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Patch Picks: Books to Bury Your Nose In

Why not celebrate National Read Across America Day with a literal treat?

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This week's Patch Picks installment is National Read Across America Day.

If you're ready to curl up with a cup of coffee or tea and expand your horizons, why not try a new book suggested by Leah White, the readers advisory librarian at the Morton Grove Public Library?

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"Freedom: A Novel" by Jonathan Franzen (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28): White calls the novel a "perfect snapshot of the times right now," this lengthy novel about American contemporary life offers a long narrative. 

"Lord of Misrule" by Jaimy Gordon (McPherson, $25): This National Bok Award Winner was considered an underdog for the book awards, but has come out on top. It follows a young woman who works at a horse racing track, and "captures rural culture very well."

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"West of Here" by Jonathan Evison (Algonquin Books, $24.95): Described as an "epic" novel, the fictional novel tells the story of the Pacific Northwest distilled through time and history.

 "The Fates Will Find Their Way: A Novel" by Hannah Pittard (Ecco, $22.99): Written by a Chicago author, the novel tells the story of a girl who mysteriously disappears, told through the vantage points of her peers. White said that fans of William Faulkner may relish in the third-person storytelling and cultural commentary.

 "The Sherlockian" by Graham Moore (Twelve, $24.99): This one's for all the mystery lovers out there. As Sherlock Holmes is not off-limits per copyright rules


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