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KY State Library Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: The Night Watchman, Louise Erdrich

The Night Watchman

Louise Erdrich
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2022 Pulitzer Prize winners and nominated finalists will be announced today. Interested in reading last year’s fiction winner, The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich? Request the eBook/eAudiobook through KY Libraries Unbound - https://buff.ly/375KYoY https://t.co/gnNBquPH8G

Paperback, 2021

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver
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Happy birthday to novelist, essayist & poet Barbara Kingsolver! Ms. Kingsolver grew up in Eastern KY. Check out her latest acclaimed novel, Demon Copperhead, a modern retelling of Charles Dickens' David Copperfield set in Appalachia - https://t.co/4N7h5456Z5 https://t.co/GIhgJbnizH

Paperback, 2024

$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West, Hampton Sides

Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West

Hampton Sides
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Christopher “Kit” Houston Carson was born this week on 12/24/1809 in Madison County, KY. Carson was perhaps the most famous trapper and guide in the West. Check out the Carson biography Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West by Hampton Sides. - https://t.co/dVD2NGnUbk https://t.co/vlAwiWSntc

Paperback, 2007

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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