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I See You Everywhere
by Julia Glass
National Book Award-winning author of Three Junes and The Whole World Over

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

"Rich, intricate and alive with emotion.... An honest portrait of sister-love.... Brave and forgiving."
—The New York Times Book Review

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    (Featured Selections are updated monthly. For more information on upcoming selections, visit our Monthly Planner section.)



    • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
    by Stieg Larsson

    "Wildly suspenseful...an intelligent, ingeniously plotted, utterly engrossing thriller."
    --The Washington Post

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    Buy the trade paperback or mass market edition of the book.

     


    The Sister
    by Poppy Adams

    "Masterly.... At once beautiful, informative, and disturbing... [with] stylish prose, taut plotting and dark psychology."
    --The Washington Post Book World

    Browse inside the book, read an excerpt, Enter to win an author chat with Poppy Adams for your reading group, and print our free Reading Group Guide
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    Palace Council
    by Stephen L. Carter,
    author of The Emperor of Ocean Park

    "Pitch-perfect.... A mystery that will give a surprising jolt to your conscience."
    --The Washington Post

    Browse inside the book, read an excerpt and an interview with the author, check out Stephen L. Carter's book tour (for Jericho's Fall, out in July), and print our free Reading Group Guide
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    Netherland
    by Joseph O'Neill

    "Fascinating.... A wonderful book."
    --President Obama, interviewed by Jon Meacham in Newsweek (May 25, 2009 issue)

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    The Hakawati
    by Rabih Alameddine

    "Here is absolute beauty. One of the finest novels I've read in years."
    --Junot Díaz

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    The Other
    by David Guterson,
    Bestselling author of Snow Falling on Cedars

    "Gorgeous, haunting.... A deeply considered tragedy of social alienation and hubris."
    --The Washington Post Book World

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    Audition
    by Barbara Walters

    #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER

    "The crowning glory of a remarkable career."
    --Liz Smith

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    Rules of Deception
    by Christopher Reich

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

    "A globe-trotting, bomb-ticking, loyalty-blurring thriller."
    --People

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    Unaccustomed Earth
    by Jhumpa Lahiri

    #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER

    "Stunning.... Gorgeous.... Never before has Lahiri mined so perfectly the secrets of the human heart."
    --USA Today

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    "Socialism Is Great!"
    by Lijia Zhang

    "A sharply observant and admirably crafted memoir.... A truly original contribution to our understanding of modern China."
    --Jonathan D. Spence

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    Stealing Athena
    by Karen Essex
    Bestseller author of Leonardo's Swans

    "Historical fiction at its finests."
    --St. Petersburg Times

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    War and Peace
    by Leo Tolstoy
    Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER

    "Shimmering.... [It] offers an opportunity to see this great classic afresh, to approach it not as a monument but rather as a deeply touching story about our contradictory human hearts."
    --Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Book World

    Visit the official Web site at www.warandpeace-book.com to submit your own questions to the translators and find exclusive resources, including a chapter summary, list of principal characters, expanded reading group guide, and much more.
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    Away We Go
    by Dave Eggers and Venedela Vida

    "Utterly winning and achingly romantic.... A smart/funny script by Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida.."--Papermag

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    The Informers
    by Bret Eastson Ellis
    Bestselling author of American Psycho "Coolly ferocious.... Truly unsettling"--The New York Times Book Review

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    The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
    by Alexander McCall Smith

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER

    "One of the best, most charming, honest, hilarious and life–affirming books to appear in years."--The Plain Dealer

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    From Sharon B. of Queensland, Australia:

    "We've been meeting once a month for about 6 years now and a few years ago the meeting seemed to lose something and conversation was no longer primarily about books. So I chose each person's name at random, they each have their own month and its their call. They choose the book, venue and how the meeting will run. I feel that this has given ownership back to each member, applied a tiny amount of pressure (which is healthy) and we never know how the meeting is going to pan out until we are there."
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