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The Familiar

A Novel

by Leigh Bardugo

Hardcover: Apr 2024 | Paperback: Mar 2025

Critics' Consensus:

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Leigh Bardugo comes a spellbinding novel set in the Spanish Golden Age.

Wifedom

Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life

by Anna Funder

Hardcover: Aug 2023 | Paperback: Feb 2025

Critics' Consensus:

This is the story of the marriage behind some of the most famous literary works of the 20th century - and a probing consideration of what it means to be a wife and a writer in the modern world.

The Birdcatcher

by Gayl Jones

Hardcover: Sep 2022 | Paperback: Sep 2023

Critics' Consensus:

Legendary writer Gayl Jones returns with a stunning new novel about Black American artists in exile.

The Wonders

by Elena Medel

Hardcover: Mar 2022 | Paperback: Feb 2023

Critics' Consensus:

From award-winning Spanish poet Elena Medel comes a mesmerizing new novel of class, sex, and desire.

Barcelona Dreaming

by Rupert Thomson

Paperback: Jun 2021

Critics' Consensus:

Set on the eve of the financial crash of 2008, this evocative novel is made up of three stories linked by time and place, and also by the moving, unexpected interactions of a rich cast of characters.

The Fountains of Silence

by Ruta Sepetys

Hardcover: Oct 2019 | Paperback: Sep 2020

Critics' Consensus:

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Salt to the Sea and Between Shades of Gray comes a gripping, unforgettable portrait of love, silence, and secrets amidst a Spanish dictatorship.

Gateway to the Moon

by Mary Morris

Hardcover: Apr 2018 | Paperback: Mar 2019

Critics' Consensus:

From award-winning novelist Mary Morris comes the remarkable story of a remote New Mexican town coming to grips with a dark history it never imagined.

The Dark Flood Rises

by Margaret Drabble

Hardcover: Feb 2017 | Paperback: Feb 2018

Critics' Consensus:

A magnificently mordant reckoning with mortality by the great British novelist.

The Invisible Guardian

by Dolores Redondo

Hardcover: Mar 2016 | Paperback: Sep 2017

Critics' Consensus:

Already a #1 international bestseller, this tautly written and gripping psychological thriller forces a police inspector to reluctantly return to her hometown in Basque Country - a place engulfed in mythology and superstition - to solve a series of ...

The Hermit

by Thomas Rydahl

Hardcover: Nov 2016 | Paperback: Jun 2017

Critics' Consensus:

For fans of Paul Auster, Raymond Chandler and Graham Greene comes this bold, prize-winning literary thriller.

Hot Milk

by Deborah Levy

Hardcover: Jul 2016 | Paperback: May 2017

Critics' Consensus:

A richly mythic, colour-saturated tale which explores the violently primal bond between mother and daughter.

The Summer of Dead Toys

An Inspector Salgado Thriller

by Antonio Hill

Hardcover: Jun 2013 | Paperback: May 2014

Critics' Consensus:

Gripping, sophisticated, and wickedly entertaining, The Summer of Dead Toys introduces a charismatic new detective and announces Antonio Hill as a new master of the crime thriller.

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