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Peruse our new Lists of Ten section, and see what ten books Habitual Readers are recommending and why. Join in the discussion with Rate This Book, our spotlight on controversial books in the news (up this week: attempted-bestseller The Interpretation of Murder). Browse our Profiles page and find out why our new Habbers love to read. And we're always updating our home page with new featured profiles, reviews, and authors. Maybe you've been featured...

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Featured This Week:
   Wendy Robards                Alice Wilson-Fried               Vicki Delany   Wendy Robards         Alice Wilson-Fried           Vicki Delany   
 
                        The Mercy of Thin Air                  Blindness
                The Mercy of Thin Air           Blindness

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 The Interpretation of Murder
 by Jed Rubenfeld
                                                                       
 Publisher Henry Holt and Company invested $1.3
 million in a marketing campaign to make this book
 a bestseller... and failed. Have you read this book?
 We want to know what you think. See the full story
 in the Wall Street Journal.
"The Book Was Better" Contest Winners
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