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The Glass Palace The Glass Palace Amitav Ghosh Set in Burma during the British invasion of 1885, this masterly novel by Amitav Ghosh tells the story of Rajkumar, a poor boy lifted on the tides of political and social chaos, who goes on to create … OL1054090W
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Lisa See Lily is the daughter of a humble farmer in Yongming County, and to her family is just another mouth to feed until she can be married off. But when she is six years old she is brought before the ambit… OL14927217W
The haunting of Maddy Clare The haunting of Maddy Clare Simone St. James "In 1920s England, a young woman of limited means and even less experience confronts the ghost of a mysterious serving maid.... Sarah Piper's lonely threadbare existence changes when her temporary ag… OL16134699W
The street sweeper The street sweeper Elliot Perlman "From the author of Seven Types of Ambiguity, an epic that reaches across generations and spans continents, revealing the interconnectedness and interdependence of humanity and the profound impact of… OL16342588W
Bring Up the Bodies Bring Up the Bodies Hilary Mantel Bring Up the Bodies is a historical novel by Hilary Mantel; sequel to the award-winning [Wolf Hall;](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL464512W) and part of a trilogy charting the rise and fall of Thoma… OL16547664W
Cain Cain José Saramago "In this, his last novel, Saramago daringly reimagines the characters and narratives of the Bible through the story of Cain. Condemned to wander forever after he kills Abel, he is whisked around in t… OL16561488W
The last nude The last nude Ellis Avery Paris, 1927. In the heady years before the crash, financiers drape their mistresses in Chanel, while expatriates flock to the avant-garde bookshop Shakespeare and Company. One day in July, a young Am… OL16597105W
Blue asylum Blue asylum Kathy Hepinstall Amid the mayhem of the American Civil War, a Virginia plantation wife is put on trial by her slaveholder husband. Iris Dunleavy is convicted of madness by a Virginia judge; it is the only reasonable … OL16615585W
The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches Alan Bradley Publisher's description: On a spring morning in 1951, eleven-year-old chemist and aspiring detective Flavia de Luce gathers with her family at the railway station, awaiting the return of her long-… OL16814696W
Hild Hild Nicola Griffith You are a prophet and seer with the brightest mind in an age. Your blood is that of the man who should have been king. That's what the king and his lords see. And they will kill you, one day. Britain… OL16817571W
Be Careful What You Wish For Be Careful What You Wish For Jeffrey Archer "Be Careful What You Wish For opens with Harry Clifton and his wife Emma rushing to learn the fate of their son Sebastian, who has been in a fatal car accident. But who died, Sebastian or his best fr… OL17043107W
Saint Mazie Saint Mazie Jami Attenberg Meet Mazie Phillips: big-hearted and bawdy, she's the truth-telling proprietress of The Venice, the famed New York City movie theater. It's the Jazz Age, with romance and booze aplenty--even when Pro… OL17310308W
Barkskins Barkskins Annie Proulx "Bark Skins open in New France in the late 18th century as Rene Sel, an illiterate woodsman makes his way from Northern France to the homeland to seek a living. Bound to a "seigneur" for three years … OL17595792W
As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust (Flavia de Luce, #7) As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust (Flavia de Luce, #7) Alan Bradley Banished! is how twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce laments her predicament, when her father and Aunt Felicity ship her off to Miss Bodycote’s Female Academy, the boarding school that her mother, Harriet… OL17613113W
No. 4 Imperial Lane No. 4 Imperial Lane Jonathan Weisman "From post-punk Brighton to revolutionary Angola, an incredible coming-of-age story that stretches across nations and decades, reminding us what it really means to come home. It's 1988 at the Univers… OL17848034W
Arctic storm Arctic storm Joanne Sundell In 1908, thirteen-year-old Anya, a Chukchi shaman, will do anything to protect the sled dogs she has raised so she joins forces with sixteen-year-old seafarer Rune Johansson to make a stand against p… OL17848810W
The secret daughter of the tsar The secret daughter of the tsar Jennifer Laam "A compelling alternate history of the Romanov family in which a secret fifth daughter--smuggled out of Russia before the revolution--continues the royal lineage to dramatic consequences. In her rive… OL17862776W
The Exchange of Princesses The Exchange of Princesses Chantal Thomas Set in the French and Spanish courts of the eighteenth century, this novel is based on a true story about the fate of two young princesses caught in the intrigues and secrets of the moment Philippe … OL17876008W
Slocum and the pack of lies Slocum and the pack of lies Jake Logan After a shoot-out in Harrison's Crossing takes their guide out of commission, Slocum finds himself the unlikely escort to a pair of helpless Easterners who are penning the misadventures of the not-ye… OL17880056W
A country road, a tree A country road, a tree Jo Baker "From the best-selling author of Longbourn, a stunning new novel that follows an unnamed writer--Samuel Beckett--whose life and extraordinary literary gift are permanently shaped in the forge of war.… OL17880660W
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