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1. Watchmen
By Alan Moore
Illustrated by Dave Gibbons
DC Comics, 416 pages, $19.99 (paper)
This Hugo Award-winning graphic novel chronicles the fall from grace of a group of superheroes plagued by all-too-human failings.
2. A Dirty Job
By Christopher Moore
HarperCollins, 405 pages, $13.95 (paper)
Charlie Asher is a normal guy. It’s just that this new job he’s been recruited for is making his life crazy. Charlie Asher is Death. It’s a dirty job, but somebody’s got to do it.
3. The Book of Lost Things
By John Connolly
Washington Square Press, 480 pages, $15 (paper)
Taking refuge in fairy tales after the loss of his mother, 12-year-old David finds himself propelled into an imaginary land populated by heroes, monsters and a faded king who has many secrets.
