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The Writer's Brush (edited by Donald Friedman) by Maxine Hong Kingston The itch to make dark marks on paper is shared by many writers and artists,” begins John Updike in his essay in The Writer’s Brush, and this stunning collection... More about this book »	Five Quarts: A Personal and Natural History of Blood by Bill Hayes Hemophobes beware: There are five quarts of blood in the human body, and Hayes (Sleep Demons: An Insomniac’s Memoir) pours all of them into this book. A gay man... More about this book »
Sleep Demons: An Insomniac's Memoir by Bill Hayes A skilled and graceful debut that variously reads like a journey of scientific discovery, a personal memoir, and a literary episode of Ripley’s Believe It or Not.... More about this book »	The Anatomist: A True Story of Gray's Anatomy by Bill Hayes The classic medical text known as Gray’s Anatomy is one of the most famous books ever written. Now, on the 150th anniversary of its publication, acclaimed science... More about this book »
My Horizontal Life by Chelsea Handler In this raucous collection of true-life stories, actress and comedian Chelsea Handler recounts her time spent in the social trenches with that wild, strange,... More about this book »	The Basic Eight by Daniel Handler Flannery Culp wants you to know the whole story of her spectacularly awful senior year. Tyrants, perverts, tragic crushes, gossip, cruel jokes, and the... More about this book »
The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 4) by Daniel Handler Dear Reader, I hope, for your sake, that you have not chosen to read this story because you are in the mood for a pleasant experience. If this is the case, I... More about this book »	The Ersatz Elevator (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 6) by Daniel Handler In their most daring misadventure, the Baudelaire orphans are adopted by very, very rich people, whose penthouse apartment is located mysteriously close to the... More about this book »
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 1) by Daniel Handler Imagine tales so terrible that as many as 50 million innocents have been ruined by them—tales so indelibly horrid that the New York Times bestseller list was unable... More about this book »	The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 7) by Daniel Handler I can think of no single reason why anyone would want to open a book containing such unpleasant matters as migrating crows, an angry mob, a newspaper headline, the... More about this book »

Remain In Light by Collin Kelley In 1968, Irène Laureux's husband was murdered during the Paris riots and his body dumped near Notre-Dame cathedral. Thirty years later, she finally catches up... More about this book »	The Last Beach Bungalow by Jennie Nash After five years cancer-free, April Newton should be celebrating, but instead she’s suffering. She feels her husband slipping away, and though the spectacular... More about this book »
The Only True Genius in the Family by Jennie Nash An IndieNext Notable Pick, this is a story about three generations of artists who are grappling with the source of creativity and the limits of love. Claire has... More about this book »	Mind Melding by Malissa Kent Convicted criminals are no longer sent to prison as a lost cause...they're offered rehabilitation into normal society. Inmates are allowed to enter the mind of a... More about this book »
Japan's Tipping Point: Crucial Choices in the Post-... by Mark Pendergrast Japan's Tipping Point is a small book on a huge topic. In the post-Fukushima era, Japan is the "canary in the coal mine" for the rest of the world. Can... More about this book »	Mirror Mirror: A History of the Human Love Affair with... by Mark Pendergrast Of all human inventions, the mirror is perhaps the most intriguing, since it is so closely connected to our own consciousness, reflecting... More about this book »
The Goose and The Crone by Denise White Elizabeth, a widowed and wise crone, has retired and now lives in the home she and her husband built many years ago. She works hard maintaining her lifestyle... More about this book »	Sinnerman by Cheryl Bradshaw What if you’d been given a second chance to catch your sister’s killer—would you take it? And if you did, would a maximum sentence behind bars be justice enough, or... More about this book »
The Match Makers by Malissa Kent In this fairy tale retelling, Rumpelstiltskin turns self-centered teenage princesses into well-rounded young women fit to find their One True Love--princes... More about this book »	Boo Hag by Brian Rickman October carries with it a chill that Benny Watt can't seem to shake. Ever since the Titantic sank, he's been burdened with thoughts of his own mortality. It keeps... More about this book »