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The Redeemed by Tim Pears

A moving, beautifully crafted story about coming home. It is 1916. As she pursues her dream of becoming a veterinarian, Lottie Prideaux rides her ...

Shadowplay by Joseph O’Connor

Contemporary

Joseph O'Connor's Shadowplay takes place in London rattled by the atrocities of Jack the Ripper during the height of West End theatre. The most ...

To Calais, In Ordinary Time by James Meek

Contemporary

English in 1348. A young ploughman seeking freedom is travelling to join a group of archers, a lady escapes an abhorrent planned marriage, and a ...

To Calais, In Ordinary Time by James Meek

The Parisian by Isabella Hammad

Contemporary

The Parisian, a brilliant debut book by Isabella Hammad, winner of the Plimpton Prize, explores a crucial period in Palestinian history through the ...

The Narrow Land by Christine Dwyer Hickey

Contemporary

Cape Cod's late summer season. Ten-year-old Michael will be spending the summer with Richie and his beautiful but unstable mother. When left to their ...

The Narrow Land by Christine Dwyer Hickey

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

Contemporary

The Dutch House is a masterpiece that explores complex issues related to inheritance, love, forgiveness, how we want to view ourselves, and who we ...

Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White

Contemporary

a few Pigs. Humble. Radiant. In the upper reaches of Zuckerman's barn, here are the words from Charlotte's Web. Charlotte's spiderweb describes her ...

Becoming by Michelle Obama

Contemporary

Michelle Obama has established herself as one of the most iconic and fascinating women of our time through a life full of success and meaning. She ...

Angels in America by Tony Kushner

Contemporary

Tony Kushner's play Angels in America explores a variety of subjects. The novel takes set in the 1980s, notably during the tenure of right-wing ...

Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff

Contemporary

Garrett Graff recounts the events of the day in The Only Plane in the Sky using the voices of the people who experienced them. He creates the most ...

Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff

When the Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs

Contemporary

The iconic graphic description of a typical couple's struggle to survive a nuclear holocaust by Raymond Briggs is still as potent today as it was ...

Judge Dredd by John Wagner

Contemporary

The residents of Mega-City One have been infected with Block-Mania by the East-Megs as part of the Sov plan to enslave the city and divide it into ...