Great Reads

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  1. Book ImageSeven Days in the Art World

    Sarah Thornton

    Named one of the best art books of 2008 by The New York Times and The Sunday Times [London]: “An indelible portrait of a peculiar society.”—VogueMore

  2. Book ImageThe Blind Side

    Michael Lewis

    Movie Tie-in Edition

    The book behind the Academy award-winning film starring Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw.More

  3. Book ImageThe Glass of Time: A Novel

    Michael Cox

    “Entirely wonderful . . . chock-full of revenge, romance, duplicity, concealed identities and murder most frequent.”—Washington PostMore

  4. Book ImageThe Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea

    Sebastian Junger

    A real-life thriller that leaves us with the taste of salt on our tongues and a terror of the deep.More

  5. Book ImageThe Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story

    Diane Ackerman

    2008 Orion Book Award

    The New York Times bestseller: a true story in which the keepers of the Warsaw zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands.More

  6. Book ImageThe History of Love: A Novel

    Nicole Krauss

    ONE OF THE MOST LOVED NOVELS OF THE DECADE

    A long-lost book reappears, mysteriously connecting an old man searching for his son and a girl seeking a cure for her widowed mother’s loneliness.

    New York Times Bestseller
    Winner of the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing
    Winner of the Borders Original Voices Award
    Finalist for the Orange Prize
    #1 Booksense Pick
    Winner of the Edward Lewis Wallant Award
    Winner of France’s Prix du Meilleur Livre Ėtranger AwardMore