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Book Picks - The Open Door Bookstore

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Joe Donahue
Published September 1, 2020 at 11:13 AM EDT
Book covers for the books listed below on this page

     This week's Book Picks from Lily Bartels at The Open Door Bookstore and Gift Gallery in Schenectady, NY.

List:
"That Time of Year" by Marie NDiaye
"Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey" by Kathleen Rooney
"The Party Upstairs" by Lee Conell
"The Cold Vanish" by Jon Billman
"Butch Cassidy: The True Story of an American Outlaw" by Charles Leerhsen
"Vesper Flights" by Helen Macdonald
"All the Devils are Here" by Louise Penny
"The Nesting Dolls" by Alina Adams
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