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   Sam Avatarstaff pick: THE FORGOTTEN GIRLS: A MEMOIR OF FRIENDSHIP AND LOST PROMISE IN RURAL AMERICA by Monica Pottsstaff pick: THE BOOK OF GOOSE by Yiyun Listaff pick: THE CLACKITY (BLIGHT HARBOR) by Lora Senfstaff pick: FELLOWSHIP POINT by Alice Elliott Darkstaff pick: ON OUR BEST BEHAVIOR: THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS AND THE PRICE WOMEN PAY TO BE GOOD by Elise Loehnenstaff pick: HOLDING PATTERN by Jenny Xiestaff pick: THE ART THIEF by Michael Finkelstaff pick: CURSED BREAD by Sophie MackintoshStaff Pick: BIG SWISS by Jen BeaginStaff pick: Sam by Allegra GoodmanStaff pick: We All Want Impossible Things

 

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staff pick: THE FORGOTTEN GIRLS: A MEMOIR OF FRIENDSHIP AND LOST PROMISE IN RURAL AMERICA by Monica Pottsstaff pick: THE BOOK OF GOOSE by Yiyun Listaff pick: THE CLACKITY (BLIGHT HARBOR) by Lora Senfstaff pick: FELLOWSHIP POINT by Alice Elliott Darkstaff pick: ON OUR BEST BEHAVIOR: THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS AND THE PRICE WOMEN PAY TO BE GOOD by Elise Loehnenstaff pick: HOLDING PATTERN by Jenny Xiestaff pick: THE ART THIEF by Michael Finkelstaff pick: CURSED BREAD by Sophie MackintoshStaff Pick: BIG SWISS by Jen BeaginStaff pick: Sam by Allegra GoodmanThe DisplacementsThe PromiseHollywood ParkTrustWonderworksThe Liar's DictionaryCover of The Hard CrowdHow Do You LiveWe Begin at the EndColdWaywardCloud Cuckoo Land IntimaciesSmall Things Like TheseThe Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois SongbirdsChouetteCover of Sin EaterLeave The World BehindThe MerciesAmnestyDear EdwardChildren of the LandNight Boat to TangierSex, Teens & EverythingLast Train to LondonThe Dearly BelovedThe Last Book PartyThe Stationery ShopThe Summer WivesFleishman Is in TroubleMy Year of Rest and RelaxationThe Gifted SchoolTo Have and To HoldWashington BlackPassion ParadoxThe Good EggThey All Saw a CatbibliophileLittleMeatyGrief CottageVirgil WanderThe Library BookThe Heart's Invisible FuriesTouchThe Child FinderWe All Love the Beautiful GirlsThe Mermaid and Mrs. HancockSea PrayerLeave No TraceThe NixBeing Mortal by Atul Gawande   Exit West by Mohsin Hamid   Pachinko by Min Jin Lee   Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel   The Creativity Project by Colby Sharp   Woman No. 17 by Edan Lepucki   Cake by Maira Kalman   The Woman in the Window by AJ Finn

Drawing of Sam by Katie Knudson
Samantha
Portrait by Katie Knudson
  • BEING MORTAL by Atul Gawande
  • CAKE by Maira Kalman
  • EXIT WEST by Mohsin Hamid
  • PACHINKO by Min Jin Lee
  • STATION ELEVEN by Emily St John Mandel
  • THE CREATIVITY PROJECT by Colby Sharp
  • THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW by A.J. Finn
  • WOMAN NO. 17 by Edan Lepucki
‹ THE WHIZ MOB AND THE GRENADINE KID by Colin Meloy up BEING MORTAL by Atul Gawande ›

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