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by Justin Torres - Fiction

Three brothers grow up in a frenzied and dysfunctional family filled with chaos, heartbreak and, ultimately, intense unconditional love. 

by Paul Auster - Fiction

A blend of captivating personal stories, SUNSET PARK follows the hopes and fears of a cast of unforgettable characters brought together by the mysterious Miles Heller during the dark months of the 2008 economic collapse.

by Michael Moore

A sort of anti-memoir, Michael Moore breaks the autobiographical mode while he presents 20 far-ranging, irreverent vignettes from his own life.

by Tony Judt - Essays, Nonfiction

 

Composed mentally while Tony Judt was paralyzed and unable to physically write, his memoirs thoughtfully explore his childhood in postwar London, his travels throughout Europe, his arrival to a new home in New York and, finally, the devastating illness that took his life.

by Roger Ebert

In this candid, personal history, Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert shifts his attention inward to offer an insightful, compassionate, witty and moving self-portrait of a life that’s been filled with both joy and suffering.

by Tom Perrotta - Fiction

Tom Perrotta returns to the familiar suburban territory he’s visited in novels like LITTLE CHILDREN with a thoughtful look at what the world might feel like to ordinary people left behind after a Rapture-like event.

by Denis Johnson - Fiction

Robert Grainer is a day laborer in the American West at the start of the 20th century --- an ordinary man in extraordinary times. Buffeted by the loss of his family, Grainer struggles to make sense of this strange new world.

by Erica Heller - Nonfiction

CATCH-22 author Joseph Heller's daughter, Erica, writes a spirited memoir about growing up amidst her father's literary fame, her parents' explosive divorce, and her delightfully eccentric upbringing.

by Tracy Daugherty - Biography, Nonfiction

In time for the 50th anniversary of CATCH-22, Tracy Daugherty illuminates his most vital subject yet in this brilliant biography of Joseph Heller.

by Josh Ritter - Fiction

This wondrous, deeply affecting first novel recounts the unlikely journey undertaken by a father, an infant son, and their guardian angel in the aftermath of the First World War.