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The Other Boleyn Girl
Philippa Gregory - Scribner
Format: Paperback
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The #1 New York Times bestseller from "the queen of royal fiction" (USA TODAY) Philippa Gregory is a rich, compelling novel of love, sex, ambition, and intrigue surrounding the Tudor court of Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the infamous Boleyn family.When Mary Boleyn... |
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The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead - Doubleday
Format: Paperback
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, the #1 New York Times bestseller from Colson Whitehead, a magnificent tour de force chronicling a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation... |
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Master of His Fate
Barbara Taylor Bradford - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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From New York Times bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford comes the first book in a stunning new historical saga.Victorian England is a country of sharp divides between rich and poor, but James Lionel Falconer is everything a self-made man should be: handsome, ambitious, charming,... |
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Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi - Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Format: Paperback
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A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK * Ghana, eighteenth century: two half sisters are born into different villages, each unaware of the other. One will marry an Englishman and lead a life of comfort in the palatial rooms of the Cape Coast Castle. The other will be captured in a raid on her village,... |
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The Island of Sea Women: A Novel
LISA SEE - Scribner
Format: Hardcover
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A new novel from Lisa See, the New York Times bestselling author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, about female friendship and family secrets on a small Korean island.Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends that come from very... |
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The Giver of Stars: A Novel
Jojo Moyes - Pamela Dorman Books
Format: Hardcover
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"With characters so real they feel like dear friends and a compelling storyline, this is a beautiful, special novel. I loved it and didn't want it to end!" - Liane Moriarty, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Little Lies "Epic in scope and fiercely feminist.... |
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Before We Were Yours
Lisa Wingate - Thorndike Press Large Print
Format: Hardcover
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The multi-week USA TODAY BESTSELLER!"Memphis,Tennessee, 1936. The five Foss children find their lives changed forever when their parents leave them alone ... one stormy night. Rill Foss ... must protect her four younger siblings as they are wrenched from their home on the Mississippi... |
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Please note, Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate is only available in Large Print at the South Plainfield Public Library.
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Cape May: A Novel
Chip Cheek - Celadon Books
Format: Hardcover
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"What a treat. Glamorous and nostalgic and very sexy, Cape May is a novel about marriage, lust, shabby seaside towns and lots of gin. Brilliantly unsettling -- one of those books that stays with you." - Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train... |
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Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen
SARAH BIRD - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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The compelling, hidden story of Cathy Williams, a former slave and the only woman to ever serve with the legendary Buffalo Soldiers."Here's the first thing you need to know about Miss Cathy Williams: I am the daughter of a daughter of a queen and my Mama never let me forget... |
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The Only Woman in the Room: A Novel
Marie Benedict - Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Hardcover
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She possessed a stunning beauty. She also possessed a stunning mind. Could the world handle both?Her beauty almost certainly saved her from the rising Nazi party and led to marriage with an Austrian arms dealer. Underestimated in everything else, she overheard the Third Reich's plans while... |
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The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
Ayana Mathis - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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The newest Oprah's Book Club 2.0 selection The arrival of a major new voice in contemporary fiction. A debut of extraordinary distinction: Ayana Mathis tells the story of the children of the Great Migration through the trials of one unforgettable family. In 1923, fifteen-year-old Hattie... |
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The Virgin's Daughter: A Tudor Legacy Novel
Laura Andersen - Ballantine Books
Format: Print book
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Perfect for fans of Philippa Gregory and Alison Weir, The Virgin's Daughter is the first book in a captivating new saga about the next generation of Tudor royals, which poses the thrilling question: What if Elizabeth I, the celebrated Virgin Queen, gave birth to a legitimate heir? Since... |
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All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr - Scribner
Format: Hardcover
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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, the beautiful, stunningly ambitious instant New York Times bestseller about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation... |
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The Lowland
Jhumpa Lahiri - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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National Book Award FinalistShortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker PrizeFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning, best-selling author of The Namesake comes an extraordinary new novel, set in both India and America, that expands the scope and range of one of our most dazzling storytellers: a tale... |
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Try these titles that combine multiple genres!
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Historical Fiction and Fantasy
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Outlander
Diana Gabaldon - Delacorte Press; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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Claire Randall is leading a double life. She has a husband in one century, and a lover in another...In 1945, Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon—when she innocently touches a boulder in one of the ancient... |
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The Water Dancer (Oprah’s Book Club): A Novel
Ta-Nehisi Coates - Random House Audio
Format: Audiobook
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Number one New York Times best sellerOprahs Book Club PickFrom the National Book Award-winning author of Between the World and Me, a boldly conjured debut novel about a magical gift, a devastating loss, and an underground war for freedom."This potent book about Americas most disgraceful... |
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Historical Fiction and Mystery
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Smoke and Ashes: A Novel
Abir Mukherjee - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover
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Captain Sam Wyndham and his sidekick Surrender-Not Banerjee return in this prize-winning historical crime series set in 1920s Calcutta.India, 1921. Haunted by his memories of World War I, Captain Sam Wyndham is battling a serious addiction to opium that he must keep secret from his superiors... |
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A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries)
Charles Finch - Minotaur Books
Format: Hardcover
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On any given day in London, all Charles Lenox, Victorian gentleman and armchair explorer, wants to do is relax in his private study with a cup of tea, a roaring fire and a good book. But when his lifelong friend Lady Jane asks for his help, Lenox cannot resist another chance to unravel... |
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If you like A Beautiful Blue Death by Charles Finch, be sure to check out others in the Charles Lenox mystery series!
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Historical Fiction and Adventure
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Dragon Teeth
MICHAEL CRICHTON - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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Michael Crichton, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Jurassic Park, returns to the world of paleontology in this recently discovered novel - a thrilling adventure set in the Wild West during the golden age of fossil hunting.The year is 1876. Warring Indian tribes still populate... |
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The Abominable: A Novel
Dan Simmons - Little, Brown and Company; 1st Ed edition
Format: Hardcover
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ALA Reading List Award for History, Short ListA thrilling tale of high-altitude death and survival set on the snowy summits of Mount Everest, from the bestselling author of The TerrorIts 1924 and the race to summit the worlds highest mountain has been brought to a terrified pause by the shocking... |
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