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The Book: Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Picked By: Lexi Beach, Astoria Bookshop
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The Book: Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary translated by J.R.R. Tolkien
Picked By: Ryan Jaworksi, -
The Book: The Big Book of the Hamptons by Michael Shnayerson
Picked By: Noreen Chadha, -
The Book: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
Picked By: Ryan Jaworksi, -
The Book: The Fever by Megan Abbott
Picked By: Lexi Beach, Astoria Bookshop
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The Book: Green Girl by Kate Zambrano
Picked By: Miles Bellamy and Jonas Kyle, Spoonbill and Sugartown
The Recommendation: "This sharp, stunn -
The Book: J'aime New York by Alain Ducasse
Picked By: Noreen Chadha, Mendo at CitizenM -
The Book: The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. by Adelle Waldman
Picked By: Ryan Jaworksi, Book Cult -
The Book: The Magician's Land by Lev Grossman
Picked By: Lexi Beach, Astoria Bookshop -
The Book: A Private Venus by Giorgio Scerbanenco
Picked By: Christina Gaughan, Word Bookstore
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The Book: Red or Dead by David Peace
Picked By: Jenn Northington, Word Bookstore
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The Book: The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante
Picked By: Miles Bellamy and Jonas Kyle, Spoonbill and Sugartown
The Recommendation: "The -
The Book: Things That Are by Amy Leach
Picked By: Emily Pullen, Word Bookstore
The Recommen -
The Book: Things to Shout Out Loud at Parties by Markus Almond
Picked By: Miles Bellamy and Jonas Kyle, Spoonbill and Sugartown
The Recommendatio