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Corban Addison is the international bestselling author of four novels, A Walk Across the Sun, The Garden of Burning Sand, The Tears of Dark Water, which won the inaugural Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, and A Harvest of Thorns. His newest book, Wastelands, is his first work of narrative non-fiction. It will be published by Alfred A. Knopf in June 2022. His books have been published in more than twenty-five countries and address some of today’s most pressing human rights issues. He lives with his wife and children in Virginia.

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The Tears of Dark Water is one of John Grisham's best reads of 2015!

I'm thrilled to announced that John Grisham recently selected my novel, "The Tears of Dark Water," as one of his three best reads of 2015! Amazon posted his list on its Omnivoracious blog today.

http://www.omnivoracious.com/2015/11/...

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	A Walk Across the Sun 4.16 avg rating — 19,366 ratings — published 2011 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Call of the Raven (Ballantyne, #0.5) by Wilbur Smith, Corban Addison (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 3,979 ratings — published 2020 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tears of Dark Water 4.19 avg rating — 3,589 ratings — published 2015 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Garden of Burning Sand 4.06 avg rating — 3,606 ratings — published 2013 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial by Corban Addison (Goodreads Author), John Grisham (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.45 avg rating — 2,184 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Harvest of Thorns 4.13 avg rating — 2,112 ratings — published 2017 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Walk Across the Sun by Addison, Corban (January 3, 2012) Hardcover by Corban Addison (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tears of Dark Water: Library Edition by Corban Addison (Goodreads Author), Korey Jackson (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Interviews with Gene Ambaum and Corban Addison: Volume VII, Issue 3: Fall 2015 by Anna Faktorovich (Goodreads Author), Gene Ambaum (Narrator), Corban Addison (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Traffickers will stop when men stop buying women”
― Corban Addison, A Walk Across the Sun

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“In places like this, it's hard to imagine that the world can be so ugly,' Thomas said.
'This is how it was meant to be,' Priya replied. 'The ugliness is our own fault.”
― Corban Addison, A Walk Across the Sun

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“Evil prevails where good people do nothing.”
― Corban Addison, A Walk Across the Sun

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What shall we read in October, 2022? Books published after 1990.

The Death of Sweet Mister, by Daniel Woodrell

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She Walks These Hills, by Sharyn McCrumb

15 votes 25.0%

The Saints of Swallow Hill, by Donna Everhart

11 votes 18.3%

Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial, Corban Addison

7 votes 11.7%

Promise, by Minrose Gwin

5 votes 8.3%

Trouble the Water, by Rebecca Dwight Bruff

4 votes 6.7%

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