The Last Year of the War
By: Susan Meissner
4.21
Format: 389 pages, Hardcover
Elise Sontag is a typical Iowa fourteen-year-old in 1943--aware of the war but distanced from its r…
Want to Read $ 12.99"You don't have to say everything you're thinking, Elise," he said."-Susan Meissner, The Last Year of the War
"Maybe being brave is different from being unafraid. If you're not afraid, what is there to be brave about?"-Susan Meissner, The Last Year of the War
"*Nice* was a word that I'd not been able to say in such a long time, and it encompassed so much in that moment. It truly did. *Nice* is a throwaway word until it's not."-Susan Meissner, The Last Year of the War
". . . Wars begin and wars end. There will be peace again. We only need to hold on to who we are, deep within, so that we'll recognize ourselves on the other side when it's over."-Susan Meissner, The Last Year of the War
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1. The Room on Rue Amelie
By: Kristin Harmel
4.20
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale and Martha Hall Kelly’s Lilac Girls, this powerful nov… read more
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"I am not sure about anything. But if we don’t have hope, we don’t have anything."-Kristin Harmel, The Room on Rue Amelie
2. Glory Over Everything: Beyond The Kitchen House
By: Kathleen Grissom
4.30
Format: 365 pages, Hardcover
The latest New York Times bestseller from the author of the beloved book club favorite The Kitchen … read more
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"Pan, I said. "Do you know who can help?" He shook his head. "I will," I said. "What can you do?" he asked. "I don't know yet. This is new to me."-Kathleen Grissom, Glory Over Everything: Beyond The Kitchen House
3. The Women
By: Kristin Hannah
4.64
Format: 471 pages, Hardcover
Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more
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"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."-Kristin Hannah, The Women
"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"-Kristin Hannah, The Women
"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."-Kristin Hannah, The Women
4. The Paris Agent
By: Kelly Rimmer
4.13
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
1970—In the aftermath of his war-ravaged past, Noah Ainsworth is still haunted by memories of his t… read more
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"To truly love someone, we must accept the real version of them, scars and all."-Kelly Rimmer, The Paris Agent
"And whatever we do with the freedom we have been gifted, whether our achievements and our struggles are big or small, we will do it in honor of those who gave so much so that we could live in a bette…"-Kelly Rimmer, The Paris Agent
5. The Berry Pickers
By: Amanda Peters
4.14
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mys… read more
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6. The Golden Doves
By: Martha Hall Kelly
4.18
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
Two former female spies, bound together by their past, risk everything to hunt down an infamous Naz… read more
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7. The Paris Daughter
By: Kristin Harmel
4.25
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Book of Lost Names comes a gripping historical novel about two m… read more
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"This isn't a decision I make lightly, but being a parent is not about doing what is right for ourselves, is it? It's about sacrificing all we can, big and small, to give our children their best chanc…"-Kristin Harmel, The Paris Daughter
8. The Frozen River
By: Ariel Lawhon
4.43
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more
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9. The Orphan Collector
By: Ellen Marie Wiseman
4.24
Format: 390 pages, Paperback
In the fall of 1918, thirteen-year-old German immigrant Pia Lange longs to be far from Philadelphia… read more
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"May God forgive you for what you’ve done."-Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Orphan Collector
"Obey the laws and wear the gauze, protect your jaws from septic paws."-Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Orphan Collector
10. The First Ladies
By: Marie Benedict
4.04
Format: 389 pages, Hardcover
A novel about the extraordinary partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights a… read more
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11. The River We Remember
By: William Kent Krueger
4.29
Format: 421 pages, Hardcover
In 1958, a small Minnesota town is rocked by the murder of its most powerful citizen, pouring fresh… read more
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"Finally, she wrote: The most frightening thing we do in our lives is to love."-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
"People who make other people happy are generally pretty unhappy themselves," she said."-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
"Bluestone said, " Hihanni waste ." "He honnay washtay?" Sam gave him a bewildered half smile. "I'm afraid I don't understand." "Exactly my point," Bluestone said. "I've lived in a white man's world a…"-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
"[Scott] heard the clock on the living room mantel strike midnight, and he could no longer lie there suffering. He slipped from his bed, dressed, and so quietly that he might not even have existed--an…"-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
12. The Little Liar
By: Mitch Albom
4.59
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Beloved bestselling author Mitch Albom returns with a powerful novel that moves from a coastal Gree… read more
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"Dead men tell no lies, but their truths must be unearthed."-Mitch Albom, The Little Liar
"But the lies you tell by daylight leave you lonesome in the dark."-Mitch Albom, The Little Liar
"The sad thing is, by the time you share what a loved one wants to hear, they no longer want to hear it."-Mitch Albom, The Little Liar
"...a lie told once is easy to expose, but a lie told a thousand times can look like the truth. And destroy the world."-Mitch Albom, The Little Liar
13. The Secret Book of Flora Lea
By: Patti Callahan Henry
4.07
Format: 355 pages, Hardcover
When a woman discovers a rare book that has connections to her past, long-held secrets about her mi… read more
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"The heart can hold much joy and great sorrow at the same time. It's a mystery. And it's also true."-Patti Callahan Henry, The Secret Book of Flora Lea
"What a fairy tale is meant to do," she said, "if it's meant to do anything at all, Tolkien says, is give us new perspective on our world, the consolation of a happy ending. A recovery of sorts. Like …"-Patti Callahan Henry, The Secret Book of Flora Lea
14. Crow Mary
By: Kathleen Grissom
4.33
Format: 348 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of the book club classics The Kitchen House and Glory Over Ev… read more
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15. Beyond That, the Sea
By: Laura Spence-Ash
4.24
Format: 351 pages, Hardcover
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16. The Keeper of Hidden Books
By: Madeline Martin
4.13
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
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17. The Phoenix Crown
By: Kate Quinn
3.82
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
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18. The Last Year of the War
By: Susan Meissner
4.21
Format: 389 pages, Hardcover
Elise Sontag is a typical Iowa fourteen-year-old in 1943--aware of the war but distanced from its r… read more
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"You don't have to say everything you're thinking, Elise," he said."-Susan Meissner, The Last Year of the War
"Maybe being brave is different from being unafraid. If you're not afraid, what is there to be brave about?"-Susan Meissner, The Last Year of the War
"*Nice* was a word that I'd not been able to say in such a long time, and it encompassed so much in that moment. It truly did. *Nice* is a throwaway word until it's not."-Susan Meissner, The Last Year of the War
". . . Wars begin and wars end. There will be peace again. We only need to hold on to who we are, deep within, so that we'll recognize ourselves on the other side when it's over."-Susan Meissner, The Last Year of the War
19. When We Had Wings
By: Ariel Lawhon
4.18
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
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20. Shelterwood
By: Lisa Wingate
3.88
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping novel inspired by the untold history of women pioneers who fought to protect children ca… read more
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"What lucky people we readers are that we live not just one life, but many, and diving into yet another is as easy as opening a book."-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood
"That was a perilous area. . .Graves could be anywhere and undoubtedly are. We walk over history, unaware, every day in all places. We sleep atop it. When we rest our heads at night, we've no way of k…"-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood
"The light between them outshines the November day. My heartstrings tug, and I want to call my mother and my grandmother, the women who built me - who implanted the idea that whatever path I chose for…"-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood
"I take a deep breath, lose myself in the healing power of feeling the world breathe, water over stones, wind against trees, last year's dry leaves tumbling along expanses of rock, in the play of clou…"-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood
21. The Briar Club
By: Kate Quinn
4.35
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, D.C. boardinghouse… read more
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