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What WATER FOR ELEPHANTS was to the circus, TEMPTATION RAG is to ragtime . . . 5-star pick from Readers’…

From a New York Times bestselling author: In 19th-century Cairo, trader Ryder Courtney and soldier Penrod Ballantyne are swept up in a world of adventure, betrayal, murder, and war… “Action is the name of Wilbur Smith’s game, and he is the master” (The Washington Post).

Three Americans in the Jim Crow South face enormous changed triggered by World War II in this epic novel by…

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Hamilton Affair: This “stirring fictional tribute to an American icon” (Kirkus Reviews) chronicles Harriet Tubman’s involvement in organizing the Civil War’s largest plantation raid. “The heroic and brilliant Tubman is brought vividly to life” (Booklist).

Hunter Miller has a secret.He can read and manipulate the auras that surround everyone.Having used his talent to dethrone the…

An NPR Best Book of 2019 and National Book Critics Circle Award winner: Eight stories of connection, tragedy, and family are explored in this “immensely rewarding” and “stunning” collection (NPR). “A beautiful book” (The New York Times Book Review).

“Redolent with savory details . . . Casts new valuable insight on the complicated legacy of our founding father and…

“Intensely emotional” (Publishers Weekly): In Reconstruction-era New Orleans, Effie, a freedwoman, finds work as an embalmer — and enters an exhilarating new world of social activism as she begins to grapple with her own traumatic past. “Effie’s story is one of personal growth, self-discovery, friendship, and betrayal… Unforgettable” (Library Journal).

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this Pulitzer Prize-winning follow-up to The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead brilliantly dramatizes another strand of American history through…