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Young Mungo By Douglas Stuart Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780802162120
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Published: Grove Press - March 21st, 2023

Set in 1990s Glasgow, Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart is a heart-wrenching yet deeply beautiful novel that follows 15 year-old Mungo's departure from childhood and subsequent loss of innocence. Throughout the book, Mungo is confronted with the harsh cruelty of his world, from his alcoholic mother to the blatant and often violent homophobia in his community. This story is not all gloom, however, as Mungo finds pockets of goodness and refuge in the quiet parts of his world. Mungo's child-like optimism and admiration for all things beautiful shines throughout the novel, making it one of my favorites I have read in a while. 


New and Selected Poems, Volume One By Mary Oliver Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780807068779
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Published: Beacon Press - April 15th, 2004

The Secret History (Vintage Contemporaries) By Donna Tartt Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781400031702
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Published: Vintage - April 13th, 2004

Normal People: A Novel By Sally Rooney Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781984822185
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Published: Crown - February 18th, 2020

Conversations with Friends: A Novel By Sally Rooney Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780451499066
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Published: Crown - August 7th, 2018

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The Maidens: A Novel By Alex Michaelides Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781250304469
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Published: Celadon Books - May 24th, 2022

The Guest List: A Reese's Book Club Pick By Lucy Foley Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780062868947
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - August 3rd, 2021

The Guest List by Lucy Foley is a modern whodunnit that I'm certain Agatha Christie would have dug. As we shift between characters' points of view, we come to know this wedding party and familiar toxic environment that always comes with a big wedding. But we soon realize, this one comes with a...MURDER! This book was a really fun read, and its plot delivered for me. I found its structure to be quite engaging, as we switch between characters' points of view, and the setting of the book (a windswept island) made for a great read.  


Gone Girl: A Novel By Gillian Flynn Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780307588371
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Published: Ballantine Books - April 22nd, 2014

Gone Girl is one of those books that excites you with every page. Gillian Flynn is a master at constructing a hidden truth just below the surface of what us readers are allowed to see. As the book progresses, we become familiar with these complex, mysterious and deeply flawed characters, and even long after finishing the book, I am still thinking about them. Read this book!


Sharp Objects: A Novel By Gillian Flynn Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780307341556
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Published: Crown - July 31st, 2007

Tiny Beautiful Things (10th Anniversary Edition): Advice from Dear Sugar By Cheryl Strayed Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780593685211
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Published: Vintage - November 1st, 2022

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The Only Good Indians: A Novel By Stephen Graham Jones Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781982136468
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Published: S&S/Saga Press - January 26th, 2021

A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail By Bill Bryson Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780767902526
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Published: Crown - May 4th, 1999

A Sand County Almanac: With Essays on Conservation from Round River By Aldo Leopold Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780345345059
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Published: Ballantine Books - December 12th, 1986

The Silent Patient By Alex Michaelides Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781250301703
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Published: Celadon Books - May 4th, 2021

Changes in the Land, Revised Edition: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England By William Cronon, John Demos (Foreword by), William Cronon (Afterword by) Cover Image
By William Cronon, John Demos (Foreword by), William Cronon (Afterword by)
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ISBN: 9780809016341
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Published: Hill and Wang - September 1st, 2003

Changes in the Land is a fantastic and accessible environmental history of colonial New England. In this book, Cronon demonstrates his unrivaled talent at exploring the ways in which the land reacts to the monumental historical changes that we are all familiar with. I was blown away by what I learned from Cronon, and this is a book I always recommend to any New Englanders curious about the environmental history of this place. Most of all, this book is an enjoyable one to read!


The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: A Lisbeth Salander Novel (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Series #1) By Stieg Larsson Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780307454546
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Published: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard - June 23rd, 2009

Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life By Lulu Miller Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781501160349
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Published: Simon & Schuster - April 6th, 2021

Why Fish Don't Exist is a unique mix between biography, memoir, history, and philosophy. Throughout the book, Lulu Miller examines the life of a little known character from US history, picking apart the details of his story in search of some larger lesson on life and meaning that she could apply to her own. What she finds is not cliche, not trite, and certainly was not what I or she expected from this book. Through her determination and honesty, Miller learns more and more about her historical obsession and about herself, leading her reader on a wild ride to a beautiful, new understanding of the way life and the world work. I highly recommend this book. 


Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: A novel By Gabrielle Zevin Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780593321201
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Published: Knopf - July 5th, 2022

This book depicts love and grief in a way that is messy, yet beautiful and painfully real. I am still thinking about these characters and the extremely complex relationships that Zevin builds. These characters will undoubtedly stick with me for a while, as they feel like real people. Lastly, although this is a book about gamers, I know nothing about video games, and this book does not expect you to!


The Guest: A Novel By Emma Cline Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780812998627
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Published: Random House - May 16th, 2023

The Guest by Emma Cline is a slightly bizarre but gripping read. You follow Alex--a pretty unreliable narrator--as she drifts around the Hamptons, messing stuff up and disrupting wealthy vacation-goers' lives. She provides a really interesting insight into these strangers' lives, and leads us on her quest to make right a number of screwups...with questionable success. I recommend this read!


Close to Home: A Novel By Michael Magee Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780374608323
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - May 16th, 2023

Close to Home by Michael Magee --- This book struck me for its honesty, its rawness, and its ability to communicate a beautiful mix of hope and despair. The story follows a young Irish university graduate dealing with joblessness and loneliness, who, throughout the book, seeks meaningful purpose and stability. Through beautifully subtle descriptions of a young man's everyday life, the book reflects on the rift between different generations' outlooks and experiences, all grounded in the ever-present violent legacy of recent Irish history. Magee delivers an intensely personal reflection on his own life experiences that has really stuck with me. I am still thinking about this book and how it made me feel. 


Little Miseries: This Is Not a Story About My Childhood. A Novel. By Kimberly Olson Fakih Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781953002204
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Published: Delphinium - January 10th, 2023

The Goldfinch: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction) By Donna Tartt Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780316055444
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Published: Back Bay Books - April 7th, 2015

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt is a fantastic book. Tartt fills the space between action with breathtaking descriptions of Theo's world, and even though not much literally happens at times, I never felt bored or left behind. Tartt's writing can be tender, funny, insightful, outrageous, suspenseful, and incredibly intimate. The story starts with an imaginative, jarring twist, and after following Theo's beautiful and at times directionless journey for pages and pages, The Goldfinch leaves you with an (in my opinion) incredibly satisfying resolution.


The Secret History (Vintage Contemporaries) By Donna Tartt Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781400031702
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Published: Vintage - April 13th, 2004

Ceremony: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) By Leslie Marmon Silko, Larry McMurtry (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Leslie Marmon Silko, Larry McMurtry (Introduction by)
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ISBN: 9780143104919
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Published: Penguin Classics - December 26th, 2006

Ceremony is a fantastic read. Its story follows Tayo's re-entry back home, bringing a somewhat mystical and totally unique lens to a familiar story. The book shows a different side to postwar America---one that most readers are unaware of. It's exploration of the meaning of place, trauma, and land all make it a fantastic and moving book.


World Without End (Kingsbridge #2) By Ken Follett Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780525950073
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Published: Viking - October 9th, 2007

Ken Follet's skill at imaginative worldbuilding within the genre of painfully detailed historical fiction is endless. Here he returns to Kingsbridge --- the same town from his other novels --- yet this one covers the 12th century and its transformations and scandals. The book follows multiple storylines that show the everyday life in the town's church, guilds, and homes. Follet shows how fun it can be to follow the lives of ordinary people in a completely foreign world. For those seeking a detailed and dense yet very fun historical fiction book, this is for you!


Seven Steeples: A Novel By Sara Baume Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780063268685
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Published: Mariner Books - April 18th, 2023

Seven Steeples by Sara Baume is a pretty fascinating study of a couple's life as they retreat from society with their two dogs to create a new life for themselves in the Irish countryside. The book isn't plot-driven, but consists of a series of observations about the serious and mundane. Once you understand the pacing of the book, you are sucked into the intimacy of these peoples' life in a pretty unique way. It changed the way I imagine my semi-regular desire to just run away and live somewhere in the middle of nowhere with dogs...


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