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  My House in Umbria, by William Trevor

  Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, by Frederick Douglass

  Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro

  Newton, by Peter Ackroyd

  The Nick Adams Stories, by Ernest Hemingway

  Nobody Move, by Denis Johnson

  The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge, by Rainer Maria Rilke

  Nothing to Be Frightened Of, by Julian Barnes

  Oh Joe, by Michael Z. Lewin

  The Old Man and Me, by Elaine Dundy

  Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth Strout

  On Chesil Beach, by Ian McEwan

  One Dog Happy, by Molly McNett

  One Foot in Eden, by Ron Rash

  Onitsha, by J. M. G. Le Clézio

  On Kindness, by Adam Phillips and Barbara Taylor

  On the Line, by Serena Williams with Daniel Paisner

  On the Pleasure of Hating, by William Hazlitt

  The Open Door, by Elizabeth Maguire

  The Orchid Shroud, by Michelle Wan

  Out of Captivity, by Marc Gonsalves, Keith Stansell, and Tom Howes with Gary Brozek

  The Palestinian Lover, by Sélim Nassib

  Pastoralia, by George Saunders

  The Patience of the Spider, by Andrea Camilleri

  Payback, by Margaret Atwood

  People of the Book, by Geraldine Brooks

  The Peregrine, by J. A. Baker

  The Perfectionists, by Gail Godwin

  Petey & Pussy, by John Kerschbaum

  The Picts and the Martyrs, by Arthur Ransome

  Pilate’s Wife, by H.D.

  The Pisstown Chaos, by David Ohle

  The Plated City, by Bliss Perry

  Please Kill Me, by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain

  Poisonville, by Massimo Carlotto and Marco Videtta

  Polaris, by Fay Weldon

  The Poorhouse Fair, by John Updike

  Pressure Is a Privilege, by Billie Jean King

  The Private Patient, by P. D. James

  The Provincial Lady in London, by E. M. Delafield

  The Public Prosecutor, by Jef Geeraerts

  Pulpy and Midge, by Jessica Westhead

  The Pursuit of Love, by Nancy Mitford

  Rage, by Sergio Bizzio

  Rancho Weirdo, by Laura Chester

  Respected Sir, by Naguib Mahfouz

  Revelation, by C. J. Sansom

  Revolutionary Road, by Richard Yates

  Rhino Ranch, by Larry McMurtry

  Rimbaud, by Edmund White

  River of Darkness, by Rennie Airth

  A Rogue’s Life, by Wilkie Collins

  Rome Noir, edited by Chiara Stangalino and Maxim Jakubowski

  Ronald Reagan, by Andrew Helfer, illustrated by Steve Buccellato and Joe Staton

  Roseanna, by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö

  Ruins, by Achy Obejas

  The Rules of Engagement, by Anita Brookner

  Russian Journal, by Andrea Lee

  The Salt-Box House, by Jane de Forest Shelton

  Salvation and Other Disasters, by Josip Novakovich

  The Samurai’s Garden, by Gail Tsukiyama

  Say You’re One of Them, by Uwem Akpan

  Scat, by Carl Hiaasen

  Seize the Day, by Saul Bellow

  Self’s Murder, by Bernhard Schlink

  The Servants’ Quarters, by Lynn Freed

  The Session, by Aaron Petrovich

  The Seven Deadly Sins, edited by Angus Wilson

  Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, by Chuck Klosterman

  The Shadow of the Sun, by Ryszard Kapuściński

  A Short History of Women, by Kate Walbert

  Silks, by Dick Francis and Felix Francis

  Silverwing, by Kenneth Oppel

  The Simulacra, by Philip K. Dick

  The Sin Eater, by Alice Thomas Ellis

  Six Early Stories, by Thomas Mann

  Six Kinds of Sky, by Luis Alberto Urrea

  The Sixth Target, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

  The Skating Rink, by Roberto Bolaño

  The Slippery Year, by Melanie Gideon

  Smile as They Bow, by Nu Nu Yi

  A Smile of Fortune, by Joseph Conrad

  Snakehead, by Anthony Horowitz

  Something Nasty in the Woodshed, by Kyril Bonfiglioli

  Somewhere Towards the End, by Diana Athill

  Songs My Mother Never Taught Me, by Selçuk Altun

  Son of Holmes, by John Lescroart

  Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson

  The Spoke, by Friedrich Glauser

  Spooner, by Pete Dexter

  A Sport and a Pastime, by James Salter

  Stardust, by Neil Gaiman

  Stitches, by David Small

  Stolen Children, by Peg Kehret

  The Sun Field, by Heywood Broun

  A Sun for the Dying, by Jean-Claude Izzo

  The Swap, by Antony Moore

  Tamburlaine Must Die, by Louise Welsh

  The Tempest Tales, by Walter Mosley

  Ten Poems to Set You Free, by Roger Housden

  A Terrible Splendor, by Marshall Jon Fisher

  The Thanksgiving Visitor, by Truman Capote

  They Who Do Not Grieve, by Sia Figiel

  The Thing Around Your Neck, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe

  The Third Angel, by Alice Hoffman

  The Thirty-Nine Steps, by John Buchan

  The Three of Us, by Julia Blackburn

  A Toast to Tomorrow, by Manning Coles

  The Tomb in Seville, by Norman Lewis

  To Siberia, by Per Petterson

  The Touchstone, by Edith Wharton

  Towards the End of the Morning, by Michael Frayn

  Twenty Boy Summer, by Sarah Ockler

  Twice-Told Tales, by Nathaniel Hawthorne

  Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer

  Two Marriages, by Phillip Lopate

  Under the Frangipani, by Mia Couto

  The Unknown Masterpiece, by Honoré de Balzac

  Vanessa and Virginia, by Susan Sellers

  The Vengeance of the Witch-Finder, by John Bellairs, completed by Brad Strickland

  The Venice Train, by Georges Simenon

  The Vicar of Sorrows, by A. N. Wilson

  Victorian Tales of Terror, edited by Hugh Lamb

  Waiting in Vain, by Colin Channer

  Wake, by Lisa McMann

  Walk the Blue Fields, by Claire Keegan

  War Dances, by Sherman Alexie

  Watchmen, by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons

  Watership Down, by Richard Adams

  The Weekend, by Peter Cameron

  What I’d Say to the Martians, by Jack Handey

  What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, by Haruki Murakami

  When You Are Engulfed in Flames, by David Sedaris

  Where Angels Fear to Tread, by E. M. Forster

  Where the Money Went, by Kevin Canty

  Where Three Roads Meet, by John Barth

  Where You Once Belonged, by Kent Haruf

  The White Tiger, by Aravind Adiga

  The Whore’s Child, by Richard Russo

  Willful Behavior, by Donna Leon

  Will War Ever End? by Paul K. Chappell

  Will Work for Drugs, by Lydia Lunch

  Winning Ugly, by Brad Gilbert and Steve Jamison

  Wizard’s Hall, by Jane Yolen

  The Wright 3, by Blue Balliett

  The Writing Life, by Annie Dillard

  The Yellow Leaves, by Frederick Buechner

  The Yellow Wallpaper, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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  Man in the Dark by Paul Auster, copyright © 2008, published by Henry Holt and Co.

  The Peregrine by J. A. Baker, copyright © 1967, published by HarperCollins Publishers.

  The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery, translated by Alison Anderson, copyright © 2008, published by Europa Editions.

  Nothing to Be Frightened Of by Julian Barnes, copyright © 2008, published by Vintage International, Random House, Inc.

  Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry, copyright © 2004, published by Counterpoint Press.

  Fight Scenes by Greg Bottoms, illustrated by David Powell, copyright © 2008, published by Counterpoint Press.

  Where the Money Went by Kevin Canty, copyright © 2009, published by Nan A. Talese, Doubleday.

  Little Bee: A Novel by Chris Cleave. Copyright © 2008 by Chris Cleave. Reprinted with the permission of Simon & Schuster, Inc. Originally published in Great Britain 2008 by Sceptre, an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton. All rights reserved.

  The Master of Petersburg by J. M. Coetzee, copyright © 1994 by J. M. Coetzee. Used by permission of Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.

  Goodbye Without Leaving by Laurie Colwin, copyright © 1990, published by Poseidon Press, Simon and Schuster, Inc.

  By Chance by Martin Corrick, copyright © 2008, published by Random House, Inc.

  Under the Frangipani by Mia Couto, translation by David Brookshaw, copyright © 2008, published by Serpent’s Tail.

  The Provincial Lady in London by E. M. Delafield, copyright © 1933, published by Harper and Brothers.

  Spooner by Pete Dexter, copyright © 2009, published by Grand Central Publishing.

  The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz, copyright © 2007 by Junot Díaz. Used by permission of Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.

  The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain by Charles Dickens, published in 1848.

  Alice Fantastic by Maggie Estep, copyright © 2009, published by Akashic Books.

  Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh, copyright © 1964, published by Harper & Row.

  The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford, The Bodley Head, London (1915).

  A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines, copyright © 1993, published by Alfred A. Knopf.

  Burger’s Daughter by Nadine Gordimer, copyright © 1979 by Nadine Gordimer. Used by permission of Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.

  Madame de Staël: The First Modern Woman by Francine du Plessix Gray, copyright © 2008, published by Atlas & Co.

  The Love Song of Monkey by Michael Graziano, copyright © 2008, published by Leapfrog Press.

  How to Paint a Dead Man by Sarah Hall, copyright © 2009, published by HarperCollins Publishers.

  Laura Rider’s Masterpiece by Jane Hamilton, copyright © 2009, published by Grand Central Publishing.

  Dreamers by Knut Hamsun, published by Alfred A. Knopf (1921).

  The English Major by Jim Harrison, copyright © 2008, used by permission of Grove/Atlantic Inc.

  Twice-Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Lupton Publishing (1890).

  Grief by Andrew Holleran, copyright © 2006, published by Hyperion.

  Housekeeping vs. the Dirt © Nick Hornby, by permission of United Agents Ltd. (www.unitedagents.co.uk) on behalf of the author.

  Walk the Blue Fields, by Claire Keegan, copyright © 2007. Used by permission of Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

  The History of Love by Nicole Krauss, copyright © 2005, published by W.W. Norton and Company, Inc.

  Onitsha by J. M. G. Le Clézio, translation by Alison Anderson, copyright © 1997, published by University of Nebraska Press.

  The Scarlet Ruse by John D. MacDonald, copyright © 1973, published by Fawcett Publications, Inc.

  The Open Door by Elizabeth Maguire, copyright © 2008 by Elizabeth Maguire. Used by permission of Other Press.

  The Books in My Life, by Henry Miller, copyright © 1969, published by New Directions Publishing Corp., by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp.

  The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford, copyright © 1945, published by Hamish Hamilton.

  The Assault by Harry Mulisch, translation by Claire Nicolas White, copyright © 1985, published by Pantheon Books, Random House, Inc.

  What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami, copyright © 2008 by Alfred A. Knopf.

  Female Trouble by Antonya Nelson, copyright © 2002, published by Scribner, an imprint of Simon and Schuster, used by permission of the author.

  Ruins by Achy Obejas, copyright © 2009, published by Akashic Books.

  Better by John O’Brien, copyright © 2009 by the Estate of John O’Brien, published by Akashic Books.

  To Siberia by Per Petterson, translated by Anne Born, copyright © 1998, published by Picador.

  On Kindness by Adam Phillips and Barbara Taylor, copyright © 2009, published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

  The Picts and the Martyrs by Arthur Ransome, copyright © 1943, published by Macmillan.

  My Mother Is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World by Becky Reyher, copyright © 1945, published by Howell, Soskin, Publishers.

  Indignation by Philip Roth, copyright © 2008, published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

  Pastoralia by George Saunders, copyright © 2000, published by Riverhead, Penguin Group (USA) Inc.

  Self’s Murder by Bernhard Schlink, translation by Peter Constantine, copyright © 2009, published by Random House, Inc.

  A Celibate Season by Carol Shields and Blanche Howard, copyright © 1991, published by Penguin Books.

  The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner by Alan Sillitoe, copyright © 1959, published by Alfred A. Knopf.

  The Curriculum Vitae of Aurora Ortiz by Almudena Solana, translation by David Frye, copyright © 2005, published by Harvill Press, used by permission of The Random House Group Ltd.

  The Lotus Eaters by Tatjana Soli, copyright © 2010, published by St. Martin’s Press, used by permission of the author.

  A Hope in the Unseen by Ron Suskind, copyright © 1998, published by Broadway Books, Random House, Inc.

  The Forged Coupon by Leo Tolstoy, published by J. S. Ogilvie (1912).

  My House in Umbria by William Trevor, copyright © 1991, published by Penguin Books.

 

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