Donna Kallners Fiction Favorites
Explore Donna Kallner's top fiction favorites with this curated list of must-read books. Discover her beloved picks and find your next great read today!
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Maisie Dobbs
by Jacqueline Winspear
A favorite mystery series of Hillary Clinton (as mentioned in What Happened, The New York Times Book Review, and New York Magazine) A New York …
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Pardonable Lies
by Jacqueline Winspear
In the third novel of this bestselling series, London investigator Maisie Dobbs faces grave danger as she returns to the site of her most painful …
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Messenger of Truth
by Jacqueline Winspear
Maisie Dobbs investigates the mysterious death of a controversial artist—and World War I veteran—in the next entry of the bestselling series
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Among the Mad
by Jacqueline Winspear
In the thrilling next novel by New York Times bestselling author Jacqueline Winspear, Maisie Dobbs must catch a madman before he commits murder on an …
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The Mapping of Love and Death
by Jacqueline Winspear
"Maisie Dobbs must unravel a case of wartime love and death--an investigation that leads her to a doomed affair between a young cartographer and a …
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Half Broke Horses
by Jeannette Walls
Walls's "The Glass Castle" was nothing short of spectacular ("Entertainment Weekly"). Now Walls presents this magnificent, true-life novel based on her no-nonsense, resourceful, hardworking, and …
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Dreamers of the Day
by Mary Doria Russell
A schoolteacher still reeling from the tragedies of the Great War and the influenza epidemic travels to the Middle East in this memorable and passionate …
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World Made by Hand
by James Howard Kunstler
In the wake of a series of global catastrophes that have destroyed industrial civilization, the inhabitants of Union Grove, a small New York town, do …
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Olive Kitteridge
by Elizabeth Strout
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • The beloved first novel featuring Olive Kitteridge, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of My Name is …
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Gardens of Water
by Alan Drew
Living on the outskirts of Istanbul, members of two families, one Kurdish Muslim, the other American, are changed forever by a massive earthquake that brings …
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Follow the River
by James Alexander Thom
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “It takes a rare individual not only to see that history can live, but also to make it live for others. James …
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Bloody Jack
by Louis A. Meyer
Reduced to begging and thievery in the streets of London, a thirteen-year-old orphan disguises herself as a boy and connives her way onto a British …
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Curse of the Blue Tattoo
by Louis A. Meyer
After being forced to leave her ship in 1803, Jacky Faber finds herself attending school in Boston, where, instead of learning to be a lady, …
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In the Belly of the Bloodhound
by Louis A. Meyer
Jacky Faber and her classmates at the Lawson Peabody School for Young Girls in Boston are kidnapped while on a school outing and transported in …
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Mississippi Jack
by Louis A. Meyer
In 1806, the exploits of Jacky Faber continue as she heads west to avoid capture by the British and discovers adventure aboard a keelboat on …
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Under the Jolly Roger
by Louis A. Meyer
In 1804, fifteen-year-old Jacky Faber heads back to sea where she gains control of a British warship and eventually becomes a privateer.
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Year of Wonders
by Geraldine Brooks
"When an infected bolt of cloth carries plague from London to an isolated mountain village, a housemaid named Anna Frith emerges as an unlikely heroine …
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The Beekeeper's Apprentice
by Laurie R. King
Fifteen-year-old Mary Russell, becomes the apprentice of Sherlock Holmes and together investigate the disappearance of an American senator's daughter.
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A Monstrous Regiment of Women
by Laurie R. King
Winner of the Nero Wolfe Award It is 1921 and Mary Russell--Sherlock Holmes's brilliant apprentice, now an Oxford graduate with a degree in theology--is on …
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The Language of Bees
by Laurie R. King
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “[Laurie R.] King enriches the Sherlockian legacy.”—The Boston Globe For Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, returning to the …
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A Letter of Mary
by Laurie R. King
The third book in the Mary Russell–Sherlock Holmes series. It is 1923. Mary Russell Holmes and her husband, the retired Sherlock Holmes, are enjoying the …
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Justice Hall
by Laurie R. King
Only hours after Holmes and Russell return from solving one murky riddle on the moor, another knocks on their front door . . . literally. …
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The Moor
by Laurie R. King
In the eerie wasteland of Dartmoor, Sherlock Holmes summons his devoted wife and partner, Mary Russell, from her studies at Oxford to aid the investigation …
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O Jerusalem
by Laurie R. King
At the close of the year 1918, forced to flee England's green and pleasant land, Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes enter British-occupied Palestine under the …
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Folly
by Laurie R. King
A moving, resonant and haunting psychological suspense novel from an award-winning author. A lonely island off the northwest coast of America. A ruined folly. A …
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Keeping Watch
by Laurie R. King
Acclaimed as one of the most original talents to emerge in the last decade, award-winning author Laurie R. King returns to Folly Island to deliver …
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The Thirteenth Tale
by Diane Setterfield
In this rousingly good ghost story, Setterfield's debut novel rejuvenates the genre with a closely plotted, clever foray into a world of secrets, confused identities, …
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His Dark Materials
by Philip Pullman
The subtle knife: As the boundaries between worlds begin to dissolve, Lyra and her daemon help Will Parry in his search for his father and …
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The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father's servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully …
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini
Propelled by the same superb instinct for storytelling that made The Kite Runner a beloved classic, the #1 New York Times bestseller A Thousand Splendid …
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The Angel's Game
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
From the author of the international phenomenon "The Shadow of the Wind" comes "The Angel's Game" comes a new page-turner about the perilous nature of …
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The Shadow of the Wind
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
A boy named Daniel selects a novel from a library of rare books, enjoying it so much that he searches for the rest of the …
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Haroun and the Sea of Stories
by Salman Rushdie
It all begins with a letter. Fall in love with Penguin Drop Caps, a new series of twenty-six collectible and hardcover editions, each with a …