Swimming Between Worlds
By: Elaine Neil Orr
3.97
Format: 401 pages, Unknown Binding
From critically acclaimed writer Elaine Neil Orr, a Southern coming-of-age novel that sets three ve…
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1. Heather, the Totality
By: Matthew Weiner
2.92
Format: 144 pages, ebook
The Breakstone family arrange themselves around their daughter Heather, and the world seems to foll… read more
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- adult fiction
- adult
- fiction
2. A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #2)
By: Laurie R. King
4.04
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
A Monstrous Regiment of Women continues Mary Russell's adventures as a worthy student of the famous… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
"I could never, I knew then, lose myself "in love." Margery had accused me of coldness, and she was right, but she was also wrong: For me, for always, the paramount organ of passion was the mind. Unna…"-Laurie R. King, A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #2)
"These last weeks, since Christmas, have been odd ones. I have begun to doubt that I knew you as well as I thought. I have even wondered if you wished to keep some part of yourself hidden from me in o…"-Laurie R. King, A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #2)
3. Don't Look at Me Like That
By: Diana Athill
4.03
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
It is the 1950s in England, where well-brought-up young women are meant to aspire to the respectabl… read more
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- coming of age
- fiction
- historical fiction
4. The Widow of the South
By: Robert Hicks
4.16
Format: 422 pages, Paperback
Tennessee, 1864. On a late autumn day, near a little town called Franklin, 10,000 men will soon lie… read more
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- historical
- southern
- fiction
- historical fiction
5. I Am One of You Forever
By: Fred Chappell
4.10
Format: None pages, Paperback
Wonderfully funny and also deeply touching, I Am One of You Forever is the story of a young boy's c… read more
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6. Sweeping Up Glass
By: Carolyn Wall
4.09
Format: None pages, Paperback
Destined to be a classic, Sweeping Up Glass is a tough and tender novel of love, race, and justice,… read more
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7. The Franchise Affair (Inspector Alan Grant, #3)
By: Josephine Tey , Robert Barnard
4.09
Format: None pages, Paperback
Robert Blair was about to knock off from a slow day at his law firm when the phone rang. It was Mar… read more
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8. The Burnt House (Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus, #16)
By: Faye Kellerman
4.15
Format: None pages, Hardcover
At 8:15 in the morning, a small commuter plane carrying forty-seven passengers crashes into an apar… read more
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9. The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
By: Dominick Dunne
3.92
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
A luscious novel composed of just the right measure of sex, glamour, passion, and psychological mot… read more
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10. The Restoration of Celia Fairchild
By: Marie Bostwick
4.04
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
“The Restoration of Celia Fairchild is wise, witty, and utterly compelling.” —Jane Green, New York … read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- southern
- fiction
- adult
"If God wants you to be somewhere or do something, He'll supply everything you need at the moment you need it. And not one moment before. Never forget, Celia, God is in the business of Just In Time in…"-Marie Bostwick, The Restoration of Celia Fairchild
11. 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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- historical
- african american
- fiction
- historical fiction
12. Chenneville
By: Paulette Jiles
4.13
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
Consumed with grief, driven by vengeance, a man undertakes an unrelenting odyssey across the lawles… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
13. The Paris Novel
By: Ruth Reichl
3.84
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling author Ruth Reichl takes readers on an adventure of food, art, and fashion in 1980s Par… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
"That is the most expensive spice in the world. It comes from the Valley of Flowers, where everyone's hands are red from separating the saffron from the blossoms. Each flower has just three strands, s…"-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel
"The fat was bubbling in a pot on the stove. The potatoes went in, were snatched out, then plunged back in. They emerged crisp and golden; Richard sprinkled them with salt and piled them on a platter,…"-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel
"The oysters arrived on a deep bed of ice. She had never eaten an oyster, and she stared down at the platter. A ruffle of black encircled each opalescent heart; she thought of orchids. Triangles of le…"-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel
"A waiter set a small tart of caramelized pears before each of them and added a dab of licorice ice cream. Next came bananas topped with passion fruit and black pepper, little pirouettes of pleasure. …"-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel
14. The Great Divide
By: Cristina Henríquez
3.70
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
An epic novel of the construction of the Panama Canal, casting light on the unsung people who lived… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
"Ada had always believed that her mother, in rebuilding the house only three miles from where it had once been, had kept her world piteously small, but maybe what mattered, Ada thought as she gazed at…"-Cristina Henríquez, The Great Divide
15. Little Souls
By: Sandra Dallas
3.93
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
Now a Denver Post bestseller Finalist, 2023 Colorado Book Awards Sandra Dallas's Little Souls… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
16. Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth
By: Sarah Smarsh
3.76
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
During Sarah Smarsh’s turbulent childhood in Kansas in the 1980s and 1990s, the forces of cyclical … read more
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"When I found your name, in my early adulthood, I don't think I'd ever heard the term "white working class". The experience it describes contains both racial privilege and economic disadvantage, which…"-Sarah Smarsh, Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth
17. The Medicine Woman of Galveston
By: Amanda Skenandore
3.88
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Caught in the great Galveston Hurricane of 1900, a female doctor who’s joined a traveling medicine … read more
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- historical
- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
18. When the Men Were Gone
By: Marjorie Herrera Lewis
3.71
Format: 240 pages, ebook
In Marjorie Herrera Lewis’s debut historical novel the inspiring true story of high school teacher … read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
"These boys would be better off hog-tied than playing for a woman!"-Marjorie Herrera Lewis, When the Men Were Gone
19. Even As We Breathe
By: Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle
3.73
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Even As We Breathe introduces the reader to twenty-year-old Cowney Sequoyah and the mountains of we… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
20. Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)
By: Elizabeth Strout
4.46
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a hopeful, healing novel about new friend… read more
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- adult fiction
- adult
- fiction
"...Bob caught a glimpse of himself in the store window that was right there. He was startled. Who was that tall older man? Was that him? A sense of bewilderment came to him. He turned away, then turn…"-Elizabeth Strout, Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)
21. The Lost Boys (Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus #26)
By: Faye Kellerman
4.01
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Faye Kellerman returns with an atmospheric, fast-paced mystery set in bucolic upstate New York, ful… read more
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- fiction
22. The American Daughters
By: Maurice Carlos Ruffin
3.61
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A gripping historical novel about a spirited young girl who joins a sisterhood of Black women worki… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- african american
23. Catch Us When We Fall
By: Juliette Fay
4.22
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
If you love the emotionally complex novels of JoJo Moyes and the dramatic books of Jodi Picoult, yo… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
24. Between the Cracks
By: Carmela Cattuti
3.85
Format: 261 pages, Kindle Edition
Join Angela Lanza as she experiences the tumultuous world of early 20th century Sicily and New York… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
25. Lisette's List
By: Susan Vreeland
3.81
Format: 433 pages, Kindle Edition
From Susan Vreeland, bestselling author of such acclaimed novels as Girl in Hyacinth Blue, Luncheon… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
"If you feel joy when you do something unselfish for him, and would just as soon do it in secret as openly, then that rings of the true metal"-Susan Vreeland, Lisette's List
"No matter where life takes you...the place where you stand at any moment is holy ground. Love hard and love wide and love long, and you will find goodness in it."-Susan Vreeland, Lisette's List
"No matter where life takes you...the place where you stand at any moment is holy ground. Love hard and love wide and love long, and you will find the goodness in it."-Susan Vreeland, Lisette's List
26. The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us
By: Rachelle Bergstein
3.92
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An intimate and expansive look at Judy Blume’s life, work, and cultural impact, focusing on her mos… read more
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- adult
27. The Wife's Promise (The Goswell Quartet #1)
By: Kate Hewitt
4.12
Format: 387 pages, Kindle Edition
Alice looked at the young girl standing alone on the platform, sensing the same vulnerability she’d… read more
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- romance
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
28. Swimming Between Worlds
By: Elaine Neil Orr
3.97
Format: 401 pages, Unknown Binding
From critically acclaimed writer Elaine Neil Orr, a Southern coming-of-age novel that sets three ve… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- africa
- coming of age
- historical
- adult
- southern
- fiction
- historical fiction
- african american
29. The Southern Fraud (The Southern Lawyer Series Book 5)
By: Peter O'Mahoney
4.56
Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition
How much does the truth cost?In Charleston, South Carolina, against a backdrop of racial tension, t… read more
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30. See Jane Run! (West River Mystery Series, #1)
By: Jolene Stratton Philo
4.38
Format: 254 pages, Paperback
In August of 1977, Jane moves out of her parents’ house in Sioux City, Iowa to teach school in Litt… read more
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31. A Very Irish Christmas
By: Debbie Johnson
4.28
Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition
One part American sugar, two parts Irish spice. Cassie O'Hara is about to discover the recipe for t… read more
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- romance
