Sample a Taste of Gourmet Fiction
Discover a delectable selection of gourmet fiction books! Sample a taste of exquisite stories that blend culinary delights with captivating narratives. Perfect for food-loving readers.
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The Road
by Cormac McCarthy
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • A searing, post-apocalyptic novel about a father and son's fight to survive, this "tale of survival …
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Thirteen Moons
by Charles Frazier
Brilliantly imagined and written with great power and beauty by the author of "Cold Mountain, Thirteen Moons" is a stunning novel about a mans passion …
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Water for Elephants
by Sara Gruen
A cloth bag containing ten copies of the title, that may also include a folder with miscellaneous notes, discussion questions, biographical information, and reading lists …
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Tangerine Dream
by Ken Douglas
Best friends Haley and Taylor must deal with a terrible loss when Taylor's twin sister, Dylan, is killed in a car crash. Meanwhile, Taylor and …
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Body Surfing
by Anita Shreve
Struggling to start over again after being divorced and widowed while still in her twenties, Sydney tutors the daughter of a wealthy couple during a …
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Burning Bright
by Tracy Chevalier
Presents a sweeping and romantic tale set against the historical backdrop of William Blake's London.
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Suite Française
by Irn̈e Nm̌irovsky
In 1940, several families and individuals are thrown together as they flee Paris on the eve of the Nazi invasion and struggle to stay alive …
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Luncheon of the Boating Party
by Susan Vreeland
Renoir is inspired to paint "Luncheon of the boating party" when his other work is criticized by Emile Zola, and while doing so is drawn …
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The Secret Life of Bees
by Sue Monk Kidd
The multi-million bestselling novel about a young girl's journey towards healing and the transforming power of love, from the award-winning author of The Invention of …
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The Mermaid Chair
by Sue Monk Kidd
Jessie Sullivan is summoned home to tiny Egret Island, where she meets Brother Thomas, a monk who is about to take his final vows, and …
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The Inheritance of Loss
by Kiran Desai
In a crumbling house in the remote northeastern Himalayas, an embittered, elderly judge finds his peaceful retirement turned upside down by the arrival of his …
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Killing Johnny Fry
by Walter Mosley
When Cordell Carmel catches his longtime girlfriend with another man, the experience dissolves his calm, everyday existence into a thirst for revenge and a sexual …
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Still Summer
by Jacquelyn Mitchard
Twenty years after a shared childhood marked by their considerable popularity, Tracy, Olivia, and Holly reunite on a luxury Caribbean cruise during which a chance …
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Rise and Shine
by Anna Quindlen
Life will never be the same for Meghan, the star of Rise and shine, after she mutters words of profanity into the open mike, as …
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Finn
by Jon Clinch
In this masterful debut by a major new voice in fiction, Jon Clinch takes us on a journey into the history and heart of one …
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The Lying Tongue
by Andrew Wilson
Relocating to Venice, Adam Woods becomes the personal assistant to a famous elderly expatriate novelist, whose biography Adam secretly pens before the writer discovers him …
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Sisters
by Danielle Steel
During an annual Fourth of July family gathering, the lives of four sisters--Candy, a supermodel; Tammy, a TV producer; Sabrina, an ambitious young lawyer; and …
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Dream when You're Feeling Blue
by Elizabeth Berg
Through their letters, sisters Kitty and Louise tell their tales after watching the boys leave for battle during World War II and Kitty joining the …
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After Dark
by 村上春樹
With his trademark humor and psychological insight, Murakami's power of observation plays out in this sleek novel of encounters set in Tokyo during the witching …
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When We Get There
by Shauna Seliy
In the coal-mining town of Banning, Pennsylvania, over the course of the winter of 1974, thirteen-year-old Lucas, the youngest member of an Eastern European family, …
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In the Driver's Seat
by Helen Simpson
A dark, dazzling, surprisingly funny new collection of stories about single women and wives in various phases of midlife engaged in an often-futile search for …
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Nine
by Andrzej Stasiuk
Pawel, a young businessman in debt to loan sharks, wakes up one April morning in a sea of debris, broken glass, ripped upholstery, and clothes …
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Ghostwalk
by Rebecca Stott
When the death of a Cambridge historian leaves her opus on Sir Isaac Newton unfinished, Lydia Brooke is called in to finish the book, only …
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The Chrysalis
by Heather Terrell
An international thriller that spans centuries, this stunning debut traces a mysterious Dutch masterpiece through the clutches of the Nazis and into the dark underbelly …
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The Religion
by Tim Willocks
This is what we dream of: to be so swept away, so poleaxed by a book that the breath is sucked right out of us. …
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Preliminaries
by S. Yizhar
Strongly biographical, this sensual, powerful novel, laden with scents and colors, progresses frame by frame, showing a boy growing up in a Jewish farming community …
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My Sister's Keeper
by Jodi Picoult
Written with grace, wisdom, and sensitivity, this novel is about a teen who was conceived as a bone marrow match for her sister Kate, and …
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The Constant Princess
by Philippa Gregory
From the "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Virgin's Lover," this enthralling new novel answers one of history's most intriguing questions: What lay behind …
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When Crickets Cry
by Charles Martin
A man with a painful past. A child with a doubtful future. And a shared journey toward healing for both their hearts. It begins on …
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A Land Remembered
by Patrick D. Smith
"In 1858 Tobias MacIvey abandoned his Georgia farm, loaded his meager possessions and his wife and infant son in a wagon and headed south into …