2006 (US)
Set In Stone
Set near Chichester in Victorian England, the title refers to carvings of the North, South and East winds mounted on…
The Book of Samson
An angel announces to Samson’s barren mother that she will give birth to a son who will be remembered for…
Dawn of Empire
Editors' choice
On the eastern bank of the Tigris five thousand years ago, Orak grew into a rich and powerful village, settled…
The Book Thief
Editors' choice
1939, Nazi Germany. Liesel Meminger, the daughter of a communist, is the eponymous Book Thief, and her story is told…
Measuring the World
With its lively translation, Daniel Kehlmann’s Measuring the World tells the parallel stories of two scientists who were child prodigies,…
Crimson Portrait
In 1915, Catherine, an Englishwoman grieving for her husband who has died on a WWI battlefield, turns over their country…
To the Ends of the Earth: A Sea Trilogy
Rites of Passage, the first novel of this trilogy, won the Booker Prize; Golding is also a Nobel laureate, a…
The Afghan Campaign
Editors' choice
Pressfield has penned an astonishing story about a young soldier coming of age during a brutal war. In the process,…
Queen of Swords
Sara Donati revives the sweeping, no-holds-barred historical sagas of the 1970s and 1980s in Queen of Swords, the fifth book…
Jack Absolute
“Rollicking” is not a word I usually use, but it perfectly describes C.C. Humphreys’ new novel, Jack Absolute. The title…
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