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Fiction Larry Send a noteboard - 12/11/2012 09:34:43 PM
Finalists ranked by personal preference:

Junot Díaz, This is How You Lose Her
Susan Erdrich, The Round House
Ben Fountain, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Kevin Powers, The Yellow Birds
Dave Eggers, A Hologram for the King
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

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Reviews of the 2012 National Book Award finalists (Poetry, YA, Non-Fiction, Fiction) Larry - 12/11/2012 08:39:13 PM 997 Views
Poetry Larry - 12/11/2012 08:40:31 PM 649 Views
Tim Seibles, Fast Animals Larry - 12/11/2012 08:43:51 PM 810 Views
Cynthia Huntington, Heavenly Bodies Larry - 12/11/2012 08:47:32 PM 879 Views
Alan Shapiro, Night of the Republic Larry - 12/11/2012 08:49:55 PM 821 Views
David Ferry, Bewilderment Larry - 12/11/2012 08:52:45 PM 819 Views
Susan Wheeler, Meme Larry - 12/11/2012 08:56:28 PM 766 Views
Young People's Literature Larry - 12/11/2012 08:58:44 PM 679 Views
Eliot Schrefer, Endangered Larry - 12/11/2012 09:01:36 PM 1624 Views
Carrie Arcos, Out of Reach Larry - 12/11/2012 09:03:51 PM 839 Views
Steve Sheinkin, Bomb: The Race to Build – and Steal – the World's Most Dangerous Weapon Larry - 12/11/2012 09:07:32 PM 870 Views
Sounds very interesting. I may give it a go Orange - 18/11/2012 11:19:19 AM 940 Views
It's a good primer read, but I suspect there are more in-depth studies of the Manhattan Project Larry - 18/11/2012 08:44:09 PM 846 Views
William Alexander, Goblin Secrets Larry - 12/11/2012 09:09:49 PM 700 Views
Patricia McCormick, Never Fall Down Larry - 12/11/2012 09:12:56 PM 1471 Views
Non-Fiction Larry - 12/11/2012 09:16:35 PM 785 Views
Domingo Martinez, The Boy Kings of Texas Larry - 12/11/2012 09:20:14 PM 808 Views
Katherine Boo, Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity Larry - 12/11/2012 09:23:30 PM 892 Views
Anthony Shadid, House of Stone: Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East Larry - 12/11/2012 09:27:07 PM 722 Views
Anne Applebaum, Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1945-1956 Larry - 12/11/2012 09:29:59 PM 800 Views
Robert Caro, The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Passage of Power Larry - 12/11/2012 09:32:54 PM 649 Views
Fiction Larry - 12/11/2012 09:34:43 PM 617 Views
Dave Eggers, A Hologram for the King Larry - 12/11/2012 09:37:02 PM 798 Views
I like him, and I want to read this. *NM* nossy - 15/11/2012 04:17:18 PM 431 Views
I've read all but one of his novels and this one is near the bottom in terms of interest/quality Larry - 18/11/2012 08:45:17 PM 944 Views
What are your faves? I <3 A Heartbreaking Work... *NM* nossy - 19/11/2012 01:46:18 PM 342 Views
Well, that's one Larry - 19/11/2012 02:23:13 PM 761 Views
Ben Fountain, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk Larry - 13/11/2012 07:45:53 AM 820 Views
I loved it. Rebekah - 13/11/2012 05:16:13 PM 711 Views
I got to meet Fountain last month in Nashville at the Southern Festival of Books Larry - 13/11/2012 10:56:43 PM 832 Views
Kevin Powers, The Yellow Birds Larry - 13/11/2012 09:30:11 AM 941 Views
Louise Erdrich, The Round House Larry - 14/11/2012 11:43:45 AM 861 Views
Junot Díaz, This is How You Lose Her Larry - 14/11/2012 01:47:31 PM 819 Views
I'm afraid to read him again. I didn't like Oscar Wao. nossy - 19/11/2012 01:47:54 PM 662 Views
I reviewed it back in January 2008 Larry - 19/11/2012 02:22:19 PM 783 Views
Winners Larry - 15/11/2012 03:33:21 AM 825 Views
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