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Archives

December 2009

Avid Reader December 2009 In this issue
• Best Books of the Decade: The Noughties
• Staff Review: Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'Neill
• On the Site
•Top 5 Most Expensive Cookbooks Ever Sold on Abebooks
•In honor of the 2009 Bad Sex Awards: Top 5 Bestselling Sex Manuals

November 2009

Avid Reader November 2009 In this issue
• A Timeline of Literary Vampires
• Staff Review: The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
• On the Site
• Bestselling Signed Books for October 2009
• Most expensive signed sales in October 2009

October 2009

Avid Reader October 2009 In this issue
• Annualism
• Staff Review: The Lizard's Cage by Karen Connelly
• On the Site
• Bestselling Signed Books for September 2009
• Most expensive sales in September 2009

September 2009

Avid Reader September 2009 In this issue
• Required Reading Worldwide
• Staff Review: A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
• Realistic Kids Books
• Bestselling Signed Books for August 2009
• Most expensive sales in August 2009