Some Captivating Fiction to Take Pleasure in
Discover captivating fiction books to indulge in! Explore our curated list of the most enthralling reads for pure pleasure and escape into unforgettable stories.
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The Scroll of Seduction
by Gioconda Belli
Manuel is a man of many talents; an art historian and professor, he is also an exquisite storyteller. When he meets 16-year-old Lucía on an …
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The Icarus Girl
by Helen Oyeyemi
Jessamy "Jess" Harrison, a racially-mixed child, is growing up feeling that she is caught between two different worlds, until she is sent to visit relatives …
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The Amateur Marriage
by Anne Tyler
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the beloved Pulitzer Prize–winning author—a rich and compelling novel about a mismatched marriage and its consequences, spanning three generations …
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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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Last Voyage of the Valentina
by Santa Montefiore
When Alba discovers a portrait of her deceased mother, she travels to the Amalfi coast of Italy to find out about her mother's past and …
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The Black Sun
by James Twining
The second book in Twinings thrilling Tom Kirk series is a high-wire act of fast-paced narrative and engaging mystery concerning the whereabouts of a train …
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Silent In The Grave
by Deanna Raybourn
These ominous words, slashed from the pages of a book of Psalms, are the last threat that the darling of London society, Sir Edward Grey, …
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Returning to Earth
by Jim Harrison
In his latest novel, the acclaimed author of "Saving Daylight" delivers a tender, profound, and magnificent novel about origins and endings, how to make sense …
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Human Traces
by Sebastian Faulks
Two teenaged boys from different backgrounds become friends through their study of psychiatry, but their love for the same woman creates an explosive situation at …
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Winterwood
by Pat McCabe
When Redmond Hatch, devoted husband and father and Irish newspaper reporter, revisits the secluded mountains where he grew up, he meets Auld Pappie Ned. While …
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A Far Country
by Daniel Philippe Mason
Fourteen-year-old Isabel, who was raised in a remote village on the edge of a sugarcane plantation and who was born with the gift and curse …
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The Liar's Diary
by Patry Francis
Drawn to a vibrant newcomer who has been breaking hearts in their community, Jeanne Cross discovers that she and the woman share deep-seeted emotional needs, …
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The Sweet Life
by Lynn York
In her eagerly anticipated second novel, York catches up with the good people of Swan's Knob for another beautifully realized glimpse of small-town life. Roy …
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Half of a Yellow Sun
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Re-creates the 1960s struggle of Biafra to establish an independent republic in Nigeria, following the intertwined lives of the characters through a military coup, the …
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Purple Hibiscus
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Fifteen-year-old Kambili's world is circumscribed by the high walls and frangipani trees of her family compound. Her wealthy Catholic father, under whose shadow Kambili lives, …
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Passion
by Jude Morgan
Novel of the Romantic poets Byron, Shelley, and Keats through the eyes of the women who loved them.
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Oh My Stars
by Lorna Landvik
I am convinced that at birth the cake is already baked. Nurture is the nuts or frosting, but if you’re a spice cake, you’re a …
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Snow Crash
by Neal Stephenson
The “brilliantly realized” (The New York Times Book Review) breakthrough novel from visionary author Neal Stephenson, a modern classic that predicted the metaverse and inspired …
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Shark Dialogues
by Kiana Davenport
"Compares with Toni Morrison."--Glamour Beginning with the fateful meeting of a nineteenth-century Yankee sailor and the runaway daughter of a Tahitian chief, and sweeping over …
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The Deep End of the Ocean
by Jacquelyn Mitchard
"Masterful...A big story about human connection and emotional survival" - Los Angeles Times The first book ever chosen by Oprah's Book Club Few first novels …
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Moloka'i
by Alan Brennert
This richly imagined novel, set in Hawai'i more than a century ago, is an extraordinary epic of a little-known time and place---and a deeply moving …
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You Remind Me of Me
by Dan Chaon
Why do we become who we become? Through the intertwined threads of the characters' lives, this is the question explored in this eagerly awaited first …
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Heaven Lake
by John Dalton
When Vincent Saunders -- fresh out of college in the States -- arrives in Taiwan as a Christian volunteer and English teacher, he meets a …
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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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Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral
by Kris Radish
The beloved author of Dancing Naked at the Edge of Dawn returns with the story of five women who had nothing in common but one …
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Alphabet Weekends
by Elizabeth Noble
Natalie and Tom have been best friends forever, but Tom wants them to be much more. When Natalie's longtime boyfriend walks out on her just …
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The Friendship Test
by Elizabeth Noble
One late wine- and gossip-fueled night, four friends on a lark create a fateful test of friendship -- one that challenges the very principles and …
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The Reading Group
by Elizabeth Noble
The Reading Group follows the trials and tribulations of a group of women who meet regularly to read and discuss books.Over the course of a …
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March
by Geraldine Brooks
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize--a powerful love story set against the backdrop of the Civil War, from the author of The Secret Chord. From Louisa …
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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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The Secret River
by Kate Grenville
"London, 1806 - William Thornhill, happily wedded to his childhood sweetheart Sal, is a waterman on the River Thames. Life is tough but bearable until …
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Never Let Me Go
by Kazuo Ishiguro
NOBEL PRIZE WINNER • From the acclaimed, bestselling author of The Remains of the Day comes “a Gothic tour de force" (The New York Times) …
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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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Burning Bright
by Tracy Chevalier
Presents a sweeping and romantic tale set against the historical backdrop of William Blake's London.