Some Arresting Fiction to Take Pleasure in
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Lily's Ghost
by Cheryl Drake Harris
Haunted by her horrific memories as a doctor in Vietnam, Lily has built a safe new life for herself in a small Maine town, until …
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The Law of Dreams
by Peter Behrens
After witnessing the deaths of his family, Fergus O'Brien leaves Ireland in search of a new life.
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Girls in Peril
by Karen Boren
Coming of age in 1970s Wisconsin, five teenage girls realize that their biggest challenges comes not from outside elements but from within their own communities …
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Restless
by William Boyd
In this masterful and thrilling espionage story, the secrets of Sally Gilmartin's past still haunt her. Someone is trying to kill her and at last …
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The Dive From Clausen's Pier
by Ann Packer
How much do we owe the people we love? Is it a sign of strength or weakness to walk away from someone in need? These …
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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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The Honk and Holler Opening Soon
by Billie Letts
Caney Paxton wanted his cafe to have the biggest and brightest sign in Eastern Oklahoma-the "opening soon" part was supposed to be just a removable, …
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A Rose for the Crown
by Anne Easter Smith
AN UNFORGETTABLE HEROINE, A KING MISUNDERSTOOD BY HISTORY, A LOVE STORY THAT HAS NEVER BEEN TOLD In A Rose for the Crown, we meet one …
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Twilight of the Superheroes
by Deborah Eisenberg
In her newest collection of short stories, Eisenberg demonstrates once again her virtuosic abilities in precisely distilled, perfectly shaped studies of human connection and disconnection.
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The Mists of Avalon
by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The magical saga of the women behind King Arthur's throne. “A monumental reimagining of the Arthurian legends . . . reading it is a deeply …
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Traveler
by Ron McLarty
Visiting his working-class childhood home in Rhode Island after learning that his first girlfriend has passed away, part-time actor Jono Riley remembers his coming of …
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The Royal Ghosts
by Samrat Upadhyay
A collection of short stories about characters in Nepali society struggling with their duties to their aging parents, an oppressive caste system, and the frustrations …
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Once in a Promised Land
by Laila Halaby
Once in a Promised Land is the story of Jassim and Salwa, who left the deserts of their native Jordan for those of Arizona, each …
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Rules for Old Men Waiting
by Peter Pouncey
A brief, lyrical novel with a powerful emotional charge, Rules for Old Men Waiting is about three wars of the twentieth century and an ever-deepening …
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Mr. Thundermug
by Cornelius Medvei
A wildly inventive novella, illustrated with the author's original lithographs, in which a baboon acquires the faculties of human speech and is put on trial …
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Jimi Hendrix Turns Eighty
by Tim Sandlin
Reluctantly taking up residence at an assisted-living facility outside San Francisco in 2023, Guy Fontaine realizes that his aging-hippie fellow residents are living out their …
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Salaam, Paris
by Kavita Daswani
Tanaya Shah longs for the wonderful world of Paris, the world that she fell in love with while watching Audrey Hepburn in "Sabrina"--so when a …
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The Splendor of Silence
by Indu Sundaresan
Arriving in the west India state of Rudrakot where he hopes to find his idealistic brother, who went missing after joining the local struggle for …
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American Cookery
by Laura Kalpakian
Two strong willed women struggle to pull Eden from the comfy sloth of her parent's home.
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Tolstoy Lied
by Rachel Kadish
Headed for tenure at a major university, Tracy Farber is determined to demonstrate that Tolstoy is wrong in his argument that only unhappiness is interesting …
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The Devil and Miss Prym
by Paulo Coelho
A community devoured by greed, cowardice, and fear. A man persecuted by the ghosts of his painful past. A young woman searching for happiness. In …
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The News from Paraguay
by Lily Tuck
The year is l854. In Paris, Francisco Solano -- the future dictator of Paraguay -- begins his courtship of the young, beautiful Irish courtesan Ella …
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The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs
by Alexander McCall Smith
Professor Dr. Von Igelfeld is mistaken for a veterinarian, and not wanting to call attention to the faux pas, begins practicing veterinary medicine without a …
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Joe College
by Tom Perrotta
For many college students, Spring Break means fun and sun in Florida. For Danny, a Yale junior, it means two weeks behind the wheel of …
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Nowhere is a Place
by Bernice L. McFadden
Traveling across country together, a mother and daughter discover the assorted pieces of their family's past, which--when pulled together--reveal a history of amazing survival and …
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Gilead
by Marilynne Robinson
In 1956, toward the end of his life, Reverend John Ames begins a letter to his young son, sharing the story of his life and …
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union
by Michael Chabon
For sixty years, Jewish refugees and their descendants have prospered in the Federal District of Sitka, a "temporary" safe haven created in the wake of …
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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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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 …
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We Need to Talk About Kevin
by Lionel Shriver
The gripping international bestseller about motherhood gone awry Eva never really wanted to be a mother—and certainly not the mother of the unlovable boy who …
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Digging to America
by Anne Tyler
This luminous novel brims with tender observations about what it is to be an American, and about Iranian-born Maryam Yazdam, who after 35 years in …