Browsing: Literary Fiction

Every great love has a beginning. In Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, we meet with perhaps the most sensible, caring relatives…

A “heartfelt novel” (Booklist) about mothers and daughters: After Nina loses both of her adopted parents, she sets out on a journey to find the family she never knew. “An ideal book club read” (RT Book Reviews).

“A wonderful novel, full of spirit and sass and wisdom” (The Washington Post): Cocoa brings her new husband to the island off Georgia’s coast where her great-aunt Mama Day lives — but forces on the island threaten to pull the couple apart.

In Texas, three boys grapple with loneliness, poverty, and the remoteness of their dreams. This trio of stories is “sharp and unpretentiously thoughtful… An affecting literary depiction of the comforting power of friendship” (Kirkus Reviews).

From “a magical writer” (Margaret Atwood): As colonialism sweeps across Africa, three generations of men find their lives dismantled in this classic trilogy that includes Things Fall Apart. “African literature is incomplete and unthinkable without the works of Chinua Achebe… He is unsurpassed” (Toni Morrison).

“Witty and deeply heartfelt” (Emily Giffin): When the members of the Birch family are stuck in one house for seven days over Christmas, secrets and old tensions surface! “Warm and humane, funny and sad, with a great, twisty plot… Absolute pleasure reading from beginning to end” (Marian Keyes).

When car trouble lands Sarah in the middle of nowhere, her path intersects with two seemingly well-intentioned strangers. But as they find lodging for the night, the trio will face dangers and revelations they couldn’t have expected…

After adopting an adorable pug named Teddy, recently divorced Brydie finds a new use for her talents as a baker — and starts a dog treat business! As Christmas approaches, can she reinvent her life? “Lighthearted and life-affirming. Readers are in for a sweet treat” (USA Today).

“Chilling” (Publishers Weekly starred review): In a lonely cottage on Ireland’s coast, a group of friends inadvertently summons a sinister presence… “Atmospheric and unsettling” (New York Times bestselling author John Boyne).

A NEW YORK TIMES AND WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK A 2018 BEST OF THE YEAR SELECTION OF NPR  * TIME …