In 11/22/63, Stephen King's big time-travel novel, an English teacher is given the opportunity to travel back in time to present the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Read the review of 11/22/63.

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Courtney McCarthy's M.C. Escher Pop-Ups boasts seven pop-ups and three flat engravings that exemplify the brilliance of the renowned Dutch graphic artist. Read more.

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Dennis Ouyang knows the path his deceased father would have chosen for him, and it haunts him. But that's not all that haunts Dennis in Level Up, Gene Luen Yang and Thien Pham's graphic novel about the influence of parental expectations and video games.

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Lev Grossman's The Magician King picks up where The Magicians left off in the magical land of Fillory. Quentin, Julia, Janet, and Eliot are the royal leaders now - and yet, Quentin still feels unfulfilled. Primed for a quest, he winds up traveling through Fillory seeking the keys that will save the magical world. Sound hokey? Beyond the typical fantasy novel framework, The Magician King is a search for life's meaning.

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