National Book Award Winning Authors

Twist Colum McCann

TWIST is a page-turning, thrill-a-minute look at the hidden world deep under the ocean. The tiny fiber-optic tubes that carry the world's words, images, and transactions are incredibly valuable and damage would disrupt human existence. This story considers their safety. 

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Apeirogon Colum McCann

APEIROGON is a powerful novel about two men on the opposing sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict who each lose a daughter to the sectarian violence around them, but eventually come together and use their grief to try and break the conflict open. McCann actually based the men on the real life...

Absolution Alice McDermott

ABSOLUTION is a poignant tale of women and girls living on the periphery of the Vietnam War. Readers will feel the contradictions and moral ambiguities of the human heart. Absolution was named BOOK OF THE YEAR by several media outlets.

 

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Dad's Maybe Book Tim O'Brien

DAD'S MAYBE BOOK is a collection of essays and anecdotes written by National Book Award-winning author Tim O'Brien as a way to give his sons advice for the future, as well as a sense of who their father was as a man. Hilarious and tender, this is a touching and moving document of a father's love and his desire to give...

The Man Without a Shadow Joyce Carol Oates

THE MAN WITHOUT A SHADOW explores neuroscience through both a personal and a professional experience. A scientist is perplexed at where to draw the line when it comes to ethics, obsession and passion. 

 

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Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People Imani Perry

BLACK IN BLUES is a fascinating and creative look at the color blue through history, art, music and literature from a Black perspective. Among the specific celebrities featured are Louis Armstrong and Toni Morrison.       

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Let Us Descend Jesmyn Ward

LET US DESCEND is Jesmyn Ward's most magnificnet novel - and that's high praise. The prose is both beautiful and heart-wrenching as the spirit of an African warrior leads her grandaughter through an unimaginable journey.

 

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Crook Manifesto Colson Whitehead

CROOK MANIFESTO looks at 1970s New York in all its seedy glory. It is a darkly funny tale of a city under siege.

 

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