Penguin Books

Jezebel

By Megan Barnard - Published 2023

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Princess Jezebel of Tyre is a strong young woman who knows her own mind. She lives in a time when the names of ...Read Review

The Country of Others

By Leïla Slimani - By Sam Taylor (trans.) - Published 2021

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Literary

When Mathilde follows her Moroccan husband Amine from Alsace to his homeland, she is in for a huge culture shock. The soldier she ...Read Review

The Shape of Darkness

By Laura Purcell - Published 2021

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Mystery/CrimeThriller

Set in the city of Bath in the 19th century, The Shape of Darkness is a wonderfully tangled Gothic tale. It features Agnes, ...Read Review

Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey

By Kathleen Rooney - Published 2020

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Biographical Fiction

Cher Ami, a champion racing pigeon—and heroic World War I veteran—has the first say in this novel. She’s speaking decades ...Read Review

The Decent Inn of Death: A John Madden Mystery

By Rennie Airth - Published 2020

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Mystery/Crime

The Decent Inn of Death is the sixth in Airth’s John Madden series and focuses on Madden’s former boss, retired Chief ...Read Review

Mapping the Bones

By Jane Yolen - Published 2019

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Children/Young Adult

To avoid stuttering, Chaim Abromowitz rarely speaks more than five words at a time, and those only twice a day. As young children ...Read Review

Opal: A Life of Enchantment, Mystery, and Madness

By Kathrine Beck - Published 2003

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Nonfiction

In 1920, The Atlantic Monthly published installments of the diary of one Opal Whiteley, a diary of nature purportedly written whilst Opal was a ...Read Review