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Advise and Consent

by Allen Drury

Probes the drama and maneuvering surrounding the choice of an American Secretary of State.
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Foreign Affairs

by Alison Lurie

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE Virginia Miner, a fifty-something, unmarried tenured professor, is in London to work on her new book about children’s folk rhymes. Despite carrying a U.S. passport, …
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The Late George Apley

by John P. Marquand

A modern classic restored to print -- the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that charts the diminishing fortunes of a distinguished Boston family in the early years of the 20th century. Sweeping …
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Tales of the South Pacific

by James Albert Michener

"Truly one of the most remarkable books to come out of the war. Mr. Michener is a born story-teller." THE NEW YORK TIMES Winner of the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for …
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A Death in the Family

by James Agee

Jay Follet is healthy, robust, and in the prime of life when he sets out from home one hot summer night to tend to his sick father. He leaves behind …
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Interpreter of Maladies

by Jhumpa Lahiri

Navigating between the Indian traditions they've inherited and a baffling new world, the characters in Lahiri's elegant, touching stories seek love beyond the barriers of culture and generations.
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The Executioner's Song

by Norman Mailer

Re-creates the crime, trial and events leading to the execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore, who requested the death sentence.
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The Town

by Conrad Richter

The story of a pioneer family and the transition they have to make as urban areas begin to spread in the 1800s.
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House Made of Dawn

by N. Scott Momaday

A young American Indian returning from World War II searches for his place on his old reservation and in urban society.
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The Optimist's Daughter

by Eudora Welty

This Pulitzer Prize–winning novel tells the story of Laurel McKelva Hand, a young woman who has left the South and returns, years later, to New Orleans, where her father is …
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Guard of Honor

by James Gould Cozzens

Guard of Honor is a neglected masterpiece that stands comparison with the greatest novels of the Second World War--essayist Noel Perrin deemed it "probably the best war novel of the …
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A Fable

by William Faulkner

This novel won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award in 195. An allegorical story of World War I, set in the trenches in France and dealing ostensibly …