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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...

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Ransom: A Novel

by David Malouf

Published: 2011-01-25

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In his first novel in more than a decade, award-winning author David Malouf reimagines the pivotal narrative of Homer’s Iliad—one of the most famous passages in all of literature. This is the story of the relationship between two grieving men at war: fierce Achilles, who has lost his ...

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Zorba the Greek

by Nikos Kazantzakis

Published: 2014-12-23

Paperback: 368 pages

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A stunning new translation of the classic book—and basis for the beloved Oscar-winning film—brings the clarity and beauty of Kazantzakis’s language and story alive.First published in 1946, Zorba the Greek, is, on one hand, the story of a Greek working man named Zorba, a passionate lo...

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Gould's Book of Fish

by Richard Flanagan

Published: 2002-12-26

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Winner of the Commonwealth PrizeNew York Times Book Review?Notable Fiction 2002Entertainment Weekly?Best Fiction of 2002Los Angeles Times Book Review?Best of the Best 2002Washington Post Book World?Raves 2002Chicago Tribune?Favorite Books of 2002Christian Science Monitor?Best Books 2002Pub...

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Burnt Shadows: A Novel

by Kamila Shamsie

Published: 2009-04-27

Kindle Edition: 386 pages

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Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardAn Orange Prize FinalistNagasaki, August 9, 1945. Hiroko Tanaka watches her lover from the veranda as he leaves. Sunlight streams across Urakami Valley, and then the world goes white.In the devastating aftermath of the atomic bomb, Hiroko leaves Japan...