A Few Novels Everybody Should Read
Discover must-read novels that everyone should explore. This curated list features timeless classics and modern masterpieces to enrich your reading journey. Find your next favorite book today!
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The Secret Lives of Fortunate Wives
by Sarah Strohmeyer
A tale of love and betrayal among the gated-in communities of American suburbia finds Ohio socialite Marti Denton realizing her passionate love for John Harding …
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Portrait of an Unknown Woman
by Vanora Bennett
In an epic tale set against a backdrop of civil-war torn sixteenth-century Europe, portraitist Hans Holbein the Younger flees to the safety of Tudor England …
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The Name of the Wind
by Patrick Rothfuss
Kvothe spends his life fighting hidden and familiar foes while struggling to master his magical powers and battle ancient evils that threaten his world.
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The Starter Wife
by Gigi Levangie Grazer
When Gracie's husband unceremoniously dumps her (by cell phone) mere months before their ten-year anniversary and takes up with a famous pop starlet, she finds …
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Desperation Moon
by Ken Douglas
When racecar driver Sara Hackett arrives home from a desert road race, she finds her niece and another girl have been kidnapped and a dead …
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Hot Flash Holidays
by Nancy Thayer
When the Hot Flash friends gather at the spa to trim the Christmas tree, they share steaming mugs of hot chocolate, a few laughs, and …
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The Art of Uncontrolled Flight
by Kim Ponders
A stunning literary debut about a woman – an airforce pilot – torn between duty and desire. The long shadow of a charismatic father leads …
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter
by Kim Edwards
In a tale spanning twenty-five years, a doctor delivers his newborn twin daughter during a snowstorm and, rashly deciding to protect his wife from the …
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The Camel Bookmobile
by Masha Hamilton
Reminiscent of "Reading Lolita in Tehran, The Camel Bookmobile" is a captivating novel about a young American woman who leaves her everyday life behind, to …
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Veronica
by Mary Gaitskill
The friendship between Alison, a young woman struggling with her ruined career as a fashion model, and Veronica, an older eccentric and proofreader, survives Alison's …
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Maybe a Miracle
by Brian Strause
Comic and heartbreaking, intimate and universal, familiar and extraordinary, Strause's captivating debut novel about a family in crisis takes readers on a miraculous emotional journey …
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The Unnatural History of Cypress Parish
by Elise Blackwell
Set in southern Louisiana in the weeks preceding the great flood of 1927, this novel depicts a place and way of life about to be …
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Eventide
by Kent Haruf
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The award-winning, bestselling author of Plainsong returns to the high-plains town of Holt, Colorado, with a novel that unveils the immemorial truths …
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The Knitting Circle
by Ann Hood
After the sudden loss of Stella, her only child, Mary Baxter joins a knitting circle in Providence, Rhode Island. Seeking a way to fill the …
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Portrait in Sepia
by Isabel Allende
Lacking all memory of the first five years of her life because of a brutal trauma, Aurora del Valle is raised by her regal grandmother …
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The Friday Night Knitting Club
by Kate Jacobs
Gathering for their weekly knitting club at a small yarn shop on Manhattan's upper west side, a group of friends shares such challenges as raising …
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A Feast for Crows
by George R. R. Martin
THE BOOK BEHIND THE FOURTH SEASON OF THE ACCLAIMED HBO SERIES GAME OF THRONES Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and …
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The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents …
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The Madonnas of Leningrad
by Debra Dean
In this sublime debut novel, set amid the horrors of the siege of Leningrad in World War II, a gifted writer explores the power of …
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The Double Bind
by Chris Bohjalian
Working at a homeless shelter, student Laurel Estabrook encounters Bobbie Crocker, a man with a history of mental illness and a box of secret photos, …
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Saving Fish from Drowning
by Amy Tan
“A rollicking, adventure-filled story . . . packed [with] the human capacity for love.” –USA Today “A superbly executed, good-hearted farce that is part romance …
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The Kitchen God's Wife
by Amy Tan
"Remarkable...mesmerizing...compelling.... An entire world unfolds in Tolstoyan tide of event and detail....Give yourself over to the world Ms. Tan creates for you." —The New York …
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The Joy Luck Club
by Amy Tan
“The Joy Luck Club is one of my favorite books. From the moment I first started reading it, I knew it was going to be …
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The List
by Tara Ison
Isabel, an aspiring medical student, and Al, a failed movie director working as a video store clerk, fall into an on-again, off-again sex-driven relationship that …
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Twin Study
by Stacey Richter
"Richter writes with volatile energy, hurtling through her stories while flitting seamlessly between the unusual and the mundane. She shows the repercussions of bad parenting, …
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Zoli
by Colum McCann
As fascism spreads across 1930s Europe, Zoli Novotna, a young Gypsy poet, and her grandfather seek refuge with a clan of Romani harpists, where her …
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Mergers & Acquisitions
by Dana Vachon
Having landed his dream job as an investment banker as well as a girlfriend from a wealthy family, recent graduate Tommy Quinn enjoys a privileged …
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The Raw Shark Texts
by Steven Hall
Eric Sanderson wakes up in a place he doesn't recognise, unable to remember who he is. Attacked by a force he cannot see and confronted …