Hard Times
By: Les Edgerton
3.91
Format: 171 pages, Kindle Edition
In 1930s East Texas, fourteen-year-old Amelia Laxault's father insists she marry Arnold Critchin, a…
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1. The Distant Hours
By: Kate Morton
3.89
Format: 562 pages, Hardcover
A long lost letter arrives in the post and Edie Burchill finds herself on a journey to Milderhurst … read more
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"She hadn't wanted to be loved carefully, only well."-Kate Morton, The Distant Hours
"History in the storyteller's hand was a potent force indeed,...."-Kate Morton, The Distant Hours
"it was enough just to free the words so that the voices in her head were stilled."-Kate Morton, The Distant Hours
"They were young; time hadn't yet rubbed at them, polishing their differences and sharpening their opinions..."-Kate Morton, The Distant Hours
2. La vie devant soi
By: Romain Gary , None
4.21
Format: 273 pages, Paperback
Signé Ajar, ce roman reçut le prix Goncourt en 1975. Histoire d'amour d'un petit garçon arabe pour … read more
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"هیچکس از ته دل نمیخواهد که بدی کند"-Romain Gary, La vie devant soi
"Много ясно си спомням този миг от живота си, понеже беше досущ като останалите."-Romain Gary, La vie devant soi
"سه ساله بودم که برای اولین بار رُزاخانم را دیدم. قبل از این سن آدم چیزی یادش نمیآید و در جهلِ مطلق دست و پا میزند"-Romain Gary, La vie devant soi
"Аз мисля, че живота трябва да го живеем в най-ранна възраст, защото после се обезценяваш и никой нищо не ти дава даром."-Romain Gary, La vie devant soi
3. Disclaimer
By: Renée Knight
4.31
Format: 1056 pages, Hardcover
Finding a mysterious novel at her bedside plunges documentary filmmaker Catherine Ravenscroft into … read more
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4. Koka björn
By: Mikael Niemi
3.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Det var prosten som gjorde fyndet. En bra bit ute i det sviktande karret gav han ifran sig en genom… read more
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5. Tall Oaks
By: Chris Whitaker
3.50
Format: 121 pages, Paperback
For fans of Twin Peaksand The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair, this brilliant debut is dark ye… read more
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6. Borderlands (Inspector Devlin, #1)
By: Brian McGilloway
2.75
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The corpse of local teenager Angela Cashell is found on the Tyrone-Donegal border, between the Nort… read more
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7. The Late-night News (Costas Haritos, #1)
By: Petros Markaris
4.75
Format: 140 pages, Paperback
Costas Haritos, a CID chief in central Athens, is uncomfortably married, aggressive and pessimistic… read more
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8. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
By: Carson McCullers
4.14
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
With the publication of her first novel, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Carson McCullers, all of twe… read more
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9. Blue Lightning (Shetland Island, #4)
By: Ann Cleeves
4.34
Format: 640 pages, Paperback
Shetland Detective Jimmy Perez knows it will be a difficult homecoming when he returns to the Fair … read more
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10. I Am Not Sidney Poitier
By: Percival Everett
4.10
Format: 338 pages,
An irresistible comic novel from the master storyteller Percival Everett, and an irreverent take on… read more
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11. Night Watch
By: Jayne Anne Phillips
3.79
Format: 276 pages, Hardcover
In 1874, in the wake of the War, erasure, trauma, and namelessness haunt civilians and veterans, re… read more
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12. The Detective Up Late (Sean Duffy, #7)
By: Adrian McKinty
4.39
Format: 299 pages, Hardcover
Slamming the door on the hellscape of 1980s Belfast, Detective Inspector Sean Duffy hopes that the … read more
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13. London Rules (Slough House, #5)
By: Mick Herron
4.34
Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition
The fifth entry in CWA Gold dagger-winning Slough House series.London Rules might not be written do… read more
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"you're all crazy," Flyte said. "we prefer the term"Alternatively sane"."-Mick Herron, London Rules (Slough House, #5)
"hate crime pollutes the soul, but only the souls of those who commit it"-Mick Herron, London Rules (Slough House, #5)
"Conspiracy theory is bloomed at the rate of one hundred and forty characters a second."-Mick Herron, London Rules (Slough House, #5)
"He eyed her critically. "You look like all your birthdays came at once." "I look happy to you?" "No, old. Am I the only one round here speaks English?"-Mick Herron, London Rules (Slough House, #5)
14. The Fraud
By: Zadie Smith
3.30
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The extraordinary first historical novel from bestselling author of White Teeth Zadie Smith It i… read more
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- fiction
"Eliza had long understood her cousin to be beyond the reach of editorial intervention."-Zadie Smith, The Fraud
"What possesses people? Unhappiness, always. Happiness is otherwise occupied. It has an object on which to focus. It has daisies, it has snowdrifts. Unhappiness opens up the void, which then requires …"-Zadie Smith, The Fraud
"I know this country well. Well enough to understand that justice takes time, and that the freedoms of a minority are rarely self-evident to the majority. What is perfectly selfevident to God is – unf…"-Zadie Smith, The Fraud
"God preserve me from novel-writing, thought Mrs Touchet. God preserve me from that tragic indulgence, that useless vanity, that blindness! In a cold dormitory, two hundred miles away, three heartbrok…"-Zadie Smith, The Fraud
15. Blue Skies
By: T.C. Boyle
3.81
Format: 367 pages, Hardcover
From best-selling novelist T. C. Boyle, a satirical yet ultimately moving send-up of contemporary A… read more
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16. City on Fire (Danny Ryan, #1)
By: Don Winslow
4.10
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
New York Times Bestseller! From the #1 internationally bestselling author of the Cartel Trilogy … read more
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- fiction
17. City of Dreams (Danny Ryan #2)
By: Don Winslow
4.04
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Hollywood. The city where dreams are made. On the losing side of a bloody East Coast crime w… read more
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- fiction
18. The Roommate (Cormac Reilly, #0.7)
By: Dervla McTiernan
3.69
Format: None pages, Audiobook
This audio novella is a stand-alone prequel to the Cormac Reilly series Twenty-two year old Niam… read more
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19. The Limits
By: Nell Freudenberger
3.35
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The most thrilling work yet from the best-selling, prize-winning author of The Newlyweds and Lost a… read more
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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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"...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 Consequence of Anna
By: Kate Birkin
4.16
Format: 568 pages, Paperback
The Instant #1 BESTSELLER, reminiscent of The Thorn Birds, The Light Between Oceans, and Lady Chatt… read more
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"The whole world is a hungry stomach with teeth."-Kate Birkin, The Consequence of Anna
"A face with no freckles is like a flower with no bloom."-Kate Birkin, The Consequence of Anna
"What is a moment in a day but a grain of sand . . . until that moment means everything in the world?"-Kate Birkin, The Consequence of Anna
22. Moth
By: Melody Razak
4.10
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Ma and Bappu are liberal intellectuals teaching at the local university. Their fourteen year-old da… read more
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"There is purpose and beauty in chaos...just because you can't see it, doesn't mean it's not there."-Melody Razak, Moth
"He had known then the value of his ancient homelands: that India was many complexities of tribe and dialect and ritual woven together, an inextricable fabric of pulsating life. How could anyone put b…"-Melody Razak, Moth
"...the process of transformation starts with decay..." "And then you have something beautiful?" asks Alma. "But first you have something ugly, my love. Foul and fair always live together," replies Ma…"-Melody Razak, Moth
23. One Mighty and Irresistible Tide: The Epic Struggle Over American Immigration, 1924-1965
By: Jia Lynn Yang
4.14
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The idea of the United States as a nation of immigrants is at the core of the American narrative. B… read more
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"Our beautiful America was built by a nation of strangers. From a hundred different places or more they have poured forth into an empty land, joining and blending in one mighty and irresistible tide. …"-Jia Lynn Yang, One Mighty and Irresistible Tide: The Epic Struggle Over American Immigration, 1924-1965
24. Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6)
By: Kate Atkinson
4.09
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The stage is set. Marooned overnight by a snowstorm in a grand country house are a cast of characte… read more
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25. The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11)
By: Ann Cleeves
4.47
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
As New York Times bestseller Ann Cleeves's beloved Vera series explodes in popularity in print and … read more
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26. The God of the Woods
By: Liz Moore
4.27
Format: 490 pages, Kindle Edition
When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide Early morning, Augu… read more
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27. Things Don't Break on Their Own
By: Sarah Easter Collins
3.95
Format: 259 pages, Hardcover
Twenty-five years ago, a young girl left home to walk to school. Her younger sister soon followed. … read more
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28. The Sequel (The Book Series, #2)
By: Jean Hanff Korelitz
4.07
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
After the “insanely readable” (Stephen King) and “perfectly told” (Malcolm Gladwell) New York Times… read more
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29. Shred Sisters
By: Betsy Lerner
3.95
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A wry and riveting debut novel about family, mental illness, and a hard-won path between two sister… read more
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30. Hard Times
By: Les Edgerton
3.91
Format: 171 pages, Kindle Edition
In 1930s East Texas, fourteen-year-old Amelia Laxault's father insists she marry Arnold Critchin, a… read more
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31. The Mighty Red
By: Louise Erdrich
4.01
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
In this stunning novel, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award–winning author Louise Erdrich tells … read more
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