The Paris Library
By: Janet Skeslien Charles
4.07
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Based on the true World War II story of the heroic librarians at the American Library in Paris, thi…
Want to Read $ 13.99"No man ever steps in the same river twice."-Janet Skeslien Charles, The Paris Library
"Life’s a brawl. You must fight for what you want."-Janet Skeslien Charles, The Paris Library
"Libraries are lungs, [...] books the fresh air breathed in to keep the heart beating, to keep the brain imagining, to keep hope alive."-Janet Skeslien Charles, The Paris Library
"The Library is my haven. I can always find a corner of the stacks to call my own, to read and dream. I want to make sure everyone has that chance, most especially the people who feel different and need a place to call home."-Janet Skeslien Charles, The Paris Library
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1. 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
2. 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
3. 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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- historical
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4. 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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5. Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
By: Lisa See
4.36
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
* NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!* An immersive historical novel inspired by the true story of a woma… read more
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- historical
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6. Tom Lake
By: Ann Patchett
3.99
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again prov… read more
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"You can’t pretend this [Covid] isn’t happening,"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"In the summer the pear trees were fine. In the summer, all that is hideous about a pear tree is hidden by leaves and pears. But once those disguises were removed they were nothing but acres of murder…"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"Hazel, listen to me. I'm going to tell you something important, you need to be brave.' I then explained to the dog how I have told myself for so many years that my career fell apart because I wasn't …"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"It's as if someone bought all the diamonds at Tiffany's, and crushed them into dust, then spread that dust across the water so that it sifts down evenly, filtering through the shards of light that cu…"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
7. The Winemaker's Wife
By: Kristin Harmel
4.22
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
The author of the engrossing international bestseller The Room on Rue Amélie returns with a moving … read more
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8. 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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9. Remarkably Bright Creatures
By: Shelby Van Pelt
4.39
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Remarkably Bright Creatures, an exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope, tracing a widow's u… read more
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"How does it feel, you ask? It is comfortable. It is home. I am lucky. I am grateful"-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures
"Day 1,361 of My Captiv- Oh, Let Us Cut the Shit, Shall We? We Have a Ring to Retrieve."-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures
"Why can humans not use their millions of words to simply tell one another what they desire?"-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures
"Humans are the only species who subvert truth for their own entertainment. They call them jokes. Sometimes puns."-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures
10. 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
11. The Personal Librarian
By: Marie Benedict
4.06
Format: 341 pages, Hardcover
This is a previously-published edition of ISBN 9780593101537.The remarkable, little-known story of … read more
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"They have no idea the fierceness that lurks within your petite frame."-Marie Benedict, The Personal Librarian
"I am searching for one thing—a connection, however fleeting, to anchor me."-Marie Benedict, The Personal Librarian
"And being a woman, I know that I must do my job twice as well as any man to be thought half as good."-Marie Benedict, The Personal Librarian
"I feel him, too. I suppose he was always larger than life, so we shouldn’t expect death to eradicate him from our existence."-Marie Benedict, The Personal Librarian
12. The Book of Lost Names
By: Kristin Harmel
4.43
Format: 388 pages, Hardcover
Eva Traube Abrams, a semi-retired librarian in Florida, is shelving books one morning when her eyes… read more
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"...we are only responsible for the things we do—or fail to do—ourselves."-Kristin Harmel, The Book of Lost Names
"Remember that God’s plan for you might be different than the plan you have for yourself."-Kristin Harmel, The Book of Lost Names
"Ah. I should have known. You’re one of us. … You’re someone who finds herself in the pages,"-Kristin Harmel, The Book of Lost Names
"Eva refused to believe that a person who had made a life from books could have evil in her heart."-Kristin Harmel, The Book of Lost Names
13. The Keeper of Hidden Books
By: Madeline Martin
4.13
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
A heartwarming story about the power of books to bring us together, inspired by the true story of t… read more
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14. The Rose Code
By: Kate Quinn
4.45
Format: 624 pages, Paperback
The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Huntress and The Alice Network returns w… read more
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"She was drunk on him, every nerve in her body singing."-Kate Quinn, The Rose Code
"There was a thing a man's eyes did when he was in love, a softening at the very centers"-Kate Quinn, The Rose Code
"Once again, she’d thought, Why the hell not? and let him park an emerald on her finger."-Kate Quinn, The Rose Code
"Osla kept her letters cheerful; the last thing a man at war needed was gloom from the home front."-Kate Quinn, The Rose Code
15. The Huntress
By: Kate Quinn
4.30
Format: 560 pages, Kindle Edition
In the aftermath of war, the hunter becomes the hunted… Bold and fearless, Nina Markova always d… read more
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"Maybe,"-Kate Quinn, The Huntress
"Cameras didn't lie, but they could certainly mislead."-Kate Quinn, The Huntress
"Because we can keep on. Others, they try keeping on, they just..."-Kate Quinn, The Huntress
"If she had a camera, she didn't need to tell stories; she could tell the truth."-Kate Quinn, The Huntress
16. The Diamond Eye
By: Kate Quinn
4.29
Format: 435 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code returns with an unforgettable World War II t… read more
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17. The Last Bookshop in London
By: Madeline Martin
4.15
Format: 325 pages, Paperback
Inspired by the true World War II history of the few bookshops to survive the Blitz, The Last Books… read more
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"You can't save the world, but keep trying in any small way you can."-Madeline Martin, The Last Bookshop in London
"...his mistreatment had nothing to do with her, and everything to do with him."-Madeline Martin, The Last Bookshop in London
"Word after word, page after page, she was pulled deeper into a place she had never experienced and walked in the footsteps of a person she's never been."-Madeline Martin, The Last Bookshop in London
"Word by word, page by page, she was pulled deeper into a place she had never expected and walked in the footsteps of a person she'd never been. (p. 107)"-Madeline Martin, The Last Bookshop in London
18. The Phoenix Crown
By: Kate Quinn
3.82
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
From bestselling authors Janie Chang and Kate Quinn, a thrilling and unforgettable narrative about … read more
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19. The Forest of Vanishing Stars
By: Kristin Harmel
4.26
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of the The Book of Lost Names returns with an evocative comin… read more
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20. The Paris Library
By: Janet Skeslien Charles
4.07
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Based on the true World War II story of the heroic librarians at the American Library in Paris, thi… read more
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- historical
- war
- world war ii
- france
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
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- audiobook
"No man ever steps in the same river twice."-Janet Skeslien Charles, The Paris Library
"Life’s a brawl. You must fight for what you want."-Janet Skeslien Charles, The Paris Library
"Libraries are lungs, [...] books the fresh air breathed in to keep the heart beating, to keep the brain imagining, to keep hope alive."-Janet Skeslien Charles, The Paris Library
"The Library is my haven. I can always find a corner of the stacks to call my own, to read and dream. I want to make sure everyone has that chance, most especially the people who feel different and ne…"-Janet Skeslien Charles, The Paris Library
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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"You can't call yourself a proper home without the regular smell of good food..."-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club
"And guilt roiled in his stomach because he wanted to love his mother, and sometimes what pulsed through him came horribly close to hate."-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club
"Be selfish, stick to the plan Claire had clung to since she was 16. Look out for herself and no one else, because love was for suckers and happiness meant a well-stocked bank account and a house you …"-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club
"Happiness is a choice as much as anything. Or you could choose to be angry, and if you stay angry long enough, it will become comfortable, like an old robe. But eventually you’ll realize that old rob…"-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club
