More books more books!

Thought some of you would find this amusing:

Upcoming:
May 2017: The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood
June 2017: The First Bad Man by Miranda July
July 2017: The Best Kind of People by Zoe Whittall
August 2017: Nobody Cries at Bingo by Dawn Dumont
September 2017: even this page is white by Vivek Shraya
October 2017: Red Azalea by Anchee Min
November 2017: Dr. Edith Vane and the Hares of Crawley Hall by Suzette Mayr

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