Swann’s Way
In the opening volume of Proust's great novel, the narrator travels backwards in time in order to tell the story… Continue Reading Posted in: Bibliography, Graphic Novels, Literature & Fiction, Social Life And Customs
Sycamore Row
Seth Hubbard is a wealthy man dying of lung cancer. He trusts no one. Before he hangs himself from a… Continue Reading Posted in: Legal Thrillers, Literature & Fiction, Suspense Thrillers, Thrillers & Suspense, Wills
The Love Interest
A thrilling YA debut about teen spies disguised as "love interests"--whoever gets the girl lives; but the one she rejects,… Continue Reading Posted in: Lgbt, LGBT Romance for Teens & Young Adults eBooks, Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Dystopian, Teen & Young Adult LGBT Fiction
Jinx High
Very Good to Like New condition. Perfect spine. Bright clean cover has slight creasing and edge wear. Text is perfect.… Continue Reading Posted in: Literature & Fiction, Oklahoma Tulsa, Paranormal & Urban Fantasy, Witches
Kaaterskill Falls
With her unforgettable short fiction, Allegra Goodman became an award winner and a national bestseller. Her collections, Total Immersion and… 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
Lucifer’s Hammer
alternate cover for ISBN 0708813623The chances that Lucifer's Hammer would hit the earth head-on were one in a million. Then… Continue Reading Posted in: American, Comets Collisions With Earth, Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Adventure
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
Prudence
From New York Times bestselling author Gail Carriger comes a new novel in the world of the Parasol Protectorate starring… Continue Reading Posted in: Literature & Fiction, Paranormal & Urban, Science Fiction
On the Fence
For sixteen-year-old Charlotte Reynolds, aka Charlie, being raised by a single dad and three older brothers has its perks. She… Continue Reading Posted in: Contemporary, Literature & Fiction, Romance
All the Light We Cannot See
An alternate cover for this ISBN can be found hereFrom the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, the stunningly beautiful… Continue Reading Posted in: American Literature, Literary, Literature & Fiction, Military Historical Fiction
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
Taking Lottie Home
When Foster Lanier and Ben Phelps are released from a professional baseball team in 1904, it is the only experience… Continue Reading Posted in: Historical Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Runaway Women, Widows
Carpe Diem
On the run from assassins, Val Con yos'Phelium and Miri Robertson are stranded on a distant planet and must learn… Continue Reading Posted in: American, Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction, Space Opera Science Fiction
To Hell and Back
The pulse-pounding finale to Lilith Saintcrow's urban fantasy series featuring Dante Valentine.Dante Valentine has been through Hell. Literally. Her body… Continue Reading Posted in: Devil, Literature & Fiction, Magic, Paranormal & Urban Fantasy
Rock Chick Rescue
Jet McAlister has a secret. Eddie Chavez has the hots for Jet (not to mention Eddie’s just plain hot). Jet… Continue Reading Posted in: Detective And Mystery Stories, Literary, Literature & Fiction
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
Slade House
Keep your eyes peeled for a small black iron door.Down the road from a working-class British pub, along the brick… Continue Reading Posted in: Ghost Thrillers, Literary Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Supernatural
The Awakening: And Other Stories
Kate Chopin was one of the most individual and adventurous of nineteenth-century american writers, whose fiction explored new and often… Continue Reading Posted in: Bibliography, Coming of Age Fiction, Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Married Women
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
Exit West
In a country teetering on the brink of civil war, two young people meet—sensual, fiercely independent Nadia and gentle, restrained… Continue Reading Posted in: Historical, Literary, Literary Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Political Fiction
Hand of Isis
Against the rising power of Rome, Egypt is the last and strongest bastion of the Eastern Hellenistic kingdoms.,,Charmian is handmaiden… Continue Reading Posted in: 83 B.C.? 30 B.C, Antonius, Bibliography, Fantasy Fiction, Historical Fantasy, Literature & Fiction, Marcus
Parnassus on Wheels
Author: Christopher Morley Sorry we couldn’t find a book description. Please use the goodreads and/or amazon links on the book… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, General Humorous Fiction, Literature & Fiction
White Houses
The unexpected and forbidden affair between Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok unfolds in a triumph of historical fiction from the… Continue Reading Posted in: Biographical, Biographical Fiction, Literary, Literary Fiction, Literature & Fiction
Orphan X
The Nowhere Man is a legendary figure spoken about only in whispers. It's said that when he's reached by the… Continue Reading Posted in: Assassination Thrillers, Conspiracy Thrillers, Crime, Literature & Fiction, Vigilante Justice
Nobody’s Princess
She is beautiful, she is a princess, and Aphrodite is her favorite goddess, but something in Helen of Sparta just… Continue Reading Posted in: Children's Ancient Civilization Fiction, Greek & Roman, Literature & Fiction, Myths & Legends, Teen & Young Adult Ancient Historical Fiction
The Travelling Cat Chronicles
It's not the journey that counts, but who's at your side.Nana, a cat, is devoted to Satoru, his owner. So… Continue Reading Posted in: Animal Fiction, Literary, Literature & Fiction, Metaphysical Fiction, Solitude
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
Nicholas Nickleby
I shall never regret doing as I have—never, if I starve or beg in consequence' When Nicholas Nickleby is left… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction Classics, Literature & Fiction, Novel, Poor Families, Widows
The Overstory
An Air Force loadmaster in the Vietnam War is shot out of the sky, then saved by falling into a… Continue Reading Posted in: Literary, Literary Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Nature Stories, Political Fiction
The Goldfinch
It begins with a boy. Theo Decker, a thirteen-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned… Continue Reading Posted in: LGBT Coming of Age Fiction, LGBT Family Life Fiction, Literary, Literature & Fiction, Rich People
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
Martin Chuzzlewit
While writing Martin Chuzzlewit - his sixth novel - Dickens declared it 'immeasurably the best of my stories.' He was… Continue Reading Posted in: Adventure Stories, Bildungsromans, Description And Travel, 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
Russka
Spanning 1800 years of Russia's history, people, poltics, and culture, Edward Rutherfurd, author of the phenomenally successful SARUM: THE NOVEL… Continue Reading Posted in: Action & Adventure Fiction (Books), Contemporary, Historical British & Irish Literature, Literature & Fiction
Joy in the Morning
Trapped in Steeple Bumpleigh, a lesser man than Bertie Wooster would have given way. Ex-fiancee Florence Cray is present, as… Continue Reading Posted in: Butlers, General Humorous Fiction, Humorous Stories, Literature & Fiction, Valets
The Last Painting of Sara de Vos
This is what we long for: the profound pleasure of being swept into vivid new worlds, worlds peopled by characters… Continue Reading Posted in: Australia & Oceania Literature, Historical, Historical Fiction, Literary, Literature & Fiction
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
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
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
Summer of Fear
When reporter/crime writer Russell Monroe finds his former lover brutally slain in an apparently ritual style, he suspects a connection… Continue Reading Posted in: English Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Mysteries, United States
Burning Water (Diana Tregarde Investigation)
Dallas Police Detective Mark Valdez isn't just any cop, he's a psychic who knows that the cattle mutilations and torture… Continue Reading Posted in: Fantasy Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Paranormal & Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Fiction, Serial Murders
Gale Force (Weather Warden, Book 7)
Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin is on vacation when her Djinn lover, David, asks Joanne to marry him. She's thrilled to… Continue Reading Posted in: Earthquakes, Florida, Jinn, Literature & Fiction, Paranormal & Urban Fantasy
Ice Station
At a remote US ice station in Antarctica, a team of scientists has made an amazing discovery. They found something… Continue Reading Posted in: Airplanes, Literature & Fiction, Military Prototypes, Prototypes, Suspense, Suspense Fiction
Homegoing
A novel of breathtaking sweep and emotional power that traces three hundred years in Ghana and along the way also… Continue Reading Posted in: Afroamerikanische Historische Romane, Literary, Literary Fiction, Literature & Fiction, United States
Dirty Together
My wife. I love saying those words. She's mine, and if she thinks I'm going to let her run without… Continue Reading Posted in: Billionaire Romance, Literature & Fiction
Amongst Women
Physical description; 184 p. ; 20 cm. Subjects; Republicanism ; Fiction. Guerrillas Ireland ; Fiction. Irish literature 20th century. Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction In English 1945 Texts, Irish Authors, Irish Fiction In English 20th Century, Literature & Fiction
A Closed and Common Orbit
Embark on an exciting, adventurous, and dangerous journey through the galaxy with the motley crew of the spaceship Wayfarer in… Continue Reading Posted in: Action & Adventure Romance, Alien Invasion, First Contact, Literature & Fiction
Chalktown
Set in rural Mississippi during the '60s, Chalktown is fiction as original as its predecessor, Mother of Pearl , which… Continue Reading Posted in: Children With Mental Disabilities, Domestic Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Mississippi George County
Daisy Jones & The Six
Everyone knows Daisy Jones & The Six: The band's album Aurora came to define the rock 'n' roll era of… Continue Reading Posted in: Domestic Life, Literary, Literature & Fiction
The Letter
Every so often a love story comes along to remind us that sometimes, in our darkest hour, hope shines a… Continue Reading Posted in: Contemporary, Contemporary Literary Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Women's Literary Fiction
Mother Night
A companion novel to "Slaughterhouse 5", covering similar themes and drawing on the author's experiences as a prisoner of war… Continue Reading Posted in: Contemporary, Literature & Fiction
Every Exquisite Thing
Didn’t you ever just simply want to…stop?Star athlete and straight-A student Nanette O’Hare has played the role of dutiful daughter… Continue Reading Posted in: Contemporary, Literature & Fiction, Romance
Take Me with You
August Shroeder, a burned-out teacher, has been sober since his 19-year-old son died. Every year he's spent the summer on… Continue Reading Posted in: Literary, Literature & Fiction, National Parks And Reserves Harry Potter Set of 7 books – Gift Edition
Author: Sorry we couldn’t find a book description. Please use the goodreads and/or amazon links on the book page to… Continue Reading Posted in: Children's Books, Children's Literature (Books), Literature & Fiction
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
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
The 4400: Welcome to Promise City
Based on the hit USA Network series The 4400, an original novel about a group of 4400 people taken out… Continue Reading Posted in: American Literature, Hard Science Fiction, Literature & Fiction
Magic Rises
Atlanta is a city plagued by magical problems. Kate Daniels will fight to solve them—no matter the cost. Mercenary Kate… Continue Reading Posted in: Literature & Fiction, Paranormal & Urban
Honored Enemy (Legends of the Riftwar, Book 1)
New York Times Bestselling Author,,,,In the frozen Northlands of Midkemia, Captain Dennis Hartraft’s Marauders have just had a disastrous encounter… Continue Reading Posted in: Fantasy, Fantasy Fiction, Imaginary Wars And Battles, Literature & Fiction
Tangerine
The last person Alice Shipley expected to see since arriving in Tangier with her new husband was Lucy Mason. After… Continue Reading Posted in: Female Friendship, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Thrillers & Suspense
Through the Zombie Glass
Zombies stalk the night.Forget blood and brains. These monsters hunger for human souls.Sadly, they've got mine...Alice Bell has lost so… Continue Reading Posted in: Literature & Fiction, Paranormal & Urban, Romance, Teen & Young Adult Paranormal & Urban Fantasy, Teen & Young Adult Zombie Fiction
The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic
Love speaks in flowers. Truth requires thorns.Travel to a world of dark bargains struck by moonlight, of haunted towns and… Continue Reading Posted in: Fairy Tales & Folklore, Literature & Fiction, Sword & Sorcery
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 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
Barrayar
On opposing sides, Captain Cordelia Naismith and Admiral Lord Aral Vorkosigan marry and live in aristocratic splendor on his home… Continue Reading Posted in: American, Literature & Fiction, Miles (Fictitious Character), Military Science Fiction, Science Fiction, Vorkosigan
Diaspora
By the end of the 30th century humanity has the capability to travel the universe, to journey beyond earth and… Continue Reading Posted in: Cloning, Hard Science Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction
Let the Storm Break
Vane Weston is haunted. By the searing pull of his bond to Audra. By the lies he’s told to cover… Continue Reading Posted in: Children's Paranormal, Literature & Fiction, Occult & Supernatural Books, Romance, Science Fiction & Dystopian, Teen & Young Adult Contemporary Fantasy
The Girl Who Wrote in Silk
The smallest items can hold centuries of secrets...Inara Erickson is exploring her deceased aunt's island estate when she finds an… Continue Reading Posted in: Asian American Literature, Domestic Life, Historical Chinese Fiction, Literary, Literature & Fiction
The Princess and Curdie
Princess Irene's great-grandmother has a testing task for Curdie. He will not go alone though, as she provides him with… Continue Reading Posted in: English Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Miners, Science Fiction
All Involved
A propulsive and ambitious novel as electrifying as The Wire, from a writer hailed as the West Coast's Richard Price—a… Continue Reading Posted in: Historical, Literature & Fiction, Political Fiction, Political Thrillers, Thrillers & Suspense
4 3 2 1
Astonishing, a masterpiece, Paul Auster’s greatest, most satisfying, most vivid and heartbreaking novel -- a sweeping and surprising story of… Continue Reading Posted in: Family Saga, Literary, Literary Sagas, Literature & Fiction, Saga Fiction
Etched in Bone
New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop returns to her world of the Others, as humans struggle to survive in… Continue Reading Posted in: Literature & Fiction, Paranormal & Urban, Romantic
Kitchens of the Great Midwest
When Lars Thorvald's wife, Cynthia, falls in love with wine--and a dashing sommelier--he's left to raise their baby, Eva, on… Continue Reading Posted in: Domestic Life, Family Life Fiction, Literary, Literature & Fiction, Mothers & Children Fiction
The Party
In this stunning and provocative domestic drama about a sweet sixteen birthday party that goes horribly awry, a wealthy family… Continue Reading Posted in: Contemporary, Literature & Fiction
Starry Eyes
Ever since last year’s homecoming dance, best friends-turned-best enemies Zorie and Lennon have made an art of avoiding each other.… Continue Reading Posted in: Literature & Fiction, Romance, Romantic Comedy
Three Daughters
From the fertile hills of a tiny village near Jerusalem to the elegant townhouses of Georgetown, Three Daughters is a… Continue Reading Posted in: Literary, Literature & Fiction
Driven
Rylee Thomas is used to being in control. But she’s about to meet the one man that just might make… Continue Reading Posted in: Erotica, Literature & Fiction
First Frost
From the New York Times bestselling author of Garden Spells comes a story of the Waverley family, in a novel… Continue Reading Posted in: Literature & Fiction, United States
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
The Cairo Affair
Sophie Kohl is living her worst nightmare. Minutes after she confesses to her husband, a mid-level diplomat at the American… Continue Reading Posted in: Crime, Espionage Thrillers (Kindle Store), Literature & Fiction, Murder, Suspense (Kindle Store)
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
Sullivan’s Island
Set in the steamy, stormy landscape of South Carolina, Sullivan's Island marks the debut of an exquisitely talented writer--and tells… Continue Reading Posted in: Domestic Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Social Life And Customs, Women
The Music Shop
It is 1988. On a dead-end street in a run-down suburb there is a music shop that stands small and… Continue Reading Posted in: Contemporary British & Irish Literature, Literary, Literature & Fiction, Romance Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction
Anne of Green Gables
As soon as Anne Shirley arrives at the snug white farmhouse called Green Gables, she is sure she wants to… Continue Reading Posted in: Children's Canadian History Books, Children's Nonfiction Family Life Books, Genre Fiction, Literary, Literature & Fiction
Ranger’s Apprentice #8: The Kings of Clonmel
When a cult springs up in neighboring Clonmel, promising to quell the recent attacks by lawless marauders, people flock from… Continue Reading Posted in: Action & Adventure, Literature & Fiction
And I Darken
No one expects a princess to be brutal. And Lada Dragwlya likes it that way. Ever since she and her… Continue Reading Posted in: Geography & Cultures, Literature & Fiction, Medieval
Trust Exercise
Pulitzer Finalist Susan Choi's narrative-upending novel about what happens when a first love between high school students is interrupted by… Continue Reading Posted in: Coming of Age Fiction (Kindle Store), Contemporary Literary Fiction, Literary, Literature & Fiction
The Last Centurion
In the second decade of the twenty-first century the world is struck by two catastrophes, a new mini-ice age and,… Continue Reading Posted in: Catastrophical, Literature & Fiction, Military Science Fiction, Science Fiction, The
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
THE ONLY COMPLETE COLLECTION BY THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR In this definitive collection of Ernest Hemingway's short stories, readers will… Continue Reading Posted in: Classic American Literature, Literature & Fiction, Old Testament Criticism & Interpretation, Short Stories Anthologies
The Book of David
His secret is his downfall. A riveting, first-person tale in the tradition of Go Ask Alice and Lucy in the… Continue Reading Posted in: Death & Dying, Lgbt Issues, Literature & Fiction
The Light We Lost
He was the first person to inspire her, to move her, to truly understand her. Was he meant to be… Continue Reading Posted in: Literature & Fiction, Photojournalists, Romance
The History of Tom Jones
A foundling of mysterious parentage brought up by Mr. Allworthy on his country estate, Tom Jones is deeply in love… Continue Reading Posted in: Bildungsromans, British & Irish Drama & Plays, Humorous Stories, Literature & Fiction, Social Life And Customs
Ranks of Bronze
The guilds of star-travelling merchants had strict rules to prevent their technology from falling into the hands of the natives… Continue Reading Posted in: American, Literature & Fiction, Military Science Fiction, Science Fiction, Space Warfare Gods Behaving Badly
Sorry we couldn’t find a book description. Please use the goodreads and/or amazon links on the book page to read… Continue Reading Posted in: Contemporary Literary Fiction, Fiction, Gods, Greek, Literature & Fiction, Social Life And Customs
If I Was Your Girl
A new kind of big-hearted novel about being seen for who you really are.Amanda Hardy is the new girl in… Continue Reading Posted in: Lgbt, Literature & Fiction, Romance, Teen & Young Adult Fiction about Bullying, Teen & Young Adult Gay & Lesbian Fiction
The City of Brass
Nahri has never believed in magic. Certainly, she has power; on the streets of 18th century Cairo, she’s a con… Continue Reading Posted in: Epic, Historical, Literature & Fiction
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
Her Body and Other Parties
In Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado blithely demolishes the arbitrary borders between psychological realism and science fiction,… Continue Reading Posted in: LGBT Literary Fiction, LGBT Science Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction, Women Identity