Browsing: Literary Fiction

Classics

Double Indemnity

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James M. Cain, virtuoso of the roman noir, gives us a tautly narrated and excruciatingly suspenseful story in Double Indemnity, an X-ray…

Crime Fiction and Mysteries

Citizen Vince

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An “utterly inventive” (The Washington Post) Edgar Award winner with over 600 five-star ratings on Goodreads: Vince enjoys a quiet new life in Spokane as a protected witness — until his past comes knocking. Can he find redemption before it’s too late? “Immensely entertaining” (Chicago Tribune).

Fiction

Mrs. Kimble

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“Luminous… With memorable, vibrant characters” (Booklist starred review): The lives of three different women are irrevocably changed by their successive marriages to one charming, manipulative man. “Beautiful, devastating, and complex” (Chicago Tribune), with over 1,400 five-star Goodreads ratings.

Classics

So Big

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize“A masterpiece. . . . It has the completeness, [the] finality, that grips and exalts and…

Coming of Age

The Round House

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A New York Times bestseller and National Book Award winner with almost 20,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads: In this “stunning and devastating tale” (Booklist starred review), a young Ojibwe boy seeks answers in the wake of a tragic event. “Gripping” (Entertainment Weekly).

Bestsellers

Flight Behavior

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A New York Times bestseller from the author of The Poisonwood Bible: On a Southern farm, young wife and mother Dellarobia makes a discovery that changes her world forever. A “majestic and brave” novel (The New York Times Book Review) from “a gifted magician of words” (Time).

Action and Adventure

Mrs Queen Takes the Train

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With nearly 1,100 five-star ratings on Goodreads: Tired of the routines of royalty, Queen Elizabeth runs away on her own adventure — while panic ensues at the palace! “A charmer” (People) and “a delightful escape” (USA Today).