2012 Indie Next (Awarded by American Booksellers Association)
Awards List
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Haynes, Elizabeth | Into the Darkest Corner (*) | Thriller / T | Feb-2007 | 5 |  |
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Muir, Frank / Muir, T. Frank | Hand for a Hand (*) | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Oct-2009 | 5 | |
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Robertson, Imogen | The Anatomy of Murder (*) | Historical Mystery / HM | May-2010 | 5 | |
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Hannah, Sophie | The Other Woman's House / Lasting Damage (*) | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Feb-2011 | 4 | |
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Hart, Megan | All Fall Down (*) | General Fiction / GF | Dec-2011 | 3 | |
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Jepson, Duncan | All the Flowers in Shanghai (*) | Literary / L | Dec-2011 | 4 | |
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Solomons, Natasha | The House at Tyneford (*) | Historical / H | Dec-2011 | 5 | |
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Rees, Rod | Winter (*) | Science Fiction / SF | Dec-2011 | 4 | |
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Smith, Tom Rob | Agent 6 (*) | Thriller / T | Jan-2012 | 4 | |
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Akhtar, Ayad | American Dervish (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jan-2012 | 5 | |
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George, Elizabeth | Believing the Lie (*) | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Jan-2012 | 4 | |
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Boudinot, Ryan | Blueprints of the Afterlife (*) | Literary / L | Jan-2012 | 5 | |
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O'Connell, Carol | The Chalk Girl (*) | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Jan-2012 | 5 | |
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Barnard, Robert | A Charitable Body (*) | Mystery / M | Jan-2012 | 5 | |
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Gottlieb, Eli | The Face Thief (*) | Mystery / M | Jan-2012 | 3 | |
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Gilvarry, Alex | From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jan-2012 | 5 | |
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Kay, Kathryn | The Gilder (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jan-2012 | 4 | |
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Smith, Alexis | Glaciers (*) | Literary / L | Jan-2012 | 5 | |
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Penney, Stef | The Invisible Ones (*) | Literary / L | Jan-2012 | 5 | |
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O'Nan, Stewart | The Odds (*) | Literary / L | Jan-2012 | 5 | |
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Johnson, Adam | The Orphan Master's Son (*) | Thriller / T | Jan-2012 | 5 | |
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Benaron, Naomi | Running the Rift (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jan-2012 | 5 | |
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Burdett, John | Vulture Peak (*) | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Jan-2012 | 5 | |
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Umrigar, Thrity | The World We Found (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jan-2012 | 5 | |
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Funder, Anna | All That I Am (*) | Historical / H | Feb-2012 | 4 | |
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Houston, Pam | Contents May Have Shifted (*) | Literary / L | Feb-2012 | 3 | |
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Blake, James Carlos | Country of the Bad Wolfes (*) | Western / W | Feb-2012 | 5 | |
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Landay, William | Defending Jacob (*) | Thriller / T | Feb-2012 | 4 | |
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Wilson, Adam | Flatscreen (*) | General Fiction / GF | Feb-2012 | 5 | |
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Livesey, Margot | The Flight of Gemma Hardy (*) | General Fiction / GF | Feb-2012 | 4.5 | |
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George, Alex | A Good American (*) | Literary / L | Feb-2012 | 5 | |
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Jackson, Joshilyn | A Grown-up Kind of Pretty (*) | General Fiction / GF | Feb-2012 | 4.5 | |
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Moore, Liz | Heft (*) | Literary / L | Feb-2012 | 5 | |
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Mason, Richard | History of a Pleasure Seeker (*) | Literary / L | Feb-2012 | 5 | |
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Franklin-Willis, Amy | The Lost Saints of Tennessee (*) | Literary / L | Feb-2012 | 5 | |
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Ruff, Matt | The Mirage (*) | General Fiction / GF | Feb-2012 | 5 | |
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Ausubel, Ramona | No One Is Here Except All of Us (*) | Historical / H | Feb-2012 | 5 | |
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Baggott, Julianna | Pure (*) | Thriller / T | Feb-2012 | 4.5 | |
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Ivey, Eowyn | The Snow Child (*) | Literary / L | Feb-2012 | 4.5 | |
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Schulman, Audrey | Three Weeks in December (*) | Literary / L | Feb-2012 | 5 | |
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Fox, Kevin | Until the Next Time (*) | Literary / L | Feb-2012 | 3 | |
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Englander, Nathan | What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank (*) | General Fiction / GF | Feb-2012 | 5 | |
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Harkaway, Nick | Angelmaker (*) | Espionage / E | Mar-2012 | 5 | |
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Groff, Lauren | Arcadia (*) | General Fiction / GF | Mar-2012 | 5 | |
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Bergman, Megan Mayhew | Birds of a Lesser Paradise (*) | General Fiction / GF | Mar-2012 | 5 | |
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Dau, Stephen | The Book of Jonas (*) | Literary / L | Mar-2012 | 5 | |
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Rose, M.J. | The Book of Lost Fragrances (*) | Thriller / T | Mar-2012 | 4 | |
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Anshaw, Carol | Carry the One (*) | Literary / L | Mar-2012 | 4 | |
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Wilson, Susan | The Dog Who Danced (*) | General Fiction / GF | Mar-2012 | 4.5 | |
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Alcott, Kate | The Dressmaker (*) | Historical / H | Mar-2012 | 4 | |
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Pavone, Chris | The Expats (*) | Espionage / E | Mar-2012 | 4 | |
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Chung, Catherine | Forgotten Country (*) | General Fiction / GF | Mar-2012 | 5 | |
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Faye, Lyndsay | The Gods of Gotham (*) | Historical Mystery / HM | Mar-2012 | 5 | |
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Hawley, Noah | The Good Father (*) | Literary / L | Mar-2012 | 5 | |
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Odell, Jonathan | The Healing (*) | Historical / H | Mar-2012 | 5 | |
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Black, Cara | Murder at the Lanterne Rouge (*) | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Mar-2012 | 3.5 | |
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D'Agostino, Kris | The Sleepy Hollow Family Almanac (*) | General Fiction / GF | Mar-2012 | 5 | |
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Miller, Madeline | The Song of Achilles (*) | Historical / H | Mar-2012 | 4 | |
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Dermont, Amber | The Starboard Sea (*) | Literary / L | Mar-2012 | 5 | |
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Leon, Donna | Beastly Things (*) | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Apr-2012 | 4 | |
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Tyler, Anne | The Beginner's Goodbye (*) | Literary / L | Apr-2012 | 4 | |
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O'Melveny, Regina | The Book of Madness and Cures (*) | Historical / H | Apr-2012 | 4 | |
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Olmstead, Robert | The Coldest Night (*) | General Fiction / GF | Apr-2012 | 3.5 | |
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Rash, Ron | The Cove (*) | Historical / H | Apr-2012 | 4.5 | |
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Ellison, J.T. | A Deeper Darkness (*) | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Apr-2012 | 5 | |
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Winspear, Jacqueline | Elegy for Eddie (*) | Historical Mystery / HM | Apr-2012 | 4.5 | |
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Greenwood, T. | Grace (*) | General Fiction / GF | Apr-2012 | 4 | |
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Howe, Katherine | The House of Velvet and Glass (*) | Historical / H | Apr-2012 | 4.5 | |
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Smith, Mark Allen | The Inquisitor (*) | Thriller / T | Apr-2012 | 4.5 | |
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Cash, Wiley | A Land More Kind Than Home (*) | Literary / L | Apr-2012 | 4 | |
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Rogan, Charlotte | The Lifeboat (*) | Literary / L | Apr-2012 | 4 | |
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Bernard, April | Miss Fuller (*) | Literary / L | Apr-2012 | 5 | |
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Laukkanen, Owen | The Professionals (*) | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Apr-2012 | 4 | |
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Kogan, Deborah Copaken | The Red Book (*) | General Fiction / GF | Apr-2012 | 5 | |
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Tilghman, Christopher | The Right-Hand Shore (*) | Literary / L | Apr-2012 | 5 | |
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Moore, Christopher | Sacre Bleu (*) | Historical / H | Apr-2012 | 4 | |
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Lynch, Jim | Truth Like the Sun (*) | Political Thriller / PT | Apr-2012 | 5 | |
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Boyd, William | Waiting for Sunrise (*) | Historical / H | Apr-2012 | 4 | |
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Jones, Brandon W. | All Woman and Springtime (*) | General Fiction / GF | May-2012 | 5 | |
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Johnson, Craig | As the Crow Flies (*) | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | May-2012 | 4.5 | |
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Fountain, Ben | Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (*) | General Fiction / GF | May-2012 | 4 | |
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Hagy, Alyson | Boleto (*) | Literary / L | May-2012 | 5 | |
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McFadden, Maryann | Book Lover (*) | General Fiction / GF | May-2012 | 5 | |
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Rutledge, Lynda | Faith Bass Darling's Last Garage Sale (*) | Literary / L | May-2012 | 4 | |
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Pitts, Leonard, Jr. | Freeman (*) | Historical / H | May-2012 | 5 | |
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Irving, John | In One Person (*) | Political Thriller / PT | May-2012 | 4 | |
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Joinson, Suzanne | A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar (*) | Literary / L | May-2012 | 5 | |
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Mandel, Emily St. John | The Lola Quartet (*) | Suspense / S | May-2012 | 5 | |
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Theroux, Paul | The Lower River (*) | Literary / L | May-2012 | 5 | |
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Greenslade, Frances | Shelter (*) | Literary / L | May-2012 | 5 | |
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Mawer, Simon | Trapeze (*) | Historical / H | May-2012 | 5 | |
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Jones, Sadie | The Uninvited Guests (*) | Historical / H | May-2012 | 4 | |
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Quirk, Matthew | The 500 (*) | Thriller / T | Jun-2012 | 4 | |
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Wilson, G. Willow | Alif the Unseen (*) | Literary / L | Jun-2012 | 4 | |
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Sendker, Jan-Philipp | The Art of Hearing Heartbeats (*) | Literary / L | Jun-2012 | 4 | |
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Walter, Jess | The Beautiful Ruins (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jun-2012 | 4 | |
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Cobb, William J. | The Bird Saviors (*) | Literary / L | Jun-2012 | 5 | |
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Ford, Richard | Canada (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jun-2012 | 4 | |
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Lanchester, John | Capital (*) | Literary / L | Jun-2012 | 5 | |
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Moriarty, Laura | The Chaperone (*) | Literary / L | Jun-2012 | 5 | |
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Amirrezvani, Anita | Equal of the Sun (*) | Literary / L | Jun-2012 | 4.5 | |
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Flynn, Gillian | Gone Girl (*) | Thriller / T | Jun-2012 | 4 | |
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Bakopoulos, Natalie | The Green Shore (*) | Literary / L | Jun-2012 | 4.5 | |
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Jones, Stephen Graham | Growing Up Dead in Texas (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jun-2012 | 5 | |
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Goolrick, Robert | Heading Out to Wonderful (*) | Historical / H | Jun-2012 | 5 | |
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Segal, Francesca | The Innocents (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jun-2012 | 5 | |
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Kanon, Joseph | Istanbul Passage (*) | Espionage / E | Jun-2012 | 4 | |
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Haddon, Mark | The Red House (*) | Literary / L | Jun-2012 | 4 | |
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Shipstead, Maggie | Seating Arrangements (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jun-2012 | 3.5 | |
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Cook, Claire | Wallflower in Bloom (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jun-2012 | 4.5 | |
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Roy-Bhattacharya, Joydeep | The Watch (*) | Literary / L | Jun-2012 | 5 | |
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Steele, Jon | The Watchers (*) | Horror / HORR | Jun-2012 | 5 | |
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Henkin, Joshua | The World Without You (*) | Literary / L | Jun-2012 | 5 | |
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Grecian, Alex | The Yard (*) | Historical Mystery / HM | Jun-2012 | 5 | |
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Gross, Andrew | 15 Seconds (*) | Thriller / T | Jul-2012 | 4 | |
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Walker, Karen Thompson | The Age of Miracles (*) | Science Fiction / SF | Jul-2012 | 4 | |
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Anderson, Howard | Albert of Adelaide (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jul-2012 | 4 | |
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French, Tana | Broken Harbor (*) | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Jul-2012 | 4 | |
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Lee, Don | The Collective (*) | Literary / L | Jul-2012 | 5 | |
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Cleave, Chris | Gold (*) | Literary / L | Jul-2012 | 4.5 | |
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Warren, Dianne | Juliet in August (*) | Literary / L | Jul-2012 | 5 | |
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Winters, Ben H. | The Last Policeman (*) | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Jul-2012 | 3.5 | |
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Bohjalian, Chris | The Sandcastle Girls (*) | Literary / L | Jul-2012 | 4 | |
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Harkness, Deborah | Shadow of Night (*) | Thriller / T | Jul-2012 | 5 | |
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Netzer, Lydia | Shine Shine Shine (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jul-2012 | 5 | |
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Serber, Natalie | Shout Her Lovely Name (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jul-2012 | 5 | |
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Joyce, Graham | Some Kind of Fairy Tale (*) | Suspense / S | Jul-2012 | 5 | |
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Grebe, Camilla; Traff, Asa | Some Kind of Peace (*) | Thriller / T | Jul-2012 | 4.5 | |
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Klaussmann, Liza | Tigers in Red Weather (*) | Suspense / S | Jul-2012 | 5 | |
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Joyce, Rachel | The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jul-2012 | 4 | |
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Doig, Ivan | The Bartender's Tale (*) | Historical / H | Aug-2012 | 5 | |
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Watkins, Claire Vaye | Battleborn (*) | Historical / H | Aug-2012 | 5 | |
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Dilloway, Margaret | The Care and Handling of Roses with Thorns (*) | General Fiction / GF | Aug-2012 | 4.5 | |
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Gillham, David R. | City of Women (*) | Historical / H | Aug-2012 | 5 | |
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Heller, Peter | The Dog Stars (*) | Literary / L | Aug-2012 | 5 | |
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Cumming, Charles | A Foreign Country (*) | Espionage / E | Aug-2012 | 5 | |
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Tsukiyama, Gail | A Hundred Flowers (*) | Historical / H | Aug-2012 | 5 | |
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Ratner, Vaddey | In the Shadow of the Banyan (*) | Literary / L | Aug-2012 | 4 | |
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Keller, Julia | A Killing in the Hills (*) | Mystery / M | Aug-2012 | 4 | |
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Stedman, M.L. | The Light Between Oceans (*) | Suspense / S | Aug-2012 | 5 | |
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Dicks, Matthew | Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend (*) | Literary / L | Aug-2012 | 5 | |
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Coplin, Amanda | The Orchardist (*) | General Fiction / GF | Aug-2012 | 4 | |
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Santo, Courtney Miller | The Roots of the Olive Tree (*) | General Fiction / GF | Aug-2012 | 4 | |
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Black, Benjamin | Vengeance (*) | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Aug-2012 | 4 | |
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Brannan, Sandra | Widow's Might (*) | Mystery / M | Aug-2012 | 5 | |
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Powell, Padgett | You & Me (*) | General Fiction / GF | Aug-2012 | 5 | |
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Penny, Louise | The Beautiful Mystery (*) | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Sep-2012 | 4.5 | |
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Sears, Michael | Black Fridays (*) | Thriller / T | Sep-2012 | 4.5 | |
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Abrams, David | Fobbit (*) | General Fiction / GF | Sep-2012 | 5 | |
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Porter, Andrew | In Between Days (*) | Literary / L | Sep-2012 | 5 | |
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Norfolk, Lawrence | John Saturnall's Feast (*) | Literary / L | Sep-2012 | 4.5 | |
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Straub, Emma | Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures (*) | General Fiction / GF | Sep-2012 | 5 | |
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Genova, Lisa | Love Anthony (*) | General Fiction / GF | Sep-2012 | 5 | |
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Ennis, Michael | The Malice of Fortune (*) | Historical / H | Sep-2012 | 5 | |
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Palma, Felix J. | The Map of the Sky (*) | Science Fiction / SF | Sep-2012 | 5 | |
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Ryan, Hank Phillippi | The Other Woman (*) | Thriller / T | Sep-2012 | 4 | |
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Boianjiu, Shani | The People of Forever Are Not Afraid (*) | Literary / L | Sep-2012 | 5 | |
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Evison, Jonathan | The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving (*) | General Fiction / GF | Sep-2012 | 5 | |
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Fleishman, Jeffrey | Shadow Man (*) | Literary / L | Sep-2012 | 5 | |
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Moehringer, J.R. | Sutton (*) | General Fiction / GF | Sep-2012 | 5 | |
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Chabon, Michael | Telegraph Avenue (*) | Literary / L | Sep-2012 | 4 | |
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Diaz, Junot | This Is How You Lose Her (*) | General Fiction / GF | Sep-2012 | 4 | |
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Woodruff, Lee | Those We Love Most (*) | General Fiction / GF | Sep-2012 | 5 | |
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Jakobsen, Mette | The Vanishing Act (*) | Literary / L | Sep-2012 | 5 | |
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McOmber, Adam | The White Forest (*) | Literary / L | Sep-2012 | 5 | |
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Powers, Kevin | The Yellow Birds (*) | General Fiction / GF | Sep-2012 | 4 | |
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Hruska, Bronwen | Accelerated (*) | General Fiction / GF | Oct-2012 | 5 | |
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Shapiro, B.A. | The Art Forger (*) | Historical / H | Oct-2012 | 4 | |
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McLaren, Kaya | How I Came to Sparkle Again (*) | General Fiction / GF | Oct-2012 | 4 | |
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Helprin, Mark | In Sunlight and in Shadow (*) | Historical / H | Oct-2012 | 5 | |
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Petterson, Per | It's Fine By Me (*) | Literary / L | Oct-2012 | 5 | |
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Geye, Peter | The Lighthouse Road (*) | General Fiction / GF | Oct-2012 | 5 | |
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Lehane, Dennis | Live by Night (*) | Mystery / M | Oct-2012 | 3.5 | |
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Homes, A.M. | May We Be Forgiven (*) | Literary / L | Oct-2012 | 4 | |
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Attenberg, Jami | The Middlesteins (*) | Literary / L | Oct-2012 | 4 | |
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Sloan, Robin | Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (*) | Literary / L | Oct-2012 | 5 | |
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Kuhn, William | Mrs. Queen Takes the Train (*) | General Fiction / GF | Oct-2012 | 5 | |
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Wickersham, Joan | The News from Spain (*) | Literary / L | Oct-2012 | 5 | |
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Lowenthal, Michael | The Paternity Test (*) | General Fiction / GF | Oct-2012 | 5 | |
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Nesbo, Jo | Phantom (*) | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Oct-2012 | 4 | |
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Erdrich, Louise | The Round House (*) | General Fiction / GF | Oct-2012 | 4 | |
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Engelmann, Karen | The Stockholm Octavo (*) | Historical / H | Oct-2012 | 5 | |
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Cronin, Justin | The Twelve (*) | Horror / HORR | Oct-2012 | 5 | |
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Donoghue, Emma | Astray (*) | General Fiction / GF | Nov-2012 | 4 | |
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McGrath, M.J. | The Boy in the Snow (*) | Mystery / M | Nov-2012 | 5 | |
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Lindemuth, Clayton | Cold Quiet Country (*) | Literary / L | Nov-2012 | 4.5 | |
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McKinty, Adrian | The Cold Cold Ground (*) | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Nov-2012 | 4.5 | |
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Gremillon, Helene | The Confidant (*) | General Fiction / GF | Nov-2012 | 5 | |
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Gynther, Dana | Crossing on the Paris (*) | General Fiction / GF | Nov-2012 | 3 | |
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Munro, Alice | Dear Life: Stories (*) | Literary / L | Nov-2012 | 4 | |
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Otto, Whitney | Eight Girls Taking Pictures (*) | General Fiction / GF | Nov-2012 | 5 | |
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Kingsolver, Barbara | Flight Behavior (*) | General Fiction / GF | Nov-2012 | 4 | |
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Capus, Alex | Leon and Louise (*) | Historical / H | Nov-2012 | 5 | |
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Roorbach, Bill | Life Among Giants (*) | Mystery / M | Nov-2012 | 4 | |
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Millet, Lydia | Magnificence (*) | Literary / L | Nov-2012 | 5 | |
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Hill, Susan | A Question of Identity (*) | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Nov-2012 | 4 | |
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Brown, Nancy Marie | Song of the Vikings (*) | Fantasy / F | Nov-2012 | 5 | |
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McEwan, Ian | Sweet Tooth (*) | Espionage / E | Nov-2012 | 4 | |
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Connelly, Michael | The Black Box (*) | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Dec-2012 | 5 | |
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Flyte, Magnus | City of Dark Magic (*) | Paranormal Romance / PNR | Dec-2012 | 4 | |
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Faulks, Sebastian | A Possible Life (*) | General Fiction / GF | Dec-2012 | 5 | |
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Saramago, Jose | Raised from the Ground (*) | Literary / L | Dec-2012 | 5 | |
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Dunn, Carola | The Valley of the Shadow (*) | Mystery / M | Dec-2012 | 5 | |
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Sington, Philip | The Valley of Unknowing (*) | Literary / L | Dec-2012 | 5 | |
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Pandl, Julia | Memoir of the Sunday Brunch (*) | General Fiction / GF | Feb-2013 | 5 | |
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