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by Stephanie Sy-Quia
Published Apr 2026
Read ReviewsA debut novel inspired by the true story of the author's grandparents, tracing the slow-burn love story between a Catholic priest and a progressive theology teacher across Rome and England during the twentieth century.
by Kelli Jo Ford
Published Jul 2021
Read ReviewsIt's 1974 in the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and fifteen-year-old Justine grows up in a family of tough, complicated, and loyal women presided over by her mother, Lula, and Granny.
by Denis Johnson
Published Oct 2015
Read ReviewsDenis Johnson's The Laughing Monsters is a high-suspense tale of kaleidoscoping loyalties in the post-9/11 world that shows one of our great novelists at the top of his game.
by Tanis Rideout
Published Feb 2014
Read Reviews"Tell me the story of Everest," she said, a fervent smile sweeping across her face, creasing the corners of her eyes. "Tell me about this mountain that's stealing you away from me."
by Gaute Heivoll
Published Jan 2014
Read ReviewsAn international literary sensation about an arsonist on the loose in rural Norway and the young man haunted by the story.
by Christina Meldrum
Published Feb 2011
Read ReviewsAmaryllis in Blueberry explores the complexity of human relationships through the haunting voices of Dick and Seena Slepy and their four daughters in a soulful novel which weaves together the past and the present of a family harmedand healedby buried secrets.
by Abraham Verghese
Published Jan 2010
Read ReviewsVoted Best Debut Author of 2009 by BookBrowse Subscribers
An unforgettable journey into one man's remarkable life, and an epic story about the power, intimacy, and curious beauty of the work of healing others set in 1960s & 1970s Ethiopia and 1980s America.
by Tim Butcher
Published Sep 2009
Read ReviewsAn utterly absorbing narrative that chronicles Tim Butchers forty-four-day journey along the Congo River, Blood River is an unforgettable story of exploration and survival.
by Kira Salak
Published Sep 2009
Read ReviewsA young woman journeys deep into the untamed jungle, wrestling with love and loss, trauma and healing, faith and redemption.
by Mischa Berlinski
Published Jan 2008
Read ReviewsA daring, spellbinding tale of anthropologists, missionaries, demon possession, sexual taboos, murder, and an obsessed young reporter named Mischa Berlinski.
by Aminatta Forna
Published Sep 2007
Read ReviewsA powerful, sensuously written novel that, through the lives of women, beautifully captures Africas past and present, and the legacy that her daughters take with them wherever they live.
by Russell Banks
Published Oct 2005
Read ReviewsA political-historical thriller set in Liberia and the USA between 1975 to 1991 that raises serious philosophical questions about terrorism, political violence, and the clash of races and cultures.
by John Dalton
Published Mar 2005
Read ReviewsHeaven Lake is about many things: China, God, passion, friendship, travel, even the reckless smuggling of hashish. But above all, this extraordinary debut is about the mysteries of love.
by Nicholas Hershenow
Published Jul 2002
Read ReviewsA spellbinding story of romance and exploration set in Africa. A compelling exploration of memory, history, and the creation of myth.
by Michela Wrong
Published Jun 2002
Read Reviews"Provocative, touching, and sensitively written ... an eloquent, brilliantly researched account and a remarkably sympathetic study of a tragic land". "This book will become a classic"
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