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Peggy Jenkins

From Peggy's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Unknown Author Why Peggy loves this book

Great perspective

By Daniel Mason ,

Why should I read it?

34 authors picked North Woods as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those who inhabit it across the centuries—“a time-spanning, genre-blurring work of storytelling magic” (The Washington Post) from the Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Piano Tuner and The Winter Soldier.

“With the expansiveness and immersive feeling of two-time Booker Prize nominee David Mitchell’s fiction (Cloud Atlas), the wicked creepiness of Edgar Allan Poe, and Mason’s bone-deep knowledge of and appreciation for the natural world that’s on par with that of Thoreau, North Woods fires on all cylinders.”—San Francisco Chronicle

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Aggressor by FX Holden,

It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…

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Anthony Schneider Author Of Lowdown

From Anthony's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

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Anthony's 3 favorite reads in 2024

Anthony Schneider Why Anthony loves this book

A collection of intertwined tales, told with warmth and wonderful ventriloquy reflect an Irish community and examine the inner workings of twenty-two hearts. Like its predecessor, The Spinning Heart (not required reading to follow this one, although a similarly remarkable novel), each section is a different character, a different voice. Each section is a thread in the fabric, and lies, lives and layers intersect and coalesce into a rich tapestry of a novel.

By Donal Ryan ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Heart, Be at Peace as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

The stunning new novel from the Booker Prize-listed, bestselling author of Strange Flowers and The Queen of Dirt Island

'Beautiful...a book full of love and hope, more needed in these days than ever' Kit de Waal

'I am blown away by the ambition and scope of this exquisite piece of writing...sublime in both its sentiment and beauty' Rachel Joyce

Some things can send a heart spinning; others will crack it in two...

In a small town in rural Ireland, the local people have weathered the storms of economic collapse and are looking towards the future. The jobs are back, the…


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