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- Douglas Clegg: Isis (****)
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- Jay Feldman: When the Mississippi Ran Backwards : Empire, Intrigue, Murder, and the New Madrid Earthquakes (****)
- Tony Williams: The Pox and the Covenant: Mather, Franklin, and the Epidemic That Changed America's Destiny (****)
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- Howard Engel: Memory Book: A Benny Cooperman Detective Novel (Benny Cooperman Mysteries) (**)
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- Kathryn Stockett: The Help (***)
- Anna Gavalda: Someone I Loved (Je l'aimais) (English and French Edition) (****)
- Anne Tyler: Noah's Compass (***)
- Ian Rankin: Knots and Crosses (Inspector Rebus Novels) (****)
- David Grann: The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon (Vintage Departures) (****)
- Jayne Anne Phillips: Lark and Termite (Vintage Contemporaries) (*****)
- Stefan Bollmann: Women Who Read are Dangerous (*****)
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