In Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962, there are lines that are not crossed. With the Civil Rights movement exploding all around them, three women start a movement of their own, forever changing a town and the way women--black and white, m...
"A soft breeze fluttered the white, blue, and red Russian flag in front of the U.N. mission. I remember when the Soviet hammer and sickle flew there. I kind of miss the Cold War. But I think it's back."RADIANT ANGELAfter a s...
This is the story of Charley, a child of divorce who is always forced to choose between his mother and his father. He grows into a man and starts a family of his own. But one fateful weekend, he leaves his mother to secretly be with h...
When 9-year-old Christopher Banks's father--a British businessman involved in the opium trade--disappears from the family home in Shanghai, the boy and his friend Akira play at being detectives: 'Until in the end, after the chases, fi...
Struggling with unprecedented levels of pressure during a high-profile case involving the murders of a controversial talk-show host and a young woman, Paradise police chief Jesse Stone encounters numerous dead ends and becomes increas...
In San Francisco, homicide detectives must sift through an abundence of suspects and long-buried secrets to uncover the killer of a controversial activist and state representative, while in Nashville, Music City Murder Squad detective...
Maeve Binchy, "the grand story teller,"* returns with a cast of characters you will never forget when they all spend a winter week together on holiday at Stone House, a restful inn by the sea...Stoneyville is a small town on...
This novel by bestselling author Stephen King explores the relationship between the writer and his work, through the voice of the widow Lisey Landon. Lisey's late husband, Scott, was an award-winning novelist, and when he died, hordes...
The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller and global phenomenon The Girl on the Train returns with Into the Water, her addictive new novel of psychological suspense. A single mother turns up dead at the bottom of the river that ...
Maeve Binchy once again brings us an enchanting book full of the wit, warmth, and wisdom that have made her one of the most beloved and widely read writers at work today. When a new highway threatens to bypass the town of Rossmore ...
A Spool of Blue Thread: A novel
Anne Tyler"It was a beautiful, breezy, yellow-and-green afternoon. . ." This is how Abby Whitshank always begins the story of how she fell in love with Red that day in July 1959. The Whitshanks are one of those families that radiate t...
"There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel." —Anthony Trollope, Barchester TowersThe author of two beloved novels, MIDDLESEX (bestselling winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize, with more than 3 milli...
The publishing event of the season: The one and only Pat Conroy returns, with a big, sprawling novel that is at once a love letter to Charleston and to lifelong friendship.Against the sumptuous backdrop of Charleston, South Carolina, ...
Still Life with Bread Crumbs: A Novel...
Anna QuindlenAnna Quindlen, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake, Rise and Shine, and A Short Guide to a Happy Life, returns with a love story, and the deeply satisfying story of the changing dimensions of a ...
Jennifer Weiner’s talent shines like never before in this collection of short stories, following the tender, and often hilarious, progress of love and relationships over the course of a lifetime. From a teenager coming to terms ...
In this sexy and soulful offering from blockbuster writer Danielle Steel, four sisters--a supermodel, a TV producer, a lawyer, and an artist--come together over the fourth of July weekend to share their lives and deal with a terrible ...
From the bestselling author of The Time Traveler's Wife, comes a spectacularly compelling second novel set in and around Highgate Cemetery in London.
Anne Tyler’s richest, most deeply searching novela story about what it is to be an American, and about Iranian-born Maryam Yazdan, who, after 35 years in this country, must finally come to terms with her outsiderness.Two familie...
Although a standalone, this romantic thriller by bestselling author Iris Johansen contains several characters from her other novels. Sophie Dunston, a sleep researcher who specializes in coping with night terrors, faces off against an...
A powerful tragedy distilled into a jewel of a masterpiece by the Nobel Prize–winning author of Beloved and, almost like a prelude to that story, set two centuries earlier.In the 1680s the slave trade was still in its infancy. In th...
The New York Times bestselling author of Flight Behavior, The Lacuna, and The Poisonwood Bible and recipient of numerous literary awards—including the National Humanities Medal, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and the Orange Prize�...
Three generations of women converge on the family beach house in this wickedly funny, emotionally resonant story of love and dysfunction from the author of the best-selling debut novel Commencement ("One of this year's most invit...
Unabridged, 10 CDs, 13 hours Read by TBA A richly imagined new novel from the author of the New York Times bestseller, People of the Book.
The Last Summer (of You and Me)
Ann BrasharesIn the town of Waterby on Fire Island, the rhythms and rituals of summer are sacrosanct: the ceremonial arrivals and departures by ferry; yacht club dinners with terrible food and breathtaking views; the virtual decree against shoes; ...
Bestseller Weisberger's latest, deliciously naughty novel about normal girls left behind by their new-celeb exes--and the girls' fitting revenge!
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie (Oprah's ...
Ayana MathisThe 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 o...
Wry, hilarious, and utterly recognizable, Girls in White Dresses tells the story of three young women grappling with heartbreak and career change, family pressure and new love—all while suffering through an endless round of weddings...
Home to Holly Springs: The First of t...
Jan KaronWith Home to Holly Springs, New York Times-bestselling author Jan Karon launches a new series, The Father Tim Novels, featuring the retired Episcopal priest that her readers have come to love. With all the deep feeling, insight, and h...
Painter Honor Sullivan has made a life for herself and her three daughtersRegis, Agnes, and Ceciliaat Star of the Sea Academy on the magical Connecticut shore. Here she teaches art at the convent school’s beautiful seaside campu...
In the Company of Others: A Father Ti...
Jan KaronA stirring page-turner from the bestselling author of the Mitford Series. Jan Karon's new series, launched with her New York Times bestselling Home to Holly Springs, thrilled legions of Mitford devotees, and also attracted a whole ne...