The Bar Harbor Retirement Home for Famous Writers (And Their Muses)
By: Terri-Lynne DeFino
3.77
Format: 336 pages, ebook
A whimsical, moving novel about a retirement home for literary legends who spar, conjure up new sto…
Want to Read $ 13.99"It was no longer today, and not yet tomorrow. It was now and she was, for once, content."-Terri-Lynne DeFino, The Bar Harbor Retirement Home for Famous Writers (And Their Muses)
"It was no longer today, and not yet tomorrow. It was now and she was, for once, content."-Terri-Lynne DeFino, The Bar Harbor Retirement Home for Famous Writers (And Their Muses)
"There are many yesterdays. With any luck, many tomorrows. But there's only one today. Don't fuck it up."-Terri-Lynne DeFino, The Bar Harbor Retirement Home for Famous Writers (And Their Muses)
"There are many yesterdays. With any luck, many tomorrows. But there's only one today. Don't fuck it up."-Terri-Lynne DeFino, The Bar Harbor Retirement Home for Famous Writers (And Their Muses)
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1. Hermit's Peak (Kevin Kerney, #4)
By: Michael McGarrity
4.13
Format: 351 pages, Paperback
Hermit’s Peak is a seminal novel in the crime fiction series that places New Mexico lawman Kevin Ke… read more
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2. The Book of Bright Ideas
By: Sandra Kring
3.74
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Wisconsin, 1961. Evelyn "Button" Peters is nine the summer Winnalee and her fiery-spirited older si… read more
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3. Good Night, Mr. Wodehouse
By: Faith Sullivan
4.50
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
Throughout her life, Nell Stillman has struggled to find meaning in an increasingly chaotic world. … read more
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4. Apple of My Eye
By: Helene Hanff
3.28
Format: 437 pages, Paperback
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5. A Fine Romance
By: Candice Bergen
3.40
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In the follow-up to Knock Wood--her bestselling "engaging, intelligent, and wittily self-deprecatin… read more
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6. Mile 445
By: None
4.40
Format: None pages, Paperback
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7. The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln
By: Stephen L. Carter
3.57
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
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8. The Librarianist
By: Patrick deWitt
3.41
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling and award-winning author Patrick deWitt comes the story of Bob Comet, a man who ha… read more
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9. Found in a Bookshop
By: Stephanie Butland
4.24
Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition
Dear Lost for Words, We are trying to stay at home . . . I am enclosing a cheque and I hope that… read more
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10. James
By: Percival Everett
4.54
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , both harrowing and f… read more
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11. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
By: James McBride
4.00
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new housing de… read more
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12. The Editor
By: Steven Rowley
3.80
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
From the bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus comes a novel about a struggling writer who get… read more
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13. Summer Hours at the Robbers Library
By: Sue Halpern
3.61
Format: 384 pages, ebook
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14. The Bar Harbor Retirement Home for Famous Writers (And Their Muses)
By: Terri-Lynne DeFino
3.77
Format: 336 pages, ebook
A whimsical, moving novel about a retirement home for literary legends who spar, conjure up new sto… read more
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"It was no longer today, and not yet tomorrow. It was now and she was, for once, content."-Terri-Lynne DeFino, The Bar Harbor Retirement Home for Famous Writers (And Their Muses)
"There are many yesterdays. With any luck, many tomorrows. But there's only one today. Don't fuck it up."-Terri-Lynne DeFino, The Bar Harbor Retirement Home for Famous Writers (And Their Muses)
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15. The Littlest Library
By: Poppy Alexander
3.69
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A heartwarming literary-themed novel about a woman who turns an ordinary red phone box into the lit… read more
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"There was a book to cure ever ill and solve every problem that was what Mimi had always thought. It was like a tiny sanctuary providing a balm for all of life’s challenges."-Poppy Alexander, The Littlest Library
"Manga is a highly respected form of storytelling. Calling it comics doesn’t do it justice. I’ll sort her out with some other graphic novels, too. It’s all stories. It all counts."-Poppy Alexander, The Littlest Library
"There is that poem. Scott Holland, I think. How does it go? ‘I have only slipped away into the next room’…or something. Yes. ‘I have only slipped away into the next room. I am I and you are you. What…"-Poppy Alexander, The Littlest Library
16. The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise
By: Colleen Oakley
4.05
Format: 337 pages, Hardcover
Twenty-one-year-old Tanner Quimby needs a place to live. Preferably one where she can continue sitt… read more
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17. The Radcliffe Ladies’ Reading Club
By: Julia Bryan Thomas
3.69
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
For readers of Martha Hall Kelly and Beatriz Williams comes poignant historical fiction that remind… read more
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18. Mastering the Art of French Murder (An American In Paris, #1)
By: Colleen Cambridge
3.64
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Fans of Jacqueline Winspear, Marie Benedict, Nita Prose, and of course, Julia Child, will adore thi… read more
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"If I could fix an airplane engine, I could roast a chicken. It couldn't be that difficult, could it? Yes. Yes, it could."-Colleen Cambridge, Mastering the Art of French Murder (An American In Paris, #1)
19. The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club
By: Helen Simonson
3.96
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A timeless comedy of manners—refreshing as a summer breeze and bracing as the British seaside—about… read more
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20. The Stolen Child
By: Ann Hood
4.05
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An unlikely duo ventures through France and Italy to solve the mystery of a child’s fate in this mo… read more
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21. The Memory Library
By: Kate Storey
4.40
Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition
For forty-two years, Sally Harrison has been building a library. Each year, on her daughter’s b… read more
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22. The Burning (Kate Burkholder, #16)
By: Linda Castillo
4.38
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Chief of Police Kate Burkholder investigates a gruesome murder that reveals a little-known chapter … read more
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23. Familiaris
By: David Wroblewski
4.21
Format: 979 pages, Hardcover
The follow-up to the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling modern classic The Story of Edgar Sawtel… read more
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"Suppose you could do one impossible thing."-David Wroblewski, Familiaris
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"John once claimed that the way to convince a person to do something outlandish was to ask them to do something even more outlandish."-David Wroblewski, Familiaris
"You can never watch too many pups climb through the straw for the first time, but there are just so many dogs you can bear watch to die."-David Wroblewski, Familiaris
24. Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books
By: Kirsten Miller
4.19
Format: 298 pages, Hardcover
The provocative and hilarious summer read that will have book lovers cheering and everyone talking!… read more
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25. The Last Word (A Deadly Deadlines Mystery)
By: Gerri Lewis
3.87
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An obituary writer finds one of her neighbors dead before her time in this debut cozy mystery perfe… read more
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26. The Wright Sister
By: Patty Dann
3.10
Format: 218 pages, Paperback
An epistolary novel of historical fiction that imagines the life of Katharine Wright and her relati… read more
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27. The Secret Life of Mac
By: Melinda Metz
3.83
Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition
HE'S THE CAT THIEF OF LOVE MacGyver the tabby is feeling very pleased with himself. His human, Jami… read more
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28. Uncle and Ants (Silicon Valley Mystery #1)
By: Marc Jedel
3.90
Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition
Mysterious attacks. Mischievous nieces. Can a clueless uncle catch a tech-savvy killer … and be hom… read more
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29. Four Rabbi Small Mysteries: Friday the Rabbi Slept Late, Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry, Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home, and Monday the Rabbi Took Off (The Rabbi Small Mysteries)
By: Harry Kemelman
4.19
Format: 1089 pages, Kindle Edition
A collection of four novels from the New York Times–bestselling, Edgar Award–winning mystery series… read more
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30. The Moonflowers
By: Abigail Rose-Marie
4.39
Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition
In a powerful and poignant novel, an artist unravels her mysterious family history and its generati… read more
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31. Seventh Avenue Undressed: A Bare-all on New York's Mob Controlled Fashion Industry
By: Marianne Thompson
3.85
Format: 291 pages, Paperback
Inspired by true events, Seventh Avenue Undressed is a suspenseful, provocative, and often hilariou… read more
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