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Book Recommendations for General Fiction + 18th Century

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  • The Frozen River
    Ariel Lawhon
    Paperback: 11/05/2024
     
    From the New York Times bestselling author of I Was Anastasia and Code Name Hélène comes a gripping ...
  • Beyond the Door of No Return
    David Diop
    Paperback: 09/17/2024
     
    The hotly anticipated new novel by David Diop, winner of the International Booker Prize.
  • Loot
    Loot: A Novel
    Tania James
    Paperback: 06/18/2024
     
    A spellbinding historical novel set in the eighteenth century: a hero's quest, a love story, the story of a ...
  • The Great Passion
    James Runcie
    Paperback: 02/21/2023
     
    From acclaimed bestselling author James Runcie, a meditation on grief and music, told through the story of ...
  • Antoinette's Sister
    Diana Giovinazzo
    Paperback: 11/29/2022
     
    As Marie Antoinette took her last breath as Queen of France in Paris, another formidable monarch - Antoinette'...
  • Love and Fury
    Love and Fury: A Novel of Mary Wollstonecraft
    Samantha Silva
    Paperback: 05/31/2022
     
    From the acclaimed author of Mr. Dickens and His Carol, a richly-imagined reckoning with the life of another ...
  • The Lost Apothecary
    Sarah Penner
    Paperback: 02/22/2022
     
    A forgotten history. A secret network of women. A legacy of poison and revenge. Welcome to The Lost Apothecary...

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