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  • Ravelstein
    Ravelstein
    by Saul Bellow
    Hardcover: Apr 2000
    Paperback: May 2001
     
    "No contemporary of ours is more consistently brilliant and more defiantly risky than Saul Bellow." --Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Times Book Review
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  • Raven Summer
    Raven Summer
    by David Almond
    Hardcover: Nov 2009
    Paperback: Sep 2011
     
    A captivating novel for teens from Printz Award-winner David Almond.
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  • Razorblade Tears
    Razorblade Tears
    by S. A. Cosby
    Hardcover: Jul 2021
    Paperback: Apr 2022
     
    A Black father. A white father. Two murdered sons. A quest for vengeance.
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  • The Reader
    The Reader
    by Bernhard Schlink
    Hardcover: Mar 1999
    Paperback: Mar 1999
     
    This mesmerizing novel is a story of love and secrets, horror and compassion, unfolding against the haunted landscape of postwar Germany.
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  • Reading Lolita In Tehran
    Reading Lolita In Tehran
    by Azar Nafisi
    Hardcover: Mar 2003
    Paperback: Dec 2003
     
    Nafisi’s luminous tale offers a fascinating portrait of the Iran-Iraq war viewed from Tehran and gives us a rare glimpse, from the inside, of women’s lives in revolutionary Iran.
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  • Real Americans
    Real Americans : A Novel
    by Rachel Khong
    Hardcover: Apr 2024
     
    From the award-winning author of Goodbye, Vitamin: How far would you go to shape your own destiny? An exhilarating novel of American identity that spans three generations in one family and asks: What makes us who we are? And how inevitable are our ...
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  • Rebellion
    Rebellion
    by Molly Patterson
    Hardcover: Aug 2017
    Paperback: Aug 2018
     
    A sweeping debut that crosses continents and generations, Rebellion tells the story of Addie, Louisa, Hazel, and Juanlan: four women whose rebellions, big and small, are as unexpected as they are unforgettable.
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  • The Red Queen
    The Red Queen
    by Margaret Drabble
    Hardcover: Oct 2004
    Paperback: Oct 2005
     
    'With her usual deftness and clarity, Drabble crosses cultures and centuries...engrossing and provocative'.
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