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Isabel Allende’s The House of the Spirits tells the sweeping tale of the Trueba family across three generations.
The House of the Spirits
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Magical Realism
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Isabel Allende’s The House of the Spirits tells the sweeping tale of the Trueba family across three generations. Love, magic, and revolution collide as Clara’s mystical gifts and Esteban’s hunger for power shape their legacy. Through Alba, the family’s fate intertwines with their country’s, creating an unforgettable story of resilience, magic, and the bonds that endure.
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This “spectacular…absorbing and distinguished work…is a unique achievement, both personal witness and possible allegory of the past, present, and future of Latin America” (The New York Times Book Review).
The House of the Spirits, which introduced Isabel Allende as one of the world’s most gifted storytellers, brings to life the triumphs and tragedies of three generations of the Trueba family. The patriarch Esteban is a volatile, proud man whose voracious pursuit of political power is tempered only by his love for his delicate wife Clara, a woman with a mystical connection to the spirit world. When their daughter Blanca embarks on a forbidden love affair in defiance of her implacable father, the result is an unexpected gift to Esteban: his adored granddaughter Alba, a beautiful and strong-willed child who will lead her family and her country into a revolutionary future.
One of the most important novels of the twentieth century, The House of the Spirits is an enthralling epic that spans decades and lives, weaving the personal and the political into a universal story of love, magic, and fate.
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Family Lore turns one woman’s living wake into a reckoning for an entire Dominican American family.
Family Lore
Historical Fiction
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Family Lore turns one woman’s living wake into a reckoning for an entire Dominican American family. Flor can predict the exact day someone will die, but when she gathers her loved ones to celebrate her life, her silence unsettles the sisters, nieces, and cousins carrying secrets of their own. Elizabeth Acevedo’s novel blends family history, inheritance, and intimate mystery across generations.
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK!
Winner of the NAACP Image Award, Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction
Shortlisted for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
From National Book Award-winning author Elizabeth Acevedo comes the story of one Dominican American family told through the voices of its women
Flor has a gift: she can predict, to the day, when someone will die. So when she decides she wants a living wake—a party to bring her family and community together to celebrate the long life she’s led—her sisters are surprised. Has Flor foreseen her own death, or someone else’s? Does she have other motives? She refuses to tell her sisters, Matilde, Pastora, and Camila.
But Flor isn’t the only person with secrets: her sisters are hiding things, too. And the next generation, cousins Ona and Yadi, face tumult of their own.
Spanning the three days prior to the wake, Family Lore traces the lives of each of the Marte women, weaving together past and present, Santo Domingo and New York City. Told with Elizabeth Acevedo’s inimitable and incandescent voice, this is an indelible portrait of sisters and cousins, aunts and nieces—one family’s journey through their history, helping them better navigate all that is to come.
A Best Book of 2023 from: Washington Post * Good Housekeeping * Real Simple * Harper's Bazaar * Elle * Time * NPR
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Bonnie and Clyde became legends during the Great Depression, but their true story is far from glamorous.
Go Down Together
Historical Fiction
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Bonnie and Clyde became legends during the Great Depression, but their true story is far from glamorous. In The True Story of Bonnie and Clyde, bestselling author Jeff Guinn reveals their reign of error, desperate lives, and genuine love, using newly discovered material to deliver an unparalleled look at the most infamous criminal duo in American history.
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Bestselling author Jeff Guinn uncovers the real story behind Bonnie and Clyde, two kids from a Dallas slum who traded their lives for a fleeting taste of excitement and fame. During the Great Depression, they became household names, their photos splashed across newspapers and newsreels, captivating a nation desperate for escapist entertainment.
But behind their cool, calculating public image was a messy truth. Bonnie and Clyde were far from criminal masterminds. Their two-year crime spree was more of a reign of error, targeting small mom-and-pop stores and sometimes coming up empty-handed. Crippled, desperate, and always on the run, they lived like animals—yet their devotion to each other never wavered.
With newly discovered material and cinematic storytelling, Jeff Guinn paints a vivid and human portrait of the infamous lovers and the troubled times that made them legends.
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In 1963, Siberian prisoner Valery Kolkhanov is pulled into the shadowy City 40, a town surrounded by radiation and secrets.
The Half Life of Valery K
Historical Fiction
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In 1963, Siberian prisoner Valery Kolkhanov is pulled into the shadowy City 40, a town surrounded by radiation and secrets. Tasked with studying nuclear effects under the watchful eye of a KGB officer, Valery begins uncovering terrifying truths about the city’s purpose. But in City 40, asking the wrong questions could cost him his life.
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Siberia, 1963: Former nuclear specialist Valery Kolkhanov knows how to survive in prison—make the right connections, stay warm, and find small pleasures to keep from losing his mind. But when his former university mentor unexpectedly intervenes, Valery is whisked away from the frozen camp to the shadowy City 40.
In this mysterious town, surrounded by rusting forests and housing a set of nuclear reactors, Valery is reinstated as Dr. Kolkhanov. Tasked with studying the effects of radiation on local wildlife, Valery soon discovers troubling questions his work raises—questions even his overseer, a surprisingly kind KGB officer named Shenkov, fears to answer.
What is the source of the radiation? What is being hidden from the thousands who live in the city? And how far can Valery push for the truth before it costs him everything?
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The Seventh Veil of Salome follows ambition, envy, and desire across the glittering machinery of 1950s Hollywood.
The Seventh Veil of Salome
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Women's Fiction
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The Seventh Veil of Salome follows ambition, envy, and desire across the glittering machinery of 1950s Hollywood. When unknown Mexican actress Vera Larios lands the role of Salome, she draws admiration, resentment, and danger from those desperate for their own chance at fame. Silvia Moreno-Garcia layers historical drama with cinematic intrigue, tracing three women caught between performance, power, and longing.
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GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • A young woman wins the role of a lifetime in a film about a legendary heroine—but the real drama is behind the scenes in this sumptuous historical epic from the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic.
“Whenever I want to read a book I know will be good, I go to Silvia Moreno-Garcia.”—Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, NPR, BookPage, CrimeReads
1950s Hollywood: Every actress wants to play Salome, the star-making role in a big-budget movie about the legendary woman whose story has inspired artists since ancient times.
So when the film’s mercurial director casts Vera Larios, an unknown Mexican ingenue, in the lead role, she quickly becomes the talk of the town. Vera also becomes an object of envy for Nancy Hartley, a bit player whose career has stalled and who will do anything to win the fame she believes she richly deserves.
Two actresses, both determined to make it to the top in Golden Age Hollywood—a city overflowing with gossip, scandal, and intrigue—make for a sizzling combination.
But this is the tale of three women, for it is also the story of the princess Salome herself, consumed with desire for the fiery prophet who foretells the doom of her stepfather, Herod: a woman torn between the decree of duty and the yearning of her heart.
Before the curtain comes down, there will be tears and tragedy aplenty in this sexy Technicolor saga.
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When celebrated writer Alma Cruz buries her unfinished stories in a Dominican cemetery, her abandoned characters refuse to stay silent.
The Cemetery of Untold Stories
Historical Fiction
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When celebrated writer Alma Cruz buries her unfinished stories in a Dominican cemetery, her abandoned characters refuse to stay silent. With the help of a sympathetic groundskeeper, Alma confronts their untold lives, including Trujillo’s forgotten wife and a rebel doctor. A poignant tale of history, memory, and the voices that demand to be heard.
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Alma Cruz, a celebrated writer, fears ending up like her friend—a novelist whose obsession with finishing a book cost her sanity. When Alma inherits a small plot of land in the Dominican Republic, she decides to bury her untold stories—literally.
In her homeland, Alma creates a cemetery for abandoned manuscripts and the characters she couldn’t bring to life. But Alma’s unfinished creations have other ideas. They refuse to rest, talking back to their author and rewriting themselves.
With the help of Filomena, the graveyard’s compassionate groundskeeper, Alma navigates the secret lives of her characters, including Bienvenida, dictator Rafael Trujillo’s forgotten wife, and Manuel Cruz, a doctor-turned-rebel. The Cemetery of Untold Stories is a magical, poignant tale about memory, history, and the stories that refuse to be silenced.
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Good Night, Irene follows two women carrying comfort into the brutal center of World War II.
Good Night, Irene
Historical Fiction
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Good Night, Irene follows two women carrying comfort into the brutal center of World War II. After fleeing an abusive fiancé, Irene Woodward joins the Red Cross and finds friendship, purpose, and danger on the European front. Luis Alberto Urrea’s historical novel blends wartime peril with emotional recovery, centering women whose courage often lived just outside the spotlight.
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This New York Times bestselling novel tells an exhilarating World War II epic that chronicles an extraordinary young woman’s heroic frontline service in the Red Cross.
“Urrea’s touch is sure, his exuberance carries you through ... He is a generous writer, not just in his approach to his craft but in the broader sense of what he feels necessary to capture about life itself.” —Financial Times
In 1943, Irene Woodward abandons an abusive fiancé in New York to enlist with the Red Cross and head to Europe. She makes fast friends in training with Dorothy Dunford, a towering Midwesterner with a ferocious wit. Together they are part of an elite group of women, nicknamed Donut Dollies, who command military vehicles called Clubmobiles at the front line, providing camaraderie and a taste of home that may be the only solace before troops head into battle.
After D-Day, these two intrepid friends join the Allied soldiers streaming into France. Their time in Europe will see them embroiled in danger, from the Battle of the Bulge to the liberation of Buchenwald. Through her friendship with Dorothy, and a love affair with a courageous American fighter pilot named Hans, Irene learns to trust again. Her most fervent hope, which becomes more precarious by the day, is for all three of them to survive the war intact.
Taking as inspiration his mother’s own Red Cross service, Luis Alberto Urrea has delivered an overlooked story of women’s heroism in World War II. With its affecting and uplifting portrait of friendship and valor in harrowing circumstances, Good Night, Irene powerfully demonstrates yet again that Urrea’s “gifts as a storyteller are prodigious” (NPR).
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In 1989 Berlin, as the Wall falls, Jewish-Australian violinist Susanna retraces her grandmother’s tragic footsteps in Buchenwald.
The Girl with the Violin
Historical Fiction
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In 1989 Berlin, as the Wall falls, Jewish-Australian violinist Susanna retraces her grandmother’s tragic footsteps in Buchenwald. Guided by her teacher, Stefan—a man tied to a painful history—Susanna must confront her heritage, forbidden love, and the traumas that shape her. A powerful story of music, courage, and reclaiming identity in the shadow of history.
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It’s 1989, and Susanna, a young Jewish-Australian violinist, has earned the opportunity of a lifetime: a scholarship to Berlin. As the Berlin Wall comes crashing down, Germany teeters on the brink of transformation, and Susanna finds herself swept into the chaos.
Guided by Stefan Heinemeyer, a renowned violinist and grandson of a Nazi, Susanna begins composing a piece in honor of her grandmother, Mirla, who perished in the Buchenwald concentration camp. Retracing Mirla’s final footsteps, Susanna embarks on a journey of self-discovery, reconnecting with her heritage and pushing her musical talent to unimaginable heights.
But as forbidden feelings for Stefan emerge, Susanna must confront the traumas of history, love, and identity. Can she reclaim her voice as a composer, musician, and woman—and finally lay her haunted past to rest?
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The Radium Girls traces the devastating cost of a miracle substance sold as beauty, medicine, and progress.
The Radium Girls
Historical Fiction
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The Radium Girls traces the devastating cost of a miracle substance sold as beauty, medicine, and progress. In early twentieth-century factories, young women paint watch dials with radium until their bodies begin to fail and their employers deny the truth. Kate Moore turns their fight into harrowing historical nonfiction about corporate greed, bodily harm, and the courage required to demand justice.
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A New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Amazon Charts Bestseller!
For fans of Hidden Figures, comes the incredible true story of the women heroes who were exposed to radium in factories across the U.S. in the early 20th century, and their brave and groundbreaking battle to strengthen workers' rights, even as the fatal poison claimed their own lives...
In the dark years of the First World War, radium makes gleaming headlines across the nation as the fresh face of beauty, and wonder drug of the medical community. From body lotion to tonic water, the popular new element shines bright. Meanwhile, hundreds of girls toil amidst the glowing dust of the radium-dial factories. The glittering chemical covers their bodies from head to toe; they light up the night like industrious fireflies. With such a coveted job, these "shining girls" are the luckiest alive — until they begin to fall mysteriously ill. And, until they begin to come forward.
As the women start to speak out on the corruption, the factories that once offered golden opportunities ignore all claims of the gruesome side effects. And as the fatal poison of the radium takes hold, the brave shining girls find themselves embroiled in one of the biggest scandals of America's early 20th century, and in a groundbreaking battle for workers' rights that will echo for centuries to come. A timely story of corporate greed and the brave figures that stood up to fight for their lives, these women and their voices will shine for years to come.
Written with a sparkling voice and breakneck pace, The Radium Girls fully illuminates the inspiring young women exposed to the "wonder" substance of radium, and their awe-inspiring strength in the face of almost impossible circumstances. Their courage and tenacity led to life-changing regulations, research into nuclear bombing, and ultimately saved hundreds of thousands of lives...
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Audrey Coltrane’s love for flying is her only focus—until the attack on Pearl Harbor shatters everything.
The Flight Girls
Historical Fiction
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Audrey Coltrane’s love for flying is her only focus—until the attack on Pearl Harbor shatters everything. Joining the Women Airforce Service Pilots, Audrey bonds with fellow pilots and faces the war head-on. But when the man she loves goes missing, she must summon the strength to fight for both love and country.
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Audrey Coltrane’s only dream is to fly. Trained by her father in Texas and now teaching military pilots in Hawaii, she’s determined to keep her focus—especially away from charming Lieutenant James Hart. But when Audrey finds herself in the sky over Pearl Harbor as bombs fall, everything changes.
Determined to make her losses count, she joins the Women Airforce Service Pilots program. As war rages, the bonds with her fellow pilots give her strength, but when James goes missing, Audrey faces her toughest mission yet—fighting for her country and the love she thought she'd lost.
Can Audrey find the courage to cross enemy lines and fight for what truly matters?
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When four generations of women gather at Fox House, long-buried secrets rise to the surface.
A Borrowed Path
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Women's Fiction
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When four generations of women gather at Fox House, long-buried secrets rise to the surface. Lyra’s claim on the estate’s cottage is challenged by Agatha’s shocking revelation about a mysterious man, Dylan. As tensions rise and truths unfold, will the family find healing—or will the past shatter their fragile bonds forever?
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From the million-copy bestselling author of In a Single Moment and Where the Story Starts comes a gripping tale of secrets, lies, and the unbreakable bonds of family.
When Eve returns to her family home Fox House, the tension with her mother, Agatha, is palpable. But when Eve’s daughter, Lyra, and her granddaughter, Skye, arrive unexpectedly, four generations of women under one roof set the stage for explosive revelations. Lyra seems troubled, but refuses to explain why. And when she lays claim to the crumbling cottage on the estate, Agatha drops a bombshell – she’s already promised it to a mysterious man named Dylan.
Who is Dylan, and why has Agatha kept him hidden? As the family unravels, so do their closely-guarded secrets. But when the truth finally comes to light, will it heal the wounds between them – or tear their fragile bonds apart forever?
A Borrowed Path is an unforgettable novel that will leave you wondering just how well we really know the ones we love.
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As England teeters on war with France, secret missions unravel treachery in the shadows.
The Game’s Afoot
Historical Fiction
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As England teeters on war with France, secret missions unravel treachery in the shadows. A cunning spy, a battle-hardened archer, and a relentless man-at-arms face deadly plots—from stolen gold to assassination. In 1415, alliances are forged and broken in the race to stop chaos, where every move could change the course of history—or end a life.
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In 1415, England teeters on the brink of war with France, but the battles begin far from the battlefield. King Henry V dispatches Thomas Chaucer, a skilled agent, and Robert Cooper, a veteran archer, to intercept a French spy carrying gold to Scotland—funds that could ignite a devastating alliance against England.
Meanwhile, in London, man-at-arms Edward Fordham faces a chilling mystery: an assassin’s plot to kill a figure England cannot afford to lose. As shadows deepen, alliances are tested, and every step uncovers secrets that could tilt the scales of war.
Some wars are fought with arrows and swords; others in whispers and deception. Will Chaucer and his allies succeed, or will betrayal shape the fate of nations?
Victory may hinge on those waging war in the shadows.
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