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Destined for Love (The Bradens at Weston, CO #2; The Bradens #2; Love in Bloom #5)

Melissa Foster

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Dani Indovino Cawley (0 KP)

Rebellions are built on hope

Feminist, occasional writer, roller derby announcer, reader of books, content strategist, Oberlin...

Books Editor (673 KP) shared own list

Nov 16, 2017

As winter approaches, here are some of Washington Post's favourite reads – from thrillers to literary fiction, memoir, history and politics:

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Washington Post: Best Books of 2017

The Washington Post's annual survey of the best books includes 10 they think are exceptionally rewarding:

Sing, Unburied, Sing

Jesmyn Ward

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A searing and profound odyssey bringing the archetypal road novel into rural twenty-first century...

Saints for All Occasions

J. Courtney Sullivan

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Nora and Theresa Flynn are twenty-one and seventeen when they leave their small village in Ireland...

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Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama

David Garrow

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The definitive account of Barack Obama’s life before he became the 44th president of the United...

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The Power

Naomi Alderman

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Read our exclusive author interview SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR...

Lincoln in the Bardo

George Saunders

8.3 (6 Ratings) Rate It

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The extraordinary first novel by the bestselling, Folio Prize-winning, National Book...

Deborah (162 KP) rated A Fine Brush on Ivory: An Appreciation of Jane Austen in Books

Dec 21, 2018

A small but perfectly form piece of literary criticism. Very accessible and his chapter on Mansfield Park is exceptionally worthwhile.

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The Life of George Eliot: A Critical Biography

Nancy Henry

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The life story of the Victorian novelist George Eliot is as dramatic and complex as her best plots....

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Duroy, Lionel

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A novel in which the author combines literary creation, the origin of evil and the end of a...

Julie Klausner recommended In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences in Books (curated)

"The O.G. of the True Crime genre, and literary journalism at its juiciest. Makes Serial look like a mural about drying paint."

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Lroni (0 KP)

Literary Enthusiast and Self-made Artist

I am a biochemist who in the long hours of the night creates art of various types while listening to...

Dana (24 KP) rated English 100 Literary Theory Course Backet in Books

Mar 23, 2018

I had to read this for one of my classes on Literary Theory. I think the combination of a very boring class and very uninteresting subject matter made me dislike all of the articles in this course packet. There was more information on language and history than there was on actual literary theory, which was kind of disappointing.