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A Novel
by Eleanor Catton
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Published Oct 2017
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by Leslie Parry
Published May 2016
Read ReviewsA ravishing first novel, set in vibrant, tumultuous turn-of-the-century New York City, where the lives of four outsiders become entwined, bringing irrevocable change to them all.
by Miranda J. Carter
Published Feb 2016
Read ReviewsSet in the untamed wilds of nineteenth-century colonial India, a dazzling historical thriller introducing an unforgettable investigative pair.
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Published Feb 2016
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by John Vaillant
Published Jan 2016
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by Lisa See
Published Mar 2015
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by Emma Donoghue
Published Feb 2015
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by Valerie Martin
Published Feb 2015
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by Paul Lynch
Published Oct 2014
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by Carson Morton
Published Oct 2012
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by Ken Follett
Published Aug 2011
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by H.W. Brands
Published Oct 2003
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by Michel Faber
Published Sep 2003
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Published Sep 2000
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