Blueprints for Building Better Girls
Elissa Schappell
F SCH
In eight darkly funny linked stories, the author delves into the lives of an eclectic cast of archetypal female characters.
The Cat’s Table
Michael Ondaatje
F OND
The author of The English Patient relates the story of an eleven-year-old boy who is on a ship bound for England. At mealtimes he is seated at the “cat’s table” — far away from the Captain’s Table. Theis adventurous voyage reverberates throughout his adult life.
Changó’s Beads and Two-Tone Shoes
William Kennedy
F KEN
After meeting Ernest Hemingway in Havana, Cuba, Daniel Quinn’s life changes overnight. Revolutionary intrigue, heroic journalism, crooked politicians, drug-running gangsters and more are in this epic odyssey. Great reviews.
Falling Together
Marisa de los Santos
F DEL
It’s been six years since Pen Calloway watched her best friends walk out of her life, but she has never stopped missing them.
The Forgotten Waltz
Anne Enright
F ENR
A novel of love and longing in Dublin, Ireland.
The Grief of Others
Leah Hager Cohen
F COH
When the Ryries family experiences the death of their baby, just hours after his birth, they try to return to their previous lives. But although they try to regain a semblance of normalcy, long-suppressed uncertainties come to the surface.
I Married You for Happiness
Lily Tuck
F TUC
Marriage, mathematics and memory coalesce to create a moving portrait of the forty-three-year-old marriage of Nina and Philip.
It’s Classified
Nicolle Wallace
F WAL
The four most powerful women in Washington are at the top of the political game. What could possibly go wrong? Great reading for political junkies.
The Language of Flowers
Vanessa Diffenbaugh
F DIF
The vivid portrait of a woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others even as she struggles to overcome her own troubled past.
Last Man in Tower
Aravind Adiga
F ADI
A riveting story of money and power, luxury and deprivation, set in the booming city of Mumbai.
Lionheart
Sharon Kay Penman
F PEN
The sweeping chronicle of Richard the Lionheart, one of the four sons of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, from a noted historical novelist.
The Lost Angel
Javier Sierra
F SIE
Convinced that they are descendants of angels, a little-known terrorist group plans to bring about the end of the world — in seventy-two hours.
The Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides
F EUG
The author of Middlesex, presents his new, highly-anticipated novel. Terrific reviews.
Nanjing Requiem
Ha Jin
F JIN
In 1937, Minnie Vautrin, an American missionary decides to remain at the Jinling Women’s College, hoping to shelter the Chinese men and women who work there from the invading Japanese.
The Night Strangers
Chris Bohjalian
F BOH
In the dusty basement in a rambling Victorian house in New Hampshire, a door has long been sealed shut with thirty-nine 6-inch-long bolts. Chip and Emily Linton are looking for a refuge, but will they find it in the house they’ve moved to?
Nightwood
Charles Frazier
F FRA
The author of Cold Mountain returns with a novel of suspense and love set in small-town North Carolina in the early 1960s.
Only Time Will Tell
Jeffrey Archer
F ARC
The first book in an ambitious new series tells the story of one family across generations, across oceans, and from heartbreak to triumph. By a very popular author.
River of Smoke
Amitav Ghosh
F GHO
The age of the Opium Wars is the setting for a large cast of characters who all converge in Canton’s Fanqui-town, or Foreign Enclave. By the author of Sea of Poppies.
Rode
Thomas Fox Averill
F AVE
A warm review accompanies this novel that expands the story from the old song, “ Tennessee Stud,” and the legendary exploits of the greatest horse that ever lived.
The Stranger’s Child
Alan Hollinghurst
F HOL
Spanning a century, a saga about a love triangle that creates a family mystery that crosses the generations.
The Taker
Alma Katsu
F KAT
On a midnight shift at a hospital in rural Maine, Dr. Findley is expecting a quiet evenng, but when Lanore McIlvrae walks into his ER, his life is changed forever. Part historical novel, part supernatural page-turner.
There But For The
Ali Smith
F SMI
At a dinner party in a posh London suburb , Miles Garth leaves the table, locks himself in an upstairs room and refuses to leave.
Tides of War
Stella Tillyard
F TIL
Historical fiction fans take note: a highly-touted debut novel from a British historian offers interwoven stories of love and betrayal amid Regency London and the shocking violence of the Peninsular War.
The Traitor’s Emblem
Juan Gómez-Jurado
F GOM
A thriller that features Masons, Nazis, conspiracies, a generations-old mystery, star-crossed lovers and deadly family secrets. Star reviews!
The Winters in Bloom
Lisa Tucker
F TUC
Every marriage has three stories: the husband’s, the wife’s — and the one they create together.
Wrong Man Running
Alan Hruska
F HRU
Rick Cornith, prosecutor and heir apparent to the District Attorney’s job in Manhattan, is being framed for a series of brutal rapes. When even his wife believes him guilty, he frantically searches for the man who framed him. Great reviews.
