| 1. |  | Shadow Country (Modern Library)
from Modern Library
Price: $26.40
Customer Review:
Peter Matthiessen's Shadow Country just might be the great American novel. A nutshell description that grants this masterpiece its due is that it rivals Faulkner - in gravity of themes, complexity of moral vision and rootedness of place - but with a 75% reduction in confusion of narrative form and... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | The Northern Clemency
from Knopf
Price: $16.17
Customer Review:
This book, like a warm duvet on a cold winter's day, is a novel you can curl up with and feel all cozy as you settle into it. | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | The Kite Runner
from Doubleday Canada Ltd
Customer Review:
This book was so well written. Shocking, surprising, emotional to say the least, risk taking, adventure, strong, strong emotions. I read this not knowing anything about the book and could nott put this book down. Get it! Read it! You will not be dissapointed in the least. Then read his other book, A... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 4. | ![]() | The Secret Life of Bees
from Books on Tape
Customer Review:
I was raised in the South - white - and find this a fascinating concept. Enjoyed the book - our book club read it. Warm but not syrupy. Uplifting. Has some tension that ends satisfactorily. Interesting tid-bits about bees also. Find I keep writing the next book in the series in my mind. Guess I... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 5. |  | The Secret Scripture
from Faber & Faber
Customer Review:
With the exception of my re-reading J.P. Donleavy's The Ginger Man, The Secret Scripture was the best book I read in 2008. I couldn't put it down. A must-have for your library. | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 6. |  | Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club)
from Picador
Price: $10.20
Customer Review:
this book is just amazing in creativity and style. Story of many generations and untold family secrets. | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 7. | ![]() | I Know This Much is True
from ReganBooks
Customer Review:
A fascinating well written novel centering on a pair of identical twins, I Know this Much Is True is a tale of epic proportions. The story is about the tension between a pair of identical twins. Dominick is normal and Thomas is a very sick paranoid schizophrenic. Lamb ,who tells the story in... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 8. |  | Peace Like a River
from Atlantic Monthly Press
Price: $11.16
Customer Review:
This is a wonderful book. Something different for a change. I have read some of the negative responses that the characters aren't believable. It's FICTION. Don't pass up a wonderful opportunity to be entertained! | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | Keeping Faith
from Avon
Price: $7.99
Customer Review:
The book was very good...I love the way that Picoult writes; however, the story could have been about 50 pages shorter and still had the same affect. I got really bored through the court case when everything was repeated from earlier in the story for the case. It just didn't move fast enough from... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | Midnight's Children
from Penguin (Non-Classics)
Customer Review:
Just finished reading this book and wrote this to my children.
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.. finally, finished reading 'Midnight's Children'. Am totally dumbfounded at how great this book is. Being more familiar with Indian History (and having... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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