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1. Leaving Earth

   Helen Humphreys

   In 1933, two women aviators try for the longest flight-endurance record while, in Toronto below, war looms.More

2. Country of Origin

   Don Lee

   A dazzling debut novel by the prize-winning author of Yellow, set in the unique and exotic nightworld of Tokyo.More

3. Breaking the Tongue

   Vyvyane Loh

   "Dramatic....One of the most ambitious and accomplished debut novels in recent memory."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review.More

4. The Cruelest Miles

   Gay Salisbury, Laney Salisbury

   "A stirring tale of survival, thanks to man's best friend . . . reflects a transcendent understanding and impeccable research."—Seattle TimesMore

5. The Snow Fox

   Susan Fromberg Schaeffer

   "A spare, subtle, moving love story that builds and sustains its own utterly believable world." —Elizabeth Ward, Washington PostMore

6. Little Edens

   Barbara Klein Moss

   "Each of Moss's surprising, beautifully constructed, and soulful stories brilliantly illuminates the paradox of paradise." —BooklistMore

7. Dear Mrs. Lindbergh

   Kathleen Hughes

   "A compassionate exploration of a woman's life—between motherhood and dreaming, living the everyday and taking flight."—Jane Mendelsohn, author of I Was Amelia EarhartMore

8. Daughter of the Saints

   Dorothy Allred Solomon

   "Probably the best book ever written about polygamy. Neither an apologia nor an exposé."—Salt Lake City Tribune
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9. An Hour in Paradise

   Joan Leegant

   "Joan Leegant writes stories that last, stories that take root in the soul."—Bret Lott, author of JewelMore

10. Due Preparations for the Plague

    Janette Turner Hospital

    "In this bracing, visceral thriller...Hospital continually locates, in human events, the unyieldingly human experience."—San Francisco ChronicleMore

11. Crescent

    Diana Abu-Jaber

    "Abu-Jaber's voluptuous prose features insights into the Arab American community that are wisely, warmly depicted."—San Francisco ChronicleMore

12. Stiff

    Mary Roach

    "One of the funniest and most unusual books of the year....Gross, educational, and unexpectedly sidesplitting."—Entertainment WeeklyMore

13. Sappho's Leap

    Erica Jong

    "Sappho's Leap delights."—USA TodayMore

14. The Songs of the Kings

    Barry Unsworth

    "Pure gold....One of the best books by this most versatile of writers."—Penelope LivelyMore

15. The Hazards of Good Breeding

    Jessica Shattuck

    "Reading Jessica Shattuck's pitch perfect first novel is like spying on the children and grandchildren of John Cheever's Wapshots."—Los Angeles TimesMore