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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. 

Hurt Machine (Paperback)

By Reed Farrel Coleman
$15.95
ISBN-13: 9781440531996
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Published: Tyrus Books, 12/2011
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Gritty crime-fiction that is tactile. You will love everything that Reed Farrel Coleman does.

Everybody Sees the Ants (Hardcover)

By A.S. King
$17.99
ISBN-13: 9780316129282
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 10/2011
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A.S. King is one of the best Y/A/ authors that I have ever read. Fully engaging, creative, and gutsy.

The Astral (Hardcover)

By Kate Christensen
$25.95
ISBN-13: 9780385530910
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Published: Doubleday, 6/2011
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I cannot wait to read everything that Kate Christensen has written.

The Fates Will Find Their Way (Hardcover)

By Hannah Pittard
$22.99
ISBN-13: 9780061996054
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Published: Ecco, 2/2011
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The Shadow of the Wind (Paperback)

By Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Lucia Graves
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9780143034902
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Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 2/2005
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Absoutley the BEST book I have ever read

The Illumination (Hardcover)

By Kevin Brockmeier
$24.95
ISBN-13: 9780375425318
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Published: Pantheon, 2/2011
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Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program [With CD (Audio)] (Paperback)

By Sharon Salzberg
$14.95
ISBN-13: 9780761159254
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Published: Workman Publishing, 12/2010
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Just Kids (Paperback)

By Patti Smith
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9780060936228
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Published: Ecco, 11/2010
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Horns (Paperback)

By Joe Hill
$14.99
ISBN-13: 9780061147968
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Published: Harper Paperbacks, 3/2011
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Fragile (Paperback)

By Lisa Unger
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780307394002
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Published: Broadway, 5/2011
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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
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 5/2010
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Ghosts of Belfast (Hardcover)

By Stuart Neville
$25.00
ISBN-13: 9781569476000
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Published: Soho Crime, 10/2009
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Brilliant!  Absolutely Brilliant...

Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder (Paperback)

By Richard Louv
$14.95
ISBN-13: 9781565126053
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Published: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 4/2008
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Never underestimate the power of a young adult novel.  This is a great book.

An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England (Paperback)

By Brock Clarke
$13.95
ISBN-13: 9781565126145
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Published: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 9/2008
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Mudbound (Paperback)

By Hillary Jordan
$13.95
ISBN-13: 9781565126770
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Published: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 3/2009
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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
$14.99
ISBN-13: 9780786888764
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Published: Hyperion, 7/2006
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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
$14.95
ISBN-13: 9781590512739
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Published: Other Press, 11/2007

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 Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival (Paperback)

By John Vaillant
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780307389046
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Published: Vintage, 5/2011
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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
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Published: Mariner Books, 4/2008
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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
$13.00
ISBN-13: 9780979270956
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Busted Flush Press, LLC, 6/2008
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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.

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (Paperback)

By Max Brooks
$14.95
ISBN-13: 9780307346612
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Published: Three Rivers Press, 10/2007
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Child 44 (Mass Market Paperback)

By Tom Rob Smith
$7.99
ISBN-13: 9780446402392
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Published: Grand Central Publishing, 4/2009
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Tom Rob Smith has written what is as close to a perfect thriller as an author can get.  Soon to be a major motion picture.

The Lacuna (Paperback)

By Barbara Kingsolver
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780060852580
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Published: Harper Perennial, 8/2010
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Exley (Hardcover)

By Brock Clarke
$24.95
ISBN-13: 9781565126084
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Published: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 10/2010
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Hector and the Search for Happiness (Paperback)

By Francois Lelord
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780143118398
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Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 8/2010
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The Tao of Pooh (Paperback)

By Benjamin Hoff, Ernest H. Shepard
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780140067477
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Published: Penguin Books, 7/1983
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Put down the self-help books and allow Pooh to teach you all that you need to know.

The Buddha and the Terrorist (Hardcover)

By Satish Kumar, Thomas Moore, Allan Hunt Badiner
$12.95
ISBN-13: 9781565125209
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Published: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 9/2006
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