Emma: A Modern Retelling
By: Alexander McCall Smith
3.12
Format: 361 pages, Hardcover
The summer after she graduates from university, Emma Woodhouse returns home to the village of Highb…
Want to Read $ 12.99"She remembered love, though, and a feeling of warmth. It was like remembering light, or the glow that sometimes persists after a light has gone out."-Alexander McCall Smith, Emma: A Modern Retelling
"She remembered love, though, and a feeling of warmth. It was like remembering light, or the glow that sometimes persists after a light has gone out."-Alexander McCall Smith, Emma: A Modern Retelling
"Emma was happy. She realized that happiness is something that springs from the generous treatment of others, and that until one makes that connection, happiness may prove elusive."-Alexander McCall Smith, Emma: A Modern Retelling
"Emma was happy. She realized that happiness is something that springs from the generous treatment of others, and that until one makes that connection, happiness may prove elusive."-Alexander McCall Smith, Emma: A Modern Retelling
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1. And the Dark Sacred Night
By: Julia Glass
3.54
Format: 379 pages, Hardcover
Kit Noonan’s life is stalled: unemployed, twins to help support, a mortgage to pay—and a frustrated… read more
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"I'd suffocate. From my own cowardice."-Julia Glass, And the Dark Sacred Night
"All that spring and summer, there were times when she felt as if she had no joints or muscles, no physical means with which to move about the world."-Julia Glass, And the Dark Sacred Night
"Americans refused to see accidents as accidental. They did not comprehend they while tragedy always exacts a formidable price, it rarely incurs a debt."-Julia Glass, And the Dark Sacred Night
"Once the world at large— or the media, to be more accurate— beatifies you, life is never the same. And because you cannot resist the stoking of your ego, no matter how hard you try, you begin to lose…"-Julia Glass, And the Dark Sacred Night
2. Sense & Sensibility
By: Joanna Trollope
3.49
Format: 362 pages, Hardcover
John Dashwood promised his dying father that he would take care of his half sisters. But his wife, … read more
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"It's better to do something rather than talk about it. Don't you think?"-Joanna Trollope, Sense & Sensibility
"Marianne would love watching paint dry, if Wills was watching it with her."-Joanna Trollope, Sense & Sensibility
3. Northanger Abbey (The Austen Project, #2)
By: Val McDermid
3.67
Format: 230 pages, Hardcover
Internationally best-selling crime writer Val McDermid has riveted millions of readers worldwide wi… read more
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4. That Loving Feeling
By: Carole Matthews
3.70
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A wonderfully wise romantic comedy about the ones we love and the one that got away... Juliet Joyce… read more
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5. Julie (Julie of the Wolves, #2)
By: Jean Craighead George , Wendell Minor
4.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
Julie's decision to return home to her people is not an easy one. But after many months in the wild… read more
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6. The Waiting (Lancaster County Secrets, #2)
By: Suzanne Woods Fisher
3.73
Format: None pages, Paperback
Jorie King has been waiting for Benjamin Zook to return home to Lancaster County so they can marry.… read more
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7. The Hidden Blade (The Heart of Blade Duology #1)
By: Sherry Thomas
3.72
Format: 374 pages, ebook
In the waning days of the last dynasty, in a quiet, beautiful corner of imperial Peking, a young gi… read more
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8. Emma: A Modern Retelling
By: Alexander McCall Smith
3.12
Format: 361 pages, Hardcover
The summer after she graduates from university, Emma Woodhouse returns home to the village of Highb… read more
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"She remembered love, though, and a feeling of warmth. It was like remembering light, or the glow that sometimes persists after a light has gone out."-Alexander McCall Smith, Emma: A Modern Retelling
"Emma was happy. She realized that happiness is something that springs from the generous treatment of others, and that until one makes that connection, happiness may prove elusive."-Alexander McCall Smith, Emma: A Modern Retelling
9. No More Meltdowns: Positive Strategies for Dealing with and Preventing Out-Of-Control Behavior
By: Carol Stock Kranowitz , Jed Baker
3.17
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
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11. The Jane Austen Book Club
By: Karen Joy Fowler
3.36
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
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12. The Adventures of Miss Petitfour
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3.60
Format: None pages, ebook
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13. Eligible (The Austen Project, #4)
By: Curtis Sittenfeld
5.00
Format: 29 pages, Hardcover
This version of the Bennet family and Mr. Darcy is one that you have and haven't met before: Liz is… read more
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14. Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife: Pride and Prejudice Continues (Darcy & Elizabeth, #1)
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3.66
Format: 180 pages,
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15. Every Secret Thing (Kate Murray, #1)
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4.00
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When an old man strikes up a conversation with her on the steps of St. Paul's and makes a mystifyin… read more
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16. The Murder of Mr. Wickham (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #1)
By: Claudia Gray
3.69
Format: 386 pages, Paperback
A summer house party turns into a whodunit when Mr. Wickham, one of literature’s most notorious vil… read more
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"What I believed Willoughby to be, you truly are."-Claudia Gray, The Murder of Mr. Wickham (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #1)
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"Doing what is right may be painful to us," she said, "but doing what is painful to others is rarely right."-Claudia Gray, The Murder of Mr. Wickham (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #1)
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18. The Jane Austen Society
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3.74
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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3.62
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4.03
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21. Mrs. Entwhistle and the Amish Inn
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4.49
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By: J.C. Peterson
3.68
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23. The English Experience
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3.91
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4.17
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4.58
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