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Ladette Randolph

Here are book recommendations from our Book Ambassador Ladette Randolph!

Randolph is is distinguished publisher-in-residence at Emerson College and editor-in-chief of the literary journal Ploughshares, which recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. 

Randolph has written three novels, a short story collection, and a memoir. Her latest novel, Private Way, debuted in March 2022. You can find Randolph's books in our Local Authors and Illustrators Catalog.

In putting together this list of her most-cherished books, Randolph stayed off the well-worn path, highlighting lesser-known authors and books.

Death Comes for the Archbishop
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Willa Cather
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My Antonia: Introduction by Jane Smiley (Vintage Classics)
My Antonia: Introduction by Jane Smiley (Vintage Classics)
My Antonia: Introduction by Jane Smiley (Vintage Classics)
Willa Cather
$11.00 $10.00
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A Lost Lady: A novel (Vintage Classics)
A Lost Lady: A novel (Vintage Classics)
A Lost Lady: A novel (Vintage Classics)
Willa Cather
$14.00 $13.00
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Jakob von Gunten
Jakob von Gunten
Jakob von Gunten
Robert Walser
$16.95
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Visitation
Visitation
Visitation
Jenny Erpenbeck
$15.95
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As for Me and My House: Penguin Modern Classics Edition
As for Me and My House: Penguin Modern Classics Edition
As for Me and My House: Penguin Modern Classics Edition
Sinclair Ross
$16.00
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Crossing to Safety (Modern Library Classics)
Crossing to Safety (Modern Library Classics)
Crossing to Safety (Modern Library Classics)
Wallace Stegner
$19.00 $17.00
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Your Face Tomorrow: Fever and Spear
Your Face Tomorrow: Fever and Spear
Your Face Tomorrow: Fever and Spear
Javier Marías
$19.95
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Your Face Tomorrow: Dance and Dream
Your Face Tomorrow: Dance and Dream
Your Face Tomorrow: Dance and Dream
Javier Marías
$18.95
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The Rings of Saturn
The Rings of Saturn
The Rings of Saturn
W. G. Sebald
$16.95
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Austerlitz
Austerlitz
Austerlitz
W.G. Sebald
$22.00
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An Angel at My Table: The Complete Autobiography
An Angel at My Table: The Complete Autobiography
An Angel at My Table: The Complete Autobiography
Janet Frame
$21.95
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Housekeeping (Fortieth Anniversary Edition): A Novel
Housekeeping (Fortieth Anniversary Edition): A Novel
Housekeeping (Fortieth Anniversary Edition): A Novel
Marilynne Robinson
$17.00
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Winter Wheat
Winter Wheat
Winter Wheat
Mildred Walker
$21.95 $19.95
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Sudden Death: A Novel
Sudden Death: A Novel
Sudden Death: A Novel
Álvaro Enrigue
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The Good Soldier (Oxford World's Classics)
The Good Soldier (Oxford World's Classics)
The Good Soldier (Oxford World's Classics)
Ford Madox Ford
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Anton Chekhov's Selected Stories (Norton Critical Editions)
Anton Chekhov's Selected Stories (Norton Critical Editions)
Anton Chekhov's Selected Stories (Norton Critical Editions)
Anton Chekhov
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Family Furnishings: Selected Stories, 1995-2014 (Vintage International)
Family Furnishings: Selected Stories, 1995-2014 (Vintage International)
Family Furnishings: Selected Stories, 1995-2014 (Vintage International)
Alice Munro
$20.00 $18.95
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Carried Away: A Personal Selection of Stories; Introduction by Margaret Atwood (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series)
Carried Away: A Personal Selection of Stories; Introduction by Margaret Atwood (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series)
Carried Away: A Personal Selection of Stories; Introduction by Margaret Atwood (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series)
Alice Munro
$30.00 $27.00
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The Overstory: A Novel
The Overstory: A Novel
The Overstory: A Novel
Richard Powers
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Exit West: A Novel
Exit West: A Novel
Exit West: A Novel
Mohsin Hamid
$18.00 $17.00
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The Sympathizer: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
The Sympathizer: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
The Sympathizer: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
Viet Thanh Nguyen
$17.00
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Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War
Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War
Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War
Viet Thanh Nguyen
$22.00 $21.00
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Lot: Stories
Lot: Stories
Lot: Stories
Bryan Washington
$18.00 $17.00
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American Pastoral: American Trilogy 1 (Pulitzer Prize Winner) (Vintage International)
American Pastoral: American Trilogy 1 (Pulitzer Prize Winner) (Vintage International)
American Pastoral: American Trilogy 1 (Pulitzer Prize Winner) (Vintage International)
Philip Roth
$18.00 $17.00
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Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life
Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life
Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life
Karen E. Fields, Barbara J. Fields
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The Master and Margarita: 50th-Anniversary Edition (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
The Master and Margarita: 50th-Anniversary Edition (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
The Master and Margarita: 50th-Anniversary Edition (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Mikhail Bulgakov
$19.00 $18.00
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Flights: Nobel Prize and Booker Prize Winner
Flights: Nobel Prize and Booker Prize Winner
Flights: Nobel Prize and Booker Prize Winner
Olga Tokarczuk
$18.00 $17.00
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Skylark
Skylark
Skylark
Dezso Kosztolanyi
$16.95
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Beloved: Pulitzer Prize Winner (Vintage International)
Beloved: Pulitzer Prize Winner (Vintage International)
Beloved: Pulitzer Prize Winner (Vintage International)
Toni Morrison
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Milkman: A Novel
Milkman: A Novel
Milkman: A Novel
Anna Burns
$17.00 $16.00
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All for Nothing
All for Nothing
All for Nothing
Walter Kempowski
$17.95 $16.95
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The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance
The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance
The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance
Edmund de Waal
$20.00 $18.00
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Women Talking
Women Talking
Women Talking
Miriam Toews
$17.00
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A Complicated Kindness: A Novel
A Complicated Kindness: A Novel
A Complicated Kindness: A Novel
Miriam Toews
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The Friend (National Book Award Winner): A Novel
The Friend (National Book Award Winner): A Novel
The Friend (National Book Award Winner): A Novel
Sigrid Nunez
$17.00 $16.00
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The Buddha in the Attic
The Buddha in the Attic
The Buddha in the Attic
Julie Otsuka
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H Is for Hawk
H Is for Hawk
H Is for Hawk
Helen MacDonald
$18.00 $16.00
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The Story of My Teeth
The Story of My Teeth
The Story of My Teeth
Valeria Luiselli
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The Beginning Of Spring
The Beginning Of Spring
The Beginning Of Spring
Penelope Fitzgerald
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The Blue Flower: A Novel
The Blue Flower: A Novel
The Blue Flower: A Novel
Penelope Fitzgerald
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Priestdaddy: A Memoir
Priestdaddy: A Memoir
Priestdaddy: A Memoir
Patricia Lockwood
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Out Stealing Horses: A Novel
Out Stealing Horses: A Novel
Out Stealing Horses: A Novel
Per Petterson
$17.00
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So Long, See You Tomorrow: National Book Award Winner (Vintage International)
So Long, See You Tomorrow: National Book Award Winner (Vintage International)
So Long, See You Tomorrow: National Book Award Winner (Vintage International)
William Maxwell
$16.00
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Matrix: A Novel
Matrix: A Novel
Matrix: A Novel
Lauren Groff
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Harrow: A novel
Harrow: A novel
Harrow: A novel
Joy Williams
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Stoner
Stoner
Stoner
John Williams
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Butcher's Crossing
Butcher's Crossing
Butcher's Crossing
John Williams
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Augustus
Augustus
Augustus
John Williams
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Ceremony: (Penguin Orange Collection)
Ceremony: (Penguin Orange Collection)
Ceremony: (Penguin Orange Collection)
Leslie Marmon Silko
$18.00 $17.00
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Light Years (Vintage International)
Light Years (Vintage International)
Light Years (Vintage International)
James Salter
$18.00
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The Man Who Loved Children: A Novel
The Man Who Loved Children: A Novel
The Man Who Loved Children: A Novel
Christina Stead
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Amy and Isabelle: A novel (Vintage Contemporaries)
Amy and Isabelle: A novel (Vintage Contemporaries)
Amy and Isabelle: A novel (Vintage Contemporaries)
Elizabeth Strout
$17.00 $16.00
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Revolutionary Road (Vintage Contemporaries)
Revolutionary Road (Vintage Contemporaries)
Revolutionary Road (Vintage Contemporaries)
Richard Yates
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Mariette in Ecstasy
Mariette in Ecstasy
Mariette in Ecstasy
Ron Hansen
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The Great Fire: A Novel (Picador Modern Classics)
The Great Fire: A Novel (Picador Modern Classics)
The Great Fire: A Novel (Picador Modern Classics)
Shirley Hazzard
$16.00
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The Transit of Venus
The Transit of Venus
The Transit of Venus
Shirley Hazzard
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Charming Billy: A Novel (Picador Modern Classics)
Charming Billy: A Novel (Picador Modern Classics)
Charming Billy: A Novel (Picador Modern Classics)
Alice McDermott
$18.00
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Mrs. Bridge: A Novel
Mrs. Bridge: A Novel
Mrs. Bridge: A Novel
Evan S. Connell
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Three Junes
Three Junes
Three Junes
Julia Glass
$17.00
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The Redemption of Galen Pike
The Redemption of Galen Pike
The Redemption of Galen Pike
Carys Davies
$17.95 $14.95
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Journey by Moonlight (NYRB Classics)
Journey by Moonlight (NYRB Classics)
Journey by Moonlight (NYRB Classics)
Antal Szerb
$17.95
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The Door (NYRB Classics)
The Door (NYRB Classics)
The Door (NYRB Classics)
Magda Szabo
$17.95
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The Dew Breaker (Vintage Contemporaries)
The Dew Breaker (Vintage Contemporaries)
The Dew Breaker (Vintage Contemporaries)
Edwidge Danticat
$18.00 $16.95
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A Romantic Education
A Romantic Education
A Romantic Education
Patricia Hampl
$24.95
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Open City: A Novel
Open City: A Novel
Open City: A Novel
Teju Cole
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A Field Guide to Getting Lost
A Field Guide to Getting Lost
A Field Guide to Getting Lost
Rebecca Solnit
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The Unquiet Grave: A Word Cycle by Palinurus
The Unquiet Grave: A Word Cycle by Palinurus
The Unquiet Grave: A Word Cycle by Palinurus
Cyril Connolly
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Gold Boy, Emerald Girl: Stories
Gold Boy, Emerald Girl: Stories
Gold Boy, Emerald Girl: Stories
Yiyun Li
$17.00
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Tracks: A Novel
Tracks: A Novel
Tracks: A Novel
Louise Erdrich
$17.99 $15.99
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Intimacies: A Novel
Intimacies: A Novel
Intimacies: A Novel
Katie Kitamura
$26.00
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Crazy Horse: The Strange Man of the Oglalas
Crazy Horse: The Strange Man of the Oglalas
Crazy Horse: The Strange Man of the Oglalas
Mari Sandoz
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