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Kapitalen i det 21. århundrede af Thomas Piketty
Best Books for Informed Americans Selection2014
A Brave Man Seven Storeys Tall: A Novel af Will Chancellor
Debut Fiction2014
Wolf in White Van af John Darnielle
Debut Fiction2014
The Wilds af Julia Elliott
Debut Fiction2014
The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing af Mira Jacob
Debut Fiction2014
Redeployment af Phil Klay
Debut Fiction2014
The Invention of Exile af Vanessa Manko
Debut Fiction2014
Waiting for the Electricity: A Novel af Christina Nichol
Debut Fiction2014
In the light of what we know af Zia Haider Rahman
Debut Fiction2014
Dukkemageren af Jessie Burton
Fiction2014
Dukkemageren af Jessie Burton
Historical Novels2014
The Hour of Lead af Bruce Holbert
Historical Novels2014
The Moor's Account af Laila Lalami
Historical Novels2014
The Secret Life of William Shakespeare af Jude Morgan
Historical Novels2014
Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932: A Novel af Francine Prose
Historical Novels2014
Song of the Shank: A Novel af Jeffery Renard Allen
Literary Fiction2014
Alt det lys vi ikke ser af Anthony Doerr
Literary Fiction2014
An Untamed State af Roxane Gay
Literary Fiction2014
Den flammende verden : roman af Siri Hustvedt
Literary Fiction2014
Euphoria af Lily King
Literary Fiction2014
A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing af Eimear McBride
Literary Fiction2014
All Our Names af Dinaw Mengestu
Literary Fiction2014
Florence Gordon af Brian Morton
Literary Fiction2014
Alphabet af Kathy Page
Literary Fiction2014
The Paying Guests af Sarah Waters
Literary Fiction2014
Broken Monsters af Lauren Beukes
Mysteries & Thrillers2014
The Bones Beneath af Mark Billingham
Mysteries & Thrillers2014
Night Heron af Adam Brookes
Mysteries & Thrillers2014
One Kick af Chelsea Cain
Mysteries & Thrillers2014
The Secret Place af Tana French
Mysteries & Thrillers2014
Silkeorm af Robert Galbraith
Mysteries & Thrillers2014
Broadchurch - novel af Erin Kelly
Mysteries & Thrillers2014
Those Who Wish Me Dead af Michael Koryta
Mysteries & Thrillers2014
Bird Box af Josh Malerman
Mysteries & Thrillers2014
The Killer Next Door af Alex Marwood
Mysteries & Thrillers2014
The Red Road af Denise Mina
Mysteries & Thrillers2014
Sønnen af Jo Nesbo
Mysteries & Thrillers2014
The Long Way Home af Louise Penny
Mysteries & Thrillers2014
Children of the Revolution af Peter Robinson
Mysteries & Thrillers2014
Reckless Disregard af Robert Rotstein
Mysteries & Thrillers2014
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot af David Shafer
Mysteries & Thrillers2014
The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us af Diane Ackerman
Nonfiction2014
The Storm and the Tide: Tragedy, Hope and Triumph in Tuscaloosa af Lars Anderson
Nonfiction2014
The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism af Edward E. Baptist
Nonfiction2014
The Double Life of Paul De Man af Evelyn Barish
Nonfiction2014
Law of the Jungle: The $19 Billion Legal Battle Over Oil in the Rain Forest and the Lawyer Who'd Stop at Nothing to Win af Paul M. Barrett
Nonfiction2014
Forcing the Spring: Inside the Fight for Marriage Equality af Jo Becker
Nonfiction2014
The most dangerous book: the battle for James Joyce's Ulysses af Kevin Birmingham
Nonfiction2014
On Immunity: An Inoculation af Eula Biss
Nonfiction2014
Dark Invasion: 1915: Germany's Secret War and the Hunt for the First Terrorist Cell in America af Howard Blum
Nonfiction2014
Boy on Ice: The Life and Death of Derek Boogaard af John (Watusi) Branch
Nonfiction2014
The Trigger: Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War af Tim Butcher
Nonfiction2014
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? A Memoir af Roz Chast
Nonfiction2014
Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and the Invention of The Great Gatsby af Sarah Churchwell
Nonfiction2014
Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous af Gabriella Coleman
Nonfiction2014
History Lessons: A Memoir of Madness, Memory, and the Brain af Clifton Crais
Nonfiction2014
Out of the Woods: A Memoir of Wayfinding af Lynn Darling
Nonfiction2014
Hack Attack: The Inside Story of How the Truth Caught Up with Rupert Murdoch af Nick Davies
Nonfiction2014
The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Emancipation af David Brion Davis
Nonfiction2014
The Heathen School: A Story of Hope and Betrayal in the Age of the Early Republic af John Demos
Nonfiction2014
Isabella: The Warrior Queen af Kirstin Downey
Nonfiction2014
The Cause of All Nations: An International History of the American Civil War af Don H. Doyle
Nonfiction2014
Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People af Elizabeth A. Fenn
Nonfiction2014
Aretha: From These Roots af Aretha Franklin
Nonfiction2014
Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy af Francis Fukuyama
Nonfiction2014
Trespassing on Einstein's Lawn: A Father, a Daughter, the Meaning of Nothing, and the Beginning of Everything af Amanda Gefter
Nonfiction2014
A Man Called Destruction: The Life and Music of Alex Chilton, From Box Tops to Big Star to Backdoor Man af Holly George-Warren
Nonfiction2014
India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nation's Remaking af Anand Giridharadas
Nonfiction2014
Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away af Rebecca Goldstein
Nonfiction2014
Study in Perfect (Association of Writers and Writing Programs Award for Creative Nonfiction) af Sarah Gorham
Nonfiction2014
The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World af Greg Grandin
Nonfiction2014
William Wells Brown: An African American Life af Ezra Greenspan
Nonfiction2014
The Mantle of Command: FDR at War, 1941-1942 af Nigel Hamilton
Nonfiction2014
The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man af Luke Harding
Nonfiction2014
Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War af Mark Harris
Nonfiction2014
Unremarried Widow: A Memoir af Artis Henderson
Nonfiction2014
A Cup of Water Under My Bed: A Memoir af Daisy Hernandez
Nonfiction2014
Starlight Detectives: How Astronomers, Inventors, and Eccentrics Discovered the Modern Universe af Alan Hirshfeld
Nonfiction2014
The Sea Inside af Philip Hoare
Nonfiction2014
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League af Jeff Hobbs
Nonfiction2014
The Great Floodgates of the Wonderworld: A Memoir af Justin Hocking
Nonfiction2014
Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art af Carl Hoffman
Nonfiction2014
Internal Medicine: A Doctor's Stories af Terrence Holt
Nonfiction2014
Lincoln and the Power of the Press: The War for Public Opinion af Harold Holzer
Nonfiction2014
War of the Whales: A True Story af Joshua Horwitz
Nonfiction2014
Ten Cities That Made an Empire af Tristram Hunt
Nonfiction2014
The Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution af Walter Isaacson
Nonfiction2014
The Empathy Exams: Essays af Leslie Jamison
Nonfiction2014
Dear Leader: Poet, Spy, Escapee--A Look Inside North Korea af Jang Jin-sung
Nonfiction2014
The Other Side: a Memoir af Lacy M. Johnson
Nonfiction2014
How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World af Steven Johnson
Nonfiction2014
Getting Schooled: The Reeducation of an American Teacher af Garret Keizer
Nonfiction2014
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History af Elizabeth Kolbert
Nonfiction2014
Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928 af Stephen Kotkin
Nonfiction2014
Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh af John Lahr
Nonfiction2014
The Secret History of Wonder Woman af Jill Lepore
Nonfiction2014
The Lagoon: How Aristotle Invented Science af Armand Marie Leroi
Nonfiction2014
Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt af Michael Lewis
Nonfiction2014
A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal af Ben Macintyre
Nonfiction2014
The Answer to the Riddle Is Me: A Memoir of Amnesia af David Stuart MacLean
Nonfiction2014
Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save an American Town af Beth Macy
Nonfiction2014
The History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs af Greil Marcus
Nonfiction2014
Man Alive: A True Story of Violence, Forgiveness and Becoming a Man af Thomas Page McBee
Nonfiction2014
My Life in Middlemarch af Rebecca Mead
Nonfiction2014
What We See When We Read af Peter Mendelsund
Nonfiction2014
Supreme City: How Jazz Age Manhattan Gave Birth to Modern America af Donald L. Miller
Nonfiction2014
War! What Is It Good For?: Conflict and the Progress of Civilization from Primates to Robots af Ian Morris
Nonfiction2014
The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway af Doug Most
Nonfiction2014
The Age of Radiance: The Epic Rise and Dramatic Fall of the Atomic Era af Craig Nelson
Nonfiction2014
If Only You People Could Follow Directions: A Memoir af Jessica Hendry Nelson
Nonfiction2014
The Mighty Dead: Why Homer Matters af Adam Nicolson
Nonfiction2014
Unreal City: Las Vegas, Black Mesa, and the Fate of the West af Judith Nies
Nonfiction2014
One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band af Alan Paul
Nonfiction2014
The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan af Rick Perlstein
Nonfiction2014
Kapitalen i det 21. århundrede af Thomas Piketty
Nonfiction2014
A Deadly Wandering: A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention af Matt Richtel
Nonfiction2014
When Paris Went Dark: The City of Light Under German Occupation, 1940-1944 af Ronald C. Rosbottom
Nonfiction2014
Busted: A Tale of Corruption and Betrayal in the City of Brotherly Love af Wendy Ruderman
Nonfiction2014
The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words, 1000 BCE – 1492 CE af Simon Schama
Nonfiction2014
Little Failure: A Memoir af Gary Shteyngart
Nonfiction2014
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette af Hampton Sides
Nonfiction2014
Take This Man: A Memoir af Brando Skyhorse
Nonfiction2014
On His Own Terms: A Life of Nelson Rockefeller af Richard Norton Smith
Nonfiction2014
Pandora's DNA: Tracing the Breast Cancer Genes Through History, Science, and One Family Tree af Lizzie Stark
Nonfiction2014
Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Story of Wealth, Ambition, and Survival af Peter Stark
Nonfiction2014
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption af Bryan Stevenson
Nonfiction2014
Nature's God: The Heretical Origins of the American Republic af Matthew Stewart
Nonfiction2014
The Unpersuadables: Adventures with the Enemies of Science af Will Storr
Nonfiction2014
My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind af Scott Stossel
Nonfiction2014
Perfectly Miserable: Guilt, God and Real Estate in a Small Town af Sarah Payne Stuart
Nonfiction2014
The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap af Matt Taibbi
Nonfiction2014
The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet af Nina Teicholz
Nonfiction2014
Soldier Girls: The Battles of Three Women at Home and at War af Helen Thorpe
Nonfiction2014
Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free af Héctor Tobar
Nonfiction2014
There Was and There Was Not: A Journey Through Hate and Possibility in Turkey, Armenia, and Beyond af Meline Toumani
Nonfiction2014
Uncertain Justice: The Roberts Court and the Constitution af Laurence Tribe
Nonfiction2014
Adventures in the Anthropocene: A Journey to the Heart of the Planet we Made af Gaia Vince
Nonfiction2014
The Tastemaker: Carl Van Vechten and the Birth of Modern America af Edward White
Nonfiction2014
Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp af Lawrence Wright
Nonfiction2014
Hope: Entertainer of the Century af Richard Zoglin
Nonfiction2014
Monday, Monday af Elizabeth Crook
Novels To Get Your Book Club Talking2014
Station Eleven af Emily St. John Mandel
Novels To Get Your Book Club Talking2014
Boy, Snow, Bird af Helen Oyeyemi
Novels To Get Your Book Club Talking2014
Lila af Marilynne Robinson
Novels To Get Your Book Club Talking2014
The Remedy for Love: A Novel af Bill Roorbach
Novels To Get Your Book Club Talking2014
Family Life af Akhil Sharma
Novels To Get Your Book Club Talking2014
All My Puny Sorrows af Miriam Toews
Novels To Get Your Book Club Talking2014
Barracuda af Christos Tsiolkas
Novels To Get Your Book Club Talking2014
Eyrie af Tim Winton
Novels To Get Your Book Club Talking2014
The Fever af Megan Abbott
Popular Fiction2014
All I Love and Know: A Novel af Judith Frank
Popular Fiction2014
Mercedesmanden : roman af Stephen King
Popular Fiction2014
Accidents of Marriage af Randy Susan Meyers
Popular Fiction2014
Store små løgne af Liane Moriarty
Popular Fiction2014
Heroes Are My Weakness af Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Popular Fiction2014
Dominion af C. J. Sansom
Popular Fiction2014
Steles of the Sky af Elizabeth Bear
Science Fiction and Fantasy2014
The Word Exchange af Alena Graedon
Science Fiction and Fantasy2014
Afterparty af Daryl Gregory
Science Fiction and Fantasy2014
The Magician's Land af Lev Grossman
Science Fiction and Fantasy2014
Defenders af Will Mcintosh
Science Fiction and Fantasy2014
Crown of Renewal af Elizabeth Moon
Science Fiction and Fantasy2014
Arcanum af Simon Morden
Science Fiction and Fantasy2014
Lock In af John Scalzi
Science Fiction and Fantasy2014
The Rhesus Chart af Charles Stross
Science Fiction and Fantasy2014
Annihilation af Jeff VanderMeer
Science Fiction and Fantasy2014
The Martian af Andy Weir
Science Fiction and Fantasy2014
American Innovations: Stories af Rivka Galchen
Story Collections2014
The Stories of Jane Gardam af Jane Gardam
Story Collections2014
The Woman Who Borrowed Memories: Selected Stories (NYRB Classics) af Tove Jansson
Story Collections2014
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher: Stories af Hilary Mantel
Story Collections2014
The Other Language af Francesca Marciano
Story Collections2014
Thunderstruck and Other Stories af Elizabeth McCracken
Story Collections2014
Family Furnishings: Selected Stories, 1995-2014 af Alice Munro
Story Collections2014
Mr. Bones: Twenty Stories af Paul Theroux
Story Collections2014
The Tao of Humiliation (American Readers Series) af Lee Upton
Story Collections2014

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