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The Grief of Others

The Grief of Others Moving, psychologically acute, and gorgeously written, The Grief of Others shows how one family, by finally allowing itself to experience the shared quality of grief, is able to rekindle tenderness and hope after a tragedy.

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The Politics of Memory

The Submission When a jury selects a controversial architect to design a memorial to the victims of September 11, they cast themselves, the architect, and the entire city of New York into a roiling debate about grief, art, and religion in The Submission.

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Literature & Fiction

Browse for novels, classic literature, short stories, and poetry, or see our best books of the month.

Best of the Year So Far: Literature & Fiction

The Tiger's Wife: A Novel
›Téa Obreht
Hardcover
$25.00 $14.78
The Tragedy of Arthur: A Novel
›Arthur Phillips
Hardcover
$26.00 $14.23
22 Britannia Road: A Novel
›Amanda Hodgkinson
Hardcover
$25.95 $13.98
Please Look After Mom
›Kyung-Sook Shin
Hardcover
$24.95 $13.98
The Adults: A Novel
›Alison Espach
Hardcover
$25.00 $16.50
Galore
›Michael Crummey
Paperback
$15.95 $10.85
Ten Thousand Saints: A Novel
›Eleanor Henderson
Hardcover
$26.99 $14.20
Open City: A Novel
›Teju Cole
Hardcover
$25.00 $13.99
State of Wonder
›Ann Patchett
Hardcover
$26.99 $16.07
The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel
›David Levithan
Hardcover
$18.00 $10.98
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New and Notable in Literature & Fiction

Nanjing Requiem: A Novel
Ha Jin
Hardcover
$26.95 $16.73
Carry Yourself Back to Me
›Deborah Reed
Paperback
$13.95 $11.16
The Sense of an Ending
›Julian Barnes
Hardcover
$23.95 $15.47
Out of Oz: The Final Volume in the...
›Gregory Maguire
Hardcover
$26.99 $14.59
Damned
Chuck Palahniuk
Hardcover
$24.95 $13.98
The Night Strangers: A Novel
›Chris Bohjalian
Hardcover
$25.00 $14.13
The Stranger's Child
›Alan Hollinghurst
Hardcover
$27.95 $16.80
1Q84
Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin, Philip...
Hardcover
$30.50 $16.05
Falling Together: A Novel
›Marisa De los Santos
Hardcover
$25.99 $14.20
The Cat's Table
›Michael Ondaatje
Hardcover
$26.00 $16.63
Zone One: A Novel
›Colson Whitehead
Hardcover
$25.95 $15.76
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Very Short Introductions 4-for-3 Sale

Superconductivity: A Very Short Introduction
Very Short Introduction to Religion in America
Very Short Introduction to Lincoln
Oxford’s pocket-sized Very Short Introductions offer concise and complete introductions to a wide variety of topics ranging from hieroglyphs to superconductivity. Through September 30 order four VSI titles and get the lowest-price book free. Browse by subject: Art & Music | History |Literary Studies | Philosophy | Politics & Sociology | Psychology | Religion | Science & Mathematics

New in Paperback in Literature & Fiction

The Secret in Their Eyes
Eduardo Sacheri
Paperback
$15.95 $10.85
The New Yorker Stories
›Ann Beattie
Paperback
$18.00 $12.24
Kiss of Night: A Novel
›Debbie Viguié
Paperback
$14.99 $10.19
Eviction Notice: A Hood Rat Novel
›K'wan
Paperback
$14.99 $10.19
Started Early, Took My Dog: A Novel
›Kate Atkinson
Paperback
$14.99 $10.19
The Informationist: A Vanessa Michael...
›Taylor Stevens
Paperback
$14.00 $11.20
The Priest's Graveyard
›Ted Dekker
Paperback
$14.99 $10.19
Stan Lee's How to Write Comics: From...
›Stan Lee
Paperback
$24.99 $16.49
The Iliad of Homer
Homer, Richmond Lattimore, Richard...
Paperback
$15.00 $9.68
Freedom: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club)
›Jonathan Franzen
Paperback
$16.00 $10.88
Midnight and the Meaning of Love
›Sister Souljah
Paperback
$16.00 $10.88
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Spotlight on Canadian Fiction

The Golden MeanWater for ElephantsOryx and Crake Some of our favorite reads come from our neighbors to the north. From critically acclaimed novels to page-turning thrillers, discover new and notable books from great authors who you may not have known were Canadian.

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