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A Novel
by Alice Hoffman
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by Katherine Arden
Published Jan 2025
Read ReviewsDuring the Great War, a combat nurse searches for her brother, believed dead in the trenches despite eerie signs that suggest otherwise, in this hauntingly beautiful historical novel with a speculative twist, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bear and the Nightingale.
by Sue Monk Kidd
Published Mar 2021
Read ReviewsAn extraordinary story set in the first century about a woman who finds her voice and her destiny, from the celebrated number one New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Life of Bees and The Invention of Wings.
by Alice Hoffman
Published Jun 2016
Read ReviewsA forbidden love story set on the tropical island of St. Thomas, about the extraordinary woman who gave birth to painter Camille Pissarro - the Father of Impressionism.
The Brotherhood of Book Hunters
by Raphael Jerusalmy
Published Nov 2014
Read ReviewsA riveting tale of plots and counter-plots that takes place in Jerusalem, France, and Italy in the time of Louis XI.
by Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya
Published Mar 2013
Read ReviewsJoydeep Roy-Bhattacharya's heartbreaking and haunting novel, The Watch, takes a timeless tragedy and hurls it into present-day Afghanistan, giving us a gripping tour through the reality of this very contemporary conflict, and our most powerful expression to date of the nature and futility of war.
by Annabel Lyon
Published Sep 2011
Read ReviewsA startlingly original first novel by "this generation's answer to Alice Munro" (The Vancouver Sun) - a bold reimagining of one of history's most intriguing relationships: between legendary philosopher Aristotle and his most famous pupil, the young Alexander the Great.
by Michelle Moran
Published May 2008
Read ReviewsLove, betrayal, political unrest, plague, and religious conflict Nefertiti brings ancient Egypt to life in vivid detail. Fast-paced and historically accurate, it is the dramatic story of two unforgettable women living through a remarkable period in history.
by Anita Amirrezvani
Published May 2008
Read ReviewsIn 17th-century Persia, a young woman and her mother find themselves alone and without a dowry. Forced into a secret marriage to a wealthy man, the young woman is faced with a daunting decision: forsake her own dignity, or risk everything she has in an effort to create a new life.
by David Maine
Published Nov 2007
Read ReviewsIn The Book of Samson, David Maine has created an unforgettable portrait of a man who believes he is touched by the hand of God---then instructed by that God to slaughter his enemies.
by Judith Lindbergh
Published Dec 2006
Read ReviewsSet in Viking Greenland in AD 985, this dramatic historical novel focuses on the intertwined lives of three women straddling the pagan past and Christian future
by Azar Nafisi
Published Dec 2003
Read ReviewsNafisis luminous tale offers a fascinating portrait of the Iran-Iraq war viewed from Tehran and gives us a rare glimpse, from the inside, of womens lives in revolutionary Iran.
by Anita Diamant
Published Sep 1998
Read ReviewsIn the Bible, Dinah's life is only hinted at in a brief and violent detour within the more familiar chapters of the Book of Genesis that are about her father, Jacob, and his dozen sons. In The Red Tent Dinah's story reaches out from a remarkable period of early history to create an intimate, immediate connection.
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