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Best Books of the Month: June 2011

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1. Before I Go to Sleep: A Novel
Before I Go to Sleep: A Novel
by S. J. Watson
3.9 out of 5 stars (1,244 customer reviews)
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HarperCollins Publishers
June 14, 2011
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Amazon Best Books of the Month, June 2011: Every day Christine wakes up not knowing where she is. Her memories disappear every time she falls asleep. Her husband, Ben, is a stranger to her, and he's obligated to explain their life together on a daily basis--all the result of ... Read more

2. Sister: A Novel
Sister: A Novel
by Rosamund Lupton
4.0 out of 5 stars (361 customer reviews)
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Crown
June 7, 2011
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Amazon Best Books of the Month, June 2011: When the body of Beatrice’s beloved younger sister, Tess, is discovered in an abandoned building in Hyde Park and ruled a suicide, Beatrice knows the police have made a mistake. She’s certain her sister was murdered. Determined to uncover the truth, ... Read more

3. Ten Thousand Saints: A Novel
Ten Thousand Saints: A Novel
by Eleanor Henderson
3.8 out of 5 stars (73 customer reviews)
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Ecco
June 7, 2011
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Amazon Best Books of the Month, June 2011: Mostly set in the Lower East Side of 1980s New York City, Ten Thousand Saints is that rare book that paints scenes so vividly you can imagine the movie in your head. I wanted to live inside its pages, where I ... Read more

4. Robopocalypse: A Novel
Robopocalypse: A Novel
by Daniel H. Wilson
3.6 out of 5 stars (433 customer reviews)
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Doubleday
June 7, 2011
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Amazon Best Books of the Month, June 2011:In the not-too-distant future, robots have made our lives a lot easier: they help clean our kitchens, drive our cars, and fight our wars--until they are turned into efficient murderers by a sentient artificial intelligence buried miles below the surface of Alaska. ... Read more

5. Dreams of Joy: A Novel
Dreams of Joy: A Novel
by Lisa See
4.5 out of 5 stars (340 customer reviews)
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Random House
May 31, 2011
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Amazon Best Books of the Month, June 2011: See's Dreams of Joy picks up the story of sisters Pearl and May where Shanghai Girls left off: on the night in 1957 when Pearl's daughter, Joy, discovers that May is her true mother. While Shanghai Girls followed the sisters from ... Read more

6. State of Wonder
State of Wonder
by Ann Patchett
3.7 out of 5 stars (881 customer reviews)
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Harper
June 7, 2011
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Amazon Best Books of the Month, June 2011: In State of Wonder, pharmaceutical researcher Dr. Marina Singh sets off into the Amazon jungle to find the remains and effects of a colleague who recently died under somewhat mysterious circumstances. But first she must locate Dr. Anneck Swenson, a renowned ... Read more

7. The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris
The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris
by David G. McCullough
4.3 out of 5 stars (375 customer reviews)
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Simon & Schuster
May 24, 2011
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Amazon Best Books of the Month, June 2011: At first glance, The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris might seem to be foreign territory for David McCullough, whose other books have mostly remained in the Western Hemisphere. But The Greater Journey is still a quintessentially American history. Between 1830 and ... Read more

8. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
by Ransom Riggs
4.2 out of 5 stars (1,664 customer reviews)
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Quirk Books
June 7, 2011
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Amazon Best Books of the Month, June 2011: As a kid, Jacob formed a special bond with his grandfather over his bizarre tales and photos of levitating girls and invisible boys. Now at 16, he is reeling from the old man's unexpected death. Then Jacob is given a mysterious ... Read more

9. Missing on Superstition Mountain
Missing on Superstition Mountain
by Elise Broach
4.0 out of 5 stars (10 customer reviews)
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Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
June 21, 2011
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Amazon Best Books of the Month, June 2011: A legendary gold mine, mysterious deaths, and a foreboding mountain set the stage for a new mystery from bestselling author Elise Broach. The Barker brothers--ages 11, 10, and 6--have moved from Chicago to a small town in Arizona that seems ... Read more

10. Tumford the Terrible
Tumford the Terrible
by Nancy Tillman
4.8 out of 5 stars (42 customer reviews)
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Feiwel & Friends
May 24, 2011
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Amazon Best Books of the Month, June 2011: “In spite of the manners he often forgot, he would not say, “I’m sorry.” Oh no, he would not.” With these memorable words we get to know Tumford, a well-meaning but stubborn kitty, who has a habit of ... Read more