Rob Picks

As the manager of the Clinton Book Shop, I make it a personal mission to make sure that each book I put into the hands of a reader is one that they will enjoy. One of my greatest pleasures is when one of our customers come into the shop, after having read a book that I recommended, to tell me they loved it and want another. Below are just a few of my favorites.

The Shadow of the Wind (Paperback)

By Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Lucia Graves (Translator)

$16.00

ISBN-13: 9780143034902
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 02/01/2005

Absoutley the BEST book I have ever read

Horns (Hardcover)

By Joe Hill

$25.99

ISBN-13: 9780061147951
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: William Morrow, 02/01/2010

Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel (Hardcover)

By Jeannette Walls

$26.00

ISBN-13: 9781416586289
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Scribner, 10/01/2009

Jeannette Walls can write a book that we all will love. This is the book that you would expect from the author of The Glass Castle.

The Prince of Mist (Hardcover)

By Carlos Ruiz Zafon

$17.99

ISBN-13: 9780316044776
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 05/01/2010

The Ghosts of Belfast (Hardcover)

By Stuart Neville

$25.00

ISBN-13: 9781569476000
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Soho Crime, 10/01/2009

Brilliant! Absolutely Brilliant...

Devil's Kiss (Hardcover)

By Sarwat Chadda

$17.99

ISBN-13: 9781423119999
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Hyperion, 09/01/2009

Never underestimate the power of a young adult novel. This is a great book.

In My Father's Shadow: A Daughter Remembers Orson Welles (Hardcover)

By Chris Welles Feder

$24.95

ISBN-13: 9781565125995
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Published: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 11/01/2009

Chris Welles Feder has composed a brilliant book depicting her life, growing up the daughter of one of the greatest figures of the 20th. Century.

Mudbound (Paperback)

By Hillary Jordan

$13.95

ISBN-13: 9781565126770
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 03/01/2009

While reading this novel, I could not get Harper Lee's, To Kill A Mockingbird, out of my head

The Tender Bar: A Memoir (Paperback)

By J.r. Moehringer

$14.95

ISBN-13: 9780786888764
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Hyperion, 08/01/2006

If you loved The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, you want to read this book.

Life Laid Bare: The Survivors in Rwanda Speak (Paperback)

By Jean Hatzfeld, Linda Coverdale (Translator)

$14.95

ISBN-13: 9781590512739
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Published: Other Press, 11/01/2007

Difficult to read and even more difficult to put down. This book will remain with you. I believe that every teen, over the age of 16, must read this book.

The Last Summer of the Death Warriors (Hardcover)

By Francisco X. Stork

$17.99

ISBN-13: 9780545151337
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Arthur A. Levine Books, 03/01/2010

Edmund White is the best author that too few read. One of America's greatest authors.

Be Near Me (Paperback)

By Andrew O'Hagan

$14.00

ISBN-13: 9780156033961
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Mariner Books, 04/01/2008

This is a stunning novel that evokes every emotion that one book can. Beautiful!

Walking the Perfect Square (Paperback)

By Reed Farrel Coleman, Megan Abbott (Foreword by)

$13.00

ISBN-13: 9780979270956
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Published: Busted Flush Press, 06/01/2008

Fans of great detective stories will LOVE Coleman's Moe Prager series. I came across this after listening to NPR's Maureen Corrigan review. Corrigan praised Coleman, with just cause.