Fiction/Poetry
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The Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson
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Anthill by Edward O. Wilson
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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
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South of Broad by Pat Conroy
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Little Bee by Chris Cleave
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How Beautiful the Beloved by Gregory Orr (faculty)
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Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
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The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
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Solar by Ian McEwan
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Axe Handles: Poems by Gary Snyder
Nonfiction
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The Corner: A History of Student Life at the University of Virginia by Coy Barefoot (Grad ’97, faculty)
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The Viking in the Wheat Field: A Scientist’s Struggle to Preserve the World’s Harvest by Susan Dworkin
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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis
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American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson by Joseph J. Ellis
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The Fine Wisdom and Perfect Teachings of the Kings of Rock and Roll: A Memoir by Mark Edmundson (faculty)
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By Any Means Necessary!: An Entrepreneur’s Journey into Space by Gregory Olsen (Engr ’71)
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Counselor: A Life at the Edge of History by Ted Sorensen
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Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989 by Michael R. Beschloss
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The Life and Times of Thomas Jefferson: A Coloring and Activity Book by Mark W. Dewalt (Grad ’86)
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot