Viking
The House of Names
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In his eleventh novel, Tóibín retells the myth of the House of Atreus and Queen Clytemnestra, who murdered her husband,…
The Witchfinder’s Sister
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It’s 1645 in England as Alice Hopkins, a lost and penniless widow, returns to her brother Matthew’s home. Her once-shy…
The Dark Days Pact
Picking up the narrative in 1812, just a few weeks after the end of the preceding book, The Dark Days…
The Lost Book of the Grail
Arthur Prescott’s life follows highly predictable rhythms: some irritating, some stimulating, some soothing. A junior lecturer at Barchester (yes, that…
We Were the Lucky Ones
This debut novel recounts not only one but multiple harrowing tales of unlikely survival. It’s also an amazing piece of…
Days without End
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Thomas McNulty, an 11-year-old survivor of Ireland’s Great Famine, and 14-year-old John Cole, who fled his father’s played-out New England…
The Death of Kings
“For God’s sake, let us sit upon the ground, and tell sad stories of the death of kings.” (Shakespeare, Richard…
A Gentleman in Moscow
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The “gentleman” of the title is Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov, a charming Russian aristocrat who lives in a posh suite…
A Very English Scandal: Sex, Lies, and a Murder Plot at the Heart of the Establishment
The title precisely describes this book: an account of events leading up to the murder trial of Liberal Party leader…
The Whale: A Love Story
What many now regard as one of American literature’s greatest achievements was originally a critical and commercial failure, leading to…
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