The Old Red Brick: A Remembrance

Fading Southern traditions, snarling family relationships, and startling sexual bewilderments told in a soft costal accent—and a ferocious sense of… Continue Reading Posted in: Contemporary, LGBT Genre Fiction, Literature & Fiction

Mary Barton

This is a tale of Dives and Lazarus, of the comfortable pinnacle and the miserable base of the Victorian social… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Social Conditions, Textile Industry

I Dare

The enemies of Korval have offered Pat Rin the Ring that would make all of Korval's holdings his own, and… Continue Reading Posted in: Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction, Space Opera Science Fiction

The Cruel Prince

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.Of course I want to be like them. They’re beautiful… Continue Reading Posted in: Dark Fantasy, Literature & Fiction, Romance

Choosers of the Slain (Paladin of Shadows, Book 3)

Sequel to Ghost and Kildar.,Former SEAL Michael Harmon (Ghost, Kildar) has a pretty good life. He's settled down in the… Continue Reading Posted in: Abduction, Kidnapping, Literature & Fiction, Military Science Fiction, Retired Military Personnel

The Child of an Ancient People

It is 1872. Lislei is a young French woman escaping from the bloody turmoil of the Paris commune; Kader is… Continue Reading Posted in: Aboriginal Tasmanians, Historical Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Social Conditions

Howard’s End

Howards End is a novel by E. M. Forster about social conventions, codes of conduct and relationships in turn-of-the-century England.… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction Classics, Illegitimate Children, Literature & Fiction, Sisters, Social Conflict

The Only Story

‘Most of us have only one story to tell. I don’t mean that only one thing happens to us in… Continue Reading Posted in: British & Irish Literary Fiction, Interpersonal Relations, Literary, Literature & Fiction, Psychological Fiction

Milkman

In an unnamed city, middle sister stands out for the wrong reasons. She reads while walking, for one. And she… Continue Reading Posted in: Coming of Age Fiction, Literary, Literature & Fiction

Rogue Lawyer

On the right side of the law. Sort of., ,Sebastian Rudd is not your typical street lawyer. He works out of… Continue Reading Posted in: Criminal Defense Lawyers, Legal Stories, Literature & Fiction, Political Thrillers, Teenagers With Mental Disabilities

A Curious Beginning

London, 1887. As the city prepares to celebrate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, Veronica Speedwell is marking a milestone of her… Continue Reading Posted in: Literature & Fiction, Victorian, Women Sleuths

The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir

The village of Chilbury in Kent is about to ring in some changes.This is a delightful novel of wartime gumption… Continue Reading Posted in: Genre Fiction, Literature & Fiction, United States

Lily and the Octopus

Combining the emotional depth of The Art of Racing in the Rain with the magical spirit of The Life of… Continue Reading Posted in: Fantasy, Literature & Fiction, Magical Realism

The Friend

Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here, , A moving story of love, friendship, grief, healing, and… Continue Reading Posted in: Animal Fiction (Books), Divorce, Literary, Literature & Fiction, Women's Friendship Fiction

The Circle

When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world's most powerful internet company, she feels she's been… Continue Reading Posted in: Dystopian, Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction

The Other Woman’s Shoes

Eliza and Martha are sisters, but that's where the similarity ends. Martha appears to have the perfect life, with two… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Man Woman Relationships, Sibling Rivalry

Space Viking

When his wife is murdered on his wedding day, Lucas Trask launches himself on a quest for revenge. Using his… Continue Reading Posted in: 1900, Fiction In English, Literature & Fiction, Pirates

Conflict of Honors

Sixteen-year-old Priscilla Delacroix was declared legally dead by her mother, High Priestess of the Goddess. Banished to survive on her… Continue Reading Posted in: American, Literature & Fiction, Revenge, Science Fiction, Space Opera Science Fiction

Tin Man

A novel celebrating love in all of its forms and the little moments that make up the life of an… Continue Reading Posted in: Coming of Age Fiction, Literary, Literary Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Raffles

Five Children and It

Its eyes were on long horns like a snail's eyes... it had ears like a bat's ears, and its tubby… Continue Reading Posted in: England, English Fiction, Fairy Tales, Literature & Fiction

Scourged (The Iron Druid Chronicles)

Kevin Hearne creates the ultimate Atticus O’Sullivan adventure in the grand finale of the New York Times bestselling Iron Druid… Continue Reading Posted in: Action & Adventure, Literature & Fiction, Paranormal & Urban

Ann Rivers Siddons Three-Book Set: Colony, Low Country, Outer Banks

Author: Anne Rivers Siddons Sorry we couldn’t find a book description. Please use the goodreads and/or amazon links on the… Continue Reading Posted in: Literature & Fiction

Five Hundred Years After

In which our Heroes--Khaavren, Pel, Aerich and Tazendra--are reunited again a mere five centuries later...just in time for an uprising… Continue Reading Posted in: Epic Fantasy, Fantasy Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Young Men

Twelth Night: or What You Will (Illustrated, 1960) (The Folger Library)

Set in a topsy-turvy world like a holiday revel, this comedy devises a romantic plot around separated twins, misplaced passions,… Continue Reading Posted in: Ancient & Classical Dramas & Plays, Classics, Comedic Dramas & Plays, Literature & Fiction

News of the World

In the aftermath of the Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a young captive of the… Continue Reading Posted in: British & Irish Literary Fiction, Historical Irish Fiction, Kiowa Indians, Literary, Literature & Fiction

Good Wives

Features Meg who was engaged and the other three March girls, Beth, Jo and Amy, who were at the threshold… Continue Reading Posted in: History, Juvenile Fiction, Literature & Fiction, United States

At All Costs

What Price Victory?The War with the Republic of Haven has resumed...disastrously for the Star Kingdom of Manticore. Admiral Lady Dame… Continue Reading Posted in: Literature & Fiction, Military Science Fiction, Space Warfare, Women Soldiers

Betsy’s Wedding

When Betsy Ray arrives in New York after a tour of Europe, her old flame Joe Willard is waiting at… Continue Reading Posted in: Children's Books, Literature & Fiction

Sting

#1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Sandra Brown jolts the reader from the first page of this… Continue Reading Posted in: Assassination Thrillers (Kindle Store), Literature & Fiction, Organized Crime Thrillers, Thrillers & Suspense

The Welcoming Committee

A twentieth-century Faust, musician turned wine merchant, Crawford Hollander has done well from his deal with the devil. Successful, charming,… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Revenge

Little Fires Everywhere

In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned--from the layout of the winding roads, to the… Continue Reading Posted in: Asian American Literature, Family Life Fiction, Literary, Literature & Fiction, Mothers & Children

Reading in the Dark

A haunted childhood, lived out in two dimensions. One is legendary: the Sun-fort of Grianan, home of the warrior Fianna;… Continue Reading Posted in: English Fiction, Irish Authors, Literature & Fiction

Rise

In the stunning conclusion to Anna Carey's thrilling dystopian trilogy, Eve has the fate of the New America in her… Continue Reading Posted in: Literature & Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction & Dystopian

Monsignor Quixote

Driven away from his parish by a censorious bishop, Monsignor Quixote sets off across Spain accompanied by a deposed renegade… Continue Reading Posted in: Automobile Travel, Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Social Life And Customs

Knulp: Three Tales from the Life of Knulp

Published in Germany in 1915, Knulp is a novel written by Hermann Hesse which takes the form of three tales.… Continue Reading Posted in: Authors, Fiction In German 1901 Texts [Including Translations], German, Literature & Fiction, Manners And Customs

Rule

Opposites in every way . . . except the one that matters Shaw Landon loved Rule Archer from the moment… Continue Reading Posted in: Genre Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Romance

Villette

With her final novel, Villette, Charlotte Bronte reached the height of her artistic power. First published in 1853, Villette is… Continue Reading Posted in: Bibliography, Classic Literary Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Manners And Customs, Social Life And Customs

Golden Hill

New York, a small town on the tip of Manhattan Island, 1746.One rainy evening in November, a handsome young stranger… Continue Reading Posted in: Contemporary, Literature & Fiction

No Great Mischief

In 1779, driven out of his home, Calum MacDonald sets sail from the Scottish Highlands with his extensive family. After… Continue Reading Posted in: Historical Fiction, History, Literature & Fiction, Young Men

Human Traces

Jacques Rebiere and Thomas Midwinter, both sixteen when the story starts in 1876, come from different countries and contrasting families.… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Psychiatrists, Psychiatry

The Alexandria Quartet

Lawrence Durrell's series of four novels set in Alexandria, Egypt during the 1940s. The lush and sensuous series consists of… Continue Reading Posted in: Contemporary, Friendship, Literature & Fiction

A Deeper Blue (The Ghost)

Sequel to Ghost, Kildar, Choosers of the Slain and Unto the Breach.,Heart-sick over the deaths of so many of his… Continue Reading Posted in: Florida Florida Keys, Literature & Fiction, Military Science Fiction, Terrorism Prevention, United States

The Round House

The Round House won the National Book Award for fiction.One of the most revered novelists of our time—a brilliant chronicler… Continue Reading Posted in: Cozy Mystery, Fiction, Indian Women Crimes Against, Literature & Fiction, North Dakota

The Man Without Qualities

This magnificent novel, compared by critics with the best of modern masterpieces, demonstrates that one must turn to Proust, Mann… Continue Reading Posted in: Der Mann Ohne Eigenschaften, Die Schlafwandler, Literature & Fiction, Satire

The Underground Railroad

Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. Life is hell for all the slaves, but especially bad… Continue Reading Posted in: Afroamerikanische Historische Romane, Literary, Literature & Fiction

Nerve

ARE YOU PLAYING THE GAME OR IS THE GAME PLAYING YOU?Vee doesn't know if she has the guts to play… Continue Reading Posted in: Fame, Literature & Fiction, Social & Family Issues

Here I Am

A monumental new novel from the bestselling author of Everything Is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close In the… Continue Reading Posted in: Contemporary Literary Fiction, Jewish Literature, Literary, Literature & Fiction, Middle East

The Immortalists

If you knew the date of your death, how would you live your life? It's 1969 in New York City's… Continue Reading Posted in: Coming Of Age, Coming of Age Fiction, Literary, Literary Fiction, Literature & Fiction

Small Great Things

Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with more than twenty years' experience. During her… Continue Reading Posted in: Contemporary Literature & Fiction, Family Saga, Literary, Literature & Fiction, Mothers & Children Fiction

Irish Thoroughbred

It was a dream come true for Irish lass Adelia Cunnane--to work with her uncle, a horse trainer at Royal… Continue Reading Posted in: Literature & Fiction, Romance

Dean Koontz I: Mr Murder, Night Chills, Whispers

Author: Dean Koontz Sorry we couldn’t find a book description. Please use the goodreads and/or amazon links on the book… Continue Reading Posted in: Contemporary Literature & Fiction, Ghost Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Thrillers & Suspense

Mad River

Bonnie and Clyde, they thought. And what's-his-name, the sidekick. Three teenagers with dead-end lives, chips on their shoulders, and guns.… Continue Reading Posted in: Detectives, Literature & Fiction, Suspense, Suspense Fiction, Teenagers

A Girl of The Limberlost

The story of Elnora, who collects moths to pay for her education, and lives the Golden Rule Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Forests And Forestry, Literature & Fiction, Swamps

Youth

Youth's narrator, a student in 1950s South Africa, has long been plotting an escape from his native country. Studying mathematics,… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Young Men

Island Girls

NATIONAL BESTSELLERNancy Thayer returns to her beloved Nantucket in a highly emotional, wholly entertaining tale of three sisters forced to… Continue Reading Posted in: Domestic Life, Literature & Fiction, Romance

Blood Of The Fold (Sword of Truth)

In a fantasy world as rich and real as our own, Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell stand against the ancient… Continue Reading Posted in: American Fiction, Fantastic Fiction, Fantasy, Literature & Fiction, Magic

The Blood Mirror

Stripped of both magical and political power, the people he once ruled told he's dead, and now imprisoned in his… Continue Reading Posted in: Epic, Fantasy, Literature & Fiction

The Water of the Hills: Jean de Florette & Manon of the Springs

Tells the story of Jean de Florette, a 35-year-old, city-bred, hunchbacked idealist, his wife, Aimee, and his daughter, Manon. In… Continue Reading Posted in: France Provence, French Fiction, Literature & Fiction

Heir to Sevenwaters

A brand new novel in the beloved world of Sevenwaters, a fantasy series that should appeal to "Lord of the… Continue Reading Posted in: Australian Fiction, Fantasy Fiction, Historical Fantasy, Inheritance And Succession, Literature & Fiction

Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy

Simon Lewis has been a human and a vampire, and now he is becoming a Shadowhunter. But the events of… Continue Reading Posted in: Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy

1633

AMERICAN FREEDOM AND JUSTICE VS. SEVENTEENTH CENTURY TYRANNY The new Confederated Principalities of Europe-an alliance between Gustavus,king of Sweden, and… Continue Reading Posted in: Alternative History, Americans, Europe, Literature & Fiction

I Capture the Castle

Through six turbulent months of 1934, 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain keeps a journal, filling three notebooks with sharply funny yet poignant… Continue Reading Posted in: Classics, Domestic Fiction, Literature & Fiction

Dress Codes for Small Towns

“Just friends” is easier. But is it better?As the tomboy daughter of the town’s preacher, Billie McCaffrey has always struggled… Continue Reading Posted in: Lgbt, Literature & Fiction, Romance

Crystal Dragon

Teamed up with a rogue soldier, an odd duo who call themselves wizards, and a sentient tree, Cantra yos'Phelium is… Continue Reading Posted in: Life On Other Planets, Literature & Fiction, Space Opera Science Fiction, Space Warfare

The Tsar of Love and Techno: Stories

From the author of National Book Award longlist selection and New York Times bestseller A Constellation of Vital Phenomena come these dazzling, poignant and… Continue Reading Posted in: Censorship, Literary, Literature & Fiction

Stiletto

In this spirited sequel, The Rook returns to clinch an alliance between deadly rivals and avert epic—and slimy—supernatural war.When secret… Continue Reading Posted in: Literature & Fiction, Occult, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Lost Roses

The runaway bestseller Lilac Girls introduced the real-life heroine Caroline Ferriday. This sweeping new novel, set a generation earlier and… Continue Reading Posted in: Literary, Literature & Fiction, Women's Fiction, Women's Historical Fiction, World War I Historical Fiction

History of the Peloponnesian War

Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the long life-and-death struggle between Athens… Continue Reading Posted in: Ancient Greek History, C.B.C.431 B.C.404, Early Works, Literature & Fiction, Sources, Student Collection

Jeeves and the Tie That Binds

A Bertie and Jeeves classic, featuring the Junior Ganymede, a Market Snodsbury election, and the Observer crossword puzzle.Jeeves, who has… Continue Reading Posted in: English, Fiction In English, Humorous Stories, Literature & Fiction, Valets

Captive Prince: Volume One

From global phenomenon C. S. Pacat comes the first in her critically acclaimed trilogy—with a bonus story.Damen is a warrior… Continue Reading Posted in: Gay, Literature & Fiction

Mirror Dance

The dwarfish, fetally-damaged yet brilliant Miles Vorkosigan has more than his share of troubles. Having recently escaped an assassination plot… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Inheritance And Succession, Literature & Fiction, Military Science Fiction

The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge

Already sold to Warner Bros. for a major motion picture, this riveting novel of the frontier evokes such classics as… Continue Reading Posted in: Biographical, Literature & Fiction, Thrillers & Suspense

Bring It On (Retrievers, Book 3)

Nobody said juggling a career and a relationship would be easy... Wren Valere used to have a simple life. Her… Continue Reading Posted in: Literature & Fiction, Man Woman Relationships, Paranormal & Urban Fantasy, Thieves

Before I Let Go

Best friends Corey and Kyra were inseparable in their snow-covered town of Lost Creek, Alaska. When Corey moves away, she… Continue Reading Posted in: Literature & Fiction, Loners & Outcasts, Magical Realism

Boy Swallows Universe

An utterly wonderful debut novel of love, crime, magic, fate and a boy’s coming of age, set in 1980s Australia… Continue Reading Posted in: Humorous Literary Fiction, Literary, Literature & Fiction, Tragic Dramas & Plays

The Sea of Tranquility

I live in a world without magic or miracles. A place where there are no clairvoyants or shapeshifters, no angels… Continue Reading Posted in: Coming of Age Fiction, Genre Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Romance, Women's Literary Fiction

Hidden Bodies

THE RIVETING SEQUEL TO THE HIT BOOK YOU, NOW A NETFLIX SERIESIn the compulsively readable sequel to her widely acclaimed… Continue Reading Posted in: Crime, Literature & Fiction, Movie & Game Tie-In Fiction, Serial Killer Thrillers, Serial Killers, TV

Death Be Not Proud

Johnny Gunther Jr. was only seventeen years old when he died of a brain tumor. During the months of his… Continue Reading Posted in: 90-Minute Literature & Fiction Short Reads, Biography, Health, Literature & Fiction, Patients

Truly Devious

New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson weaves a delicate tale of murder and mystery in the first book of… Continue Reading Posted in: Ghosts, Horror, Literature & Fiction

The Great Greene Heist

Saving the school -- one con at a time.Jackson Greene has reformed. No, really he has. He became famous for… Continue Reading Posted in: Children's African-American Story Books, Children's Friendship Books, Friendship, Literature & Fiction, Social & Family Issues

Girl Underwater

An adventurous debut novel that cross cuts between a competitive college swimmer’s harrowing days in the Rocky Mountains after a… Continue Reading Posted in: Literary, Literature & Fiction, Romance

Barkskins

In the late seventeenth century two penniless young Frenchmen, René Sel and Charles Duquet, arrive in New France. Bound to… Continue Reading Posted in: Family Saga, Literary, Literature & Fiction

All Is Not Forgotten

In the small, affluent town of Fairview, Connecticut everything seems picture perfect.Until one night when young Jenny Kramer is attacked… Continue Reading Posted in: Literature & Fiction, Psychological Fiction, Thrillers & Suspense

Sugar Daddy

Determined to a make a new and better life for herself and her baby sister, Liberty Jones moves to the… Continue Reading Posted in: Contemporary Literary Fiction, Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Love Stories

The Prison House

Jimmy has reached a crossroads in life. After many months of drifting and drinking his way around Europe he finds… Continue Reading Posted in: Greece, Literature & Fiction, Literature & Fiction in French, Suspense Fiction

The Phantom of the Opera

When the new managers of the Paris Opera House ignore their predecessors' warnings about the hideous 'Opera ghost' stalking the… Continue Reading Posted in: $0.99 Classics, Composers, Fiction, General, Literature & Fiction, Musicals

Smooth talking stranger

Jack Travis leads the uncomplicated life of a millionaire Texas playboy. He makes no commitments, he loves many women, he… Continue Reading Posted in: Contemporary Literary Fiction, Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Love Stories, Sisters

The Secrets She Keeps

From Deb Caletti, the bestselling and National Book Award finalist, comes a novel about the immutable, enduring and ever-present conflicts… Continue Reading Posted in: Literature & Fiction, Romance, Women's Fiction

Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkuhn as Told by a Friend

Adrian Leverkühn is a young man destined for success. He is a composer – creative and brilliant, but he will… Continue Reading Posted in: German Literature, Literature & Fiction, Translations Into English

If We Were Villains

Oliver Marks has just served ten years in jail - for a murder he may or may not have committed.… Continue Reading Posted in: Literature & Fiction, Thrillers & Suspense

Lady Midnight

The Shadowhunters of Los Angeles star in the first novel in Cassandra Clare’s newest series, The Dark Artifices, a sequel… Continue Reading Posted in: Literature & Fiction, Paranormal & Urban

Sleeping Beauty Trilogy

Celebrate the daring gifts of Anne Rice, writing as A. N. Roquelaure, with this beautifully repackaged boxed set of the… Continue Reading Posted in: Erotica, Literature & Fiction

Michael Vey 4: Hunt for Jade Dragon

Michael and his friends must rescue a child prodigy as the thrilling action continues in this electrifying fourth installment of… Continue Reading Posted in: Friendship, Literature & Fiction, Social & Family Issues, Social Skills & School Life

One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories

From an actor, writer, and director of the hit TV comedy The Office (US version): a story collection that was… Continue Reading Posted in: American Wit And Humor, Humorous American Literature, Humorous Fiction, Literary, Literature & Fiction

Honor Among Enemies

Offered a chance to reclaim her career with the Royal Manticoran Navy, exiled officer Honor Harrington is charged with stopping… Continue Reading Posted in: Literature & Fiction, Military Science Fiction, Science Fiction, Space Warfare

Do Not Become Alarmed

From a beloved, award-winning writer, the much-anticipated novel about what happens when two families go on a tropical vacation -… Continue Reading Posted in: Coming Of Age, Family Life Fiction, Literary, Literature & Fiction, Tragic Dramas & Plays

Smoking Poppy

One of the most respected names in genre writing returns with an extraordinarily powerful and moving story of one man’s… Continue Reading Posted in: Drug Traffic, Literature & Fiction, Magical Realism, Suspense Fiction, Thailand

Royal Flash

In volume 2 of The Flashman Papers, Flashman tangles with femme fatale Lola Montez and the dastardly Otto Von Bismarck… Continue Reading Posted in: England, Flashman, Harry (Fictitious Character), Historical Fiction, Literature & Fiction

Captive Prince: Volume Two

With their countries on the brink of war, Damen and his new master, Prince Laurent, must exchange the intrigues of… Continue Reading Posted in: Gay, LGBT Fantasy Fiction, LGBT Literary Fiction, Literature & Fiction

Ru

Ru. In Vietnamese it means lullaby; in French it is a small stream, but also signifies a flow--of tears, blood,… Continue Reading Posted in: Kim, Literary, Literature & Fiction, Thúy