Return to Valetto
By: Dominic Smith
3.95
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A captivating and moving new novel from the international bestselling author of The Last Painting o…
Want to Read $ 11.99"Susan is the opposite,"-Dominic Smith, Return to Valetto
"The bell ringer’s green walnut liqueur was famous in Valetto for its ability to strip paint and dignity."-Dominic Smith, Return to Valetto
"I read aloud from my phone. “‘A cappuccino with low-quality milk … the only good things is the kindness of the bartenders…’"-Dominic Smith, Return to Valetto
"Was this where my fascination for documented history came from? From a family so afraid of earthly erasure that they couldn’t discard the transcript of ordering two pounds of prosciutto on June 15, 1988?"-Dominic Smith, Return to Valetto
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1. Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens
By: Shankari Chandran
4.21
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Welcome to Cinnamon Gardens, a home for those who are lost and the stories they treasure. Cinnam… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- book club
- audiobook
2. Old God's Time
By: Sebastian Barry
3.85
Format: 261 pages, Hardcover
From the two-time Booker Prize finalist author, a dazzlingly written novel exploring love, memory, … read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"Per ell aquest era el sentit de la jubilació, de l'existència: estar-de immòbil, feliç i inútil"-Sebastian Barry, Old God's Time
"Per ell aquest era el sentit de la jubilació, de l'existència: estar-se immòbil, feliç i inútil"-Sebastian Barry, Old God's Time
"No one minds life as long as they are not trying to leave it. Nor death, as long as they are not dying."-Sebastian Barry, Old God's Time
3. The Bookbinder
By: Pip Williams
4.07
Format: 437 pages, Hardcover
A young British woman working in a book bindery gets a chance to pursue knowledge and love when Wor… read more
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- audiobook
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Your stitching is what will hold the story together."-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder
"Love Eternal, in Baskerville typeface. He'd chosen it for its clarity and beauty."-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder
"The myriad ways our words had failed to be bound, and here they were, finally, and there was only one bloody copy."-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder
4. Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life
By: Anna Funder
4.13
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
This is the story of the marriage behind some of the most famous literary works of the 20th century… read more
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- historical
- book club
- audiobook
5. Stone Yard Devotional
By: Charlotte Wood
3.68
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
A deeply moving novel about forgiveness, grief, and what it means to be 'good', from the award-winn… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- book club
- audiobook
6. Southern Aurora
By: Mark Brandi
4.07
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
The unforgettable new novel from the Dagger award-winning author of Wimmera. A novel that shows sma… read more
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- fiction
7. Limberlost
By: Robbie Arnott
4.25
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
In the heat of a long summer Ned hunts rabbits in a river valley, hoping the pelts will earn him en… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- book club
- audiobook
"After an hour of sodden stomping they saw ghostly figures beckoning them through the dense cloud. Highland snow gums, colour-swirled and hardy, and alpine yellow gums, splashed with shades of lemon a…"-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost
"He told her the story of it, his words coming faster than with the others, without artifice or caution. Told her how he'd known there was something wonderful under the old paint from the moment he sa…"-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost
"He'd stare at that field of water until all the things he could not handle were rinsed out of him, and all that remained within him was the memory of that night: the whale, the warmth of the coat, hi…"-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost
"Three days after their wedding they were standing at the base of Liffey Falls, at the brisk death of winter, watching an airborne river thrash its way earthward. The water tumbled through high ridges…"-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost
8. A Brief Affair
By: Alex Miller
3.59
Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition
A moving novel about storytelling, about truths, and love, from twice Miles Franklin Award winner A… read more
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- literary fiction
- book club
- fiction
- contemporary
9. Edenglassie
By: Melissa Lucashenko
4.13
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Two extraordinary Indigenous stories set five generations apart. When Mulanyin meets the beautiful … read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
- historical fiction
- audiobook
10. Return to Valetto
By: Dominic Smith
3.95
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A captivating and moving new novel from the international bestselling author of The Last Painting o… read more
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- italy
- literary fiction
- historical
- world war ii
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- historical fiction
- book club
- audiobook
"Susan is the opposite,"-Dominic Smith, Return to Valetto
"The bell ringer’s green walnut liqueur was famous in Valetto for its ability to strip paint and dignity."-Dominic Smith, Return to Valetto
"I read aloud from my phone. “‘A cappuccino with low-quality milk … the only good things is the kindness of the bartenders…’"-Dominic Smith, Return to Valetto
"Was this where my fascination for documented history came from? From a family so afraid of earthly erasure that they couldn’t discard the transcript of ordering two pounds of prosciutto on June 15, 1…"-Dominic Smith, Return to Valetto
11. Days of Innocence and Wonder
By: Lucy Treloar
3.71
Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition
When someone is taken away, what is left behind? All her life, Till has lived in the shadow of t… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- book club
- audiobook
12. The Seven (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #3)
By: Chris Hammer
4.23
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
The latest stunning thriller from the bestselling author of Scrublands and The Tilt. Chris Hammer's… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- book club
- audiobook
13. The Conversion
By: Amanda Lohrey
3.55
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
From Miles Franklin Award-winning author Amanda Lohrey comes a stunning literary foray into place, … read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
14. The Hummingbird Effect
By: Kate Mildenhall
3.60
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
An epic, kaleidoscopic story of four women connected across time and place by an invisible thread a… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
15. Restless Dolly Maunder
By: Kate Grenville
3.88
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
Dolly Maunder was born at the end of the nineteenth century, when society’s long-locked doors were … read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- family
- fiction
- historical fiction
- book club
- audiobook
16. One Illumined Thread
By: Sally Colin-James
3.87
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A beautiful, enthralling and powerful story of three women separated by centuries, yet connected by… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- book club
- audiobook
"As she leaves, I wonder if I said goodbye. If she did. So many of these unfinished and fleeting moments pinned, stitched, patched together in a never-whole recollection."-Sally Colin-James, One Illumined Thread
"After rain, when the cloud is still low, the hard edges of Florence are softened like Leonardo's sfumato. Smoky lines transforming from shadow to a light that appears as if cast through white silk, s…"-Sally Colin-James, One Illumined Thread
17. Sunbirds
By: Mirandi Riwoe
3.72
Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition
1941, West Java. Love and revolution are in the air. And war is on its way. Shortly before the Japa… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
18. Death of a Foreign Gentleman (Stephen Minter #1)
By: Steven Carroll
3.73
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Who killed Martin Friedrich? From award-winning writer Steven Carroll comes the first book in a ser… read more
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- historical
- fiction
19. Aphrodite's Breath
By: Susan Johnson
4.00
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
What happens when you take your 85-year-old mother to live with you on a Greek island? A strikingly… read more
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20. The Fire and the Rose
By: Robyn Cadwallader
3.76
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
From Robyn Cadwallader, the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of The Anchoress and Book… read more
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- historical
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