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by Elizabeth Gilbert
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by Mischa Berlinski
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by Yiyun Li
Published Aug 2023
Read ReviewsA magnificent, beguiling tale winding from the postwar rural provinces to Paris, from an English boarding school, to the quiet Pennsylvania home where a woman can live without her past, The Book of Goose is a story of disturbing intimacy and obsession, of exploitation and strength of will, by the celebrated author Yiyun Li.
by Karin Tanabe
Published Aug 2022
Read ReviewsFrom "a master of historical fiction" (NPR), Karin Tanabe's A Woman of Intelligence is an exhilarating tale of post-war New York City, and one remarkable woman's journey from the United Nations, to the cloistered drawing rooms of Manhattan society, to the secretive ranks of the FBI.
by Anna Solomon
Published Jun 2021
Read ReviewsFor fans of The Hours and Fates and Furies, a bold, kaleidoscopic novel intertwining the lives of three women across three centuries as their stories of sex, power, and desire finally converge in the present day.
by Jeanne Mackin
Published Aug 2020
Read ReviewsAn American woman becomes entangled in the intense rivalry between iconic fashion designers Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli in this vivid novel from the acclaimed author of The Beautiful American.
by Lyndsay Faye
Published Dec 2019
Read ReviewsThe new and exciting historical thriller by Lyndsay Faye, which follows Alice "Nobody" from Prohibition-era Harlem to Portland's the Paragon Hotel.
by Brendan Mathews
Published Jun 2018
Read ReviewsThree brothers caught up in a whirlwind week of love, blackmail, and betrayal culminating in an assassination plot, set in prewar New York.
by Jennifer Egan
Published Jun 2018
Read ReviewsThe long-awaited, daring, and magnificent novel from the Pulitzer Prizewinning author of A Visit from the Goon Squad.
by Elizabeth Gilbert
Published Jan 2007
Read ReviewsA celebrated writer's irresistible, candid, and eloquent account of her pursuit of worldly pleasure, spiritual devotion, and what she really wanted out of life.
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