Editors' Choice
The Tilted World
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Tom Franklin and Beth Ann Fennelly tell the story of a historic catastrophe, the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, through the eyes of people ...Read Review
Hild
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Biographical FictionInspirational
Hild is three years old when the book opens. Even at that point, Hild’s worldview – as the “light of the world” her ...Read Review
The Lowland
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Jhumpa Lahiri’s stunning novel, shortlisted for the 2013 Booker Prize, tells the story of two brothers, Subhash and Udayan Mitra. Born in Calcutta ...Read Review
The Pagan Lord
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I do not generally read series of books, but I do read the Uhtred books, and greet each one with pleasure. It inevitably ...Read Review
The Thicket
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Upon the death of his parents from smallpox, Jack Parker begins a trek through East Texas along with his younger sister, Lula, and ...Read Review
Hereward: End of Days
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This is the third outing for Hereward the Wake, England’s 11th-century forgotten hero. In 1071, England is under the grip of the conquering ...Read Review
A True Novel
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Japanese readers fell in love with 19th-century western literature because it strove to transcend daily life to focus on the “ideal” existence. However, ...Read Review
Eight Girls Taking Pictures
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Whitney Otto’s novel, Eight Girls Taking Pictures, points the camera at the lives of eight photographers, women who live out the juxtaposition ...Read Review
My Notorious Life
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Scrappy Axie Muldoon is a child of the gritty New York streets. Begging is a way of life for her and her two ...Read Review
Sugar
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At ten years old, Sugar doesn’t know any other life but the one she’s lived on the banks of the Mississippi ...Read Review
