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Find an Empty Seat and Read a Good Book

Books with empty chairs on the covers just inviting you to sit down and read a good book - some look more inviting than others. It seems that empty chairs tend to symbolize loneliness or death - an absence of some sort.
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The Silent Patient (Alex Michaelides)
The Silent Patient
1
Alex Michaelides
Rest (Alex Soojung-Kim Pang)
Rest
2
Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
The Almost Moon (Alice Sebold)
The Almost Moon
3
Alice Sebold
Ascend (Amanda Hocking)
Ascend
4
Amanda Hocking
The Day She Came Back (Amanda Prowse)
The Day She Came Back
5
Amanda Prowse
The Shadow Lines (Amitav Ghosh)
The Shadow Lines
6
Amitav Ghosh
The Houseguest (Amparo Dávila)
The Houseguest
7
Amparo Dávila
Come to Me: Stories (Amy Bloom)
Come to Me: Stories
8
Amy Bloom
Anatomy of a Misfit (Andrea Portes)
Anatomy of a Misfit
9
Andrea Portes
Elixir (Anna Abner)
Elixir
10
Anna Abner
I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life (Anne Bogel)
I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life
11
Anne Bogel
An Oresteia (Anne Carson)
An Oresteia
12
Anne Carson
Off Season (Anne Rivers Siddons)
Off Season
13
Anne Rivers Siddons
The Accidental Tourist (Anne Tyler)
The Accidental Tourist
14
Anne Tyler
Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov (Anton Chekhov)
Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov
15
Anton Chekhov
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie (Ayana Mathis)
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
16
Ayana Mathis
America Anonymous: Eight Addicts in Search of a Life (Benoit Denizet-Lewis)
America Anonymous: Eight Addicts in Search of a Life
17
Benoit Denizet-Lewis
The Anatomy School (Bernard MacLaverty)
The Anatomy School
18
Bernard MacLaverty
The Promise of Elsewhere (Brad Leithauser)
The Promise of Elsewhere
19
Brad Leithauser
Faith Healer (Brian Friel)
Faith Healer
20
Brian Friel
When We Were Alive (C.J. Fisher)
When We Were Alive
21
C.J. Fisher
The Silver Chair (C.S. Lewis)
The Silver Chair
22
C.S. Lewis
The Kicking the Bucket List (Cathy Hopkins)
The Kicking the Bucket List
23
Cathy Hopkins
Come Closer and Listen (Charles Simic)
Come Closer and Listen
24
Charles Simic
Empire of Wild (Cherie Dimaline)
Empire of Wild
25
Cherie Dimaline
Group (Christie Tate)
Group
26
Christie Tate
A Chip and a Chair (Seven of Spades, #5) (Cordelia Kingsbridge)
A Chip and a Chair (Seven of Spades, #5)
27
Cordelia Kingsbridge
Sufficient Grace (Darnell Arnoult)
Sufficient Grace
28
Darnell Arnoult
The Film Club: A True Story of a Father and a Son (David Gilmour)
The Film Club: A True Story of a Father and a Son
29
David Gilmour
Don't Get Too Comfortable (David Rakoff)
Don't Get Too Comfortable
30
David Rakoff
Garnethill (Denise Mina)
Garnethill
31
Denise Mina
Our Lady of the Lost and Found (Diane Schoemperlen)
Our Lady of the Lost and Found
32
Diane Schoemperlen
Mozart and Leadbelly: Stories and Essays (Earnest Gaines)
Mozart and Leadbelly: Stories and Essays
33
Earnest Gaines
True Stories of False Confessions (Edited by Rob Warden and Steven A. Drizin)
True Stories of False Confessions
34
Edited by Rob Warden and Steven A. Drizin
Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination (Edogawa Rampo)
Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination
35
Edogawa Rampo
Our Own Devices: The Past and Future of Body Technology (Edward Tenner)
Our Own Devices: The Past and Future of Body Technology
36
Edward Tenner
The House on Beartown Road (Elizabeth Cohen)
The House on Beartown Road
37
Elizabeth Cohen
The Speed of Light (Elizabeth Rosner)
The Speed of Light
38
Elizabeth Rosner
The Loved One (Evelyn Waugh)
The Loved One
39
Evelyn Waugh
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
40
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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