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The End of the Gods
by A.S. Byatt
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by Joanne Harris
Published Oct 2009
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by Rabih Alameddine
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by Judith Lindbergh
Published Dec 2006
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by Nancy Farmer
Published May 2006
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by Haruki Murakami
Published Jan 2006
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