, 2021

Orbiting Jupiter By Gary D. Schmidt Cover Image
$9.99
ISBN: 9780544938397
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Published: Clarion Books - May 2nd, 2017

We The Animals By Justin Torres Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780547844190
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Published: Mariner Books - September 11th, 2012

Autobiography Of A Face By Lucy Grealy Cover Image
$15.99
ISBN: 9780544837393
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Published: Harper Perennial - September 13th, 2016

This Boy's Life (30th Anniversary Edition): A Memoir By Tobias Wolff Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780802149077
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Published: Grove Press - December 17th, 2019

The Duke of Deception: Memories of My Father By Geoffrey Wolff Cover Image
$15.95
ISBN: 9780679727521
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Published: Vintage - February 19th, 1990

The Night In Question: Stories (Vintage Contemporaries) By Tobias Wolff Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780679781554
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Published: Vintage - September 30th, 1997

A Day at the Beach By Geoffrey Wolff, Ann Patchett (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Geoffrey Wolff, Ann Patchett (Introduction by)
$17.00
ISBN: 9780804170093
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Published: Vintage - November 5th, 2013

A Perfect Spy: A Novel By John le Carré Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780143119760
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Published: Penguin Books - July 20th, 2011

The Blue Flower: A Novel By Penelope Fitzgerald Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9780544359451
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Published: Harper Paperbacks - October 14th, 2014

Tiny Beautiful Things (10th Anniversary Edition): Advice from Dear Sugar By Cheryl Strayed Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593685211
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Published: Vintage - November 1st, 2022

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Little Pieces of Hope: Happy-Making Things in a Difficult World By Todd Doughty, Josie Portillo (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Todd Doughty, Josie Portillo (Illustrator)
$16.00
ISBN: 9780143136569
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Published: Penguin Life - October 12th, 2021

The Book of Delights: Essays By Ross Gay Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781643753287
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Published: Algonquin Books - August 16th, 2022

The Country Girls: Three Novels and an Epilogue: (The Country Girl; The Lonely Girl; Girls in Their Married Bliss; Epilogue) (FSG Classics) By Edna O'Brien, Eimear McBride (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Edna O'Brien, Eimear McBride (Introduction by)
$20.00
ISBN: 9780374537357
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - November 14th, 2017

Angela's Ashes: A Memoir By Frank McCourt Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780684842677
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Published: Scribner - May 25th, 1999

The Story of Lucy Gault: A Novel By William Trevor Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780142003312
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Published: Penguin Books - August 26th, 2003

The All of It: A Novel By Jeannette Haien Cover Image
$13.99
ISBN: 9780062090096
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Published: Harper Perennial - June 7th, 2011

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Foster By Claire Keegan Cover Image
$20.00
ISBN: 9780802160140
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Published: Grove Press - November 1st, 2022

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Small Things Like These By Claire Keegan Cover Image
$20.00
ISBN: 9780802158741
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Published: Grove Press - November 30th, 2021

The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother By James McBride Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9781594481925
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Published: Riverhead Books - February 7th, 2006

Song of Solomon (Vintage International) By Toni Morrison Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781400033423
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Published: Vintage - June 8th, 2004

Pilgrims By Elizabeth Gilbert Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780143113379
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Published: Riverhead Books - September 25th, 2007

Unless: A Novel By Carol Shields Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9780060874407
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Published: Harper Perennial - January 3rd, 2006

The Stone Diaries: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) By Carol Shields, Penelope Lively (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Carol Shields, Penelope Lively (Introduction by)
$18.00
ISBN: 9780143105503
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Published: Penguin Classics - September 30th, 2008

Brother, I'm Dying (Vintage Contemporaries) By Edwidge Danticat Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781400034307
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Published: Vintage - September 9th, 2008

So Long, See You Tomorrow (Vintage International) By William Maxwell Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780679767206
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Published: Vintage - January 3rd, 1996

A High Wind in Jamaica By Richard Hughes, Francine Prose (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Richard Hughes, Francine Prose (Introduction by)
$17.95
ISBN: 9780940322158
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Published: NYRB Classics - September 30th, 1999

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The Great Believers: A Novel By Rebecca Makkai Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780735223530
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Published: Penguin Books - June 4th, 2019

So Big: A Novel By Edna Ferber Cover Image
$15.99
ISBN: 9780061859984
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Published: Harper Perennial Modern Classics - April 23rd, 2019

Mrs. Caliban By Rachel Ingalls, Rivka Galchen (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Rachel Ingalls, Rivka Galchen (Introduction by)
$13.95
ISBN: 9780811226691
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Published: New Directions - November 28th, 2017