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by Natalie Jenner
Published Jul 2021
Read ReviewsJust after the Second World War, in the small English village of Chawton, an unusual but like-minded group of people band together to attempt something remarkable.
by Iona Grey
Published May 2016
Read ReviewsAn accomplished novel from a talented writer, Letters to the Lost is a stunning, emotional love story.
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry
by Gabrielle Zevin
Published Dec 2014
Read ReviewsAs surprising as it is moving, The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry is an unforgettable tale of transformation and second chances, an irresistible affirmation of why we read, and why we love.
by Brian Payton
Published Sep 2014
Read ReviewsThe Wind Is Not a River is Brian Payton's gripping tale of survival and an epic love story in which a husband and wife - separated by the only battle of World War II to take place on American soil - fight to reunite in Alaska's starkly beautiful Aleutian Islands.
by Jo Baker
Published Jun 2014
Read ReviewsPride and Prejudice was only half the story. Jo Baker dares to take us beyond the drawing rooms of Jane Austen's classic and creates a vivid, fascinating, fully realized world that is wholly her own.
by Charlie Lovett
Published May 2014
Read Reviews"What about the most valuable relic in the history of English literature—would that be worth killing for?"
by Colum McCann
Published May 2014
Read ReviewsThe most mature work yet from an incomparable storyteller, TransAtlantic is a profound meditation on identity and history in a wide world that grows somehow smaller and more wondrous with each passing year.
The End of Your Life Book Club
by Will Schwalbe
Published Jun 2013
Read ReviewsThe inspiring story of a son and his dying mother, who form a "book club" that brings them together as her life comes to a close.
by Suzanne Hayes, Loretta Nyhan
Published May 2013
Read ReviewsI'll Be Seeing You is a deeply moving union of style and charm. Filled with unforgettable characters and grace, it is a timeless celebration of friendship and the strength and solidarity of women.
The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise
by Julia Stuart
Published Aug 2011
Read ReviewsBrimming with charm and whimsy, this exquisite novel set in the Tower of London has the transportive qualities and delightful magic of the contemporary classics Chocolat and Amélie.
by Howard Norman
Published May 2011
Read ReviewsSeventeen-year-old Wyatt Hillyer is suddenly orphaned when his parents commit suicide, causing him to move to a small-town, and setting in motion the novel's chain of life-altering passions, including the fathering of a beloved daughter.
by Sarah Blake
Published Feb 2011
Read ReviewsThe Postmistress is an unforgettable tale of the secrets we must bear, or bury. It is about what happens to love during wartime, when those we cherish leave. And how every story - of love or war - is about looking left when we should have been looking right.
by Helen Simonson
Published Dec 2010
Read ReviewsWinner of BookBrowse's 2010 Best Debut Award
You are about to travel to Edgecombe St. Mary, a small village in the English countryside filled with rolling hills, thatched cottages, and a cast of characters both hilariously original and as familiar as the members of your own family.
by Owen Sheers
Published Feb 2009
Read ReviewsImbued with immense imaginative breadth and confidence, Owen Sheers's debut novel unfolds with the pace and intensity of a thriller. A hymn to the glorious landscape of the Welsh border territories and a portrait of a community under siege.
by Peter Ho Davies
Published Jan 2008
Read ReviewsFrom the acclaimed writer Peter Ho Davies comes an engrossing wartime love story set in the stunning landscape of North Wales during the final, harrowing months of World War II.
by Karen Joy Fowler
Published May 2005
Read ReviewsDedicated Austenites will delight in unearthing the echoes of Austen that run through the novel, but most readers will simply enjoy the vision and voice that, despite two centuries of separation, unite two great writers of brilliant social comedy.
by Richard B. Wright
Published Dec 2003
Read ReviewsA mesmerizing tribute to friendship and sisterhood, romance and redemption, written with such insight and passion that the characters' stories will remain with you long after you have read the last page.
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