Bolton's Picks

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A novel of unrest among 16-year-olds in a boy's school at theopening of WorldWar II.... (read more)

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This wondrous volume presents Neil Gaiman's screenplay of the film MirrorMask, along with director/artist Dave McKean's storyboards. The unique format (the relevant panel is positioned next to the depicted section of Gaiman's script) creates a smooth... (read more)

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After being run out of Boneville, the three Bone cousins — Fone Bone, Phoney Bone, and Smiley Bone — are separated and lost in a vast, uncharted desert. One by one, they find their way into a deep forested valley filled with wonderful and... (read more)

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Alison Bechdel, creator of the Dykes to Watch Out For comic strip, uses the cartoon form to tell the story of her coming out and the discovery of her father's sexual orientation. The title refers to the funeral home where she grew up, and her parents... (read more)

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Fantasy author Gaiman is at his best in this short story collection, which contains an embarrassing riches of storytelling that is at times dark, funny, terrifying, beautiful, and always brilliant. Recommended by Bolton, Powells.com... (read more)

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A literary time capsule, Suite Française is a novel about wartime occupation written during the Nazi occupation of France. Irène Némirovsky's unfinished manuscript has been published more than 60 years after her death to worldwide... (read more)

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"Blink is riveting and entertaining, not to mention quite brief, which makes for a very fast read — but it stays with you....Few books can change your worldview or cause you to rethink your every action and response to the world around you. Not only... (read more)

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I've only read two Elmore Leonard books, so I can't say for certain if The Hot Kid is his best novel — but I almost can't imagine a better one. Leonard is at the top of his game here, packing his period cops-and-robbers tale with vivid characters... (read more)

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A fascinating exploration of the art of film editing (among other pursuits) in the form of extended conversations between acclaimed author Michael Ondaatje (The English Patient) and Oscar-winning film editor Walter Murch (The Godfather, Apocalypse Now... (read more)

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I know you shouldn't recommend books that you are only halfway through, but this is such a lush tapestry of a book I can't resist. Like a moist rich chocolate torte, Strange and Norrell is the sort of book you ration out to avoid finishing it too soon... (read more)

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"Anansi Boys is Neil Gaiman's best novel yet. It may lack the epic scope of American Gods, but page for page it provides a higher level of satisfaction. This is Gaiman at his wittiest, most uninhibited; we feel the author having fun with his creations... (read more)

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"The only difference between suicide and martyrdom is press coverage," according to the "been there, done that" wisdom of Tender Branson, last surviving member of the Creedish Death Cult. At the opening of Chuck Palahniuk's hilariously unnerving second... (read more)