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The Aviator's Wife
by Melanie Benjamin
A woman's emotional journey of growth and self-discovery, learning to stand on her own.
In the spirit of, Loving Frank, and, The Paris Wife, acclaimed novelist Melanie Benjamin pulls back the curtain on the marriage of one of America’s most extraordinary couples: Charles Lindbergh and ... (Goodreads)
Under the Dome
by Stephen King
Small town experiences a sudden and mysterious isolation, leading to chaos and terror.
At 11:44 a.m. on October 21, 2017, the small Maine town of Chester's Mill is abruptly and gruesomely separated from the outside world by an invisible, semipermeable barrier of unknown origin. The ... (Wikipedia)
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
by Beth Hoffman
A young girl's journey of self-discovery, gaining strength and resilience in the face of adversity.
Twelve-year-old CeeCee is in trouble. For years she’s been the caretaker of her psychotic mother, Camille— the crown-wearing, lipstick-smeared laughingstock of an entire town. Though it’s 1967 and ... (Goodreads)
The Carrie Diaries
by Candace Bushnell
A teenage girl navigates high school, first love, and the fashion industry in 1980s New York City.
The Carrie Diaries focuses on Carrie Bradshaw, a high-school student who lives in Castleberry, Connecticut . Carrie is followed through high-school starting her junior year, continuing through the ... (Wikipedia)
Blood Promise
by Richelle Mead
An epic adventure to protect a friend, as two worlds clash and an ancient prophecy is fulfilled.
In Blood Promise , Rose leaves St. Vladimir's Academy to go after Dimitri, who has become Strigoi, and kill him. The only clue she has is that he might be somewhere in Siberia. After meeting an ... (Wikipedia)
Navigating Early
by Clare Vanderpool
After his mother's death, Jack is sent to a boarding school where he befriends Early, a peculiar boy with a unique obsession. Together, they embark on a journey to find Early's missing brother.
At the end of World War II, Jack Baker, a landlocked Kansas boy, is suddenly uprooted after his mother’s death and placed in a boy’s boarding school in Maine. There, Jack encounters Early Auden, the ... (Goodreads)
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)
The Kitchen House
by Kathleen Grissom
A young Irish girl is taken in by a plantation family in Virginia and becomes entangled in the lives of the slaves who work there.
When a white servant girl violates the order of plantation society, she unleashes a tragedy that exposes the worst and best in the people she has come to call her family. Orphaned while onboard ship ... (Goodreads)
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)
The Language of Flowers
by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
A young woman's journey of healing and redemption through the power of flowers.
The Victorian language of flowers was used to convey romantic expressions: honeysuckle for devotion, asters for patience, and red roses for love. But for Victoria Jones, it’s been more useful in ... (Goodreads)
Eona: The Last Dragoneye
by Alison Goodman
A young girl's quest to save her kingdom, as she discovers her own magical powers and true identity.
Eon has been revealed as Eona, the first female Dragoneye in hundreds of years. Along with fellow rebels Ryko and Lady Dela, she is on the run from High Lord Sethon's army. The renegades are on a ... (Goodreads)
Heaven
by V.C. Andrews
After her mother's death, Heaven is taken to live with her wealthy grandparents, but soon discovers dark secrets about her family's past.
In the first part of the book, in 1961 a ten-year-old Heaven is awoken by her Granny and taken to a grave belonging to Leigh Casteel. Heaven is told this is her real mother who had died giving birth ... (Wikipedia)
Deadline
by Mira Grant
A medical thriller about a virus outbreak and its impact on the world.
Shaun Mason is a man without a mission. Not even running the news organization he built with his sister has the same urgency as it used to. Playing with dead things just doesn't seem as fun when ... (Goodreads)
The Lady Elizabeth
by Alison Weir
A tale of intrigue and romance, the story of Elizabeth I's rise to the throne of England.
Following the tremendous success of her first novel, Innocent Traitor, which recounted the riveting tale of the doomed Lady Jane Grey, acclaimed historian and New York Times bestselling author Alison ... (Goodreads)
I'll Give You the Sun
by Jandy Nelson
Two teens navigate struggles of family, love, art, and identity as they come of age.
Noah and Jude Sweetwine are twins. As they enter their teen years, they grow apart. This is partly due to their sibling rivalry, as they compete for the attention of their mother, Dianna; and partly ... (Wikipedia)
The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches
by Alan Bradley
Amateur detective Flavia de Luce investigates mysterious murder in an English village.
On a spring morning in 1951, eleven-year-old chemist and aspiring detective Flavia de Luce gathers with her family at the railway station, awaiting the return of her long-lost mother, Harriet. Yet ... (Goodreads)
The Absent One
by Jussi Adler-Olsen
A criminal investigation uncovering the truth behind a series of cold cases.
In "The Keeper of Lost Causes," Jussi Adler-Olsen introduced Detective Carl Mørck, a deeply flawed but brilliant detective newly assigned to run Department Q, the home of Copenhagen’s coldest cases. ... (Goodreads)
The Thief of Always
by Clive Barker
A young boy's fantastical journey through a mysterious house, learning life's secrets.
Harvey Swick is a 11-year-old boy bored with school, teachers, homework, and his day-to-day life. In response to Harvey's frustrated plea for change, a man named Rictus visits Harvey and tells him ... (Wikipedia)
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
by C.S. Lewis
An epic fantasy adventure across the seas, encountering magical creatures and lands.
The two youngest Pevensie children, Lucy and Edmund , are staying with their odious cousin Eustace Scrubb while their older brother, Peter , is studying for an exam with Professor Kirke , and their ... (Wikipedia)
Sarah's Key
by Tatiana de Rosnay
A French journalist unravels an untold story of the Holocaust, uncovering hidden secrets.
From beloved international sensation and #1, New York Times, bestselling author Tatiana de Rosnay come's her most celebrated novel, Sarah's Key,—now in mass market paperback!, Paris, July 1942: ... (Barnes & Noble)
Feed
by Mira Grant
A future world where information is controlled by corporations, and a group of journalists fight to uncover the truth.
Feed is set several decades after the zombie apocalypse , referred to as the Rising. Two man-made viruses (a cure for cancer and a cure for the common cold) combined to form Kellis-Amberlee, a virus ... (Wikipedia)
A Year Down Yonder
by Richard Peck
Young girl moves to her grandmother's for a year, discovering life's hard lessons and unexpected joys.
The year is 1938, and the Great Depression has hit the Dowdel family hard. 15-year-old Mary Alice is sent downstate to live with Grandma Dowdel while her mother and father remain in Chicago. Her ... (Wikipedia)
The Interestings
by Meg Wolitzer
A group of friends meet at a summer camp and navigate their way through life's ups and downs, successes and failures.
The Interestings explores the meaning of talent; the nature of envy; the roles of class, art, money, and power; and how all of it can shift and tilt precipitously over the course of a friendship and ... (Goodreads)
The Reader
by Bernhard Schlink
A man's journey of understanding, uncovering a dark secret from his past.
Hailed for its coiled eroticism and the moral claims it makes upon the reader, this mesmerizing novel is a story of love and secrets, horror and compassion, unfolding against the haunted landscape of ... (Goodreads)
The Club Dumas
by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Thriller uncovering hidden secrets and lost knowledge while searching for an elusive book.
Lucas Corso is a middle-aged book dealer with a reputation of doing anything—regardless of legality—for his privileged clientele. While in Madrid attempting to authenticate a previously unknown ... (Wikipedia)
Last Sacrifice
by Richelle Mead
A teenage girl must battle to protect her kingdom and save her loved ones from a powerful enemy.
The novel begins with Rose in her prison cell contemplating the charges brought against her and occasionally using the bond to slip into Lissa's mind to view goings-on at Court. During Queen ... (Wikipedia)
Lucinda's Secret
by Tony DiTerlizzi
A young girl's quest to uncover a forgotten family secret and save her world from destruction.
The Grace children turn to Great-Aunt Lucinda for help in this repackage of the third book in the #1, New York Times, bestselling Spiderwick Chronicles. As if being attacked by goblins and a bridge ... (Barnes & Noble)
Garden Spells
by Sarah Addison Allen
A tale of family secrets and magical powers, set in a small Southern town.
Claire Waverley lives alone in small Bascom, North Carolina. The only person she's close to is an elderly relative named Evanelle, who has the gift of giving people exactly what they need before they ... (Wikipedia)
Good in Bed
by Jennifer Weiner
A story of finding identity, redemption, and self-love in spite of life's challenges.
Candace (Cannie) Shapiro is a smart, sarcastic, and successful entertainment journalist living in Philadelphia . Although she has a small group of close friends, including her best friend Samantha, ... (Wikipedia)
