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Books | Great historical fiction Part II — international titles suggested by readers | Seattle Times Newspaper

Books | Great historical fiction Part II — international titles suggested by readers | Seattle Times Newspaper: In a follow-up to an earlier list, here’s the lists of historical fiction suggested by readers of The Seattle Times.

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Books | Lit Life: Historical novels — reader faves, Part I

Books | Lit Life: Historical novels — reader faves, Part I | Seattle Times Newspaper: Seattle Times book editor Mary Ann Gwinn asked readers in her Lit Life column to recommend historical novels and received so many responses she’s reporting the results in installments. This week: historical fiction based in the U.S. Next week: historical

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Top book picks for 2010

Top book picks for 2010 / The Christian Science Monitor – CSMonitor.com: “The experts tell us what they are excited about reading in 2010” Oh, good grief. A “best books of the year” list for 2010 already, and it’s only January 4. At any rate, here are recommendations from some book store owners about books

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Round-Up: Best Books Lists for 2009

I really hate it when people put up their Christmas decorations right after Halloween. In the same way, it rankles me when “Best Books of the Year” lists begin appearing well before the year is over. Now that 2009 is officially approaching its end, here’s a round-up of some of the more prominent “Best Books

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Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2009 – The New York Times

Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2009 – The New York Times: Every year since 1952, the Book Review has asked a panel of judges to select 10 books from among the several thousand children’s books published that year. The judges this time around were Adam Gopnik, who writes regularly for The New Yorker and is

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Amazon.com: Best of 2009

Amazon.com: Best of 2009: Books: Books: Yes, the frenzy has officially started with Amazon’s various lists of Best Books of 2009. On this page you’ll find links to several lists, including standard ones such as Editors’ Top 100 and Customers’ Top 100 and top books by category (e.g., mystery & thriller, biography, children’s books) as

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Librarian Nancy Pearl Dips Below The Reading Radar : NPR

Librarian Nancy Pearl Dips Below The Reading Radar : NPR: Although we all can turn to reviews, advertisements or the best-seller lists for some suggestions, many books remain unreviewed and overlooked. I always especially like to look for books that have fallen beneath the reading radar, or books that I think more people ought to

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My Best Books Read in 2008

Most of the year’s best books listed compiled by book reviewers cover only books published during the current year. My list, however, includes books that I read during this past year, regardless of when they were published. Being a full-time student has cut way, way down on my pleasure reading. This past year I only

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