Browsing: Literary Fiction

Anthologies

The Lottery and Other Stories

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From the visionary author of The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle comes this seminal collection of short fiction. “Jackson’s stories are among the most terrifying ever written” (Donna Tartt, Pulitzer Prize–winning author).

Bestsellers

The Long and Faraway Gone

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An Edgar Award winner: One summer, a deadly mass shooting and a teenager’s disappearance devastate Oklahoma City. Decades later, the massacre’s only survivor and the missing girl’s sister will stop at nothing for answers… “Superb” (The New York Times Book Review).

Fiction

Dear Committee Members

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An NPR Best Book of 2014: A disgruntled English professor airs his grievances through endless letters of recommendation in this “smart-as-hell, fun-as-heck” read (Newsweek). “You should read Dear Committee Members; maybe it will bring you back to life” (The New York Times Book Review).

Asian American Interest

The Sympathizer

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A “tour de force” (The New York Times Book Review): This Pulitzer Prize winner and international bestseller stunningly reimagines the end of the Vietnam War and its aftereffects. “Extraordinary… A new classic” (The Washington Post).

Fiction

The Hummingbird

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As hospice nurse Deborah cares for a dying professor and World War II veteran, he opens up to her in surprising ways — and offers wisdom that could change her life. “This many-faceted, thought-provoking story prompts soul-searching about life” (Booklist).

Chick Lit

The Little Bookshop on the Seine

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When bookshop owner Sarah is offered the chance to swap stores with a friend for six months, she imagines a dreamy Parisian holiday free of stress. But the romantic city serves up all sorts of adventures in this charming, cozy read!