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Kinder Than Solitude by Yiyun
Li Three friends witness a
crime; one of them may have committed it. Li’s novel undulates
back and forth between presentday America and China in the 90s,
to tell their story.
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What’s Important is Feeling by
Adam Wilson The author of
Flatscreen has written a collection
of short stories, one which appeared in the Best American Short
Stories anthology in 2012 — so
it’s safe to say he knows a thing or
two about the art form.
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Blood Will Out by Walter Kirn
Kirn’s latest fuses memoir
with crime reporting, creating a
compelling story about his 15-year
relationship with Clark Rockefeller, who, Kirn discovers, is guilty of
child kidnapping and murder.
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Love & Treasure by Ayelet
Waldman At the end of
World War II, a crew of American
soldiers capture a train filled with
gold jewelry and other riches. The
man guarding the treasures becomes conflicted after meeting a
Hungarian woman who has lost
everything she has in the war.
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Off Course by Michelle Huneven
Cressida Hartley (Cress) is
finishing up her dissertation on the
economics of art. To do so, she has
set up camp in her parents’ home
in the mountains, and finds herself more enchanted with the local
community than her own research.
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Casebook by Mona Simpson Protagonist Miles’s parents are
separating. He and his close friend
Hector begin snooping around their
belongings, and eavesdropping on
their conversations in what begins
as innocent, childlike “detective
work,” but soon evolves into something more serious.
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Cubed: A Secret History of the
Workplace by Nikil Saval The
editor of n+1 delves into the history
of the office, lacing in references to
Dilbert, Bartleby, and of course, The
Office, but also books on management and business strategy. He also
offers insight into what the workplace of the future could look like.
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Cutting Teeth by Julia
Fierro Reminiscent of Meg
Wolitzer’s 2013 hit The Interestings, Fierro’s book catalogues two
summer days at a beach house,
where a group of 30-something
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