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  1. Less

    by Andrew Sean Greer
    A man's journey of self-discovery and coming to terms with his life choices.

    PROBLEM: You are a failed novelist about to turn fifty. A wedding invitation arrives in the mail: your boyfriend of the past nine years now engaged to someone else. You can’t say yes–it would all be ... (Goodreads)

  2. Those Who Wish Me Dead

    by Michael Koryta
    A teenage boy witnesses a murder and is placed in a witness protection program, but the killers are hot on his trail.

    The newest thriller from Michael Koryta, New York Times bestselling author When fourteen-year-old Jace Wilson witnesses a brutal murder, he's plunged into a new life, issued a false identity and ... (Goodreads)

  3. NOS4A2

    by Joe Hill
    A supernatural adventure of a young girl trying to save her family and others from an evil immortal.

    The book opens in a hospital in 2008. Charles Manx, a convicted child abductor, briefly wakes from a coma to threaten a nurse. Her coworkers don't believe her claim, because he exhibits only limited ... (Wikipedia)

  4. Through Black Spruce

    by Joseph Boyden
    A journey of reconciliation, to uncover the truth and find peace.

    A haunting novel about identity, love, and loss by the author of, Three Day Road, Will Bird is a legendary Cree bush pilot, now lying in a coma in a hospital in his hometown of Moose Factory, ... (Goodreads)

  5. Three Day Road

    by Joseph Boyden
    Two Cree snipers fight in WWI, one returns home addicted to morphine, the other lost to the war.

    It is 1919, and Niska, the last Oji-Cree woman to live off the land, has received word that one of the two boys she saw off to the Great War has returned. Xavier Bird, her sole living relation, is ... (Goodreads)

  6. The Orenda

    by Joseph Boyden
    An exploration of the spiritual bonds between a small Huron tribe and their European invaders.

    In the remote winter landscape a brutal massacre and the kidnapping of a young Iroquois girl violently re-ignites a deep rift between two tribes. The girl’s captor, Bird, is one of the Huron Nation’s ... (Goodreads)

  7. The Book of Life

    by Deborah Harkness
    A journey of magic and science to unlock the secrets of eternal life.

    The #1, New York Times, bestselling series finale and sequel to, A Discovery of Witches, and, Shadow of Night, Bringing the magic and suspense of the All Souls Trilogy to a deeply satisfying ... (Goodreads)

  8. Tell the Wolves I'm Home

    by Carol Rifka Brunt
    A young girl's journey of grief and healing as she discovers the secrets of her beloved uncle's life.

    June Elbus is a 14-year-old girl living in Westchester in 1986. She is in love with her gay uncle, Finn Weiss, a fact she is scared to admit even to herself. Finn is dying of AIDS. Being a ... (Wikipedia)

  9. The Snow Child

    by Eowyn Ivey
    A couple's dream of a child comes true in the Alaskan wilderness, but with unexpected consequences.

    Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel. Childless, they are drifting apart–he breaking under the weight of the work of the farm; she ... (Goodreads)

  10. The Golem and the Jinni

    by Helene Wecker
    Two supernatural creatures from different mythologies, living in New York City, find companionship and friendship in each other.

    In the Polish town of Konin at the end of the 19th century, a corrupt kabbalist named Yehudah Schaalman creates a golem in the shape of a woman at the request of young Otto Rotfeld, who seeks a ... (Wikipedia)

  11. The Forgotten Room

    by Karen White
    Three women's lives intertwine as they uncover the secrets of a forgotten room in a New York mansion.

    New York Times, bestselling authors Karen White, Beatriz Williams, and Lauren Willig present a masterful collaboration—a rich, multigenerational novel of love and loss that spans half a century.... ... (Goodreads)

  12. Family Pictures

    by Jane Green
    A family's secrets and lies are exposed when a daughter discovers a hidden photo album.

    Who can you trust if not the ones you love? That is the question at the heart of, Family Pictures, an emotional, page-turning story about what it means to be a family from, New York Times, ... (Barnes & Noble)

  13. Burying the Honeysuckle Girls

    by Emily Carpenter
    A young woman returns to her family's haunted plantation in Alabama to uncover the truth about her mother's disappearance and the curse that plagues her family.

    Althea Bell is still heartbroken by her mother’s tragic, premature death—and tormented by the last, frantic words she whispered into young Althea’s ear:, Wait for her. For the honeysuckle girl. ... (Barnes & Noble)

  14. Free Preview - The Husband's Secret

    by Liane Moriarty
    A woman discovers a letter from her husband with a secret that could destroy their lives and those around them.

    A free preview of Liane Moriarty's, The Husband's Secret, including a special essay bythe author., At the heart of, The Husband’s Secret, is a letter, that’s not meant to be read, , My darling ... (Goodreads)

  15. The Here and Now

    by Ann Brashares
    In a dystopian future, Prenna must navigate a world where time travel is possible but strictly regulated. She falls in love and uncovers a dark secret.

    An unforgettable epic romantic thriller about a girl from the future who might be able to save the world . . . if she lets go of the one thing she’s found to hold on to. Follow the rules. Remember ... (Goodreads)

  16. The Good Earth

    by Pearl S. Buck
    A story of humble farmers facing the struggles of poverty and the upheaval of social change.

    The story begins on Wang Lung 's wedding day and follows the rise and fall of his fortunes. The House of Hwang, a family of wealthy landowners, lives in the nearby town, where Wang Lung's future ... (Wikipedia)

  17. Rush Home Road

    by Lori Lansens
    A woman's journey through life, love, and loss as she takes in a young girl and confronts her own past.

    Sharla Cody is only five, but has already lived a troubled life – only to find herself dumped on an elderly neighbor's doorstep when her mother takes off for the summer. Although Sharla is not the ... (Barnes & Noble)

  18. Wild Fire

    by Nelson DeMille
    John Corey investigates a series of arson attacks in Long Island, leading him to a dangerous conspiracy.

    Welcome to the Custer Hill Club—a men’s club set in a luxurious Adirondack hunting lodge whose members include some of America’s most powerful business leaders, military men, and government ... (Wikipedia)

  19. Up Country

    by Nelson DeMille
    A veteran's revenge mission to bring justice to those responsible for his friend's death in Vietnam.

    One of the last things that Chief Warrant Officer Paul Brenner wanted to do was return to work for the Army's Criminal Investigation Division-an organization that thanked him for his many years of ... (Wikipedia)

  20. A Tap on the Window

    by Linwood Barclay
    A private investigator picks up a young female hitchhiker, leading to a dangerous chain of events in a small town.

    12 hours, 15 minutes When Cal Weaver stops at a red light on a rainy night while driving home, he ignores the bedraggled-looking teenage girl trying to hitch a ride - even when she starts tapping on ... (Goodreads)

  21. All the Birds, Singing

    by Evie Wyld
    A woman's journey of self-discovery, dealing with the consequences of her past.

    From one of Granta 's Best Young British Novelists, a stunningly insightful, emotionally powerful new novel about an outsider haunted by an inescapable past: a story of loneliness and survival, guilt ... (Goodreads)

  22. The House at Tyneford

    by Natasha Solomons
    A story of forbidden love and self-discovery in the backdrop of a grand estate.

    It's the spring of 1938 and no longer safe to be a Jew in Vienna. Nineteen-year-old Elise Landau is forced to leave her glittering life of parties and champagne to become a parlor maid in England. ... (Goodreads)

  23. The Obituary Writer

    by Ann Hood
    Two women, decades apart, navigate love and loss in their lives. Their stories intertwine in unexpected ways.

    On the day John F. Kennedy is inaugurated, Claire, a young wife and mother obsessed with the glamor of Jackie, struggles over the decision of whether to stay in a loveless but secure marriage or to ... (Goodreads)

  24. The Light in the Ruins

    by Chris Bohjalian
    A haunting tale of a family's struggle to survive during WWII and the aftermath of a murder investigation in post-war Italy.

    From the New York Times bestselling author of Midwives and The Sandcastle Girls comes a spellbinding novel of love, despair, and revenge—set in war-ravaged Tuscany. 1943: Tucked away in the idyllic ... (Goodreads)

  25. The Probable Future

    by Alice Hoffman
    The women of the Sparrow family possess supernatural abilities, but their gifts come with a curse. Three generations must confront their past to break the spell.

    Alice Hoffman’s most magical novel to date – three generations of extraordinary women are driven to unite in crisis and discover the rewards of reconciliation and love. Women of the Sparrow family ... (Goodreads)

  26. Mariana

    by Susanna Kearsley
    Time-traveling adventure that uncovers secrets of a centuries-old mystery.

    "I've loved every one of Susanna's books! She has bedrock research and a butterfly's delicate touch with characters—sure recipe for historical fiction that sucks you in and won't let go!"— DIANA ... (Barnes & Noble)

  27. Still Alice

    by Lisa Genova
    A woman's struggle to hold on to her identity in the face of a devastating diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

    Still Alice is a compelling debut novel about a 50-year-old woman's sudden descent into early onset Alzheimer's disease, written by first-time author Lisa Genova, who holds a Ph. D in neuroscience ... (Goodreads)

  28. Harry's Trees

    by Jon Cohen
    After losing his wife, Harry finds solace in a young girl and her mother, leading him on a journey of healing and self-discovery.

    USA TODAY BESTSELLER! A grieving widower, a determined girl, a courageous librarian and a mysterious book come together in an uplifting tale of love, loss, friendship and redemption. ... (Barnes & Noble)

  29. Ashley Bell

    by Dean Koontz
    A young woman with a brain tumor sets out to fulfill a mysterious wish before she dies, but dark forces are determined to stop her.

    At twenty-two, Bibi Blair’s doctors tell her that she’s dying. Two days later, she’s impossibly cured. Fierce, funny, dauntless, she becomes obsessed with the idea that she was spared because she is ... (Goodreads)

  30. All My Friends are Superheroes

    by Andrew Kaufman
    Tom's wife, a superhero, believes he's invisible. He must convince her he's not before she flies away forever.

    All Tom's friends really are superheroes. There's the Ear, the Spooner, the Impossible Man. Tom even married a superhero, the Perfectionist. But at their wedding, the Perfectionist was hypnotized (by ... (Goodreads)