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(photo: Pedro Ribeiro Sim\u014des, Creative Commons license)<\/p><\/div>\n

With publishers so intent on finding the next blockbuster, it\u2019s easy for good books, make that Very Good Books, to slip by unnoticed. I\u2019d like to suggest that my writing coach Lauren Davis\u2019s new book, Against a Darkening Sky<\/em><\/a>, which is on top of my \u201cto read\u201d pile, is a book I hope escapes that fate. I also trust that the flow of good will and good media coming its way will continue.<\/p>\n

Set in 7th century Northumbria, as Christianity sweeps the countryside, it considers issues that are universal and timeless. Says Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Olen Butler, it \u201cbrilliantly achieves the ideal for a historical novel: period and milieu seem utterly inextricable from characters and theme.\u201d I\u2019m looking forward to reading\u2014and savoring!\u2014it this summer.<\/p>\n

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In case you missed Nancy Pearl\u2019s \u201cunder the radar reads<\/a>\u201d segment on NPR\u2019s Morning Edition late last week, here are her recommendations for intriguing and beautifully written works of fiction beyond the B&N front table that are well worth seeking out.<\/p>\n