20th Century
True Confections
In 1975, Alice Tatnall, a convicted felon and local pariah at age eighteen thanks to her having accidentally burned down…
The Little Stranger
Editors' choice
There is a fundamental enigma at the heart of this excellent novel set in England in the austere and grim…
The Unfinished Gift
“Years later, Patrick would still remember the first moment he laid eyes on it.” This is the first moment of…
The Show That Smells
Jimmie Rodgers, Carrie Rodgers, Elsa Schiaparelli, Lon Chaney, Coco Chanel, the Carter Family, and the reader in a mirror maze.…
Secret of the Night Ponies
This story is set in 1965 in thinly settled Newfoundland. It begins with a shipwreck, and the action rarely slows…
Something for the Girls: The Official Guide to the First 100 Years of Guiding
This is the history of the birth and evolution of guiding for the past 100 years. After the formation of…
The Locked Garden
It is 1900, and with the dawn of the new century comes a chance for Verna and Carlie to make…
Up West
Pip Granger’s first novel, Not All Tarts Are Apple, won the first Harry Bowling Award. It was the story of…
Sex, Murder, and the Unwritten Law: Courting Judicial Mayhem, Texas Style
Wild West doesn’t begin to describe the antics Bill Neal recounts in this well-researched volume. From the late 19th century…
Orwell Diaries
This collection of eleven of Orwell’s diaries, from 1931 to 1949, is a treasure, both for the historical and literary…
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