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  • Essex Dogs: A Novel
    Dan Jones
    Hardcover: 02/14/2023
     
    The New York Times bestselling historian makes his historical fiction debut with an explosive novel set during...
  • The Shadow of the Empire: A Judge Dee Investigation #1
    Qiu Xiaolong
    Paperback: 11/29/2022
     
    The legendary Judge Dee Renjie investigates a high-profile murder case in this intriguing companion novel to ...
  • A Net for Small Fishes
    Lucy Jago
    Paperback: 11/08/2022
     
    Wolf Hall meets The Favourite in Lucy Jago's A Net For Small Fishes, a gripping dark novel based on the true ...
  • Strike the Zither: Kingdom of Three #1
    Joan He
    Hardcover: 10/25/2022
     
    A dazzling new fantasy from New York Times and Indie bestselling author Joan He, Strike the Zither is a ...
  • Act of Oblivion: A Novel
    Robert Harris
    Hardcover: 09/13/2022
     
    From the bestselling author of Fatherland, The Ghostwriter, Munich, and Conclave comes this spellbinding ...
  • The Marriage Portrait: A novel
    Maggie O'Farrell
    Hardcover: 09/06/2022
     
    The author of Hamnet - New York Times bestseller and National Book Award winner - brings the world of ...
  • Matrix
    Lauren Groff
    Paperback: 09/06/2022
     
    Cast out of the royal court by Eleanor of Aquitaine, deemed too coarse and rough-hewn for marriage or courtly ...

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