Jared's 2009 List


Zeitoun (Hardcover)

$24.00
ISBN-13: 9781934781630
Availability: Readily Available
Published: McSweeney's, 07/01/2009

"An amazing, inspiring, tragic and true story about a Syrian-born man's experience during Hurricane Katrina and the harrowing post-storm realitites that face him.  Dave Eggers removes himself completely, and serves only as a journalist.  I cannot get over this book." -Jared

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Spooner (Hardcover)

$26.99
ISBN-13: 9780446540728
Availability: Readily Available
Published: Grand Central Publishing, 09/01/2009

"The most enjoyable novel I read all year, it is epic in scope and amazingly detailed, down to each character's most eccentric and subhuman qualities. Peter Dexter writes with venom and comedy, a combination that's almost impossible not to enjoy." -Jared
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$27.00
ISBN-13: 9780618968411
Availability: Readily Available
Published: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 10/01/2009

"The story of the largest forest-fire in American history, and how it ensured the idea of conservationism. Timothy Egan can bring any character to life, and he does that especially with Gifford Pinchot, who served as chief forester to Teddy Roosevelt." -Jared
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War Dances (Hardcover)

$23.00
ISBN-13: 9780802119193
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Published: Grove Press, 10/01/2009

"These stories, poems, and mysterious hybrids are solidly written and always enjoyable, like all of Sherman Alexie's work." -Jared
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$15.99
ISBN-13: 9780316154680
Availability: Readily Available
Published: Back Bay Books, 06/01/2009

"I read this for the first time this year, on an airplane, and my out-loud laughing peaked the interest of everyone in my row. It is one of those books you can't help but pass around, even to complete strangers." -Jared
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$24.95
ISBN-13: 9780307266309
Availability: Readily Available
Published: Knopf, 05/01/2009

"Long distance barefoot running, the fabled Tarahumara Indians, a conspiracy regarding shoe companies, and 'the greatest race the world has ever seen.' One of the best nonfiction works I've read in a long time." -Jared
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2666 (Paperback)

$19.95
ISBN-13: 9780307475954
Availability: Readily Available
Published: Vintage, 09/01/2009

"If you're looking for a huge, sweeping book, commit to this one. Bolano seems to choose every word carefully, by sound and meaning. This book will stay with you for a long time. In a good way." -Jared
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The Wordy Shipmates (Paperback)

$16.00
ISBN-13: 9781594484001
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Published: Riverhead Trade, 10/01/2009

"Sarcasm has its benefits. Without it, Sarah Vowell's study on puritans would have been simply educational, instead of educational and hilarious." -Jared
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Far North (Hardcover)

$25.00
ISBN-13: 9780374153533
Availability: Readily Available
Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 06/01/2009

"This might be my new favorite post apocalyptic road/adventure novel. I expected to be entertained by the descriptions of stark landscapes and mad gangs of road warriors, but I didn't expect to enjoy it as much as I did." -Jared
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$27.95
ISBN-13: 9780385522267
Availability: Readily Available
Published: Doubleday, 09/01/2009

"The story of Pat Tillman, who rejected an NFL contract and joined the military after 9/11. Tillman may be one of the most interesting iconoclasts in recent history, and Krakauer does him-- and his story-- justice here." -Jared
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