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A Novel
by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
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by Nina LaCour
Published Jan 2022
Read ReviewsNina LaCour delivers another emotional knockout with Watch Over Me, the much-anticipated follow-up to the Printz Award-winning We Are Okay.
by Tommy Orange
Published May 2019
Read ReviewsFierce, angry, funny, heartbreaking - Tommy Orange's first novel is a wondrous and shattering portrait of an America few of us have ever seen, and it introduces a brilliant new author at the start of a major career.
The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley
by Hannah Tinti
Published Jan 2018
Read ReviewsA mesmerizing father-daughter epic that explores what it means to be a hero.
by Kit De Waal
Published Jul 2017
Read ReviewsFor fans of The Language of Flowers, a sparkling, big-hearted, page-turning debut set in the 1970s about a young black boy's quest to reunite with his beloved white half-brother after they are separated in foster care.
by Nicholas Petrie
Published Aug 2016
Read ReviewsAn explosive thriller debut introducing Peter Ash, a veteran who finds that the demons of war aren't easily left behind ...
by Natalie S. Harnett
Published Aug 2015
Read ReviewsSet amongst the deadly coal mine fires of 1960s Pennsylvania, The Hollow Ground is an extraordinary debut that will "grab you by the brisket and not let go" (Gary Shteyngart)
by Carol Cassella
Published Mar 2015
Read ReviewsA stranger's life hangs in the balance. What if you had the power to decide if she lives or dies?
by Emily Murdoch
Published Apr 2014
Read ReviewsThere are some things you can't leave behind
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
by Karen Joy Fowler
Published Feb 2014
Read ReviewsThe story of an American family, middle class in middle America, ordinary in every way but one. But that exception is the beating heart of this extraordinary novel.
by Beth Kephart
Published Jul 2013
Read ReviewsLyrically told in a way that makes the heat, the colors, and the smells of Spain feel alive, Small Damages is a feast for the heart and the soul, and a coming-of-age novel not easily forgotten.
by Ami McKay
Published Jul 2013
Read ReviewsFrom the author of the number one Canadian bestseller The Birth House comes the story of a young girl abandoned to the streets of post-Civil War New York City.
by Alex George
Published Feb 2013
Read ReviewsAn uplifting novel about the families we create and the places we call home.
by Tupelo Hassman
Published Feb 2013
Read ReviewsTupelo Hassmans Girlchild is a heart-stopping and original debut.
by Summer Wood
Published Sep 2012
Read ReviewsElegant, warm-hearted and utterly unsentimental, Wrecker is a stunning and deeply moving novel about motherhood and mistakes, survival and hope. (Published as Wrecker in hardcover)
by Bryn Greenwood
Published Apr 2012
Read ReviewsLast Will is a richly detailed story about finding love in a world that can scarcely offer the real thing.
by Patrick Suskind
Published Feb 2001
Read ReviewsJean-Baptiste Grenouille is born with an absolute sense of smell. He apprentices himself to a prominent perfumer who teaches him the ancient art of mixing precious oils and herbs. But Grenouille becomes obsessed with creating the "ultimate perfume" - the scent of a beautiful young virgin.
by Janet Fitch
Published May 2000
Read ReviewsThe unforgettable story of Astrid's journey through a series of foster homes and her efforts to find a place for herself in impossible circumstances.
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