South of the River
By: Blake Morrison
3.13
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
Intimate and disconcerting, compelling and comic, an anatomy of the way things are, South of the Ri…
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1. The Secret Scripture
By: Sebastian Barry
3.50
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
Nearing her one-hundredth birthday, Roseanne McNulty faces an uncertain future, as the Roscommon Re… read more
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- fiction
2. A Star Called Henry
By: Roddy Doyle
4.11
Format: 96 pages,
Born at the beginning of the twentieth century, Henry Smart lives through the evolution of modern I… read more
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- fiction
3. American Wife
By: Curtis Sittenfeld
4.18
Format: 213 pages, Hardcover
A kind, bookish only child born in the 1940s, Alice Lindgren has no idea that she will one day end … read more
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- fiction
4. Wil
By: Jeroen Olyslaegers
3.57
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
Het is oorlog. Antwerpen wordt bezet door geweld en wantrouwen. Wilfried Wils acht zichzelf een dic… read more
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5. My Name Is Lucy Barton
By: Elizabeth Strout
3.57
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The profound mother-daughter bond is explored through a mother's hospital visit to her estranged da… read more
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- fiction
6. Case Histories (Jackson Brodie, #1)
By: Kate Atkinson
3.80
Format: 389 pages, Paperback
In #1 of series, Jackson Brodie PI follows three 30-years cold, unconnected Cambridge family cases:… read more
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"The only time you were safe was when you were dead."-Kate Atkinson, Case Histories (Jackson Brodie, #1)
"How do you know he's dead?' 'Because he's not breathing"-Kate Atkinson, Case Histories (Jackson Brodie, #1)
"It would be like a Hardy novel, before it all goes wrong."-Kate Atkinson, Case Histories (Jackson Brodie, #1)
"What a fantastic form of avoidance being a bride of Christ was."-Kate Atkinson, Case Histories (Jackson Brodie, #1)
7. Life After Life
By: Kate Atkinson
3.27
Format: 64 pages, Hardcover
What if you could live again and again, until you got it right? On a cold and snowy night in 1910, … read more
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8. Capital
By: John Lanchester
4.08
Format: None pages, Paperback
Celebrated novelist John Lanchester (author of The Debt to Pleasure) returns with an epic novel tha… read more
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9. Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses, #1)
By: Malorie Blackman
3.74
Format: 646 pages, Paperback
Two young people are forced to make a stand in this thought-provoking look at racism and prejudice … read more
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10. Ghost Wall
By: Sarah Moss
3.73
Format: 152 pages, Hardcover
In the north of England, far from the intrusions of cities but not far from civilization, Silvie an… read more
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- fiction
"It was bright again, as if England had forgotten how to rain"-Sarah Moss, Ghost Wall
"Lights blind you; there's a lot you miss by gathering at the fireside."-Sarah Moss, Ghost Wall
"Haven't you been listening, people don't bother to hurt what they don't love. To sacrifice it."-Sarah Moss, Ghost Wall
"I knew better than to challenge him; even the word 'Negro' was already some concession to my ideas because he preferred to use a more offensive term and wait, chin raised, for a reaction."-Sarah Moss, Ghost Wall
11. The Familiars
By: Stacey Halls
3.88
Format: 420 pages, Hardcover
Young Fleetwood Shuttleworth, a noblewoman, is with child again. None of her previous pregnancies h… read more
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- fiction
"Loyalty is earned, not demanded."-Stacey Halls, The Familiars
"Respect is earned, not demanded."-Stacey Halls, The Familiars
"Si el diablo es pobreza, hambre y dolor, entonces sí, creo que lo conocen."-Stacey Halls, The Familiars
"Egy leánygyermek élete ugyanaz, mint egy feleségé – épp csak egy másik férfi mondja meg, mit csinálj."-Stacey Halls, The Familiars
12. Snow (St. John Strafford, #2)
By: John Banville
3.53
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Detective Inspector St. John Strafford has been summoned to County Wexford to investigate a murder.… read more
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"It's an actual fucking library, and there's a body in it!"-John Banville, Snow (St. John Strafford, #2)
"I'm a priest for Christ's sake - how can this be happening to me?"-John Banville, Snow (St. John Strafford, #2)
13. The Mermaid of Black Conch
By: Monique Roffey
3.89
Format: 187 pages, Paperback
In 1976, David is fishing off the island of Black Conch when he comes upon a creature he doesn't ex… read more
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"Womanhood was a dangerous business if you didn't get it right."-Monique Roffey, The Mermaid of Black Conch
"The sea was the giant woman of the planet, fluid and contrary."-Monique Roffey, The Mermaid of Black Conch
"It was the magic that music makes, the song that lives within every creature on earth, including mermaids."-Monique Roffey, The Mermaid of Black Conch
"Life change quick boy. Another planet so. Later I saw that change came as change always comes, from a chain of events with a long history, too long to see from back to front, till it come"-Monique Roffey, The Mermaid of Black Conch
14. The Doll Factory
By: Elizabeth Macneal
3.77
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The Doll Factory, the debut novel by Elizabeth Macneal, is an intoxicating story of art, obsession … read more
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"You have everything you want! You cleave to your principles, and you are a man with the advantage of station! This - this interaction with me - it doesn't degrade you. In the eyes of the world, it ma…"-Elizabeth Macneal, The Doll Factory
15. The Starless Sea
By: Erin Morgenstern
3.85
Format: 498 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Night Circus, a timeless love story set in a secr… read more
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"Fate still owes me a dance."-Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea
"It is not the way of cats to interfere with fate."-Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea
"Once, very long ago, Time fell in love with Fate."-Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea
"You wish to sail the Starless Sea and breathe the haunted air"-Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea
16. Oh William!
By: Elizabeth Strout
3.86
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Lucy Barton is a writer, but her ex-husband, William, remains a hard man to read. William, she conf… read more
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- fiction
"I am not invisible no matter how deeply I feel that I am."-Elizabeth Strout, Oh William!
"Mensen zijn eenzaam, dat wil ik hier maar mee zeggen. Veel mensen kunnen niet tegen degenen die ze goed kennen zeggen wat ze misschien wel zouden willen zeggen."-Elizabeth Strout, Oh William!
"Er was iets aan haar wat ten diepste -bijna wezenlijk- in harmonie was met zichzelf, zoals iemand is, denk ik, wanneer allebei zijn ouders van hem hebben gehouden."-Elizabeth Strout, Oh William!
"Verdriet is zoiets- o, het is zoiets éénzaams; dat is het beangstigende ervan, denk ik. Het is alsof je langs de glaswand van een heel hoog gebouw naar beneden glijdt terwijl niemand je ziet."-Elizabeth Strout, Oh William!
17. Less (Arthur Less, #1)
By: Andrew Sean Greer
3.63
Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition
PROBLEM: You are a failed novelist about to turn fifty. A wedding invitation arrives in the mail:… read more
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"Maybe I’m a bad writer."-Andrew Sean Greer, Less (Arthur Less, #1)
"Fuck love and just get fat."-Andrew Sean Greer, Less (Arthur Less, #1)
"You should kiss me like it’s goodbye."-Andrew Sean Greer, Less (Arthur Less, #1)
"Just for the record: happiness is not bullshit."-Andrew Sean Greer, Less (Arthur Less, #1)
18. South of the River
By: Blake Morrison
3.13
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
Intimate and disconcerting, compelling and comic, an anatomy of the way things are, South of the Ri… read more
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