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  1. Book ImageMoney, Love

    Brad Barkley

    "Filled to the brim with fall-down funny scenes an vividly etched, unforgettable characters." —Washington PostMore

  2. Book ImageServants of the Map

    Andrea Barrett

    "Luminous....Each [story] is rich and independent and beautiful and should draw Barrett many new admirers."—Publishers Weekly, starred reviewMore

  3. Book ImageShip Fever

    Andrea Barrett

    1996 National Book Award Winner for Fiction.More

  4. Book ImageVoyage of the Narwhal

    Andrea Barrett

    From the author of the 1996 National Book Award Winner Ship Fever.More

  5. Book ImageThe Air We Breathe

    Andrea Barrett

    "An evocative panorama of America...on the cusp of enormous change" (Newsday) by the National Book Award-winning author of Ship Fever.More

  6. Book ImageThe Passion of Reverend Nash

    Rachel Basch

    In the vein of Gail Godwin's Evensong, a powerful novel that explores faith and sisterhood in small-town New England.More

  7. Book ImageShadow Play

    Charles Baxter

    "In his quiet cosmic wonderment, Baxter is the equal of John Updike and Anne Tyler at their largest and best."—GQMore

  8. Book ImageThe Making of a Poem

    Eavan Boland, Mark Strand

    "Concise, learned, revisionary... should enrich the passionate conversation about poetic forms for years to come."— Edward Hirsch, author of How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love with PoetryMore

  9. Book ImageHarry and Catherine

    Frederick Busch

    "For years Frederick Busch has been at work on one of the most impressive bodies of American fiction."—Reynolds PriceMore

  10. Book ImageAmerican Salvage

    Bonnie Jo Campbell

    Finalist for the 2009 National Book Award in Fiction; finalist for the 2009 National Book Critics Circle Award in Fiction. “These short stories approach their subjects from an array of perspectives, but what they share is freshness, surprise, and a compulsion to plumb some absolute extremes of American existence.”—National Book Award citationMore

  11. Book ImageOnce Upon a River

    Bonnie Jo Campbell

    “A demonstration of outstanding skills on the river of American literature.” —Entertainment WeeklyMore

  12. Book ImageHunger

    Lan Samantha Chang

    “Spare and haunting tales that ask ordinary questions about that extraordinary emotion: love.”—Chicago TribuneMore

  13. Book ImageInheritance

    Lan Samantha Chang

    A timeless story of familial devotion undermined by deceit and passion and rebuilt by memory.More

  14. Book ImageThe Secret Life of Emily Dickinson

    Jerome Charyn

    "In this brilliant and hilarious jailbreak of a novel, Charyn channels the genius poet and her great leaps of the imagination."—Donna Seaman, Booklist, starred reviewMore

  15. Book ImageA Good Indian Wife

    Anne Cherian

    “An absorbing tale of contrasts. . . . Cherian tells the story with quiet strength.” —San Francisco ChronicleMore

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