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10 Books That Are Dying For A Sequel

10 Books That Are Dying For A Sequel
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Originally posted on Kirkus.

We live to read books so good we don’t want them to end. The books on this week’s list fall into that category. Now if the authors of these books would just listen to us and finish the sequel already, all would be right with the world.

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10 Books That Are Dying For A Sequel
'My Salinger Year' by Joanna Rakoff(01 of10)
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"Many of the mysteries of the literary world remain mysteries to the author, but she provides good company as she explores them."A sharply observed coming-of-age memoir about an aspiring writer's entry-level job at a fading literary agency.Read full book review.
'The Care and Management of Lies' by Jacqueline Winspear(02 of10)
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"A sad, beautifully written, contemplative testament."Five kind and honorable people are caught up in the depredations of the Great War in this first stand-alone novel by the author of the Maisie Dobbs mystery series (Leaving Everything Most Loved, 2013, etc.Read full book review.
'Nine Open Arms' by Benny Lindelauf, illustrated by Dasha Tolstikova, translated by John Nieuwenhuizen(03 of10)
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"A challenging and entirely unique Dutch import. (translator's note, character list, slang word list, map, contents) (Fiction. 11-14)"At the end of an isolated road outside a small village in Holland in 1937, Fing and her eccentric family find themselves in a strange house that gives up its secrets reluctantly and with far-reaching consequences.Read full book review.
'The Divorce Papers' by Susan Rieger(04 of10)
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"Extremely clever, especially the legal infighting; this book should prove hugely popular with the legal set as well as anyone who has ever witnessed a divorce in process."A brutally comic chronicle of high-end divorce told through letters, emails and a huge pile of legal memorandums. This is the first novel from Columbia Law School graduate Rieger.Read full book review.
'A Time to Dance' by Padma Venkatraman(05 of10)
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"A beautiful integration of art, religion, compassion and connection. (author's note) (Verse fiction. 13-17)"Flowing free verse tells the story of a teenage dancer in Chennai, India, who loses a leg and re-learns how to dance.Read full book review.
'The Vacationers' by Emma Straub(06 of10)
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"A novel that is both a lot of fun to read and has plenty of insight into the marital bond and the human condition."Straub refreshes a conventional plot through droll humor and depth of character.Read full book review.
'Dirt Bikes, Drones, And Other Ways to Fly' by Conrad Wesselhoeft(07 of10)
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"As complex as life itself, this novel addresses serious topics without taking itself too seriously. (Fiction. 14-18)"There is a place where Arlo goes to break free—free from his mother's recent murder, his father's grief, his sister's progressing Huntington's disease. In this place, the Drone Zone, it all falls away and there is just the moment.Read full book review.
'Hild' by Nicola Griffith(08 of10)
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"A book that deserves a place alongside T.H. White, to say nothing of Ellis Peters. Elegantly written—and with room for a sequel."A historical novel of early medieval England to do T.H. White proud, based on the real life of the "Anglisc" girl who would become Saint Hilda of Whitby.Read full book review.
'Loot' by Jude Watson(09 of10)
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"Taut, engrossing and unstoppable. (Thriller. 10-14)"Feisty thieves-in-training Jules and March are faced with a daunting challenge after their father plunges to his death while committing a crime.Read full book review.
'Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell' by Susanna Clarke(10 of10)
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"An instant classic, one of the finest fantasies ever written."Rival magicians square off to display and match their powers in an extravagant historical fantasy being published simultaneously in several countries, to be marketed as Harry Potter for adults.Read full book review.

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