Little Brown
Circe
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Madeline Miller returns to the Homeric epics for the inspiration for her second novel, Circe. While the first, The Song…
The Which Way Tree
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Back in 1857, El Demonio de Dos Dedos—The Demon of Two Fingers—didn’t know that he was starting serious trouble. The…
A Shout in the Ruins
This dual-period story alternates between the 1860s and 1950s, beginning in Chesterfield, Virginia. Rawls, an enslaved young man, runs away…
Daughters of the Winter Queen: Four Remarkable Sisters and the Enduring Legacy of Mary, Queen of Scots
Elizabeth, Louise, Henrietta, and Sophia were the four daughters of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, daughter of James I of…
Tangerine
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Christine Mangan’s debut novel, Tangerine, takes us into the twisting and menacing streets and alleyways of 1950s Tangier, Morocco. Beginning…
The Winter Station
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1910: As winter approaches, two frozen bodies are found near the railroad station in the city of Kharbin, a Russian…
The Dressmaker’s Secret
It’s 1819, and young Englishwoman Emilia Barton is growing impatient of her unsettled life, traveling up and down Italy as…
Gibraltar: The Greatest Siege in British History
This book is fascinating. It’s excellently well written, painting the characters involved in a very engaging way—one of those superbly…
Coromandel: A Personal History of South India
Coromandel (a corruption of the Tamil Cholamandalam, after the Chola kings who ruled southern India for centuries) was the name…
Careers for Women
The punning title of this sharp and clever novel hints at its complexity: it explores the interconnected personal and professional…
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