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Good Reads

Long days and clear nights have finally rolled into the Pacific Northwest—perfect summer reading weather. Our staff of voracious readers has compiled a list of suggestions fitting for the season. Here’s a sampling.

FICTION
That Old Ace in the Hole by Annie Proulx (Jeff)
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski (Jeff)
The Wild Things by Dave Eggers (Ryan)
A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin (Dorothy) 

The Choiring of Trees by Donald Herrington (Sylvia)
Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll (Sylvia)
The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño (Donna)
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese (Heather)
The 13 Clocks by James Thurber (Heather)
A Death in the Family by James Agee (Adrian)

NON-FICTION
The Elements of Typographic Style by David Bringhurst (Ryan)
In the Company of Crows and Ravens by John M. Marzluff and Tony Angell (Ryan)
All About Love: New Visions by Bell Hooks (Sylvia)
Becoming a Man by Paul Monett (Evan)
Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us by Ralph Nader (Evan)
Go the F**k to Sleep by Adam Mansbach (Donna)
Lincoln at Gettysberg by Garry Wills (Heather)

COOKBOOKS
Veganomicon by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero (Evan)
Kansha: Celebrating Japan’s Vegan and Vegetarian Traditions by Elizabeth Andoh (Donna)

ART
Seven Days in the Art World by Sarah Thornton (Ed)
Blinky Palermo Retrospective 1964-1977 by DIA Foundation (Donna)
Picasso & Lump: A Dachshund’s Odyssey by David Douglas Duncan (Heather)
Spiral Jetta: A Road Trip through the Land Art of the American West by Erin Hogan (Adrian)
The Lives of the Artists by Calvin Tomkins (Adrian)