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Fiction Big,
engrossing, plot-driven novels (from upper to downer): Time and Again,
Jack Finney Drop City,
T.C. Boyle The Time
Traveler’s Wife, Audrey Niffenegger Lonesome
Dove, Larry McMurtry The House of Sand and
Fog, Andre Dubus Mystic
River, Dennis Lehane Smaller, quirkier, or subtler works of fiction
(from lighter to heavier): Shopgirl,
Steve Martin The Dangerous
Husband, Jane Shapiro Seven
Blessings, Ruchama King Music
through the Floor, Eric Puchner The
Girls, Lori Lansens Starting Out in
the Evening, Brian Morton Crossing to Safety,
Wallace Stegner Nonfiction Interesting people: The Last American
Man, Elizabeth Gilbert Confederates in
the Attic, Tony Horwitz My Own Country,
Abraham Verghese Other places and cultures: Blue
Clay People, William Powers The
Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, Anne Fadiman True stories to hook you: In Cold Blood,
Truman Capote Seabsicuit,
Laura Hillenbrand Not for the faint of
heart: Stiff,
Mary Roach Funny Stuff: Classics, personal
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