Libraries 2013

Libraries participating in the 2013 Award

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Adelaide

The State Library of South Australia

• All That I Am – Anna Funder
• The Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes
• Autumn Laing – Alex Miller

Brisbane

The State Library of Queensland

• Gillespie and I – Jane Harris
• Spirit of Progress – Steven Carroll
• State of Wonder – Ann Patchett

Canberra

The National Library of Australia

• Autumn Laing – Alex Miller
• Cold Light – Frank Moorhouse
• Sarah Thornhill – Kate Grenville

Hobart

Linc Tasmania

• Past the Shallows – Favel Parrett

Melbourne

The State Library of Victoria

• Autumn Laing – Alex Miller
• The Street Sweeper – Elliot Perlman
• What the Family Needed – Steven Amsterdam

Sydney

The State Library of New South Wales

• All That I Am – Anna Funder
• Five Bells – Gail Jones
• Foal’s Bread – Gillian Mears

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Salzburg

Stadt Bibliothek Salzburg

• 11/22/63 – Stephen King
• The Tiger’s Wife – Téa Obreht
• When the Killing’s Done – T.C. Boyle

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Bridgetown

The National Library Service

• Please Look After Mom – Kyung-sook Shin Translated by Chi-Young Kim
• The Hypnotist – Lars Kepler Translated by Ann Long
• The Submission – Amy Waldman

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Brussels

Muntpunt

• The Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes
• The Stranger’s Child – Alan Hollinghurst
• The Summer Without Men  – Siri Hustvedt

Gent

Stedelijke Openbare Bibliotheek

• Snowdrops – A. D. Miller
• The Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes
• Wish You Were Here – Graham Swift

Leuven

De Bib Leuven

• The Art of Fielding – Chad Harbach
• The Cat’s Table – Michael Ondaatje

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Brasilia

Biblioteca Demonstrativa de Brasília – Fundacao Biblioteca Nacional

• Hut of Fallen Persimmons – Adriana Lisboa Translated by Sarah Green
• Learning to Pray in the Age of Technique – Gonçalo M. Tavares Translated by Daniel Hahn
• The Prague Cemetery – Umberto Eco Translated by Richard Dixon

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Calgary

Calgary Public Library

• Half-Blood Blues – Esi Edugyan
• The Cat’s Table – Michael Ondaatje
• The Sisters Brothers – Patrick deWitt

Edmonton

Edmonton Public Library

• Half-Blood Blues – Esi Edugyan
• The Cat’s Table – Michael Ondaatje
• The Sisters Brothers – Patrick deWitt

Gander

Newfoundland & Labrador Public Libraries

• Anatomy of a Disappearance – Hisham Matar
• Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children – Ransom Riggs
• The Reinvention of Love – Helen Humphreys

Halifax

Halifax Public Libraries

• The Lightning Field – Heather Jessup
• The Return – Dany Laferrière Translated by David Homel
• The Sisters Brothers – Patrick deWitt

Montreal

Réseau des Bibliothèques Publiques de Montréal

• Dirty Feet – Edem Awumey Translated by Lazer Lederhendler
• Niko – Dimitri Nasrallah
• The Sisters Brothers – Patrick deWitt

Ottawa

Ottawa Public Library

• A Good Man – Guy Vanderhaeghe
• Incidents in the Life of Markus Paul – David Adams Richards
• The Cat’s Table – Michael Ondaatje

Saint John

Saint John Free Public Library

• A Possible Madness – Frank Macdonald
• Half-Blood Blues – Esi Edugyan
• The Town That Drowned – Riel Nason

St. John’s

Provincial Resource Library

• A World Elsewhere – Wayne Johnston
• double talk – Patrick Warner
• Easy to Like – Edward Riche

Sydney

Cape Breton Regional Library

• The Dovekeepers – Alice Hoffman
• The Sisters Brothers – Patrick deWitt

Toronto

Toronto Public Library

• A Good Man – Guy Vanderhaeghe
• The Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes
• The Sisters Brothers – Patrick deWitt

Winnipeg

Winnipeg Public Library

• Half-Blood Blues – Esi Edugyan
• The Night Circus – Erin Morgenstern
• The Sisters Brothers – Patrick deWitt

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Rijeka

Gradska Knjiznica Rijeka

• Kafka’s Friend – Miro Gavran Translated by Nina H. Kay-Antoljak
• The Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes

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Karviná-Mizerov

Regional Library of Karviná

• 13, Rue Thérèse – Elena Mauli Shapiro
• Bountiful Famine – Sheg Aranmolate
• The Paris Wife – Paula McLain

Prague

Mestska Knihovna v Praze

• The Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes
• The Stranger’s Child – Alan Hollinghurst

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Aarhus

Aarhus Kommunes Biblioteker

• Against Art – Tomas Espedal Translated by James Anderson

Copenhagen

Copenhagen Central Library

• The Dinosaur Feather – Sissel-Jo Gazan Translated by Charlotte Barslund
• The Keeper of Lost Causes – Jussi Adler-Olsen Translated by Lisa Hartford

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Birmingham

Birmingham Libraries

• Before I Go To Sleep – S.J. Watson
• Death Comes to Pemberley – P.D. James
• My Dear, I Wanted to Tell You – Louisa Young

Liverpool

Liverpool City Library and Information Services

• Half of the Human Race – Anthony Quinn
• The Absolutist – John Boyne
• The Thread – Victoria Hislop

London

London Borough of Redbridge Libraries

• The Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes
• The Stranger’s Child – Alan Hollinghurst

Newcastle

Newcastle City Library

• Pigeon English – Stephen Kelman

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Tallinn

National Library of Estonia

• Pure – Andrew Miller

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Tampere

Tampere City Library

• A Cruel Bird Came to the Nest and Looked In – Magnus Mills
• Half of the Human Race – Anthony Quinn
• The Absolutist – John Boyne

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Lyon

Bibliothèque Municipale de Lyon

• The Truth about Marie – Jean-Philippe Toussaint Translated by Matthew B. Smith
• Underground Time – Delphine de Vigan Translated by George Miller

Nice

Bibliothèque Municipale Á Vocation Regionale de Nice

• A Man of Parts – David Lodge
• The Summer Without Men  – Siri Hustvedt
• Touch – Alexi Zentner

Strasbourg

André Malraux Public Library

• The Summer Without Men  – Siri Hustvedt

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Tbilisi

National Parliamentary Library of Georgia

• Dagny or a Love Feast – Zurab Karumidze

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Berlin

Zentral- u. Landesbibliothek Berlin

• The Map and the Territory – Michel Houellebecq Translated by Gavin Bowd
• The Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes

Bonn

Universitäts-und Landesbibliothek Bonn

• Adam and Evelyn – Ingo Schulze Translated by John E. Woods
• Last Man in Tower – Aravind Adiga
• When the Killing’s Done – T.C. Boyle

Bremen

Stadtbibliothek Bremen

• Alice – Judith Hermann Translated by Margot Bettauer Dembo
• Funeral for a Dog – Thomas Pletzinger Translated by Ross Benjamin
• Splithead – Julya Rabinowich Translated by Tess Lewis

Dusseldorf

Stadtbüchereien Düsseldorf

• 1Q84 – Haruki Murakami Translated by Jay Rubin / Phillip Gabriel
• The Marriage Plot – Jeffrey Eugenides
• The Prague Cemetery – Umberto Eco Translated by Richard Dixon

Frankfurt

Stadtbücherei Frankfurt am Main

• The Summer Without Men  – Siri Hustvedt

Leipzig

Leipziger Stadtische Bibliotheken

• Alice – Judith Hermann Translated by Margot Bettauer Dembo
• Ed King – David Guterson
• The Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes

Mainz

Bibliotheken der Stadt Mainz

• Emily, Alone – Stewart O’Nan
• The Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes

Munich

Münchner Stadtbibliothek

• 1Q84 – Haruki Murakami Translated by Jay Rubin / Phillip Gabriel
• Our Lady of Alice Bhatti – Mohammed Hanif

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Serres

Serres Central Public Library

• The Marriage Plot – Jeffrey Eugenides

Veria

Veria Central Public Library

• The Marriage Plot – Jeffrey Eugenides
• The Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes
• The Stranger’s Child – Alan Hollinghurst

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Kecskemét

Katona József County Library

• The Language of Flowers – Vanessa Diffenbaugh
• The Prague Cemetery – Umberto Eco Translated by Richard Dixon
• Underground Time – Delphine de Vigan Translated by George Miller

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Reykjavík

Borgarbókasafn Reykjavíkur

• From the Mouth of the Whale – Sjón Translated by Victoria Cribb
• The Map of Time – Félix J. Palma Translated by Nick Caistor

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New Delhi

India International Centre Library

• River of Smoke – Amitav Ghosh
• The Sly Company of People Who Care – Rahul Bhattacharya

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Cork

Cork City Libraries

• Anatomy of a Disappearance – Hisham Matar
• City of Bohane – Kevin Barry
• Pure – Andrew Miller

Dublin

Dublin City Public Libraries

• Child Wonder  – Roy Jacobsen Translated by Don Bartlett and Don Shaw
• City of Bohane – Kevin Barry
• On Canaan’s Side – Sebastian Barry

Limerick

Limerick City Library

• 1Q84 – Haruki Murakami Translated by Jay Rubin / Phillip Gabriel
• City of Bohane – Kevin Barry
• The Tiger’s Wife – Téa Obreht

Waterford City

Waterford City Libraries

• The Faster I Walk, The Smaller I Am – Kjersti A. Skomsvold Translated by Kerri A. Pierce
• The Sisters Brothers – Patrick deWitt
• The Tiger’s Wife – Téa Obreht

Waterford County

Waterford County Library

• Pure – Andrew Miller
• The Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes
• Twice Born – Margaret Mazzantini Translated by Ann Gagliardi

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Florence

Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale Firenze

• Accabadora – Michela Murgia Translated by Silvester Mazzarella
• Everybody’s Right – Paolo Sorrentino Translated by Antony Shugaar

Naples

Biblioteca Nazionale di Napoli

• Damned – Chuck Palahniuk
• The Potter’s Field – Andrea Camilleri Translated by Stephen Sartarelli

Rome

Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma

• Everybody’s Right – Paolo Sorrentino Translated by Antony Shugaar
• Temporary Perfections – Gianrico Carofiglio Translated by Antony Shugaar
• Twice Born – Margaret Mazzantini Translated by Ann Gagliardi

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Kingston

Jamaica Library Service

• Dancing Lessons – Olive Senior
• The Goat Woman of Largo Bay – Gillian Royes

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Nairobi

Kenya National Library Service

• Nomination

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Skopje

St Clement of Ohrid, National and University Library

• The Mark – Blazhe Minevski Translated by Milan Damjanovski

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Kuala Lumpur

National Library of Malaysia

• Duke – Rozlan Mohd Noor
• The Dulang Washer – Paul Callan

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México

Biblioteca Daniel Cosío Villegas El Colegio de México

• My Two Worlds – Sergio Chejfec Translated by Margaret B. Carson
• Tyrant Memory – Horacio Castellanos Moya Translated by Katherine Silver

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Herceg Novi

City Library and Reading Room Herceg-Novi

• The Five Wonders of the Danube – Zoran Živković Translated by Alice Copple-Tosic

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Auckland

Auckland Libraries

• Rangatira – Paula Morris
• The Conductor – Sarah Quigley
• The Marriage Plot – Jeffrey Eugenides

Christchurch

Christchurch City Libraries

• Bed – David Whitehouse
• The Larnachs – Owen Marshall
• The Stranger’s Child – Alan Hollinghurst

Dunedin

Dunedin Public Libraries

• Doc – Mary Doria Russell
• State of Wonder – Ann Patchett
• The Invisible Ones – Stef Penney

Timaru

Timaru District Libraries

• Into the Darkest Corner – Elizabeth Haynes
• The Conductor – Sarah Quigley
• The Larnachs – Owen Marshall

Wellington

Wellington City Libraries

• Rangatira – Paula Morris
• The Conductor – Sarah Quigley
• Wulf – Hamish Clayton

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Bergen

Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek

• Caribou Island – David Vann
• Long Time, No See – Dermot Healy
• Cold Eye of Heaven – Christine Dwyer Hickey

Oslo

Oslo Public Libraries

• How It All Began – Penelope Lively
• The Faster I Walk, The Smaller I Am – Kjersti A. Skomsvold Translated by Kerri A. Pierce
• The Tiger’s Wife – Téa Obreht

Stavanger

Stavanger Bibliotek

• Against Art – Tomas Espedal Translated by James Anderson
• Child Wonder  – Roy Jacobsen Translated by Don Bartlett and Don Shaw

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Lódz

Wojewódzka i Miejska Biblioteka Publiczna

• The Emperor of Lies – Steve Sem-Sandberg Translated by Sarah Death
• Underground Time – Delphine de Vigan Translated by George Miller
• Waiting for Robert Capa – Susana Fortes Translated by Adriana V. López

Warsaw

Biblioteka Publiczna m.st. Warszawy

• A Man of Parts – David Lodge
• Wish You Were Here – Graham Swift

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Lisbon

Biblioteca Municipal Central de Lisboa

• Learning to Pray in the Age of Technique – Gonçalo M. Tavares
• The Time In Between – María Dueñas Translated by Daniel Hahn
• Hut of Fallen Persimmons – Adriana Lisboa Translated by Sarah Green

Porto

Biblioteca Pública Municipal do Porto

• Learning to Pray in the Age of Technique – Gonçalo M. Tavares Translated by Daniel Hahn
• Portrait of a Spy – Daniel Silva
• The Warsaw Anagrams – Richard Zimler

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Cluj

Biblioteca Judeteaná “Octavian Goga” Cluj

• Awakened – P.C. Cast and Kristen Cast

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Moscow

Library for Foreign Literature

• From the Mouth of the Whale – Sjón Translated by Victoria Cribb
• Long Time, No See – Dermot Healy
• The Stranger’s Child – Alan Hollinghurst

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Aberdeen

Aberdeen City Libraries

• Before I Go To Sleep – S.J. Watson
• The Second Coming – John Niven

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Belgrade

Belgrade City Library

• The Five Wonders of the Danube – Zoran Živković Translated by Alice Copple-Tosic

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Ljubljana

Knjižnica Oton Župancic

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Cape Town

Cape Town Central Library

• 1Q84 – Haruki Murakami Translated by Jay Rubin / Phillip Gabriel
• Tell It to the Trees – Anita Rau Badami

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Barcelona

Biblioteques de Barcelona

 

• Ten Thousand Saints – Eleanor Henderson
• The Map and the Territory – Michel Houellebecq Translated by Gavin Bowd

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Colombo

Colombo Public Library

• Beggar’s Feast – Randy Boyagoda
• Estuary – Sam Bunny
• The Iron Fence – Neluka Silva

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Stockholm

Stockholm Public Library

• The Dewey Decimal System – Nathan Larson

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Bern

Universitätsbibliothek Bern

• A Cupboard Full of Coats – Yvvette Edwards
• Emily, Alone – Stewart O’Nan
• Alice – Judith Hermann Translated by Margot Bettauer Dembo

Geneva

Bibliothèques Municipales de la Ville de Genève

• Accabadora – Michela Murgia Translated by Silvester Mazzarella
• Lightning – Jean Echenoz Translated by Linda Coverdale

Zurich

Zentralbibliothek Zürich

• Last Man in Tower – Aravind Adiga
• Part of the Solution – Ulrich Peltzer Translated by Martin Chalmers

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Amsterdam

Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam

• Caesarion  – Tommy Wieringa Translated by Sam Garrett
• Julia – Otto de Kat Translated by Ina Rilke
• The Book of Doubt – Tessa de Loo Translated by Brian Doyle

Eindhoven

Openbare Bibliotheek Eindhoven

• Caesarion  – Tommy Wieringa Translated by Sam Garrett
• The Book of Doubt – Tessa de Loo Translated by Brian Doyle
• The Cocaine Salesman – Conny Braam Translated by Jonathan Reeder

Rotterdam

Bibliotheek Rotterdam

• Jamrach’s Menagerie – Carol Birch
• The Cocaine Salesman – Conny Braam Translated by Jonathan Reeder
• When God was a Rabbit – Sarah Winman

The Hague

Stichting Bibliotheek.nl

• Caesarion  – Tommy Wieringa Translated by Sam Garrett
• Julia – Otto de Kat Translated by Ina Rilke
• The Book of Doubt – Tessa de Loo Translated by Brian Doyle

Utrecht

Bibliotheek Utrecht

• Julia – Otto de Kat Translated by Ina Rilke
• The Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes

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Boston

Boston Public Library

• 1Q84 – Haruki Murakami Translated by Jay Rubin / Phillip Gabriel
• The Cat’s Table – Michael Ondaatje
• The Tiger’s Wife – Téa Obreht

Cheyenne

Laramie County Library System

• Hell Is Empty – Craig Johnson
• The Dovekeepers – Alice Hoffman
• The Paris Wife – Paula McLain

Cincinnati

Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County

• Say Her Name – Francisco Goldman
• The Grief of Others – Leah Hager Cohen
• The Submission – Amy Waldman

Cleveland

Cleveland Public Library

• The Buddha in the Attic – Julie Otsuka
• The Tragedy of Arthur – Arthur Phillips
• Touch – Alexi Zentner

Colorado Springs

Pikes Peak Library District

• The Art of Fielding – Chad Harbach
• The Language of Flowers – Vanessa Diffenbaugh
• The Night Circus – Erin Morgenstern

Columbia

Richland County Public Library

• Red on Red – Edward Conlon
• State of Wonder – Ann Patchett
• The Language of Flowers – Vanessa Diffenbaugh

Concord

New Hampshire State Library

• Rules of Civility – Amor Towles
• Salvage the Bones – Jesmyn Ward
• The Night Circus – Erin Morgenstern

Denver

Denver Public Library

• State of Wonder – Ann Patchett
• The Art of Fielding – Chad Harbach
• When She Woke – Hillary Jordan

Hartford

Hartford Public Library

• Assumption – Percival Everett
• River of Smoke – Amitav Ghosh
• We the Animals – Justin Torres

Houston

Houston Public Library

• Remember Ben Clayton – Stephen Harrigan
• The Art of Fielding – Chad Harbach
• The Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes

Jacksonville

Jacksonville Public Library

• The Marriage Plot – Jeffrey Eugenides
• The Night Circus – Erin Morgenstern

Kansas City

Kansas City Public Library

• Salvage the Bones – Jesmyn Ward
• Silver Sparrow – Tayari Jones
• The Art of Fielding – Chad Harbach

Miami

Miami-Dade Public Library System

• The Cat’s Table – Michael Ondaatje
• The Sojourn – Andrew Krivak

Milwaukee

Milwaukee Public Library

• The Buddha in the Attic – Julie Otsuka
• The Submission – Amy Waldman
• The Tiger’s Wife – Téa Obreht

New York

New York Public Library

• Silver Sparrow – Tayari Jones
• Swamplandia! – Karen Russell
• We the Animals – Justin Torres

Philadelphia

Free Library of Philadelphia

• The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine – Alina Bronsky Translated by Tim Mohr
• The Art of Fielding – Chad Harbach

Pittsburgh

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

• The Art of Fielding – Chad Harbach
• The Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes
• The Tiger’s Wife – Téa Obreht

Portland

Multnomah County Library

• State of Wonder – Ann Patchett
• The Art of Fielding – Chad Harbach
• The Sisters Brothers – Patrick deWitt

Richmond

Richmond Public Library

• Rules of Civility – Amor Towles
• The Cat’s Table – Michael Ondaatje
• The Girl in the Blue Beret – Bobbie Ann Mason

San Diego

San Diego Public Library

• On Canaan’s Side – Sebastian Barry
• The Stranger’s Child – Alan Hollinghurst

San Francisco

San Francisco Public Library

• State of Wonder – Ann Patchett
• The Art of Fielding – Chad Harbach
• The Language of Flowers – Vanessa Diffenbaugh

San José

San José Public Library

• The Buddha in the Attic – Julie Otsuka
• The Tiger’s Wife – Téa Obreht

Springfield

Lincoln Library

• Swamplandia! – Karen Russell
• The Marriage Plot – Jeffrey Eugenides

Tallahassee

LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library System

• The Borrower – Rebecca Makkai
• The Tiger’s Wife – Téa Obreht
• To Be Sung Underwater – Tom McNeal

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