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2011 National Book Award Winners

The Swerve
Salvage the Bones, Jesmyn Ward's wrenching novel of a Mississippi town under the threat of a hurricane, has won the 2011 National Book Award for fiction. More winners:

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Literature & Fiction

Browse for novels, classic literature, and short stories, or see our picks for the best fiction of 2011 or best books of the month.

New in Paperback in Literature & Fiction

Save Me
›Lisa Scottoline
Paperback
$14.99 $10.19
The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel
›David Levithan
Paperback
$13.00 $10.40
Three Stages of Amazement: A Novel
›Carol Edgarian
Paperback
$16.00 $10.88
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New and Notable in Literature & Fiction

Sonoma Rose
›Jennifer Chiaverini
Hardcover
$25.95 $16.41
Shear Murder (Bad Hair Day Mystery 10)
›Nancy J. Cohen
Hardcover
$25.95
War Comes to the Big Bend: A Western...
Zane Grey
Hardcover
$25.95
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Bestselling Books in Featured Categories

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Best Books of 2011: Debut Fiction

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Read It Before You See It

The Descendants: A Novel
›Kaui Hart Hemmings
Paperback
$15.00 $10.20
Jane Eyre
›Charlotte Bronte
Paperback
$9.95
One Day
›David Nicholls
Paperback
$14.95 $10.17

Spotlight on Canadian Fiction

The Golden MeanWater for ElephantsOryx and Crake Some of our favorite reads come from our neighbors to the north. From critically acclaimed novels to page-turning thrillers, discover new and notable books from great authors who you may not have known were Canadian.

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