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The 10 Most Addictive Books of 2016 (So Far)

The 10 Most Addictive Books of 2016 (So Far)
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All Things Cease to Appear(01 of10)
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"With a storyline that tightens like a constrictor, this is a book that you won’t want to read alone late at night." You get in your car, drive to work, park, and go inside. An ordinary day—except, back at home, someone is chopping your wife to bits, the opening gambit in Brundage’s (A Stranger Like You, 2010, etc.) smart, atmospheric thriller. Read full book review.
Interior Darkness by Peter Straub(02 of10)
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"Dark, brooding fiction from a master of the form. And take our word for it: don’t go up to the attic, even if it is just a junk room." “Did I say he was dead? What I said was, he is…gone.” Welcome to an odd world in which the dead never quite go away, and the living are—well, not quite there. Read full book review.
The Swans of Fifth Avenue(03 of10)
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"Elegant Babe's thoughts, if not her lips, are unsealed at last. Those unaware of the scandal get CliffsNotes; and everyone else gets a chance to judge whether a swan’s muteness can be more interesting than her gripe." Class, cliques, and cattiness converge in this New York fable based on the lives of Truman Capote and his greatest fan, Babe Paley. Read full review here.
Morning Star by Pierce Brown(04 of10)
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"An ambitious and satisfying conclusion to a monumental saga." Brown completes his science-fiction trilogy with another intricately plotted and densely populated tome, this one continuing the focus on a rebellion against the imperious Golds. Read full review here.
And Then All Hell Broke Loose by Richard Engel(05 of10)
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"An intriguing journalistic memoir built around a lucid, alarming overview of where the Middle East has been and where it is heading." A deft personal account of a career spent reporting from the Middle East, witnessing the evaporation of peace and stability. Read full book review.
Real Tigers by Mick Herron(06 of10)
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"Even readers who don’t care for the endless bureaucratic infighting will have to admire this tour de force, in which virtually every single player—good guys, bad guys, all the turncoats and in-betweeners—is somehow connected to British Intelligence." The abduction of one of their own rouses the members of MI5’s dead-end Slough House (Dead Lions 2013, etc.) to action once more. Read full book review.
Dark Money by Jane Mayer(07 of10)
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"A valuable contribution to the study of modern electoral politics in an age that Theodore White, and perhaps even Hunter S. Thompson, would not recognize." A careful exposé of the libertarian agenda, spearheaded by the Koch brothers, to “impose their minority views on the majority by other means.” Read full book review.
I'm Glad About You(08 of10)
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"The snappy dialogue and plot you’d expect from a veteran dramatist plus the rich exploration of character that novels are made for." A rare honest story about love, ambition, and compromise. Read full book review.
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi(09 of10)
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"A moving meditation on mortality by a gifted writer whose dual perspectives of physician and patient provide a singular clarity." A neurosurgeon with a passion for literature tragically finds his perfect subject after his diagnosis of terminal lung cancer. Read full book review.
Ways To Disappear(10 of10)
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"Delightful and original." A famous novelist’s disappearance upends the life of her American translator. Read full book review.

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