• Miss Austen

    Miss Austen

    Hornby, Gill

    After the death of her famous sister Jane in 1817, Cassandra Austen discovers a trove of private letters which bring back rich memories and force her to decide how to protect her sister’s literary legacy.

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  • Simon the Fiddler

    Simon the Fiddler

    Jiles, Paulette

    At the end of the Civil War, a wandering fiddler in Texas tries to eke out a living while seeking the Irish indentured servant he met on the eve of the Confederate surrender.

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  • The Henna Artist

    The Henna Artist

    Joshi, Alka

    A teenage girl escapes an abusive marriage in 1950s India, fleeing from her rural village to the “pink city” of Jaipur where she strives to create an independent life for herself.

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  • The Great Unknown

    The Great Unknown

    Kingman, Peg

    Set in Britain and France in the 1840s, this quietly atmospheric novel explores how controversial new ideas about evolution illuminate the workings of both the natural world and its human inhabitants.

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  • Delayed Rays of A Star

    Delayed Rays of A Star

    Lee, Amanda Koe

    This novel follows the lives of three prominent women in film - Marlene Dietrich, Anna May Wong, and Leni Riefenstahl - who were photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt at a Berlin party in 1928.

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  • The Mirror & the Light

    The Mirror & the Light

    Mantel, Hilary

    The final book in Mantel’s epic trilogy (start with Wolf Hall) about Thomas Cromwell, the son of a blacksmith who became one of the most powerful men in England as King Henry VIII’s chief minister

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  • Deep River

    Deep River

    Marlantes, Karl

    This epic saga about Finnish siblings who emigrate to the Pacific NW in the early 1900s is packed with interesting details about old-growth forests, logging, and the emerging labor movement.

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  • Deacon King Kong

    Deacon King Kong

    McBride, James

    Both funny and moving, this novel depicts what happens to the witnesses of a shooting in 1960s New York City, written with McBride’s signature emotional honesty and faith in humanity.

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  • The Shadow King

    The Shadow King

    Mengiste, Maaza

    This historical story is a powerful and devastating account of the female soldiers who joined the Ethiopian army when Mussolini invaded in the 1930s.

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  • Gods of Jade and Shadow

    Gods of Jade and Shadow

    Moreno-Garcia, Silvia

    This fascinating tale incorporates both historical fiction and Mayan folklore as it follows a young woman’s quest that takes her to Mexico City during the Jazz Age and the underworld.

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