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Tag Archives: A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Best book jackets of 2010
Just as with pinpointing why a certain title is wonderful, it is difficult to say exactly what makes a book jacket great. I know that I am drawn to bright, graphic cover designs that feature art rather than people—although I … Continue reading
Posted in best of 2010
Tagged A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan, Adam Ross, As Easy as Falling off the Face of the Earth, best book jackets of 2010, Brocke Clark, Chris Binchy, David Mitchell, Exley, Five Days Apart, Freedom, Gary Shteyngart, Gold Boy Emerald Girl, Helen Grant, Jonathan Franzen, Julie Klam, Justin Cronin, Kelly Corrigan, Lift, Lynne Rae Perkins, Mr. Peanut, Our Tragic Universe, Paul Murray, Sarah Silverman, Scarlett Thomas, Skippy Dies, Super Sad True Love Story, The Bedwetter, The Passage, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet, The Vanishing of Katharina Linden, Yiyun Li, You Had Me at Woof
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BookPage Top 40 Books of 2010: #26-#40
As the year draws to a close, it’s time to take a look back at the books that impressed us. We editors put our heads together and came up with a Top 40 list of books—fiction and nonfiction—that stood out … Continue reading
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Tagged A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan, Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self by Danielle Evans, Best Books of 2010, BookPage Best of 2010, Breath by Martha Mason, Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin, Hellhound On His Trail, Hitch 22 by Christopher Hitchens, How to Read the Air by Dinaw Mengestu, I'd Know You Anywhere by Laura Lippman, Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes, Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman, The Big Short, The Grace of Silence by Michele Norris, The Line by Olga Grushin, The Tiger by John Vaillant, The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
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