Fiction

Book cover that says Fourth Wing and has a golden design with black line drawing

A romantacy with a 4.8 rating on Goodreads with almost 300,000 ratings!

Real Americans book cover

The story of American identity that spans three generations in one family and asks: What makes us who we are? And how inevitable are our futures?

red and yellow book cover with a beetle drawing on it and says Miss Benson's Beetle

An elderly British woman in the 1950’s decides to go on an adventure and travels to the other side of the world in search of an elusive beetle. A great read!

Book cover that says Richard OSman at teh top and We Solve Murders at the bottom and has a silohette of a cat on it

A retired British detective and his daughter-in-law team together to solve a mystery – so fun and well-written!

Daughters of Shandong book cover

A propulsive, extraordinary novel about a mother and her daughters’ harrowing escape to Taiwan as the Communist revolution sweeps through China.

Homegoing: Yaa Gyasi book cover image

Ghana, eighteenth century: two half sisters are born into different villages, each unaware of the other. One will marry an Englishman and lead a life of comfort in the palatial rooms of the Cape Coast Castle. The other will be captured in a raid on her village, imprisoned in the very same castle, and sold into slavery.

Table for Two:  Amor Towles book cover image

Millions of Amor Towles fans are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood.

James: Percival Everett book cover image

A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and darkly humorous, told from the enslaved Jim’s point of view.

Lies and Weddings: Kevin Kwan book cover image

From the iconic internationally bestselling author of the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy: A forbidden affair erupts volcanically amid a decadent tropical wedding in this outrageous comedy of manners.

The Paper Daughters of Chinatown: Heather B. Moore book cover image

A powerful story based on true events surrounding Donaldina Cameron and other brave women who fought to help Chinese-American women escape discrimination and slavery in the late 19th century in California.

Where the Crawdads Sing: Delia Owens book cover image

For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life–until the unthinkable happens.

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: Gabrielle Zevin book cover image

The book spans 30 years following the lives of two childhood friends who join together as video game designers.

Tom Lake: Ann Patchett book cover image

In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America’s finest writers.

To the End of the Land: David Grossman book cover image

A stunning novel that tells the powerful story of Ora, an Israeli mother, and her extraordinary love for her son, Ofer, in a haunting meditation on war and family.

The Vanishing Half: Brit Bennett book cover image

From The New York Times-bestselling author of The Mothers, a stunning new novel about twin sisters, inseparable as children, who ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds, one black and one white.

This Tender Land: William Kent Krueger book cover image

A magnificent novel about four orphans on a life-changing odyssey during the Great Depression, from the bestselling author of Ordinary Grace.

The Thursday Murder Club: Richard Osman book cover image

Fun series (this is the first) about retirement community friends who solve murders.

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane: Lisa See book cover image

The thrilling new novel from number-one New York Times best-selling author Lisa See explores the lives of a Chinese mother and her daughter who has been abandoned and adopted by an American couple.

The Sparrow: Mary Doria Russell book cover image

A visionary work that combines speculative fiction with deep philosophical inquiry, The Sparrow tells the story of a charismatic Jesuit priest and linguist, Emilio Sandoz, who leads a scientific mission entrusted with a profound task: to make first contact with intelligent extraterrestrial life. The mission begins in faith, hope, and beauty, but a series of small misunderstandings brings it to a catastrophic end.

The Secrets Between Us: Thrity Umrigar book cover image

A former servant in India struggles against her class and life to find a better way for her granddaughter.

The Power of One: Bryce Courtenay book cover image

In 1939, as Hitler casts his enormous, cruel shadow across the world, the seeds of apartheid take root in South Africa. There, a boy called Peekay is born. His childhood is marked by humiliation and abandonment, yet he vows to survive and conceives heroic dreams–which are nothing compared to what life actually has in store for him. He embarks on an epic journey through a land of tribal superstition and modern prejudice where he will learn the power of words, the power to transform lives, and the power of one.

The Midnight Library: Matt Haig book cover image

What if there are infinite possibilities for how to live your life? The library offers all the choices…and one woman gets to explore where her life could of/can go.

The Maid: Nita Prose book cover image

A wonderful woman who struggles with social skills and works in a hotel finds her life less orderly after a murder occurs in the hotel.

The Last Days of Cafe Leila: Donia Bijan book cover image

Set against the backdrop of Iran’s rich, turbulent history, this exquisite debut novel is a powerful story of food, family, and a bittersweet homecoming.

The Island of the Sea Women: Lisa See book cover image

Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends who come from very different backgrounds. When they are old enough, they begin working in the sea with their village’s all-female diving collective, led by Young-sook’s mother. As the girls take up their positions as baby divers, they know they are beginning a life of excitement and responsibility but also danger.

The Henna Artist: Alka Joshi book cover image

Escaping from an abusive marriage, seventeen-year-old Lakshmi makes her way alone to the vibrant 1950s pink city of Jaipur. There she becomes the most highly requested henna artist – and confidante – to the wealthy women of the upper class. But trusted with the secrets of the wealthy, she can never reveal her own….

The Hate U Give: Angie Thomas book cover image

Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Stieg Larsson book cover image

Harriet Vanger, a scion of one of Sweden’s wealthiest families disappeared over forty years ago. All these years later, her aged uncle continues to seek the truth. He hires Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently trapped by a libel conviction, to investigate. He is aided by the pierced and tattooed punk prodigy Lisbeth Salander. Together they tap into a vein of unfathomable iniquity and astonishing corruption.

The Girl with the Louding Voice: Abi Dare book cover image

The unforgettable, inspiring story of a teenage girl growing up in a rural Nigerian village who longs to get an education so that she can find her “louding voice” and speak up for herself, The Girl with the Louding Voice is a simultaneously heartbreaking and triumphant tale about the power of fighting for your dreams.

The Dutch House: Ann Patchett book cover image

Ann Patchett, the number-one New York Times best-selling author of Commonwealth, delivers her most powerful novel to date: a richly moving story that explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go. The Dutch House is the story of a paradise lost, a tour de force that digs deeply into questions of inheritance, love, and forgiveness, of how we want to see ourselves, and of who we really are.

the covenant of water

From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala, South India, following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret.

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek: Kim Michele Richardson book cover image

The hardscrabble folks of Troublesome Creek have to scrap for everything – everything except books, that is. Thanks to Roosevelt’s Kentucky Pack Horse Library Project, Troublesome’s got its very own traveling librarian, Cussy Mary Carter.Cussy’s not only a book woman, however, she’s also the last of her kind, her skin a shade of blue unlike most anyone else. Not everyone is keen on Cussy’s family or the Library Project, and a Blue is often blamed for any whiff of trouble. If Cussy wants to bring the joy of books to the hill folks, she’s going to have to confront prejudice as old as the Appalachians and suspicion as deep as the holler.

The Bandit Queens: Parini Shroff  book cover image

A fun read about a woman who people assume murdered her husband and thus other women come to her looking to do the same.

Still Life: Sarah Winman  book cover image

A captivating, bighearted, richly tapestried story of people brought together by love, war, art, flood, and the ghost of E. M. Forster, by the celebrated author of Tin Man.

Station Eleven: Emily St. John book cover image

An audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse—the spellbinding story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art and humanity.

Shantaram: Gregory David Roberts book cover image

Set in the underworld of contemporary Bombay, Shantaram is narrated by Lin, an escaped convict with a false passport who flees maximum security prison in Australia for the teeming streets of a city where he can disappear. Burning slums and five-star hotels, romantic love and prison agonies, criminal wars and Bollywood films, spiritual gurus and mujahideen guerrillas—this huge novel has the world of human experience in its reach, and a passionate love for India at its heart. Based on the life of the author, it is by any measure the debut of an extraordinary voice in literature.

Romantic Comedy: Curtis Sittenfeld  book cover image

A fun summer beach read about a writer for an SNL type show who falls for a guest host. Filled with witty banter and even though you know where it’s going it’s fun to be along for the ride.

octopus in sea

A charming, endearing story of the intersection of a few lives that come together via an octopus as a local Puget Sound aquarium. So good!

Pat Conroy Series book cover image

The piercing, iconic semi-autobiographical novel of a domineering father and ambitious son, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Prince of Tides.

Outlander Series: Diana Gabaldon book cover image

The sweeping series follows time traveling Claire, and heartthrob Jaime, as she travels through time and finds a way to make her life during many historical times along the way.

Next Year in Havana: Chanel Cleeton book cover image

Havana, 1958. The daughter of a sugar baron, 19-year-old Elisa Perez is part of Cuba’s high society, where she is largely sheltered from the country’s growing political unrest – until she embarks on a clandestine affair with a passionate revolutionary…. Miami, 2017. Freelance writer Marisol Ferrera grew up hearing romantic stories of Cuba from her late grandmother Elisa, who was forced to flee with her family during the revolution. Elisa’s last wish was for Marisol to scatter her ashes in the country of her birth. Arriving in Havana, Marisol comes face-to-face with the contrast of Cuba’s tropical, timeless beauty and its perilous political climate.

Lucy by the Sea: Elizabeth Strout  book cover image

A poignant, pitch-perfect novel about a divorced couple stuck together during lockdown—and the love, loss, despair, and hope that animate us even as the world seems to be falling apart.

Lessons in Chemistry: Bonnie Garmus book cover image

About a 1960’s single mother female scientist who ends up teaching science via a cooking show given that she is not welcome as a serious scienting given her gender.

Lucky Girl: Irene Muchemi-Ndiritu  book cover image

A coming-of-age story about a girl raised by a strict mother in Kenya who then travels to the US to try to make her way in the world in college and beyond, balancing the way she was raised to be vs the person she yearns of becoming.

Harry Bosch Series: Michael Connelly  book cover image

Harry, as he is commonly known by his associates, is a veteran police homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department.

Plum Series: Janet Evanovich book cover image

Stephanie Plum, the protagonist, is a spunky combination of Nancy Drew and Dirty Harry, and—although a female bounty hunter—is described by the author as “incredibly average and yet heroic if necessary”.

 Mitford Series: Jan Karon book cover image

Nine Mitford novels featuring Father Timothy Kavanagh, an Episcopal priest, and the fictional village of Mitford. Set in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Honor: Thrity Umrigar book cover image

The story of two couples in India and the challenges they face. A wonderful story.

Hello Beautiful: Ann Napolitano book cover image

A beautifully written novel about four sisters. An Homage to Little Women, the book tests the sister’s relationship when tragedy hits the family.

Have You Seen Luis Velez: Catherine Ryan Hyde book cover image

Raymond Jaffe feels like he doesn’t belong. Not with his mother’s new family. Not as a weekend guest with his father and his father’s wife. Not at school, where he’s an outcast. After his best friend moves away, Raymond has only two real connections: to the feral cat he’s tamed and to a blind ninety-two-year-old woman in his building who’s introduced herself with a curious question: Have you seen Luis Velez?

Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows: Lisa Wingate book cover image

A lively, sexy, and thought-provoking East-meets-West story about community, friendship, and women’s lives at all ages—a spicy and alluring mix of Together Tea and Calendar Girls.

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine: Gail Honeyman book cover image

Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she’s thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding social interactions, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats with Mummy.But everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond, the bumbling and deeply unhygienic IT guy from her office.

demon copperhead book

Follows the life of the orphaned Demon Copperhead, born to a single mom in Southern Appalachia. Based on ‘David Copperfield’, it deals with the life of someone managing foster care, drugs, abandonment, child labor, athletic success, love and trying to find his place in the world.

Daisy Jones and the Six: Taylor Jenkins Reid book cover image

A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous breakup—from the author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Malibu Rising.

Verity: Colleen Hoover book cover image

Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish.

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Banyan Moon is about three generations of Vietnamese women who are dealing with the loss of the matriarch.

A Court of Thorns and Roses: Sarah J. Maas book cover image

The first in a hugely popular fantasy series that involves faeries, magical lands, shape shifting and more…plus a love story.

A Gentleman in Moscow: Amor Towles book cover image

From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway and Rules of Civility, a beautifully transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel.

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