20th Century
Hold My Hand
Bridget Fletcher—make that Sweeney—is trying to free herself and her young daughter from a violent, stalker ex-husband and a life…
Courage
This spare literary novel set in the year 1950 follows the destinies of two ships which meet in the perilous…
The Vagrants
Editors' choice
“If you look at history, as no one in this country does anymore, a martyr has always served the purpose…
A Passion Redeemed
In 1919, this second Daughters of Boston novel focuses on Charity O’Connor, who sets her sights on the crabby Mitch…
The Given Day
Set against the waning years of World War I, the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic and the increasingly turbulent social changes…
The Piano Teacher
Claire and Martin Pendleton arrive in Hong Kong: Martin to work in “water,” and Claire to teach piano to Locket,…
The Lost Throne
Built high on the natural rock of Thessaly in Greece are a series of six monasteries, once there were more.…
Cardigan Bay
Cardigan Bay is both an old-fashioned romance and an espionage thriller. When I say “old fashioned,” I mean that the…
The Ladies’ Lending Library
Kalyna Beach is the summer home of a close-knit group of Ukranian Canadian women and their children. The women meet…
The General of the Dead Army
Winner of the first Man Booker International Prize in 2005, Kadare’s debut novel (originally published in 1970) embodies the problem…
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