Region: United States (45 Listed volumes)
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Thad Ziolkowski
Wichita
"Flat out intelligence, lucid prose, and a stunning sense of American tragedy, make Thad Ziolkowski's WICHITA a wild ride of a read and the perfect storm of a book."--Alice Sebold -
Seth Greenland
The Angry Buddhist
This is the perfect combination of people and place for Seth Greenland, one of America’s finest satirists. The Angry Buddhist swirls together the character-derived humor of an Elmore Leonard tale with the clear-eyed suspense of a James M. Cain noir. It convincingly explores mendacity in its many modern... -
Steve Erickson
These Dreams of You
"Erickson expertly weaves together themes of music, politics, and idealism in a modern story where preconceptions are outdated."—Publishers Weekly -
Audrey Schulman
Three Weeks in December
Evoking both Barbara Kingsolver and Andrea Barrett, this enthralling fiction, wise and generous, explores some of the crucial social and cultural challenges that, over the years, have come to shape our world. -
Sara Levine
Treasure Island!!!
“What an awesome book.”—David Wain “Had Grace Paley spent her youth hanging out with Larry David, listening to the Ramones, and reading Stanley Elkin, she’d have probably written something like Treasure Island!!!" —Adam Levin, author of The Instructions -
Jesse Browner
Everything Happens Today
Everything Happens Today is funny, moving, generous and exhilarating. It will enchant young adults who see themselves in the story as well as adult readers who will be captured by the deeply sympathetic characters and the acute feel for the way we live now. Most readers will want it never to be... -
Alexander Maksik
You Deserve Nothing
Set in Paris, at an international high school catering to the sons and daughters of wealthy, influential families, You Deserve Nothing is a gripping story of power, idealism, and morality. -
Jonathan Yardley
Second Reading. Notable and Neglected Books Revisited
Collected from a popular Washington Post column of the same name, Second Readings is an incisive and entertaining look at the career and times of an esteemed critic and the venerable books that shaped him. -
Joel Stone
The Jerusalem File
Jerusalem is setting for a gripping story of moral equivocations and geo-political strife.