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Moonglow: A Novel

Michael Chabon · HarperCollins
Pages: 448
Format: Large print book

Following on the heels of his New York Times bestselling novel Telegraph Avenue, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon delivers another literary masterpiece: a novel of truth and lies, family legends, and existential adventure - and the forces that work to destroy us.In 1989, fresh...
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The Flame Bearer

Bernard Cornwell · Harpercollins
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

Bernard Cornwell's epic story of the making of England continues in this tenth installment in the bestselling Saxon Tales series - "like Game of Thrones, but real" (The Observer) - the basis of the hit BBC America television series The Last Kingdom.<i>His blood is Saxon....
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The Fate of the Tearling

Erika Johansen · Harper
Pages: 496
Format: Print book

"Katniss Everdeen, you have competition." - Entertainment WeeklyThe thrilling conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Tearling trilogy.In less than a year, Kelsea Glynn has transformed from a gawky teenager into a powerful monarch. As she has come into her own as the Queen...
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Orphans of the carnival : a novel

Carol Birch · Doubleday
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

From the Booker short-listed author of Jamrach's Menagerie comes the extraordinary, moving, and unsettling tale of a woman, branded a freak from birth, who becomes an international sensation but longs for genuine human connection London had the best freaks, always had. The Egyptian Hall,...
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Shores of tripoli : lieutenant putnam and the barbary pirates

James L Haley · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 464
Format: Print book

The first novel in a brilliant new series by award-winning historian James L. Haley, featuring young midshipman Bliven Putnam as he begins his naval service aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise.It is 1801 and President Thomas Jefferson has assembled a deep-water navy to fight the growing threat...
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The Animators: A Novel

Kayla Rae Whitaker · Random House
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

For readers of Meg Wolitzer and Adelle Waldman, and in the tradition of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, comes a bold and vibrant debut novel about friendship, art, ambition - and the secrets we keep and the burdens we shed on the road to adulthood. She was the first person...
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Faithful: A Novel

Alice Hoffman · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 258
Format: Print book

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Marriage of Opposites and The Dovekeepers comes a soul-searching story about a young woman struggling to redefine herself and the power of love, family, and fate.Growing up on Long Island, Shelby Richmond is an ordinary girl until one night...
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The Other Sister

Dianne Dixon · Sourcebooks Landmark
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

One sister has everything. Her twin hates her for it. Would life be better without Ali? Probably. At least then people might think about Morgan. Ali's always gotten everything -- she doesn't even realize how much Morgan resents her. Ali also doesn't realize that when...
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Swing Time

Zadie Smith · Penguin Press
Pages: 464
Format: Print book

An ambitious, exuberant new novel moving from North West London to West Africa, from the multi-award-winning author of White Teeth and On BeautyTwo brown girls dream of being dancers - but only one, Tracey, has talent. The other has ideas: about rhythm and time, about black bodies and black...
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Dying for Christmas: A Novel

Tammy Cohen · Pegasus Books
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

A novel full of twists, surprising turns, and suspense, Dying for Christmas is Tammy Cohen's most disturbing psychological thriller yet. Out Christmas shopping one December afternoon, Jessica Gould meets the charming Dominic Lacey and impulsively agrees to go home with him for a drink....
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