SEPTEMBER 2013
The Round House
By Louise Erdrich
* NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
LITERARY - A woman is raped and beaten on an Ojibwe reservation, and her 13-year-old son decides to investigate. (**** SELECTION Jan/Feb 2013)
Telegraph Avenue
By Michael Chabon
LITERARY - Chabon offers a story about family, friendship, and the healing qualities of nostalgia. (**** SELECTION Nov/Dec 2012)
John Saturnall's Feast
By Lawrence Norfolk
LITERARY - A peasant boy living in 17th-century England has magical recipes that propel him up the ranks of society. (**** Mar/Apr 2013)
Captain Vorpatril's Alliance
By Lois McMaster Bujold
SF - The author's 20-volume Vorkosigan Saga continues with this installment, told from the point of view of Miles Vorkosigan's cousin Ivan. (**** Mar/Apr 2013)
My American Revolution
Crossing the Delaware and I-78
By Robert Sullivan
GENERAL NF - Sullivan looks at events from the Revolutionary War that took place in and around present-day New York City. (**** SELECTION Jan/Feb 2013)
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Joseph Anton
A Memoir
By Salman Rushdie
BIOGRAPHY - Rushdie recounts his darkest days on the run, as well as his life of fame and fortune. (**** SELECTION Nov/Dec 2012)
On a Farther Shore
The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson
By William Souder
BIOGRAPHY - This volume commemorates the 50th anniversary of scientist Rachel Carson's seminal book, Silent Spring, as well as explores her life. (**** Jan/Feb 2013)
OCTOBER 2013
Schroder
By Amity Gaige
LITERARY - Fourteen-year-old immigrant Erik Schroder reinvents himself as Eric Kennedy. (**** SELECTION May/June 2013)
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This is How You Lose Her
By Junot Diaz
LITERARY - Of the nine linked stories printed in his second compilation, This Is How You Lose Her, eight are narrated by Diaz's familiar alter ego...
