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      Publisher’s Weekly Announces Top Ten Books of 2015

      by TacomaLibrary November 18, 2015

      Publisher's Weekly has announced their picks for the top ten books of 2015.  What was your favorite book of 2015?

      Between the World and Me

      The Invention of Nature

      The Story of the Lost Child

      Barbarian Days

      Delicious Foods

      Imperium

      Beauty Is A Wound

      Crow Fair

      The Argonauts

      Black Earth

       

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