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THRILLER & SUSPENSE

AND THE HIPPOS WERE BOILED IN THEIR TANKS

by William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac

More of interest as a literary curio than as a work of art, though shrewd neobopsters will probably want to be seen with... Full review >

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FICTION

CARRIE

by Stephen King

King handles his first novel with considerable accomplishment and very little hokum—it's only too easy to believe that these... Full review >

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TEENS & YOUNG ADULT

THE FAULT IN OUR STARS

by John Green

Green seamlessly bridges the gap between the present and the existential, and readers will need more than one box of tissues... Full review >

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TEENS & YOUNG ADULT

CATCHING FIRE

by Suzanne Collins

A humdinger of a cliffhanger will leave readers clamoring for volume three. Full review >

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