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Salt Houses

by Hala Alyan

Published: 2018-06-05

Paperback: 336 pages

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Winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and the Arab American Book Award  Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR * Nylon * Kirkus Reviews * Bustle * BookPage  “Moving and beautifully written.” — Entertainment Weekly On the eve of her daughter Alia’s wedding, Salma reads the girl�...

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Miss Burma

by Charmaine Craig

Published: 2017-05-02

Hardcover: 368 pages

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A beautiful and poignant story of one family during the most violent and turbulent years of world history, Miss Burma is a powerful novel of love and war, colonialism and ethnicity, and the ties of blood. Miss Burma tells the story of modern-day Burma through the eyes of Benny and Khin, h...

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Standard Deviation: A novel

by Katherine Heiny

Published: 2017-05-23

Hardcover: 336 pages

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TheSkimm’s Best of Skimm Reads NPR’s Guide to Great Reads The Washington Post’s 50 Notable Works of Fiction of the YearMinnesota Public Radio’s The Best Books to Give and Get: Fiction Picks of the YearAn uproarious novel ("Both heart-piercing and, crucially, very funny." —Louis...

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Trophy Son: A Novel

by Douglas Brunt

Published: 2017-05-30

Hardcover: 288 pages

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"Trophy Son brings Conroy's The Great Santini and Malamud's The Natural into the present day...A terrific book." -Harlan CobenPrivate lessons. Professional coaches. Specialized camps for sports, math, music, and other fields. Today’s children are pushed to achieve excellence?or else. Bu...

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House of Names: A Novel

by Colm Toibin

Published: 2017-05-09

Hardcover: 288 pages

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* A Washington Post Notable Fiction Book of the Year * Named a Best Book of 2017 by NPR, The Guardian, The Boston Globe, St. Louis DispatchFrom the thrilling imagination of bestselling, award-winning Colm Tóibín comes a retelling of the story of Clytemnestra—spectacularly audacious, v...

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The Slap: A Novel

by Christos Tsiolkas

Published: 2010-04-27

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The basis for the NBC event series directed by Lisa Cholodenko and starring Uma Thurman, Peter Sarsgaard, and Zachary Quinto.In this powerful and riveting novel reminiscent of Liane Moriarty's Truly, Madly, Guilty, literary phenomenon Christos Tsiolkas unflinchingly exposes the inner work...

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by Muriel Barbery

Published: 2009

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Rene is the concierge of a grand Parisian apartment building. She maintains a carefully constructed persona as someone uncultivated but reliable, in keeping with what she feels a concierge should be. But beneath this facade lies the real Rene: passionate about culture and the arts, and more knowledgeable...

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If We Were Villains: A Novel

by M. L. Rio

Published: 2017-04-11

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“Much like Donna Tartt’s The Secret History, M. L. Rio’s sparkling debut is a richly layered story of love, friendship, and obsession...If We Were Villains will keep you riveted through its final, electrifying moments.”?Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, New York Times bestselling author o...

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Elizabeth I: The Novel

by Margaret George

Published: 2012-03-27

Paperback: 704 pages

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The New York Times bestseller from Margaret George—a captivating novel about history's most enthralling queen, the legendary Elizabeth Tudor.England’s greatest monarch has baffled and intrigued the world for centuries. But what was the Virgin Queen really like? Lettice Knollys—Elizab...

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The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England

by Ian Mortimer

Published: 2013-04-01

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From the author of one of the biggest-selling history books of recent years, the follow-up to The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England. The past is a foreign country -- this is your guide. We think of Queen Elizabeth I as 'Gloriana': the most powerful English woman in history. We th...