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Book Picks - Northshire Books

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Joe Donahue
Published October 30, 2018 at 11:17 AM EDT
book cover: The Reservoir Tapes By Jon McGregor

This week's Book Picks come from Mike Hare of Northshire Books in Saratoga Spring, New York and Manchester Center, Vermont.

“Big Fella” by Jane Leavy
“Convenience Store Woman” by Sayaka Murata
“Tragedy of Benedict Arnold” by Joyce Lee Malcolm
“The Game” by George Howe Colt
“Reservoir Tapes” by Jon McGregor
“The Strange Case of Dr. Couney” by Dawn Raffel
“Why We Sleep” by Matthew Walker, PhD.
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