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The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck · Penguin Books
Pages: 455
Format: Paperback

First published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and tells the story of one Oklahoma farm family, the Joads-driven from their homestead and forced to travel west to the promised land of California. Out of their...
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Broken Promise: A Thriller

Linwood Barclay · New American Library
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Linwood Barclay comes an explosive novel set in the peaceful small town of Promise Falls, where secrets can always be buried - but never forgotten ... After his wife's death and the collapse of his newspaper, David Harwood has no choice but to uproot...
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Arab Jazz

Karim; Gordon Sam Miske · Maclehose Press Quercus
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Kosher sushi, kebab stands, a secondhand bookstore, and a bar: the 19th arrondissement in Paris has all the trappings of a cosmopolitan melting pot--a place where multiethnic citizens live, love, and worship alongside one another. But dark passions are brewing beneath the seemingly idyllic...
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The Half Brother: A Novel

Holly LeCraw · Doubleday; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

A passionate, provocative story of complex family bonds and the search for identity set within the ivy-covered walls of a New England boarding schoolWhen Charlie Garrett arrives as a young teacher at the shabby-yet-genteel Abbott School, he finds a world steeped in privilege and tradition....
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Lez Talk: A Collection of Black Lesbian Short Fiction

S Andrea Allen · BLF Press LLC
Pages: 204
Format: Paperback

A necessary and relevant addition to the Black LGBTQ literary canon, which oftentimes overlooks Black lesbian writing, Lez Talk is a collection of short stories that embraces the fullness of Black lesbian experiences. The contributors operate under the assumption that "lesbian"...
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Sunset City: A Novel

Melissa Ginsburg · Ecco, 2016.
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

A taut, erotically charged literary noir set in Houston about a woman caught up in her friend's shocking murder, and the dark truths she uncovers.Before the drugs, Danielle Reeves was Charlotte Ford's most loyal and vibrant friend. She helped Charlotte through her mother's illness and death,...
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The Providence of Fire

Brian Staveley · Tor Books; First Edition edition
Format: Print book

The second novel in Brian Staveley's Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne, a gripping new epic fantasy series in the tradition of Brandon Sanderson and George R. R. MartinThe conspiracy to destroy the ruling family of the Annurian Empire is far from over.Having learned the identity of her father's...
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One Fete in the Grave

VICKIE FEE · KENSINGTON PUB CORP
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

Party planner Liv McKay has outdone herself this time. She's put together an unforgettable Fourth of July celebration for the town of Dixie, Tennessee - including breathtaking fireworks and an exciting Miss Dixie Beauty Pageant. Maybe a little too exciting.As the party is winding down,...
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The Target

David Baldacci · Grand Central Pub
Pages: 420
Format: Print book

The President knows it's a perilous, high-risk assignment. If he gives the order, he has the opportunity to take down a global menace, once and for all. If the mission fails, he would face certain impeachment, and the threats against the nation would multiply. So the president turns...
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Someone We Know: A Novel

Shari Lapena · Pamela Dorman Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

The new domestic suspense novel from New York Times bestselling author, Shari LapenaMaybe you don't know your neighbors as well as you thought you did . . . "I'm so sorry. My son has been getting into people's houses. He's broken into yours." In a quiet, leafy...
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Darkest Journey

Heather Graham · Mira Books
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

www.TheOriginalHeatherGraham.comThey say it's about the journey, not the destination ... Charlene "Charlie" Moreau is back in St. Francisville, Louisiana, to work on a movie. One night, she stumbles across the body of a Civil War reenactor, the second murdered in two days. Charlie...
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The Shadow of the Crescent Moon: A Novel

Fatima Bhutto · Penguin Press
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Long-listed for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, a lyrical novel set over the course of one morning in a small town in PakistanFatima Bhutto's stunning debut novel chronicles the lives of five young people trying to live and love in a world on fire. Set during the American...
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Shadow of Victory

David Weber · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 800
Format: Print book

The Mesan Alignment is revealed, and, for Honor Harrington and the Manticoran Star Kingdom, this means war!Unintended Consequences Sometimes things don't work out exactly as planned. The Mesan Alignment has a plan - one it's been working on for centuries. A plan to remake the galaxy and genetically...
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The Ancient Nine: A Novel

Ian Smith · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

"Pulls you into the depths of a secret world from the first page. Ian Smith's novel is unmissable." -- Harlan Coben, author of Missing YouSpencer Collins thinks his life at Harvard will be all about basketball and pre-med; hard workouts and grinding work in class. The friends...
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My Highland Rebel

Amanda Forester · Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pages: 416
Format: Print book

Second in a passionate, fast-paced Scottish Highlander romance series from critically acclaimed author Amanda Forester A conquering heroCormac Maclean would rather read than rampage, but his fearsome warlord father demands that he prove himself in war. Cormac chooses what he thinks is an easy...
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