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David Mitchell's \u003cem\u003eCloud Atlas\u003c\/em\u003e nests six stories inside each other, from the 1850s Pacific to the far future, and Margaret Atwood's Booker-winning \u003cem\u003eThe Testaments\u003c\/em\u003e returns to Gilead fifteen years after \u003cem\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor something newer, there are three recent GMA Book Club picks: Chloe Benjamin's \u003cem\u003eUnder Story\u003c\/em\u003e, Portia Elan's \u003cem\u003eHomebound\u003c\/em\u003e, and Caro Claire Burke's \u003cem\u003eYesteryear\u003c\/em\u003e. Sierra Greer's \u003cem\u003eAnnie Bot\u003c\/em\u003e is a short, sharp novel told by a robot built to be the perfect girlfriend, and Allen Levi's \u003cem\u003eTheo of Golden\u003c\/em\u003e became a word-of-mouth bestseller about an old man, a Georgia town, and small kindnesses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd for books people reread: Daniel Keyes's \u003cem\u003eFlowers for Algernon\u003c\/em\u003e, and Raphael Bob-Waksberg's story collection \u003cem\u003eSomeone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory\u003c\/em\u003e, from the creator of BoJack Horseman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo inflated list prices, no fake sales, and no membership required. US shipping is a flat $7 per order.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"never-let-me-go-paperback","title":"Never Let Me Go - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eLooking back on her years at Hailsham, Kathy remembers friendships with Ruth and Tommy and the truths their school left unspoken. 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