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The Agents’ #FridayReads, June edition… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Florida, Lauren Groff (Agent Ampersand, Washington DC) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The House of Broken Angels, Luis Alberto Urrea (Agent Bathwater, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Mars Room, Rachel Kushner (Agent Blackwood, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kindred, Octavia Butler (Agent Bridge, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life, William Finnegan (Agent Daily Double, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hild, Nicola Griffith (Agent Edda, Chicago) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett (Agent Expat, London) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Map of Salt and Stars, Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar (Agent Eyre, Chicago) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pachinko, Min Jin Lee (Agent Laundry, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What Are They All Waiting For? Stories, Poems & Essays: 1944-1962, Gil Orlovitz (Agent Noun, Boston) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Florida, Lauren Groff (Agent Pineapple, Boston) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Devil's Bargain, Joshua Green (Agent Prefect, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bright We Burn, Kiersten White (Agent Saurus, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Sirens of Titan, Kurt Vonnegut (Agent Silvertongue, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ stir, Jessica Fechtor (Agent Southpaw, Chicago) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Sympathizer, Viet Thanh Nguyen (Agent Sunshine, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Adjustment Day, Chuck Palahniuk (Agent Touchdown, Portland) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Now I Rise, Kiersten White (Agent Velocipede, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Who Fears Death, Nnedi Okorafor (Agent Woollysocks, New York)

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The Agents’ #FridayReads, May edition… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Favorite Sister, Jessica Knoll (Agent Ampersand, Washington DC) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Asymmetry, Lisa Halliday (Agent Bathwater, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Changeling, Joy Williams (Agent Blackwood, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Recovering, Leslie Jamison (Agent Brooklina, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hot Mess, Emily Belden (Agent Cortado, Los Angeles) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wildlife, Richard Ford (Agent Daily Double, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whistling Past the Graveyard, Susan Crandall (Agent Eyre, Chicago) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra, Vaseem Khan (Agent Laundry, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Mars Room, Rachel Kushner (Agent Pineapple, Boston) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Phasma, Delilah S. Dawson (Agent Prefect, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'll Be Gone in the Dark, Michelle McNamara (Agent Saurus, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?, Alyssa Mastromonaco (Agent Sunshine, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, Anne Fadiman (Agent Touchdown, Portland) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Circe, Madeline Miller (Agent Velocipede, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Book of Joan, Lidia Yuknavich (Agent Woollysocks, New York)

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The Agents’ #FridayReads, February edition… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In Vino Duplicitas: The Rise and Fall of a Wine Forger Extraordinaire, Peter Hellman (Agent Ampersand, Washington DC) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Goodbye, Vitamin, Rachel Khong (Agent Bathwater, NYC) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Invention of Nature, Andrea Wulf (Agent Bridge, NYC) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, Hanif Abdurraqib (Agent Brooklina, NYC) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders (Agent Daily Double, NYC) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Vineyard, Maria Duenas (Agent Eyre, Chicago) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Red Clocks, Leni Zumas (Agent Grasshopper, NYC) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bombay Stories, Saadat Hasan Manto (Agent Laundry, NYC) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Red Clocks, Leni Zumas (Agent Pineapple, Boston) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How to Start a Fire, Lisa Lutz (Agent Saurus, NYC) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Shadow of Night, Deborah Harkness (Agent Silvertongue, NYC) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Manhattan Beach, Jennifer Egan (Agent Sunshine, NYC) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ History of Wolves, Emily Fridlund (Agent Touchdown, Portland) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Into the Drowning Deep, Mira Grant (Agent Velocipede, NYC) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The City of Brass, S. A. Chakraborty (Agent Woollysocks, NYC)

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The Agents’ #FridayReads, January edition… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Wife Between Us, Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen (Agent Ampersand, Washington DC) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Odyssey, Homer trans. Emily Wilson (Agent Bridge, NYC) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We Are Never Meeting in Real Life, Samantha Irby (Agent Brooklina, NYC) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mort(e), Robert Repino (Agent Daily Double, NYC) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beside the Syrian Sea, James Wolff (Agent Laundry, NYC) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Foxfire, Joyce Carol Oates (Agent Pineapple, Boston) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Annihilation, Jeff Vandermeer (Agent Saurus, Brooklyn) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Shotgun Lovesongs, Nickolas Butler (Agent Sunshine, NYC) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Too Much Happiness, Alice Munro (Agent Touchdown, Portland) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ White Oleander, Janet Fitch (Agent Velocipede, NYC) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie (Agent Woollysocks, NYC)

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The Agents’ #FridayReads, November edition… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Heather, the Totality, Matthew Weiner (Agent Ampersand, Washington D.C.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Darwin's Ghosts, Rebecca Stott (Agent Bridge, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mexico: Stories, Josh Barkan (Agent Cortado, Los Angeles) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Outline, Rachel Cusk (Agent Daily Double, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Home Fire, Kamila Shamsie (Agent Grasshopper, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The World According to Bertie, Alexander McCall Smith (Agent Laundry, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Heather, the Totality, Matthew Weiner (Agent Pineapple, Boston) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Book of Dust, Philip Pullman (Agent Saurus, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Birth of the Pill, Jonathan Eig (Agent Silvertongue, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Lowland, Jhumpa Lahiri (Agent Touchdown, Portland) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Juliet Takes a Breath, Gabby Rivera (Agent Velocipede, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, & Jack Thorne (Agent Wallflower, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado (Agent Woollysocks, New York)

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The Agents’ #FridayReads, October edition… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Good Daughter, Karin Slaughter (Agent Ampersand) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Encyclopedia of Trouble and Spaciousness, Rebecca Solnit (Agent Bridge) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My Brilliant Friend, Elena Ferrante (Agent Daily Double) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A House Among the Trees, Julia Glass (Agent Eyre) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Baroque-A-Nova, Kevin Chong (Agent Laundry) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Forest Dark, Nicole Krauss (Agent Pineapple) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Made To Kill, Adam Christopher (Agent Prefect) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan (Agent Saurus) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Paris Winter, Imogen Robertson (Agent Sparrow) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo, Amy Schumer (Agent Sunshine) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan (Agent Velocipede) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Carve the Mark, Veronica Roth (Agent Wallflower) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan (Agent Woollysocks)

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The Agents’ #FridayReads, September edition… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My Absolute Darling, Gabriel Tallent (Agent Ampersand) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Sad Passions, Veronica Gonzalez Peña (Agent Bathwater) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ H is for Hawk, Helen Macdonald (Agent Bridge) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Underground Airlines, Ben H. Winters (Agent Bumblebee) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ White Noise, Don DeLillo (Agent Daily Double) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Norwegian Wood, Haruki Murakami (Agent Laundry) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At Swim-Two-Birds, Flann O'Brien (Agent Noun) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New People, Danzy Senna (Agent Pineapple) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Obelisk Gate, N.K. Jemisin (Agent Prefect) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Well of Loneliness, Radclyffe Hall (Agent Silvertongue) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Clockwork Dynasty, Daniel H. Wilson (Agent Sparrow) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To the End of the Land, David Grossman (Agent Sunshine) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Broken Harbor, Tana French (Agent Touchdown) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sing, Unburied, Sing, Jesmyn Ward (Agent Velocipede) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Six of Crows, Leigh Bardugo (Agent Wallflower) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Native Speaker, Chang-rae Lee (Agent Woollysocks)

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The Agents’ #FridayReads, August edition… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Touch, Courtney Maum (Agent Ampersand) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Special Topics in Calamity Physics, Marisha Pessl (Agent Bathwater) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Six Wives, David Starkey (Agent Bridge) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All the Dirty Parts, Daniel Handler (Agent Brooklina) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Leviathan Wakes, James S. A. Corey (Agent Bumblebee) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fitness Junkie, Jo Piazza and Lucy Sykes (Agent Cortado) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My Brilliant Friend, Elena Ferrante (Agent Daily Double) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Wicked City, Beatriz Williams (Agent Eyre) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier (Agent Laundry) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Giles Goat-Boy, John Barth (Agent Noun) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens, Eddie izzard (Agent Prefect) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Joy Ride: Show People and Their Shows, John Lahr (Agent Pineapple) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Before the Fall, Noah Hawley (Agent Saurus) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Pine Barrens, John McPhee (Agent Silvertongue) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Hired Girl, Laura Amy Schlitz (Agent Sparrow) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How Does That Make You Feel?: True Confessions From Both Sides of the Therapy Couch, ed. Sherry Amatenstein (Agent Sunshine) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Life, Alice Munro (Agent Touchdown) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All the President's Men, Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward (Agent Velocipede) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, Mary Roach (Agent Woollysocks)