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Fall of Giants : Book One of the Century Trilogy
by Ken Follett
Hardcover: Sep 2010
Paperback: 30 Aug 2011
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The first novel in The Century Trilogy, Fall of Giants follows the fates of five interrelated families - American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh - as they move through the world-shaking dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women's suffrage.

Private Life
by Jane Smiley
Hardcover: May 2010
Paperback: 14 Jun 2011
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A riveting new novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winner that traverses the intimate landscape of one woman’s life, from the 1880s to World War II.

The Confessions of Catherine de Medici : A Novel
by C. W. Gortner
Hardcover: May 2010
Paperback: 24 May 2011
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From the fairy-tale châteaux of the Loire Valley to the battlefields of the wars of religion to the mob-filled streets of Paris, The Confessions of Catherine de Medici is the extraordinary untold journey of one of the most maligned and misunderstood women ever to be queen.

The Long Song : A Novel
by Andrea Levy
Hardcover: Apr 2010
Paperback: 26 Apr 2011
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The author of Small Island tells the story of the last turbulent years of slavery and the early years of freedom in nineteenth-century Jamaica.

A Fierce Radiance : A Novel
by Lauren Belfer
Hardcover: Jun 2010
Paperback: 1 Apr 2011
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From the New York Times bestselling author of City of Light comes a compelling, richly detailed tale of passion and intrigue set in New York City during the tumultuous early days of World War II.

Galore : A Novel
by Michael Crummey
Paperback: 29 Mar 2011
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Sprawling and intimate, stark and fantastical, Galore is a novel about the power of stories to shape and sustain us.

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Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Fearless, gripping, at once darkly funny and tender, spanning three continents and numerous lives, Americanah is a richly told story set in today's globalized world.
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
Karen Joy Fowler

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The 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.
TransAtlantic
Colum McCann

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The most mature work yet from an incomparable storyteller, TransAtlantic is a profound meditation on identity and history in a wide world that grows somehow smaller and more wondrous with...
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