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War steals Pino Lella’s youth before he has chosen a side.
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Biographies & Memoirs · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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War steals Pino Lella’s youth before he has chosen a side. In Beneath a Scarlet Sky, the Milan teenager aids Jews fleeing over the Alps, then infiltrates the Nazi hierarchy as a driver to a powerful German general. Based on a true story, this historical novel traces one young man’s hidden resistance, resilience, and love amid the terror of occupied Italy.
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Based on the true story of a forgotten hero, the USA Today and #1 Amazon Charts bestseller Beneath a Scarlet Sky is the triumphant, epic tale of one young man’s incredible courage and resilience during one of history’s darkest hours.
Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He’s a normal Italian teenager—obsessed with music, food, and girls—but his days of innocence are numbered. When his family home in Milan is destroyed by Allied bombs, Pino joins an underground railroad helping Jews escape over the Alps, and falls for Anna, a beautiful widow six years his senior.
In an attempt to protect him, Pino’s parents force him to enlist as a German soldier—a move they think will keep him out of combat. But after Pino is injured, he is recruited at the tender age of eighteen to become the personal driver for Adolf Hitler’s left hand in Italy, General Hans Leyers, one of the Third Reich’s most mysterious and powerful commanders.
Now, with the opportunity to spy for the Allies inside the German High Command, Pino endures the horrors of the war and the Nazi occupation by fighting in secret, his courage bolstered by his love for Anna and for the life he dreams they will one day share.
Fans of All the Light We Cannot See, The Nightingale, and Unbroken will enjoy this riveting saga of history, suspense, and love.
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A thoughtful fit for readers drawn to contemporary family fiction about grief, home, conflict, and moving forward after loss.
Where Butterflies Wander
Literary Fiction
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After a tragic accident claims one of her children, Marie brings her husband and three surviving children to New Hampshire to sell a family estate, only to find war veteran Davina living on the property and refusing to leave. Their conflict divides both the family and the town, with a 4.5-star rating from more than 25,600 Amazon reviewers. A thoughtful fit for readers drawn to contemporary family fiction about grief, home, conflict, and moving forward after loss.
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From the bestselling author of In an Instant comes the moving story of a family grappling with grief and a woman with the power to help them through it—or stand in their way.
After a tragic accident claims the life of one of her children, Marie Egide is desperate to carve out a fresh start for her family. With her husband and their three surviving children, Marie travels to New Hampshire, where she plans to sell a family estate and then, just maybe, they’ll be able to heal from their grief.
Marie’s plans are thwarted when she realizes a war veteran known by locals as “the river witch” is living in a cabin on the property, which she claims was a gift from Marie’s grandfather. If Davina refuses to move on, Marie won’t be able to either.
The two women clash, and battle lines are drawn within Marie’s family and the town as each side fights for what they believe is right, the tension rising until it reaches its breaking point. And the choice is no longer theirs when a force bigger than them all—fate—takes control.
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Winner of the 2022 International Booker Prize, Tomb of Sand is a wildly original feminist epic about an octogenarian widow who defies convention, embarking on a journey that…
Tomb of Sand
LGBTQIA+ · Literary Fiction · Magical Realism
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Winner of the 2022 International Booker Prize, Tomb of Sand is a wildly original feminist epic about an octogenarian widow who defies convention, embarking on a journey that will upend everything. Brimming with folklore, humor, and magical realism, this “triumph of literature” (Financial Times) is an unforgettable masterpiece.
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A story with no borders. A woman who refuses to be bound. And a journey that will change everything.
After her husband’s death, eighty-year-old Ma takes to her bed, unwilling to rise. No amount of pleading from her dutiful family can move her—until her grandson gifts her a golden cane covered in butterflies. Suddenly, Ma is up, trading her saris for something new, befriending a hijra, and setting off on a journey that will turn tradition, family, and expectations upside down.
Winner of the 2022 International Booker Prize, Tomb of Sand is a playful, feminist epic brimming with folklore, magical realism, and exuberant wordplay. Called “a triumph of literature” (Financial Times), this novel is elegant, heartbreaking, and utterly original—a masterpiece of storytelling unlike anything you’ve read before.
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Reinvention offers Lena safety, but the life she built in Hollywood still rests on a lie.
Glamorous Notions
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction
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Reinvention offers Lena safety, but the life she built in Hollywood still rests on a lie. In Glamorous Notions, a celebrated costume designer is forced to confront the identity she left behind after a murder and a shadowy plot in postwar Italy drove her to disappear. The novel blends historical suspense, old Hollywood glamour, and betrayal into a story shaped by secrets, ambition, and the fear of being found.
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A costume designer’s past casts a long shadow over her well-constructed lies in this intriguing story about stolen identities, friendship, and betrayal from the author of A Splendid Ruin and A Dangerous Education.
Hollywood, 1955. As head costume designer for Lux Pictures, Lena Taylor hears startling confessions from the biggest movie stars. She knows how to keep their secrets—after all, none of their scandals can match her own.
Lena was once Elsie Gruner, the daughter of an Ohio dressmaker. Her gift for fashion design helped her win a coveted spot at an art academy in Rome. While in Italy, she became enthralled by the charismatic Julia, who drew her into a shadowy world of jazz clubs, code words, and mysterious deliveries. When one of Julia’s intrigues ended in murder, Elsie found herself in the middle of a bewildering sinister international plot. So she ran.
After fleeing to LA, Elsie became Lena—but she’s never stopped looking over her shoulder. Now, as her engagement to a screenwriter throws her into the spotlight, she’s terrified her façade won’t hold up. Will she figure out the truth about her past before everything falls apart?
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Old: Every year, four childhood friends reunite in their small Puglian town—until Art, their leader, disappears.
The Book of Hidden Things
Literary Fiction · Coming of Age · Magical Realism
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Every year, four childhood friends reunite in their small Puglian town—until Art, their leader, disappears. His home hides secrets: a drug operation, eerie rumors of miraculous healing, and The Book of Hidden Things, his cryptic manuscript. As they search for answers, reality and the impossible begin to blur. What happened to Art, and what has he discovered?
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Francesco Dimitri, an acclaimed Italian author making his English-language debut, weaves a mesmerizing tale in The Book of Hidden Things. Every year, four childhood friends reunite in their small Italian hometown—until Art, their enigmatic leader, vanishes. As they search for answers, they stumble upon whispers of miraculous healings, a cryptic manuscript, and secrets that defy logic. Set against the lush backdrop of Southern Italy, this spellbinding mix of magical realism and literary fiction explores friendship, mystery, and the thin veil between reality and the impossible.
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Four childhood friends made a pact: every year, they reunite in their small hometown in Puglia. Art, the magnetic leader of their group, insisted that the tradition must never be broken. But this year, Art doesn’t show up.
Worried, they visit his home—and what they find raises more questions than answers. Art has been growing marijuana, a dangerous gamble in Southern Italy. Worse still, the town is buzzing with rumors: some claim Art miraculously cured the local mafia boss’s daughter of leukemia.
Among the chaos of his house, they discover The Book of Hidden Things, a manuscript written by Art, promising to reveal dark secrets and unimaginable wonders. As they dig deeper, the line between reality and the impossible begins to blur.
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Old: Vernon Rand lives for climbing, testing his limits in the French Alps’ fearsome peaks.
Solo Faces
Biographies & Memoirs · Literary Fiction
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Vernon Rand lives for climbing, testing his limits in the French Alps’ fearsome peaks. Alone in the world, he finds solace and meaning in the danger of the climb, where life feels most vivid. Solo Faces is a thrilling novel of solitude, survival, and the passion for summiting the mountains that demand everything from those who dare.
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Experience the raw, breathtaking world of mountaineering with Vernon Rand in James Salter’s Solo Faces. A solitary Californian climber, Rand seeks meaning and freedom on towering peaks. His quest takes him to the treacherous French Alps, where every ascent tests the limits of life, purpose, and survival. From PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author James Salter, this gripping novel explores the depths of ambition and the timeless pull of the mountains.
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Vernon Rand lives for climbing. A solitary figure in California, he endures the monotony of his roofing job by chasing the thrill of summiting nearby mountain ranges. Sure of his talent and nerve, Rand decides to push himself further—testing his limits in the French Alps, home to the most fearsome and legendary peaks.
In the Alps, Rand discovers that the moments of greatest peril are also when he feels most alive. But the mountains demand a high price, forcing him to confront the balance between solitude, survival, and his insatiable pursuit of the climb.
Solo Faces is a stunning novel of the outdoors—thrilling, immediate, and as breathtaking as the Alpine peaks that have captivated climbers for generations.
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In 1930s North Carolina, Rae Lynn Cobb’s life shatters after tragedy forces her to flee, disguised as a man.
The Saints of Swallow Hill
Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction
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In 1930s North Carolina, Rae Lynn Cobb’s life shatters after tragedy forces her to flee, disguised as a man. Seeking refuge in Swallow Hill, a brutal Georgia turpentine camp, she finds allies in Cornelia, trapped in an abusive marriage, and Del Reese, seeking redemption. From Donna Everhart, recipient of the Southeastern Library Association's Outstanding Southeastern Author Award, comes The Saints of Swallow Hill, a powerful tale of resilience, friendship, and hope.
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Where the Crawdads Sing meets The Four Winds as award-winning author Donna Everhart's latest novel immerses readers in its unique setting—the turpentine camps and pine forests of the American South during the Great Depression. This captivating story of friendship, survival, and three vagabonds' intersecting lives will stay with readers long after turning the final page.
It takes courage to save yourself...
In the dense pine forests of North Carolina, turpentiners labor, hacking into tree trunks to draw out the sticky sap that gives the Tar Heel State its nickname, and hauling the resin to stills to be refined. Among them is Rae Lynn Cobb and her husband, Warren, who run a small turpentine farm together.
Though the work is hard and often dangerous, Rae Lynn, who spent her childhood in an orphanage, is thankful for it--and for her kind if careless husband. When Warren falls victim to his own negligence, Rae Lynn undertakes a desperate act of mercy. To keep herself from jail, she disguises herself as a man named "Ray" and heads to the only place she can think of that might offer anonymity--a turpentine camp in Georgia named Swallow Hill.
Swallow Hill is no easy haven. The camp is isolated and squalid, and commissary owner Otis Riddle takes out his frustrations on his browbeaten wife, Cornelia. Although Rae Lynn works tirelessly, she becomes a target for Crow, the ever-watchful woods rider who checks each laborer's tally. Delwood Reese, who's come to Swallow Hill hoping for his own redemption, offers "Ray" a small measure of protection, and is determined to improve their conditions. As Rae Lynn forges a deeper friendship with both Del and Cornelia, she begins to envision a path out of the camp. But she will have to come to terms with her past, with all its pain and beauty, before she can open herself to a new life and seize the chance to begin again.
“Fans of Sarah Addison Allen won't be able to put it down.”
—Booklist
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Outcasts with strange abilities begin to form something far greater than themselves.
More Than Human
Sci-Fi · Hard Sci-Fi · Speculative Fiction
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Outcasts with strange abilities begin to form something far greater than themselves. In More Than Human, a group of isolated individuals with extraordinary psychic powers gradually unite into a single shared consciousness known as the Gestalt. When a brilliant but deeply troubled newcomer joins them, their fragile balance fractures, turning this classic science fiction novel into a tense exploration of evolution, morality, and what it means to become more than human.
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Six misfits, one powerful entity. An award-winning novel about belonging by "one of the greatest writers of science fiction and fantasy who ever lived" (Stephen King).
Individually, they are a seemingly simpleminded young man living in the woods who can read the thoughts of others, a runaway girl with telekinetic powers, twin girls who can barely speak but can teleport across great distances, and an infant with a mind like a supercomputer. Together, they are the Gestalt—a single extraordinary being comprised of remarkable parts—although an essential piece may be missing . . .
But are they the next stage in human development or harbingers of the end of civilization? The answer may come when they are joined by Gerry. Powerfully telepathic, he lacks a moral compass—and his hatred of the world that has rejected him could prove catastrophic.
Winner of the International Fantasy Award and considered Theodore Sturgeon's masterpiece, More Than Human is a genre-bending wonder that explores themes of responsibility and morality, individuality, and belonging. Moving and suspenseful, lyrical and provocative, the novel was one of the first to elevate science fiction into the realm of literature, and inspired musicians and artists, including the Grateful Dead and Crosby, Stills and Nash.
From the Nebula Award–winning author of Godbody, The Dreaming Jewels, and other great works of science fiction, this is an unforgettable reading experience and a must for anyone who enjoys Ramsey Campbell, Robert Silverberg, or Philip José Farmer.
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Old: Maddie Clarke returns to Martha’s Vineyard to settle the estate of her late grandmother, only to uncover family secrets and a Native American heritage she never knew…
Up Island Harbor
Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction
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Maddie Clarke returns to Martha’s Vineyard to settle the estate of her late grandmother, only to uncover family secrets and a Native American heritage she never knew existed. On the island’s rugged beauty, Maddie reconnects with her roots, her people, and the possibility of love in this heartwarming tale of self-discovery and second chances.
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A Cottage, a Legacy, and a Journey Home. Maddie Clarke plans a quick trip to Martha’s Vineyard to settle her grandmother’s estate, but the historic cottage she inherits has other ideas. As she unearths family secrets and discovers her Native American heritage, Maddie’s life is forever changed. Jean Stone’s Up Island Harbor is a heartfelt tale of family, community, and second chances, set against a stunning coastal backdrop.
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She’s returning to a home she didn’t know she had…
Maddie Clarke barely remembers her childhood visits to her Grandma Nancy’s gray-shingled cottage on Martha’s Vineyard. Now divorced and raising her teenage son, Maddie’s life takes an unexpected turn when she learns that her grandmother didn’t pass away years ago, as she believed, but only recently—and left her the historic Menemsha cottage.
Planning a quick trip to settle the estate and sell the property, Maddie arrives on the Vineyard only to uncover long-buried family secrets, including a Native American heritage she never knew existed. As she reconnects with her roots and the beauty of Menemsha, Maddie begins to imagine a new future—one filled with community, self-discovery, and the possibility of love.
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Old: In 1950, Yaqub and Saida’s forbidden love defied tradition in an immigrant camp in Israel.
Songs for the Brokenhearted
Literary Fiction · Historical Literary Fiction
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In 1950, Yaqub and Saida’s forbidden love defied tradition in an immigrant camp in Israel. Decades later, Saida’s estranged daughter, Zohara, returns to Israel after her mother’s death. Uncovering buried family secrets, Zohara confronts truths about her parents, her Yemeni heritage, and her own identity in this poignant tale of love, loss, and self-discovery.
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A Forbidden Love. A Family’s Hidden Truths. In Songs for the Brokenhearted by Ayelet Tsabari, a steamy 1950s romance in Israel sparks secrets that ripple through generations. Decades later, Zohara’s return home after her mother’s death unearths buried family drama that could completely rewrite her story—and her future. If emotional, layered historical fiction is your thing, this one’s about to rock your TBR.
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1950: In an overcrowded immigrant camp in Rosh Ha’ayin, shy Yaqub meets Saida, a married woman with a beautiful voice. Amid the chaos of Yemeni Jews immigrating to Israel, they fall in love—a love forbidden by tradition and circumstance.
1995: Zohara, Saida’s daughter, has built a life in New York City far from the complexities of her childhood in Israel. Estranged from her family, she’s left behind the weight of her heritage—her mother’s Yemeni music, her father’s favoritism, and her darker skin. But when her sister calls with news of their mother’s death, Zohara returns to Israel, unknowingly stepping into the secrets her family has long buried.
Uncovering shocking truths, Zohara must confront her past and heritage, reshaping her understanding of identity, love, and her future.
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Old: In a small Anatolian village, Christian Philothei is engaged to Muslim Ibrahim, and harmony thrives.
Birds Without Wings
Historical Fiction · Historical Literary Fiction · Historical Romance
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In a small Anatolian village, Christian Philothei is engaged to Muslim Ibrahim, and harmony thrives. But as the Ottoman Empire fades and Turkey modernizes, their world fractures. Epic in scope and rich in detail, Birds Without Wings tells a poignant story of love, identity, and a community reshaped by history’s unrelenting tide.
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Love, War, and a World on the Brink. From Louis de Bernières, the celebrated author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin, comes Birds Without Wings—a masterful blend of love, heartbreak, and history. In a quaint Anatolian village, Philothei and Ibrahim’s forbidden romance defies religious divides, but the chaos of a changing world looms large, threatening their fragile dreams. If historical fiction with soul-crushing beauty is your thing, this one’s a must-read.
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From the author of Corelli’s Mandolin comes a sweeping, intoxicating tale set in a small village in southwestern Anatolia during the waning days of the Ottoman Empire. In this tightly-knit community, everyone speaks Turkish but writes it in Greek letters. It’s a place where a professional blasphemer plies his trade, a grieving aga finds solace in an unlikely courtesan, and Philothei, a beautiful Christian girl, is engaged to Ibrahim, a Muslim boy.
But the fragile harmony of the village begins to shatter as Turkey steps into the modern era. With epic scope and lush detail, Birds Without Wings captures a world on the brink of transformation, weaving a poignant and unforgettable story of love, identity, and the far-reaching forces of history.
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Madeleine falls for her sister’s fiancé.
The Third Angel
Literary Fiction · Romance · Contemporary Fiction
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Madeleine falls for her sister’s fiancé. Frieda becomes a doomed rock star’s muse. Bryn is torn between her fiancé and her ex. At the heart is Lucy, haunted by childhood guilt and searching for the Third Angel—a symbol of grace and redemption. This moving novel weaves love, loss, and hope, showing angels can appear in the most unexpected places.
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Headstrong Madeleine Heller is irresistibly drawn to her sister’s fiancé, setting the stage for heartbreak. Frieda Lewis, the rebellious daughter of a doctor, becomes the muse of a doomed rock star. Bryn Evans, poised to marry an Englishman, can’t shake her secret obsession with her ex-husband.
At the center of it all is Lucy Green, who has carried the weight of guilt since witnessing a tragic accident as a child. Her lifelong search for the Third Angel—a figure of grace and renewal—spans decades and intertwines with the lives of these women.
With poignant storytelling, this novel explores love, loss, and redemption, reminding us that angels exist in the most unexpected places and that forgiveness is the key to healing.
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