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by Steven Rowley
Published May 2017
Read ReviewsCombining the emotional depth of The Art of Racing in the Rain with the magical spirit of The Life of Pi, Lily and the Octopus is an epic adventure of the heart.
by Donna Tartt
Published Apr 2015
Read ReviewsComposed with the skills of a master, The Goldfinch is a haunted odyssey through present-day America; a story of loss and obsession, survival and self-invention, and the enormous power of art.
by Valerie Martin
Published Feb 2015
Read ReviewsA captivating, atmospheric return to historical fiction that is every bit as convincing and engrossing as Martin's landmark Mary Reilly.
by Gaute Heivoll
Published Jan 2014
Read ReviewsAn international literary sensation about an arsonist on the loose in rural Norway and the young man haunted by the story.
by Charlotte Rogan
Published Jan 2013
Read ReviewsIn the summer of 1914, the elegant ocean liner carrying Grace Winter and her husband Henry across the Atlantic suffers a mysterious explosion. Setting aside his own safety, Henry secures Grace a place in a lifeboat, which the survivors quickly realize is over capacity. For any to live, some must die.
by Carol Birch
Published Jun 2012
Read ReviewsA thrilling and powerful novel about a young boy lured to sea by the promise of adventure and reward, with echoes of Great Expectations, Moby-Dick, and The Voyage of the Narwhal.
by Michael Ondaatje
Published Jun 2012
Read ReviewsA spellbinding story - by turns poignant and electrifying - about the magical, often forbidden, discoveries of childhood and a lifelong journey that begins unexpectedly with a spectacular sea voyage.
by Haruki Murakami
Published Oct 2007
Read ReviewsA collection of short-stories from widely acclaimed author Haruki Murakami. Here are animated crows, a criminal monkey, and an iceman, as well as the dreams that shape us and the things we might wish for.
by Liz Jensen
Published Jan 2006
Read ReviewsThe story of a family falling apart, told in the vivid voices of its comatose son and Dr. Dannachet as he is drawn into the family's circle. Full of astonishing twists and turns, this is a masterful tale of the secrets the human mind can hide.
by Andrew Sean Greer
Published Feb 2005
Read ReviewsAn extraordinarily haunting love story told in the voice of a man who appears to age backwards.
by Jonathan Safran Foer
Published Mar 2003
Read ReviewsLit by passion, fear, guilt, memory, and hope, the characters in Everything Is Illuminated mine the black holes of history in this exuberant and wise, hysterically funny and deeply moving debut.
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