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"The Fruit Hunters"

Adam Leith Gollner (Scribner)


Colorful, oddball nonfiction about some of the weirdest stuff that ever grew on trees or bushes. Yes, there is a fruit that smells like skunk. Yes, there's a grape-flavored apple. The author describes bringing a mangosteen to a party and using it as a conversation piece. The factoids in his book will be used in the same way.

(Photo: Scribner/Jason Sanchez)