Browsing: Literary Fiction

“Richly realized” (Publishers Weekly): During the Great Depression, Mariella takes a job as a maid — and finds herself drawn into the volatile life of Ernest Hemingway. “Dazzlingly written and impossibly moving, this novel is a supernova” (New York Times bestselling author Caroline Leavitt).

An “utterly engrossing” New York Times bestseller (Ann Patchett) and an NPR Best Book of 2015! In 1920s Kenya, Beryl becomes entwined with an exhilarating set of European expats — and discovers her fate as a record-setting aviator. “Beryl Markham crackles to life” (Jodi Picoult).

Olivia Petersen thought her life had ended the day her husband walked out…..little did she know it had just begun…..Swept…

Jane Austen’s beloved Pride and Prejudice is readapted in this regency tale of love in the face of tragedy. Mr.…

From a New York Times bestselling author comes “a lovely book, tender, poignant, and touching… A joy to read” (Debbie Macomber): When two sisters find their mother’s old diary, they uncover startling secrets about her small-town life in the 1950s.

This immortal novel of the sea tells the story of a British sailor haunted by a single youthful act of…

When Grace Metalious’s debut novel about the dark underside of a small, respectable New England town was published in 1956,…

This spellbinding literary ghost story won raves when it was first published in 2000, with The Boston Globe hailing Bartholomew…

Introduction by Terry Tempest Williams Afterword by T. H. Watkins   Called a “magnificently crafted story . . . brimming…

This “gripping” novel (Publishers Weekly) imagines the life of Hildegard von Bingen, a 12th-century Benedictine abbess who experienced divine visions — and devoted herself to creativity and service. A “tour de force” that “will captivate the reader from the very first page” (New York Times bestselling author Sharon Kay Penman).