The New York Times bestselling author of Flight Behavior, The Lacuna, and The Poisonwood Bible and recipient of numerous literary awards-including the National Humanities Medal, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and the Orange Prize-...
Fiction
- Author:Kingsolver, BarbaraSummary:
- Author:Rivers, FrancineSummary:
"Your God will be my God." It is with these words that Ruth the Moabitess turns her face away from her father's home and idols, and journeys to Bethlehem with Naomi, her mother-in-law. And it is because of that...
- Author:Delany, VickiSummary:
Walter Desmond is back in Trafalgar, British Columbia, officially exonerated for a crime he didn’t commit. But if Walter didn’t commit murder, someone else did. And when two women are attacked, the media gets active and tempers...
- Author:Greenwood, KerrySummary:
1929: Girls are going missing in Melbourne. Little, pretty, golden haired girls. And not just pretty. Three of them are pregnant, poor girls from the harsh confines of the Magdalene Laundry. People are getting nervous. Polly Kettle, a...
- Author:McPhee, MargaretSummary:
With trembling hands Arabella dons the mask of Miss Noir for her first night at Mrs. Silver's House of Pleasures. Thinking of her young son, she prepares to smile prettily at the next gentleman who enters. Dominic Furneaux, Duke of...
- Author:Glatt, JaneSummary:
Kara Fonti finally has a home, people she considers family, and a magical ability that keeps Reo free from his Guild. Nothing can ruin her happiness; not Mage Guild, not her mother, not even the fact that Reo is avoiding her.
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- Author:Walters, EricSummary:
It's September 12th, 2001, and New York City is at a standstill: somber, bleak and shocked in the aftermath of the World Trade Center attacks. Will knows he and his father are lucky to have escaped; others, like his best friend...
- Author:Haslett, AdamSummary:
Banker Doug Fanning begins building a massive mansion on land formerly owned by retired teacher Charlotte Graves' grandfather. The land was once donated to the local town, and now Charlotte is trying to stop Doug's...
- Author:Shea, Bob.Summary:
Envy turns to admiration and finally to friendship for Goat and Unicorn.
- Author:Korman, GordonSummary:
Due to an administrative mix-up, troublemaker Donovan Curtis is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted and talented students, after pulling a major prank at middle school.
- Author:Balogh, MarySummary:
The Woodfall and Hayes families have been bitter rivals for nearly a century. Now after eight years, Kenneth returns home and realizes his underlying love for Miss Moira Hayes. For her, he is willing to forget the past. But can she...
- Author:Lopes, HenriSummary:
- Author:Cabot, Meg.Summary:
John Hayden, a death deity, takes seventeen-year-old Pierce Oliviera back to the Underworld against her will to keep her safe from the Furies, but her family is still at risk and she, herself, may never escape his captivity.
- Author:Bear, ElizabethSummary:
André Deschênes wants to escape his life as a hired assassin. He hopes to learn the art of conjuring, manipulating the odds of people's lives. But a revolution is brewing in the city of Novo Haven, where an alien race is finally gaining...
- Author:Richardson, Kat.Summary:
Seattle's homeless are turning up dead and mutilated, and zombies have been seen stalking the Underground. Harper Blaine, walker of the shadowy line between the living and the dead, sets out to find the source, and soon comes to...
- Author:Davis, M. E. M.Summary:
Under the sprawling branches of the ancient man-fig tree in the town square, the gossiby men of Thornham relax and spin colorful yarns for each other's amusements. There, reputations are established or sullied, and local rumors of...
- Author:Woods, StuartSummary:
John Howell, a former journalist looking for a quiet place to write, unwittingly joins forces with reporter Heather MacDonald who is investigating Sutherland sheriff Bo Scully. Their investigating unveils more than just corruption at...
- Author:Delany, VickiSummary:
Lucky Smith and Chief Constable Paul Keller are having a weekend getaway when trouble arises—trouble involving Paul’s estranged son, Matt, and a dead body. Lucky’s daughter, Constable Molly Smith, soon finds herself in the middle of the...
- Author:Gunn, Robin JonesSummary:
Expecting to enjoy her empty nest years, Carissa suddenly loses her job. To make matters worse, her husband's burgeoning counseling business now requires him to spend three nights a week away from home. Feeling alone and unloved,...
- Author:Wade, BeckySummary:
When Meg inherits her father's thoroughbred Texas farm, she's determined to shut it down, despite Bo, the handsome manager. Can he--and love--change her mind?