10 Books to Pick Up in August 2010
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![As Husbands Go by Susan Isaacs](https://static.oprah.com/images/201008/omag/201008-omag-book-isaacs-190x130.jpg)
By Susan Isaacs
352 pages; Scribner
A social satire about a plastic surgeon's violent demise, from a master of the genre.
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![Following Polly by Karen Bergreen](https://static.oprah.com/images/201008/omag/201008-omag-book-bergreen-190x130.jpg)
By Karen Bergreen
320 pages; St. Martin's
A young woman stalks a "popular" onetime classmate to learn her secrets. When the golden girl ends up dead, guess who's the likeliest suspect?
![Red Hook Road by Ayelet Waldman](https://static.oprah.com/images/201008/omag/201008-omag-book-waldman-190x130.jpg)
By Ayelet Waldman
352 pages; Doubleday
This engagingly complex examination of two close families is a leap ahead for the essayist and author.
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![Fly Away Home by Jennifer Weiner](https://static.oprah.com/images/201008/omag/201008-omag-book-weiner-190x130.jpg)
By Jennifer Weiner
416 pages; Atria
This tale of a politician's sex scandal is witty and smart, as expected from the author of In Her Shoes.
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![Other People's Rejection Letters, Edited by Bill Shapiro](https://static.oprah.com/images/201008/omag/201008-omag-book-shapiro-190x130.jpg)
Edited by Bill Shapiro
192 pages; Clarkson Potter
A look at how some famous and not so famous people deal with saying and hearing "no." A stunt book, but an amusing one.
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