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The Roundtable

Book Picks - Oblong Books

By Joe Donahue
Published May 10, 2022 at 11:10 AM EDT
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This week's Book Picks come from Suzanna Hermans of Oblong Books in Millerton and Rhinebeck, New York.

List:
The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
The Candy House by Jennifer Egan
The Year of the Horses by Courtney Maum
Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country by Sierra Crane Murdoch
Apple Crush by Lucy Knisley
Miss Quinces by Kat Fajardo

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