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Rabbit Redux
by John Updike
A man's mid-life crisis leads him to grapple with the moral and social issues of his time.
Rabbit Redux finds former high-school basketball star Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom working a dead-end job as a Linotype operator at the local printing plant. Thirty-six, he feels that he is quickly ... (Wikipedia)
Rabbit at Rest
by John Updike
A story of family and mortality, exploring the struggle of growing old and facing death.
This novel is part of the series that follows the life of Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom from 1960 to 1990. Rabbit at Rest focuses on the years 1988–89. Harry, nearly 40 years after his glory days as a high ... (Wikipedia)
The Magician's Assistant
by Ann Patchett
After the death of her magician husband, Sabine learns about his past and discovers secrets that challenge her understanding of their relationship.
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781857028157 Sabine– twenty years a magician's assistant to her handsome, charming husband-- is suddenly a widow. In the wake of his death, she finds he has left a ... (Goodreads)
From Dead to Worse
by Charlaine Harris
Supernatural forces wreak havoc on a Southern town, testing the bonds of family and friendship.
After the natural disaster of Hurricane Katrina and the man-made horror of the explosion at the vampire Summit, Sookie Stackhouse is safe but dazed, yearning for things to get back to normal. But her ... (Wikipedia)
Rabbit, Run
by John Updike
A man's attempt to escape the pressures of adult life and find freedom.
Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom, formerly a high school basketball star, is now 26, and has a job selling a kitchen gadget named MagiPeeler. He is married to Janice, who was a salesgirl at the store where he ... (Wikipedia)
Dolores Claiborne
by Stephen King
A woman accused of murder recounts her life story, revealing dark family secrets.
Dolores Claiborne, an opinionated 65-year-old widow living on the tiny Maine community of Little Tall Island, is suspected of murdering her wealthy, elderly employer, Vera Donovan. The novel is ... (Wikipedia)
All Together Dead
by Charlaine Harris
Vampire Queen Sookie Stackhouse must use her supernatural powers to protect her town from a mysterious threat.
The summit, which has attracted undead power players from all over the central United States, is sure to be tense, due partly to the ramping up of protests by the conservative, anti-vampire ... (Wikipedia)
Dead and Gone
by Charlaine Harris
A supernatural murder mystery set in the southern small town of Bon Temps.
In this novel, the weres and shifters make their presence known, following the example of the vampires. At the same time, the King of Nevada, who now leads Louisiana as well, begins consolidating his ... (Wikipedia)
The Queen of the Damned
by Anne Rice
A vampire queen's quest to restore the vampires to power and uncover the secrets of the past.
Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found, here, In 1976, a uniquely seductive world of vampires was unveiled in the now-classic Interview with the Vampire . . . in 1985, a wild and ... (Goodreads)
The Witching Hour
by Anne Rice
A dark and mysterious tale of secret families and supernatural forces.
From the author of the extraordinary Vampire Chronicles comes a huge, hypnotic novel of witchcraft and the occult through four centuries. Demonstrating, once again, her gift for spellbinding ... (Goodreads)
Baltimore Blues
by Laura Lippman
Private investigator Tess Monaghan investigates the disappearance of a wealthy businessman's mistress in Baltimore.
In a city where someone is murdered almost every day, attorney Michael Abramowitz's death should be just another statistic. But the slain lawyer's notoriety—and his taste for illicit midday ... (Goodreads)
The Passage
by Justin Cronin
A post-apocalyptic tale of survival, as the fate of humanity hangs in the balance.
The novel is broken into 11 parts of varying lengths. The story itself is broken into two sections: the first and shorter section covers the origins of the virus and its outbreak, while the second is ... (Wikipedia)
The Vampire Lestat
by Anne Rice
A vampire's exploration of his immortality and the secrets of the world of the undead.
Set in the late 18th century to the late 1980s, the story follows the 200-year-long life of the vampire Lestat de Lioncourt, and his rise from humble beginnings as impoverished nobility in the ... (Wikipedia)
The Devil's Punchbowl
by Greg Iles
A lawyer uncovers a dark secret in a small Mississippi town, leading to a dangerous investigation and a fight for justice.
From New York Times bestselling author Greg Iles comes his most electrifying thriller yet. The Devil's Punchbowl reveals a world of depravity, sex, violence, and the corruption of a Southern town. As ... (Goodreads)
American Housewife
by Helen Ellis
A collection of witty and satirical short stories that explore the absurdities of modern-day domesticity and societal expectations of women.
A sharp, funny, delightfully unhinged collection of stories set in the dark world of domesticity,, American Housewife, features murderous ladies who lunch, celebrity treasure hunters, and the best ... (Goodreads)
Sweet Sorrow
by David Nicholls
A bittersweet coming-of-age story about first love, loss, and the transformative power of Shakespeare.
One life-changing summer Charlie meets Fran... In 1997, Charlie Lewis is the kind of boy you don't remember in the school photograph. His exams have not gone well. At home he is looking after his ... (Goodreads)
The Fall
by Robert Muchamore
A teenage boy is recruited by a secret organization to become a spy and stop a terrorist attack.
An MI5 operation goes wrong when two agents working with James try to murder their prime suspect, Denis Obidin, and James is trapped in the fictional Aero City in Russia. James is unable to contact ... (Wikipedia)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
by Lionel Shriver
A mother's struggle to come to terms with the monstrous acts of her disturbed son.
In the wake of a school massacre conducted by Kevin Khatchadourian, the 15-year-old son of Franklin Plaskett and Eva Khatchadourian, Eva begins writing letters to Franklin in November 2000. She ... (Wikipedia)
Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates
by Mary Mapes Dodge
A heartwarming tale of a poor Dutch boy and his sister who dream of winning a skating race and buying their father a new pair of skates.
In Holland , poor but industrious and honorable 15 year-old Hans Brinker and his younger sister Gretel yearn to participate in December's great ice skating race on the canal . They have little chance ... (Wikipedia)
The Dead-Tossed Waves
by Carrie Ryan
A post-apocalyptic world where the living must fight against the undead and the living dead. Gabry must choose between safety and love.
Gabry (Gabrielle) lives a quiet life in the town of Vista. She lives with her mother, Mary (the protagonist of the first novel), in a lighthouse isolated from the rest of town. Her best friend is ... (Wikipedia)
Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord
by Sarah MacLean
Lady Isabel Townsend seeks the help of Nicholas St. John, a notorious rake, to make her more desirable to potential suitors.
“Lord Nicholas is a paragon of manhood. And his eyes, Dear Reader! So blue!” Pearls & Pelisses, June 1823 Since being named on of London’s “Lords to Land” by a popular ladies’ magazine, Nicholas St. ... (Goodreads)
The Day of the Duchess
by Sarah MacLean
A Duke's estranged wife returns to demand a divorce, but he wants her back. Can they overcome their past and find love again?
The one woman he will never forget… Malcolm Bevingstoke, Duke of Haven, has lived the last three years in self-imposed solitude, paying the price for a mistake he can never reverse and a love he lost ... (Goodreads)
The Virgin Suicides
by Jeffrey Eugenides
A dark and mysterious tale about the mysterious suicides of five teenage sisters in a suburban town.
As an ambulance arrives for the body of Cecilia Lisbon, a group of anonymous adolescent neighborhood boys recalls the events leading up to her death. The Lisbons are a Catholic family living in the ... (Wikipedia)
The Sign of the Twisted Candles
by Carolyn Keene
Nancy Drew investigates a mysterious mansion where strange things happen and uncovers a hidden treasure.
In the course of solving the mystery of an old man's disappearing fortune, Nancy both starts and ends a family feud and reveals the identity of an orphan of unknown parentage. The second of three ... (Wikipedia)
The Infinite Plan
by Isabel Allende
A man's journey from a poverty-stricken childhood to a successful adulthood, exploring themes of identity, family, and destiny.
Summer Reissues with P.S. The engrossing story of one man’s quest for love and for his soul from bestselling author Isabel Allende, now available with P.S. Isabel Allende’s first novel to be set in ... (Goodreads)
The Water-Method Man
by John Irving
A man's mid-life crisis leads him to question his relationships and sexuality, while pursuing a career in academia.
The novel revolves around the mishaps of its narrator, Fred Trumper, a floundering late-twenty-something graduate student with serious commitment and honesty issues that earn him the nickname ... (Wikipedia)
These Happy Golden Years
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
A young girl's journey of self-discovery as she moves through adulthood.
As the novel begins, Pa is taking Laura 12 miles from home in the dead of winter to her first teaching assignment at Brewster settlement. Laura being only 15 and a schoolgirl herself, is apprehensive ... (Wikipedia)
The Atlantis World
by A.G. Riddle
The final book in the Atlantis trilogy, where the fate of humanity hangs in the balance as the battle between the Atlantean and human factions reaches its climax.
Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart
by Sarah MacLean
Juliana, a scandalous woman, sets her sights on a Duke, but their attraction is threatened by secrets from their pasts.
She lives for passion. Bold, impulsive, and a magnet for trouble, Juliana Fiori is no simpering English miss. She refuses to play by society's rules: she speaks her mind, cares nothing for the ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Animators
by Kayla Rae Whitaker
Two female animators create a hit film, but their personal lives unravel as they confront their past traumas.
In the male-dominated field of animation, Mel Vaught and Sharon Kisses are a dynamic duo, the friction of their differences driving them: Sharon, quietly ambitious but self-doubting; Mel, brash and ... (Goodreads)
