Zone One: A Novel
Zone One: A Novel
Author: Colson Whitehead
A brilliant written (zombie) horror novel with a post-apocalyptic Manhattan, where a pandemic has devastated the planet.
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Empire State
Empire State
Author: Adam Christopher
"THE EMPIRE STATE IS THE OTHER NEW YORK. A parallel-universe, Prohibition-era world of mooks and shamuses that is the twisted magic...
Oryx and Crake
Oryx and Crake
Author: Margaret Atwood
"Margaret Atwood projects us into a near future that is both all too familiar and beyond our imagining."
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Before I Go to Sleep: A Novel
Before I Go to Sleep: A Novel
Author: S. J. Watson
What if you lost your memories every time you went to sleep? Everything forgotten over...
Jackson Pollock (Icons of America)
Jackson Pollock (Icons of America)
Author: Evelyn Toynton
Jackson Pollock, the iconic artist's life and work examined by Evelyn Toynton.
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Among Others
Among Others
Author: Jo Walton
"Startling, unusual, and irresistibly readable, Among Others is at once the compelling story of a young woman struggling to escape a...
Invisible
Invisible
Author: Paul Auster
"Three different narrators tell the story of Invisible, a novel that travels in time from 1967 to 2007 and moves from Morningside...
In the Garden of Beasts
In the Garden of Beasts
Author: Erik Larson
"The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America’s first ambassador to Hitler’s Germany...
The Snow Child
The Snow Child
A novel by Eowyn Ivey
"Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel. Childless, they...
For Nothing
For Nothing
Author: Nicholas Denmon
Classic mafia-genre by Nicholas Denmon. A thrilling story about undercover cop Alex Vaughn who is seeking justice for his murdered friend...
Christ to Coke: How Image Becomes Icon
Christ to Coke: How Image Becomes Icon
Author: Martin Kemp
"How does an image become iconic? In Christ to Coke, eminent art historian Martin Kemp offers...
The Art of Fielding: A Novel
The Art of Fielding: A Novel
Author: Chad Harbach
"At Westish College, a small school on the shore of Lake Michigan, baseball star Henry Skrimshander seems...