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Ideal for readers who enjoy historical fiction about courageous women, political resistance, and family bonds.
In the Time of the Butterflies
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Hispanic Fiction · Historical Literary Fiction
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Set in the Dominican Republic during the final years of Trujillo's dictatorship, this historical novel follows the Mirabal sisters, Minerva, Patria, María Teresa, and Dedé, as they become symbols of resistance. Through their individual stories, Julia Alvarez portrays family life, political activism, imprisonment, and the deadly consequences of opposing the regime. Ideal for readers who enjoy historical fiction about courageous women, political resistance, and family bonds.
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Set in the Dominican Republic during the waning days of the Trujillo dictatorship of the 1960s, this extraordinary novel tells the story the Mirabal sisters—four women who opposed Trujillo, and became immortalized as Las Mariposas, "The Butterflies".
It is November 25, 1960, and three beautiful sisters have been found near their wrecked Jeep at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. The official state newspaper reports their deaths as accidental. It does not mention that a fourth sister lives. Nor does it explain that the sisters were among the leading opponents of Gen. Rafael Leonidas Trujillo’s dictatorship. It doesn’t have to. Everybody knows of Las Mariposas—“The Butterflies.”
In this extraordinary novel, the voices of all four sisters—Minerva, Patria, María Teresa, and the survivor, Dedé—speak across the decades to tell their own stories, from hair ribbons and secret crushes to gunrunning and prison torture, and to describe the everyday horrors of life under Trujillo’s rule. Through the art and magic of Julia Alvarez’s imagination, the martyred Butterflies live again in this novel of courage and love, and the human cost of political oppression.
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Ideal for readers who enjoy supernatural horror, folklore, and dark short fiction.
Tribal Screams
Horror · Indigenous Fiction · Supernatural Horror
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Called “A wonderful collection of stories that will set all of us to thinking” by George A. Romero, Tribal Screams is a revised and expanded collection of horror and fantasy stories and poems from Bram Stoker Award-winning author Owl Goingback. Its tales feature monsters, ancient legends, restless spirits, and unsettling encounters in the modern world. Ideal for readers who enjoy supernatural horror, folklore, and dark short fiction.
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"A wonderful collection of stories that will set all of us to thinking." —George A. Romero, legendary horror director of Night of the Living Dead
In this revised and expanded edition, Tribal Screams offers works of horror and fantasy that stem from the dark imagination of Owl Goingback, the Bram Stoker Award–winning author of the critically-acclaimed supernatural thrillers Crota, Breed, and Coyote Rage. In these compact tales and poems, he delivers accounts of monsters, mayhem, and madness: some set in lands once inhabited by ancient peoples and haunted by their myths and legends, others firmly set in a modern world where people have strayed too far from themselves.
In "Grass Dancer," a Nebula Award nominee for best short story, a Kiowa soldier's courage in the Vietnam War inspires his disabled brother to face his greatest fears. A drug-addicted predator, who thinks he has nothing left to lose, seals his own fate in "Ashes." Humor infuses the whimsical "Animal Sounds," the tale of a Cherokee medicine man who barters with cannibal skeletons to save his tribe from starvation. And in the chilling ghost story "Last Man in Line," a modern fraternity initiation set at the site of a Civil War POW camp leads its participant to a haunting revelation.
The stories and poems in this volume, some never before collected, will transport readers to worlds and circumstances beyond the paper-thin veil of reality, where spirits prowl and revel.
"Like the best horror stories, they offer a mix of catalysts, problems and outcomes, and they are all distinct and captivating." —Dark Dispatch
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Ideal for readers who enjoy psychological thrillers filled with blackmail, obsession, and revenge.
The Perfect Liar
Thriller · Domestic Fiction · Psychological Thriller
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Rachel has the perfect life: a successful YouTube channel, a luxurious oceanfront home, and a secret shoplifting habit. When security guard Dennis catches her stealing, he becomes obsessed with blackmailing her and destroying her reputation. But Rachel has darker secrets of her own, and she'll do almost anything to protect them, even murder. Ideal for readers who enjoy psychological thrillers filled with blackmail, obsession, and revenge.
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A twisted psychological thriller of lies, blackmail, and revenge.
How far would you go to save your reputation?
Rachel has it all. A successful YouTube channel in the trendy OC, martini lunches, a luxurious home overlooking the ocean. So what if she enjoys the occasional shoplifting spree?
But then one mistake changes her life forever.
When Dennis apprehends Rachel, she realizes her compulsion has gone too far. Because there's more to Dennis than just a security guard doing his job. He becomes obsessive, blackmailing Rachel, and will stop at nothing until he has torn Rachel's world apart.
But Rachel has other secrets hidden in the closet of her beachfront home, and when her perfect life begins to spiral dangerously out of control, she finds she's capable of almost anything to save herself.
Even murder.
A gripping domestic thriller with a heart-stopping twist you won't see coming.
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A good pick for readers who enjoy reflective coming-of-age fiction that combines humor, fly fishing, and spirituality.
The River Why
Literary Fiction · Coming of Age
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Gus Orviston leaves his eccentric family for a remote Pacific Northwest cabin, hoping to devote himself to fly fishing for steelhead. His pursuit leads to unexpected experiences and questions about love, nature, and his place in the world. A good pick for readers who enjoy reflective coming-of-age fiction that combines humor, fly fishing, and spirituality.
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The classic novel of fly fishing and spirituality republished with a new Afterword by the author.
Since its publication in 1983, The River Why has become a classic. David James Duncan's sweeping novel is a coming-of-age comedy about love, nature, and the quest for self-discovery, written in a voice as distinct and powerful as any in American letters.
Gus Orviston is a young fly fisherman who leaves behind his comically schizoid family to find his own path. Taking refuge in a remote cabin, he sets out in pursuit of the Pacific Northwest's elusive steelhead. But what begins as a physical quarry becomes a spiritual one as his quest for self-knowledge batters him with unforeseeable experiences.
Profoundly reflective about our connection to nature and to one another, The River Why is also a comedic rollercoaster. Like Gus, the reader emerges utterly changed, stripped bare by the journey Duncan so expertly navigates.
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Ideal for readers who enjoy literary love stories and multigenerational family sagas.
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Literary Fiction · Coming of Age · Indian Fiction
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“A magnificent saga.” That’s how The Washington Post describes this New York Times bestseller about Sonia, an aspiring novelist, and Sunny, a struggling journalist, whose grandparents once tried to matchmake them. As their lives intersect across India and America, they confront family expectations, questions of belonging, and their uncertain future together. Ideal for readers who enjoy literary love stories and multigenerational family sagas.
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ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR
ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW’S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
ONE OF PEOPLE’S TOP 5 BOOKS OF THE YEAR
BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLIST
KIRKUS PRIZE FINALIST
MARK TWAIN AMERICAN VOICE IN LITERATURE AWARD FINALIST
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, The Washington Post, NPR, Time, Oprah Daily, The Guardian, The Financial Times, The Economist, Harper’s Bazaar, The Globe and Mail, BBC, New York Post, Kirkus Reviews, Elle, Library Journal, Libby, Chicago Public Library, Lit Hub
A LIBBY BOOK AWARD NOMINEE • ONE OF BOOKPAGE’S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
A spellbinding story of two young people whose fates intersect and diverge across continents and years—an epic of love and family, India and America, tradition and modernity, by the Booker Prize–winning author of The Inheritance of Loss
“A transcendent triumph . . . not so much a novel as a marvel.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)
“A magnificent saga.”—Washington Post
“Lavish, funny, smart, and wise, this is a novel that will last.”—The Boston Globe
“A spectacular literary achievement. I wanted to pack a little suitcase and stay inside this book forever.”—Ann Patchett
“A novel so wonderful, when I got to the last page, I turned to the first and began again.”—Sandra Cisneros
“Devastating, lyrical, and deeply romantic . . . an unmitigated joy to read.”—Khaled Hosseini
“A masterpiece.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“A sweeping page-turner, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny is a kind of Romeo and Juliet story for a modern, globalized age.”—Publishers Weekly (Top 10 New Fall Books)
When Sonia and Sunny first glimpse each other on an overnight train, they are immediately captivated yet also embarrassed by the fact that their grandparents had once tried to matchmake them, a clumsy meddling that served only to drive Sonia and Sunny apart.
Sonia, an aspiring novelist who recently completed her studies in the snowy mountains of Vermont, has returned to her family in India. She fears that she is haunted by a dark spell cast by an artist to whom she had once turned for intimacy and inspiration. Sunny, a struggling journalist resettled in New York City, is attempting to flee his imperious mother and the violence of his warring clan. Uncertain of their future, Sonia and Sunny embark on a search for happiness together as they confront the many alienations of our modern world.
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny is the sweeping tale of two young people navigating the many forces that shape their lives: country, class, race, history, and the complicated bonds that link one generation to the next. A love story, a family saga, and a rich novel of ideas, it is the most ambitious and accomplished work yet by one of our greatest novelists.
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A strong fit for readers who enjoy crime thrillers about money, power, and the darker side of American life.
Fools Die
Literary Fiction · Thriller
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Called “A page-flipping tale of power, brutality and glamour” by Library Journal, this thriller from the bestselling author of The Godfather follows brothers Merlyn and Arite through high-stakes gambling, publishing, and Hollywood, where organized crime and the law are closely intertwined. A strong fit for readers who enjoy crime thrillers about money, power, and the darker side of American life.
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“A page-flipping tale of power, brutality and glamour (Library Journal) from the bestselling author of The Godfather.
Played out in the underground worlds of high-stakes gambling, publishing, and the film industry, this epic thriller follows two brothers, Merlyn and Arite, as they delve into the dangerous underbelly of American life. From Las Vegas to New York to Hollywood, there is one thing that remains constant: organized crime and the law are simply two sides of the same coin...
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A good pick for readers who enjoy witty literary fiction about family, reinvention, and the power of stories.
Country People
Literary Fiction
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A New York Times bestseller and Good Morning America Book Club pick, called “witty and gorgeous” by The Guardian, Country People follows Miles Krzelewski to Vermont when his wife accepts a visiting professorship. Hoping to get his life back on track, he instead gets drawn into eccentric friendships and a local legend that may be true. A good pick for readers who enjoy witty literary fiction about family, reinvention, and the power of stories.
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GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A year in the life of a family as they strike out into the unknown (aka Vermont)—a “witty and gorgeous” (The Guardian) novel from Pulitzer Prize finalist Daniel Mason, the bestselling author of North Woods
“Charming . . . There’s so much fine, freewheeling observation and pillowy erudition here, it’s tempting just to sink in.”—The New York Times
A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
Miles Krzelewski is a devoted husband, a doting father beloved for his outlandish bedtime stories, and the proud owner of a truffle-hunting dog in a land with no truffles. He is also a bit lost, twelve years late with his PhD on Russian folktales and increasingly haunted by a sense that he’s become a disappointment to his family. So when his wife, Kate, accepts a visiting professorship at a prestigious college in the faraway forests of Vermont, he decides that this will be the year to finally move forward with his life.
But Miles is a man of many enthusiasms, one who possesses, in Kate’s words, a great capacity “to fall in with anyone, anywhere.” And no sooner does he arrive than he finds himself entangled with a cast of characters as colorful as those of any of his folktales, from a ghostly tree surgeon to a scythe-mad biochemist, from a Shakespearean temptress to a photographer of snowflakes obsessed with chronicling, on thousands of index cards, the world’s delusions in an Inventory of Wrong Ideas.
The new friends, the enchanted woods, the histories: sure, no PhD, but all good fun. Until Miles stumbles upon a bizarre—perhaps ridiculous—local legend, which, he soon suspects, might not be just a legend after all.
Joyous, absurd, and life-affirming, Country People is a luminous exploration of marriage and parenthood, the nature of belief and the power of stories, and the ways in which we find connection in an increasingly fragmented world.
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A good pick for readers who like contemporary fiction about first loves, hometown ties, and complicated romantic choices.
Love You More
Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Women's Fiction
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A New York Times bestseller, Love You More drew this comparison from The New York Times Book Review: “Remember Sweet Home Alabama? Giffin has given us a modern Midwestern update of that classic story.” Newly engaged New York doctor Billie hears from Mick, her high-school sweetheart, for the first time in nearly a decade. His urgent news sends her back to Wisconsin to reconsider her past and the future she’s planned with Dean. A good pick for readers who like contemporary fiction about first loves, hometown ties, and complicated romantic choices.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A woman is newly engaged to a man she adores when she receives a call from her first love with news that shatters her carefully ordered world, in this emotionally powerful novel from the author of All We Ever Wanted, The Lies That Bind, and The Summer Pact.
"Remember Sweet Home Alabama? Giffin has given us a modern Midwestern update of that classic story.”—The New York Times Book Review
Billie has built the perfect life. Her medical practice in New York City is thriving, and she’s finally found the right partner in Dean after years spent trying to move on from her high-school sweetheart, Mick. Their young love had been intense and true, but distance and ambition pulled them apart when she left Wisconsin for medical school.
Then one morning, just after she’s accepted Dean’s romantic marriage proposal, Billie’s phone rings. It’s Mick—calling for the first time in nearly a decade. His news is urgent and in a moment, everything changes.
As Billie boards a plane back to Wisconsin, her past comes rushing in—her hometown friendships, the love she and Mick shared, and the choices that shaped them all. What awaits her is a reckoning with what she’s lost, what she’s built, and what she still wants.
Gripping and deeply moving, Love You More is a story about the plot twists life throws at us—and how love, in all its forms, has the power to change everything.
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This will appeal to readers who enjoy literary fiction about utopian communities, belonging, and coming of age.
Arcadia
Literary Fiction · Coming of Age · Historical Literary Fiction
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Called “Beautifully crafted” by Booklist, Arcadia follows Bit, who grows up in a 1970s commune in western New York, deeply attached to its residents and agrarian life. As the community rises and falls, he must eventually find his place in the world beyond Arcadia. This will appeal to readers who enjoy literary fiction about utopian communities, belonging, and coming of age.
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From the bestselling author of Fates and Furies comes a gripping, romantic, and tragic tale of trying to achieve utopia.
"Beautifully crafted." —Booklist
In the fields of western New York State in the 1970s, a few dozen idealists set out to live off the land, founding what would become a commune centered on the grounds of a decaying mansion called Arcadia House.
Arcadia's inhabitants include Handy, a musician and the group's charismatic leader; Astrid, a midwife; Abe, a master carpenter; Hannah, a baker and historian; and Abe and Hannah's only child, the book's protagonist, Bit, who is born soon after the commune is created.
While Arcadia rises and falls, Bit, too, ages and changes. If he remains in love with the peaceful agrarian life in Arcadia and deeply attached to its residents—including Handy and Astrid's lithe and deeply troubled daughter, Helle—how can Bit become his own man? How will he make his way through life and the world outside of Arcadia where he must eventually live?
With Arcadia, Lauren Groff establishes herself not only as one of the most gifted fiction writers at work today but also as one of our most accomplished literary artists.
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A strong fit for readers drawn to historical fiction about enslavement, rebellion, and the pursuit of freedom.
Burn Down Master’s House
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Historical Literary Fiction · People of Color
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An instant New York Times and USA Today bestseller, Burn Down Master's House follows Luke and Henri, two enslaved men seeking escape from a Virginia plantation, and others whose acts of resistance challenge slavery across the American South. Inspired by true stories, the novel also follows Josephine's quiet defiance and Charity Butler's fight for freedom through the courts. A strong fit for readers drawn to historical fiction about enslavement, rebellion, and the pursuit of freedom.
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Inspired by true, long-buried stories of enslaved people who dared to fight back, a searing portrayal of resistance for readers of Colson Whitehead, Jesmyn Ward, and Percival Everett, from Clay Cane, award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author of The Grift.
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY BESTSELLER!
As turmoil simmers within a divided nation, smoke from another blaze begins to rise. Sparked by individual acts of resistance among those enslaved across the American South, their seemingly disparate rebellions fuel a singular inferno of justice, connecting them in ways quiet at times, explosive at others. As these flames rise, so will they.
Luke, quick-witted and literate, and Henri, a man with a strong and defiant spirit, forge an unbreakable bond at a Virginia plantation called Magnolia Row. Both seek escape from unimaginable cruelty. And sure as the fires of hell, Luke and Henri will leave their mark, sparking resistance among the lives they touch…
One is Josephine, a young, sharp, and observant girl who wields silence as her greatest weapon. A witness to Luke and Henri’s resilience, she listens, watches, waits for the moment to make her move.
Then there is Charity Butler, her husband a formerly enslaved man who proved his ferocity as a young boy standing alongside Josephine. At his encouragement, Charity fights for her freedom in court and wins – only to battle a deeply unjust system designed to destroy the life they’ve built.
And finally, there is Nathaniel, who ruthlessly exploits other Black people and mirrors the cruelty of the white men who, like him, are enslavers. A perversion of the system of slavery, his fragile and contradictory rule will become a catalyst of its own.
Inspired by the true stories of the profoundly courageous men and women who dared to fight back, Burn Down Master’s House is a singular tour de force of a novel—breathtaking in scope, compassion, and a timeliness that speaks powerfully to our present era.
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A strong match for readers drawn to bleak post-apocalyptic fiction about survival and the bond between father and son.
The Road
Dystopian · Literary Fiction · Post-Apocalyptic
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A Pulitzer Prize winner and national bestseller, The Road was called “gripping, frightening and, ultimately, beautiful” by the San Francisco Chronicle. It follows a father and son traveling through a burned America toward the coast, scavenging for food and avoiding lawless bands as they struggle to survive. A strong match for readers drawn to bleak post-apocalyptic fiction about survival and the bond between father and son.
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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A searing, post-apocalyptic novel about a father and son’s fight to survive that “only adds to McCarthy’s stature as a living master. It’s gripping, frightening and, ultimately, beautiful” (San Francisco Chronicle).
One of The New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century • A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of the Century
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don’t know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food—and each other.
The Road is the profoundly moving story of a journey. It boldly imagines a future in which no hope remains, but in which the father and his son, “each the other’s world entire,” are sustained by love. Awesome in the totality of its vision, it is an unflinching meditation on the worst and the best that we are capable of: ultimate destructiveness, desperate tenacity, and the tenderness that keeps two people alive in the face of total devastation.
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Ideal for readers who like dual-timeline historical fiction, Tudor intrigue, and family mysteries.
The Queen’s Spy
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Historical Literary Fiction · Historical Romance
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Called “Utterly beautiful, a real page turner!” in a reader review, The Queen’s Spy moves between 1584, when Queen Elizabeth I’s apothecary Tom serves as a silent spy amid a plot against the throne, and 2021, when Mathilde inherits an English hall hiding secrets. Ideal for readers who like dual-timeline historical fiction, Tudor intrigue, and family mysteries.
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A perilous mission. An unforgivable betrayal. A secret lost in time…
1584: Elizabeth I rules England. But a dangerous plot is brewing in court, and Mary Queen of Scots will stop at nothing to take her cousin’s throne.
There’s only one thing standing in her way: Tom, the queen’s trusted apothecary, who makes the perfect silent spy…
2021: Travelling the globe in her campervan, Mathilde has never belonged anywhere. So when she receives news of an inheritance, she is shocked to discover she has a family in England.
Just like Mathilde, the medieval hall she inherits conceals secrets, and she quickly makes a haunting discovery. Can she unravel the truth about what happened there all those years ago? And will she finally find a place to call home?
Enchanting and gripping, The Queen’s Spy effortlessly merges past with present in an unforgettable tale of love, courage and betrayal – perfect for fans of Lucinda Riley and Kathryn Hughes.
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