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1Q84
by Haruki Murakami
Hardcover: Oct 2011
Paperback: 22 Jan 2013
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A love story, a mystery, a fantasy, a novel of self-discovery, a dystopia to rival George Orwell's - 1Q84 is Haruki Murakami's most ambitious undertaking yet.

The Technologists : A Novel
by Matthew Pearl
Hardcover: Feb 2012
Paperback: 27 Nov 2012
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The acclaimed author of The Dante Club reinvigorates the historical thriller. Matthew Pearl's spellbinding new novel transports readers to tumultuous nineteenth-century Boston, where the word "technology" represents a bold and frightening new concept.

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
by Robin Sloan
Hardcover: Oct 2012
Paperback: 24 Sep 2013
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Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore is exactly what it sounds like: an establishment you have to enter and will never want to leave, a modern-day cabinet of wonders ready to give a jolt of energy to every curious reader, no matter the time of day.

When She Woke : A Novel
by Hillary Jordan
Hardcover: Oct 2011
Paperback: 18 Sep 2012
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When She Woke is a fable about a stigmatized woman struggling to navigate an America of a not-too-distant future, who embarks on a path of self-discovery that forces her to question the values she once held true and the righteousness of a country that politicizes faith.

Journal of a UFO Investigator : A Novel
by David Halperin
Hardcover: 3 Feb 2011
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A sparkling debut novel set in the sixties about a boy's emotional and fantastical journey through alien worlds and family pain.

The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein : A Novel
by Peter Ackroyd
Hardcover: Oct 2009
Paperback: 7 Sep 2010
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When two nineteenth-century Oxford students—Victor Frankenstein, a serious researcher, and the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley—form an unlikely friendship, the result is a tour de force that could only come from one of the world's most accomplished and prolific authors.

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