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A Novel
by Rachel Joyce
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by Allen Levi
Published Nov 2025
Read ReviewsOne spring morning, a stranger arrives in the small southern city of Golden. No one knows where he has come from…or why…
by Catherine Newman
Published Nov 2023
Read ReviewsFor lovers of Meg Wolitzer, Maria Semple, and Jenny Offill comes this raucous, poignant celebration of life, love, and friendship at its imperfect and radiant best.
Professor Chandra Follows His Bliss
by Rajeev Balasubramanyam
Published Mar 2020
Read ReviewsFollow the completely infuriating, utterly charming Professor Chandra as he tries to answer the biggest question of all: What makes us happy?
by Jon Cohen
Published Jun 2019
Read ReviewsWhen you climb a tree, the first thing you do is to hold on tight.
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
by Gail Honeyman
Published Jun 2018
Read ReviewsSmart, warm, uplifting, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine is the story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine whose deadpan weirdness and unconscious wit make for an irresistible journey.
by Tim Bauerschmidt, Ramie Liddle
Published May 2018
Read ReviewsInfused with this irrepressible nonagenarian's wisdom, courage, and generous spirit, and filled with sixteen pages of color photographs, Driving Miss Norma reminds us that life is beautiful and precious, and that family, fun, and self-discovery can happen at any age.
by Kathleen Rooney
Published Apr 2018
Read ReviewsA love letter to city life, however shiny or sleazy, Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney paints a portrait of a remarkable woman across the canvas of a changing America: from the Jazz Age to the onset of the AIDS epidemic; the Great Depression to the birth of hip-hop.
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper
by Phaedra Patrick
Published Jan 2017
Read ReviewsIn this poignant and sparkling debut, a lovable widower embarks on a life-changing adventure
by Elizabeth Strout
Published Oct 2016
Read ReviewsThe profound mother-daughter bond is explored through a mother's hospital visit to her estranged daughter by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge and The Burgess Boys.
by John Banville
Published Aug 2016
Read ReviewsJohn Banville, the Man Booker Prizewinning author of The Sea and Ancient Light, now gives us a new novel - at once trenchant, witty, and shattering - about the intricacies of artistic creation, about theft, and about the ways in which we learn to possess one another, and to hold on to ourselves
by Kent Haruf
Published Jun 2016
Read ReviewsA spare yet eloquent, bittersweet yet inspiring story of a man and a woman who, in advanced age, come together to wrestle with the events of their lives and their hopes for the imminent future.
This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance!
by Jonathan Evison
Published May 2016
Read ReviewsPart dysfunctional love story, part poignant exploration of the mother/daughter relationship, Jonathan Evison has crafted a bighearted novel with an endearing heroine at its center.
by Per Petterson
Published May 2016
Read ReviewsI Refuse is a powerful, unforgettable novel from an internationally acclaimed novelist at the height of his powers.
by David Nicholls
Published Jun 2015
Read ReviewsA compellingly human, deftly funny new novel about what holds marriages and families togetherand what happens, and what we learn about ourselves, when everything threatens to fall apart.
by Fredrik Backman
Published May 2015
Read ReviewsIn this bestselling and delightfully quirky debut novel from Sweden, a grumpy yet loveable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next door. Winner of the 2014 BookBrowse Debut Novel Award.
by Julia MacDonnell
Published Mar 2015
Read ReviewsMimi Malloy, At Last! is an unforgettable novel, alive with humor, unexpected romance, and the magic of hard-earned insight: a poignant reminder that it's never too late to fall in love and that one can always come of age a second time.
Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening
by Carol Wall
Published Feb 2015
Read ReviewsA true story of a unique friendship between two people who had nothing - and ultimately everything - in common
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry
by Gabrielle Zevin
Published Dec 2014
Read ReviewsAs surprising as it is moving, The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry is an unforgettable tale of transformation and second chances, an irresistible affirmation of why we read, and why we love.
by Sebastian Faulks
Published Sep 2014
Read ReviewsBertie Wooster and his butler Jeeves return in their first new novel in nearly forty years: Jeeves and the Wedding Bells by Sebastian Faulks. A brilliantly conceived, seamlessly written comic work worthy of the master himself.
by Mary Miller
Published Sep 2014
Read ReviewsA teenage girl and her unraveling family travel cross-country in preparation for the Rapture in this radiant, highly anticipated debut.
The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving
by Jonathan Evison
Published May 2013
Read ReviewsBursting with energy, this big-hearted, soulful, and inspired novel ponders life's terrible surprises and the heart's uncanny capacity to mend and become whole again.
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
by Jonas Jonasson
Published Sep 2012
Read ReviewsA reluctant centenarian much like Forrest Gump (if Gump were an explosives expert with a fondness for vodka) decides its not too late to start over...
by Helen Simonson
Published Dec 2010
Read ReviewsWinner of BookBrowse's 2010 Best Debut Award
You are about to travel to Edgecombe St. Mary, a small village in the English countryside filled with rolling hills, thatched cottages, and a cast of characters both hilariously original and as familiar as the members of your own family.
by Elizabeth Strout
Published Sep 2008
Read ReviewsWinner of the Pulitzer Prize, Olive Kitteridge offers profound insights into the human condition its conflicts, its tragedies and joys, and the endurance it requires.
by Jonathan Safran Foer
Published Mar 2003
Read ReviewsLit by passion, fear, guilt, memory, and hope, the characters in Everything Is Illuminated mine the black holes of history in this exuberant and wise, hysterically funny and deeply moving debut.
The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency
by Alexander McCall Smith
Published Feb 2001
Read ReviewsPrecious Ramotswe has only just set up shop as Botswana's No.1 (and only) lady detective when she is hired to track down a missing husband, uncover a con man, and follow a wayward daughter. However, the case that tugs at her heart, and lands her in danger, is a missing eleven-year-old boy, who may have been snatched by witchdoctors.
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